Round 3 football action, relegation playoffs, intermediate quarter-finals and junior shambles

<p>The Laois football championships return this evening with another busy couple of days of action scheduled. </p> <p>Neighbours Arles-Kilcruise and Crettyard do battle in the intermediate football quarter-final in the first game of the weekend on Thursday night while Timahoe and O'Dempsey's meet in the other quarter-final on Friday. </p> <p>The first of the senior double headers is on Saturday with Courtwood taking on Clonaslee and Emo meeting Rosenallis - for both of those games it is the first ever senior championship meeting. </p> <p>There is two double headers on Sunday - The Heath and Ballyfin in the relegation semi-final is the opening game, followed by Stradbally and Killeshin, while on Sunday evening neighbours Ballylinan and Arles-Killeen meet in the other relegation game with St Joseph's and Portlaoise playing in the final game. </p> <p>All difficult games to call - and Steven and Alan bid to make predictions. </p> <p>They also chat about the shambolic group stages of the Junior football championship and hope that things will pick up for the knockout stages. </p> The LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast is brought to you in association with<a href='http://www.boothconcrete.com/'> Booth Concrete. </a>