Donegal v Armagh

Hi there and welcome to today's live blog of Donegal vs Armagh in Round two of the All-Ireland Football Championship! My name is Seán O'Connor and I will be ...

Ulster rivals clash for the second time in the Championship for a place in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Wow! Armagh may have just scored the quickest goal in the history of Championship football! The rain has cleared in Clones and the forecast is for this afternoon to remain dry. Armagh 1-0 Donegal 0-1 Armagh 1-0 Donegal 0-3 Donegal were hungry to regain the Anglo-Celt - a title they won in 2018 and 2019. Armagh 1-0 Donegal 0-4 Armagh 1-0 Donegal 0-6 Armagh 1-1 Donegal 0-6 Armagh 1-2 Donegal 0-7 Armagh 1-1 Donegal 0-7 Armagh 1-2 Donegal 0-8 Armagh 1-2 Donegal 0-9

Afternoon all and welcome to another Sunday of GAA action! After Mayo and Clare put their names in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final draw with wins ...

Donegal are on the board! McHugh is in on goal after linking up with Murphy for Donegal but Rafferty is able to palm his effort over the bar. 3 mins: Steffan Campbell takes on his man but can’t get past him as Donegal defenders swarm and earn the free-out. His second of the day and Donegal have definitely settled the better after that early goal. 7 mins: Patton’s kick-out is worked well and Donegal win the free high up the pitch. 10 mins: All a bit easy for Donegal at the moment. Donegal aren’t happy but the score stands. He can’t cling on to an unsympathetic pass and down the other end O’Donnell makes Armagh pay. 23 mins: Armagh get more joy this time off the long kick-out. Donegal coasted home in the Ulster championship in Ballybofey SAVE! Armagh should have a goal seconds later but Campbell misses with the ‘keeper off his line, Ward making the block on the line but it was straight at him. 27 mins: Armagh look to have made a mess of it with the Donegal defence swarming but Nugent links up well with Burns for the score.

Gaelic football can bring with it highs and lows which can delight and depress fans in equal measure.

Then you have a team like Monaghan who to my mind have been playing lately but at the same time holding something back. In doing this, they are minimising lateral passing, constantly probing for openings rather than retreating into their shell and consistently taking the game to the opposition. In overcoming Kildare in the Leinster Final, Dublin gave a masterly display of attacking football with Con O’Callaghan the real showstopper. And that’s why I believe we are in for a cracking contest with both sides giving their all. The upshot of all this is that over weeks fans have been regally entertained at matches and I think this will be the case during the next six weeks or so as the All-Ireland Championship builds to what I feel could prove a fascinating end. Even before a ball was kicked in the Ulster Championship, I expected Donegal to reach the Final and now I believe they have the capacity to reach the last-four of the All-Ireland series.

Hi there and welcome to today's live blog of Donegal vs Armagh in Round two of the All-Ireland Football Championship! My name is Seán O'Connor and I will be ...

Rian O'Neill fired 1-7 as Kieran McGeeney's men avenged their defeat in the Ulster SFC and marched on.

Undeterred, Patton tried the next one short to Brendan McCole but they made a mess of it. And it wasn’t great for him, giving up four in the first half alone. But it was Shaun Patton’s own kickouts that brought catastrophe.

Rian O'Neill insists Armagh will not be getting ahead of themselves despite comfortably seeing off Donegal in the battle to reach the All-Ireland ...

We just said to get the ball in and it broke well for us and we were able to put it away. Grugan added: "Armagh have been crying out for that. "A few weeks ago, we looked at ourselves and saw that our intensity wasn't there. Rather it was post-Covid times where people just have a hunger for the football again and coming out for these big days." "We're not getting ahead of ourselves. So it wasn't exactly a set-piece thing.