2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Sligo Senior Football Championship 2000
Winners
Sligo Champions Bunninadden (2nd win)
Captain Fergal O'Flaherty
Manager James Kearins
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s) Geevagh, Cloonacool
Promoted team(s) St. John's, Shamrock Gaels

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

Quarterfinals
August 19/August 20 		Semifinals
September 3/September 10 		Final
October 1
         
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, October 1, 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:

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