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Sat 04 Apr 2007Murphy penalty miss is costlyLeague of Ireland Premier Division/ Galway Utd 1 Longford Town 1:An expectant Terryland Park audience demanded a home victory and Galway United came within a whisker of obliging, but Longford Town ambled away with a scarcely merited draw.Galway's previous encounters had only yielded a solitary point, and their hard luck story continues as Alan Murphy missed a last-gasp penalty in a dramatic climax.