It was a very busy weekend in the Football Championship with Roscommon and Galway drawing in the Connacht Final, and Longford, Clare, Derry, Kildare, Carlow, Cork, and Mayo winning through to Round 3 of the Qualifiers.

The result of the weekend was undoubtedly Longford's victory over 2015 Ulster Champions Monaghan. Robbie Smyth scored the decisive goal in that match and makes the short-list for this week's Footballer of the Year nominations.

He's joined there by Galway's Declan Kyne and Kildare's Niall Kelly.

The voting process is simple: retweet the image of your chosen player on the GAA's official Twitter account (@officialgaa) or like their image on the GAA's official Facebook and Instagram pages. Voting will close at 11am on Tuesday, July 12 and the winner will be announced on GAA.ie.

Football Player of the Week Nominations

Robbie Smyth - Longford

Robbie Smth played a key role in Longford's famous victory over Monaghan on Saturday.

It was he who scored the decisive goal late in the second-half, and it was a very tasty finish indeed by the corner-forward. His all-round game was superb throughout too as he provided a willing and clever outlet in attack.

He finished with 1-2 to his name and has now scored a total of 2-11 in three Championship matches to date. Smyth didn't play for Longford last year but was persuaded back into the fold by manager Denis Connerton. That's now looking like an inspired piece of management.

Declan Kyne - Galway

High-scoring forwards normally dominate these nominations, but it's important that defensive excellence is recognised too.

The drawn Connacht Final may not have been a particularly entertaining game, but Galway full-back Declan Kyne deserves recognition for his sterling performance at full-back for the Tribesmen.

Not only did he shut-down the dangerous Roscommon inside-forward line, he also charged out of the defense to good effect on a number of occasions to launch Galway counter-attacks.

Niall Kelly - Kildare

Kildare threw caution to the wind against Offaly by abandoning their double-sweeper system, and Nially Kelly was one of the biggest beneficiaries.

He had cut a frustrated, isolated figure in their Leinster semi-final defeat to Westmeath when he scored just a single point, but on Saturday against Offaly he saw much more of the ball and had significantly better support in attack.

That brought the best from a player who thrives when he has others to link cleverly with, and he finished the game with four fine points from play to his name.

Players of the Week are decided based on votes cast by followers of @officialgaa on Twitter, on the Official GAA Facebook Page and on the Official GAA Instagram page.