New York dreaming big in the Big Apple

It’s always been Leitrim for New York. Always. They may have given Galway and Roscommon frights in recent times but from the moment they entered the Connacht Championship, Leitrim have been regarded as the Exiles’ greatest chance of making history.

It is largely due to do with size and the belief stems back to 2003 when Leitrim required a couple of points in the second half of extra-time to avoid being on the wrong side of history.

Their following two performances in Gaelic Park have been anything but shaky but the stench of that game 15 years ago has followed them each occasion they have landed in JFK.