This week's football fixtures...

It’s the busiest weekend of the All-Ireland football championship so far with no fewer than ten games lined up for next Saturday and Sunday.

Sixteen counties head into Round 1 of the qualifiers on Saturday afternoon and evening, followed on Sunday by the Ulster and Leinster finals, two games that will attract over 100,000 spectators to Clones and Croke Park respectively. Meanwhile, there’s Tommy Murphy Cup quarter-final action at four venues on Saturday.

The full line-up is as follows

Saturday
All-Ireland qualifiers – Round 1 (Extra-time if necessary)

Monaghan v Derry, Clones, 3.00 pm; Tipperary v Westmeath, Ardfinnan, 3.00pm; Donegal v Roscommon, Ballybofey, 5.00pm; Kildare v Cavan, Newbridge, 7.00pm; Longford v Laois, Pearse Park, 7.00pm; Offaly v Down, Tullamore, 7.00pm; Limerick v Meath, Gaelic Grounds, 7.00pm; Louth v Tyrone, Drogheda, 7.00pm.

Tommy Murphy Cup quarter-finals
Wicklow v Waterford, Aughrim, 7.00pm; Antrim v Carlow, Casement Park, 3.30pm; London v Sligo, Ruislip (Time to be confirmed); Clare v Leitrim, Ennis, 7.00pm.

Sunday

Ulster SF final
Armagh v Fermanagh, Clones, 2.00pm


Leinster SF final
Dublin v Wexford, Croke Park, 4.00pm