Holders 'Boden to battle Gaels
Ballymun to face relegated St Brigid's in tie of round

DEFENDING THEIR CROWNS: Ballyboden achieved the Dublin senior championship double last year with Conal Keaney one of the players who enjoyed dual success
Wednesday March 10 2010
COUNTY football champs, Ballyboden St Enda's, have been drawn against Trinity Gaels in round one of the Evening Herald Dublin Senior Football Championship.
Last night in Parnell Park, last year's beaten finalists, St Jude's, were handed a first round date against Erin's Isle, the AFL Division 2 winners.
The tie of the round could be the clash between St Brigid's and Ballymun Kickhams. Ballymun, winners of the AFL Division 1, lost to Kilmacud Crokes in the quarter-final last season, while Brigid's, now in Division 2, fell to Jude's in the fourth round.
Last year's semi-finalists, Kilmacud, face a potentially tricky tie against Parnells, promoted from Division 2, while St Mary's, who also made the last four in 2009, will play Naomh Maur. The same system as last year will again be used, giving defeated clubs a backdoor chance. The SFC is scheduled to start in late April, and in rounds one, two and three, extra-time will be played.
In their 40th year, Ballyboden completed the double when their hurlers also took gold and completed the three-in-a-row when they overcame Craobh in the final. Boden have been drawn in Group B, along with O'Toole's, who took them to a semi-final replay. Last year's quarter-finalists, St Vincent's, Kilmacud and St Patrick's (P) are also in Group B. The top four teams in each group proceed to the quarter-finals.
2010 DUBLIN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP DRAWS
EVENNG HERALD DUBLIN SFC
Ballinteer St John's v St Peregrine's; Nh Maur v St Mary's; O'Toole's v St Pat's (P); Lucan v Clontarf; St Mark's v St Vincent's; St Brigid's v Ballymun Kickhams; St Anne's v Fingallians; UCD v Thomas Davis; Fingal Ravens v St Oliver Plunkett's/ER; Whitehall Colmcille v Na Fianna; Nh Mearnóg v Templeogue Synge Street; Erin's Isle v St Jude's; Parnells v Kilmacud Crokes; Round Tower (C) v St Sylvester's; Ballyboden St Enda's v Trinity Gaels. Bye: Raheny.
INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Kilmacud Crokes v Scoil Uí Chonaill; Skerries Harps v St Margaret's; Nh Fionnbarra v St Vincent's; Crumlin v St Sylvester's; Nh Barróg v Good Counsel; Round Towers (L) v Cuala; Ballymun Kickhams v Clann Mhuire; Lucan Sarsfields v Garristown; St Patrick's (D) v St Finian's (S); Garda v Thomas Davis; St Mary's v Ballyboden St Enda's; Erin's Isle v Ballyboughal; Nh Olaf v St Jude's; O'Dwyer's v Na Fianna; St Brigid's v Clanna Gael Fontenoy; Nh Mearnóg v Fingallians.
JUNIOR 'A' FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Garda v Cuala; St Brigid's v St Vincent's; St Peregrine's v Craobh Chiaráin; Parnells v Raheny; Ballinteer St John's v Nh Barróg; Clontarf v Wanderers; St Monica's v Man O War; Whitehall Colmcille v St Jude's; Round Tower, Clondalkin v Nh Olaf; St Finian's (N) v Innisfails; O'Toole's v Templeogue Synge Street; Byes: St Oliver Plunkett's/ER, Castleknock, Civil Service, Kilmacud Crokes, Fingal Ravens.
JUNIOR 'B' FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Na Fianna v St Mark's; Trinity Gaels v Clanna Gael Fontenoy; Ballyboden St Enda's v St Anne's; Ballymun Kickhams v Ballinteer St John's; St Jude's v Robert Emmet's; Fingallians v St James's Gaels; St Oliver Plunkett's/ER v St Finian's (S); St Brigid's v St Margaret's; Thomas Davis v Lucan Sarsfields; St Joseph's/OCB v Ballyfermot De La Salle; Skerries Harps v Nh Olaf. Byes: St Sylvester's, Naomh Maur, Kilmacud Crokes, Bank of Ireland, Starlights.
JUNIOR 'C' FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Round Tower (C) v St Colmcille's; St Brigid's v Craobh Chiaráin; Nh Fionnbarra v Good Counsel; Parnells v St Mark's; Templeogue Synge Street v Nh Barróg; Ballyboden St Enda's v St Sylvester's; St Vincent's v Whitehall Colmcille; Raheny v St Jame's Gaels; Liffey Gaels v Clontarf; Ranelagh Gaels v Portobello; St Peregrine's v Garristown; Na Fianna v Erin's Isle; Thomas Davis v Nh Mearnóg; St Mary's v Kilmacud Crokes. Byes: Erin go Bragh, St Brendan's.
JUNIOR 'D' FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Preliminary Round: A: Robert Emmets v Nh Barróg; B: Wanderers v Clontarf; C: Fingal Ravens v Man O War; D: Scoil Ui Chonaill v Liffey Gaels; E: Cuala v St Finian's (S); F: Nh Fionnbarra v Ballyboden St Enda's; G: Erin's Isle v Clann Mhuire; H: Raheny v Wild Geese; I: Crumlin v Innisfails; J: St Oliver Plunkett's/ER v Park Rangers; K: St Peregrine's v Parnells; L: Ballyfermot De La Salle v Beann Eadair; M: Skerries Harps v O'Dwyer's; N: St Patrick's (D) v Round Towers (L).
First round: St Patrick's (P) v A; I v Ballinteer St John's; L v N; M v G; Lucan Sarsfields v Stars of Erin; St Brendan's v F; E v K; Ballyboughal v Nh Maur; B v St Monica's; St Vincent's v C; Kilmacud Crokes v D; St Anne's v Na Fianna; H v J; O'Toole's v Castleknock; St Finian's (N) v St Margaret's. Bye: St Brigid's.
- Niall Scully