2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship

This is a round-up of the 2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship. This Championship, after a number of years of being dominated by Eastern Harps and Tourlestrane, provided a novel final pairing, as Bunninadden (last champions in 1891) and Coolera/Strandhiill (last champions in 1907) contested the final, Coolera having dispatched both of the previous champions en route. The destination of the title went down to the last minute, as a dramatic injury-time goal gave Bunninadden their first title for 109 years, leaving Coolera devastated, after leading for much of the game.

2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
CountySligo
Year2000
Winners
ChampionsBunninadden (2nd win)
ManagerJames Kearins
CaptainFergal O'Flaherty
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)St John's, Shamrock Gaels
Relegated team(s)Geevagh, Cloonacool

James Kearins was the winning manager and was later appointed manager of the Sligo county team in 2003.[1][2]

Group stages

The Championship was contested by 12 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
22 July Coola   Eastern Harps   1-13   Tubbercurry   1-10
29 July Kent Park   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   0-13   Tubbercurry   0-7
5 August Markievicz Park   Eastern Harps   2-15   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   1-8
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts
Eastern Harps 22003-282-184
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 21011-212-222
Tubbercurry 20021-171-260

Group B

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
23 July Tubbercurry   Geevagh   1-7   Cloonacool   0-3
29 July Easkey   St. Mary's   4-16   Cloonacool   0-4
5 August Tubbercurry   St. Mary's   0-15   Geevagh   1-6
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts
St. Mary's 22004-311-104
Geevagh 21012-130-182
Cloonacool 20020-75-230

Group C

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
23 July Tubbercurry   Bunninadden   3-8   Castleconnor   1-4
30 July Markievicz Park   Coolera/Strandhill   0-9   Bunninadden   0-6
5 August Easkey   Coolera/Strandhill   0-18   Castleconnor   1-8
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts
Coolera/Strandhill 22000-271-144
Bunninadden 21013-141-132
Castleconnor 20022-123-260

Group D

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
23 July Enniscrone   Easkey   2-6   Tourlestrane   0-9
30 July Tubbercurry   Tourlestrane   0-16   Curry   2-8
5 August Tubbercurry   Easkey   2-7   Curry   0-11
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts
Easkey 22004-130-204
Tourlestrane 21010-254-142
Curry 20022-192-230

Quarterfinals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
18 August Coola Eastern Harps 4-18 Geevagh 1-3
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
19 August Tubbercurry Bunninadden 1-11 Easkey 0-8
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
20 August Easkey Coolera/Strandhill 3-11 Tourlestrane 0-9
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
20 August Markievicz Park St. Mary's 0-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-13
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final Replay
26 August Markievicz Park St. Mary's 2-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-6

Semifinals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
3 September Markievicz Park Bunninadden 1-11 St. Mary's 1-10
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
3 September Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 1-8 Eastern Harps 1-8
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final Replay
10 September Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 0-6 Eastern Harps 0-4

Last eight

Quarterfinals
19 August/August 20
Semifinals
3 September/September 10
Final
1 October
         
Bunninadden 1-11
Easkey 0-8
Bunninadden 1-11
St. Mary's 1-10
St. Mary's 0-13, 2-13 (R)
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-13, 0-6 (R)
Bunninadden 2-7
Coolera/Strandhill 0-11
Coolera/Strandhill 3-11
Tourlestrane 0-9
Coolera/Strandhill 1-8, 0-6 (R)
Eastern Harps 1-8, 0-4 (R)
Eastern Harps 4-18
Geevagh 1-3

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

Bunninadden
2-7 - 0-11
(final score after 60 minutes)
Coolera/Strandhill
Manager:James Kearins

Team:
M. Finn
S. Roddy
F. O'Dowd
S. Gormley
J. O'Flaherty
K. Brett
W. Gormley
P. Doohan (1-2)
M. Gormley
D. Gormley (1-0)
L. Óg Gormley
P. Kerins
A. Killoran (0-3)
F. O'Flaherty (Capt)(0-1)
E. Gilhooley


Substitutes:
D. Killoran (0-1)
J. Scanlon
K. Kerins
B. Gilhooley

Half-time:
0-6 - 0-7

Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)

Date:
Sunday, 1 October 2000

Venue:
Markievicz Park, Sligo

Referee:
Thomas Walsh (St. Michael's)

Manager:Declan McCabe

Team:
A. Carty
G. Foley
N. Carew
S. O'Neill (Capt)
T. Watters
J. Joyce
B. Doyle
K. Quinn (0-1)
S. Carty
T. McMahon
K. O'Neill (0-3)
L. Healy (0-1)
P. Hegarty (0-1)
J. McPartland (0-4)
K. Gilligan (0-1)


Substitutes:

References

  1. "Kearins new Sligo boss". Irish Independent. 10 September 2003.
  2. Boylan, James (10 September 2003). "Sligo go for Kearins". RTÉ.
  • Sligo Champion (July–October 2000)
  • Sligo Weekender (July–October 2000)
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