Standing outside the dressing rooms in St Conleth’s Park on Saturday night, Daniel Flynn made his way from the field, a relieved and slightly sunburnt man.

Dublin 4-16 Kildare 1-09

It is 11 years since Kieran McGeeney and his Armagh team-mates inflicted a deep wound in the psyche of Dublin football by beating the Blues in a dramatic All-Ireland semi-final.

Kildare 1-13 Wexford 1-11

Louth had 11 points to spare over Longford ( 1-17 to 0-9), as they set up a home semi-final against Dublin in the Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup.

Kildare 1-13 Carlow IT 0-7

The dressing rooms in Dr Hyde Park are out on a limb and last Saturday night, despite a biting wind, a group of disappointed Sligo fans hung around to see up close the team that had just taken them apart.

Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney has selected an unchanged team to face Cork in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final tie.

The calm before the perfect storm.

Kildare 0-13 Sligo 0-4

The Kildare team to face Limerick in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier tie has a tried and trusted look to it.

Seanie Johnston is absent from the Kildare team named to face Cavan in Sunday's much-anticipated All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier.

Nobody expected Lazarus would rise from the dead.

Kildare’s push for promotion got a further boost at Drogheda yesterday, this four-point win over struggling Louth putting them in prime position for the second of the qualifying spots.

Louth 0-17 Kildare 2-15

Changed times in Meath.

Kildare 0-18 Meath 2-11

A worthwhile exercise for both Kieran McGeeney and Jack O’Connor as the Lilywhites edged to victory at the official reopening of the Ballymacelligott GAA pitch on Saturday.

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

Donegal 1-12 Kildare 0-14 (aet)

THIS game could have been a blowout.

Kildare 2-11 Meath 0-14

MICHEAL MEEHAN returns to the Galway starting lineup for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Meath in one of five changes made by manager Tomás Ó Flatharta following the Connacht semi-final defeat to Mayo.

THERE is a good reason most of the post-game debate has centred on Meath referee Cormac Reilly and his decision to award a late and decisive free to Bernard Brogan and Dublin in a Leinster semi-final that failed live up to its billing.

WITH Kildare being such a good second-half team, yesterday’s Croke Park clash was always going to be decided after half-time.

OFFALY hurling duo Brian Mullins (pictured) and Ger Oakley have confirmed their retirement from the inter-county scene.

HILL 16 and its controversial new perimeter might have been all the talk last week but the Davin Stand end of Croke Park has been the epicentre of the summer’s drama and so it proved again yesterday.

Down 1-16 Kildare 1-14

GROWING confidence and a relaxed attitude have been the two key ingredients to Kildare’s progression to the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland championship.

All-Ireland SFC Qualifier Round 4

Kildare 1-12 Leitrim 0-6

Antrim 0-9 Kildare 1-15

NFL DIVISION 2:

KILDARE manager Kieran McGeeney has termed the disciplinary measures which followed his side’s ill-tempered battle with Laois in the O’Byrne Cup as “a joke”.

ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry have named just five of the team that started in last September’s victory over Cork for tomorrow’s NFL Division 1 opener against Dublin in Killarney.

KILDARE manager Kieran McGeeney has rubbished claims his team broke the ban on collective training for inter-county teams during November and December.

KILDARE manager Kieran McGeeney has dropped All Star nominee Alan Smith from his panel.

KILDARE won through to the O’Byrne Cup semi-final yesterday – they now play Louth – but the result was lost in the small print as seven players were sent off in an ill-tempered affair at O’Moore Park.

Kildare 0-11 Laois 0-8

KILDARE overcame the 36th-minute dismissal of All Star midfielder Dermot Earley to edge past UCD in the opening round of the O’Byrne Cup at Newbridge yesterday.

KIERAN McGEENEY was in firefighting mode on Saturday evening but it was to no avail. The flames of expectation were already licking at his heels, fanned by his own team’s stunning performance.

KILLIAN YOUNG makes a return, Darragh O Sé gets a starting place at midfield and Tommy Walsh is fit to play in the full-forward position as a new-look Kerry team prepare to take on Cork in the Munster SFC semi-final replay at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.