It was only when I got a mail yesterday – thanks, James! – pointing out a League match I’d failed to include in the results archive from a few decades back that I was jolted into remembering a bit of annual housekeeping that I’d forgotten to attend to. That missing League match – from 1981 – has since taken its […]
Image: @MayoGAA It’s definitely time to close the book on last Saturday night’s defeat to Kerry and look ahead instead to our next match in this year’s League campaign. In Round 3 this coming Sunday we face newly-promoted Galway at Pearse Stadium, where throw-in is 2pm and where the LGFA match between the same two counties acts as the curtain-raiser […]
The return of competitive inter-county action also means that the Mayo News football podcast is back once again to focus closely on events on the field. Like we did last year, the aim in 2018 will be to cover all the action involving the Mayo footballers as it unfolds throughout the year, game by game. In this episode of the […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com Our League opener this coming weekend is already the central focus but I’ve one final FBD-related job to do before dispensing with the 2018 pre-season. This is my usual annual review of who lined out for us over the last few weeks, who scored what, who the new faces were and how the team performed overall. Analysis done […]
Photo: @MayoGAA Clearing-up time after our 2018 FBD campaign is now underway in earnest with the clock ticking ever more insistently ahead of our opening League match, up in Clones against Monaghan next Sunday (throw-in 2pm). Let’s, then, box away the coverage of yesterday’s Round 5 win over Sligo, which, despite the fact that it was the only inter-county match […]
Photo: @ColmGannon Today’s FBD League fourth round clash with Sligo was the day’s only men’s inter-county fixture to go ahead, which it did at James Stephens Park in Ballina this afternoon. Thanks to a scoreline of 1-10 to 0-11 in our favour, it was also a game in which we got our first win of the year. It was a […]
Photo: ballinastephenites.ie Those of you planning to get to today’s FBD League fixture (a group that doesn’t include me, by the way) should note that this morning a further change of venue has been announced. The match will now go ahead at James Stephens Park in Ballina, appropriately enough, you might conclude, given all those Stephenites lads we’re fielding today. Throw-in […]
We named our team earlier on this evening to play Sligo in the FBD League tomorrow afternoon. This game is being played in Enniscrone where throw-in is 2pm. Here’s the team we’ve named for our final pre-season outing of the year: Mayo (FBD League v Sligo, 21/1/2018): David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites); Brendan Harrison (Aghamore), Ger Cafferkey (Ballina Stephenites), Eoin O’Donoghue […]
Image: Google Two changes in venues for matches this weekend were announced inside the last 24 hours. Both of these changes have already been flagged in the comments but they’re worth mentioning again in case anyone hasn’t seen them and may be planning to go to either of the matches affected. First, Tooreen’s All-Ireland IHC club semi-final tomorrow against Ballyragget […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com Match day, match report day, match day, match report day. Yesterday was match day so, yes, you’ve guessed it, that makes today match report day. Back in its favoured Monday slot too. Could life possibly get any better? Slim enough pickings in the hopper this morning, I’m afraid. GAA stories never take centre-stage in January at the best […]