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Friday Night Lights - GAA to make history with new scheduling

The footballers of Laois and Carlow will meet in the All-Ireland qualifiers on Friday June 28th in Dr Cullen Park.

THE GAA HAVE announced that a senior championship game will be held on a Friday night for the first time when the footballers of Carlow and Laois clash on June 28th.

The teams were paired against each other in this morning’s All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier draw and in a radical new departure for the organization, the game will take place on Friday week at 7.45pm rather than a traditional weekend date.

History will also be made on Sunday June 30th when Derry play an inter-county championship game at their new facility in Owenbeg for the first time when they host Sligo in the first round of the football qualifiers.

The ties between Longford and Limerick, and the meeting of Galway and Tipperary, will take place on Saturday June 29th.

Armagh and Wicklow are set to clash on June 30th while the fixture details for the remaining three games will be confirmed on Monday, June 24th once the Phase 1 teams for the All-Ireland senior hurling championship are known.

Friday, June 28
GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Qualifiers Round 1

Carlow v Laois, Dr. Cullen Park, 7.45pm

Saturday, June 29
Longford v Limerick, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 7pm
Galway v Tipperary, Pearse Stadium, 7pm

Sunday, June 30
Armagh v Wicklow, Athletic Grounds, 3pm
Derry v Sligo, Owenbeg, 5pm

*Saturday, June 29/Sunday, June 30
Offaly v Tyrone, O’Connor Park, Tullamore, TBC
Louth v Antrim, Drogheda, TBC
Westmeath v Fermanagh, Cusack Park, Mullingar, TBC

8 thoughts from today’s All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier draw

Here’s what the GAA schedule looks like this week

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    Jun 17th 2013, 6:05 PM

    I wonder if any of the games will be televised.

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    Jun 17th 2013, 7:01 PM

    I’d say one of the Saturday evening games will be televised, if that is the case Offaly Tyrone would more than likely be the live game

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    Jun 17th 2013, 9:23 PM

    The Monaghan v Cavan Ulster Semi final is on RTE & BBC NI on the Saturday night at 7pm so any televised game will be on before that

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    Jun 17th 2013, 7:52 PM

    There are no lights in Dr Cullen park….

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    Jun 17th 2013, 8:00 PM

    Park a ring of cars around the field and turn on the fulls..

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    Jun 17th 2013, 8:04 PM

    Tyrone is the only team from the group of losers that would be worth betting on.

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    Jun 17th 2013, 9:35 PM

    RTE could easily rearrange their schedule by cancelling Top Gear and delayed coverage of the Greyhound Racing in order to broadcast the Tyrone/Offaly game.

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    Jun 17th 2013, 9:35 PM

    And the match is on at 7.45…

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    Jun 18th 2013, 11:14 AM

    The gaa can be a very petty organisation, does anyone get the impression this is to try counter the slight increase in coverage of LOI on rte, even picking a start time of 7.45..

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    Jun 18th 2013, 12:16 PM

    Friday night games for any of the big six?I think not.This is just because its Laois v The Scallion Eaters. Shower of bolliexes.Theres no way I’ll make it back from China.

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