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==Sport== [[File:Croke Park from the Hill - 2004 All-Ireland Football Championship Final.jpg|thumb|[[Croke Park]] kitted out in the Mayo colours for the [[2004 All Ireland Senior Football Final|2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Final]]]] The [[Mayo GAA]] senior team last won the [[Sam Maguire Cup]] in 1951, when the team was captained by [[SeΓ‘n Flanagan]]. The team's third title followed victories in 1936 and the previous year, 1950. Since 1951, the team have made numerous [[List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals|All-Ireland Final]] appearances (in 1989, twice in 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, twice again in 2016 against Dublin, 2017, 2020, with their latest appearance being against Tyrone in the 2021 final), though the team have failed on all occasions to achieve victory over their opponents. The team's unofficial supporters club are Mayo Club '51, named after the last team who won the Sam Maguire. The county colours of Mayo GAA are traditionally green and red.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/provinces-and-counties/about-county/county-colours/ |title=County Colours | About County | Provinces & Counties | About the GAA | GAA.ie |access-date=2014-07-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705195711/http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/provinces-and-counties/about-county/county-colours/ |archive-date=5 July 2014 }}</ref> The county's most popular association football teams are [[Westport United F.C.|Westport United]] and [[Castlebar Celtic F.C.|Castlebar Celtic]]. Although [[Gaelic football]] and [[association football]] are the most popular sport in the county, other sports are popular in the county as well such as rugby, basketball, hurling, swimming, tennis, badminton, athletics, handball and racquetball.
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