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Well done the neighbours.
Didn't they bate Dublin in the Group stage as well?

They did last month, which was Longfords first U17/U18 win against Dublin for 22 years.

Longford win their first Leinster U17/18 title since 2010.  FT Longford 0-15 Dublin 1-10

Longford one point ahead with 3 minutes of extra time to play.

45 minutes played Dublin 1-5 Longford 0-6.  Longford hanging in there and thankfully Dublin 4 other goals chances ended up with no score.

Longford level it up in the 3rd minute of added time. 0-10 to 1-7 extra time to be played.

Mayo have confirmed captain Paddy Durcan has suffered a cruciate ligament injury, ruling him out for the remainder of the year.

Leinster final on tonight.

Dublin v Longford,O'Connor Park, 7.30pm

Connacht final on Friday

Roscommon v Mayo, Dr Hyde Park, 7:30pm

Ulster final on Sunday

Armagh v Derry, 1pm in Healy Park

Munster final already played with Kerry beating Cork


All Ireland Quarter finals are scheduled for June 8-9,

Kerry v Connacht runner up
Cork v Connacht winner
Ulster winner v Leinster runner up
Leinster winner v Ulster runner up

Semi-finals on June 22-23 and final on July 6-7.

All games will be covered on TG4.




Will also be tier 2 and 3 Minor All Ireland championships this year.

A few matches already played.

Tier 3 knockout
Westmeath 5-18 Carlow 0-4,
Offaly 0-13 Waterford 4-11,
Limerick 3-11 Fermanagh 0-8
Laois 4-16 Antrim 1-9
Meath 0-8 Down 2-16

Quarter finals Tier 3

Saturday May 25 - 2pm

Tipperary v Westmeath
Waterford v Laois
Limerick v Down

Sunday May 26 - 1pm
Leitrim v London


The tier 2 knockout competition has the following teams Louth,Kildare,Wexford,Wicklow,Clare.Tipp,Cavan,Monaghan,Tyone,Donegal,Sligo and Galway

Pep has a new Manager in Arteta to burn off every season. And eventually burn out!

Arsen stayed the pace... these young managers struggle nowadays

Arséne won his first title with 78 points. He would have finished 4th in this years League.

We see it with most sports even in GAA now with group formats or leagues. The less points gained to top the table the more competitive that competition has been.  Arsenal much improved from the side Arteta managed in his first few seasons but the current Arsenal team in talent and overall quality wouldn't be as good as that Arsenal team in 1997/98 with players such as Seaman,Dixon,Adams,Vieria,Bergkamp.

A hatrick and all fine goals.

A perfect way for Cork to finish off that half.

Results
Longford 0-17 Leitrim 2-12
Wicklow 0-10 Laois 0-11

FT Tyrone 1-20 Kerry 1-14.  Tyrone's 2nd U20 All-Ireland title in three years. Wait goes on for Kerry it's 2008 since they won U20/21 All-Ireland.

43 minutes played Kerry hanging in there thanks to how wasteful Tyrone have been including two goal line clearances a few moments ago. 1-11 to 0-11.

Half time Tyrone 1-8 Kerry 0-7

Tyrone good value for that lead. A good former defender and current manager in Tomás O Sé will have to improve Kerry defensively 2nd half to stand a chance of winning this final.

Half time stats

After 15 minutes Tyrone 1-4 Kerry 0-4. Lucky deflection on the goal but a good run through by the defender Joey Clarke. 2nd goal chance for Tyrone off the foot of the post now.