July 18th 1999 and the 20th century may be cooling down but Tuam stadium remains the earth’s core so far as football rivalries go. It’s been a long time since Galway and Mayo has mattered so much. It is midsummer, even if it doesn’t feel like it. By nightfall, the Sunday Game phone lines will be hopping with irate fans saying they couldn’t get near the crowd despite having tickets. The crowd that day was unreal,” remembers Alan Roche, the sinewy Davitts defender who would make his debut in that afternoon’s final.

Source: The Irish Times November 15, 2020 07:52 UTC