Ian Galvin is confident New York can record their first-ever championship victory at Galway's expense on Sunday.

The Exiles host the Tribesmen in the preliminary round of the Connacht SFC at Gaelic Park on Sunday afternoon (3pm New York time; 8pm Irish time) and Galvin hopes to spring a surprise:

"Look, I'm not going to make any great predictions, but I would say we're quietly confident going into Sunday that we can turn the tide and win a Connacht championship match in New York for the first time," the Kerryman states in The Irish Times.

"Having Cavan in town a couple of weeks ago [for a challenge match] was massive for us. That took the cobwebs off the players a little bit, helped us work on our game plan, and different scenarios, that we might go through against Galway.

"We understand it will be a massive task. Galway have a great tradition, with a lot of young footballers coming along, and a top new manager in Kevin Walsh. But we feel that we've developed again this year, have come on another bit, and hopefully we can make a small bit of history on the day."

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