This is a round-up of the 2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship. This Championship, after a number of years of being dominated by Eastern Harps and Tourlestrane, provided a novel final pairing, as Bunninadden (last champions in 1891) and Coolera/Strandhiill (last champions in 1907) contested the final, Coolera having dispatched both of the previous champions en route. The destination of the title went down to the last minute, as a dramatic injury-time goal gave Bunninadden their first title for 109 years, leaving Coolera devastated, after leading for much of the game.
James Kearins was the winning manager and was later appointed manager of the Sligo county team in 2003.
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 22 July Coola Eastern Harps 1-13 Tubbercurry 1-10 29 July Kent Park Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-13 Tubbercurry 0-7 5 August Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 2-15 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-8
TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsEastern Harps2 2 0 0 3-28 2-18 4Drumcliffe/Rosses Point2 1 0 1 1-21 2-22 2Tubbercurry2 0 0 2 1-17 1-26 0
Group B
Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 23 July Tubbercurry Geevagh 1-7 Cloonacool 0-3 29 July Easkey St. Mary's 4-16 Cloonacool 0-4 5 August Tubbercurry St. Mary's 0-15 Geevagh 1-6
TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsSt. Mary's2 2 0 0 4-31 1-10 4Geevagh2 1 0 1 2-13 0-18 2Cloonacool2 0 0 2 0-7 5-23 0
Group C
Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 23 July Tubbercurry Bunninadden 3-8 Castleconnor 1-4 30 July Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 0-9 Bunninadden 0-6 5 August Easkey Coolera/Strandhill 0-18 Castleconnor 1-8
TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsCoolera/Strandhill2 2 0 0 0-27 1-14 4Bunninadden2 1 0 1 3-14 1-13 2Castleconnor2 0 0 2 2-12 3-26 0
Group D
Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 23 July Enniscrone Easkey 2-6 Tourlestrane 0-9 30 July Tubbercurry Tourlestrane 0-16 Curry 2-8 5 August Tubbercurry Easkey 2-7 Curry 0-11
TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsEaskey2 2 0 0 4-13 0-20 4Tourlestrane2 1 0 1 0-25 4-14 2Curry2 0 0 2 2-19 2-23 0
Quarterfinals
Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCQuarter Final 18 August Coola Eastern Harps 4-18 Geevagh 1-3 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 19 August Tubbercurry Bunninadden 1-11 Easkey 0-8 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 20 August Easkey Coolera/Strandhill 3-11 Tourlestrane 0-9 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 20 August Markievicz Park St. Mary's 0-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-13 Sligo SFCQuarter Final Replay 26 August Markievicz Park St. Mary's 2-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-6
Semifinals
Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCSemi-Final 3 September Markievicz Park Bunninadden 1-11 St. Mary's 1-10 Sligo SFCSemi-Final 3 September Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 1-8 Eastern Harps 1-8 Sligo SFCSemi-Final Replay 10 September Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 0-6 Eastern Harps 0-4
Last eight
Sligo Senior Football Championship Final Bunninadden2-7 - 0-11(final score after 60 minutes)Coolera/StrandhillManager: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. GilhooleyHalf-time: 0-6 - 0-7
Competition:Sligo Senior Football Championship(Final)
Date:Sunday, 1 October 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:
References
Sligo Champion (July–October 2000) Sligo Weekender (July–October 2000)