So, three FBD League games played in five days and we’re still awaiting our first win of the year. Whatever about the Leitrim and Galway games we never looked remotely like prevailing in this afternoon’s pre-season joust with the Rossies at Hyde Park. Despite playing with fourteen men for most of the second half, Kevin McStay’s charges were full value […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com Where am I? What day of the week is it? Where’s the sun gone to? And where’s that coffee I need so badly to kick-start me into action? Right, from what I gather it’s Saturday and a wet and windy one at that up here in the capital. The same kind of conditions, in other words, that prevailed […]
Photo: @Mayonewssport Despite the wet and windy weather, a big crowd of over 2,500 assembled at MacHale Park tonight for the refixed FBD League game between ourselves and Galway. What they got to witness sounded like a real blood and thunder pre-season clash, one in which the visitors extended their recent winning run over us, this time despite having no […]
We’ve just named our team to play Galway in tonight’s refixed FBD League Round 2 match at MacHale Park (throw-in 7.30pm). Here’s the team we’ve named for this one: Mayo (FBD League v Galway, 12/1/2018): David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites); Steven Duffy (Crossmolina Deel Rovers), Kevin Keane (Westport), Jamie Oates (Garrymore); Michael Plunkett (Ballintubber), Michael Hall (Breaffy), Shairoze Akram (Ballaghaderreen); Ger McDonagh […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com Last day for me over here, I’m travelling back overnight tonight but before then it’s time for a quick gallop through the first batch of match reports and related coverage of this year. As it’s the FBD some of these are round-up pieces, which also include the Roscommon/Sligo match that was also played last night. Anyway, here they […]
Photo: @thecailinrua So, at the second time of asking, we finally got to play our first match of the year tonight. In rather miserable January weather under the MacHale Park lights, this midweek meeting between ourselves and Leitrim – for which both counties fielded experimental line-ups – turned into a bit of a thriller. True to that genre, the match […]
Photo: Mayo Club 51 After Sunday’s false start the county’s footballers get a second chance to start their year this evening. Leitrim provide the opposition at MacHale Park tonight, where throw-in is set for 7pm. From what I can see, cold and wet conditions are forecast for Castlebar later on. Not ideal weather in anyone’s book but at least it […]
Photo: The 42 There’s been a fair bit of fire and fury on here and across social media following yesterday’s events at Castlebar. But the sun’s back up again this morning, the world is still turning and now there are three FBD League matches on the way in a hectic five day spell. First up is the Round 3 […]
Photo: @MayoNewssport There I was, wondering how I’d manage to bash out a concise work of literature summarising the action in today’s opening FBD League fixture, sitting, as I am, in departures at Dublin Airport. As is now abundantly clear to everyone, though, it turns out I don’t have to as the match was called off due to a frozen […]
Photo: Irish Times A number of you have been chatting away today about Galway’s team for tomorrow, which was named earlier on today. If you haven’t seen it yet, full details of the team they’ve announced for the match are here. There’s no sign as yet of our team for this opening fixture of the year (throw-in time 2pm) but, […]