Just a few days have passed since Mayo’s relegation from Division One of the National League but already the focus has shifted to the Championship, which swings into action across the country this coming weekend. For Mayo, it’s a rare chance to lock horns with Leitrim, a county they last met in Connacht in 2012, with the teams having last contested […]
Doing a post on our Man of the Match always jars a bit when it involves a game we’ve lost and the feeling is all the more pronounced on this occasion seeing as yesterday’s defeat meant our relegation from Division One of the National League. The basic premise of the exercise remains valid, however, in that it helps to illuminate […]
Mayo have come out the right side of several dramatic final round games in the National League in recent years. On the law of averages, it had to be the case that one day the county’s luck would run out and that day was yesterday as a brave comeback against Tyrone came up just short and so, after 23 years, […]
Right, let’s start with some positivity – it’s a Bank Holiday Monday and the sun is shining outside. And next spring – if it’s in the spring that the National League next year will be contested – we’ll get to rub shoulders with all our besties from the qualifiers. Clare, Cork, Down, Kildare – what a fun we’ll have together. […]
We’re down. Our long stay in the National League’s top division finally came to an end at MacHale Park this afternoon. A calamitous spell for us between the first water break and the early part of the second half, during which Tyrone hit us for three goals, proved fatal to our hopes of once again avoiding relegation by securing a […]
Tyrone have finally named their starting fifteen for this afternoon’s game. It’s a strong enough team too, by the looks of it, with the bulk of those who featured against Donegal once more on duty today. Here’s the team they’ve named: Tyrone (NFL Division One v Mayo, 25/10/2020): Niall Morgan; Liam Rafferty, Ronan McNamee, Darragh Canavan; Tiernan McCann, Kieran McGeary, […]
What a difference a week makes. Ahead of throw-in at Tuam last Sunday, it looked like we had a mountain to climb to retain our National League top tier status. Seventy minutes of football later and a crushing win in the bag, our task of engineering another Round 7 great escape doesn’t look quite so daunting now. Today’s opponents are […]
We named our team a bit earlier this evening for Sunday’s National Football League Round 7 clash with Tyrone at MacHale Park. Here it is: Mayo (NFL Division One v Tyrone, 25/10/2020): David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites); Oisín Mullin (Kilmaine), Stephen Coen (Hollymount/Carramore), Lee Keegan (Westport); Paddy Durcan (Castlebar Mitchels), Kevin McLoughlin (Knockmore), Eoghan McLaughlin (Westport); Matthew Ruane (Breaffy), Conor Loftus […]
Midweek again and so the countdown is on ahead of our final National League match of 2020. It’s a big one for us too, as we need to win it if we’re to hold onto our Division One status for another year. This Round 7 tie sees us up against Tyrone at MacHale Park where throw-in on Sunday is set […]
So the dial has shifted again since Sunday. I don’t know about the rest of you but I found it quite satisfying yesterday – with TV and radio all focused on Level 5 – to let my mind wander back to thoughts about the game against Galway. I did, I admit, express doubts in advance of the game on Sunday […]