For the second year in a row, penalties were required to separate these age-old rivals in the FBD Connacht League and history also repeated itself in terms of the outcome as Galway edged past their neighbours on a bitterly cold day in Castlebar.

Former Cork footballer Colm O’Neill sees no reason why five or six of the county’s All-Ireland U20 winning team can’t make the step up to senior level in 2020.

A most stunning comeback by Roscommon, matched by an equally stunning collapse from Galway.

Galway and Roscommon have named their started XVs for Sunday's Connacht SFC final.

A second win in a fortnight, another performance that didn’t reach the heights of 2018 and a nasty injury have given Kevin Walsh plenty to ponder as this win over Sligo qualifies Galway for the Connacht final.

Martin Farragher came off the bench to score 1-1 in his inter-county debut as holders Galway beat Sligo at Markievicz Park to book their place in another Connacht final.

It’s probably best to lay it all at the door of Mickey Harte.

Galway 1-13 Leitrim 0-8: Job done for Kevin Walsh and Galway, but Mayo will hardly be terrified by what they saw at Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada.

Galway captain Paul Conroy is confident that the Tribesmen will get their championship off to a winning start this weekend in New York.

Galway 3-12 Kildare 1-12: A performance symbolic of a regressive spring campaign, Kildare dropping to the league’s third tier with hardly a punch thrown in this deciding bout.

Second-half goals from Fintan Ó Curraoin and Shane Walsh preserved Galway’s Division 2 status, and, in the process, condemned Kildare to the third tier.

Galway 2-13 Meath 1-12: Allianz Footbal League Division 2: Galway’s exile from the top flight in the league is now in its fourth year but with four of their games at home this season and derby away ties to Roscommon and Westmeath also on the agenda, there is growing optimism that they are in a good position for promotion.

Roscommon 4-8 Galway 1-12: FBD Connacht final: There is growing optimism in Roscommon that a succession of good underage sides is about to mark them as a serious force at senior level, but the need to temper that expectation was also obvious at Kiltoom yesterday.

FBD Connacht League: Sligo 0-5 Galway 0-14

Earlier this month, around 100 inter-county players met up in south Dublin for the Gaelic Players Association’s annual reps summit.

Galway SFC

Former Galway football boss Liam Sammon has called for current manager Alan Mulholland to remain at the helm when his three-year term concludes this summer.

Back in late 2011 when Alan Mulholland was appointed Galway football manager, he talked about transition.

This was a mad game of Gaelic football.

Galway 4-17 Tipperary 4-12

It was like the late 1990s in Elvery’s MacHale Park yesterday. Almost a full house, with well over 26,000 in attendance, glorious weather and Mayo and Galway going at it full-tilt for the Nestor Cup.

That it’s been five years since the two giants of Connacht contested a provincial final tells you all you need to know about the health of Galway football in recent years.

Parallels, uncanny and unavoidable.

Midfielder Fiontán Ó Curraoin has been on the Galway panel for four seasons but didn’t think it would take this long to get to his first Connacht SFC final.

Galway 0-16 Sligo 0-11

London 0-7 Galway 3-17

Do managers and their players, learn more from defeat and tight games than easy victories?

Galway U-21 star Ian Burke has today been named as the Cadbury Hero of the Future for 2013.

Sometimes there can be no excuses.

Galway 0-11 Mayo 4-16

Galway’s Paul Conroy is a perfect example of how inter-county Gaelic football can be a cruel task master.

Mayo’s injury crisis is close to crippling point going into Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final derby with Galway.

Galway captain Finian Hanley has been ruled out of the team to face Mayo in Sunday's Connacht SFC quarter-final clash at Pearse Stadium (throw-in 4pm).

Galway 1-14 Cork 1-11

In a game devoid of the negativity and cynicism often too prevalent in the senior ranks, these two counties produced a tremendous evening of football skills in difficult weather conditions.

U21 football is where it’s at these days if one wants to see football played well

Michael Meehan will make his first start of this year's Championship when he lines out for Galway against Antrim in the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers tomorrow.

Galway selector Donal Ó Flatharta has downplayed the importance of the venue for this week’s Allianz Football League clash with Monaghan.

For the third time in seven years DCU climbed to the Sigerson Cup winner’s podium on Saturday afternoon at Pearse Stadium.

Donegal star Michael Murphy celebrated his return to football in 2012 with an injury-time free in DCU’s emphatic Sigerson Cup semi-final victory at NUI Galway Sportsground in Dangan yesterday.