Two years ago this week, former Mayo manager James Horan successfully led his side on a revenge mission against Donegal in the All-Ireland quarter-finals, beating Jim McGuinness' side 4-17 to 1-10 to avenge a final defeat the previous September.
As the two sides meet again in a quarter-final, James looked back on that experience on Off The Ball.
From our side of things, obviously the year before we had been a little bit hurt and that can sometimes be a strong motivation.
But I think we were just going well, we were building, the timing was good and had players in form.
We just hit Croke Park that day and had a high level of performance from an awful lot of the team that day.
We just started well and kept going throughout the game.
Taoisech Enda Kenny celebrates that Mayo win ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
It was a great game for us - obviously disappointing for Donegal - and I've seen a lot of their players reference it during the week about how they were taught a lesson that day.
It was just a day that worked well for us.
Donegal manager Jim McGuinness congratulates his Mayo counterpart James Horan ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Obviously, the year before we got to the All-Ireland final but didn't get the start we wanted, but still had a chance throughout the game. But we didn't play to the level of our capability and Donegal were deserved winners that day.
So I think both teams have learned from each other quite a bit and learned hard lessons. That adds a little bit more spice to today's game.
James was speaking on Off The Ball. We'll have live coverage of the quarter-final between Monaghan and Tyrone.
Download the brand new OffTheBall App in the Play Store & App Store right now! We've got you covered!
Subscribe to OffTheBall's YouTube channel for more videos, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for the latest sporting news and content.
