Mayo will be determined to keep Galway in their place

‘Throughout the spring, June 13 had hibernated in my head… In the dressing room just before going out I spoke to the players in a group. That was something I never did. This game was different. I spoke from my heart about who we were and what we were about and what we were going to do when we went out the door, what we had to do.’ — Paul Galvin, In My Own Words: The Autobiography

It’s like a throwback, this one.

The stock of the provincial football championships has never seemed lower, with just three of the 25 clashes before the provincial finals being televised live on TV, compared to 11 as recently as last year.