A number of young players will make the step up to Senior Championship football when Kildare and Offaly meet in this evening's opening Leinster SFC quarter-final at Croke Park (throw-in 5pm).

St Patrick’s (Louth) 1-09 Rhode (Offaly) 1-07

Reigning kingpins Edenderry crashed out of the Offaly senior football championship on Saturday at O’Connor Park, Tullamore as Ross Brady’s brilliant 55th minute goal helped Clara secure a semi-final victory.

Kildare 0-19 Offaly 0-6

Four Championship newcomers are in the Offaly team to take on Kildare in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final in Portlaoise (throw-in 4pm).

Laois edged an entertaining battle against an Offaly side, minus Ciarán McManus and Niall McNamee at the opening of the new Mountmellick GAA Clubhouse by GAA President Liam O’Neill last night.

Wexford will surely not have an easier outing this year than their visit to O’Connor Park, Tullamore yesterday.

A FOURTH Leinster Club SFC title for Kilmacud Crokes and the sweetest of them all, according to their manager Paddy Carr and captain Pat Burke.

Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 0-15 Rhode (Offaly) 1-7, Portlaoise

OFFALY football manager, Tom Cribbin, has questioned the decision to redevelop O’Connor Park in Tullamore when there are no adequate training facilities for the county’s representative teams.

Wexford 2-11 Offaly 0-16

THE outstanding memory from yesterday’s Leinster championship encounter in Portlaoise would have been Kildare’s copybook football for the first 15 minutes, which yielded an impressive 1-7.

Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 2-07 Rhode (Offaly) 1-07

Offaly manager Pat Roe has handed championship debuts to Niall Darby and Jason Kelly for Saturday's GAA All-Ireland football qualifier against Down at O'Connor Park in Tullamore.

BRIAN DARBY will keep up the family tradition by lining out with Offaly against Westmeath in Saturday night’s Leinster senior football championship in Tullamore.

Offaly 2-19 Carlow 3-7

Former captain Karol Slattery has been passed fit to line out for Offaly in their Leinster SFC opener against Carlow this Sunday (Portlaoise, throw-in 2.10pm).

Roscommon's 4-11 to 1-16 victory over Offaly today in Tullamore not only booked John Maughan's side a place in the NFL Division Two semi-finals but also gained them entry to next season's restructed Divison Two.

Offaly 3-8 Laois 2-12

Kevin Kilmurray's resignation as manager of the Offaly senior footballers has the Faithfuls' County Board on the look-out for a new man.

Offaly manager Kevin Kilmurray has made four changes to his side for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Laois (Portlaoise, throw-in 4pm).

CORK GAA officials are seeking thea re-arrangement of their teams’ schedules in the All-Ireland SFC and SHC championship in Croke Park.

Dublin 1-15 Offaly 0-9

AFTER years in the doldrums, Offaly’s resurgence has been the undoubted feelgood story of the summer but few expect a fairytale ending against Dublin in tomorrow’s Leinster SFC Final (Croke Park, 4pm, RTÉ 2).

LIKE a cornered animal, Offaly have long been renowned as a team that is at its most dangerous when their backs were to the wall.

Kildare 0-15 Offaly 3-9

Offaly supporters will breathe a sigh of relief that their star man Ciaran McManus looks set to play in Sunday's Leinster SFC first round clash with Westmeath.

Offaly 0-12 Tyrone 2-15

Offaly are sweating on the fitness of centre back Scott Brady for Sunday's NFL Division 1A clash with Mayo (throw-in 2.30pm).

OFFALY football manager Kevin Kilmurray wants to build on their weekend’s success over Cork in the National Football League.

Offaly 0-12 Cork 1-05

Offaly 0-12 Cork 1-05

Meath 3-14 Offaly 0-14

Meath will meet Offaly in the final of football’s O’Byrne Cup after the sides scored victories over Dublin and Laois respectively.

Rhode (Offaly) 1-6 Stradbally (Laois) 0-6

Carlow 0-14 Offaly 1-10

Offaly have made two changes and a positional switch for Saturday's Bank of Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Carlow at Dr Cullen Park (throw-in 5.30pm).