From All-Ireland glory to also-rans

DESPITE collecting four Connacht titles since their last big success in 2001, Galway have not won a single game in Croke Park or passed the All-Ireland quarter final stage.

Defeats to Kerry (twice), Donegal (twice), Tyrone, Meath, Cork and even Westmeath in Salthill have cast a dark cloud on Galway football.

So how has the county gone from being the best team in the country, contesting three All-Ireland finals in four years, winning two, to being a team that none of the top counties fear?