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Last week on the podcast – Mayo Football Podcast 2023 E15

Over the past week, we released four new shows on the Mayo Football Podcast and in this episode Rob Murphy and I provide a sample of this content, almost all of which was made available first to our club members on Patreon. Voices you’ll hear on this show include Colm Boyle, Marc Ó Sé, Edwin McGreal and Billy Joe Padden as they looked back on […]

LGFA and Minor opposition confirmed

Two provincial finals played in Ulster today confirmed Mayo’s next opponents in both the LGFA Senior football Championship and the Minor football Championship. The LGFA Ulster Championship was won today by Donegal, who beat Armagh in the final at Owenbeg by 1-10 to 0-9. The result was a bit of a surprise and it means that Armagh will be in […]

Mighty Minors claim Connacht crown

Mayo this evening claimed back-to-back Connacht Minor titles when a storming second half in Tuam saw them defeat Galway by six points. Galway had led by a point at the break but the Mayo lads won by 2-13 to 1-10 at the end of what was a highly entertaining U17 contest. The match got underway in bright evening sunshine, so […]

Clare Island hosts all-islands – Mayo Football Podcast 2023 E14

The All-Islands football Championship takes place on Clare Island this weekend and in this short Mayo Football Podcast episode we give you a quick preview of what’s in store. Olof Gill is both set to play for the home team and is a member of the organising committee for the tournament. He took time out from his busy week to […]

Match-day panel for Connacht Minor final named

We’ve named our match-day panel for this evening’s Connacht MFC final against Galway at Tuam Stadium (throw-in 7pm). Here’s the 24-player panel we’ve named for the game: Mayo (Connacht MFC final v Galway, 26/5/2023): Conor Meaney (Westport); James Lavelle (Belmullet), Eoin McGreal (Garrymore), Yousif Coghill (Breaffy); Jamie Clarke (Bohola Moy Davitts), Rio Mortimer (Claremorris, captain), Fionan O’Reilly (Castlebar Mitchels); Tiernan […]

This weekend’s matches

The warm glow of victory in Killarney hasn’t yet subsided properly – although Jim McGuinness’s asinine nonsense in the Irish Times this morning about our “lack of a marquee forward” injected a stab of grumpiness in my mood today – but already the focus is shifting towards this coming weekend and more Mayo matches. It’s a weekend off for the […]

Last week on the podcast – Mayo Football Podcast 2023 E13

It’s been another busy week on the Mayo Football Podcast, where club members have again had access to loads of new audio content, both leading up to and after the match against Kerry in Killarney on Saturday, while we also kept tabs on the Minors’ progress on Friday evening. Voices you’ll hear on this episode, in which we showcase some […]