Just six days after their last outing, the county’s women footballers are back in Championship action again tomorrow. Laois provide the opposition at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park tomorrow afternoon, where throw-in is 1.30pm. The match is being shown live on RTÉ and tickets for the game are available to purchase here.
With Armagh having already beaten both ourselves and Laois in the group stage, this final round match has become a straight shootout between us for the second quarter-final berth on offer in the group.
Michael Moyles and his backroom team will, no doubt, have been hard at work over the last few days, refocusing the team on tomorrow’s challenge following the heartbreaking way in which victory was snatched from their grasp at the Athletic Grounds last Sunday. There was less than a minute to go when Armagh were awarded their second penalty of the game and just 15 seconds were left before the hooter sounded when Aimee Mackin goaled from the spot to secure a two-point win for the Orchard County.
Speaking to the Mayo News (paper and digital variants) after the game, Michael Moyles was clearly exercised with the officiating of the game, stating that “the free count was something like four-to-one against us and there were some shocking decisions.” That frustration now has to be parked, however, with all of the focus on tomorrow’s game and the opportunity it presents for his team to claim a place in the Championship’s knockout stage.
Laois played their League football in Division 2 this spring, where they finished second in the table behind Armagh, losing out on promotion to the top tier when the Orchard County beat them in the Division 2 final. They then lost to both Dublin and Meath in the three-team round-robin provincial Championship before losing out to Armagh in the opening round of the group stage a fortnight ago by 3-12 to 2-8.
Seeing as we played our football in Division 1 this spring and have already won the Connacht Championship, you’d have to think we’re well placed to claim the victory we need tomorrow to secure our place in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Here’s hoping we do just that – the best of luck to the ladies in tomorrow’s all-or-nothing game.
Good luck to the Mayo ladies tomorrow ye can do it
Good luck to ladies, mad they have to kick their heels for 6 weeks after winning Connaught, have to play away from home to ulster runner up. And then have to play 6 days later.
Good luck tomorrow. Tough ending last day. Not your fault at all. But you will be grand from here on in. One step at a time. Heads up. Up Mayo.
Best of luck to the women tomorrow. Last week was a hard one to swallow but it has to be left behind now and total focus on Laois. We are well capable of beating Laois. Like the men’s team, we need to be focused and clinical, ruthless.
Good luck Mayo. Rooting for you.
Maigheo abu, go deo!!
Scandalous timing, ladies shafted once again.
Congrats Mayo. Great win. Well done. Maigheo Abu
Great win and a great performance from the ladies. They need to be a little bit more clinical going forward. Left a huge amount of scores behind them.
Great win, should have been more. Shooting boots off target a bit today, result that matters.
Very poor attendance for them.
Well done ladies. ?
Is Rachel Kearns out of the panel?
Nice to see Erin Murray getting a run on the team
Well done ladies. Well deserved. Keep ‘er going.
Getting Galway again is a bit crap, could they not have kept teams that played already apart and keep it fresh.
@Vaaldam. M.Moyles name checked her after the game as being one of those to come back from injury .