Galway GAA’s Mark Gottsche: ‘We have been trying to repair our reputation and realise our commercial possibilities’

As of last December, Galway owed Croke Park €1.66m. Refinancing that was relatively simple but when the season was indefinitely suspended in January other creditors had to be appeased

Ticket sellers man the turnstiles at St Mary’s Park in Castleblayney in 2018. The lack of matchday revenue has hit county boards hard. Picture: Sportsfile

There are baptisms of fire and then there are infernos.

As Galway GAA operations and finance manager, Mark Gottsche has been dousing the flames since he was first appointed in September 2019.