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Nervy night until the subs Mount,Amad produced a big impact.

Tottenham will fancy their chances in the final having beaten United 3 times already this season but this United team reaching the showpiece and beating the 4th best in Spain 7-1 on AGG has far exceeded expectations for that group of United players.

Looking good for louth  2-14 to 1-7 ahead. The young dubs haven't scored for 20 minutes.

Louth are flying so far. 1-3 to no score

The number 8 for louth is taller and more physical looking than some of their Seniors.

Has been reported over 50,000 tickets sold for Sunday's final for comparison, the 2010 Leinster Final between Louth and Meath drew a crowd of 48,875.

In June 2023 for a knock out Preliminary quarter-final game 23,897 was the attendance for Galway v Mayo.    Yesterday's final attracted 27,137. For all the criticism it gets and calls to make it into pre-season competition winning or losing a Connacht championship still matters in the eyes of the players,management and that near 30k that attended plus the many thousand more Mayo.Galway supporters that watched it around the world.   

Once again nothing between Galway and Mayo in a Connacht final the expected fine margin contest. Could say for a 2nd year in a row that Mayo Left that Connacht title behind them but 27 minutes without a score first half will be looked back with much anger I can imagine. Need to move on now and Cavan coming to MacHale Park next makes for a good opportunity to lift the gloom from that defeat.

Mayo made that win harder than it should have been but put it to bed and out of reach for Galway eventually on 56 minutes.   3 goals a game since not scoring a goal in round 1.   Mayo with a home final as while looking to win 4 Connacht titles in a row at this grade.

What the fk i xwrong with people?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41624845.html

Modern society for you and reminds me of this.  if the titanic sank today

Connacht U17 semi final on at 6:30pm the winner will face Roscommon next week.



Can watch the match live here.

13 of that Galway published team started in last years All Ireland final.  Sean Kelly and Matt Thompson in for Comer, Walsh.  Had Galway someone other than a half fit Shane Walsh was on frees that day Galway could well be defending All Ireland champions right now. 

Outstanding result against a side before tonight who had won every home game in Europa league this season and only lost once at home in the La Liga which was Atletico Madrid back in August plus they have the best defensive record in Spain.

Pure wing magic by Maguire for the first goal, correct call on the penalty and letter of the law a red card when denied a goal scoring chance. Bruno with a nice finish for 3rd.

Only half time in the tie but in a decent position to reach the final.

I've looked at the groups a dozen times since yesterday and for the life of me I can't work out why G4 is being labelled a "group of death", but not G1.

Have people not been paying attention to the recent decline of Dublin and Derry?

These teams might manage a revival for a game or two and while Tyrone are likely to beat either of these, Cavan is not.

Have you not seen Mayo's form.

I actually think if Mayo win Connacht; there would be a real danger of them finishing bottom of that group 4.

Them winning Connacht is not that far fetched either as they've always one big performance in them.

Its a no brainer that group 4 is the tougher.

If Mayo are good enough to beat a strong All Ireland contender in Galway they should certainly be good enough to beat a fading force in Dublin in Castlebar and out of sorts Derry.    In Summary,  Group 4 going in Connacht winners Mayo can top it.  Group 1 off the back of losing to Galway a real danger of finishing 3rd in the group and then a tricky away knock out tie.

Well done Louth 7 point winners v Meath. First u20/U21 title since the 80s.

Wouldn't have known we had new rules at all with that match. Doubt many neutral viewers wanted extra time.

Good advert for Connacht underage football that final was. Mayo good start of leading by 9 probably proved a difference in the end, the rossies sure went down fighting including a debatable late goal chalked off.

Connacht titles won Since it became U20 in 2018.

Mayo 2
Galway 2
Sligo 2
Roscommon 2

Can't get more competitive than that.