It’s almost beyond our collective memory – well, not quite, but it has been a while – since we last played in an FBD League final but this Friday evening at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence Air Dome we take on Roscommon in this year’s provincial pre-season decider. Throw-in at the Dome is 7.30pm on Friday. Tickets – a […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com So the winter suntans are fading fast and our first proper inter-county match of the year takes place this coming Sunday, against Roscommon in Kiltoom (throw-in 2pm). The game will most likely be our final pre-season one, as only a right thumping of the Rossies will be enough for us to make the final of this year’s FBD […]
Time to kick over the entrails of the pre-season that’s just concluded for us. This time last year (here) and again the year before (here) I did a summary highlighting a few key numbers relating to our FBD campaign. Here, then, is a three-in-a-row of sorts, with the numbers for 2016 nicely packaged together in the table set out below. As will become […]
Photo: GAA.ie (Sportsfile) Our FBD campaign is over and arguably it’s just as well, seeing as we’ve a fairly hefty list of injured and unavailable players as we head into the start of this year’s National Football League. Our 2016 NFL Division One campaign starts for us on Sunday week (January 31st) down at Páirc Uí Rinn against Cork (throw-in […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com Morning everyone – it’s another quick Monday morning one from me, as I’m hitting the road back to Dublin shortly. Collating match reports is, in any event, an easy enough job to do after an FBD game as there’s never a whole pile of reports to gather. Here’s what’s out there this morning on yesterday’s defeat to the Rossies. Let’s start […]
For the third year in a row it was a case of pre-season defeat to Roscommon as we lost by three points, 0-13 to 0-10, in this afternoon’s FBD League encounter at MacHale Park. The loss ends our interest in the 2016 FBD, with the Rossies advancing to face Galway in next weekend’s decider. The stand at MacHale Park was […]
You’ll probably have got word by now but just to confirm that it was announced a bit earlier on this evening that the venue for Sunday’s FBD match against Roscommon has been switched again, this time to Castlebar. Throw-in at MacHale Park on Sunday is unchanged, with the match due to get underway at 2pm. The venue change isn’t a […]
Photo: GAA.ie (Sportsfile) The squad list for Sunday’s Round 3 FBD League clash with Roscommon at Hyde Park on Sunday (throw-in 2pm) was released a bit earlier on and it’s the same 23 players that were on duty in Ballina last Sunday. Full details here. It’s clearly the right time of year for experimentation – and I’m hoping to see […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com Morning all. I’ve pressing work stuff on today with no time for dawdling so here then is a very quick gallop through the coverage (such as it is) that’s out there on yesterday’s comfortable FBD League win over IT Sligo. Match reports: Mayo Advertiser, Irish Independent, Irish Times (contains round-up of all FBD action). Colm Gannon in the […]
Photo: @MayoAdvertSport A bumper crowd turned up in the bright winter sunshine at James Stephens Park in Ballina today to see our lads canter to an easy FBD League win over IT Sligo. Leading by four points at the break, Stephen Rochford’s charges pulled away in the second half to win in the end by 1-16 to 0-8. Over 2,000 souls congregated […]