In August, former Armagh All-Ireland winner and All Star Ronan Clarke collided with a goalpost and spent five days in a coma. The accident has changed his outlook on life ...

Armagh U21 manager " would jump at the chance" to play at the top level today.

This weekend three years ago Kevin Cassidy played in the infamous/immortal Donegal-Dublin All-Ireland semi-final. He did not know at the time it would be his last game for the county. But since his fallout with Jim McGuinness life went on, and he moved on.

It was the day Donegal’s ‘likeable losers’ tag stuck.

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

When it comes to regrets, nobody does them quite like Gaelic footballers.

It’s 2001 and Carrickmore are out on St Colmcille’s Park about to train ahead of their county final replay against Errigal Ciarán.

Sligo secretary Gerry O’Connor has brushed off Eamonn O’Hara’s criticism of Kevin Walsh as “kneejerk” and claimed his comments were consistent with having a personality clash with the manager.

It’s 10 years ago now that they all came on stream together, the one B and 4 Cs.

There were eight teams in the bowl yesterday morning but all ears were for just three.

Recently-retired Armagh captain Stevie McDonnell says the new county manager must get rid of the “deadwood” within the panel.

They were veritable goal machines, 44 between them in 12 championships seasons.

And then there was just one — if Ronan Clarke gets back at all.

Stevie McDonnell last night announced his retirement from inter-county football.

Deadlock: Dublin v Meath 1991

JUST a case of Ireland going through the motions this morning? Think again, says vice-captain Ciaran McKeever.

LEIGHTON GLYNN has no fear of an aggressive retort from the Australians tomorrow night as he claims the Ireland team are bigger than the host country.

ANTHONY TOHILL has enforced a Twitter ban on his International Rules squad in Australia.

KERRY might beat Dublin, but the occasion won’t.

WITH it’s bumper menu of training sessions, weekly fixtures and shrinking downtime, the All-Ireland qualifiers don’t normally offer much scope for reflection.

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

Derry 3-14 Armagh 1-11

ARMAGH captain Ciaran McKeever doesn’t mind stomaching a game of ‘puke football’ as long as the Orchard County beat Down in tomorrow’s Ulster championship quarter-final.

IN 12 senior seasons in Down colours, Benny Coulter has no difficulty counting the number of Ulster SFC wins he’s enjoyed, but the captain insists the provincial title is within the reach of his team this year.

Armagh forward Stevie McDonnell has defended Eoin Cadogan in Cork's Evening Echo newspaper today and hopes his red card will be rescinded to free the Rebel defender to play in the league final against Dublin.

AN early goal and a strong finish proved decisive for Armagh as they capped their first ever visit to McHale Park, Castlebar with a crucial victory after a frantic Allianz National League tussle.

WITH Cork and Kerry to visit Croke Park this month, we are going to hear a lot about Dublin’s ‘spring series’ but it’s their away form that marks Pat Gilroy’s side out as one of football’s coming forces.

ARMAGH’s Stevie McDonnell is likely to be handed the Irish captaincy today for the forthcoming International Rules series against Australia.

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.

THE clash of Dublin and Armagh is the standout fixture from last night’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier third round draw.

JAMIE CLARKE celebrated his 21st birthday yesterday to put the finishing touches on a weekend where he was the toast of his local ground at Oliver Plunkett Park.

STRANGE as it may sound but some footballers are criticised for ‘only being able to score’.

LAST June, Gerard O’Kane jumped on a bus in Glenullin to broaden his football horizons.

Armagh 1-12 UUJ 0-16

ALL THIS serious business must be catching on. For all the sombre mood, the discussion of being in the last-chance saloon and one wrong move away from ending it all, we could well have stumbled across a repeat of Questions and Answers pondering the budget yesterday, when it was in fact Michael Lyster and co chatting about the International Rules Series.

ARMAGH 0-12 WEXFORD 1-14

THERE’S life in the old dogs yet. Another All-Ireland quarter-final weekend rolls along with Armagh in the mix and the obits of early 2008 seem a tad premature these days, what with Peter McDonnell’s side still doing what needs to be done and Stevie McDonnell still the bane of corner-backs pretty much everywhere.

Adrian Flynn has paid the price for failing to score in last weekend's win over Down with Collie Byrne taking his place in the Wexford attack for tomorrow's GAA Football All-Ireland quarter-final showdown with Armagh, throw-in 2pm.