The clash of the two most
successful football counties in GAA history is always a special occasion, which
will again be the case when Kerry host Dublin in Austin Stack Park, Tralee next
Saturday night (Feb 9). Kerry have made the perfect start to the campaign under
new manager, Peter Keane, having beaten Tyrone and Cavan, while Dublin lost to
Monaghan and beat Galway.
Next
Saturday (7.0): Mayo v Cavan, Elverys MacHale Park; Kerry v Dublin,
Tralee.
Next
Sunday (2.0): Roscommon v Tyrone, Dr. Hyde Park; Monaghan v Galway, Inniskeen.
Dublin easily beat Kerry
(2-17 to 0-11) in Croke Park in last year’s Allianz Football League but the
Kingdom did much better in 2017, drawing with their great rivals (0-13 each) in
Tralee in the group stages before winning the final by a point (0-20 to 1-16).
Mayo, who like Kerry have
won their first two games, host Cavan, who are in the relegation zone after
losing to Galway and Kerry. However, they will be encouraged by their 2017
Division 1 experience against Mayo, whom they beat by two points in Castlebar.
Tyrone have made a
surprisingly poor start, losing to Kerry and Mayo by a combined total of 13
points, which adds to their urgency as they prepare to take on Roscommon in Dr.
Hyde Park. Roscommon, who lost to Tyrone by 4-24 to 2-12 in last year’s ‘Super
8s’, were boosted by a win over Monaghan last Sunday.
Monaghan host Galway in
Inniskeen, whom they met twice last year. Galway won by 0-17 to 1-10 in Allianz
Football League Division 1 meeting while Monaghan turned the tables in the
‘Super 8s’, winning by 0-16 to 0-8.
2019
ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE: RESULTS AND FIXTURES
ALLIANZ
FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Round 1: Monaghan 2-13
Dublin 1-13; Galway 0-13 Cavan 0-11; Kerry 0-11 Tyrone 0-7; Mayo 1-8 Roscommon
1-7.
Round 2: Dublin 1-15
Galway 0-7; Roscommon 1-12 Monaghan 0-13; Kerry 0-16 Cavan 0-13; Mayo 2-13
Tyrone 0-10.
Round
3: Feb 9: Kerry v Dublin; Mayo v Cavan; Feb 10: Roscommon v Tyrone; Monaghan v
Galway.
Round 4: Feb 23: Dublin v
Mayo; Tyrone v Monaghan; Feb 24 Galway v Kerry; Cavan v Roscommon.
Round 5: Mar 2: Tyrone v
Cavan; Mayo v Galway; Mar 3: Roscommon v Dublin; Kerry v Monaghan.
Round 6: Mar 16: Galway v
Roscommon; Monaghan v Cavan; Dublin v Tyrone; Kerry v Mayo.
Round 7: Mar 24: Cavan v
Dublin; Mayo v Monaghan; Roscommon v Kerry; Tyrone v Galway.
Final: Mar 31
