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If this weekend’s Galway Senior Football Championship quarter-finals deliver half the drama of the preliminary round a fortnight ago, then supporters are in for another cracking instalment.

The 2025 Galway Senior Football Championship has largely gone according to script so far, with the four pre-competition favourites, Salthill/Knocknacarra, Tuam Stars, Maigh Cuilinn and Corofin, living up to their billing and topping their groups.

Ahead of last weekend’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final between Galway and Meath, my mind kept drifting — not to the famous 2001 final where Padraic Joyce’s shooting masterclass sealed victory — but to a far less memorable clash between the sides in a rain-soaked Pearse Stadium just three years ago.

Penalties. One-point wins. Late drama. Galway rarely allow their supporters a moment of comfort, the emotional swings of each game pulling fans from elation to despair and back again in a matter of minutes.

Pádraig Joyce's side travel to Breffni Park on Saturday with a host of permutations in play. Joyce will no doubt pass no heed to such possibilities. Take care of business, win the game and the rest takes care of itself.

On the balance of play, Padraic Joyce’s men probably should have lost. Somehow, they also could have won, with Derry needing a last-gasp point from Conor Doherty to keep their own season alive.

Twenty years after introducing the black-headed Zwartbles sheep to Ireland, with their distinctive white blaze, an event will celebrate the anniversary in Galway this Sunday.

Since his return to the helm as Galway senior hurling manager, Micheál Donoghue has been on the receiving end of four 12-point losses in just seven competitive outings - a statistic that provides an accurate summation of where his team lie in the current Liam MacCarthy food chain.