Maguire the hero as the exiles claim a famous draw!

Lonan Maguire was the toast of New York over the weekend with a last second goal to tie the game with the wee county on saturday evening in Gaelic Park. With just seconds to go the wee county looked like they were going to see out the game but a high ball into the Louth defence bounced favourably for Maguire who snuck it in past the Louth goalkeeper much to the delight of the New York faithful.

Louth burst out of the traps early on and looked like the match was going to be a one sided affair leading 1-03 to 0-01 after 10 minutes. New York were on the ropes and it looked like another defeat for the exiles was on the cards. However New York battled on throughout the half with Jason Kelly grabbing a well worked goal to tighten the gap between the teams. The New York forwards played much better as a unit than they had the previous game against Down with great scores coming from CJ Molloy and Murtagh. Carew, Power and Madden battled hard throughout the middle against Paddy Keenan Louths first ever All Star. New York's two corner backs Huvane and Lambe showed their footballing skills as well as defensive qualities limiting the two Louth Corner Forwards to very little from play. Louth cruised for much of the second half and even manager Peter Fitzpatrick came on with 10 minutes to go but Maguire had the final say for the New York team and his late finish ensured the New York supporters will view 2010 as one of the best years for the exiles in recent times.