Getting to the core of the Big Apple conundrum

PREVIEW: New York v Galway

But it has always been the case when New York’s footballers take to the field. Last year Mayo went to the Big Apple and hammered their hosts by 15 points, while four years earlier, tomorrow’s opponents Galway, wracked up 3-14.

Yet now that the Celtic Tiger has become a dim and distant memory, this fixture is under the spotlight with many wondering what is to be gained by the Irish teams heading across the Atlantic.