Traffic jams and temperature jumps - Galway's 3-0 lead over Armagh

Galway and Armagh will meet for the fourth time in championship history at Croke Park on Sunday in the All-Ireland quarter-final. It's the Connacht side who hold the aces in this particular rivalry, taking advantage of traffic jams and temperature jumps to eke out a 3-0 advantage.

Armagh are late to the party

With Galway and Armagh avoiding each other in the only two pre-qualifier years when they both won provincial titles – 1982 and 2000 – it took until 2001 and the first season of the backdoor for the counties to cross paths in the championship.

It would be a seismic day for both counties, and Galway’s 0-13 to 0-12 win at Croke Park would have a profound impact on both.

For the Tribesmen, the win would be the catalyst for their ninth – and to date last – All-Ireland triumph.

In 2000, wins over New York, Sligo, Leitrim and Kildare saw them reach an All-Ireland final against a Kerry side who had needed two games and a bout of extra-time to get the better of Armagh. The final also needed a second outing with the Kingdom prevailing.

The hangover from that loss looked obvious in Connacht the next season. After a facile win over Leitrim, Galway were heavy favourites against Roscommon in Tuam but their rivals earned their first championship win in the fixture in 11 years thanks to goals from Nigel Dineen and Frankie Dolan.

A qualifier win over Wicklow got them back to winning ways before they were paired against Armagh with one big name set for an early exit.

With 17 minutes remaining, an out-of-sorts Armagh trailed by seven points, but then they found the spirit that was missing all day and raised seven white flags in a row.

In the 73rd minute and with the whistle in Brian White’s mouth, they went on one last attack to try win the