CONNACHT SFC FINAL:

Gerry Fahy is now the front runner to land the position of Galway senior football manager, after initial favourite Liam Kearns failed to gain a nomination from a Galway club.

Mountbellew-Moylough will enter the Galway Senior Football Championship final tomorrow as outsiders with many pundits, when they face reigning champions, Corofin in Tuam Stadium at 4pm.

Former Mayo, Clare and Fermanagh boss John Maughan was ratified as the new manager of the Roscommon senior footballers at a county board meeting last night.

Roscommon are to begin steps towards appointing a successor to Val Daly as the county's senior football manager next week.

Roscommon's clubs are to meet next week to view the "Mulhern and Leonard" financial report in relation to their county board's €1.6m debt.

In the wake of Val Daly's surprising resignation as Roscommon manager, the Connacht men will have a new management team in charge for tomorrow's Tommy Murphy Cup quarter-final against London.

Roscommon has become the sixth county in search of a football manager after Val Daly brought an end to his four-month reign.

Ray Silke

The Roscommon county board are without a chairman after Stephen Banahan confirmed his resignation at a meeting last night.

Roscommon 0-11 Mayo 1-16

THEY may have reached an All-Ireland final last year, but Conor Mortimer contends that Mayo are an unknown quantity as they kick off their Connacht SFC campaign against Roscommon on Sunday.

Star half back Peadar Gardiner will be missing from the Mayo line-up when they take on Roscommon in Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final at Hyde Park.

London 1-08 Roscommon 0-12

It has emerged Tommy Carr recommended Val Daly to succeed him as manager of the Roscommon football team.

Former Galway player and manager Val Daly looks set to be appointed Roscommon football boss following Tommy Carr's resignation.

Former Galway football manager Val Daly is back on the inter-county scene - as forwards coach for Roscommon. Daly, who managed Galway for one year in 1997, has been with the Roscommon panel in recent days.

Galway football manager John O'Mahony is sweating over the fitness of a number of key players ahead of Monday's All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Donegal at Croke Park.