2007 Sligo Senior Football Championship

This is a round-up of the 2007 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Tourlestrane claimed their eighth title in this year, and fifth since 1994, defeating Eastern Harps in the final by two points, despite the absence of captain and star player Eamon O'Hara. The holders Curry fell to a surprisingly heavy defeat to outsiders St. John's in a quarter-final second replay.

Group stages

The Championship was contested by 15 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the quarter-finals, with the remaining sides facing the Relegation playoffs to retain Senior status for 2008.

Group A

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 14 July Enniscrone   St. John's   0-14   Castleconnor   0-6 14 July Tubbercurry   Eastern Harps   1-14   St. Mary's   0-8 18 August Curry   Eastern Harps   1-10   Castleconnor   0-3 18 August Markievicz Park   St. John's   1-9   St. Mary's   1-8 25 August Markeivicz Park   Eastern Harps   1-11   St. John's   0-6 25 August Enniscrone   St. Mary's   5-10   Castleconnor   0-5

TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsEastern Harps3 3 0 0 3-35 0-17 6St. John's3 2 0 1 1-29 2-25 4St. Mary's3 1 0 2 6-26 2-28 2Castleconnor3 0 0 3 0-14 6-34 0

Group B

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 14 July Tourlestrane   Curry   0-11   Tubbercurry   0-9 14 July Markievicz Park   Coolera/Strandhill   1-11   Ballymote   0-9 18 August Ballymote   Coolera/Strandhill   0-9   Tubbercurry   0-9 18 August Tubbercurry   Curry   1-11   Ballymote   0-11 25 August Tubbercurry   Curry   2-14   Coolera/Strandhill   0-8 25 August Markievicz Park   Tubbercurry   1-20   Ballymote   0-11

TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsCurry3 3 0 0 3-36 0-28 6Tubbercurry3 1 1 1 1-38 0-31 3Coolera/Strandhill3 1 1 1 1-28 2-32 3Ballymote3 0 0 3 0-31 3-42 0

Group C

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 14 July Kent Park   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   0-13   Easkey   2-7 14 July Ballymote   Geevagh   0-11   Shamrock Gaels   0-11 18 August Markievicz Park   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   2-10   Geevagh   1-10 18 August Enniscrone   Easkey   3-11   Shamrock Gaels   0-11 25 August Ballymote   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   2-5   Shamrock Gaels   1-8 25 August Ennicrone   Easkey   1-12   Geevagh   1-10

TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsEaskey3 2 1 0 6-30 1-34 5Drumcliffe/Rosses Point3 1 2 0 4-28 4-25 4Shamrock Gaels3 0 2 1 1-30 5-27 2Geevagh3 0 1 2 2-31 3-33 1

Group D

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 15 July Markievicz Park   Calry/St. Joseph's   2-9   Bunninadden   0-11 18 August Tubbercurry   Tourlestrane   2-17   Bunninadden   2-3 1 September Ballymote   Tourlestrane   4-9   Calry/St. Joseph's   0-9

TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsTourlestrane2 2 0 0 6-26 2-12 4Calry/St. Joseph's2 1 0 1 2-18 4-20 2Bunninadden2 0 0 2 2-14 4-26 0

Quarterfinals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCQuarter Final 8 September Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 0-13 Tubbercurry 1-5 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 8 September Tubbercurry Tourlestrane 1-15 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-4 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 9 September Markievicz Park St. John's 0-10 Curry 0-10 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 9 September Tubbercurry Easkey 0-11 Calry/St. Joseph's 0-9 Sligo SFCQuarter Final Replay (AET) 15 September Markievicz Park St. John's 0-13 Curry 0-13 Sligo SFCQuarter Final Second Replay 23 September Tubbercurry St. John's 4-15 Curry 0-7

Semifinals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCSemi-Final 23 September Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 0-10 Easkey 0-10 Sligo SFCSemi-Final 30 September Tubbercurry Tourlestrane 1-11 St. John's 0-9 Sligo SFCSemi-Final Replay 30 September Tubbercurry Eastern Harps 1-13 Easkey 0-6

Last eight

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final Tourlestrane1-9 - 0-10(final score after 60 minutes)Eastern HarpsManager:Michael Henry

Team: S. Gildea S. King E. Haran C. Neary E. Kelly B. Kennedy D. Durkin B. Egan A. McIntyre G. Gaughan S. Henry T. Henry (1-0) G. McGowan (0-7) J. Marren (0-1) S. Dunne

Substitutes: M. Walsh (0-1) J. Leonard N. Egan M. HenryHalf-time:1-5 - 0-4

Competition:Sligo Senior Football Championship(Final)

Date:15.30 BSTSunday, 7 October 2007

Venue:Markievicz Park, Sligo

Referee:Dermot Mullaney (Enniscrone)Manager:Denis Johnson

Team: P. Walsh K. Cryan R. Donovan P. Rafferty P. McGovern (Capt) B. Phillips K. Gallagher T. Cryan (0-1) K. Phillips (0-1) S. King K. Carty D. O'Grady (0-1) J. Rafferty R. Hannon (0-6) M. Doddy (0-1)

Substitutes: S. Gallagher S. Dorrian M. Cosgrove

Relegation

The relegation playoffs saw Geevagh and Shamrock Gaels relegated, however the latter claimed that an oversight had been made, regarding the matter of points gained in the Championship itself being carried over into the playoff groups, which was not applied by the county's Activities Committee, but which the GAA's Official Guide stated should be the case. This case was successful, subsequently no team was relegated for the 2008 season, and the Championship restructuring was delayed as a result.

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 1 September Bunninadden Ballymote 3-13 Shamrock Gaels 2-9 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 2 September Markievicz Park Castleconnor 2-7 Coolera/Strandhill 1-6 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 2 September Tubbercurry St. Mary's 2-9 Bunninadden 2-7 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 8 September Curry Castleconnor 0-11 Ballymote 0-10 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 9 September Grange Coolera/Strandhill 3-9 Shamrock Gaels 0-9 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 9 September Ballymote St. Mary's 2-8 Geevagh 1-11 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 22 September Curry Coolera/Strandhill 4-6 Ballymote 3-9 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 22 September Tubbercurry Bunninadden 1-14 Geevagh 2-3

Group A TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsCastleconnor2 2 0 0 2-18 1-16 4Ballymote3 1 1 1 6-32 6-26 3Coolera/Strandhill3 1 1 1 8-21 5-25 3Shamrock Gaels2 0 0 2 2-18 6-22 0

Group B TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsSt. Mary's2 1 1 0 4-17 3-18 3Bunninadden2 1 0 1 3-21 4-12 2Geevagh2 0 1 1 3-14 3-22 1

References

Sligo Champion (Summer/Autumn 2007) Sligo Weekender (Summer/Autumn 2007)