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Galway face Connacht rivals Roscommon at Pearse Stadium this Saturday evening as they look to build on their National Football League momentum.

The year, 1981, remains the last time Galway lifted a Division One National Football League title, a statistic that still jars when you consider the calibre of footballers who have worn the maroon and white in the interim.

Despite managing just a single win from four National League outings, there is still a glass-half-full case to be made for the early season form of the Galway men’s flagship football and hurling teams.

Galway arrived at the Athletic Grounds carrying the kind of pressure that can crush a young team. Pointless after two rounds of the Allianz League and still smarting from defeat against Mayo a week earlier, Padraic Joyce’s side knew another defeat would leave relegation fears looming large, with a daunting trip to Tralee next on the horizon. Instead, what followed was a display of defiance, bravery and attacking zest that reignited their season and delivered a famous victory, sealed by Rob Finnerty’s free right on the hooter.

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.