Galway enjoy their trip to London
Galway manager Alan Mulholland was the first to admit last Sunday afternoon in Ruislip that the prospect of enjoying a 19 point winning margin against London never entered his head last week.
Over recent years, teams like Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim struggled to come out of Ruislip with a result and Mulholland had his side well warned not to expect anything handy from their London hosts.
“To be honest I’m a little taken aback at the way we won this game. We had expected a far tighter contest and last week I was looking forward to this match with a certain amount of trepidation.
“London had come in with a very low profile and we had heard that they had done well against Louth in a challenge match but as it turned out they weren’t nearly as strong as they were last year,” said Mulholland.
However before he left a jam-packed Ruislip on Sunday evening, his thoughts were already switched to the Saturday evening of June 21 when his side travel to Markievicz Park for the Sky Sports Connacht semi-final clash with Sligo.
“Sligo have given us a lot of bother over recent years and they’re always tricky opponents for us. We’ll put the London match to bed pretty quickly and look forward to try and get back into a Connacht final — I think that would be a great boost for all involved with Galway football.
“We should have Paul Conroy, Sean Armstrong and Jos Moore all back after injury for that match and they’ll strengthen our squad. Today has been a solid day for us — but we won’t be getting too excited about it. We’ve a lot of bridges left to cross yet,” said Mulholland.
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