John Maughan meets Billy Joe - Mayo News Football Podcast 2020 E18

06/23/20 • 57 min

The GAA world is inching ever closer to a return to play, As the long wait continues, however, this leaves time for more considered debate and so in this episode of the Mayo News football podcast we're back with another one-on-one discussion. Billy Joe Padden returns to the interviewer's chair for this episode and his guest on this occasion is former county player, two-times Mayo manager and current Offaly bainisteoir John Maughan. Together they talk about John's experience of managing the Faithful County during the Covid-19 crisis and they look back over the Crossmolina man's long career both as a player and manager, focusing on his breakthrough in management with Clare and those heady days on the sideline with his native county. The highs and lows of Gaelic football management are discussed as well as the ways in which the role has changed in recent years. 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.

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Football Interrupted VII - Mayo News Football Podcast 2020 E17

The gradual reopening of the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic moved a step forward on Monday, with an easing of a number of restrictions that were in place since March. As the country starts to get moving again the GAA is also in the midst of planning its return to play, with the focus initially on club action followed later in the autumn by a resumption of inter-county activity. In this episode of the Mayo News football podcast, we concentrate on the return of on-field action in the GAA and what it's likely to mean in practice. Host Mike Finnerty is joined in the Mayo News offices by colleagues Edwin McGreal and Ger Flanagan to discuss the GAA's return to play roadmap. They also pore over the results of a detailed player survey published in this week's Mayo News, which contains a number of interesting insights on how players feel about taking the field once again in these uncertain times. The lads go on to chat about what the next number of months could look like for the GAA, both locally and nationally, with Billy Joe Padden also joining the discussion to give his thoughts on what the immediate future holds for the playing of Gaelic games in the shadow of the pandemic. Mike, Edwin and Ger then round off this episode with some brief reflections on the paper's recently concluded and much-acclaimed Top 100 Mayo club footballers series. 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.

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Gavin Duffy Meets Billy Joe - Mayo News Football Podcast 2020 E19

Billy Joe Padden's interviewing skills have been a major feature here on the Mayo News football podcast in recent months and in this episode he's back with another special guest. This time, Billy Joe sits down for an in-depth discussion with Mayo GAA and Connacht Rugby star Gavin Duffy. The Ballina native enjoyed a varied sporting career, mainly in rugby where he was capped ten times for Ireland and played for both Connacht and English side Harlequins but also in gaelic football. In fact, Gavin's involvement with Mayo bookended his playing career, as he was a midfielder on the Mayo minor team that reached the All-Ireland final in 1999 and then, in 2014, he earned a surprising call-up from James Horan to the Senior county panel. 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 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.