London keen to take flight again in Tailteann journey

Early morning at Knock Airport. Saturday 28 May, 2022.

Flights from Stansted, Gatwick and Luton Airport are about to touch down at the Co. Mayo location. Disembarking from the three planes will be members of the London football squad. A bus will be there to take the group to their hotel in Sligo town, all in preparation for the Exiles' Tailteann Cup tussle with the Yeats County at Markievicz Park.

That's the plan, with the players hoping to have the right prep in the hours leading up to their second outing this spring/summer.

London's interest in the Connacht championship ended with a narrow defeat to Leitrim on Easter Sunday.

Uncertainty over the timing of their Taliteann Cup opener and the rising costs of air fares made it difficult for all the squad to travel over on the one flight.

Explaining the itinerary, London defender and Galway native, Eoin Walsh, told RTÉ Sport: "It was difficult [to sort flights] because we didn't know exactly what date the game would be on. Were we heading for the preliminary round or were we at this stage, this weekend? And obviously you don't know who your opponents are going to be, or whether we were in the north or south draw.

"And then coming closer to the time, flight prices obviously get extortionate, trying to book them for the volume that we'd be looking at, 20 or 30 lads.

"The logistics of it...we have a couple of lads flying out from Stansted on an early flight on Saturday morning. We have a handful flying from Gatwick and a handful flying from Luton. We have it all coordinated that when we land - we're all flying into Knock - there'll be a bus to take us from the hotel in Knock to the hotel in Sligo.

"I'm not sure what time the later flight gets in at but it's still early morning and it