As the new Allianz Football League season comes around this weekend, one thing in particular is striking when assessing the current state of those harbouring hopes of lifting Sam Maguire later this year.

All within the club wish him every success with his new club.

They are wished the very best of luck in their appointment.

Of the Mayo team that started last summer’s Connacht SFC final against Galway, there were far more of them involved in last Friday night’s senior football challenge against Clare in Ballinrobe than there were in Sunday’s rematch with the Tribesmen ...

The annual general meeting of the Mayo Gaelic Masters took place last Tuesday night in the elegant surroundings of Breaffy House Hotel, with a strong attendance reflecting the growing momentum behind the team.

After a tough Serie A season, Italy’s 1982 World Cup manager, the wily Enzo Bearzot, realised that the Spanish summer heat would flog his players in the forthcoming finals if he went from the starting gun with them.

The nonchalance with which Rob Finnerty stroked over the winner in Sunday’s FBD final combined with his passiveness on the final whistle that immediately followed told you all you needed to know about what was on the line on Tuam – very little.

January is the month of excuses in Gaelic football. Heavy legs. New systems. Players getting minutes into the limbs. Nothing counts yet. Everything is provisional. The language of January is designed to soften outcomes and blur responsibility.

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A 20-metre free awarded in the very last seconds of stoppage time for a breach of the halfway line by Mayo resulted in the point that earned Galway the 2026 FBD Connacht SFL title, at Tuam Stadium, on Sunday afternoon.