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Galway United Women have become accustomed to big games in their successful seasons at the top of domestic football. Saturday’s FAI cup semi-final away to Athlone Town feels as big as any.

There are some teams whose greatest achievement is not measured by the trophies they lifted, but by the paths they cleared for those who came after them. The Galway senior ladies' football team of 1975 belongs firmly in that category. They may not have returned home with the Brendan Martin Cup, but they carried something every bit as valuable – hope, pride and the belief that Galway women deserved their place on the biggest stage of Gaelic football.

There is some respite from the pressure cooker of league action tomorrow night for Galway United.

Every child who has ever picked up a hurl or football has played out the same fantasy. A late free. One last chance. A strike to win an All-Ireland final before climbing the Hogan Stand steps to the acclaim of thousands and lifting the trophy as team captain. Last August, Carrie Dolan lived that dream.

There are certain weekends in Galway when the city seems to breathe with one set of lungs. This is one of them.

The Brendan Martin Cup is within reach for Galway's skipper. Close your eyes and you can almost touch it. Kate Geraghty is 60 minutes away from joining the illustrious club of just Annette Clarke of Galway captains to climb the steps of the Hogan Stand.

After Survival Saturday, it is as you were at the base of the Premier Division.

The league has dubbed it 'Survival Saturday'. There is a significant amount of football to be played before the end of October, however the stakes are starting to pile up.

For eight years, Finn Plotner McCarthy has been a familiar face on the pitches at Galway Bohemians, growing from an enthusiastic 10-year-old into one of the club’s standout young players. Now, at the age of 18, that journey is taking an exciting new direction as he prepares to move to America on a college scholarship.