Steven Poacher: Leitrim can make their own history

There’s a sizable carrot for Leitrim to chase this Sunday. They haven’t beaten neighbours Sligo in the championship since 2011.

GAME ON: Sligo's Manager Dessie Sloyan and Niall Murphy, Leitrim's Manager Steven Poacher and Ryan O’Rourke, Tommy Kelly and Seamus Cronin, Mayo's Jack Coyne and manager Andy Moran and Roscommon's Diarmuid Murtagh and Manager Mark Dowd. Pic: ©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon.

Selling Leitrim. Selling a dream. Selling an endless string of possibilities. Nothing cast-iron can be sold. Well, nothing glamorous anyways.

Steven Poacher is in his second year as Leitrim manager. Twenty-one new players were brought in during his debut season at the helm. Sixteen further fresh faces arrived in the door at the beginning of the current campaign.