Ballina Stephenites win All-Ireland crown By Terry Reilly (c) ISN’T life strange! Ten months ago county champions Ballina Stephenites did not have a manager, and the dogs in the street had it that training sessions were being sparsely attended. The portents were not good. Fast forward to the evening of March 17th ‘05 and the […]
THREE words. ENJOY. LEARN. EXECUTE. By Terry Reilly (c) These about best sum up Mayo¹s final passage into this so-far-glorious football summer as our hearts recover from the pounding of the last two weeks. This week let¹s look at just two of our summary words. First ENJOY. Those who will really enjoy the atmosphere in […]
By Terry Reilly (c) HOW time plays tricks with us. And is there anything more confounding than hindsight? Here we are, on the cusp on an All-Ireland semi-final, and there are people with the smallest drop of Mayo blood in their veins lying through their teeth and saying they knew this team was a good […]
Decentralisation and all that… By Terry Reilly (c) Lining up for the cameraman just a few minutes ago reminds me of a story I heard the other day…. The school children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. “Just think how […]
By Terry Reilly (c) AS promised last week, and in response to calls for amplification of a recent article on Mayo football, Another View returns to the topic this week with a view to initiating some informed thinking which may, perhaps, lead to better days. As you know we have not won the senior All-Ireland football crown since 1951… […]