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HEADS UP FOOTBALL: David Clifford of Kerry in action against Eoin Murchan of Dublin during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Dublin and Kerry at Croke Park in Dublin. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

It never disappoints, though they play a sport that often does.

If there’s one football fixture that is almost guaranteed to entertain and enthrall, it’s an All-Ireland semi-final, especially one featuring Dublin, and all the more so again if the opposition is Kerry.