Former Monaghan coach Andy Moran has been appointed manager of his native Mayo, whom he played with distinction for 15 years. Photo: Sportsfile
If you were to poll Mayo supporters as to who their favourite footballers over the last decade and a half were, as distinct from the best, though they’d both gather many votes on that front too, Andy Moran and Colm Boyle would be close to the top.
Those teams that pushed the case in five All-Ireland finals (including one replay) between 2012 and 2017, taking the great Dublin team to the wire in four of them, endeared themselves to the county like no other in living memory.