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For the first time since 1998 Corofin and Ballina Stephenites will come to blows in the Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final next Saturday in Pearse Stadium at 2.30pm.

There is no room left for error for any of the eight sides left in the Connacht Gold Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship as the quarter-finals roll around this weekend.

Sometimes if you keep knocking the door will eventually open for you. That proved to be the case for Westport last Sunday, when at the seventh time of asking they claimed the Moclair Cup for the very first time.

The second round of action in the Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship saw plenty of thrills and spills last weekend across the county.

Football is only a game, and after recent events in Sligo, the game gave that county a massive lift last Wednesday night when they claimed their first ever u20 (or u21 as the age grade used to be) provincial title, in dramatic circumstances.

With 46 minutes gone on the clock in the spring early evening sunshine on the banks of the Shannon, Frank Irwin stroked over his sixth point of the day to put Mayo eleven points clear on a scoreline of 0-15 to 0-4.

The pedal remains firmly stuck to the floor in the Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship this weekend with round two coming hot on the heels of round one last weekend.

Mayo can have no complaints about this one. Roscommon stood up when the game was there to be won, stuck to their game plan and hurt Mayo on the scoreboard when the chances arose.

The grand old ground in Tuam has seen plenty of tough battles down through the years between Mayo and Galway.

The future is bright for Castlebar Mitchels and it could be very bright going on the performance of their minors in MacHale Park on Sunday lunchtime.