Jim McGuinness: Mayo and Galway could end possession obsession

Connacht final to provide a refreshing break from mad focus on ball retention

GAA Statistics: Mayo’s midfield gamble paying off – so far

Eamon Donoghue: Conor Loftus adds a lot at midfield just not under kickouts

Mayo look a team reborn as they thrash old enemies Galway

Aidan O’Shea wreaks havoc in Tuam after battered hosts lose Damien Comer early on

Galway leave Mayo in a spot of bother for a second year running

Galway goalkeeper Conor Gleeson makes two crucial penalty saves after match ends level

Darren Coen: The Mayo star who was hiding in plain sight

Forward took scenic route to becoming a key player for the league champions this season

Cillian O’Connor set to start for Mayo against Galway

27-year-old made first appearance of the year off the bench in tense victory over Armagh

GAA Statistics: Galway are made to thwart right-sided Mayo

Are Galway playing enough Corofin players? And why Mayo’s attack is so predictable

Instinct and experience stands to Mayo in win over Armagh

Cillian O’Connor came off the bench for the first time this year in one point win

Patient approach pays off as Mayo end their drought in Ulster

Plenty and huff and puff required from Connacht side against Down in Newry

Galway bring fine form to clash of big Connacht rivals

Mayo are traditional slow starters, and will be without talisman Lee Keegan

One championship debutant in Mayo XV to play Galway

Four of All-Ireland winning Under-21 team of 2016 will start in Castlebar on Sunday

Mayo escape late but Lee Keegan out for up to four months

Substitute Madden’s late intervention secures promotion back to top flight for Cavan

Tyrone take advantage of Mayo’s home failings in Castlebar

Mayo now face into a relegation a battle with Donegal in Ballybofey next weekend

Dublin strike early and often in Castlebar

Scoreboard flatters Mayo after turgid Division One encounter at MacHale Park

Football Review 2017: It all led to September, but what a journey

All-Ireland final the game of the year, an occasion probably unmatched and certainly unsurpassed

Ciarán Murphy: GAA supporters could be real winners in 2018

Like Mayo this year, more games will allow teams forge a greater bond with their fans

The top 30 moments of the football summer: the top 10

Malachy Clerkin reflects on an epic summer ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC final

All-Ireland football final: ‘You never give up, you never give in’

Chocolate, prayers, US vice-president wishes and a trip or two up Croagh Patrick for Mayo

Ciarán Murphy: Mayo can conjure up that bit of magic to beat the Dubs

Mayo winning the All-Ireland would not be a miracle. They are the second best team

Darragh Ó Sé: Dublin’s bench strength gives them the crucial edge

The champions have the subs to kick for home during the vital final quarter

Darragh Ó Sé: Forget Dad’s Army, Mayo are more like The Dirty Dozen

Stephen Rochford’s men have improved and have never been in better shape than now

Wily Jim Gavin busy ensuring a blue-sky future for Dublin

Quietly-spoken pilot has been overseeing constant transition of a talented panel

Mayo’s O’Connor brothers land lethal one-two to take down Clare

Two goals in two minutes just after half-time help Mayo turn half-time deficit around

Darragh Ó Sé: Running football the key to this year’s All-Ireland

The way Kerry, Dublin and Mayo move the ball is too much for lesser teams

Super subs get Mayo out of jail against Derry

Goals from Conor Loftus and Jason Doherty rescue Mayo in Castlebar

Mayo add to Roscommon’s problems with comfortable win

Lee Keegan makes quick return to Mayo colours following black card for Colm Boyle

Mayo won’t lack the motivation to bounce back again

‘This team is hardened enough and steely enough, and the appetite will be there’

Stephen Coen is among ‘a new breed of Mayo footballer’

He’s 70 minutes away from adding to minor and Under-21 titles – before he reaches 21

Mayo hoping to get further by taking a different route

County’s former trainer Cian O’Neill believes the perennial nearly men now have a cutting edge to them

Mayo show the value of experience as they edge past battling Tyrone

Smart gameplan helps Westerners book place in sixth All-Ireland semi-final in row

Experienced Mayo strong favourites to see off new-look Galway

Visit to Castlebar looks a daunting task for a Galway side including five debutants

Mayo’s eye for a goal helps them collect fifth under-21 title

Cork are blown away by late Mayo goals at Cusack Park as title heads to Connacht

Drama at the death as Mayo Under-21s edge Dublin

Connacht champions come from four points behind in closing stages of Tullamore semi

Little to choose between Dublin and Mayo in under-21 semi-final

Time for Cork to progress from early promise when they take on Monaghan

Mayo make three changes for vital clash with Roscommon

Cathal Barrett, Conor Loftus and Evan Regan to start on Sunday

GAA team news: Stephen Cluxton back in goal for Dublin

Jim Gavin makes six changes, Colm Cooper will make his first start of the season for Kerry

Stephen Rochford’s Mayo tenure gets off to a winning start

Galway lead throughout to beat Sligo while Roscommon thrash IT Sligo in Enfield

GAA preseason sure to be rubberneckers’ paradise

Johnston returns to Cavan team for first time since June 2011 for Armagh clash

James Horan hopes to unearth a few nuggets against NUIG

Mayo spent last week in Dubai and can’t wait to get their campaign up and running

Mayo minors complete their half of the deal

Scoring spree either side of interval key in victory over Tyrone

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