It’s been a fair while since we watched a Galway football team move with such swagger, such confidence. Too long, Gary Sice would argue.

Former Galway star Paul Clancy knows a fair bit about beating Derry sides in championship action having been involved in both Galway’s 1998 and 2001 All-Ireland winning sides that defeated the Ulster men in All-Ireland semi-finals.

It’s more than 100 years since Mayo have beaten Galway in five successive Connacht championship games, but another victory for the Green and Red on Sunday will match that 1909 achievement.

Gary Sice says all of Galway have ‘green and red in their eyes’ as they start the plot to dethrone the four-in-a-row Connacht champions Mayo.

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New Galway football manager Kevin Walsh says he will search the county for new talent and that prospective players will not be ruled out because of age or the standard of club football they play.

Anthony Cunningham is set to become Galway’s longest serving manager since Cyril Farrell guided them to All-Ireland glory in the 1980s after being handed a three-year extension to his term in charge.

Kevin Walsh’s ascension to the position of Galway football manager is a foregone conclusion after Pete Warren withdrew his candidacy.

The battle to become Galway senior hurling manager next season has been cut to a two-horse race between current manager Anthony Cunningham and his former selector and coach Mattie Kenny.

Anthony Daly will not lead the Galway hurlers into the 2015 championship.

Former Galway selector Mattie Kenny is to challenge the man he once shared the sideline with for the position of Galway hurling manager.

The favourite to take over from Alan Mulholland as Galway manager, Kevin Walsh, saw his Micheal Breathnach side crash out of the Galway SFC yesterday as Salthill/Knocknacarra prevailed on a of 3-10 to 0-13 scoreline in atrocious conditions at Moycullen.

Outgoing Galway manager Alan Mulholland believes the county’s football team is on the brink of a breakthrough despite his decision to stand down after three years in charge.

Galway GAA confirmed this morning that Alan Mulholland will not continue as the county’s football manager for another season.

Former All-Ireland winning manager Jack O’Connor reckons Martin McHugh should steer clear of Killarney following his description of Colm Cooper as a "two-trick pony".

Kerry 1-20 Galway 2-10

There’s romanticism about Kerry and Galway clashes that makes today’s clash an enticing prospect, especially considering that it’s been six years since the last in championship football.

The alarming decline in attendance figures during this summer’s All-Ireland SFC looks set to continue apace this Sunday with a meagre crowd of 35,000 expected at Croke Park for the quarter-final double-header.

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.

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert has named an unchanged team for Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Mayo.

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

In Pat Spillane’s autobiography Shooting From The Hip, he related how Mick O’Dwyer would deal with rumours of opposition spies attending Kerry training.

Galway manager Alan Mulholland is not perturbed by the quick turnaround for Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final showdown with Munster champions Kerry.

This was a mad game of Gaelic football.

Galway’s forwards were energised by their four-goal haul but manager Alan Mulholland admitted the opposite was true for their defenders.

Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly has rejected the common belief the county don’t have a marquee forward. The claim has been made for most of James Horan’s term in charge but Hennelly need only point at Cillian O’Connor to dispute it.

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.

Outside the province, the achievement of recording four Connacht titles in a row could easily be attributed to the lack of competition for Mayo in the west.

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.

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Cork’s dual playing triumvirate have been promoted to the team for Sunday’s Munster final against Kerry.

Sligo manager Pat Flanagan has urged the GAA to ‘take a serious look’ at how the football championship is scheduled and structured.

Galway 0-16 Sligo 0-11

Sligo 0-11 Galway 0-16

Nowhere are the travails of a county longing for an All-Ireland more documented than Galway

Galway manager Alan Mulholland will face some selection headaches ahead of his side’s Connacht semi-final clash with Sligo.

London 0-7 Galway 3-17

"London, it’s a great city." It’s the type of stock line that gets thrown about because it sounds like the right thing to say.

Galway manager Alan Mulholland has thrown a challenge down to the chasing Connacht pack by saying it’s "embarrassing" to see how far the rest have fallen behind Mayo.

Galway footballers have suffered a massive blow with the news that Michael Meehan will not feature in this year’s championship.

Galway 1-12 Down 0-08

Ray Silke has urged Galway footballers to concentrate on their football and ignore their Twitter accounts as the county faces a battle to avoid relegation to Division 3 next season.

Galway 0-12 Donegal 1-16

Galway 0-12 Donegal 1-16