Playing for London: ‘To have the love for it is an absolute non-negotiable’

Here, we're saying, ‘how can we improve’? How can we give the best account of ourselves every day? That is as deeply satisfying for us as it would be for Jack O'Connor and Dessie Farrell planning for an All -Ireland' 

PASSION: London manager Michael Maher: The thing with London GAA is you're never planning for more than a year in advance.

A LONDON victory today over Pádraic Joyce’s Galway in the Connacht SFC opener might represent the greatest miracle since Moses struck the rock, but spend a while in the company of their manager Michael Maher, and one may be seduced into constructing a case for David against Goliath.

Stir the various impediments to progress into the mix, not least operating at the butt end of Division Four, and one could hardly come up with a more complete cocktail than the raft of issues that attach to being a London footballer or hurler.