Aidan Walsh: We’ll keep the heads up

Across the four divisions of the football league, only two counties were handed away fixtures on both weekends of the opening fortnight.

Antrim, having left Thurles empty-handed last Sunday, will venture back down the M1 this weekend as they head to Tullamore for a meeting with Offaly.

Cork, too, are back on the road. Last Sunday’s Salthill assignment had been billed as the tougher of the two journeys facing Peadar Healy’s charges during the first half of February.