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Galway eventually came out on top of Armagh in one of the most thrilling games Croke Park has seen for years, 2-21 to 3-18 after extra-time with the Tribesmen winning 4-1 on penalties. The teams could not be separated in normal time or extra time and almost three hours after the ball was first thrown in Matthew Tierney’s penalty struck the net and jubilant celebrations could finally begin in the Galway camp.

Where the hell do you start with this? An afternoon that had everything that you want to and don’t want to see on a football field - the great and the good, the old and the new and something completely different to round it off.

In a chaotic match Galway's character and class was evident which pleased manager Pádraic Joyce.

It was a case of third time lucky for Padraic Joyce, who won his first Connacht final as the Galway senior manager on Sunday in Pearse Stadium.

Galway are through to the 2022 Connacht final following a facile 4-20 to 0-09 win over Leitrim in Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

They could have forced it to extra time at the death, when Aiden Orme took aim from the stand side of the field and kicked for a point but his effort tailed just wide of the target and from Connor Gleeson’s kick-out David Coldrick blew the final whistle.

The Galway footballers will be playing division one football in 2023 after securing an immediate return to the top flight with a game to spare.

Galway look to maintain their winning run in the Allianz Football League's division two when they host Clare in Tuam on Sunday (2pm).

Galway host Offaly in Division Two of the Allianz Football League this Sunday at Pearse Stadium (2pm).

Galway footballers will be hoping weather does not affect Saturday's round four National League fixture with Cork, having suffered an eleventh hour postponement of last weekend's fixture against Offaly in Pearse Stadium due to Storm Eunice.