OPINION: A dismal day for Mayo in Letterkenny League tussle

Donegal proved too stiff an opposition throughout the National League tie, writes our columnist, Anne-Marie Flynn

Mayo and Donegal clashed in Round Three of the National Football League Division One in O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny. Pic: Sportsfile

THERE are days when writing this column feels like a treat.

Like a cold drink after a long run on a hot day, the icing on a very delicious cake, fresh sheets on the bed, you can’t wait to tuck in.

And then, there are days like Sunday. 

It stands to reason that when you commit to nearly every league and championship game in a year that not all of those days will be particularly enjoyable or memorable.

Nor will there always be particularly interesting stories to tell. But my job here is to entertain you, so in spite of myself, I’d better make some kind of effort.  

A theme I have noticed in these columns down the years is that in the absence of a good day on the pitch, the highlights of away days tend to revolve around food.

Call it a premonition, call it a sense of foreboding, but as we were driving down the Sligo Road out of Ballina, with coffees and Pastel de Nata in hand from Jimmy’s drive-through, I was concerned that we might have peaked too early.

The delectable little custard-filled Portugese pastries were a taster for the driver, who is away to Lisbon during the week. 

The driver is not long in possession of his new car, which has heated seats; a luxury currently unimaginable to this motorist.

It had really been my........

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