Dubs hoping to reach third final in four summers

Wed, 27th August 2014

And still there were four! With Kerry and Mayo serving up a thrilling draw in the first of the GAA football All-Ireland semi-finals last Sunday, next weekend will provide a double helping of major action when the replay takes place in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick on Saturday (5.0), followed on Sunday by Dublin v Donegal in Croke Park (3.30).

DUBLIN v DONEGAL

Both arrive in the semi-final as provincial champions. Dublin won the Leinster title for a fourth successive year before beating Monaghan in the All-Ireland quarter-final, while Donegal won the Ulster title for a third time in four seasons before beating Armagh in the quarter-final.

Dublin, the defending All-Ireland champions, are attempting to reach the final for the third time in four seasons while Donegal are searching for a final spot for the second time in three seasons.

The minor semi-final (1.30pm) will also feature Dublin v Donegal.

Paths to the semi-final

Donegal

Donegal 1-11 Derry 0-11 (Ulster quarter-final)

Donegal 3-16 Antrim 0-12 (Ulster semi-final)

Donegal 0-15 Monaghan 1-9 (Ulster final)

Donegal 1-12 Armagh 1-11 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

Average For: 1-15

Average Against: 1-10

Donegal scorers

Michael Murphy.......................0-14 (0-9 frees, 0-1 ‘45’, 0-1 sideline)

Odran MacNiallais....................1-8

Leo McLoone...........................2-3

Colm McFadden......................0-9 (0-7 frees)

Darach O’Connor.....................1-3

Dermot Molloy.........................1-1

Patrick McBrearty....................0-6

Christy Toye.............................0-3

Karl Lacey................................0-2

Anthony Thompson..................0-2

Ryan McHugh..........................0-1

Martin McElhinney..................0-1

Neil McGee..............................0-1

Paths to the semi-final

Dublin

Dublin 2-21 Laois 0-16 (Leinster quarter-final)

Dublin 2-25 Wexford 1-12 (Leinster semi-final)

Dublin 3-20 Meath 1-11 (Leinster final)

Dublin 2-22 Monaghan 0-11 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

Average For: 2-23;

Average Against: 1-11

Dublin scorers

Bernard Brogan.......................2-14 (0-10 frees)

Cormac Costello......................1-10

Diarmuid Connolly..................2-6 (0-2 frees)

Kevin McManamon.................1-8

Paul Flynn................................1-8

Dean Rock...............................0-10 (0-7 frees)

Eoghan O’Gara........................1-6

Alan Brogan.............................0-6

Stephen Cluxton......................0-5 (0-5‘45s’)

Michael Darragh Macauley.....1-1

Paul Mannion...........................0-3

Tomas Brady...........................0-2

Cian O’Sullivan.......................0-2

Paddy Andrews.......................0-1

James McCarthy......................0-1

Bryan Cullen............................0-1

Philly McMahon......................0-1

Nicky Devereux.......................0-1

Jack McCaffrey........................0-1

Jonny Cooper...........................0-1

Previous Championship Clashes

This will be the fifth championship clash between the counties with wins standing at 2-1 to Dublin and one draw from their previous four games.

2011: Dublin 0-8 Donegal 0-6 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2002: Dublin 1-14 Donegal 0-7 (All-Ireland quarter-final) Replay

2002: Dublin 2-8 Donegal 0-14 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

1992: Donegal 0-18 Dublin 0-14 (All-Ireland final)

All-Ireland SFC semi-final appearances

Dublin

2013: Dublin 3-18 Kerry 3-11

2012: Mayo 0-19 Dublin 0-16

2011: Dublin 0-8 Donegal 0-6

2010: Cork 1-15 Dublin 1-14

2007: Kerry 1-15 Dublin 0-16

2006: Mayo 1-16 Dublin 2-12

2002: Armagh 1-14 Dublin 1-13

1995: Dublin 1-12 Cork 0-12

1994: Dublin 3-15 Leitrim 1-9

1993: Derry 0-15 Dublin 0-14

Won 6, Lost 4.

All-Ireland SFC semi-final appearances

Donegal

This will be their 9th appearance in an All-Ireland semi-final, having won two and lost six of the previous eight.

2012: Donegal 0-16 Cork 1-11

2011: Dublin 0-8 Donegal 0-6

2003: Armagh 2-10 Donegal 1-9

1992: Donegal 0-13 Mayo 0-9

1990: Meath 3-9 Donegal 1-7

1983: Galway 1-12 Donegal 1-11

1974: Galway 3-13 Dublin 1-14

1972: Offaly 1-17 Donegal 2-10

Last championship clash

Dublin 0-8 Donegal 0-6 (2011 All-Ireland semi-final)

An unusually low-scoring semi-final had Donegal leading by 0-4 to 0-2 at half-time and by 0-5 to 0-2 after 44 minutes before Dublin gradually unlocked the Ulster champions’ defence to add six points.

Dublin: Stephen Cluxton (0-2, 0-1 free, 0-1 ‘45’); Cian O’Sullivan, Rory O’Carroll, Michael Fitzsimons; James McCarthy, Ger Brennan, Kevin Nolan; Denis Bastick, Michael Darragh Macauley; Paul Flynn, Barry Cahill, Bryan Cullen (0-1); Alan Brogan, Diarmuid Connolly, Bernard Brogan (0-4, 0-4 frees).

Subs: Philip McMahon for O’Carroll; Kevin McManamon (0-1) for Cahill; Eoghan O’Gara for McCarthy; Eamonn Fennel for Bastick; Ross McConnell for Flynn.

Donegal: Paul Durcan; Karl Lacey, Eamonn McGee, Neil McGee; Kevin Cassidy (0-1), Paddy McGrath, Anthony Thompson; Christy Toye, Rory Kavanagh’ Ryan Bradley (0-1), Mark McHugh, Frank McGlynn; David Walsh, Michael Murphy, Colm McFadden (0-4, 0-2 frees).

Subs: Michael Hegarty for Toye; Marty Boyle for Lacey; Martin McElhinney for Hegarty; Paddy McBrearty for Boyle.

KERRY v MAYO

They meet for the third time in a championship replay, having previously drawn the 1939 (0-4 each) and 1951 (1-5 each) All-Ireland semi-finals. Kerry won the 1939 replay (3-8 to 1-4) while Mayo won the 1951 replay (2-4 to 1-5).

Saturday’s game will be the first football semi-final replay since 2008 when Kerry beat Cork

Paths to the semi-final replay

Kerry 1-17 Clare 1-13 (Munster semi-final)

Kerry 0-24 Cork 0-12 (Munster final)

Kerry 1-20 Galway 2-10 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

Kerry 1-16 Mayo 1-16 (All-Ireland semi-final)

Kerry scorers

James O’Donoghue...................2-18 (0-2 frees)

Paul Geaney...............................0-14 (0-1 free)

Bryan Sheehan...........................0-9 (0-4 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)

Johnny Buckley..........................0-7 (0-2 frees)

Donnchadh Walsh.......................0-5

Barry John Keane.......................0-4

Declan O’Sullivan.......................0-4 (0-1 free)

Paul Murphy................................1-1

Stephen O’Brien..........................0-4

Michael Geaney...........................0-3

David Moran................................0-3

Kieran O’Leary............................0-2

Anthony Maher............................0-1

Fionn Fitzgerald...........................0-1

Peter Crowley...............................0-1

Paths to the semi-final replay – Mayo

Mayo 4-18 New York 0-8 (Connacht quarter-final)

Mayo 0-13 Roscommon 1-9 (Connacht semi-final)

Mayo 3-14 Galway 0-16 (Connacht final)

Mayo 1-19 Cork 2-15 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

Mayo 1-16 Kerry 1-16 (All-Ireland semi-final)

Mayo scorers

Cillian O’Connor........3-31 (3-0 pens, 0-21 frees)

Kevin McLoughlin......0-10 (0-2 frees)

Andy Moran................0-9

Jason Doherty.............1-5

Alan Dillon..................0-8

Lee Keegan.................1-4

Aidan O’Shea..............1-2

Enda Varley................1-1

Donal Vaughan...........0-4

Barry Moran...............1-0

Diarmuid O’Connor....1-0

Seamus O’Shea...........0-3

Darren Coen................0-1

Jason Gibbons.............0-1

Colm Boyle.................0-1

PREVIOUS KERRY-MAYO CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

The All-Ireland semi-final replay final will be the 25th championship clash between Mayo and Kerry with the score standing at 17-4 in the Kingdom’s favour with three draws from the previous 24 games.

2014: Kerry 1-16 Mayo 1-16 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2011: Kerry 1-20 Mayo 1-11 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2006: Kerry 4-15 Mayo 3-5 (All-Ireland final)

2005: Kerry 2-15 Mayo 0-18 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

2004: Kerry 1-20 Mayo 2-9 (All-Ireland final)

1997: Kerry 0-13 Mayo 1-7 (All-Ireland final)

1996: Mayo 2-13 Kerry 1-10 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1981: Kerry 2-19 Mayo 1-6 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1969: Kerry 0-14 Mayo 1-10 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1951: Mayo 2-4 Kerry 1-5 (All-Ireland semi-final replay)

1951: Mayo 1-5 Kerry 1-5 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1948: Mayo 0-13 Kerry 0-3 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1939: Kerry 3-8 Mayo 1-4 (All-Ireland semi-final replay)

1939: Kerry 0-4 Mayo 0-4 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1936: Mayo 1-5 Kerry 0-6 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1932: Kerry 2-7 Mayo 2-4 (All-Ireland final)

1931: Kerry 1-6 Mayo 1-4 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1930: Kerry 1-9 Mayo 0-4 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1929: Kerry 3-8 Mayo 1-1 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1924: Kerry 1-4 Mayo 0-1 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1910: Kerry 1-7 Mayo 0-4 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1909: Kerry 2-12 Mayo 0-6 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1908: Kerry 2-4 Mayo 0-1 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1903: Kerry 2-7 Mayo 0-4 (All-Ireland semi-final)

Last Five Championship Replays

Kerry

2010 Munster semi-final: Kerry 1-15 Cork 1-14 (after extra-time)

2009 Munster semi-final: Cork 1-17 Kerry 0-12

2008 All-Ireland semi-final: Kerry 3-14 Cork 2-13

2006 Munster final: Cork 1-12 Kerry 0-9

2002 Munster semi-final: Cork 0-15 Kerry 1-9

Mayo

2006 All-Ireland quarter-final: Mayo 0-14 Laois 0-11

2004 All-Ireland semi-final: Mayo 0-13 Fermanagh 1-8

1996 All-Ireland final: Meath 2-9 Mayo 1-11

1992 Connacht semi-final: Mayo 0-15 Galway 1-6

1991 Connacht final: Roscommon 0-13 Mayo 1-9

Last 10 All-Ireland semi-finals

Kerry

2014: Kerry 1-16 Mayo 1-16

2013: Dublin 3-18 Kerry 3-11

2011: Kerry 1-20 Mayo 1-11

2009: Kerry 2-8 Meath 1-7

2008: Kerry 3-14 Cork 2-13 (replay)

2008: Kerry 1-13 Cork 3-7 (draw)

2007: Kerry 1-15 Dublin 0-16

2006: Kerry 0-16 Cork 0-10

2005: Kerry 1-19 Cork 0-9

2004: Kerry 1-15 Dublin 1-8

Won 7, Lost 1, Drew 2.

Last 10 All-Ireland semi-finals

Mayo

2014: Mayo 1-16 Kerry 1-16

2013: Mayo 1-16 Tyrone 0-13

2012: Mayo 0-19 Dublin 0-16

2011: Kerry 1-20 Mayo 1-11

2006: Mayo 1-16 Dublin 2-12

2004: Mayo 0-13 Fermanagh 1-8 (replay)

2004: Mayo 0-9 Fermanagh 0-9 (draw)

1999: Cork 2-12 Mayo 0-12

1997: Mayo 0-13 Offaly 0-7

1996: Mayo 2-13 Kerry 1-10

Won 6, Lost 2, Drew 2.

GAA FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014

CONNACHT

Quarter-finals:

May 4: Mayo 4-18 New York 0-8, Gaelic Park;

May 18: Roscommon 1-18 Leitrim 0-13, Dr. Hyde Park;

May 25: Galway 3-17 London 0-7, Ruislip.

Semi-finals:

June 8: Mayo 0-13 Roscommon 1-9, Dr. Hyde Park; June 21: Galway 0-16 Sligo 0-11, Markievicz Park.

Final:

July 13: Mayo 3-14 Galway 0-16, Castlebar.

LEINSTER

1st round:

May 17: Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9, Cusack Park;

May 18: Longford 0-19 Offaly 0-15, Glennon Brothers, Pearse Pk; Laois 0-21 Wicklow 1-11, Aughrim

Quarter-finals:

June 7: Wexford 1-15 Longford 1-13, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park;

June 8: Kildare 1-22 Louth 1-7, Croke Park; Dublin 2-21 Laois 0-16, Croke Park; June

15: Meath 7-13 Carlow 0-6, Dr. Cullen Park.

Semi-finals:

June 29: Dublin2-25 Wexford 1-12, Croke Park; Meath 2-16 Kildare 0-17, Croke Park.

Final:

July 20: Dublin 3-20 Meath 1-10, Croke Park.

MUNSTER

Quarter-finals:

May 31: Tipperary 2-14 Limerick 1-11 Gaelic Grounds; June 7: Clare 2-8 Waterford 2-8, Ennis; June 14: Clare 3-11 Waterford 0-12, Fraher Field (replay).

Semi-finals:

June 21: Cork 0-16 Tipperary 1-11, Pairc Uí Chaoimh; June 22: Kerry 1-17 Clare 1-13, Ennis.

Final:

July 6: Kerry 0-24 Cork 0-12 Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

ULSTER

1st round:

May 18: Tyrone 2-11 Down 3-8, Omagh; May 24: Tyrone 3-11 Down 0-12 (replay), Newry

Quarter-finals:

May 25: Donegal 1-11 Derry 0-11, Celtic Park; June 1: Antrim 2-18 Fermanagh 3-13, Brewster Park; June 8: Armagh 1-12 Cavan 0-9, Athletic Grounds; June 15: Monaghan 1-12 Tyrone 0-14, Clones.

Semi-finals:

June 22: Donegal 3-16 Antrim 0-12, Clones; June 28: Monaghan 0-14 Armagh 0-14, Clones; July 6: Monaghan 1-18 Armagh 1-13, Clones.

Final:

July 20: Donegal 0-15 Monaghan 1-9, Clones.

ALL-IRELAND QUALIFIERS

Round 1:

June 21: 1A: Limerick 1-16 London 1-13, Gaelic Grounds; Longford 2-16 Derry 2-14, Celtic Park; Laois1-19 Fermanagh 2-15, Portlaoise; Wicklow 3-12 Offaly 0-17, Aughrim; June 28: IB: Cavan 1-15 Westmeath 1-14, Kingspan Breffni Park; Tyrone 2-21 Louth 0-10; Omagh; Carlow 0-17 Waterford 1-13, Dr. Cullen Park; June 29: Down 4-18 Leitrim 0-9, Newry.

Round 2:

July 5: 2A: Tipperary 2-17 Longford 0-6, Thurles; Sligo 0-12 Wicklow 0-10, Aughrim; Limerick 3-11 Antrim 0-15, Gaelic Grounds; July 6: Laois 0-18 Wexford 0-17, Wexford Pk.

July 12: 2B: Roscommon 0-16 Cavan 0-5, Kingspan Breffni Park; July 13: 2B: Kildare 1-18 Down 0-11, Newry; Clare 4-26 Carlow 2-13, Dr. Cullen Park; Armagh 0-13 Tyrone 0-10, Omagh.

Round 3:

3A: July 12: Sligo 0-12 Limerick 0-10, Markievicz Park; Tipperary 3-17 Laois 4-9, Portlaoise.

July 19: 3B: Armagh 1-17 Roscommon 1-12, Dr. Hyde Park; Kildare 0-13 Clare 0-12, Ennis.

Round 4:

July 26: 4A: Galway 4-17 Tipperary 4-12 Tullamore; Cork 0-21 Sligo 1-11, Tullamore

August 2: 4B: Armagh 0-18 Meath 0-13, Croke Park; Monaghan 2-16 Kildare 2-14 (after extra-time) Croke Park.

ALL-IRELAND QUARTER-FINALS

August 3:

Kerry 1-20 Galway 2-10, Croke Park;

Mayo 1-19 Cork 2-15, Croke Park;

August 9:

Donegal 1-12 Armagh 1-11, Croke Park;