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When the lights switch on at Pearse Stadium this Saturday night (7.30pm), two sides at very different points in their journeys will collide in the Galway Senior Football Championship final.

There have been bumps and bruises for some, smoother passage for others, but as the Galway Senior Football Championship reaches its semi-final stage, the four teams most expected to be here have navigated their way through.

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.

In just the second weekend of senior club football across the county, this weekend already carries huge significance. We’ll run through each of this weekend’s fixtures ahead of a high-stakes round of action, where the Round 1 winners and losers face off against one another.

Hot on their heels are familiar contenders like Salthill-Knocknacarra, Maigh Cuilinn, and Tuam Stars, each eager to disrupt the champions’ dominance.

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.

Galway take on Mayo in the Connacht Senior Football Championship this Sunday at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park.

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.

GAA heroics