You don’t really need a reminder about this but, in case you’ve been hiding under a rock somewhere for the last while, the Round 1 qualifier draw takes place tomorrow morning. For reasons I’ve never fully fathomed, the qualifier draws have found a resting place on RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland show. This means that it’s there, after the 8.30am […]
With the draw for the football qualifiers fast approaching, Mike and Rob are joined in this episode of the Mayo News Football Podcast by Tommy Rooney of Off The Ball and host of The Football Pod. The lads talk all things football from Championship structures to Mayo’s place in the minds of pundits and supporters as another summer campaign gathers […]
We’ve named our match day panel for this evening’s Connacht U17 Championship clash with Galway at Tuam Stadium (throw-in 7pm). Here’s the list of the starting team and subs we’ve named for this Round 4 fixture: We’ve made one change to the team that got the better of Sligo last weekend. Back into the starting team comes James Maheady – […]
There’s been some confusion about the qualifier draw so it was good to hear Colm Keys of the Irish Independent provide a clear and succinct outline of it on the latest episode of the podcast. If you haven’t yet listened to this pod, it’s available here and Colm’s explanation of the draw gets underway at the 2:55 mark. The qualifier […]
As the football Championship begins to gather pace, in this episode of the Mayo News Football Podcast Mike and Rob are joined by Colm Keys of the Irish Independent to chat about the summer campaign and Mayo’s possible place in it. They start by looking at the qualifiers and kind of draw that Mayo can expect in it. Colm then […]
Mayo’s Connacht U17 Championship campaign continued in a positive vein this evening. In a high-scoring encounter at James Stephens Park in Ballina, Seán Deane’s charges made it three wins from three outings as they overcame Sligo by 2-21 to 3-10. This latest win secures Mayo’s place in the knockout stages of the provincial Championship. They’re guaranteed at least a place […]
It’s clearly team announcement day, with details published today of the three Mayo teams in action this weekend. I’m in a bit of a dash myself at the minute so I’m going to do this one the short way. Details of the playing panel for this evening’s Connacht U17 clash with Sligo at James Stephens Park are as follows: This […]
The Senior, Intermediate and Junior club Championship draws were made at MacHale Park earlier this evening. In this bonus episode of the Mayo News Football Podcast, Mike Finnerty and Rob Murphy are joined by Edwin McGreal and Ger Flanagan to review the three draws in detail, picking out all the big clashes and the likely contenders for the Moclair, Sweeney […]
The draws for this year’s Senior, Intermediate and Junior club Championships were made at MacHale Park earlier on this evening. Here’s how the groupings came out in each: As ever, the focus is always on the quartet that earns the ‘Group of Death’ moniker. This one’s a slam dunk this year – it’s Group 4 of the Intermediate Championship that […]
There are fixtures involving the county this weekend but there are also other matches coming up in the weeks ahead so it’s worthwhile setting out what’s on when. Before that, though, it’s only right to report on two Mayo matches played this evening. These were in Masters football and, at the other end of the age spectrum, U16 ladies football. […]