Kildare 0-22 Clare 1-14: Despite losing out to Kildare in a high-octane shootout, Clare will still join their conquerors in Division 2 next year.

Sligo 2-15 Kildare 2-14: Sligo boss Niall Carew came back to haunt his home county as his side ended Kildare’s perfect run in this Division 3 campaign at St Conleth’s Park yesterday.

Kildare 1-11 Limerick 1-10: Kildare recorded their fourth successive win in Division 3 at St Conleths Park yesterday to put them firmly on course for an immediate return to Division 2, but manager Cian O’Neill was left deeply unimpressed by their performance.

1. Are Dublin and Kerry as classy as they are made out to be or are they just cleverer when it comes to the dark arts?

Longford 0-11 Kildare 2-24: Just last week, Offaly manager Pat Flanagan asserted that so-called weaker counties consistently got the short end of the stick when it came to getting decisions against teams with higher profiles.

Leinster SFC final

Kildare 3-18 Laois 1-11: Not even their own supporters held much hope of Kildare beating Laois given their injuries and a horrible league campaign but manager Jason Ryan insists he and his coaching staff retained faith in their methods despite some of the vitriol being aimed in their direction.

Kildare blitzed Laois in stunning fashion after half time to canter into a Leinster semi-final against Dublin.

Kildare 0-16 Laois 0-16: Tommy Moolick capped off a barnstorming performance off the bench with a wonderful injury-time point to rescue a draw for Kildare at the end of a thoroughly entertaining Leinster SFC clash with Laois at O’Connor Park.

Laois and Kildare couldn’t be separated and have to meet again next Saturday at O’Connor Park, Tullamore after this rip-roaring Leinster championship clash.

Eamonn Callaghan says Kildare have been forced to view the championship as a completely new season after a disastrous league campaign ended with relegation to Division 3.

Kieran Shannon looks back at three epic encounters on Sunday, June 26, 2011 that proved to be momentous moments in shaping the destinies of three provincial championships.

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.

There were a trio of away wins in Division 2 of the Allianz Football League this afternoon, while Meath and Laois shared the spoils on Saturday night.

Dublin ended Kildare’s recent dominance of the Bord na Móna O’Byrne Cup at the end of a hugely entertaining game that needed extra time to produce a definitive result.

By Peter O’Dwyer

ALL-IRELAND SFC ROUND 3B

Clare came within minutes of stunning Kildare at Cusack Park last night but in the end the Lilywhites' coolness in the final quarter and impressive fitness levels got them over the line.

Down 0-11 Kildare 1-18

Kildare booked their place in Round 3B of the All-Ireland football qualifiers thanks to a 1-18 to 0-11 victory over Down in Newry.

ALL-IRELAND SFC ROUND 2B:

Kildare made it interesting in the final quarter and had they been more clinical, might have completed a remarkable fightback, but in the end, Meath had done enough in their period of dominance to claim a place in the Leinster final.

Kildare belied much of the pre-match portents of doom to crush Louth in Croke Park and cruise to a Leinster semi-final date with either Meath or Carlow.

LEINSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL:

Kildare boss Jason Ryan has dismissed reports that experienced midfielder, Daryl Flynn has left the county panel.

Derry 2-17 Kildare 3-9

With 70 minutes on the clock in Newbridge eight days ago, Kildare were five points up on Tyrone and heading close to the summit of the league after three rounds.

Kildare 1-10 Meath 0-09

CORK

Chairman of the Gaelic Games Doctors’ Association, Dr Danny Mulvihill, has queried the concerns about a rise in serious hip injuries and the danger of kidney failure among Gaelic players.

All fixtures are tomorrow unless stated

The unrest over Kieran McGeeney's axing as Kildare senior football manager is set to continue with the players due to hold a meeting tonight, just 24 hours after a narrow County Board vote ousted McGeeney from his position.

Emmet Bolton has hit out at the club delegates who voted against keeping Kieran McGeeney on as Kildare senior manager, alleging that a good number of them have not even seen the panel train before.

Kildare’s outgoing captain Eamonn Callaghan says there is unanimous support for Kieran McGeeney and the entire backroom staff amongst the players, who are in favour of the existing management structure being retained.

If you weren’t there, you’d have missed the send-off Joe McQuillan got from St Conleth’s Park on Saturday night.

Kildare and Tyrone have both made significant changes at full-forward for their All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier encounter in Newbridge tomorrow night (throw-in 7pm).

Kildare 1-19 Louth 0-15

We found out last week it’s being in front of dictaphones, not making decisions on the sideline, Jim Gavin feels is the most demanding part of his time as Dublin boss.

Kildare 0-19 Offaly 1-12

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).

They have lost arguably a first choice championship midfield in recent weeks but John Doyle insists it is not a problem area for Kildare.

Tipperary manager Eamon O’Shea concedes Lar Corbett is facing a race against time to be fit to start Sunday week’s Munster semi-final against Limerick.

Given his experience, and importance as a player, it didn’t come as a huge surprise when Kieran McGeeney finally confirmed Eamonn Callaghan would take over from Johnny Doyle as Kildare captain.