Westmeath 0-12 Roscommon 2-13: Roscommon manager John Evans hailed his side’s promotion to Division 1 of the National Football League by saying: “This meant everything to us today to win promotion. 

Galway 3-12 Kildare 1-12: A performance symbolic of a regressive spring campaign, Kildare dropping to the league’s third tier with hardly a punch thrown in this deciding bout.

Down 3-12 Laois 1-15: Down’s ability to find the net helped them clinch promotion back to Division One while Laois maintained their league status despite defeat in Pairc Esler yesterday.

The blanket defence, the bane of Cork’s 2014, came back to bite them in Owenbeg yesterday, but Brian Cuthbert wasn’t getting overly worried about his side’s attacking performance.

Derry 2-15 Cork 1-11: Maybe football isn’t dead at all.

In the wake of yesterday’s Tyrone-Kerry match in Omagh, a friend explained the rationale of the need for change in sport and sporting management. "I like ham sandwiches but I don’t want them every day", he said.

Tyrone 0-17 Kerry 1-14: One was the magic number in Omagh yesterday.

GAA chiefs have fixed next weekend’s Allianz League Division One semi-finals for Croke Park.

Longford 1-18 Carlow 1-12: Longford full forward Brian Kavanagh kicked six points in a man-of-the-match performance as Longford maintained their unbeaten Division 4 record with a merited win over a plucky Carlow at Netwatch Cullen Park yesterday.

Leitrim 0-15 Waterford 0-10: Leitrim outplayed Waterford in the first half of Saturday’s meaningless NFL Division 4 clash in Carrick-on-Shannon.

Offaly 1-13 Antrim 1-07: “We do things the hard way here by the looks of things.” That was the verdict of Offaly manager Pat Flanagan after the Faithful County secured their promotion out of Division 4 with a win over Antrim at O’Connor Park yesterday afternoon.

Clare 1-14 Fermanagh 2-09: Clare maintained their Division 3 status by virtue of a two-point win over Fermanagh at Cusack Park, Ennis yesterday.

Tipperary 2-12 Wexford 2-15: It came too little, too late, to preserve Wexford’s place in Division 3 of the Allianz Football League but the Slaneysiders finally produced a second half to be proud of yesterday. 

Sligo 1-19 Armagh 1-08: Sharpshooter Adrian Marren scored eight points as an improving Sligo retained their Division 3 status with an 11-point defeat of a lethargic Armagh at Markievicz Park.

Louth 2-11 Limerick 2-13: Ian Ryan marked his first start in over a year with eight priceless points, as Limerick completed their great escape in Drogheda.

Down 0-10 Meath 2-11

Dublin kicked three points in the last four minutes to finally edge a poor contest and condemn Derry to relegation to Division 2 for next season.

Meath 0-13 Laois 0-13

By John Fogarty