2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship

This is a round-up of the 2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Eastern Harps were crowned champions for the sixth time in their history, after a convincing defeat of Tubbercurry in the decider. The reigning champions, Tourlestrane, surrendered the title after failing to emerge from their group, and the once-dominant town outfit, St. Mary's, were forced to survive a playoff to retain their senior status. The 2000 champions Bunninadden were not so fortunate however, and were relegated to Intermediate level, just two years after last contesting the final.

Group stages

The Championship was contested by 16 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the quarter-finals, with the bottom sides in each group facing the Relegation playoffs to retain Senior status for 2009, as the restructuring of the Championships got under way.

Group A

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 31 May Enniscrone   Coolera/Strandhill   1-13   Bunninadden   1-8 31 May Enniscrone   Eastern Harps   1-15   Easkey   0-9 7 June Markievicz Park   Eastern Harps   2-21   Bunninadden   1-4 7 June Ballymote   Coolera/Strandhill   0-14   Easkey   1-6 9 August Markeivicz Park   Eastern Harps   1-10   Coolera/Strandhill   1-7 10 August Tubbercurry   Easkey   0-8   Bunninadden   0-7

TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsEastern Harps3 3 0 0 4-46 2-20 6Coolera/Strandhill3 2 0 1 2-34 3-24 4Easkey3 1 0 2 1-23 1-37 2Bunninadden3 0 0 3 2-19 3-42 0

Group B

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 31 May Ballymote   Calry/St. Joseph's   3-8   Tubbercurry   2-11 31 May Ballymote   Curry   0-11   St. Mary's   0-10 7 June Markievicz Park   Curry   1-9   Tubbercurry   0-7 7 June Tubbercurry   St. Mary's   1-13   Calry/St. Joseph's   1-8 10 August Ennisrone   Tubbercurry   1-6   St. Mary's   0-6 10 August Ballymote   Calry/St. Joseph's   1-8   Curry   0-9

TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsCurry3 2 0 1 1-29 1-25 4Tubbercurry3 1 1 1 3-24 3-21 3Calry/St. Joseph's3 1 1 1 5-24 3-33 3St. Mary's3 1 0 2 1-29 2-25 2

Group C

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 31 May Markievicz Park   Castleconnor   1-12   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   1-5 1 June Markievicz Park   St. Farnan's   2-8   St. John's   0-13 7 June Enniscrone   Castleconnor   0-12   St. John's   0-9 7 June Enniscrone   St. Farnan's   0-12   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   2-3 9 August Kent Park   St. John's   0-13   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   1-3 9 August Ennicrone   Castleconnor   1-7   St. Farnan's   1-7

TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsCastleconnor3 2 1 0 2-31 2-21 5St. Farnan's3 2 1 0 3-27 3-23 5St. John's3 1 0 2 0-35 3-23 2Drumcliffe/Rosses Point3 0 0 3 4-11 1-37 0

Group D

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 31 May Tubbercurry   Ballymote   0-10   Tourlestrane   1-7 31 May Tubbercurry   Shamrock Gaels   2-8   Geevagh   1-7 7 June Ballymote   Shamrock Gaels   1-13   Tourlestrane   1-11 7 June Tourlestrane   Ballymote   2-10   Geevagh   0-14 9 August Tubbercurry   Ballymote   2-9   Shamrock Gaels   0-9 9 August Markievicz Park   Tourlestrane   1-13   Geevagh   1-12

TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsBallymote3 2 1 0 4-29 1-30 5Shamrock Gaels3 2 0 1 3-30 4-27 4Tourlestrane3 1 1 1 3-31 2-35 3Geevagh3 0 0 3 2-33 5-31 0

Quarterfinals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCQuarter Final 30 August Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 2-19 St. Farnan's 0-2 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 30 August Enniscrone Coolera/Strandhill 1-8 Castleconnor 0-6 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 30 August Markievicz Park Curry 0-13 Shamrock Gaels 0-10 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 30 August Enniscrone Tubbercurry 1-14 Ballymote 1-13

Semifinals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCSemi-Final 13 September Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 0-10 Curry 0-10 Sligo SFCSemi-Final 20 September Markievicz Park Tubbercurry 0-11 Coolera/Strandhill 0-11 Sligo SFCSemi-Final Replay 20 September Tourlestrane Eastern Harps 1-13 Curry 2-9 Sligo SFCSemi-Final Replay 28 September Tourlestrane Tubbercurry 1-14 Coolera/Strandhill 1-11

Last eight

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final Eastern Harps1-16 - 1-8(final score after 60 minutes)TubbercurryManager:Denis Johnson

Team:

Substitutes:Half-time:1-5 - 0-6

Competition:Sligo Senior Football Championship(Final)

Date:Sunday, 5 October 2008

Venue:Markievicz Park, Sligo

Referee:T.J. Keaveney (St. Patrick's, Dromard)Manager:Reggie McNulty

Team:

Substitutes:

Relegation

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 23 August Kent Park Geevagh 1-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-6 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 23 August Tourlestrane St. Mary's 0-11 Bunninadden 1-8 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff Replay 31 August Tubbercurry St. Mary's 0-16 Bunninadden 1-3 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff Final 20 September Enniscrone St. Mary's 2-13 Geevagh 0-10

References

Sligo Champion (Summer/Autumn 2008) Sligo Weekender (Summer/Autumn 2008)