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Magic minors best over West’
MAYO 3-10 WESTMEATH 1-05
SPECTATORS were fooled by the positive start of Westmeath, as Mayo barnstormed their way to All-Ireland honours last Saturday – and did so in some style too.
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Walsh hits winner as Ballina let lead slip
SWINFORD 1-10
BALLINA STEPHENITES 0-12
THREE unanswered points – a pair of Stephen Walsh frees either side of Conor Campbell’s ‘45’ – in the final three minutes earned hosts Swinford the narrowest of wins to keep alive their hopes of group qualification.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
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Green and Red-emption
7/28/2010
IT’S ONE of the oldest, most trusted methods of any manager; the good old half-time rollicking.
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Faithful mission for minors
7/28/2010
THINK of Offaly football and immediately a freeze frame of Brian Cowen as an underage football star pops into my cranium.
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Ladies get back to business
7/28/2010
GLAD to have the chance to do their talking on the pitch. That’s the mindset of Mayo’s ladies footballers ahead of their championship opener with Kerry next Bank Holiday weekend.
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Conroy goal caps magic day for The Neale
7/28/2010
THE NEALE 3-09 BREAFFY 1-11
THREE scores in the last four minutes sent the county title to The Neale at the end of a thrilling encounter in McHale Park.
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Eight-goal Iorras remain in title race
7/28/2010
SNUGBORO UNITED 1 IORRAS AONTAITHE 8
IORRAS continued their assault on the league title when they sauntered to victory at Conway Park on Saturday evening where the hosts were on the wrong end of a rout.
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Sligo men in Mourning
7/28/2010
DOWN 3-20 SLIGO 0-10
FOR HISTORICAL reasons alone, defeat could not have been unexpected, but the scale of Sligo’s collapse stunned supporters of both sides last Saturday evening.
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Brian bags the winner
7/28/2010
CLAREMORRIS AFC 4 IORRAS AOINTAITHE B 3 (AET)
WITH four cup finals in as many weeks being decided in extratime, spectators in Milebush have been getting value for money lately, and this most recent encounter was arguably the best of them all.
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Leaders Hibs hit Swinford for three
7/28/2010
SWINFORD 0 BANGOR HIBS 3
An outstanding defensive display meant Bangor Hibs were rarely threatened by a Swinford side who could never quite make their mark on last Wednesday’s game.
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A leader of ladies
7/28/2010
NEVER known to shirk a challenge on the field, Lisa Cafferky has accepted a fair tough one off it too to help attract as many as 6,000 new players of Ladies football in just two years.
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Time to engage in deeper analysis
7/28/2010
As Mayo County Board this week meets to begin its strategic review of Gaelic football in the county, the devil will be in detail, writes Terry Reilly.
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The glory and pain
7/21/2010
“Who’d have thought 12 months ago that we’d be here and that Mayo wouldn’t?”
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Tough talk inspires Mayo
7/21/2010
IT WAS the stuff of dreams. Winning a Connacht final on a perfect McHale Park sod in front of a huge crowd on a sunny summer afternoon life doesn’t get much better and on Sunday last Mayo manager, Tony Duffy had a smile spread across his face following his side’s impressive win over their greatest rivals.
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Deel Rovers rise to the challenge
7/21/2010
CROSSMOLINA DR 3-14 CHARLESTOWN 2-08
AN INCREDIBLE second half performance helped the home side overcome a three points half-time deficit to win in style over Charlestown, who showed plenty of quality in the early stages, but could not compete in a very-one sided second half.
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Niamh nets early as Mayo march to title
7/21/2010
MAYO 5-09 ROSCOMMON 1-08
THEY say that a good start is half the battle and that was certainly the case in Ballyheane on Saturday evening when a goal after only eight seconds sent Mayo on their way to an impressive victory in the provincial B final.
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Hogan sweeps to Salmon Run success
7/21/2010
Fears that this year’s Powerade Salmon Run would not take place due to the low water levels in the River Moy were put firmly in the realms of history as the race took place on one of the wettest days ever seen in Ballina.
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Victory for ‘The Villa’
7/21/2010
MOY VILLA 1 KILLALA 1
(Moy Villa win 8-7 on penalties)
MOY Villa emerged as Tonra Cup champions after a lengthy penalty shootout on Sunday afternoon.
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Celtic cruise to Clare’ cut win
7/21/2010
CASTLEBAR CELTIC 5 CLAREMORRIS 1
A SUPERB attacking display from the home side helped ensure a winning start to the new season on Tuesday last, as two goals apiece from Nicole Redmond and Aileen Collins, along with one from Orla Barry, proved too much of a hurdle for the visitors.
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Carras survive the floods
7/21/2010
CARRAS 2-15 BREAFFY 4-04
LONG after the scores and saves, the points and passes and the tackles and tussles have been forgotten these boys will remember the deluge.
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Knockmore storm strikes Swinford
7/21/2010
KNOCKMORE 2-13 SWINFORD 2-06
A STRONG start and a gutsy finish were not enough to allow Swinford overcome their visitors on a miserable Thursday evening.
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Derby delight for the mighty Moy
7/21/2010
MOY DAVITTS 2-09 KILTIMAGH 2-07
KILTIMAGH officials were out with their brushes, sweeping lakes of water from Gilmartin Park, but from once the torrential downpours abated and referee Tommy Warde gave throw-in the green light, it was All-Ireland champions Moy Davitts who coped ever-so-slightly better with the treacherous conditions on Thursday last.
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Masterful start by champions
7/14/2010
MAYO 1-16 GALWAY 1-05
ON AN evening when midges and mist vied for centre stage Mayo began the defence of their All-Ireland Masters title against their nearest and dearest rivals on the northern side of the border.
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Town win Moyside duel
7/14/2010
S&F UNITED 1 BALLINA TOWN 5
UNFORTUNATE S&F United incurred the wrath of a Ballina Town team obviously seething from their Mayo FA Cup exit to minnows Glenhest Rovers two evenings previous.
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Partry savour Murphy’s magic moment
7/14/2010
PARTRY ATHLETIC 2 WESTPORT UNITED 1 (AET)
PARTRY ATHLETIC stunned Super League heavyweights Westport United on Thursday evening, as the battling qualities and team-spirit of Neil Donnelly’s troops paid dividends in the end.
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Conn cubs get off to a flyer
7/14/2010
CONN RANGERS 10 KILLALA AFC 0
JOHNNY Cocozza and Peter Naughton both grabbed hat-tricks as Conn Rangers made an exceptional start to the new season on Friday evening.
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Swinford’s Price-less winner
7/14/2010
SWINFORD B 2 WESTPORT UTD C 1 (AET)
STEPHEN Price’s strike in the dying moments of extra-time finally swung this thrilling McDonnell Cup final back in Swinford’s favour, as Westport struggled valiantly for a staggering 118 minutes with only 10 men.
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Champions untroubled by depleted Tooreen
7/14/2010
BALLYHAUNIS 2-16 TOOREEN 2-07
SEVEN o’clock, Saturday evening, spectators gathered in the wet and rain, hoping to witness a spectacle.
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College form points to home win
7/14/2010
Mayo versus Galway games rarely follow the script but Michael Gallagher is expecting next Sunday’s Connacht minor final to be a thriller.
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Walsh’s way is a winning way
7/14/2010
Shares have been dropping rapidly for two years and all the while Kevin Walsh’s stock has been soaring, writes Anthony Hennigan.
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From Carrick to Croker to Castlebar
7/14/2010
The man who booked Sligo their Connacht final ticket doen’t even know if he’ll be paying next Sunday, writes Anthony Hennigan.
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Monthly delight for David
7/14/2010
“HIS brilliantly-taken goal against Galway in the drawn Connacht Final underlines that he has become one of the best corner forwards in the country.”
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