The DIVISION 3 of the National Football League will start this weekend with eight teams fighting for promotion to the second division of the competition.
Down and Louth want to return to Division 2 last year after relegation, while Carlow and Laois want to bet on positive 2018 numbers in which they received promotion from the bottom row.
Longford narrowly missed the promotion a year ago, while Westmeath, Sligo and Offaly hopefully hope for a promotion boost.
Fixtures Division 3
Round 1:
Saturday January 26
Down v Laois, Pairc Esler Newry, 7.00 pm
Sunday January 27
Carlow v Sligo, Dr Cullen Park, 2.00 pm
Offaly v Westmeath, O’Connor Park, 2.00 pm
Louth v Longford, TBC, 2.30 pm
Round 2:
Saturday February 2
Westmeath v Carlow, Cusack Park Mullingar, 3.00 pm
Laois v Louth, Croke Park, 3.00 pm
Sunday February 3
Sligo v Down, Connolly Park Collooney, 2.00 pm
Longford v Offaly, Pearse Park, 2.00 pm
Round 3:
Saturday February 9
Down v Westmeath, Pairc Esler, 7.00 pm
Sunday February 10
Offaly v Louth, O’Connor Park, 2.00 pm
Laois v Sligo, O’Moore Park Portlaoise, 2.00 pm
Carlow v Longford, Dr Cullen Park, 2.00 pm
Round 4:
Sunday February 24
Longford v Down, Pearse Park, 2.00 pm
Louth v Sligo, TBC, 2.30 pm
Westmeath v Laois, Cusack Park, 2.30 pm
Offaly v Carlow, O’Connor Park, 3.00 pm
Round 5:
Saturday March 2
Carlow v Louth, Dr Cullen Park, 7.00 pm
Laois v Longford, O’Moore Park, 7.00 pm
Down v Offaly, Pairc Esler, 7.00 pm
Sunday March 3
Sligo v Westmeath, Connolly Park, 2.00 pm
Round 6:
Saturday March 16
Offaly v Laois, O’Connor Park, 2.00 pm
Longford v Sligo, Pearse Park, 2.00 pm
Louth v Westmeath, TBC, 2.00 pm
Carlow v Down, Dr Cullen Park, 3.00 pm
Round 7:
Sunday March 24
Sligo v Offaly, Connolly Park, 2.00 pm
Westmeath v Longford, Cusack Park, 2.00 pm
Down v Louth, Pairc Esler, 2.00 pm
Laois v Carlow, O’Moore Park, 2.00 pm
