Championship 2014: Louth

Manager: Aidan O’Rourke (2nd year).Titles: Leinster 8 (1957); 3 All-Ireland (1957).2014 league: Failed to win a match and relegated from Division Two.Odds and Ends: All-Ireland 300/1; Leinster 100/1.Bookies say: Leinster quarter-final and third round qualifiers.What the bookies said in 2013: Lose Leinster first round and exit second round qualifiers. 2013 championship: Lost Leinster quarter-final to Wexford, 1-15 to 2-13 and qualifier second round to Meath, 0-15 to 1-19.First outing v Westmeath, Mullingar, 17th May.

Thu May 15 2014 - 12:43

Struggled with form and injury in the league and need to get Dessie Finnegan, Colm Judge and Derek Maguire back on the field. Path to a Leinster semi-final is shared with the two counties relegated from Division One, Westmeath and Kildare who they have beaten in their most recent provincial encounters.

Last good day: Beat Westmeath in 2010 to reach a first Leinster final in 50 years. That should have been a better day.

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