Saturday, July 31, 2010 Previous editions
LP HARTLEY’S opening prologue to his most famous novel, The Go-Between, “the past is a foreign country: they do things differently there” has become a well-worn proverb at this stage, but it never seems more apt in a football context than at this stage of the championship every year.
EVEN in the highly-unlikely event of Roscommon romping home with six points to spare tomorrow, don’t expect Fergie O’Donnell to bang the drum.
GLEN ROVERS and Bride Rovers were last night reinstated to the Cork SHC in a massive climbdown by the Cork County Board.
IT was refreshing to hear the honesty of Roscommon selector Declan Hoare who admitted that the Connacht champions were the team each of the four qualifier survivors wanted this weekend.
THE suspensions handed down to Paul Galvin and Tomás O Sé have further stretched Kerry’s playing resources as the season enters its critical stage.
ONE or two pundits have been hedging their bets over this one in the past week but it is hard to see why. Yes, Dublin have improved, but not to the extent that they can expect to defeat Tyrone in August.
All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final
Cork v Roscommon, tomorrow 2pm (Croke Park)
WHEN the draw drum churned out Cork’s set of NFL fixtures this season, the decisive games soon became apparent. Three testing journeys north to Scotstown, Derry and Omagh would be critical in determining Cork’s league fate and also gauge the team’s standing for the season ahead.
All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final
Kildare v Meath, tomorrow 4pm (Croke Park)
NOT a game you would bet your house on. For every argument in favour of Meath there is another, equally convincing, one for Kildare.
All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final
Dublin v Tyrone, today 4pm (Croke Park)
DUBLIN boss Pat Gilroy hopes that the underdog tag will suit his side in this afternoon’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final with Tyrone.
THOSE who saw his performance that day will never forget it. The game itself is considered a classic. Many who were in Coalisland that afternoon would point to the 1989 MacRory Cup final between St Patrick’s Maghera and St Colman’s Newry as the best they ever witnessed.
THE bones of this captivating modern drama will have been all but picked clean by the time David Coldrick throws the ball in at Croke Park for the second of this season’s All-Ireland quarter-finals this afternoon.
All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final
Kerry v Down, today 2pm (Croke Park)
SUMMERTIME in Tralee and Killian Young finds that the living is easy. The past few weeks have been quiet and untroubled as the Kerry footballers attentions shifted from domestic matters down south to the critical national stages on Jones Road.
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