Most successful seasons contain a turning point of some sort and Brian Fenton doesn’t have to think too long to locate his with Dublin.

St Vincent’s 0-12 Ballymun Kickhams 0-11: A 57th minute point from Albert Martin proved decisive as St Vincent’s narrowly defeated Ballymun Kickhams in their absorbing Dublin SFC semi-final at Parnell Park last night.

Transplant the final Division 1 table to this time next year when semi-finals will be a thing of the past and there would be no equivocation — for the first time in 30 years, Dublin and Kerry would contest a Division 1 final.

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has backed Paul Murphy to shine again at centre-forward, though he accepts that tomorrow’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Donegal in Tralee will represent a different challenge for the Rathmore man than Down did last week.

Dublin 3-24 IT Carlow 2-08: Cormac Costello helped himself to an impressive 2-6 as experimental Dublin cruised to a big O’Byrne Cup win, keeping the holders firmly in the frame for a semi-final berth.

Ballyboden St Enda’s 2-8 St Vincent’s 0-10 (Dublin SFC Final): Anybody who knows the impressive breadth and rich vitality of Ballyboden St Enda’s would never describe them as giant-killers.

St Vincent’s 0-22 Na Fianna 2-9 (Dublin SFC semi-final): St Vincent’s kept their ambitions of a third successive title firmly intact as they accounted for Na Fianna yesterday afternoon.

The Championship isn’t over a week and already the debate has begun about Dublin dominance next season and how the football landscape will look in the coming years.

It is a measure of the standards set by St Vincent’s that Tomas Quinn pronounced himself entirely ‘disappointed’ with their AIB Leinster club semi-final win.

All-Ireland champions St Vincents of Dublin will start next month’s Leinster club championship final as clear favourites against Rhode of Offaly after today's semi-finals.

Dublin SFC final

From the time he grabbed Davy Byrne’s starting spot during the 2001 Leinster championship, Stephen Cluxton has missed few important games for Dublin.

Second-half goals from Darren O’Reilly and Ryan Basquel helped secure a 2-13 to 1-11 win for Ballyboden St Enda’s over St Brigid’s in Saturday’s Dublin SFC quarter-final at Parnell Park.

The 2010 All-Ireland champions maintained their status as league specialists while the 2011 kingpins’ interest in springtime endeavours are terminated.

Cork 1-12 Dublin 0-12

It says something when just over three months into the year, Finian Hanley admits he’s enjoying his football more than ever.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has reacted to his team's poor showing against Mayo by making wholesale changes for Sunday's Allianz Football League final round clash with Cork.

Dublin goalkeeper Shane Supple claims he was approached by Kildare management about transferring to the county last year after missing out on the Blues panel.

Kilmacud Crokes clubman Craig Dias will make his full senior debut for Dublin when they open their Allianz Football League campaign against Kerry tomorrow night (throw-in 7.15pm).

KIERAN McGEENEY doesn’t see any reason why Kildare would support a proposal to bring forward the Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup final.

Holders Kildare won through to face DCU in the O'Byrne Cup final after getting the better of an understrength Dublin side in Newbridge this afternoon.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy will not name his team until just before throw-in for Sunday's Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup opener against Carlow at Dr Cullen Park.

CIARAN SHEEHAN has been named in the Cork team for Sunday’s Allianz Division 1 final against Dublin.

GALWAY 0-15 DUBLIN 2-09

2010 All-Ireland U-21 medal winner Nicky Devereux has been named in the Dublin team for tomorrow's Allianz Football League Division 1 encounter with Down at Croke Park (throw-in 7.30pm).

DUBLIN boss Pat Gilroy insists there’s no guarantee any of the county’s big-name players will force their way back into his team between now and the start of the championship.

IT had been billed as the beginning of a new era for Meath football but Seamus McEnaney’s first game in charge of the Royals was a losing outing, with UCD snatching a dramatic victory in the refixed O’Byrne Cup opener in Navan last night.

Meath 0-10 UCD 1-9

WHEN he takes to the field for Tipperary in Croke Park this evening, Hugh Coghlan will quickly scan the opposition ranks for familiar faces.

TYRONE will be playing NFL Division Two football for the first time in the 21st century next year, courtesy of a power-packed first-half display from a Dublin side playing their best football of the campaign.

Tyrone 1-11 Dublin 2-14

PAT GILROY has conceded Tyrone are ‘a better team’ than his Dublin outfit and that beating them this weekend to reach the Allianz football league final is ‘not the be all and end all’.

Dublin Senior Football manager Pat Gilroy has made four changes to his side for tomorrow's Allianz NFL Division 1 clash with Galway at Parnell Park.

NFL DIVISION 1:

PREVIEW: Allianz NFL Division 1

NICHOLAS MURPHY returns to the Cork team for Saturday’s NFL game against Tyrone in Omagh.

DUBLIN manager Pat Gilroy has denied the allegation that he threatened to axe four young footballers from the county squad for this weekend’s NFL game against Mayo if they attended an AFL trial camp in Meath earlier this week.

DUBLIN make five changes in personnel as well as a couple of positional alterations for their NFL Division 1 clash with Mayo at McHale Park, Castlebar.

Dublin have made five changes in personnel for Sunday's Allianz NFL Division 1 showdown with Mayo at Castlebar (throw-in 2.30pm).

DUBLIN football manager Pat Gilroy has described the decision to screen three of his side’s four NFL games live on Setanta’s subscription channel as “harsh” on the county’s supporters.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has revealed that both Stephen Cluxton and Philip McMahon are only suffering minor knocks, but that it is still important to give both Michael Savage and Michael Fitzsimons some game-time.

Michael Fitzsimons will make his NFL debut for Dublin against Derry on Saturday night, as the Leinster champions' manager Pat Gilroy continues to blood new players.