Sounds of summer: Donegal's All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals have brought all sorts

2011 All-Ireland quarter-final 
July 30
Donegal 1-12 Kildare 0-14 - after extra-time
With Donegal trailing Kildare 0-5 to 0-3 in what looked like a fairly limp All-Ireland quarter-final as the floodlights were turned on at Croke Park, nobody would've thought of the drama that was about to unfold. 
In Jim McGuinness's first year at the helm, Donegal won a first Ulster SFC in 19 years, following an 0-11 to 0-8 success over Derry, after earlier wins over Antrim, Cavan, and tellingly, Tyrone. For many, winning the Anglo-Celt might've been considered the end of the road for Donegal, especially since they were paired with Kieran McGeeney's Kildare, who were a whisper away from a place in the previous year's All-Ireland final, only to be denied when Robert Kelly's rasping free-kick cannoned off the crossbar as James McCartan's Down won out 1-16 to 1-14.
When Donegal rolled into Croke Park to face Kildare, Michael Murphy took the team behind the parade and made his way to the bench, struggling with a hamstring strain. He would enter the fray come the 27th minute and Donegal got going in the second half, with Christy Toye - making his first appearance in 25 months - scoring a goal at Hill 16 having not broken stride since being introduced. That came after Tomás O’Connor had a goal ruled out for a square ball infringement, and it was blow for blow, with Kildare's Johnny Doyle being kept scoreless for the first time in 50 championship outings. 
Kildare led by three in extra-time but Donegal, with Eamon McGee and Neil Gallagher making their first impacts under the new manager, clung in with Murphy scoring two in a minute and Toye restoring parity in injury time. That looked like another day out, before Kevin Cassidy scored a point for the ages in the game's final attack and Donegal had won in the most dramatic fashion.
“Jim said ‘you’re going in there now, I want you to make a run towards goal’,” said Toye. “I did that and lucky enough the play went straight after I came on and thankfully I got on it. The defender hadn’t picked me up and thank God I managed to put it in the corner."