By Niall Gartland BILLY Joe Padden was fresh as a daisy on Monday morning. Yours truly expected a delayed response – or possibly none at all – having fired through an interview request via WhatsApp, but the former Mayo and Armagh footballer responded quick as a flash and was free to chat. He wasn’t even […]
By Niall Gartland MAYO coach Paddy Tally hopes that their All-Ireland winning heroes maintain their appetite for success having finally got their hands on the Sam Maguire. Sunday’s Croke Park victory over Kerry marked the county’s first All-Ireland SFC title in 75 years, but Tally thinks this current crop can ensure it doesn’t take anywhere […]
By Niall Gartland ALL-IRELAND winning manager Andy Moran was always a step ahead of his peers, according to college teammate Paddy Cunningham. The former Antrim star played alongside Moran for Ulster University (then UUJ) when they won the Sigerson Cup back in 2008. It was obvious even then that the Mayo legend was destined for […]
The GL team give their predictions for this Sunday’s All-Ireland final showdown between Kerry and Mayo… Niall Gartland For me, the GAA is all about the emotion, the camaraderie, the spectacle. I’m not something who looks at games through a microscopic lens, is what I’m trying to say. So I won’t pretend to know precisely […]
By Michael McMullan FORMER Mayo goalkeeper David Clarke feels having men around the camp who have tasted All-Ireland success “can’t but help” in the quest to end the Sam Maguire famine. While Andy Moran is very much the main man, Clarke saw up close the influence of coach Paddy Tally in training earlier in the […]
‘We, the current Mayo team, request that the Mayo County Board takes steps to remove Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly from their roles as team managers with immediate effect…We, the players, have set ourselves extremely high standards in terms of team organisation and management and as a squad we do not believe they have met […]
TYPICAL Mayo. They finally have a scoring superstar and he emigrates. After electrifying the game as a 16- and 17-year-old, when it was announced he was going at the end of this season, the Mayo people’s disappointment was like the time the Templenoe Parish priest told his flock that Pat Spillane’s first baby was a […]
By Michael McMullan SOMETHING must give on Sunday in O’Donnell Park as Donegal and Mayo clash at the top of Division One. If the fact both sides have a 100 per cent record wasn’t enough to stoke the fires, the early chatter of the game being a sellout before it actually was only added to […]
By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill are set to appoint Austin O’Malley as their new senior football manager, Gaelic Life understands. The former Mayo and Wicklow player steered Cuala to their first ever Dublin senior title in 2024 before adding Leinster and All-Ireland glory. O’Malley stepped down after three seasons that culminated their capture of club […]
By Ryan Ferry DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness says a potentially busy schedule ahead will not be a consideration as his team gear up for a big clash with Mayo on Sunday. A group opener defeat against Tyrone was costly and it means that they are not in pole position to top the group. A 19-point […]
