Major morale boost for Mayo

IN Mayo they might be inclined to call this a start, something to be going on with after a patchy, morale-sapping league campaign.

And, most notably of all, the robust second-half recovery from a six-point deficit will have planted some doubts in Liam Sammon’s head even if his men go on to win the National League outright.

Sammon doesn’t do ‘grim-faced manager’ well, so there was no point searching for trouble in his countenance before he left Tuam Stadium yesterday evening, but this one will have hurt.