Two weeks after Dublin’s men reclaimed the Sam Maguire, the county’s women footballers today did the LGFA equivalent by winning back the Brendan Martin Cup. They were full value for their All-Ireland win this afternoon, their sixth one ever in what was the 50th LGFA national final, as they saw off Kerry by 0-18 to 1-10 in front of a […]
It may not have been one of the better All-Ireland finals in recent years but in terms of intensity and how close the contest was right to the end, it wasn’t half bad either. Dublin were deserved two-point winners at the finish. There was a period early in the second half when Kerry got a run on them and, leading […]
The LGFA have confirmed fixture details for the upcoming All-Ireland SFC semi-finals. The semi-finals are set to be played as a double-header at Semple Stadium in Thurles, on Saturday week (29th July) with our match against Kerry at 5pm followed by the Cork/Dublin game at 7.30pm. Both matches will be shown live on TG4 and ticketing information for this double-header […]
So, despite both of them being pushed hard by Ulster opposition this weekend, it’s going to be a Kerry/Dublin final this year. Monaghan and, in particular, Derry made it hard going for their vaunted opponents but in both cases the favourites won out. This means that, for the first time since 2019, it’s a meeting of the game’s two biggest […]
We know all about the heady mixture of excitement and nervousness that comes with being one of the final four in the Championship but this year, for the second season in a row and for only the third time since 2010, the All-Ireland SFC semi-finals don’t feature us. If we were involved, we would, of course, have been fully focused […]
Ever since the final whistle sounded at Croke Park on Sunday before last, Mayo fans have been coming to terms with the county’s exit from this year’s Championship, with Dublin defeating them comfortably at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage. On the Mayo Football Podcast we’ve been analysing the reasons why Mayo slumped to such a comprehensive loss that day and what […]
A few days have passed since our Championship run for 2023 came to an end with a decisive defeat to Dublin at the quarter-final stage of the All-Ireland SFC. It’s the second year in a row and only the third time since 2011 that we’ve failed to reach the final four. It’s also, however, the second season in succession that […]
The overall Man of the Match from yesterday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final meeting with Dublin, Colm Basquel, has strong Mayo connections but this MOTM poll was, of course, restricted to players who lined out at Croke Park yesterday in the Green and Red. As ever on days when things don’t got right for us, the purpose of the poll is to […]
I didn’t want to have to do this and the rest of you – if you’ve any sense – won’t want to spend any time reading this. But, sad fool that I am, I still see it as part of the post-game ritual that has to be done or, on days such as this, endured. Right, then, let’s get it […]
At half-time in today’s All-Ireland quarter-final, we were well in the game. We’d had plenty of the ball in the opening half and although we’d been rocked, yet again, by a Dublin goal, we’d fought back really well after that. We’d even had a goal disallowed ourselves, which I’m told TV replays confirmed was the right decision. By the end […]