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Last week on the podcast – Mayo Football Podcast 2023 E15

Over the past week, we released four new shows on the Mayo Football Podcast and in this episode Rob Murphy and I provide a sample of this content, almost all of which was made available first to our club members on Patreon. Voices you’ll hear on this show include Colm Boyle, Marc Ó Sé, Edwin McGreal and Billy Joe Padden as they looked back on […]

Last week on the podcast – Mayo Football Podcast 2023 E13

It’s been another busy week on the Mayo Football Podcast, where club members have again had access to loads of new audio content, both leading up to and after the match against Kerry in Killarney on Saturday, while we also kept tabs on the Minors’ progress on Friday evening. Voices you’ll hear on this episode, in which we showcase some […]

Louth game confirmed for 4th June

Fixture details for our All-Ireland SFC group stage Round 2 match against Louth have today been confirmed. What will be only our second ever Championship meeting with the Wee County has been fixed for Hastings Insurance MacHale Park on Sunday, 4th June. Throw-in will be 2pm and the match will be broadcast live on RTÉ. There’s still no word on […]

Aidan O’Shea is our MOTM from yesterday’s game

Right, the votes are in and counted and the result is a clear one. With 27% support in the poll, you’ve selected Aidan O’Shea as our Man of the Match from yesterday’s victory over Kerry in Killarney. The Breaffy clubman also collected the MOTM award on GAAGO yesterday. Aidan’s clubmate Matthew Ruane also saw his huge shift yesterday acknowledged in […]

Sunday match reports

I’m still in the Kingdom with a drive back to the capital to do soon after what has been a short but extremely satisfactory stay here. I think satisfaction, rather than any outpouring of euphoria, is the dominant emotion for Mayo supporters this morning after what was a fine day’s work by the lads at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday. It was […]

Kerry 0-17 Mayo 1-19: there’s air in the balloon now

Back in 2019, the only previous time when Mayo played Kerry in the Championship at Fitzgerald Stadium, the day felt like a huge occasion. The place was packed, there was a big Mayo crowd there and while we were no match for the home team, it felt as if we’d all been part of a big GAA summer day. Today […]

Match-day panel named for Kerry game

We’ve just named our 26-man panel for tomorrow’s match against Kerry at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney (throw-in 3pm). Here’s the full list we’ve announced: Mayo (All-Ireland SFC Group Stage Round 1 v Kerry, 20/5/2023): Colm Reape (Knockmore); Jack Coyne (Ballyhaunis), David McBrien (Ballaghaderreen), Sam Callinan (Ballina Stpehenites); Stephen Coen (Hollymount/Carramore), Conor Loftus (Crossmolina Deel Rovers), Paddy Durcan (Castlebar Mitchels, captain); Matthew […]

Build-up to Kerry game continues

We’re only two sleeps out now from the Kerry game but, after this yawning six-week gap since the Roscommon match, time seems to be dragging by so slowly. It doesn’t help, I guess, that the build-up has been as low key as it has ahead of what’s set to be the biggest clash so far in this year’s Championship. The […]