Did Thomas’s really not concede one goal in any of the games in the 5 in a row?
Finals I thought the stat was?
Woolies been fierce confusing here.
Former All-Star Ian Burke back training with Galway as county makes no apologies for record spend on teams
Ian Burke of Galway. Photo: Sportsfile
November 29 2022 01:52 PM
Former Galway football All-Star Ian Burke is back training ahead of the 2023 inter-county season.
The All-Ireland finalists resumed collective training last week and Burke, who stepped away from the squad last season, is among them.
Galway manager Padraic Joyce said Burke was one of eight additions to an extended squad, with decisions concerning personnel to be made in January.
Joyce was speaking at the launch of Galway GAA’s five-year sponsorship extension with Supermacs in the Lough Rea Hotel, a deal worth €2.25m up front to Galway but could yield a further €1m in performances if the county teams win enough All-Ireland titles in that period.
“He’s in training at the minute, as are eight other fellas who are training since Thursday night,” said Joyce of the Corofin forward.
"We’ll let them train away. They’re on trial basically until January 1, so we’ll see where they’re at. If they come up to the level and show a huge interest and a keenness to be there, we’ll certainly look at them and add them to the squad. It’s up to them, the ball is in their court.
“At the end of the day, I’ve never begged anyone to play for Galway. They either want to play, or they don’t. These lads have a chance to prove themselves if they want to play with Galway and contribute to the team that’s there. If they do, great for us,” Joyce added.
At the launch, Galway GAA chair Paul Bellew described the Supermacs extension as a “brilliant deal” for the county.
“It is a significant show of faith and investment in us, in the climate we are in,” he said.
“The size and scale of the deal, I think, puts us at the very top in terms of GAA. To invest €2.25million in Galway GAA, irrespective of performance over five years, is a serious commitment, rising to a potential €3.25m over that time. We are an open and transparent development."
Bellew said the county made “no apologies” for their spending on the preparations of their inter-county teams, at €2,161,497, a record for any county in one year and the first time the €2m barrier was passed.
"The figures came out last Friday and we knew what was going to happen. We report the figures as they come in, but those figures include everything attached to six inter-county teams.
“We basically played 49 games last year between the six teams, football and hurling. We won the minor football, we got to the All-Ireland football final. Our three hurling teams lost to the eventual All-Ireland champions by a combined total of six points.
“There are not too many counties that can say that. We make no apologies for the spend. It all goes to the players. A lot of it is mandated in terms of gear and expenses.
“If you compare it to other counties and show where they didn’t get to, it doesn’t compare too unfavourably at all.”
Paraic Farrelly on Twitter will be delighted to have Ian Burke back.
The Galway, Jimmy Sloyan.
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Ian Burke was one of the few positives for Corofin this year. He looked better than ever. I’d assume Cooke’s situation has changed recently too and that he’ll be in the panel once Moycullen finish up. Worst case scenario those are two good options off the bench, Cooke would probably be up against an aging Conroy.
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Tommy Shlug, his uncle and nationally-renowned bus driver.
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Galway GAA to boost finances with naming rights for Pearse Stadium
The proposal is at an advanced stage.
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Pearse Stadium.
Image: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO
GALWAY GAA, WHICH has managed to double its profits for the year despite becoming the first county to spend over €2m on their teams, is set for a big financial boost early in 2023 with a deal on naming rights for Pearse Stadium in Salthill.
Treasurer Michael Burke said the proposal is at an advanced stage and is expected to be finalised after Christmas, providing another boost to the county’s coffers.
Burke delivered a set of accounts which showed an income of €4,560,520 against an expenditure of €4,149,752, with the profit of €410,768 more than double the surplus of 2021.
County chairman Paul Bellew said Galway would continue to invest in all their teams and that a huge volunteer effort would continue to raise the finance required.
“It is a €4.5m business being run by five permanent people and an officer base which claimed a total of €128 throughout the year,” said Bellew.
A total of €2,161,497 was spent on the county’s six teams at minor, U-20 and senior. The biggest outlay was on Pádraic Joyce’s senior footballers with a spend of €1,072,102, while €978,803 was spent on Henry Shefflin’s senior hurlers. Galway spent €112, 806 on their U-20 hurlers and €62,784 on their U-20 footballers, while €98,781 was spent on the minor hurlers and €83,435 on the county’s minor footballers who won the All-Ireland title.
Galway GAA’s annual convention at the Lough Rea Hotel heard that 45% of the team expenditure was on players’ expenses, 10% on gear, 10% on medical and 11% of strength and conditioning, stats teams and other members of backroom teams.
“There has never been an issue resourcing teams in Galway and there never will be,” added Bellew, who was returned unopposed as chairman for a second year. All of the other county committee officers were returned unopposed.
He said that 257 players wore the Galway jersey in 2022 for those six teams, with a total of 90 people involved in the backroom teams for those sides.
Delegates were told that the county’s long-term debt, which largely arose when a large tract of land was purchased for a training centre in Athenry which never materialised, is now under control in co-operation with Croke and that the remaining amount of €1.5m will be cleared by 2028.
Great news for Galway GAA
Some craic if JP bought the naming rights.
Must be some wind tunnel manufacturers who would get involved.
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