Gaelic Games

Championship 2014: Mayo

Manager: James Horan (4th season).Titles: Connacht 45 (2013); All-Ireland 3 (1951).2014 league: Won four, lost two, drew one in Division One. Beaten by Derry in league semi-final.Odds and Ends: All-Ireland 6/1; Connacht 3/10.Bookies say: Connacht champions, All-Ireland semi-finalists.Bookies said in 2013: Connacht champions, exit All-Ireland quarter-final.2013 championship: Connacht champions, beating London 5-11 to 0-10; Beaten in All-Ireland final by Dublin 1-14 to 2-12.Next up: After beatng at the start of the month, Mayo face Roscommon or Leitrim on 8th June.

Keith Higgins struggles to escape Derry’s Ciaran McFaul

Malachy Clerkin's face
Malachy Clerkin
Thu May 15 2014 - 12:21

No need to panic, much though the temptation is ever there. Still dead certs for the August Bank Holiday, still decent shouts to make September’s third Sunday. Need to sort out a few issues – Keith Higgins’s best position for one, Andy Moran’s for another. But they will beat most of what’s put in front of them.


Last good day: Two All-Ireland finals in a row might not have ended well but they were great days all the same.

Mayo