Main fixtures
FOOTBALL
DIVISION ONE
- Derry v Kerry, Celtic Park,12.30pm
- Mayo v Galway, MacHale Park, 2.30pm
DIVISION TWO
- Down v Cork, Páirc Esler, 1pm
- Louth v Roscommon, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
- Meath v Cavan, Páirc Tailteann, 2pm
- Monaghan v Westmeath, St. Tiernach’s Park, 2pm
HURLING
DIVISION 1A
- Kilkenny v Galway, Nowlan Park, 1.45pm
- Tipperary v Wexford, Semple Stadium, 3.45pm
DIVISION 1B
- Antrim v Westmeath, Corrigan Park, Belfast, 2pm
- Laois v Offaly, O’Moore Park, 2pm
- Carlow v Waterford, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2pm
55mins: Derry 0-19 Kerry 2-11
The contentious two point free from outside the arc comes to Kerry’s aid. Seán O’Shea sends it high and accurately over the Derry crossbar.
53mins: Derry 0-19 Kerry 2-9
Another goal chance for Derry, again the shot blazes just over the Kerry crossbar from Ethan Doherty.
53mins: Derry 0-18 Kerry 2-9
Seán O’Brien with a point for Kerry.
51mins: Derry 0-18 Kerry 2-8
Goal chance for Derry on the break, but Ethan Doherty fizzes his shot just over the crossbar.
49mins: Derry 0-17 Kerry 2-8
Dylan Geaney with a two-pointer for Kerry.
48mins: Derry 0-17 Kerry 2-6
Donncha Gilmore with a point for Derry. The home side lead by five.
43mins: Derry 0-16 Kerry 2-6
Finally Kerry have got the scoreboard moving again. Conor Geaney curls over their first point of the second half.
40mins: Derry 0-16 Kerry 2-5
Conor Glass sends a 45 sailing between the Kerry posts. The visitors have not scored since their second goal, which was late in the first half. That goal made it 2-5 to 0-8. Derry have now registered eight points without reply.
38mins: Derry 0-15 Kerry 2-5
Derry extend their lead with another points - this time it’s Paul Cassidy. Paudie Clifford gets the ball down the other end of the field and registers a wide. Kerry need to halt Derry’s momentum here.
And Kerry’s second.....
36mins: Derry 0-14 Kerry 2-5
The second-half has started at Celtic Park and the home side continue where they left off at the end of the first - by popping over a point. Conor Glass scores this one for Derry.
Here is Kerry’s opening goal of the game.
Today’s game sees Paddy Tally go up against a team he coached as recently as last season. Tally’s first game as Derry manager was against his native Tyrone. Next week he goes up against Galway, a team he also coached previously. Here’s a piece on the highly-rated Galbally man.
There was also a 12.30 throw-in for London’s Division Four Football clash with Wicklow in Ruislip.
At the break Wicklow lead by a point.
Half-time: Wicklow 0-10 London 1-6
HALF-TIME: Derry 0-13 Kerry 2-5
35mins: Derry 0-13 Kerry 2-5
Donncha Gilmore kicks over a mark just as the half-time hooter sounds. Derry have really turned the game around in the last five minutes of the opening half.
33mins: Derry 0-12 Kerry 2-5
What a response to Kerry’s second goal this has been from Derry. The home side have not only cancelled out the goal but Derry have pushed in front again after two quick points from Niall Toner and Diarmuid Baker. Baker’s point came after a stunning fetch from Anton Tohill in the middle of the field. It was a real wow moment.
30mins: Derry 0-10 Kerry 2-5
Ben McCarron with a good response from Derry. McCarron drills over from long range to post Derry’s second two-pointer of the afternoon. A lovely score.
27mins: Derry 0-8 Kerry 2-5
GOAL for Kerry. The Kingdom net a second goal in this opening half. Conor Geaney again! This time he palms the ball home from close range after Kerry sliced through the Derry defence. Some quick hands caught Derry out but Paddy Tally will be disappointed by the defending in allowing Kerry through so easily.
23mins: Derry 0-8 Kerry 1-5
Niall Toner scores his second of the contest.
23mins: Derry 0-7 Kerry 1-5
Seán O’Shea pops over a free - a sentence you have read before and will again.
21mins: Derry 0-7 Kerry 1-4
Two quickfire Derry points within a minute - Paul Cassidy and Shane McGuigan on target for Paddy Tally’s men.
18mins: Derry 0-5 Kerry 1-4
Barry Dan O’Sullivan has started very impressively for Kerry and he’s just added another fine point.
14mins: Derry 0-5 Kerry 1-3
Conor Geaney adds to his early goal with a nice point from play. Kerry lead by one after quarter of an hour at Celtic Park.
13mins: Derry 0-5 Kerry 1-2
Niall Toner responds with a free for Derry. Decent start to this one, the play moving up and down the field with a bit of pace.
11mins: Derry 0-4 Kerry 1-2
Barry Dan O’Sullivan - a late addition to the Kerry team - edges the Kingdom back in front.
9mins: Derry 0-4 Kerry 1-1
Ethan Doherty with a nice score for the home side. All level.
7mins: Derry 0-3 Kerry 1-1
Seán O’Shea adds a free for the visitors. Lively start in Derry.
5mins: Derry 0-3 Kerry 1-0
GOAL for Kerry. The Kingdom respond to a wonderful Brendan Rogers two pointer by sweeping down the pitch, the move ending with Paudie Clifford feeding Conor Geaney, who neatly tucks the ball away.
1mins: Derry 0-1 Kerry 0-0
Shane McGuigan opens the scoring with an early point for Derry.
And we’re off at Celtic Park. Couple of changes to both sides as listed in the programme. Here are the teams:
DERRY: Neil McNicholl; Diarmuid Baker, Eoin McEvoy, Mark Doherty; Conor Doherty, Brendan Rogers, Donncha Gilmore; Conor Glass, Anton Tohill; Cormac Murphy, Paul Cassidy, Ethan Doherty; Niall Toner, Shane McGuigan, Ben McCarron.
KERRY: Shane Ryan; Damien Bourke, Jason Foley, Tom O’Sullivan; Graham O’Sullivan, Tadhg Morley, Seán O’Brien; Diarmuid O’Connor, Barry Dan O’Sullivan; Paudie Clifford, Seán O’Shea, Ruairí Murphy; Conor Geaney, Killian Spillane, Dylan Geaney.
Almost set to go at Celtic Park for the early throw-in for Derry v Kerry. The 12.30 start is to facilitate the Bloody Sunday commemorations in the city.
Denis Walsh was at Páirc Uí Chaoimh for Cork v Limerick:
‘It ended in a tizzy. Cork had drummed up a head of steam, Limerick were digging in, everyone was up in arms with the referee, the crowd were up and down out of their saturated seats, there were bodies falling everywhere, the ball was darting in all directions, usually out of control, and in the 10th minute of stoppage-time Darragh Fitzgibbon levelled the game for the last time with a free from 45 metres out. Seconds later, the chaos ended.’
Here is our match report as All-Ireland champions Armagh beat neighbours Tyrone last night.
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One of the stories emerging from last night was the news Michael Fitzsimons is unlikely to return for Dublin this year. While not entirely unexpected, it is yet another link in the Dublin chain falling off.
Here are yesterday’s league results:
FOOTBALL
DIVISION ONE
- Donegal 0-20 Dublin 0-16
- Armagh 1-23 Tyrone 0-19
DIVISION FOUR
- Tipperary 3-13 Longford 1-18
- Carlow 2-15 Waterford 0-12
HURLING
DIVISION 1A
Cork 1-16 Limerick 1-16
DIVISION TWO
- Down 2-26 Derry 0-13
- Kildare 2-28 Kerry 0-17
DIVISION THREE
- Cavan 1-17 Sligo 1-12
- London 1-18 Wicklow 1-17
DIVISION FOUR
Louth 2-23 Monaghan 0-11
Good morning and welcome to our live blog of today’s Allianz League action. We have an early start today because of the 12.30 throw-in for Derry v Kerry at Celtic Park.
It’s Gordon Manning here, I’ll be with you all afternoon keeping you updated on the latest scores, stories and any other GAA developments from across the country.
Our intrepid squadron of reporters have been cast to various corners of the island to cover matches today so we’ll also be bringing you their pieces throughout the afternoon.
I, meanwhile, have been cast to my couch to watch wall to wall sport on tv for the entire day – it’s kind of like being back in college again, to be honest!
Today’s fixtures:
DIVISION ONE
- Derry v Kerry, Celtic Park,12.30pm
- Mayo v Galway, MacHale Park, 2.30pm
DIVISION TWO
- Down v Cork, Páirc Esler, 1pm
- Louth v Roscommon, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
- Meath v Cavan, Páirc Tailteann, 2pm
- Monaghan v Westmeath, St. Tiernach’s Park, 2pm
DIVISION THREE
- Clare v Leitrim, Cusack Park, 2pm
- Sligo v Kildare, Markievicz Park, 2pm
- Fermanagh v Antrim, St Joseph’s GAA, Ederney, 2.30pm
- Laois v Offaly, O’Moore Park, 4pm
DIVISION FOUR
- London v Wicklow, McGovern Park, 12.30pm
- Limerick v Wexford, Mick Neville Park, 2pm
HURLING
DIVISION 1A
- Kilkenny v Galway, Nowlan Park, 1.45pm
- Tipperary v Wexford, Semple Stadium, 3.45pm
DIVISION 1B
- Antrim v Westmeath, Corrigan Park, Belfast, 2pm
- Laois v Offaly, O’Moore Park, 2pm
- Carlow v Waterford, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2pm
DIVISION TWO
Donegal v Tyrone, O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny, 2pm
DIVISION THREE
Roscommon v Armagh, Dr Hyde Park ,1pm
DIVISION FOUR
- Fermanagh v Longford, Kinawley, 1pm
- Warwickshire v Lancashire, Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham 2pm
