Inside Track with John McIntyre

COMING down the home stretch at Celtic Park last Sunday, the prospect of the unthinkable happening was only too real. Galway footballers were on the ropes; fighting for their championship lives against a team playing like demons in trying to salvage something from an awful season.

Derry were in Galway’s faces from the off. Bringing a physical edge to the contest, they were holding nothing back. The Tribesmen would have been mentally prepared for a hostile environment, but they were on the back foot for large tracts of a game, and it took an unlikely haul of four goals to keep their campaign alive.

Though Galway haven’t really clicked yet in this year’s championship, there is no questioning the team’s heart........

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