1975 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1975

Winners
Sligo Champions	Eastern Harps (1st win)
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Easkey
Promoted team(s)	Grange

This is a round-up of the 1975 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Eastern Harps claimed their first title in only their third year in existence, after defeating Craobh Rua in the final. This was the last hurrah for Craobh Rua - they would later join forces with Muire Naofa to form the St. Mary's club for the following year.

Group Stages

The Championship was contested by 15 teams, divided into four groups. The top side in each group advanced to the Semi-Finals.

Group A

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
August 17	Tubbercurry	Curry	0-10	Mullinabreena	1-3
August 31	Markievicz Park	Easkey	- --	Mullinabreena	- -- (N.R.)
September 7	Markievicz Park	Curry	beat	Easkey	(no score)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
Curry	2	2	0	0	4
Easkey	1	0	0	1	0
Mullinabreena	1	0	0	1	0

Group B

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
August 17	Tubbercurry	Eastern Harps	beat	Coolera	(no score)
August 17	Easkey	Tourlestrane	1-7	Enniscrone	0-5
August 24	Tubbercurry	Eastern Harps	beat	Enniscrone	(no score)
August 24	Ballymote	Tourlestrane	beat	Coolera	(no score)
August 31	Tubbercurry	Eastern Harps	beat	Tourlestrane	(6 pts)
August 31	Easkey	Coolera	- --	Enniscrone	- -- (N.R.)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
Eastern Harps	3	3	0	0	6
Tourlestrane	3	2	0	1	4
Coolera	2	0	0	2	0
Enniscrone	2	0	0	2	0

Group C

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
August 17	Ballymote	Geevagh	4-11	Collooney/Ballisodare	1-6
August 17	Markievicz Park	St. Patrick's	0-13	Muire Naofa	0-7
August 24	Tubbercurry	St. Patrick's	beat	Geevagh	(no score)
August 24	Markievicz Park	Collooney/Ballisodare	2-5	Muire Naofa	1-7
August 31	Markievicz Park	St. Patrick's	beat	Collooney/Ballisodare	(no score)
August 31	Ballymote	Geevagh	beat	Muire Naofa	(no score)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
St. Patrick's	3	3	0	0	6
Geevagh	3	2	0	1	4
Collooney/Ballisodare	3	1	0	2	2
Muire Naofa	3	0	0	3	0

Group D

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
August 17	Ballymote	Craobh Rua	0-14	Shamrock Gaels	0-7
August 17	Markievicz Park	Tubbercurry	4-11	St. Farnan's	1-9
August 24	Easkey	Craobh Rua	beat	St. Farnan's	(no score)
August 24	Ballymote	Shamrock Gaels	beat	Tubbercurry	(no score)
August 31	Tubbercurry	Shamrock Gaels	P	St. Farnan's	P
August 31	Ballymote	Craobh Rua	2-7	Tubbercurry	1-8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
Craobh Rua	3	3	0	0	6
Tubbercurry	3	2	0	1	2
Shamrock Gaels	2	1	0	1	2
St. Farnan's	2	0	0	2	0

Semi-Finals

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	September 14	Tubbercurry	Craobh Rua	3-10	Curry	0-4
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	September 14	Tubbercurry	Eastern Harps	4-4	St. Patrick's	0-10

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

Eastern Harps	1-8 - 0-5 (final score after 60 minutes)	Craobh Rua
Team: Substitutes:	Half-time: Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: October 5, 1975 Venue: Corran Park, Ballymote Referee:	Team: Substitutes:

References

• Sligo Champion (Autumn 1975)

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