Kevin McStay

Kevin McStay (born 9 May, 1962) is an Irish Gaelic football analyst and former player and manager. In retirement from playing McStay became an analyst with The Sunday Game; however, he remained involved as a manager and coach.

Kevin McStay
Personal information
Irish name Caoimhín Ó Maoilsté
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Left corner-forward
Born (1962-04-05) 5 April 1962
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Army Officer
Club(s)
Years Club
 Ballina Stephenites
Ballymun Kickhams
Roscommon Gaels
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1983–1990
 Mayo 17 (1-46)
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 1


He was educated at St Jarlath's College in Tuam during the 1970s, playing for the school team.[1]

Football career

Born in Castlebar, County Mayo, McStay was introduced to Gaelic football by his father, a former player with the Tuam Stars. He played some Gaelic football at college level with St. Muredach's College and St. Jarlath's College, however, he enjoyed little success before coming to prominence at under-age levels with the Ballina Stephenites club. A two-time championship medal winner with the Ballina Stephenites senior club, he later won a championship medal with Roscommon Gaels. McStay also lined out for Ballymun Kickhams.

McStay made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Mayo minor team. A two-time Connacht medal winner in this grade, he later won one All-Ireland medal with the under-21 team. McStay made his senior debut during the 1983 championship. He went on to play a key role for Mayo in attack during a successful era and won two Connacht medals. McStay was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, McStay never won a Railway Cup medal. Throughout his inter-county career, he made 56 appearances and scored a total of 7-122.[2] 17 of these appearances were in the championship. McStay retired from inter-county Gaelic football after breaking his leg during the 1990 championship.

McStay's brother, Paul McStay, and his brother-in-law, Liam McHale, also played with Mayo.

Sean Rice of The Mayo News named McStay on his "Best Mayo Team Since 1960" in 2010.[2]

Post-playing

In retirement from playing McStay became an analyst with The Sunday Game; however, he remained involved as a manager and coach. At inter-county level he led the Roscommon minor team before guiding the Mayo under-21 team to a Connacht title in 2001. As a club manager he steered Roscommon Gaels to championship success in 2004, before guiding St. Brigid's to the All-Ireland title in 2013.[3][4] McStay was appointed joint-manager of the Roscommon senior team on 5 October 2015 and took over as manager in October 2016.[5][6] He led the Roscommon team that won the 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship, beating Galway 2-15 to 0-12, in Pearse Stadium, Salthill.[7]

McStay got himself into bother while his team were playing Donegal in the 2018 Championship, involving himself in a number of different incidents with match officials, shoving a linesman in a chest and hurling a football at full force in the direction of another. A lengthy ban resulted.[8][9] However, he resigned as Roscommon manager before the ban was completed. Announcing his departure on 5 September 2018, he stated that he could bring the team no further. At this time, a vacancy had arisen in his native county following the earlier resignation as Mayo senior manager of Stephen Rochford, and McStay was linked with the job; however, McStay announced, on 5 September 2018, that "today marks my retirement from senior inter-county football management".[10]

Career statistics

Manager
As of match played 2 May 2016.
Team From To FBD League League Connacht All-Ireland Total
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Roscommon 5 October 2015 5 September 2018 43018404110000001380561.5
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References
  1. Moran, Seán (11 April 2020). "Finishers: How the evolution of substitutes has changed Gaelic football". The Irish Times. Kevin McStay, former Roscommon manager and a football analyst with this newspaper, remembers the past when he began playing in the 1970s and things were simpler and more clear cut... 'when I was at school in St Jarlath's I was on a team that never played subs. It wasn't until the end of my time there in the late 1970s that Jarlath's started using subs.
  2. "Kevin McStay makes Best Mayo Team Since 1960". The Mayo News. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  3. "Former Mayo star McStay takes St Brigid's reins". The Westmeath Independent. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  4. "McStay wary of psychological pressure". Hogan Stand. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  5. Keys, Colm (29 September 2015). "Kevin McStay delight as he lands joint-boss role with Roscommon". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. "Kevin McStay named as Roscommon's manager for next season". The 42. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  7. Keys, Colm (10 July 2017). "You lose you are useless". Irish Independent.
  8. "'That is not appropriate' - Roscommon manager Kevin McStay could be in trouble over linesman confrontation". Irish Independent. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. Rooney, Declan (25 July 2018). "Roscommon boss Kevin McStay misses Dublin date after accepting 12-week ban". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  10. "Kevin McStay steps down as Roscommon manager". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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