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Lynsey McKey had barely hoisted the Avenir Sports All-Island Cup when manager Phil Trill beckoned her and his squad to celebrate with the fans who had travelled from Galway to be a part of history.

Lynsey McKey had barely hoisted the Avenir Sports All-Island Cup when manager Phil Trill beckoned her and his squad to celebrate with the fans who had travelled from Galway to be a part of history.

This Saturday in Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway United Women will play their first competitive fixture when they entertain Wexford Youths on Saturday (2pm).

It has to be the year of the Shark, that’s John ‘Shark’ Hanlon from County Carlow. He bought a horse called Hewick. He didn’t pay dearly for it (not even a thousand euro) and then won the Galway Plate last summer. He added another win at Sandown, and between the two he pocketed half a million euro. Not bad for a year’s work. But just last October he won the American Grand National at Fair Hills in New Jersey with a $160,000 dollar first prize. Now he is 33/1 to take the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. D’ya think, maybe.

Hopes are high a Galway's women's soccer team will continue to represent the west with a possible injection of funding and help from Galway United sponsors, the Comer Group.

John Sullivan’s stint with Galway United was brief, but a lasting impression was made. From the first game of the 2016 season when United enjoyed a rare come from behind victory in the capital against St Patrick’s Athletic Sullivan cemented his status as a leader in the team.

An academy structure involving Galway WFC and the Galway FA is set to be established soon.

It all started in the old Lisheen Bar: that is how League of Ireland football eventually came to Galway in the 1970s.

Ruth Fahy has been appointed as Galway WFC's chief executive officer.