Dr Con Murphy was on the train with John Corcoran after Cork played an All-Ireland senior football semi-final a few years ago. The season doesn’t matter. The memory does.

Cork County Board favours the possible introduction of “a second competition” for weaker counties in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after their participation at provincial level has come to an end.

Peter McNamara assesses the live matches this weekend.

O’Donovan Rossa 2-15 Clonakilty 0-10: A West Cork senior football championship game usually produces plenty of fireworks, but this one at Rosscarbery yesterday fizzled out and faded quickly as O’Donovan Rossa crushed a hugely disappointing Clonakilty.

John Galvin has announces his retirement from inter-county football at the age of 34, after 15 years playing in the Limerick jersey.

A record number of scores were recorded in this year's Senior Football Championship while the number of frees decreased in comparison to last season.

Glenullin edged out Slaughtneil in an extra-time thriller as the Derry senior football championship came to life last evening.

Champions Rhode survived a stern test from Gracefield in a thrilling Offaly senior football championship clash at O’Connor Park, Tullamore last night (2-16 to 3-12).

Aghada 0-16Blackrock 0-12

Champions Monaleen needed four late frees from Muris Gavin to share the spoils with Ballysteen (2-11 apiece) in the second round of the Limerick senior football championship.

SLIGO GAA officials meet tonight in a bid to avoid a strike by referees in the county.

THIS opening round of the Garveys Kerry senior football championship at Caherciveen yesterday proved to be much closer than generally anticipated, despite the underdogs being limited by the loss of eight players.

Limerick 4-12 Meath 4-03

A new GAA disagreement is brewing after Cork GAA chiefs decided to move the opening round of Senior Football Championship games to the dislike of their club units.

Liam Mackey

LAST NIGHT’S Cork County Board meeting heard a call for panels of inter county teams to be again reduced to 24 players.

South Kerry 2-20 Rathmore 1-6

THE New York GAA’s showpiece finals day ended in farce at Gaelic Park on Sunday as the Kerry club were handed the Senior Football Championship final on a walkover.

Ardmore 3-12 Kilmacthomas 0-5

Kildare 1-16 Offaly 2-17

CROKE PARK chiefs insisted yesterday they are determined to get to the bottom of the off-the-ball incident in which Clare hurler Gerry Quinn sustained an horrific hand injury in the All-Ireland hurling semi-final.

Galway football club Killererin will have their case heard by the Connacht Council following their dismissal from the county Senior Football Championship.

All Ireland champions gave neighbours and Connacht champions Roscommon a lesson in football in their Senior Football Championship tie at Dr Hyde Park.