ARMAGH v DOWN It's seven years since these neighbours and great rivals last met in the All-Ireland qualifiers and nine years since their last Ulster championship clash. Armagh have won the last three championship ties with Down who are seeking their first victory over the Orchard County since 1992. Armagh beat Cavan in this year's quarter-final while Down edged out Tyrone by a point in a replay. Armagh are attempting to reach the final for the seventh time in ten seasons while Down are chasing a place in the final for the first time since 2003 where they lost a replay to Tyrone. Down last won the title in 1994 while Armagh's last success was in 2006. Last Five Championship Clashes 2001: Armagh 1-13 Down 2-4 (Qualifiers Round 1) 1999: Armagh 3-12 Down 0-10 (Ulster final) 1998: Armagh 0-16 Down 0-11 (Ulster quarter-final) 1992: Down 1-12 Armagh 0-9 (Ulster 1st round) 1991: Down 1-7 Armagh 0-8 (Ulster 1st round) Paths to the semi-final final ARMAGH Armagh 0-17 Cavan 0-13 Scorers S McDonnell............0-6 S Kernan..................0-3 A Kernan.................0-2 R Clarke..................0-2 P McGrane..............0-1 P McKeever.............0-1 C Vernon.................0-1 K Toner...................0-1 DOWN Down 2-8 Tyrone 2-8 Down 1-19 Tyrone 0-21 (Replay ,Äì after extra-time) Scorers B Coulter...............2-3 L Doyle...................0-8 A Rodgers..............1-2 A Carr....................0-4 D Gordon...............0-3 P Murphy..............0-2 R Sexton.................0-1 P McMcCumiskey.0-1 D Hughes..............0-1 J Clarke.................0-1 K McKernan.........0-1 Flashback Armagh and Down last met in the championship in 2001 when Armagh won a first round qualifier tie by 1-13 to 2-4 at Casement Park in what was the first season of the new championship format. Armagh beat Monaghan in the next round but lost to Galway in Round 3. Armagh: Paul Hearty; Enda McNulty, Gerard Reid, Justin McNulty; Aidan O'Rourke, Kieran McGeeney (0-2), Andrew McCann; Tony McEntee, Paul McGrane (0-1); John McEntee (0-3), Barry O'Hagan (0-1), John Toal; Steven McDonnell (1-2), Martin O'Rourke, Oisin McConville (0-4). Subs: Paddy McKeever for O'Hagan. Down: Mickey McVeigh; John Clarke, Ciaran Byrne, Brendan Grant; Brendan Kearney, Liam Doyle, Simon Poland; Plunkett McConville, Sean Ward (0-1); Shane Mulholland (0-1), Michael Walsh (0-2), Aidan O'Prey; Ronan Murtagh, Benny Coulter (1-0), Shane Ward. Subs: Micheal Magill for McConville, Mickey Linden (1-0)) for Murtagh, Conor Daly for O'Prey, Brian Burns for Poland. Tweet

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