The Galway football team to play Monaghan in Sunday's opening round of the Allianz National Football League (Div 1) has been named. After a successful FBD winning campaign, manager Padraig Joyce has included goalkeeper Connor Gleeson (Dunmore MacHales) and corner forward Robert Finnerty (Salthill Knocknacarra) in the starting line-up, while Gary O'Donnell, John Daly, Tom Flynn, Johnny Duane and Shane Walsh are the only five survivors from the starting team against Monaghan last year when Galway won by 1-9 to 0-11 in Iniskeen.
The Galway to play Monaghan on Sunday in the Allianz League is as follows:
1-Connor Gleeson, 2-Johnny Duane, 3-Sean Mulkerrin, 4-Johnny Heaney, 5-Gary O'Donnell, 6-John Daly, 7-Cillian McDaid, 8-Tom Flynn, 9-Cein D'Arcy, 10-Michael Boyle, 11-Paul Conroy, 12-Michael Daly, 13-Robert Finnerty, 14-Shane Walsh (captain), 15-Adrian Varley
Galway manager Padraig Joyce, speaking after his side's FBD final win over Roscommon last Saturday, says Monaghan will be a big step up for his side...
Galway V Monaghan Previous League Meetings
1981 – Galway 1-8 Monaghan 1-8 – Castleblayney
1991 – Galway 3-12 Monaghan 0-6 – Clontibret
1996 – Monaghan 1-13 Galway 0-8 – Clones
2010 – Galway 1-20 Monaghan 1-14 – Pearse Stadium
2011 – Monaghan 0-19 Galway 0-14 – Iniskeen
2012 – Galway 1-14 Monaghan 0-12 – Iniskeen
2014 – Monaghan 0-13 Galway 0-12 – Clones
2018 – Galway 0-17 Monaghan 1-10 – Pearse Stadium
2019 - Galway 1-9 Monaghan 0-11 - Iniskeen
