It's that time of year again—the end of the inter-county football season—and the Sunday Game team of the year will once again be up for debate by many punters online or in general chat over the next few days after the campaign came to a conclusion today.
It's no surprise that newly crowned All-Ireland champions Armagh lead the way with eight players on the team, while Galway makes up five of the with two from Donegal finishing off the fifteen decided by the TV panel ahead of the show.
Kerry was the only team not to be included among the semi-finalists, and previous All-Ireland champions Dublin also didn’t make the cut.
Tom O’Sullivan, Liam Silke, Michael Langan, Cillian McDaid, Craig Lennon, and Sam Mulroy were among the unlucky players to miss out on the team, and their efforts might be awarded on the All-Star team later on in the year.
If you told an Armagh person that (1.) they would win the All-Ireland and (2.) they would be the dominating team of the year after losing to Donegal in the Ulster final, they would have called you crazy. This shows the work that Kieran McGeeney has put into his side this season.
The panel named Barry McCambridge as The Sunday Game Footballer of The Year after his heroic man marking jobs in the quarter-final, semi-final (David Clifford) and the decider (Shane Walsh) today.
The Sunday Game Football Team of the Year
1 Blaine Hughes (Armagh)
2 Johnny McGrath (Galway)
3 Aaron McKay (Armagh)
28 July 2024; Goalscorer Aaron McKay of Armagh and his daughter Nova after the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final match between Armagh and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile
4 Barry McCambridge (Armagh)
5 Dylan McHugh (Galway)
6 Aidan Forker (Armagh)
7 Peadar Mogan (Donegal)
8 Paul Conroy (Galway)
14 July 2024; Paul Conroy of Galway in action against Aaron Doherty of Donegal during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final match between Donegal and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Daire Brennan/Sportsfile
9 Ben Crealey (Armagh)
10 John Maher (Galway)
11 Rian O’Neill (Armagh)
12 Oisín Conaty (Armagh)
28 July 2024; Oisin Conaty of Armagh celebrates after his side's victory in the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final match between Armagh and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
