CAPTAIN ANDY MORAN returns to the Mayo starting side this afternoon as they take on IT Sligo in the FBD League in Charlestown at 2pm.
Moran is named at corner-forward with Ger Cafferkey and Kevin McLoughlin other established names drafted into a team that contains seven changes from Friday night’s opening win in this competition against NUI Galway.
Goalkeeper Brendan Walsh, midfielder Brian Gallagher and attacking pair Sean Kelly and Cathal Carolan also get the nod from manager James Horan on this occasion.
Robert Hennelly, Eoghan Reilly, John Reilly, Adam Gallagher, Diarmuid O’Connor, Tom King and Mickey Sweeney are the players to make way.
Mayo have plenty strength in reserve for this game. Their substitutes list contains seven players – Hennelly, Colm Boyle, Lee Keegan, Alan Freeman, Keith Higgins, Aidan O’Shea and Donal Vaughan – who started in last September’s All-Ireland final defeat to Dublin.
Boyle, Keegan, Higgins and O’Shea were all crowned 2013 Allstar winners last November as well.
MAYO: Brendan Walsh (Ballintubber); Keith Rogers (Ballaghaderreen), Kevin Keane (Westport), Ger Cafferkey (Ballina Stephenites); Brendan Harrison (Aghamore), Shane McHale (Knockmore), David Drake (Ballagahderreen); Jason Gibbons (Ballintubber), Brian Gallagher (Claremorris); Sean Kelly (Moy Davitts), Cathal Freeman (Aghamore), Cathal Carolan (Crossmolina); Kevin McLoughlin (Knockmore), Darren Coen (Hollymount/Carramore), Andy Moran (Ballaghaderreen).Subs: Robert Hennelly (Breaffy), Colm Boyle (Davitts), Lee Keegan (Westport), Mickey Conroy (Davitts), Jason Doherty (Burrishoole), Enda Varley (Garrymore), Alan Freeman (Aghamore), Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis), Aidan O Shea (Breaffy), Donal Vaughan (Ballinrobe).
Robbie Keane deserves a statue outside Landsdowne Road, our greatest ever player
If rob keane is your best ever player I feel sorry for Irish football. On another note David Moyes is a fraud to football.
scores heaps of goals for us, loves playing for his country, most caps, amazing servant.
I bet your raging nobody took the bait
Keane has more goals than any English player ever in international football history…..
Remember England playing Emile Heskey on the wing at the World Cup?? Donkeys that country are at football
Strange but I have a good feeling about this game IRL 3 – 0 SWE . Come on you boys in green
Sweden and Austria are both there for the taking. COYBIG
Would love to see a full or almost full Aviva tonight, seems to be such a rarity for football matches at it. Not sure of our chances but we did play well away from home against them, COYBIG
obviously i understand the financial problems meaning people can’t afford the FAI’s ridiculously overpriced tickets also.
It’s Robbie Keanes boyhood dream to play for Sweden
Most overused joke in Irish football…