Superb Claney steals show

WELCOME to the Paul Clancy show” could have been plastered over the entrance sign to McHale Park at Castlebar last Sunday, such was the double All- Ireland winner’s inspirational performance in Moycullen’s pummelling of Mayo champions Ballintubber in the Connacht Intermediate football final.Although this was an excellent, well-rounded team effort, littered with outstanding individual performances from the likes of Sean and Gareth Bradshaw, Brian Faherty, Mark Lydon and Conor Bohan, there’s no doubt that Clancy is in a league of his own.The 31-year-old retired from inter-county football over a year ago due to a cruciate knee injury but his display on Sunday — and indeed throughout this campaign — proves that he is far from finished and he will be a force to be reckoned with in the Galway senior championship next year.Prior to the game…….