IF a perfect result amounts to both sides taking what they deserved from the action, then this was precisely that.

Alan Quirke is back between the posts for Cork who take on Down in this weekend’s Allianz Football League, at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday.

When you are retired from inter-county football and go to watch matches, you quickly forget that most of the players on view are probably carrying some form of injury or returning from a spell out injured.

Conor Counihan expressed himself happy enough to be making the long journey home with a point in the bag and, while they could have left with nothing, they really should have departed with two.

Armagh 0-10 Cork 1-7

THERE’S not another team in the land that has nurtured a relationship with the All-Ireland Qualifiers quite like Tyrone.

Tyrone 2-13 Armagh 0-13

WHEN it ended, Mick O’Dwyer simply curled his match programme that bit tighter, took off his woolly hat and marched head down towards the dressing-room.

Declan McKenna will make his first Championship start for Armagh in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round replay against Wicklow.

WICKLOW might become the first county Mick O’Dwyer will depart without winning championship silverware but the ethos and style of football that the Kerry legend has promoted for over half a century is clearly embedded in the Garden County.

Armagh 0-19 Wicklow 2-13

In selecting his team to face Derry in Sunday's Ulster SFC semi-final, Armagh manager Paddy O'Rourke has kept faith with the side that beat Down last time out.

IT was Aaron Kernan, one of the Armagh stars in this surprise result, who put it best afterwards.

Former Mayo player Billy Joe Padden will make his Ulster Championship debut in tomorrow night's quarter-final clash with Down at the Morgan Athletic Grounds (throw-in 7.30pm).

Armagh 0-18 Galway 1-20, Athletic Grounds, Allianz Football League

Mayo 1-10 Armagh 2-10

SUDDENLY the complexion of this Dublin football team has a much brighter hue.

All-Ireland SFC Round 3 Qualifier

IT’S THE marching season in the north, but this was more of a stumble over the line for Paddy O’Rourke’s Armagh against a very green Fermanagh outfit before 7,000 fans at Brewster Park.

Fermanagh 0-7 Armagh 0-11, Enniskillen

Armagh manager Paddy O'Rourke has made just one change to his side for his Sunday's Ulster SFC tie against Derry at Celtic Park (2pm).

KERRY football boss Jack O’Connor has named ten of last September’s All-Ireland winning team for the opening clash of their All-Ireland title defence in Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

DIVISION TWO league finals tend to leave little in the way of a lasting impression but yesterday’s footprint dug a little deeper, if only for another entry into the catalogue of memorable displays from Steven McDonnell.

Armagh 0-17 Down 1-12

Armagh will have the fit-again Ronan Clarke at full-forward when they take on Ulster rivals Down for the Allianz NFL Division 2 title at Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 2pm).

TOMÁS Ó SÉ and Paul Galvin both return to the Kerry lineup for tomorrow’s NFL Division One relegation clash against Monaghan in Fitzgerald Stadium.

Armagh 1-15 Tipperary 2-8

Armagh 0-13 Laois 0-12

Derry 1-13 Down 1-15

Armagh 1-12 UUJ 0-16

Armagh 0-12 Antrim 0-10

2002 All-Ireland winner and All-Star Aidan O'Rourke is expected to see action for Armagh during the 2008 Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup.

Armagh 1-09 Louth 0-11

Armagh 1-19 Louth 0-11

Brian Mallon will have to be content with a place on the substitutes bench for Armagh's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Kerry on Saturday (Croke Park, throw-in 2pm).

Monaghan 0-10 Armagh 0-10

Down 1-11 Armagh 2-09

Armagh manager Joe Kernan has made three changes to his side for Sunday's must-win Allianz NFL Division 1B trip to face Meath in Navan (throw-in 2.30pm).

Armagh 3-11 Donegal 1-10

Armagh's All-Ireland-winning captain Kieran McGeeney has been recalled, along with sharp shooter Oisin McConville, for Sunday's Allianz National Football League semi-final against Mayo at Dr Hyde Park.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has handed Philip Jordan his first appearance of the National League campaign as the Red Hands travel to Mullingar to face Leinster champions Westmeath in Division 1A today.

QUB 1-9, UUJ 1-8

GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell believes that GAA has suffered a public relations nightmare over the debate to discuss Rule 42 at Congress.