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In a new nine team SSE Airtricity League first division format, Galway United will not be in action until next week with manager John Caulfield satisfied with pre-season preparations.

On a wet Monday afternoon Michael Geary’s thoughts drift back to a different and dynamic era when junior football dominated conversations in the town.

On January 10 Galway United’s players and coaching staff reported for pre-season training in Drom. There was one notable absentee with Maurice Nugent embarking on a new journey to work in London.

Galway football is sprinkled with unsung heroes, who kept the game alive in various pockets of the city and county. In town, though, for decades a familiar sight was Michael O’Connor cycling or walking along the streets with budding players getting ready for training or a match.

Ultimately, sport is as much about memories as medals. Ollie Neary was lucky enough to enjoy success with Mervue and Galway United, but reflecting back on his career it is the friendships and relationships that count.

As a player, coach, and administrator Joe Keating has given decades of service to Galway football. Living next door to Eamonn Deacy Park means Keating remains a keen observer of the game.

In St John’s Terrace, football and West United, particularly, usually tops the agenda. The planning and plotting for the upcoming junior and juvenile season is about to relaunch.

Another important SSE Airtricity League first division encounter against Bray Wanderers at Eamonn Deacy beckons tomorrow for Galway United with manager John Caulfield excited about the potential within his squad.

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Midway through the first half of the National Hurling League game between Galway and Dublin in Salthill on Sunday, the stadium announcer proclaimed that somebody had handed in a house key, a “sort of elaborate-looking house key” to be more precise, and that it could be reclaimed from the stand at halftime.