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Relegation won’t rest easy with the fans

ALREADY the knives are out and there’s a strong feeling that blame must now be apportioned.  more >

Not a lot to shout about!

IT wasn’t a great weekend for Sligo sport in the context of results with fans left to ponder on what might have been.  more >

Self-belief is key for Sligo

IF EVER Sligo needed the injection of a win it has to be this Sunday when they take on table-toppers Fermanagh at Markievicz Park in division 3 of the National Football League.  more >

When a Sunday is best forgotten

THERE are times in life, regardless of the circumstances, when it’s best to just walk away from something that is inexplicable. To dissect and ponder over it only leads to further frustration.  more >

When winning pretty doesn’t really matter

IT wasn’t pretty but then again it wasn’t about finesse or quality was it? It was more about securing a win and whilst question marks are still being raised about the stream of true quality running through the Sligo squad, the important thing is that league points have been bagged and Tommy Jordan will probably be the most relieved man in Connacht as a result.  more >

Crunch time for Sligo as Jordan seeks joy

SLIGO senior footballers face a crunch tie against Limerick at Markievicz Park next Sunday in the national football league and anything other than a win will see us staring relegation in the face.  more >

Well beaten and the second best team

THERE are few, if indeed any justifiable excuses Sligo can use on this occasion to hide the glaring cracks that appeared in our defeat against Wexford on Sunday afternoon.  more >

McNamara’s recognition for outstanding year

THE 2007 Connacht GAA Personality of the Year Awards were held in Castlebar on Friday night last and in keeping with the historic 2007 season for Sligo football, the night proved to be an overwhelming acknowledgement of the achievements on winning their first Connacht title in 32 years.  more >

So what went so wrong?

AS the Sligo senior footballers walked off the Newry pitch just after half past eight on Saturday night they looked gutted. They had every right to be.  more >

Sligo begin season with hope

AS soon as that long-awaited ‘stretch’ starts coming in the evenings you get a sense that things are starting to move again.  more >

All-Ireland League could be soccer’s saviour

OUR fascination for cross-channel soccer never ceases to amaze me. We head to places like Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and even Elland Road week in week out in our droves to support teams that have little or no Irish involvement yet we find little or no attraction in attending matches in the eircom League that are virtually on our doorstep.  more >

Leave the managers to pick their backroom

THE next week or so will tell a story or two about the power struggle that’s going on between players and county boards throughout the country as the Cork hurling and football squads face a real crisis on how best to progress their dissatisfaction with county board policy.  more >

A year to look at the positives

THERE was a time not very long ago when I used to wonder why managers didn’t take competitions like the FBD Insurance League too seriously.  more >

Boards ‘huff and puff’ came too late

ON Saturday evening last the Central Council of the GAA endorsed the agreement reached between the GPA, the GAA, the Irish Sports Council and the government on the payment of grants to inter-county players.  more >

Have the ladies crossed the line?

I DOUBT if inter-county players popped too many champagne bottles at the weekend in the aftermath of the agreement between the GPA, the GAA, the sports council and the government to reach agreement on payments to players who participate in the various championships over the next three years.  more >



 

 

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