Joyce sorry for Sligo after Galway deny the fairytale

The Galway manager accepted his team played second fiddle all day until a late escape at Markievicz Park

Galway manager Padraic Joyce during the win over Sligo. Pic ©INPHO

Connacht SFC semi-final: Sligo 0-14 Galway 1-13 

You could sense that Pádraic Joyce knew that his team were the villains of the piece. One minute into stoppage time at the end of Saturday’s Connacht semi-final at Markievicz Park, Sligo were a point up, and all the wailing and caterwauling at the state of the provincial championships was about to be silenced.