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The Paper Review: "Without doubt Mayo are the greatest story in the GAA"

Given that it's All Ireland final day, much of the content in the Sunday Papers hark back towards...



The Paper Review: "Without...
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The Paper Review: "Without doubt Mayo are the greatest story in the GAA"

Given that it's All Ireland final day, much of the content in the Sunday Papers hark back towards the Dublin vs Mayo match.

But there were plenty of stories to catch the eye of Declan Bogue of The Belfast Telegraph and The Times chief sports writer Garry Doyle, who joined Joe for this week's Off The Ball Paper Review.

You can listen into this week's Paper Review on the podcast player below or stream/download the episode on iTunes where you can also subscribe to the series: 

The Paper Review: "Without doubt Mayo are the greatest story in the GAA"

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The Mayo narrative amid the infamous 66 year wait for Sam Maguire takes up much of the column inches and its reflective of the fascination in that quest.

"When you go through the misery rating for every Mayo defeat, '96 is possibly the most depressed that they could have been in the aftermath of that defeat until last year when they scored two own goals," said Doyle.

"Even in '89, Finnerty scored and then a few minutes later had another chance to score a goal and had he done so, that could have sealed the game for Mayo.

"When you go to 2012, they outscored Donegal in the aftermath of the disastrous start they had. Then in 2013, they led Dublin at one stage in the first half and had their chances to win that day. And last year they scored two own goals. Have you ever seen an own goal in the history of watching GAA? And you see two in an All Ireland final. So they are without doubt, the greatest story in the GAA. I'm not saying they're the greatest team but they are the greatest story."  

Doyle also praised this "excellent piece" by Paul Kimmage on the Mayo story: