Westmeath hammered Longford in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park with a four goal second-half onslaught.
The result piles pressure on Paddy Christie after just two league games as Longford find themselves routed to the bottom of division three.
Surprisingly Longford led by a point at half-time eight points to seven and had shouts for a bigger lead.
Daniel Mimnagh, David McGivney 2 (1f), Dessie Reynolds 4 (1m) and Joseph Hagan moved Longford into an eight point to four lead, four minutes before half-time.
A Lorcan Heslin free and points from Lorcan Dolan and Senan Baker saw Westmeath trail by a point at half-time.
Westmeath hit fourth gear from the restart. Nigel Harte and Ronan O’Toole’s points moving the visitors ahead.
On 43 minutes Longford keeper, Paddy Column misjudged a high ball, the rebound fall Lorcan Boland to find the net.
Five points down, Longford struggled to retain the ball. Darren Gallagher’s 56th minute point, Longford’s only score of the second-half.
Westmeath capitalised on the Longford collapse Jack Heslin finding their third goal four minutes from time.
David McGivney and Andrew Farell both saw red in the final stages as Longford finished with 13 men.
Substitute Stephen Smith sent over two points before McCartan found Westmeath’s fourth goal at the death.
Westmeath winning out 4-16 to nine points as the Tailteann Cup champions registered their first win of the campaign.
