Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »

Wed 07 Jul 2007McGuire insists his team's title credentials are genuineConnacht SFC Final Sligo v GalwayThe Sligo captain tells Ian O'Riordannext Sunday's game is far from a foregone conclusionApparently one Sunday newspaper tipped New York to beat them. Most people tipped Roscommon to beat them. And despite their rapid progress towards a first provincial title since 1975, no one, it seems, is tipping Sligo to beat Galway in Sunday's Connacht football final.