Mayo Football Talk

We had two Mayo Football Podcast shows last week and in this review episode Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from these pods, featuring audio from podcast regular Billy Joe Padden and from Mayo manager Kevin McStay.   Billy Joe muses about the style of play needed in the modern game and he points to evidence of how Mayo attempted to set up in this way in 2023. He also reminisces about...

As we move on from the 2023 inter-county season for the Mayo men's team, we've switched our focus on the Mayo Football Podcast to other issues.  In this regular review show we highlight extracts from recent podcast episodes made available to club members and this week we've got audio from Edwin McGreal and Austin O'Malley as well as a number of voices from our Final Whistle pod recorded at Pearse...

Ever since the final whistle sounded at Croke Park on Sunday before last, Mayo fans have been coming to terms with the county's exit from this year's Championship, with Dublin defeating them comfortably at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage. On the Mayo Football Podcast we've been analysing the reasons why Mayo slumped to such a comprehensive loss that day and what the defeat means for the county...

In this pod, which is being made available on all podcast platforms, we provide a sample of our podcast content over the past week, almost all of which was made available exclusively to our club members.  Rob and John look back on the podcast shows we made available last week and they start by listening to audio from Dan Bannon of the Louth and Proud podcast on the Final Whistle show recorded afte...

An exhibition football match is being played in Claremorris this Saturday at 3pm as part of the 'Together For Ger' initiative. The game will see friends, former team-mates and club-mates of Ger Brady from Claremorris tog out as a Mayo selection takes on a Claremorris selection. Mike is joined by former Mayo footballer Ger Brady from Ballina and former Claremorris footballer Pauric Ring to chat abo...

Over the past week, we released four new shows on the Mayo Football Podcast and in this episode Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan provide a sample of this content, almost all of which was made available first to our club members on Patreon. Voices you'll hear on this show include Colm Boyle, Marc Ó Sé, Edwin McGreal and Billy Joe Padden as they looked back on the Kerry game, Olof Gill who chatted about...

The All Island Championships take place on Clare Island this weekend and we thought we'd give you a quick preview of what is in store. Olof Gill is both set to play for the home team and a member organising committee and he took time out from his busy week to have a chat with Rob Murphy and set the scene for the biggest weekend of football since they last hosted it ten years ago. This episode of t...

It's been another busy week on the Mayo Football Podcast, where club members have again had access to loads of new audio content, both leading up to and after the match against Kerry in Killarney on Saturday, while we also kept tabs on the Minors' progress on Friday evening. Voices you'll hear on this episode, in which we showcase some of the audio club members have heard over the past week, inclu...

The week just gone was a hectic one on the Mayo Football Podcast, with four separate shows going online for our club members on Patreon during the week, featuring interviews with three separate Mayo managers. In this pod, Rob and John introduce a few segments from these four shows. Last Monday, Mike caught up with Mayo LGFA manager Michael Moyles to reflect on his team's Connacht final victory ove...

In this weekly episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, we showcase segments of the audio that our club members on Patreon will already have heard in full. Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review this week's audio excerpts, featuring the voices of Mayo Minor manager Seán Deane, who reflects on his team's win over Roscommon last Friday evening, as well as podcast regulars Nigel Reape and Austin O'Malley,...

Every week on the Mayo Football Podcast, we make plenty of audio content available to our loyal club members on Patreon. We thought it would be a good idea to give everyone else a taster of this content and so we're launching a new series on the podcast, providing snippets of audio from our Patreon pods. Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan chat about the audio excerpts that feature in this show. Voices i...

Solan's bar in Ballaghaderreen was the venue for our live Mayo Football Podcast recording where we sought to get under the hood of the Mayo/Roscommon rivalry ahead of the counties' meeting  on Sunday in the opening round of this year's Connacht SFC. Mike Finnerty, Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan get the discussion going at Solan's along with podcast regular and former Ballaghaderreen captain Stephen...

Back in 2019, Ciaran Treacy scored the winning goal for Mayo against Kerry in the National League Final. So where is he now? Mike caught up Ciaran last week to talk to the Ballina native who now lives in Abu Dhabi. They chatted about his journey - on and off the field - scoring that goal four years ago, his time with Mayo and his plans for the future. This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is n...

Host Rob Murphy is joined by Billy Joe Padden and Colm Keys of the Irish Independent to reflect on Mayo's fast start to the season and try to assess what it means for the Championship. The podcast includes the clubhouse section where we get Billy Joe Padden to tell us about all of his goals in a Mayo jersey! This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on i...

Mayo enjoyed an emphatic win over All-Ireland champions Kerry at MacHale Park on Saturday night - the biggest win the county has recorded over the Green and Gold since 1948 - and in this podcast episode, which was made available to our club members the day after, we review the match and get some reaction to the result. Rob Murphy hosts the show and he's joined on the pod by John Gunnigan, along wi...

With two games already played in the National League and a week's break before All-Ireland champions Kerry roll into town, in this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast we take stock of how Mayo’s season is starting to shape up after two draws. Mike Finnerty hosts this pod and he's joined by Colm Boyle and Stephen Drake to look back on how the team has performed against Galway and Armagh, and how K...

A bonus episode this weekend as Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly sits down with our own Edwin McGreal to chat about his his planned transfer from Breaffy to Raheny, discussing the reasons behind the move.  During the podcast he speaks about the emotions involved in leaving his home club. He talks about how travel has impinged on his club performances in recent years and how he hopes that transferring...

Seven months have passed since the Mayo senior team last played a competitive match, which was that All-Ireland quarter-final loss to Kerry at the end of June last year. With a new management team, headed by Kevin McStay, having taken over since then, the start of a new year feels in large part like a new start for the county's footballers.   The National Football League gets underway this weekend...

In his first interview since announcing his retirement from inter-county football, Mayo legend Lee Keegan chats to Mike Finnerty. In this very special episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, Lee talks to Mike about the reasons behind his decision to hang up his Mayo boots, the highlights and best memories from his illustrious career, the All-Ireland Final defeats that hurt the most, and why playing...

Lee Keegan's retirement announcement earlier this week brings down the curtain on a glittering inter-county career. Since he made his Mayo debut in 2011, the Westport man won five All-Stars and was named Footballer of the Year in 2016. He won seven Connacht SFC medals and a National League medal as a Mayo player, earning plaudits far and wide for his stylish performances, his peerless man-marking...

With the festive season almost upon us, Colm Boyle and Billy Joe Padden join Mike for an impromptu Christmas Special episode of the pod. The lads pull up a few chairs and reflect back on the year that was 2022 from a Mayo perspective, and pick out some of their personal highlights and memories from a disappointing season overall for the Green and Red. Boyler and Billy Joe also hand out a few award...

The club football Championships within the county reached their conclusion last weekend. While most of the focus, understandably, goes to Westport following their breakthrough first ever Moclair Cup success, it was a big weekend too for the footballers of Ballyhaunis, Islandeady and Achill, who captured the Intermediate, Junior A and Junior B titles respectively. In this episode of the Mayo Footba...

It's not just possession of the Moclair Cup that's up for grabs this weekend, as battle is set to be joined for the right to hold the Sweeney and McDonnell Cups as well. The destination of the latter two trophies is what we concentrate on in this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, as we preview this weekend's Intermediate and Junior title deciders.    Rob Murphy hosts the show and he's joined b...

As Ballina Stephenites and Westport count down to this Sunday’s novel Mayo Senior football final, we set the scene in the first of this week’s podcasts. Host Mike Finnerty is joined on the pod by Stephen Drake and Colm Boyle to look ahead to a fascinating final between the Stephenites, who are bidding for their 37th county title, while opponents Westport are aiming to get their hands on the Moclai...

As the dust settles on last weekend’s Mayo Intermediate and Junior club football championship semi-finals, Mike and Ed sit down to look back at the main storylines from the big games. The Intermediate semi-final between Kilmeena and Moy Davitts is first up for discussion followed by Ballyhaunis’ win over Hollymount/Carramore. They also chat chat about Ardnaree’s relegation play-off win over Lahard...