Fleet Foxes help Tullamore past Tinahely in Leinster

Tinahely (Wicklow) 1-07 Tullamore (Offaly) 2-10

Tullamore have finally won a game in the AIB Leinster club SFC, their first since 1977, but they left it late to strike the scores that killed off Tinahely.

Fresh off a surprise win over Portarlington last weekend, hosts Tinahely were pushing for back-to-back wins and led by a point at the three-quarter mark but were heavily outscored in the closing minutes as Tullamore finished strongly.

Mike Fox, brother of earlier goalscorer Dan, came off the bench for Tullamore and hit the stoppage-time goal that set the seal on a landmark six-point win for the Offaly champions.

Harry Plunkett was influential for Tullamore too, scoring five points in what was their first win in Leinster since beating Longford side Newtowncashel in a replay all of 47 years ago.

With three of the last four Offaly SFC titles in the bag, Tullamore badly wanted to push on and were led by centre-back John Furlong along with captain Declan Hogan.

It's the end of the road for Tinahely, who lost no face in defeat after a breakthrough season that yielded a first Wicklow SFC title success since 1984.

Tullamore arrived as firm favourites though their poor provincial record meant they couldn't take anything for granted, losing their last six games in Leinster.

They may have been surprised too by the ferocity of the home support with Tinahely bringing a sizeable and vocal red-and-white clad crowd to Aughrim.

Dan Fox's sixth-minute goal separated the sides at half-time as Tullamore led by 1-04 to 0-05 at that stage but it was anyone's game in reality.

Tullamore were marginally the better side but half a dozen first-half wides and a couple of goal chances that came to nothing undermined their efforts.

Oisin Keenan-Martin, one