Sligo Senior Football Championship 2000
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This is a round-up of the 2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship. This Championship went down to the very last minute, as a dramatic injury-time goal gave surprise finalists Bunninadden their first title for 109 years, leaving Coolera/Strandhill shattered, themselves waiting 93 years for glory.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 22 | Coola | Eastern Harps | 1-13 | Tubbercurry | 1-10 |
July 29 | Kent Park | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 0-13 | Tubbercurry | 0-7 |
August 5 | Markievicz Park | Eastern Harps | 2-15 | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 1-8 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern Harps | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-28 | 2-18 | 4 |
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-21 | 2-22 | 2 |
Tubbercurry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-17 | 1-26 | 0 |
Group B
Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 23 | Tubbercurry | Geevagh | 1-7 | Cloonacool | 0-3 |
July 29 | Easkey | St. Mary’s | 4-16 | Cloonacool | 0-4 |
August 5 | Tubbercurry | St. Mary’s | 0-15 | Geevagh | 1-6 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Mary's | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-31 | 1-10 | 4 |
Geevagh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-13 | 0-18 | 2 |
Cloonacool | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-7 | 5-23 | 0 |
Group C
Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 23 | Tubbercurry | Bunninadden | 3-8 | Castleconnor | 1-4 |
July 30 | Markievicz Park | Coolera/Strandhill | 0-9 | Bunninadden | 0-6 |
August 5 | Easkey | Coolera/Strandhill | 0-18 | Castleconnor | 1-8 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coolera/Strandhill | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-27 | 1-14 | 4 |
Bunninadden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-14 | 1-13 | 2 |
Castleconnor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-12 | 3-26 | 0 |
Group D
Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 23 | Enniscrone | Easkey | 2-6 | Tourlestrane | 0-9 |
July 30 | Tubbercurry | Tourlestrane | 0-16 | Curry | 2-8 |
August 5 | Tubbercurry | Easkey | 2-7 | Curry | 0-11 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Easkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-13 | 0-20 | 4 |
Tourlestrane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-25 | 4-14 | 2 |
Curry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-19 | 2-23 | 0 |
Quarter finals
Game | Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sligo SFC Quarter Final |
August 18 | Coola | Eastern Harps | 4-18 | Geevagh | 1-3 |
Sligo SFC Quarter Final |
August 19 | Tubbercurry | Bunninadden | 1-11 | Easkey | 0-8 |
Sligo SFC Quarter Final |
August 20 | Easkey | Coolera/Strandhill | 3-11 | Tourlestrane | 0-9 |
Sligo SFC Quarter Final |
August 20 | Markievicz Park | St. Mary's | 0-13 | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 0-13 |
Sligo SFC Quarter Final Replay |
August 26 | Markievicz Park | St. Mary's | 2-13 | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 0-6 |
Semi-Finals
Game | Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sligo SFC Semi-Final |
September 3 | Markievicz Park | Bunninadden | 1-11 | St. Mary's | 1-10 |
Sligo SFC Semi-Final |
September 3 | Markievicz Park | Coolera/Strandhill | 1-8 | Eastern Harps | 1-8 |
Sligo SFC Semi-Final Replay |
September 10 | Markievicz Park | Coolera/Strandhill | 0-6 | Eastern Harps | 0-4 |
Last eight
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, October 1, 2000 Venue: Markievicz Park Markievicz Park Markievicz Park is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in County Sligo, Ireland, home to the Sligo football and hurling teams. Built in 1955 due mostly to Sean Forde who single-handedly gathered the funds necessary to build the stadium, it is named after Sligo-born Constance... , Sligo Sligo Sligo is the county town of County Sligo in Ireland. The town is a borough and has a charter and a town mayor. It is sometimes referred to as a city, and sometimes as a town, and is the second largest urban area in Connacht... 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: |