1978 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1978
Winners
Sligo Champions Tourlestrane (2nd win)
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s) Shamrock Gaels, Easkey, Owenmore Gaels, Calry Gaels,
Mullinabreena, St. Farnan's, Grange, Geevagh
Promoted team(s) n/a

This is a round-up of the 1978 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Tourlestrane won their first title in 22 years, after defeating surprise finalists Grange, who had caused a major upset by knocking out the holders, and Connacht champions, St. Mary's, in the semi-final after a replay. This final remains as Grange's only appearance in a Senior final. The Championship structure was changed in this year, from the two-section round-robin method, to a knockout system, where the sides defeated in the opening round played on in their own section, with two sides qualifying for the semi-finals, while two sides from the "winner's section" joined them in the last four. This was the only year that such a backdoor system operated in the Championship.

At the end of the year a more significant structure change took place - the Intermediate grade was introduced for 1979, with the sixteen teams divided in two - the top eight remaining in Senior, the rest demoted to the new grade, and one went to Junior with the Junior champions taking their place in Intermediate. The result was that the 1978 finalists Grange, found themselves relegated, along with semi-finalists Shamrock Gaels. Other notable sides who had made an impact in the previous decade, including Easkey, Mullinabreena and Owenmore Gaels, also made the drop, the latter being the only one of the eight not to return to Senior level since.

First round

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
First Round
June 18 Ballymote Tubbercurry 2-15 Shamrock Gaels 0-10
Sligo SFC
First Round
June 18 Ballymote Tourlestrane 3-9 Coolera 0-7
Sligo SFC
First Round
June 18 Tubbercurry St. Mary’s beat Geevagh (24 pts)
Sligo SFC
First Round
June 18 Tubbercurry Curry beat Easkey (1 pt)
Sligo SFC
First Round
June 18 Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 2-5 Grange 0-9
Sligo SFC
First Round
June 18 Markievicz Park Owenmore Gaels beat Calry Gaels (no score)
Sligo SFC
First Round
June 18 Easkey Enniscrone beat St. Farnan’s (no score)
Sligo SFC
First Round
June 18 Easkey St. Patrick’s 1-11 Mullinabreena 0-6

Second round

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Second Round (Winner's Section)
July 23 Ballymote St. Mary’s 1-8 Tubbercurry 0-10
Sligo SFC
Second Round (Loser's Section)
July 23 Ballymote Geevagh 1-15 Calry Gaels 1-2
Sligo SFC
Second Round (Winner's Section)
July 23 Tubbercurry Eastern Harps 2-12 Owenmore Gaels 0-4
Sligo SFC
Second Round (Loser's Section)
July 23 Tubbercurry Shamrock Gaels 4-10 Easkey 1-7
Sligo SFC
Second Round (Loser's Section)
July 23 Markievicz Park Grange 3-13 Coolera 3-7
Sligo SFC
Second Round (Loser's Section)
July 23 Markievicz Park Mullinabreena 1-9 St. Farnan’s 2-6
Sligo SFC
Second Round (Winner's Section)
July 23 Easkey Tourlestrane beat Enniscrone (no score)
Sligo SFC
Second Round (Winner's Section)
July 23 Easkey St. Patrick’s 1-10 Curry 0-6

Quarter finals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final (Loser's Section)
August 6 Ballymote Shamrock Gaels 4-8 Geevagh 2-2
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final (Loser's Section)
August 6 Ballymote Grange 1-15 Mullinabreena 0-10
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final (Winner's Section)
August 6 Tubbercurry St. Mary’s 0-13 Eastern Harps 2-6
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final (Winner's Section)
August 6 Tubbercurry Tourlestrane 4-9 St. Patrick's 0-7

Semi-Finals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
August 27 Tubbercurry Grange 0-9 St. Mary’s 0-9
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
August 27 Tubbercurry Tourlestrane 3-8 Shamrock Gaels 1-5
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final Replay
September 3 Tubbercurry Grange 2-5 St. Mary’s 0-10

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

Tourlestrane
2-7 - 0-7
(final score after 60 minutes)
Grange

Team:
A. Nealon
N. Brett
D. O'Mahony
M. Maye
J. Quinn
M. Brennan
M. Henry
P. Henry
G. Lundy
B. Leonard
P.J. Gallagher (1-0)
A. Brennan (1-3)
L. Walshe (0-2)
T. Carty (0-1)
M. Curran (0-1)


Substitutes:

Half-time:

Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)

Date:
September 10, 1978

Venue:
Markievicz Park, Sligo

Referee:


Team:
C. Feeney
C. Herrity
J. Watters
H. Gallagher
J. Keaney
S. Hoey
R. Henry
S. Kelly
E. O'Loughlin
J. Watters (0-1)
M. Hoey (0-3)
M. Feeney
J. Feeney (0-1)
S. Feeney (0-1)
H. McSharry (0-1)


Substitutes:

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