Senior footballers hoping to reach fourth FL Division 1 final in-a-row

Mon, 4th April 2016

All four provinces will be represented in the Football League Division 1 semi-finals in Croke Park next Sunday. Kerry play Roscommon at 2pm, followed by Dublin (holders) v Donegal at 4pm. It’s the next phase of what has been a very exciting season, where the divisional series ended last weekend, clearing the way for the Allianz Football League Division 1 semi-finals and the Division 2, 3, 4 Allianz Football League finals.

Here are the ups and the down in the various divisions:

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1 SEMI FINALISTS: Dublin, Donegal, Kerry, Roscommon

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1 RELEGATED TEAMS: Down, Cork

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 PROMOTED TEAMS: Tyrone, Cavan RELEGATED TEAMS: Armagh, Laois

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 3 PROMOTED TEAMS: Kildare, Clare RELEGATED TEAMS: Limerick, Westmeath

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 4 PROMOTED TEAMS: Antrim, Louth

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1: DONEGAL v DUBLIN, Croke Park, 4.0

Dublin are bidding to reach the final for the fourth successive year while Donegal last qualified for the decider in 2007. The sides clashed in Round 6 of this year’s completion on March 26 when Dublin won by 1-10 to 0-7 in Croke Park. Dublin won all seven games while Donegal won the first three before losing the last four.

HOW THEY GOT HERE

DONEGAL

Donegal 3-15 Down 0-7

Donegal 2-14 Cork 1-7

Donegal 1-14 Mayo 1-12

Kerry 1-13 Donegal 1-8
Roscommon 1-19 Donegal 0-17
Dublin 1-10 Donegal 0-7
Monaghan 1-10 Donegal 1-9

Played 7, Won 3, Lost 4.

TOP SCORERS

Michael Murphy 1-30

Paddy McBrearty 1-25

Odran MacNiallais 1-9

Ryan McHugh 2-3

Leo McLoone 1-2

DUBLIN

Dublin 2-14 Kerry 0-14
Dublin 0-9 Mayo 0-7
Dublin 1-14 Monaghan 0-16
Dublin 2-14 Cork 2-10
Dublin 1-15 Down 1-7
Dublin 1-10 Donegal 0-7

Dublin 1-13 Roscommon 1-12

Played 7, Won 7

TOP SCORERS

Dean Rock 1-30

Cormac Costello 1-20

Diarmuid Connolly 3-4

Paddy Andrews 1-8

Kevin McManamon 0-6

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1: KERRY v ROSCOMMON, Croke Park, 2.0

Kerry are bidding to reach the final for the first time since 2009 while Roscommon’s last appearance in the Allianz Football League Division 1 decider was in 1981. Kerry finished in second place on this year’s table, winning their last five games after losing the opening two. Roscommon finished third after winning four of seven games. Kerry and Roscommon met in the second round, with Roscommon winning by 0-14 to 1-10 in Killarney. It was Roscommon’s first League win over Kerry since 2001.

HOW THEY GOT HERE

KERRYDublin 2-14 Kerry 0-14
Roscommon 0-14 Kerry 1-10

Kerry 0-22 Down 0-6
Kerry 1-13 Donegal 1-8
Kerry 2-13 Mayo 0-14
Kerry 1-17 Monaghan 1-9

Kerry 0-20 Cork 1-12

Played 7, Won 5, Lost 2

TOP SCORERS

Colm Cooper 0-18

Barry John Keane 0-16

Bryan Sheehan 0-16

Alan Fitzgerald 0-12

Darran O’Sullivan 0-10

ROSCOMMON

Monaghan 2-10 Roscommon 1-9
Roscommon 0-14 Kerry 1-10

Roscommon 4-25 Cork 3-10

Roscommon 1-12 Down 0-6

Roscommon 1-19 Donegal 0-17
Mayo 1-11 Roscommon 1-7

Dublin 1-13 Roscommon 1-12

Played 7, W4, Lost 3

TOP SCORERS

Ciaran Murtagh 4-27

Fintan Cregg 0-22

Cathal Cregg 2-9

Conor Devaney 0-11

Senan Kilbride 2-2

ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2016: RESULTS & FIXTURES

ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1Round 1: Dublin 2-14 Kerry 0-14: Donegal 3-15 Down 0-7; Cork 1-18 Mayo 0-12; Monaghan 2-10 Roscommon 1-9.
Round 2: Dublin 0-9 Mayo 0-7; Roscommon 0-14 Kerry 1-10; Donegal 2-14 Cork 1-7; Monaghan 0-13 Down 0-11.
Round 3: Dublin 1-14 Monaghan 0-16; Roscommon 4-25 Cork 3-10; Donegal 1-14 Mayo 1-12; Kerry 0-22 Down 0-6.
Round 4: Dublin 2-14 Cork 2-10; Roscommon 1-12 Down 0-6; Kerry 1-13 Donegal 1-8; Mayo 2-11 Monaghan 1-12.
Round 5: Dublin 1-15 Down 1-7; Cork 1-20 Monaghan 1-13; Kerry 2-13 Mayo 0-14; Roscommon 1-19 Donegal 0-17.
Round 6: Dublin 1-10 Donegal 0-7; Cork 0-12 Down 0-7; Kerry 1-17 Monaghan 1-9; Mayo 1-11 Roscommon 1-7
Round 7: Kerry 0-20 Cork 1-12; Mayo 1-19 Down 1-16; Monaghan 1-10 Donegal 1-9; Dublin 1-13 Roscommon 1-12.
Semi-finals: Next Sunday: Kerry v Roscommon; Dublin v Donegal
Final: Apr 24

ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2Round 1: Meath 1-10 Armagh 0-8; Tyrone 0-10 Cavan 0-8; Galway 3-12 Laois 1-10; Derry 3-13 Fermanagh 1-9.
Round 2: Laois 1-13 Armagh 0-15; Derry 1-12 Cavan 1-11; Tyrone 1-11 Galway 1-9; Fermanagh 0-10 Meath 0-6.
Round 3: Armagh 1-10 Fermanagh 0-12; Galway 1-18 Derry 2-12; Cavan 1-20 Meath 1-13; Tyrone1-14 Laois 0-14.
Round 4: Cavan 3-18 Armagh 0-10; Tyrone 2-15 Derry 0-12; Galway 0-15 Meath 1-12; Fermanagh 1-17 Laois 0-10.
Round 5: Cavan 1-12 Fermanagh 0-9; Laois 1-22 Derry 5-10; Armagh 1-15 Galway 1-15; Tyrone 1-17 Meath 1-11.
Round 6: Tyrone 0-13 Armagh 1-10; Cavan 1-17 Laois 0-15; Galway 0-15 Fermanagh 0-15; Derry 2-12 Meath 2-12.

Round 7: Armagh 1-18 Derry 0-15; Cavan 1-16 Galway 1-12; Fermanagh 0-12 Tyrone 1-9; Meath 0-18 Laois 1-9.
Final: Apr 24: Tyrone v Cavan, Croke Park

ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 3Round 1: Clare 1-11 Sligo 0-7; Limerick 1-12 Tipperary 2-9; Offaly 0-12 Longford 0-10; Kildare 2-9 Westmeath 0-11.
Round 2: Kildare 1-12 Offaly 1-8; Longford 0-13 Limerick 1-8; Sligo 1-11 Westmeath 1-10; Tipperary 2-7 Clare 1-7.
Round 3: Kildare 2-11 Longford 0-10; Offaly 1-13 Sligo 0-14; Westmeath 0-11 Tipperary 1-8; Clare 1-14 Limerick 0-11.
Round 4: Tipperary 2-11 Offaly 0-12; Clare 1-18 Westmeath 0-10; Kildare 1-11 Limerick 1-10; Longford 1-17 Sligo 2-9.
Round 5: Westmeath 3-14 Limerick 0-7; Sligo 2-15 Kildare 2-14; Longford 1-17 Tipperary1-11; Offaly 0-15 Clare 1-11.
Round 6: Clare 1-20 Longford 1-9; Sligo 3-10 Limerick 1-12; Westmeath 1-9 Offaly 0-9; Kildare 2-13 Tipperary 1-5.
Round 7: Kildare 0-22 Clare 1-14; Offaly 1-16 Westmeath 0-13; Longford 0-13 Westmeath 0-11; Sligo 0-18 Tipperary 3-9.
Final: Apr 24: Kildare v Clare

ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 4Round 1: Louth 2-9 London 0-9; Antrim 1-12 Carlow 0-10; Wexford 0-14 Leitrim 1-10; Wicklow 0-13 Waterford 1-8.
Round 2: Carlow 4-4 London 1-11; Antrim 1-8 Wexford 0-7; Louth 1-10 Waterford 1-9; Wicklow 0-10 Leitrim 1-6.
Round 3: Wexford 4-20 London 1-6; Antrim 2-14 Leitrim 0-10; Waterford 3-15 Carlow 0-15; Louth 0-15 Wicklow 1-2.
Round 4: Wexford 0-12 Waterford 0-11; Leitrim 0-16 Louth 2-9; Antrim 1-11 London 0-11; Carlow 0-17 Wicklow 0-14.
Round 5: Leitrim 1-16 London 1-11; Antrim 1-16 Waterford 0-6; Louth 2-17 Carlow 1-7; Wexford 4-23 Wicklow 3-14.
Round 6: London 0-13 Waterford 0-12; Carlow 0-12 Leitrim 1-4; Louth 0-13 Wexford 0-11; Antrim 2-13 Wicklow 1-12
Round 7: Antrim 0-12 Louth 1-9; Wicklow 2-10 London 1-10; Waterford 0-10 Leitrim 1-6; Wexford 2-17 Carlow 2-6.