The sponsorship person who has to hang around to present the man of the match award could have made a strong case for it to be done at half-time in Hyde Park yesterday to get home out of the rain.

Roscommon 1-11 Armagh 1-9, Dr. Hyde Park

Of all the misfits, they were first to be flung unmercifully on to the scrapheap of the qualifiers.

Roscommon manager Des Newton has selected his team to face Galway in Sunday's Connacht SFC quarter-final at Dr. Hyde Park (throw-in 4pm).

Roscommon will field an unchanged team when they battle it out with Mayo in Sunday's Connacht SFC final.

Roscommon: The 62nd Boots store in Ireland was opened on Main Street, Roscommon, yesterday and will provide 14 jobs for the area.

CARLOW manager Luke Dempsey has handed out five championship debuts for next Sunday’s Leinster SFC quarter-final against Louth.

Manager Fergal O'Donnell has picked an unchanged Roscommon team for Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon (throw-in 2pm).

TWELVE months ago it was the Kilmurry-Ibrickane supporters deliriously celebrating a famous All-Ireland club semi-final victory in the Gaelic Grounds.

THE madcap nature of their Munster final win will have given Nemo Rangers plenty to ponder over the last few weeks.

ROSCOMMON boss Fergal O’Donnell claimed his side lacked the staying power in the second half to make a serious bid for honours.

IT was refreshing to hear the honesty of Roscommon selector Declan Hoare who admitted that the Connacht champions were the team each of the four qualifier survivors wanted this weekend.

HIS side are 8/1 outsiders to defeat Cork in Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at Croke Park, but Roscommon boss Fergal O’Donnell isn’t paying much attention to the bookmakers and the perceived wisdom of the country’s football experts.

THIS is almost surreal.

THIS was one of the most exciting Connacht finals that I was ever at.

Carr quits Cavan after Cork mauling

CAVAN are on the lookout for a new senior football manager after Tommy Carr last night decided to bring the curtain down on his two-year reign in charge.

Donal Shine burst onto the scene in 2006 as a fresh-faced 17-year-old, playing an integral part in the All-Ireland success of the Roscommon minor football team - their first title at that grade since 1951.

Roscommon manager Fergal O'Donnell has made one enforced change to his side from the one which beat London, for Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Leitrim at Dr Hyde Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

London 0-6 Roscommon 0-14

Three players have been chosen to make their Championship debuts for Roscommon in Sunday afternoon's Connacht SFC quarter-final against London at Ruislip (throw-in 3pm).

Meath 2-12 Roscommon 0-11

Roscommon 0-11 Wexford 0-8

Roscommon manager Fergal O'Donnell has made seven changes to his side to take on Wexford in today's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against Wexford at Wexford Park.

FORMER U21 All-Ireland winning captain Kevin Hynes makes his championship debut for Galway on Sunday when they take on Laois in the Leinster SHC at Portlaoise.

CORK IT coach Keith Ricken admits his side face a big test when they open their Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup campaign in this afternoon’s quarter-final at home to DCU.

LIMERICK received the perfect antidote to their opening day league woes, when they inched past Roscommon in this NFL Division 3 encounter in Kilmallock on Saturday.

GER REIDY of Castleisland Desmonds and Aidan O’Shea from the Glenbeigh-Glencarr club are the two new faces on the Kerry team to play Donegal in the opening round of the Allianz NFL at Austin Park, Tralee tomorrow.