WHEN Tyrone won the All-Ireland in 2008 they got seven All Stars and defeated finalists Kerry received four.

BERNARD BROGAN is most people’s certainty for the 2010 Footballer of the Year award.

1. Terrific composure and vision in possession

POLITICS, money and sport are a poor mishmash. One invariably spills into the other and things can go sour quickly.

THIS was one of the most exciting Connacht finals that I was ever at.

SITTING cold and numb, physically and emotionally, in the stand at Pearse Stadium last Saturday after yet another one point defeat to supposedly inferior opposition, it did not take long for my mobile to start bleeping.

GALWAY can have absolutely no complaints after their one point defeat on Saturday to a vibrant, fit and hugely committed Sligo outfit.

THE above were just some of the notes that I jotted down during a disappointing game in Pearse Stadium yesterday.

HARD knocks in sport can make or break you.

A MASSIVE clash in the last 15 minutes between captains, Trevor Mortimer and Charlie Harrison, epitomised the difference between their respective Mayo and Sligo sides on Saturday evening.