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There is no room left for error for any of the eight sides left in the Connacht Gold Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship as the quarter-finals roll around this weekend.

The Mayo players were enjoying the fruits of their labours judging by the noise emanating from their dressing room deep in the bowels of Croke Park last Sunday evening after their four point win over Galway, as their victorious manager Kevin McStay was giving his thoughts on what had happened that afternoon to the press pack.

Despite a spirited second half comeback, Galway fell to old rivals Mayo in the FBD semi-final last weekend in the GAA Air Dome in Bekan.

It's Christmas week for football fans this weekend with the start of the Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship.

Padraic Joyce managed Galway to a championship victory over Mayo for the first time on Sunday with a superb 1-14 to 0-16 victory in over their arch rivals in Castlebar.

They could have forced it to extra time at the death, when Aiden Orme took aim from the stand side of the field and kicked for a point but his effort tailed just wide of the target and from Connor Gleeson’s kick-out David Coldrick blew the final whistle.

Our biggest fears were realised, but not in our wildest imaginations did we envisage a 15-point mauling at the hands of Kerry in last Sunday's league final.

Mayo leave Croke Park with plenty of questions to be answered after Kerry saw them off at their ease in the National League Football Final.

Mayo go to Croke Park on Sunday, looking to claim a 13th National Football League title when they take on Kerry in the competition decider.

Mayo bounced back from two defeats on the bounce to seal a place in this years National Football League final against Kerry after an impressive eight point win over Kildare, that consigned their opponents to division two football after results went agains them elsewhere.