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Padraic Joyce began his tenure as Galway manager with a win on penalties versus the old nemesis Mayo in Castlebar in front of a crowd of some 7,000.

The hunt for a new manager to take over the Galway senior football panel will be more difficult than many might expect, according to former All Ireland winning captain Ray Silke.

Sport is the great entertainment of the masses and Gaelic Football is the one that whets the appetite like no other on the west coast.

Two goals down within 10 minutes, individual mistakes, a missed penalty and the 50/50 calls seemingly going the opposition's way ensured Galway lost by three points in the end, 1-13 to 2-13.

Sport is the great entertainment of the masses and Gaelic Football is the one that whets the appetite like no other on the west coast.

The rollercoaster of emotions Mayo fans have experienced following the county team down the years were well and truly on display last Saturday evening once more in the clash against Armagh at MacHale Park.

New ground will be made on Saturday in the long rivalry between Galway and Mayo. For the first time Galway and Mayo will meet outside of Connacht when they run onto the LIT Gaelic Grounds on Saturday (7pm) for this crunch championship fixture.

A disastrous second half from Galway in line with a spirited Roscommon fightback sends Galway to the qualifiers once again. Five unanswered points at the end of the first half had Galway leading 0-10 to 0-5 at the break. Quite similar to Roscommon’s position half way through last year's final and just like last year the home side lost out to a hungrier dog on the day.

Group one

Still missing some of their more senior players, Galway head to London for this season's championship opener in Ruislip on Sunday (3pm).