Hard luck to Charlestown Sarsfields who today came unstuck in extra-time in their All-Ireland Intermediate football semi-final against Cookstown Fr Rocks of Tyrone. The match was played in truly horrendous conditions at Pearse Park in Longford (never a happy hunting ground for Mayo teams, it must be said) and for long stretches it looked as if it would be Charlestown’s […]
Photo: Mayo Mick Time for the match reports again and this morning the local lads have well and truly outgunned the nationals. There are good, comprehensive reports on yesterday’s drawn match with the Rossies in both the Mayo Advertiser and Mayo News while, in contrast, there are not-so-good and not-very-comprehensive ones in the Irish Independent and the Irish Times. And that’s […]
Photo: Mayo Mick This truly was one for the hard-core fraternity – a dead-rubber FBD clash with the Rossies on a January day when temperatures struggled to get above zero. It was, however, a contest that brought a decent enough crowd to Ballyhaunis this afternoon – so much so that @MaigheoforSam was complaining on Twitter afterwards about how heavy the traffic […]
We’ve just named our team for tomorrow’s FBD League match against Roscommon at Ballyhaunis (throw-in 2pm) and it’s a strong one too. Here it is: Mayo (FBD League v Roscommon, 20/1/2013): David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites); Ger Cafferkey (Ballina Stephenites), Shane McHale (Knockmore), Keith Rogers (Ballaghaderreen); Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis), Donal Vaughan (Ballinrobe), Chris Barrett (Belmullet); Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy), Seamus O’Shea (Breaffy); […]
Photo: Mayo Mick This is a case of blink and you’ve missed them – this morning’s reports (such as they are) on our FBD win over GMIT last night are all very short and to the point. Mike Finnerty easily wins the student-related headline award in his report in the Mayo News (he’s put two of these in, just to be […]
Photo: @MayoGAA It’s still only mid-January, still just pre-season knockabout stuff and even after last Sunday’s loss to Leitrim up in Ballinamore there was no real imperative about winning tonight. But seeing as tonight’s match was against GMIT – traditionally the weakest of all teams taking part in the FBD – a win was nonetheless the default expectation. And a win […]
Photo: Mayo Mick With the return of the football, Monday morning also sees the return of the match reports. However, given that it’s pre-season January action we’re talking about here the reports, such as they are, are a bit on the pithy side. In fact, the only ones that provide any detail at all on our defeat to Leitrim up at […]
Photo credit: Mayo Mick (for all photos in this report) It’s the start of a new year of football and this afternoon, for the first time in James Horan’s tenure as manager, we tasted defeat in the FBD. Not just that but today – for the first time in ages (possibly since 1994 but I’m not sure if that is […]
Tomorrow, a hundred and twelve days since they contested last September’s All-Ireland final, the county’s footballers are back in action once more when they line out against Leitrim in the FBD League at Ballinamore (throw-in 2pm). It’s only a pre-season match, of course, with the lads just back from Miami and some of the squad posted missing as they line […]
The 2013 FBD League got going this afternoon and the three matches played earlier on today produced wins for Galway, Sligo and Leitrim. The first two – against third-level opposition – were expected but last one was a bit of a surprise, even if it was the second year in a row that the Ridge County had managed to get […]