As I mentioned in the previous post, I’m away from tomorrow ’till Friday night and may or may not get to do anything on the site in the meantime. So, to keep you all amused, here’s a poll on this coming Sunday’s titanic clash up in Ballybofey between two counties with genuine aspirations of going [...]
Monday match reports
May 20, 2013 By 20 Comments
There are worse ways to start a week, I reckon, than scanning the papers to read about a record-equalling championship win over Galway. That makes this particular Monday a better than average one in my book. Here they all are: Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Mayo Advertiser, GAA.ie, RTÉ, The Score, Hogan Stand, Breaking [...]
Galway 0-11 Mayo 4-16: seaside slaughter
May 19, 2013 By 81 Comments
From a Mayo perspective you can’t beat Galway often enough or by enough but after today’s utter destruction of the Tribesmen at Pearse Stadium it’s difficult not to feel just a little sated. The thrashing we handed out to Alan Mulholland’s hapless home side bore a strong similarity to the mauling we gave Leitrim in [...]
It starts again here
May 18, 2013 By 29 Comments
As we start out on the journey in the 2013 Championship, it worthwhile, I think, casting our collective minds back to last September. Aside from the match itself, what I remember most clearly from September 23rd, 2012, was the defiant attitude shown by James Horan, his players and supporters at the post-match banquet. Sure, we [...]
Pre-match chat and other stuff
May 17, 2013 By 11 Comments
Team for Junior provincial final named
May 16, 2013 By 11 Comments
While most attention is, understandably, being focused on our senior championship clash with Galway on Sunday, it’s worth bearing in mind that we have two teams in action at Pearse Stadium that afternoon. The curtain raiser in Salthill on Sunday is the Connacht Junior football final against Sligo (throw-in 2pm) and details of the team [...]
Team for Salthill named
May 15, 2013 By 72 Comments
We named our team to face Galway on Sunday a short while ago. Here’s the full list of team and subs for Salthill: Mayo (Connacht SFC v Galway, 19/5/2013): David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites); Kevin Keane (Westport), Ger Cafferkey (Ballina Stephenites), Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis); Lee Keegan (Westport), Donal Vaughan (Ballinrobe), Colm Boyle (Davitts); Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy), [...]
Galway team for Sunday named
May 14, 2013 By 9 Comments
With thanks to Galwayman for the tip-off, the Tribesmen have tonight named their starting fifteen for Sunday’s Connacht first round clash with our lads at Salthill. For the record, here’s the team that Alan Mulholland has selected for Sunday: Galway (Connacht SFC v Mayo, 19/5/2013): Manus Breathnach (An Spidéal); Johnny Duane (St. James), Colin Forde (Killererin), Gary Sweeney [...]
Looks like it’s the bench for Alan, Andy and Barry
May 14, 2013 By 30 Comments
The Irish Times is reporting today that Alan Dillon, Andy Moran and Barry Moran are all almost certain not to start against Galway on Sunday but that all three are likely to be on the bench at Pearse Stadium. This news was confirmed by County Board PRO Aidan McLoughlin in the following terms: Andy has [...]
Provincial battles and beyond
May 13, 2013 By 30 Comments
The championship season is upon us once more and I’m delighted to welcome JPM back into the guest slot to preview the key provincial tussles that are in store in this year’s summer campaign. One of the most notable features from this year’s League was the level of competitiveness that was apparent throughout the competition. [...]
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