It’s eight years since Dublin last lost a game of senior football in Leinster and Michael Fitzsimons has reason to remember it well.

Setanta Sports are waiting to see if Sky’s entry into the pay-per-view GAA market will have a positive impact on their business this spring.

The trend of the Meath SFC title not being retained since Dunshaughlin completed a three-in-a-row in 2002 continues, with Wolfe Tones sending holders Summerhill packing, 2-11 to 0-8, in a quarter-final clash at Páirc Tailteann on Saturday.

Douglas 0-11 St Finbarr’s 0-4

Former League of Ireland player Shane Barrett turned in a remarkable display when powering Na Fianna into the semi-finals of the Meath SFC for the first time at Páirc Tailteann on Saturday.

There are two changes to the Meath defence for their Leinster SFC semi-final clash with Wexford at Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 2pm).

Allianz FL Division 3 final

Roscommon 0-12 Meath 2-11

Monaghan top Division 3 of the Allianz Football League after the weekends games after beating Ulster rivals Fermanagh, while Meath recorded their second win by overcoming Roscommon.

Navan O’Mahonys 1-11 Wolfe Tones 0-07

This year’s Meath SFC final will be a repeat of the 2006 decider between Navan O’Mahonys and Wolfe Tones following yesterday’s semi-finals at Páirc Tailteann.

Champions Summerhill impressively advanced to the SFC quarter-finals with a 5-13 to 0-8 win over a poor Nobber side at Walterstown yesterday.

Two Meath forwards failed to convert penalties in the third round of the county SFC at the weekend but both of their sides gained victories to extend 100% winning records.

Cian Ward will replace the injured Stephen Bray in the Meath team to play Laois in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier.

Paul Grimley was last night named the new Armagh manager, having served as his predecessor Paddy O’Rourke’s selector this season.

Dublin 2-13 Meath 1-13

Darran O’Sullivan has been held in reserve for Kerry’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Tyrone at Fitzgerald Stadium tomorrow.

Michael Darragh Macauley will replace the suspended Diarmuid Connolly in the Dublin team to play Meath in Sunday's Leinster SFC final at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Alan Brogan looks genuinely gobsmacked when it’s put to him that he has a 100% record in Leinster finals.

GAA director of games administration and player welfare Feargal McGill says any proposal to restructure the All-Ireland senior football championship must first consider the impact on the entire association.

Two of Gaelic football’s greatest dead-ball experts fear the ground free-kick will become a thing of the past before the end of the decade.

The GAA have warned that comments made by inter-county players on Twitter can be considered as bringing the organisation into disrepute.

Meath 2-21 Carlow 0-09

Ballinabrackey's Damien Carroll has been named in the Meath team to take on Carlow in tomorrow's Leinster SFC quarter-final replay in Tullamore (throw-in 7pm).

On a weekend of championship shocks, the unfortunate reality for once mighty Meath was that this stalemate probably wasn’t one of them.

Carlow 1-12 Meath 1-12

Stephen Bray will return from injury to lead the Meath attack in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Carlow at O'Connor Park (throw-in 2pm).

Wicklow captain Leighton Glynn is unlikely to play again for the county this season after breaking his ankle against Meath last Sunday.

Leighton Glynn’s season is over.

Wicklow boss Harry Murphy fears captain Leighton Glynn sustained a broken ankle in yesterday’s defeat to Meath.

There are four Championship debutants selected in the Meath team to face Wicklow in Sunday's Leinster SFC first round clash at Dr Cullen Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

Last year Kieran Connery only had Thomas O’Gorman for company on those midweek dashes down the M9 from Dublin to training in Carriganore outside Waterford city.

Seamus McEnaney has overseen 12 defeats in 18 league and championship games as Meath manager.

Meath 1-8 Louth 2-14, Pairc Tailteann

Four straight defeats, and Meath are teetering on the brink of relegation.

Tyrone 1-12 Meath 0-5

Meath 0-9 Derry 0-13

In terms of development for the championship, this was as big a step forward for Galway as it was backwards for Meath.

Galway 1-12 Meath 1-11

Kildare 0-18 Meath 2-11

The famine is over, according to Seamus McEnaney, though whether Meath can maintain their fine Division 2 form to achieve the promotion they crave remains to be seen.

Allianz Football League Division 2: Westmeath 0-5 Meath 0-17

Meath 1-15 Monaghan 1-9

DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY manager Niall Moyna was happy with this result, although it gives him a fixtures headache.

MEATH player-selector Graham Geraghty insists he will be gunning for a starting position for the league — but manager Seamus McEnaney has warned he will have to do a lot to be even considered a usable substitute.

DESPITE his All-Ireland final disappointment, Colm Cooper (above) had the consolation of finishing top scorer in this year’s All-Ireland football championship.

HOLDERS Skryne failed to make it through to the last eight of the Meath SFC despite defeating already qualified Dunboyne by 0-13 to 0-7 at Navan’s Páirc Tailteann on Saturday evening.

NOW that Meath have exited the Championship, County Board chiefs need to come out quickly and back Seamus McEnaney and his management team.