Replying To sam1884:  "Kerry will win this year's All Ireland; you can screenshot this and come back to the post in September ;). Kerry have been planning for a number of years, Dublin have dipped just slightly but enough to allow an outstanding Kerry to come through. There won't be an All Ireland winner outside Kerry and Dublin for the next 10 years."

Replying To Gleebo:  "Well actually, we have some way to go in amassing the record number of All-Ireland losses, which is held by Kerry at 23 (in addition to their having the record number of wins at 37). Even Cork are above us on 16.

I imagine those losses in 2013, 2015 and 2019 must have been really painful for you, judging by your scribblings here. Being relegated by us up in Ballybofey in 2018 must have also been an especially sore one for you, that last point from Kevin McLoughlin came from the next parish.

Don't worry Sham, at some point Donegal will beat us again in championship football and you'll be here to crow, no doubt. Maybe next year in the league even? Looking forward to greeting you in MacHale Park."

Replying To MurphBalls:  "You really are setting yourself up to fail here. We won the one that mattered the most in 2012. We then lifted Sam in front of you. We then proceeded to take Sam back to the Hills. We then kept Sam in the hills for 12 months. Sam travelled all over Donegal. The Donegal people got to witness something 99% of Mayo folk haven't yet witnessed and may never witness. But yes, that one hurt that one day in Ballybofey in 2018."

Replying To Gleebo:  ""The one that matters most?" They all matter; that's the nature of knockout championship football. I'm sure Donegal took all of those subsequent games as seriously as Mayo did in 2012.

Would you believe that I actually travelled to that final (2012) with a good friend of mine from Ballyshannon, we were both based abroad at the time and got the two tickets issued to our GAA club abroad. He asked if I'd swap a ticket with him so that he could sit and watch the game with his father, no problem. I was actually somewhat glad of that decision in the first ten minutes of the game!

At the end of the game, I shook hands with him and went out for the evening. No issue with Donegal folk enjoying their win back then, which was fully deserved. Although you had a couple of guys with Mayo roots in that side (Papa Durcan and Murphy) now that I think of it...

What I reiterate is that one or two trolls on here are a little cheeky with some of the anti-Mayo slagging. To a certain point we have to accept jibes from the Dublins and Kerrys of this world, who are regularly lifting Sam. But if you come from a county that's actually won less than us than you have to expect some crossfire back in your direction.

As for eternity...it's a long time. I'm sure people once thought that Armagh and Tyrone might never win an All-Ireland, that Limerick or Galway wouldn't win Liam again, that Tipp or Clare wouldn't win a Munster SFC title.

And I don't really worry about what people might say on here too much, it's not too big a deal in the great scheme of things."

Replying To Gleebo:  "In terms of the head to head record? No idea. Donegal didn't win their first Ulster SFC til 1972, so I imagine we didn't play them in the championship before that.

Mayo GAA Blog has a list of most of the games that Mayo have ever played if you fancy doing the research."

Replying To MurphBalls:  "Cheeky? You brought up the times you beat Donegal in a league game and Championship quarter finals. The fact of the matter is we beat you in 2012 FINAL when Sam was on the line. Donegal got over the line quite emphatically, on the day, where the scoreline actually flattered Mayo.

You go on as if you have won Sam recently. You may have won more than Donegal the last 130 years or so but you haven't won it in an age. So come off your high horse where you think you are entitled to be labelled as something you're not.

Also, cool story."

Replying To AfricanGael:  "In terms of the head to head record? No idea. Donegal didn't win their first Ulster SFC til 1972, so I imagine we didn't play them in the championship before that.

Mayo GAA Blog has a list of most of the games that Mayo have ever played if you fancy doing the research."

Replying To Curlew66:  "Would regret if this thread on Donegal v Derry deteriorates into a Connacht/Ulster squabble. After the glory years of Galway and Down in the 1960s both of us had a fallow period of 23 years before Down again showed the way in '91. I for one will be raising a glass or three should any one of the remaining Ulster or Connacht counties bring Sam home this year. It's anyone's guess who will win the Anglo Celt this year, a full strength Galway offer the only resistance to predicted outcomes in the other three provinces.
Getting back on topic to last Sunday's titanic struggle I think Donegal will be grateful they are not recovering from the demands of playing extra time especially with Tyrone having an extra day's rest. Derry are left to lament missing three goal chances and not even getting a point from any of them in such a tight contest. They seem to have a fine minor team to get behind this year.
Moving on from last Sunday Donegal will be working hard to decide on their best defensive formation for the semi final. They are all good footballers, comfortable in possession with some offering more going forward to attack than basic defending. They could do with a couple of touch tight defenders possessing the raw natural strength of a fully fit McGrath & Gillespie to stop a forward in their tracks without fouling. Paul Brennan made a good impact when introduced on Sunday and while he probably won't start next day I can see him getting 20 mins. Likewise Peadar Mogan is too gifted a footballer to spend 75mins on the bench assuming he is 100% fit. It's obvious that some players are carrying niggling injuries (Murphy and McNialis apart). We Rossies would be rooting for Thompson but he seems to be operating on the fringes a lot more this year content to get on the end of a movement to attempt a medium range shot from the left. He was much more involved before with high fielding, taking on defenders and tackling back. Could be a fitness issue or maybe operating under coaches instructions."

Replying To Commodore:  "Would regret if this thread on Donegal v Derry deteriorates into a Connacht/Ulster squabble. After the glory years of Galway and Down in the 1960s both of us had a fallow period of 23 years before Down again showed the way in '91. I for one will be raising a glass or three should any one of the remaining Ulster or Connacht counties bring Sam home this year. It's anyone's guess who will win the Anglo Celt this year, a full strength Galway offer the only resistance to predicted outcomes in the other three provinces.
Getting back on topic to last Sunday's titanic struggle I think Donegal will be grateful they are not recovering from the demands of playing extra time especially with Tyrone having an extra day's rest. Derry are left to lament missing three goal chances and not even getting a point from any of them in such a tight contest. They seem to have a fine minor team to get behind this year.
Moving on from last Sunday Donegal will be working hard to decide on their best defensive formation for the semi final. They are all good footballers, comfortable in possession with some offering more going forward to attack than basic defending. They could do with a couple of touch tight defenders possessing the raw natural strength of a fully fit McGrath & Gillespie to stop a forward in their tracks without fouling. Paul Brennan made a good impact when introduced on Sunday and while he probably won't start next day I can see him getting 20 mins. Likewise Peadar Mogan is too gifted a footballer to spend 75mins on the bench assuming he is 100% fit. It's obvious that some players are carrying niggling injuries (Murphy and McNialis apart). We Rossies would be rooting for Thompson but he seems to be operating on the fringes a lot more this year content to get on the end of a movement to attempt a medium range shot from the left. He was much more involved before with high fielding, taking on defenders and tackling back. Could be a fitness issue or maybe operating under coaches instructions."

Replying To Gleebo:  ""The one that matters most?" They all matter; that's the nature of knockout championship football. I'm sure Donegal took all of those subsequent games as seriously as Mayo did in 2012.

Would you believe that I actually travelled to that final (2012) with a good friend of mine from Ballyshannon, we were both based abroad at the time and got the two tickets issued to our GAA club abroad. He asked if I'd swap a ticket with him so that he could sit and watch the game with his father, no problem. I was actually somewhat glad of that decision in the first ten minutes of the game!

At the end of the game, I shook hands with him and went out for the evening. No issue with Donegal folk enjoying their win back then, which was fully deserved. Although you had a couple of guys with Mayo roots in that side (Papa Durcan and Murphy) now that I think of it...

What I reiterate is that one or two trolls on here are a little cheeky with some of the anti-Mayo slagging. To a certain point we have to accept jibes from the Dublins and Kerrys of this world, who are regularly lifting Sam. But if you come from a county that's actually won less than us than you have to expect some crossfire back in your direction.

As for eternity...it's a long time. I'm sure people once thought that Armagh and Tyrone might never win an All-Ireland, that Limerick or Galway wouldn't win Liam again, that Tipp or Clare wouldn't win a Munster SFC title.

And I don't really worry about what people might say on here too much, it's not too big a deal in the great scheme of things."