Gritty Galway keep finding a way down home straight

At half-time across their eight league games this spring, the Galway footballers found themselves in front on just two occasions.

Go all the way back to their opening fixture at home to Cork on February 5 and as the clock ticked into the second minute of stoppages, the westerners trailed by 1-11 to 0-12.

Away to Fermanagh next time out, they played second fiddle right up to the final quarter. Against Derry in round five, they trailed by three and four-point margins at separate junctures in the second period.