Mayo Football Talk brings together the Mayo Football Podcast and the Mayo GAA Blog in one integrated online space, making it a true one-stop shop for Mayo football supporters. Mayo Football Talk continues the work of the Mayo Football Podcast in providing podcasts covering all the major Mayo matches during the year, both at inter-county and club level, with lively discussion and in-depth analysis from a range of expert contributors. Drawing on the long track record of the Mayo GAA Blog, Mayo Football Talk also provides written content in the form of blog posts, regular columns, news stories, fixture details, team announcements, match reports and more. Mayo Football Talk club members have access to an unrivalled amount of audio and written content right throughout the year, with a dedicated fans forum and access to a members-only match-day chat function on Discord where club members can interact with members of the MFT team.
As the county prepares for a winter in the company of Sam Maguire, Rob and John are joined on the pod by Edwin McGreal and historian Liam Heffron to assess how Mayo's All-Ireland win has the potential to be a game-changer for the county more widely.The lads discuss how the exploits of the Mayo team that came so close to glory a decade ago helped to alter the perception Mayo people had about themselves and the place they come from and how that impact is so much greater now that the promised land has been reached. They chat about how Mayo's story, economically as well as on the football field, has been about battling against the odds and demonstrating resilience in the face of repeated setbacks. Using the analogy of the building of Knock airport, the lads consider how Mayo's All-Ireland victory sets a template for the county to consider what it could do itself to facilitate greater economic progress locally in the years ahead.
2 Sept 2026
Mayo's place in history
With the Sam Maguire set to winter in the county this year for the first time since 1951, Rob is joined by good friends of the podcast Mick Foley and Ciarán O'Hara from the Gaelic games history podcast Over The Bar to chat about where Mayo's All-Ireland victory this year fits in relation to some of the great wins of the past and to consider what made 2026 so significant.The lads chat about the impact of social media and how it made the story about Mayo's All-Ireland success go right around the world, contrasting this with the more limited impact of Offaly's hugely historic 1982 title win. They also discuss how, to those outside of Ireland, Mayo ended up representing every corner of the island in the wake of the win over Kerry.Mick and Ciarán lean into their deep knowledge of Gaelic games history to talk about alternative jerseys worn by Mayo down the years and they also have a look at the history of the Sam Maguire trophy.
27 Aug 2026
Checking in a month after Sam
The month that has now passed since Mayo's historic All-Ireland title success has been a whirlwind of activity. In this show, which is a free episode available on all podcast platforms, Rob, Mike and John reflect on what's been a hectic few weeks for everyone. The lads chat about all of podcast content on MFT over the past month, which has included interviews with the likes of Andy Moran, Colm Boyle, James Carr, Tommy Conroy, Darren McHale and Jack Carney, as well chats with US sports journalist Dave McKenna and Cahair O'Kane of the Irish News, while our club championship coverage has got back up and running too.John talks about his forthcoming book, Keeping the Faith, which is being published by Mayo Books Press and is available to pre-order now. The book is an account of John's many years as a Mayo supporter, interweaved with the story of the development of the Mayo GAA Blog and, more recently, MFT, while, on the field, Andy Moran's Mayo were on the march to capturing Sam. The lads also reflect on what has changed for Mayo people everywhere in the wake of the All-Ireland win and how we'll all think about football and the place we come from in a different way from here on.
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10,248
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4.9 / 5
14 ratings
Spotify
4.3 / 5
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