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Most Semi Final appearances:

Arsenal 29
Man Utd 28
Everton 26
Liverpool 24
Chelsea 22
Aston Villa 21
West Brom 20
Spurs 20

Semi Final Draw: 

Arsenal v Man City
Chelsea v Spurs

The matches will be played over the weekend of April 22-23, with the final on Saturday, May 27

[Senior Football]

Update 13 March – only the senior finals to go on Friday.  Any predictions on who will win?  Dr. Crokes and Cuala are favs per PP site.

Senior Football

Feb 11:  Dr. Crokes (Kerry)  2-11 Corofin (Galway) 0-8; Slaughtneil (Derry) 0-12 St. Vincents (Dublin) 0-10
March 17: Final Slaughtneil (Derry) v Dr. Crokes (Kerry) in Croke Park 5pm

Intermediate Football

Jan 29: Westport (Mayo) 1-10 Kenmare (Kerry) 0-11 AET; St. Colmcilles (Meath) 3-11 Pomeroy (Tyrone) 2-13
Feb 19: Final - Westport (Mayo) 2-12 St. Colmcilles (Meath) 3-8

Junior Football

Jan 29: Glenbeigh/Glencar (Kerry)  4-14 Louisburgh (Mayo) 0-13; Rock St. Patricks (Tyrone) 1-18 Dunedin Connolly's (Edinburgh) 2-6
Feb 19: Final - Glenbeigh/Glencar (Kerry) 1-14  Rock St. Patricks (Tyrone)  1-11

Senior Hurling

Feb 4: Ballyea (Clare) 1-19 St. Thomas (Galway) 2-14
Feb 25: Cuala (Dublin) 3-21 Slaughtneil (Derry) 2-11
March 17: Final Ballyea (Clare) v Cuala (Dublin) in Croke Park 3pm

Intermediate Hurling

Jan 29: Ath Eascrach/Fothaine Ahascragh/Fohenagh (near Ballinasloe in Galway) 1-17 v Lismore (Waterford) 0-13; Carrickshock (Kilkenny) 0-18 v Robert Emmetts (London) 1-9
Feb 18: Final - Carrickshock (Kilkenny) 2-15 Ath Eascrach/Fothaine Ahascragh/Fohenagh (Galway) 0-6

Junior Hurling

Jan 29: Mayfield (Cork) 1-14 Calry/St. Josephs (Sligo) 1-7; Mooncoin (Kilkenny) 5-11  v Lamh Dearg (Antrim) 0-8
Feb 18: Final - Mayfield (Cork) 2-16 Mooncoin (Kilkenny) 1-18

Munster Semi-Finals set for Wednesday 15 March at 7:30pm.

Waterford v Kerry in Dungarvan

Cork v Limerick in Pairc Ui Rinn

Final on 29 March

Kerry 1-17 Clare 2-8 FT

Thought this was the proper thread to ask the question, but if there's a border poll and it turned out the union was secure, hasn't there to be one every seven years regardless?

No common mistake it only means that another one cant be called within 7 yrs however as noted earlier pretty sure nationalists would be pushing for one every 7 yrs after all you only need to get lucky once.

Is there any possibility of the choice being made on a county-by-county basis?  Might have to rule out any enclave-type scenario I presume, but what counties currently would have strong majorities one way or the other?

One would think a Super 8 would be more suitable for the hurling with a provincial champ heading each group and the losing provincial finalist in the group opposite to the team that beat them.  Two places in each group up for grabs via two rounds of qualifiers.

ffs - why cant a decision be made tomorrow morning and play the game in a different venue tomorrow evening?

Floodlights, or rather, lack thereof?

Move it to Croker at 2pm.

How to buy an English Football Club documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFV_3yG6xvU

Imagine what Mick O'Dwyer would have to say to him if he missed...

I cried that day - Dubs were my heroes and Paddy Cullen was one of my favourite players since 1974 when he save Liam Salmon's penalty.

Seamus Aldridge has never spoken as far as I know publicly about that incident. Has anyone a theory as to why he gave a free in?

Wonderful bit of fun almost 39 years later and well done to all.

I recall Cullen and Power being "involved" with each other earlier in the game, with no action from Aldridge.  All I can assume is he pulled up Cullen for fouling Power on this occasion to make up for his missed call.  He must have been mortified when Sheehy goaled - but he probably could have brought the kick back to take it from the proper location.

Tony Hanahoe gave some good interviews on that game.

According to the GAA document, The Order of Games in each Group has been pre-determined as follows, presuming 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw:

Round 1
Team 1 v Team 2 in Croke Park
Team 3 v Team 4 in Croke Park

Round 2
Team 1 v Team 3 or 4  Home advantage for provincial champions.
Team 2 V Team 3 or 4  Home advantage for provincial champions.

Round 3
Team 1 v Team 3 or 4  Home advantage for Team 3 or 4.
Team 2 v Team 3 or 4  Home advantage for Team 3 or 4.

The winner of the Team 1 v Team 2 will have a big advantage and winning the Round 2 game at home will see them through.  Does that leave the final game away from home a dead rubber?  Or maybe play to avoid a "bigger" team in the other group, depending on results from that group?

Loser of Team 1 v Team 2 will need two wins to advance so no dead rubber in Round 3.  Of course, their opponent in Round 3 may have lost both games to that point which would leave them nothing to play for in that final game.

Would 3 points for a win make a difference?  Is a three-way tie possible...outside of every game finishing level...or is a two-way tie for second place most likely?

Was in the Cusack Stand that day...remember saying at half time that I'll never see the likes of it again. 

And I haven't.

[Carrickshock]

Update 19 Feb – congrats to Carrickshock and Mayfield for their All-Ireland titles in the hurling and to Westport and Glenbeigh/Glencar in the football.  Next weekend has the second senior hurling semi-final featuring Cuala (Dublin) v Slaughtneil (Derry) in Armagh.

Senior Football

Feb 11:  Dr. Crokes (Kerry)  2-11 Corofin (Galway) 0-8; Slaughtneil (Derry) 0-12 St. Vincents (Dublin) 0-10
March 17: Final Slaughtneil (Derry) v Dr. Crokes (Kerry) in Croke Park

Intermediate Football

Jan 29: Westport (Mayo) 1-10 Kenmare (Kerry) 0-11 AET; St. Colmcilles (Meath) 3-11 Pomeroy (Tyrone) 2-13
Feb 19: Final - Westport (Mayo) 2-12 St. Colmcilles (Meath) 3-8

Junior Football

Jan 29: Glenbeigh/Glencar (Kerry)  4-14 Louisburgh (Mayo) 0-13; Rock St. Patricks (Tyrone) 1-18 Dunedin Connolly's (Edinburgh) 2-6
Feb 19: Final - Glenbeigh/Glencar (Kerry) 1-14  Rock St. Patricks (Tyrone)  1-11

Senior Hurling

Feb 4: Ballyea (Clare) 1-19 St. Thomas (Galway) 2-14
Feb 25: Cuala (Dublin) v Slaughtneil (Derry) in Armagh
March 17: Final in Croke Park

Intermediate Hurling

Jan 29: Ath Eascrach/Fothaine Ahascragh/Fohenagh (near Ballinasloe in Galway) 1-17 v Lismore (Waterford) 0-13; Carrickshock (Kilkenny) 0-18 v Robert Emmetts (London) 1-9
Feb 18: Final - Carrickshock (Kilkenny) 2-15 Ath Eascrach/Fothaine Ahascragh/Fohenagh (Galway) 0-6

Junior Hurling

Jan 29: Mayfield (Cork) 1-14 Calry/St. Josephs (Sligo) 1-7; Mooncoin (Kilkenny) 5-11  v Lamh Dearg (Antrim) 0-8
Feb 18: Final - Mayfield (Cork) 2-16 Mooncoin (Kilkenny) 1-18

The replay between Manchester City and Huddersfield is provisionally set for Tuesday, 28 February at Etihad Stadium.

Quarter- Final ties on the weekend of the 10-13 March.

    Chelsea v Manchester United

    Middlesbrough v Huddersfield/Manchester City

    Tottenham v Millwall

    Sutton/Arsenal v Lincoln