Sligo 1-14
Galway 0-16
Full-time scenes like these are normally reserved for breakthroughs or famine-endings but the manner in which Sligo rescued this game triggered a mass explosion of emotion reminiscent of their Connacht final success three years ago. With just three minutes remaining, Sligo were trailing this Connacht semi-final replay by two points and staring down the barrel of a gun but they summoned the resolve to level it up in normal time before Colm McGee kicked a brilliant winner deep in injury time.
At the outset of this season, one of Sligo’s stated goals was to become a serious team. That’s a difficult term to define for a Divison Three side but it requires more than just talent and scoring forwards. Sligo had