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Armagh teams (and now teams with a strong Armagh connection) would appear to suffer more than their fair share of heartbreaking defeats. All of the following games come to mind - has any other county suffered as much?

1992 Armagh minors v Meath (All-Ireland final)
2000 Armagh seniors v Kerry (All-Ireland semi-final)
2005 Armagh seniors v Tyrone (All-Ireland semi-final)
2009 Armagh U21s v Down (Ulster-Final)
2010 Armagh minors v Cork (All-Ireland quarter-final)
2010 McGeeney's Kildare v Down (All-Ireland semi-final)
2011 McGeeney's Kildare v Dublin (Leinster semi-final)
2011 McGeeney's Kildare v Donegal (All-Ireland quarter-final)
2011 Armagh minors v Roscommon (All-Ireland quarter-final)

I'm only referring to county teams that were involved in major championship matches they should have won but somehow ended up losing - teams that made it to many All-Ireland finals and then get repeatedly trounced is a completely different kind of hard luck story.

Will this game be played at Páirc Oilobheir Pluinceid, Crois Mhic Lionnáin?

Would like to see the following Ard Mhacha team start v Dún na nGall

1) P McEvoy
2) A Mallon
3) B Donaghy
4) P Duffy
5) F Moriarity
6) C McKeever
7) K Dyas
8 ) K Toner
9) R Austin
10) A Kernan (has to be Wing HF not Centre HF)
11) C Vernon
12) G Swift
13) S McDonnell
14) R Clarke
15) S Forker

Can Armagh get revenge for the 1994 defeat by Kerry? Its hard to believe Kerry haven't won an All-Ireland minor since 1994.

Date and Venue confirmed for Minor Quarter Final clash with Kildare
21/07/2009

Venues for Minor Quarter Finals announced


http://www.armagh-gaa.com/Football/News/Date-and-Venue-confirmed-for-Minor-Quarter-Final-c.aspx

Armagh will take on Leinster runners up Kildare in Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday 1st August in a double header with the Dublin v Down game.

The fixtures for the ESB GAA Football All Ireland Minor Championship Quarter Finals are as follows:

Saturday, August 1st at Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan:

2.00 pm Armagh v Kildare

4.00 pm Dublin v Down

Monday, August 3rd at O'Moore Park, Portlaoise:
2.00 pm Winners of Mayo/Roscommon v Tipperary

4.00 pm Kerry v Losers of Mayo/Roscommon

Probably the pick of the 4th round qualifier draw

You'd have to fancy Meath to easily beat whoever comes through the replayed Roscommon v Wexford game

I hope Armagh don't feel complacent about this draw.

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Does anyone know the precise structure of the backdoor draw?

Assuming Derry beat Antrim and Louth beat Wicklow there will only be 11 teams involved in the 1st round of the backdoor. The winning teams from round 1 are then scheduled to play the 8 losers of the provincial semi-finals in round 2 of the backdoor. How is this going to work?

1. Armagh
2. Cavan
3. Fermanagh
4. Limerick
5. Mayo
6. Kildare
7. Westmeath
8  losers from Louth v Wexford
9. losers of Dublin v Meath
10. losers of Monaghan v Down
11. losers of Longford v Laois

The following teams cannot play in the backdoor games unless they end up being losers in their provincial final.

Antrim | Offaly | Clare | Carlow | London | Tipperary | Waterford | Wicklow