Joe Canning celebrates with young fans Oscar Fitzpatrick, Jack Deely and Michael Fallon, all from Clarinbridge, after Galway's Leinster Final victory over Wexford at Croke Park on Sunday. Photo: David Maher/Sportsfile.

Galway must be on red alert for visit of dangerous Rossies

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT’S 2003 since Galway footballers last retained the Connacht title, but Kevin Walsh’s improving squad are expected to bridge that gap when hosting Roscommon at Pearse Stadium on Sunday in...
GAA Presidential candidate Frank Burke is pictured presenting the Connacht intermediate football cup to St James' captain Mark Kelly in November of 2010.

Burke has ‘fighting chance’ of taking GAA’s highest position

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT will be a crowded battlefield when Galway’s Frank Burke bids to become the next President of the GAA at the Association’s annual Congress in February – the former County...
Castlegar’s Michael Connor, Eamon Flynn, Cathal Wall, Alan Duggan and Matthew Kilgannon celebrate with the Fr. Griffin Cup after defeating Athenry in the County Minor A hurling final at Kenny Park last Sunday. Photo: Enda Noone.

Next year’s radical GAA fixtures shake up is fraught with danger

Inside Track with John McIntyre THE GAA fixtures landscape – at both club and county level – will undergo such a radical overhaul in 2018 that it’s virtually certain there will be some fallout and...
Galway midfielder Peter Cooke tries to halt the progress of Mayo's Mikey Murray during the Connacht U-21 football final at Tuam Stadium on Saturday evening. Photo: Joe O'Shaughnessy.

If local GAA on the ball over 10,000 should land in Salthill

Inside Track with John McIntyre IF the GAA in Galway gets its act together, there is a glorious opportunity at Pearse Stadium on Sunday to pull off a public relations bonanza for the county’s hurlers...
Galway FC'S Alex Byrne (centre) celebrates scoring his first ever League of Ireland goal to make it 3-0 on the night in their League Promotion Final win over UCD at Eamonn Deacy Park on Friday night.

Youthful Galway outfit prove breath of fresh air

Inside Track with John McIntyre GALWAY FC, the team which proved difficult to get off the ground, has made light of its embryonic status to secure promotion to the Premier Division of the Airtricity League...
Galway midfielder Paul Conroy comes under pressure from Roscommon's Tadhg O'Rourke during Sunday's Connacht senior football final at Pearse Stadium. Photo: Enda Noone.

Galway flop leaves the squad with a real mountain to climb

Inside Track with John McIntyre HINDSIGHT can be a real eye-opener at times, but the reputation of the Galway footballers ahead of last Sunday’s Connacht final against Roscommon at Pearse Stadium was still inflated ....

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