Galway Preview - Mayo News Football Podcast 2020 E10

03/10/20 • 56 min

Pearse Stadium in Salthill is the venue for Sunday's high-stakes National Football League Division One clash between table-topping Galway and relegation-threatened Mayo. The Mayo News football podcast is back with a bonus episode In advance of the game, in which we test the temperature on both sides of the fence.

Host Rob Murphy is joined for this episode by former Mayo player and Mayo News columnist Billy Joe Padden and by former Galway player and Galway Bay FM contributor Barry Cullinane. In separate interviews with them, Rob teases out issues relating to the Mayo/Galway rivalry and the two counties' contrasting fortunes so far in this year's League campaign.

Rob also catches up in this episode with Mayo News editor Mike Finnerty for further chat ahead of Sunday's game and to get an overview from Mike on the big GAA stories of the moment that are in this week's edition of the paper.

This latest episode of the Mayo News football podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify and Podomatic. You can also listen to it directly on the Mayo News website as well as on the Mayo GAA Blog.

The Mayo News football podcast now has its own Twitter presence, @MayoPodcast, so if you're a Twitter user, you should follow us there to make sure you get the latest podcast-related updates, including new episodes.

The Mayo News football podcast's League coverage is proudly sponsored by J Streicher. "When it absolutely, positively has to be financed on Wall Street". Visit our website at www.jstreicherglobal.com.

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James Horan Special - Mayo News Football Podcast 2020 E8

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Mayo are in the midst of a tightly compressed series of National League Division One games right now and, as often is the case at this time of year, there are positives and negatives to how the county's senior team has performed so far. James Horan has his hands full at the minute but, despite this, the Mayo manager took time out from his schedule to speak with the Mayo News football podcast.

In this special bonus episode of the podcast, hosts Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan of the Mayo GAA Blog sit down with James Horan for an in-depth interview to take stock on how his Mayo team are shaping up at the halfway point in this year's Division One campaign. James talks about what's working well and not so well out on the pitch this spring, he discusses his management style and the coaching team he currently has with him and he also reflects on how the world of Gaelic football continues to evolve, including the all-pervasive scrutiny social media places on players and managers. In addition, James provides an informative update on the squad, in particular relating to players who have yet to feature for Mayo this year.

This special bonus episode of the Mayo News football podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify and Podomatic. You can also listen to it directly on the Mayo News website as well as on the Mayo GAA Blog.

The Mayo News football podcast now has its own Twitter presence, @MayoPodcast, so if you're a Twitter user, you should follow us there to make sure you get the latest podcast-related updates, including new episodes.

The Mayo News football podcast's League coverage is proudly sponsored by J Streicher. "When it absolutely, positively has to be financed on Wall Street". Visit our website at www.jstreicherglobal.com.

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Football, Interrupted - Mayo News Football Podcast 2020 - E11

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The rapidly spreading Covid-19 coronavirus has, with astonishing speed, upended much of what had hitherto passed for normal life right around the globe. Sports events have come to a standstill everywhere and, closer to home in the world of Mayo GAA, the fraught issue of whether or not Mayo might be able to avoid the drop from Division One this spring has become rather moot.

In this episode of the Mayo News football podcast we try to make some sense of this much-changed world, one in which all GAA action has been suspended and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. Co-hosts Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan of the Mayo GAA Blog are joined for this episode by Mayo News sports editor Mike Finnerty to chew the fat on the new reality we're all now living with and what this means for all of us, including for Mayo GAA.

Next we hear a few Mayo voices from around the world who tell us what it's like to cope with life in the shadow of the coronavirus where they're based. Cora Staunton checks in from Sydney, while across the other side of Australia, we hear from former Kilmaine player Alan Burke in Perth. Balla native Colin Sheridan dials in from Beirut in the Lebanon.

In these strange and hugely stressed times, issues around health and well-being are more important than ever. Perfect timing, then, for Rob to catch up with the recently appointed chair of the Mayo GAA health and well-being committee, Niall Dunne to talk about the role he has taken on and the relevance of wellness issues both within the GAA and more widely.

This latest episode of the Mayo News football podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify and Podomatic. You can also listen to it directly on the Mayo News website as well as on the Mayo GAA Blog.

The Mayo News football podcast now has its own Twitter presence, @MayoPodcast, so if you're a Twitter user, you should follow us there to make sure you get the latest podcast-related updates, including new episodes.