It's Mayo v Meath in the fourth GAA All-Ireland football quarter-final clash in Croke Park on Sunday in what will be the first championship meeting between the counties since the 1996 All-Ireland final which Meath won in a replay (2-9 to 1-11). Meanwhile, three of the four All-Ireland semi-finalists have been settled with Cork, Tyrone and Kerry all booking places over the weekend setting up the following pairings. August 23: Cork v Tyrone, Croke Park. August 30: Kerry v Mayo or Meath, Croke Park. MAYO v MEATH The counties reached this year's quarter-final via contrasting routes. Mayo powered their way to glory in the Connacht championship while Meath were eliminated by Dublin in the quarter final of the Leinster championship before re-launching themselves in the All-Ireland qualifiers, winning four successive rounds against Waterford, Westmeath, Roscommon and Limerick. Meath last reached the quarter-finals in 2007 where they beat Tyrone before losing to Cork in the semi-final. Mayo last reached the quarter-finals in 2006 where they beat Laois in a replay before beating Dublin in the semi-final. They lost to Kerry in the final. Both Meath and Mayo are attempting to reach the semi-final for the third time this decade. Meath reached the last four in 2001 and 2007 while Mayo qualified in 2004 and 2006. Paths to the quarter-final Mayo Mayo 2-19 New York 0-10 (Connacht quarter-final) Mayo 3-18 Roscommon 0-7 (Connacht semi-final) Mayo 2-12 Galway 1-14 (Connacht final) Average For: 2-18; Average Against: 0-12 Mayo scorers Aidan Kilcoyne....... 1-7 (0-3 '45s') Alan Dillon.............. 0-11 (0-3 frees) Aidan O'Shea..... ....2-3 (0-1 free) Pat Harte............. ...2-3 (1-0 pen) Andy Moran........... 0-5 Conor Mortimer.....1-2 (0-1 free) Trevor Mortimer... 0-5 Peadar Gardiner.... 0-4 Ronan McGarrity.. 0-4 David Heaney..........0-2 Barry Moran...........1-1 Mark Ronaldson.... 0-1 Tom Parsons........... 0-1 Meath Dublin 0-14 Meath 0-12 (Leinster quarter-final) Meath 1-20 Waterford 0-8 (Qualifier R1) Meath 1-15 Westmeath 1-5 (Qualifier R2) Meath 2-12 Roscommon 0-11 (Qualifier R3) Meath 1-13 Limerick 2-9 (Qualifier R3) Meath Scorers C Ward..................1-20 (0-12 frees, 0-3 '45s') J Sheridan..............1-8 P Byrne...................1-7 D Bray....................1-6 (0-2 frees) B Farrell................ 0-8 S Bray....................0-7 C O'Connor..........0-5 D Queeney.............1-0 S McAnarney........ 0-3 C King.....................0-2 C McGuinness........0-2 M Ward................. 0-1 S Kenny..................0-1 N Crawford...........0-1 B Meade.................0-1 How they fared in All-Ireland quarter-finals Mayo 2002: Cork 0-16 Mayo 1-10 2004: Mayo 0-16 Tyrone 1-9 2005: Kerry 2-15 Mayo 0-18 2006: Mayo 0-15 Laois 0-15 (draw) 2006: Mayo 0-14 Laois 0-11 (draw) Played 5, Won 2, Drew 1, Lost 2. Meath 2001: Meath 2-12 Westmeath 3-9 (draw) 2001: Meath 2-10 Westmeath 0-11 (replay) 2007: Meath 1-13 Tyrone 2-8 Played 3, Won 2, Drew 1. Last Championship Clash Meath 2-9 Mayo 1-11 (1996 All-Ireland final replay) A controversial start which saw Liam McHale (Mayo) and Colm Coyle (Meath) sent off after just five minutes gave way to a fascinating encounter in which Meath, who had snatched a late equaliser in the draw game, edged home by a single point. Mayo led by 1-6 to 1-2 at half-time but had to face the wind in the second half. However, they still led by two points with ten minutes remaining before team captain, Tommy Dowd hit Meath's second goal. James Horan levelled it up again but Brendan Reilly kicked the crucial winning point late on. Meath: Conor Martin; Mark O'Reilly, Darren Fay, Martin O'Connell; Colm Coyle, Enda McManus, Paddy Reynolds; Jimmy McGuinness, John McDermott; Trevor Giles (1-4), Tommy Dowd (1-3), Graham Geraghty; Colm Brady, Brendan Reilly (0-1), Barry Callaghan (0-1). Subs: Jody Devine for Callaghan, Ollie Murphy for Reilly. Mayo: John Madden; Kenneth Mortimer, Kevin Cahill, Dermot Flanagan; Pat Holmes, James Nallen, Noel Connelly; Liam McHale, David Brady; James Horan (0-5), Colm McManamon, Maurice Sheridan (0-5); Anthony Finnerty, John Casey (0-1), Ray Dempsey. Subs: PJ Loftus 1-0 for Dempsey, Pat Fallon for Flanagan, Tom Reilly for Finnerty. GAA ALL-IRELAND SF CHAMPIONSHIP SHORTS Kerry's win over Dublin on Monday means that they have remained unbeaten in the All-Ireland quarter-final since the new system was introduced in 2001. Their record reads: Played 10, Won 9, Drew 1. The draw was against Dublin in 2001 while wins were as follows: Dublin (2001-04-09), Galway (2002-2008), Roscommon (2003), Mayo (2005), Armagh (2006), Monaghan (2007). Cork maintained their excellent All-Ireland quarter-final run with a comfortable win over Donegal to record their sixth wins from six attempts. They beat Donegal (2006-09), Mayo (2002), Galway (2005), Sligo (2007), Kildare (2008). Tyrone's win over Kildare was their fourth in the qualifiers. Their quarter-final record reads: Played 8, Won 4, Drew 1, Lost 3. Their wins were against Fermanagh (2003), Dublin (2005-08), Kildare (2009). They drew with Dublin in 2005 and lost to Derry in 2001, Mayo in 2004 and Meath in 2007. The Cork-Tyrone semi-final on August 23 will be the first championship clash between the counties since 1973 when Cork won the All-Ireland semi-final by 5-10 to 2-4. GAA SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 Connacht May 10: Quarter-final: Mayo 2-19 New York 0-10, Gaelic Park. May 24: Quarter-final: Galway 1-18 London 1-7, Ruislip. May 31: Quarter-final: Roscommon 2-13 Leitrim 2-9, Carrick-on-Shannon. June 20 Semi-final: Mayo 3-18 Roscommon 0-7, Castlebar. June 28: Semi-final: Galway 1-13 Sligo 0-12, Markievicz Park. July 19: Final: Mayo 2-12 Galway 1-14, Pearse Stadium. Leinster May 17: First round: Louth 1-13 Carlow 1-11, Parnell Park. May 24: First round: Wicklow 2-12 Longford 1-13; Kildare 1-16 Offaly 1-10 (Both in Portlaoise). June 7: Quarter-final: Dublin 0-14 Meath 0-12, Croke Park. June 13: Quarter-final: Kildare 2-12 Wexford 0-11, Dr.Cullen Park. June 14: Quarter-finals: Westmeath 0-16 Wicklow 1-10 (after extra-time), Tullamore; Laois 1-15 Louth 1-11, Parnell Park. June 27: Semi-final: Kildare 2-18 Laois 0-9, Tullamore. June 28: Semi-final: Dublin 4-26 Westmeath 0-11, Croke Park. July 12: Final: Dublin 2-15 Kildare 0-18, Croke Park. Munster May 24: Quarter-finals: Limerick 1-11 Tipperary 1-9, Thurles; Cork 2-18 Waterford 1-7, Dungarvan. June 7: Semi-finals: Limerick 1-13 Clare 1-9, Ennis; Kerry 0-13 Cork 1-10, Killarney. June 13: Semi-final (replay): Cork 1-17 Kerry 0-12 Kerry, Pairc Ui Chaoimh. July 5: Final: Cork 2-6 Limerick 0-11, Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Ulster May 17: Preliminary round: Fermanagh 0-13 Down 0-10, Enniskillen. May 24: Quarter-final: Derry 1-10 Monaghan 0-10, Celtic Park. May 31: Quarter-final: Tyrone 2-10 Armagh 1-10, Clones. June 6: Quarter-final: Cavan 0-13 Fermanagh 1-9, Kingspan Breffni Park. June 14: Quarter-final: Antrim 1-10 Donegal 0-12, Ballybofey. June 21: Semi-final: Tyrone 0-15 Derry 0-7, Casement Park. June 27: Semi-final: Antrim 0-13 Cavan 1-7, Clones July 19: Final: Tyrone 1-18 Antrim 0-15, Clones. All-Ireland qualifiers July 4: First round: Donegal 2-13 Carlow 1-6, Ballybofey; Monaghan 0-13 Armagh 0-12, Clones; Meath 1-20 Waterford 0-8, Navan; Wicklow 0-17 Fermanagh 1-11, Aughrim; Wexford 2-11 Offaly 0-16, Wexford Park; Tipperary 2-10 Louth 1-12, Drogheda; Down 1-16 London 1-7, Newry; Longford 0-13 Leitrim 0-10, Carrick-on-Shannon. July 11: Second Round: Down 2-9 Laois 0-7, Newry; Derry 3-16 Monaghan 0-20, Clones; Kerry 1-12 Longford 0-11, Pearse Park; Wexford 1-8 Roscommon 0-11 (after extra-time), Wexford Park; Sligo 1-13 Tipperary 1-12, Thurles; Donegal 0-13 Clare 1- 7, Ballybofey; Meath 1-15 Westmeath 1-5, Mullingar; Wicklow 1-12 Cavan 0-8. July 18: Second Round replay: Roscommon 0-11Wexford 0-8, Dr. Hyde Park (Replay); Third Round: Kerry 0-14 Sligo 1-10, Tralee; Wicklow 1-15 Down 0-17, Aughrim; Donegal 2-13 Derry 0-18, Ballybofey (after extra-time) July 25/26: Third Round: Meath 2-12 Roscommon 0-11, Navan; Round 4: Donegal 0-14 Galway 0-13, Markievicz Park; Kerry 2-12 Antrim 1-10, Tullamore; Kildare 1-16 Wicklow 2-9, Portlaoise. Aug 1: Round 4: Meath 1-13 Limerick 2-9, Portlaoise. All-Ireland Championships August 2: Quarter-finals: Cork 1-27 Donegal 2-10; Tyrone 0-16 Kildare 1-11 (Both in Croke Park) August 3: Quarter-final: Kerry 1-24 Dublin 1-7, Croke Park. Next Sunday: Quarter-final: Mayo v Meath, Croke Park. August 23: Semi-final: Cork v Tyrone, Croke Park. August 30: Semi-final: Kerry v Mayo or Meath, Croke Park. September 20: Final, Croke Park. Tweet

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