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The intensity of club football goes up a few notches when the safety net is taken away and quarter-final places are at stake.

I was in McHale Park to see Mayo disembowel Roscommon at their ease and I was in Markievicz Park to see Galway stumble luckily to a narrow 1-13 to 0-12 victory over Sligo. Based on the respective performances from both panels and managements, there will only be one result in Pearse Stadium in just over two weeks’ time. And that is a Mayo victory.

My uncle worked in the pub business all his life. It’s all he really knew. I remember clearly one day as a young lad when he asked me what a pub needed to survive. I was young and innocent so I spoke of good food, passing trade, live music, a good pint of Guinness, a growing demographic in the area and some sponsorship of local teams and events. Yada, yada, ya.

Alan Dillion/Trevor Mortimer v Diarmuid Blake

Alan Dillon/Trevor Mortimer v Diarmuid Blake

Galway footballers, beaten last Sunday, now face Donegal this Saturday at 5pm in Markievicz Park.

Despite being bitterly disappointed like many other Galway people by our defeat to Mayo on Sunday, and the manner of it, it must be acknowledged that the better team won.

I came across the movie The Green Mile a few nights ago on late night zombie TV.

Sathill/Knocknacarra

New Galway manager Joe Kernan takes charge of his first football match on Sunday when last year’s FBD winning side take on the Exiles in New York.