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With the Connacht championship now firmly on the horizon, attention inevitably turns to what Galway’s starting XV might look like. League football often raises as many questions as answers, and that certainly seems to be the case this year.

Catch The Scratch in Oranmore

Cathal McKenna and Gary Regan of The Scratch talk to MAXIM KELLY ahead of headlining Galway's new music festival Momentum next month

A JUDGE at Galway District Court has refused to hear a case against a man accused of being involved with others in a late night attack on a city filling station.

The six points Galway have already accumulated in Division One of this year’s National Football League would have been enough to guarantee safety in seven of the last nine seasons played under this format. The reason it’s not eight from ten is the Covid-impacted 2021 campaign, when the divisions were split into North and South sections.

Galway travel to struggling Monaghan this Sunday afternoon aiming to ignite winning consistency into their league campaign.

The trials and tribulations of being a supporter in a dual county were laid bare last weekend, when it proved literally impossible to properly follow both Galway teams over the course of a single Sunday afternoon.

The year, 1981, remains the last time Galway lifted a Division One National Football League title, a statistic that still jars when you consider the calibre of footballers who have worn the maroon and white in the interim.

It is the first time it will be held outside of Leinster. It marks a major milestone for the sport and a proud day for rounders in the West.

Penalties. One-point wins. Late drama. Galway rarely allow their supporters a moment of comfort, the emotional swings of each game pulling fans from elation to despair and back again in a matter of minutes.