The Mayo Football Podcast

Mayo have beaten New York by a scoreline of 2-21 to 2-6 in the Connacht championship quarter-final at Gaelic Park in the Bronx.Rob, Mike and John were joined at Gaelic Park by Colm Boyle, John Casey and Seán Reilly. There’s also post-match reaction from Mayo manager Kevin McStay, New York manager Alan O’Mara and Mayo captain Paddy Durcan.To get access to all of the podcast episodes, join the club at Patreon.com/mayopodcast, where annual membership is now available for just €1 per week (plus VAT).

The Mayo Football Podcast is going to New York next month so it’s time to start the build-up!Colm Boyle joins Rob, Mike and John to chat about the trip to the Big Apple and a live event that will be taking place in NYC on Friday, April 5.The lads also chat the weird and wonderful differences of Mayo playing a championship match in Gaelic Park, and Boyler tells a few stories from his own Mayo days.Plus, they take a look ahead to Sunday’s National League match against Derry and ask whether Mayo will be going all out (or not) to win the game.All this and much more!

Mayo claimed a dramatic draw in this afternoon's LGFA NFL Division One Round 4 clash with Kerry at Fitzgerald Stadium. Twice they battled back from three points in arrears in a low-scoring contest, with late points from Sinéad Walsh and Maria Cannon giving the Westerners a deserved share of the spoils.After the game Rob chatted with Cormac Reape, former Knockmore LGFA manager and current manager of the Sligo ladies team. He also got post-game reaction from Mayo manager Liam McHale and from long-serving player Fiona McHale.To get access to all of the podcast episodes, join the club at Patreon.com/mayopodcast, where annual membership is now available for just €1 per week (plus VAT).

Just over forty years have passed since Mayo won All-Ireland honours at Under 21 level for the third time, when they beat Derry in a replayed final played at Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. It was the first ever All-Ireland final to be played north of the border, with the Mayo team featuring within its ranks a number of players who would go on to become household names for the county at Senior level in the years that followed.In this podcast episode, Rob and John sit down with two members of that All-Ireland winning Mayo team, captain Eddie Gibbons from The Neale and John Finn of Mayo Gaels, to reminisce on the 1983 campaign. They chat about memorable incidents in the matches the lads played in on the way to that historic replayed decider in Irvinestown and they discuss how the very competitive schools football scene at that time was instrumental in ensuring that Mayo were in a position to push for All-Ireland honours at U21 level. They also consider the legacy of the 1983 U21 All-Ireland success and how it laid the foundations for Mayo's return to prominence at Senior level later that decade and in the years since then.  To get access to all of the podcast episodes from where these extracts are taken, join the club at Patreon.com/mayopodcast, where annual membership is now available for just €1 per week (plus VAT). 

In our first highlights show of 2024, Rob and John take a sample of voices our Patreon club members will already have heard on the Mayo Football Podcast over the last few weeks.On this pod, Rob Hennelly talks about his hopes for the year, Colm Boyle lists the players who impressed him in Mayo's recent FBD match against London, the London manager Michael Maher reacts to his team's surprise win in that game, Billy Joe Padden reminisces about his pre-season days when John Maughan was manager, while Colm Boyle explains why this period of the year is so crucial for fringe players trying to break into the panel. We wrap up this pod with extracts from interviews with Mayo LGFA manager Liam McHale and Mayo manager Kevin McStay. To get access to all of the podcast episodes from where these extracts are taken, join the club at Patreon.com/mayopodcast, where annual membership is now available for just €1 per week (plus VAT).    

As the curtain comes down on another year, and the FBD League looms on the horizon, we’re taking an opportunity to check in with all our listeners.John, Mike and Rob reflect on two years of welcoming members to the Mayo Football Podcast and tell you why you should sign up if you haven’t already.The lads explain how to join for just €1 a week and give a flavour of what you can look forward to on the pod in 2024.Join the Mayo Football Podcast club on Patreon to get exclusive access to our bonus pods as well as early access to other episodes. 

In this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from our coverage of the weekend's county finals, which club members on Patreon have already got access to in our Final Whistle pods recorded after the Junior, Intermediate and Senior club finals at MacHale Park.  The first clip comes from Cill Chomain's Eoghan McGrath who was a guest on our Junior final preview pod and who spoke about how tough it is to win the Junior Championship. We then hear an extract from our Final Whistle pod after the Junior decider, in which the winning manager, Lahardane's Eddie Conroy, gives his reaction to his side's win over Shrule/Glencorrib.Next we have audio from the Final Whistle show recorded after Kilmeena's win over Ballinrobe in the Intermediate final. From that pod we have a snippet from Billy Fitzpatrick's match analysis and we also hear from Kilmeena's Jack Carney. The low scoring nature of the Senior decider became a national talking point on Sunday evening and the extracts we have from the Final Whistle pod recorded after Ballina's Moclair Cup success focus on that aspect of the game. John Maughan provides his views on the standard of football witnessed in the Senior final while former Knockmore manager Eamonn Clarke chats with Rob about how negative tactics have become the norm in Gaelic football. By contrast, our final clip features Stephenites' 'keeper David Clarke, who provides his reaction to the club's county final victory.     This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. All of the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made. Details on becoming a club member are available here.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

In this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from some of the content our club members on Patreon have got access to over the last few weeks.  From Colm Boyle we hear reaction to the news that Corofin's Joe Canney has joined Kevin McStay's management team. The split season, and issues relating to it, was covered in two different pods and from them we hear points made by Stephen Drake, Billy Joe Padden, Colm Keys and Ciaran O'Hara.  Two GAA books were published in recent weeks and we had two podcast shows to coincide with these. Ciaran Murphy of Second Captains discusses the split season from the perspective of the club player when he came on the pod to chat his book "This is the Life" while Declan Varley talks about what inspired him to write "Mayo - A Biography in Nine Lives".  This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. All of the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made. Details on becoming a club member are available here.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

To mark the release of his new book all about grassroots GAA 'This is the Life' Ciaran Murphy of Second Captains fame, sat down with Rob Murphy to talk all about what motivated him to write about how the GAA can captivate villages and towns all over the land.Ciaran dropped into our studios in south Mayo after a day of travelling around the county visiting some of the best bookstores to sign copies of the book.The chat covers everything from the allure of the club to the sense of duty and pride that seems to entice even the busiest of people intio dedicating huge chunks of time to playing, coaching and/or simply marking the pitches.Get your copy now, available at all good bookstores as they say.This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made. Details on becoming a club member are available here.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

In this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, we look back at some of the content our club members on Patreon have got access to over the last few weeks. Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from these pods, which feature Kieran Kilkenny, Conor Diskin, Kevin McLoughlin and Peadar Gardiner.  The first extract we hear comes from Mayo GAA Performance Games Development Administrator Kieran Kilkenny who explains the work being done at county level with the U14, U15 and U16 groups. Next it's Claremorris footballer Conor Diskin, who in recent months has had to cope with the tragic loss of his baby son Cillian and who then suffered a season-ending cruciate injury. We then hear from recently retired Mayo player Kevin McLoughlin who explains why he never did much in the way of media interviews during his time on the county team and who also talks about the pride his family took in his involvement with Mayo. Finally, newly appointed U20 manager Peadar Gardiner talks about his footballing philosophy and how he'll want his Mayo U20 team to play.This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. All of the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made. Details on becoming a club member are available here.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

We had three Mayo Football Podcast shows last week and in this review episode Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from these pods, focusing on Jason Doherty's inter-county retirement and the start of the club Championships.Following Jason Doherty's announcement that his days as an inter-county player were over, he sat down for an in-depth interview with Mike Finnerty. We hear a few clips from that pod, focusing on how he decided on the timing for his departure, why the Mayo team he was part of never managed to win the All-Ireland, what it was like to battle back from two cruciate injuries and how he reckons Mayo are fixed as they head into 2024.The focus then shifts to the club action and we hear snippets from our Championship preview show, which featured Aghamore manager Paddy Finnegan, Balla's Ger Flanagan and Lee Keegan of Westport. This includes Lee's rather forthright opinion on whether or not Fergal Boland should still be involved with Mayo. This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. All of the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made. Details on becoming a club member are available here.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

We had three Mayo Football Podcast shows last week and in this review episode Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from these pods, where the main focus during the week was on the Mayo ladies team who were in All-Ireland semi-final action against Kerry on Saturday.  To start the show we hear audio from podcast regular Edwin McGreal, who reflects on Mayo's absence from All-Ireland final day and who then goes on to consider the contenders for the vacant U20 manager's position and the process to be used for this appointment. Shifting focus to LGFA matters, we hear audio from the Kerry match preview show from Mayo players Clodagh McManamon and Ella Brennan. Then, from the Final Whistle pod recorded after the game at Semple Stadium, there's audio from Nóirín Moran, Sinéad Stagg, Michael Moyles and Austin O'Malley, who, in different ways, all reflect on how the Mayo ladies fared out this year and their future prospects.    .This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. All of the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made. Details on becoming a club member are available here.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

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 what it was like to play alongside the generational talent that was Ciaran McDonald. Rob's hour-long interview with Kevin McStay was, though, our main podcast highlight this week. The lads review what the Mayo manager had to say on that pod about what kind of year it had been for his team, what the thinking was behind the Conor Loftus experiment and how the defensive structure that was deployed fared out this year and how the aim for greater consistency will be addressed as the team faces into 2024.    .This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. All of the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made. Details on becoming a club member are available here.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

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 Stadium on Saturday, where the Mayo ladies snatched victory over Galway in the LGFA All-Ireland quarter-final. From that show we hear from Kathryn Sullivan, Ciara Needham and Shauna Howley as well as from analyst Nóirín Moran.Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan discuss these extracts, along the way chatting about the language used by supporters when reacting to victory and defeat, the pursuit of All-Ireland glory by the Mayo ladies and the way in which Dublin and Kerry made it through their respective All-Ireland semi-finals last weekend. This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. All of the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made. Details on becoming a club member are available here.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

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 for next year and beyond.In this pod Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan pick out and discuss some extracts from the three shows we've made available for our Patreon club members in the wake of the loss to Dublin. From our Final Whistle show, recorded at Croke Park straight after the match ended, there's audio from Billy Joe Padden, John Casey and Eamon O'Hara, from our in-depth match review show you'll hear the voices of Colm Boyle and Colm Keys while there's more from Billy Joe on our final pod of the week, in which we reflect further on Mayo's Championship exit. This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. All of the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made. Details on becoming a club member are available here.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

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 after Mayo had just beaten the Wee County. Next we hear about the state of the MacHale Park pitch on the Louth review pod where Mike was joined by Billy Joe Padden and Stephen Drake. We then hear from Pauric Ring and Ger Brady who were chatting to Mike about the Together for Ger exhibition match and after that there's audio from Nigel Reape and Seán Deane on the Final Whistle show recorded at Carrick-on-Shannon following the Minors' defeat to Monaghan on Saturday evening. 

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 about Saturday's game and to reflect on why so many people want to come along this weekend to show the 'real' Ger Brady their support.Ger (44) was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last August.This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. You can also listen to it on the Mayo GAA Blog.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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.

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 weekend's All-Island football tournament on Clare Island and Seán Deane and team captain Rio Mortimer who spoke with Mike Finnerty after the Mayo Minors had beaten Galway on Friday evening to retain the Connacht MFC title.    This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. You can also listen to it on the Mayo GAA Blog.All but one of the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.The monthly rate for club membership is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter 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 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 the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. You can also listen to it on the Mayo GAA Blog.Sign up to become a podcast club member – here. The monthly rate is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter (here), 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.

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, include Tony Leen of the Irish Examiner and Billy Joe Padden, who chatted with Rob on the Kerry preview show, Seamie O'Shea who spoke with Mike during the week, Martin Carney and Stephen Rochford, who spoke with Rob and Mike respectively for our Final Whistle pod from Killarney, and podcast regular Nigel Reape who chatted with Rob and John at MacHale Park after the Minors' win over Roscommon.   This episode of the Mayo Football Podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes, SoundCloud, Podomatic and Spotify. You can also listen to it on the Mayo GAA Blog.All the audio clips you hear from the contributors on this show featured in pods first released on Patreon, where our club members get access to loads of exclusive content and more besides.Sign up to become a podcast club member – here. The monthly rate is €5 plus VAT but annual membership is also available at a 10% discount off the standard rate, where a single annual payment is made.The Mayo Football Podcast is also on Twitter (here), 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.