Football semi-final day in Ulster and Connacht
June 15, 2009
FOOTBALL SEMI-FINAL DAY IN ULSTER AND CONNACHT
Limerick and Cork have become the first counties to reach a GAA provincial football final in the 2009 campaign, having booked a place in Munster's big day on July 5, and next weekend Connacht and Ulster will each decide one of their finalists.
Casement Park will be the focal point for Ulster interest next Sunday when All- Ireland champions Tyrone face Derry. Both have already made an impressive start to the campaign, with Tyrone beating Armagh and Derry accounting for Monaghan.
Meanwhile in Castlebar, Mayo and Roscommon clash to decide who will play Galway or Sligo in the Connacht final on July 19.
DERRY v TYRONE
Will all the Ulster titles this decade be won by Armagh and Tyrone? If so it will be the first time since the 1960s, when Down and Cavan shared all the titles, that two counties enjoyed such a monopoly. 2008 champions, Armagh, who also won in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006 are out of this year's race but Tyrone who triumphed in 2001-2003 and 2007 are still very much in contention. Derry, who last won the Ulster title in 1998, are bidding to reach the final for the first time since 2000. They easily beat Tyrone in their last championship clash in 2006.
Last Five Championship Clashes
2006: Derry 1-8 Tyrone 0-5 (Ulster quarter-final)
2004: Tyrone 1-17 Derry 1-6 (Ulster preliminary round)
2003: Tyrone 0-17 Derry 1-5 (Ulster quarter-final replay)
2003: Tyrone 0-12 Derry 1-9 (Ulster quarter-final)
2001: Derry 1-9 Tyrone 0-7 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Last Championship Clash
Derry 1-8 Tyrone 0-5 (2006 Ulster quarter-final)
An easy win for Derry for whom Enda Muldoon scored 1-3 and Paddy Bradley
0-3 as Derry eliminated the reigning All-Ireland champions from the Ulster race
before losing to Donegal in the semi-final.
Last Clash
Tyrone 0-11 Derry 0-8 (NFL, 28 March 2009)
Tommy McGuigan scored 0-5 as Tyrone won the League points in Omagh on a
night when Paddy Bradley scored 0-6 for Derry.
Story so far
Derry 1-10 Monaghan 0-10 (Ulster quarter-final) May 24
Tyrone 2-10 Armagh 1-10 (Ulster quarter-final) May 31
MAYO v ROSCOMMON
Their first championship meeting since 2005, one where Roscommon will be bidding to gain their first win over Mayo since 2001. They will also be bidding to reach the Connacht final for the first time since 2004 when they lost to Mayo. Roscommon last won the title in 2001 while Mayo's last Connacht title was won in 2006.
Last Five Championship Clashes
2005: Mayo 1-16 Roscommon 0-11 (Connacht semi-final)
2004: Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 0-9 (Connacht final)
2002: Mayo 0-20 Roscommon 2-8 (All-Ireland 2nd round qualifier)
2001: Roscommon 2-10 Mayo 1-12 (Connacht final)
1999: Mayo 0-21 Roscommon 0-10 (Connacht semi-final)
Last Championship Clash
Mayo 1-16 Roscommon 0-11 (2005 Connacht semi-final)
Conor Mortimer scored 1-4 as Mayo easily beat Roscommon in Dr.Hyde Park.
Ger Heneghan top-scored for Roscommon 0-5.
Story so far
Mayo 2-19 New York 0-10 (Connacht quarter-final) May 10
Roscommon 2-13 Leitrim 2-9 (Connacht quarter-final) May 31
ALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL QUALIFIERS
With the quarter-finals having been played in all four provinces the 16 teams who will be in next weekend's draw for the first round of the All-Ireland qualifiers have been decided.
They are: Carlow, Longford, Offaly, Meath, Wexford, Wicklow, Louth, Down, Monaghan, Armagh, Fermanagh, Donegal, Tipperary, Waterford, London, Leitrim.
The first round will be played on Saturday, July 4 with the second round a week later between the eight first round winners and the eight beaten provincial semifinalists as follows: Kerry, Clare, Galway or Sligo; Roscommon or Mayo; Cavan or Antrim; Derry or Tyrone; Dublin or Westmeath; Kildare or Laois.
GAA SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009
Connacht
May 10: Quarter-final: Mayo 2-19 New York 0-10, Gaelic Park.
May 24: Quarter-final: Galway 1-18 London 1-7, Ruislip.
May 31: Quarter-final: Roscommon 2-13 Leitrim 2-9, Carrick-on-Shannon.
Next Saturday: Semi-final: Mayo v Roscommon, Castlebar.
June 28: Semi-final: Sligo v Galway, Markievicz Park.
July 19: Final
Leinster
May 17: First round: Louth 1-13 Carlow 1-11, Parnell Park.
May 24: First round: Wicklow 2-12 Longford 1-13; Kildare 1-16 Offaly 1-10 (Both in Portlaoise).
June 7: Quarter-final: Dublin 0-14 Meath 0-12, Croke Park.
June 13: Quarter-final: Kildare 2-12 Wexford 0-11, Dr.Cullen Park.
June 14: Quarter-finals: Westmeath 0-16 Wicklow 1-10 (after extra-time), Tullamore; Laois 1-15 Louth 1-11, Parnell Park.
June 28: Semi-finals: Kildare v Laois; Dublin v Westmeath.
July 20: Final, Croke Park.
Munster
May 24: Quarter-finals: Limerick 1-11 Tipperary 1-9, Thurles; Cork 2-18 Waterford 1-7, Dungarvan.
June 7: Semi-finals: Limerick 1-13 Clare 1-9, Ennis; Kerry 0-13 Cork 1-10, Killarney.
June 13: Semi-final (replay): Cork 1-17 Kerry 0-12 Kerry, Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
July 5: Final: Cork v Limerick, Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
Ulster
May 17: Preliminary round: Fermanagh 0-13 Down 0-10, Enniskillen.
May 24: Quarter-final: Derry 1-10 Monaghan 0-10, Celtic Park.
May 31: Quarter-final: Tyrone 2-10 Armagh 1-10, Clones.
June 6: Quarter-final: Cavan 0-13 Fermanagh 1-9, Kingspan Breffni Park.
June 14: Quarter-final: Antrim 1-10 Donegal 0-12, Ballybofey.
Next Sunday: Semi-final: Derry v Tyrone, Casement Park.
June 27: Semi-final: Antrim v Cavan, Clones
July 19: Final.
All-Ireland qualifiers
July 4: First round: Comprised of the 16 teams who didn't qualify for provincial semi-finals.
July 11: Second Round: Eight first round winners play eight beaten provincial semi-finalists.
July 18: Third Round: Eight second round winners play off in four games.
July 25/26: Round Four: Third round winners play beaten provincial finalists. All-Ireland Championships
August 1/2/3: Quarter-finals: Provincial winners v 4th round qualifier winners.
August 23: Semi-final: Munster champions or quarter-final winner v Ulster champions or quarter-final winner, Croke Park.
August 30: Semi-final: Connacht champions or quarter-final winner v Leinster champions or quarter-final winner, Croke Park.
September 20: Final, Croke Park.
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