Sligo Senior Football Championship 2005

Sligo Senior Football Championship 2005
Sligo Champions Coolera/Strandhill (2nd win)
Winning Captain Neil Carew/Con O'Meara
Winning Manager Alan Kelly
Relegated team(s) n/a
Promoted team(s) Coolaney/Mullinabreena

This is a round-up of the 2005 Sligo Senior Football Championship. The year saw Coolera, who had suffered two agonising final defeats earlier in the decade, finally end their long wait for Championship glory, stretching back to 1907. They defeated Curry in the final, who had disposed of holders Tourlestrane after a Semi-Final replay. No team was relegated in 2005, in order to bring the number of competing teams up to 16 in 2006.

Contents

Group Stages

The Championship was contested by 15 teams, divided into three groups of four, and one of three. The top two sides in each group advanced to the Quarter-Finals.

Group A

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
July 24 Ballymote   Bunninadden   1-14   St. Molaise Gaels   1-4
July 24 Ballymote   Calry/St. Joseph's   1-15   Tubbercurry   0-8
August 6 Ballymote   Tubbercurry   1-15   Bunninadden   0-12
August 6 Markievicz Park   Calry/St. Joseph's   1-16   St. Molaise Gaels   0-7
August 13 Kent Park   Tubbercurry   0-15   St. Molaise Gaels   0-4
August 14 Markievicz Park   Bunninadden   1-9   Calry/St. Joseph's   0-6
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts
Calry/St. Joseph's 3 2 0 1 2-37 1-24 4
Bunninadden 3 2 0 1 2-35 2-25 4
Tubbercurry 3 2 0 1 1-38 1-31 4
St. Molaise Gaels 3 0 0 3 1-15 2-45 0

Group B

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
July 21 Tubbercurry   Coolera/Strandhill   2-7   Castleconnor   0-10
July 24 Tubbercurry   Curry   1-12   St. Mary's   1-6
August 7 Tubbercurry   Coolera/Strandhill   1-7   Curry   0-9
August 7 Tubbercurry   Castleconnor   1-7   St. Mary's   0-10
August 14 Markievicz Park   Coolera/Strandhill   1-13   St. Mary's   0-6
August 14 Easkey   Curry   1-13   Castleconnor   1-8
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts
Coolera/Strandhill 3 3 0 0 4-27 0-25 6
Curry 3 2 0 1 2-34 3-21 4
Castleconnor 3 0 1 2 2-25 3-30 1
St. Mary's 3 0 1 2 1-22 3-32 1

Group C

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
July 24 Markievicz Park   Tourlestrane   1-15   Shamrock Gaels   0-7
July 24 Markievicz Park   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   1-10   St. John's   2-5
August 7 Markievicz Park   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   0-9   Shamrock Gaels   0-9
August 7 Enniscrone   Tourlestrane   0-15   St. John's   0-7
August 13 Markievicz Park   Tourlestrane   1-13   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   1-6
August 14 Ballymote   Shamrock Gaels   0-14   St. John's   1-11
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts
Tourlestrane 3 3 0 0 5-34 4-23 6
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 3 1 1 1 3-27 2-28 3
Shamrock Gaels 3 0 2 1 4-25 2-33 2
St. John's 3 1 1 2 1-26 5-30 1

Group D

Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
July 24 Tubbercurry   Eastern Harps   1-14   Ballymote   1-13
August 7 Enniscrone   Easkey   0-12   Ballymote   0-5
August 14 Tubbercurry   Eastern Harps   1-16   Easkey   1-10
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts
Eastern Harps 2 2 0 0 2-30 2-23 4
Easkey 2 1 0 1 1-22 1-21 2
Ballymote 2 0 0 2 1-18 1-26 0

Playoffs

Only one group required a playoff. In Group A Calry/St. Joseph's, Bunninadden and Tubbercurry all finished level on points, with Calry/St. Joseph's gaining top spot on scoring difference. Bunninadden and Tubbercurry met in the playoff, and it was Tubber who were victorious, as they had been in the earlier group meeting. This was the fifth year in succession that Bunninadden had not reached the knockout stages, going back to their 2000 title victory.

Group Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Group A August 21 Ballymote   Tubbercurry   1-10   Bunninadden   0-8

Quarter finals

The quarter finals of the Championship saw the exit of Calry/St. Joseph's, Tubbercurry, Easkey and Drumcliffe/Rosses Point. Curry, Coolera/Strandhill, Tourlestrane and Eastern Harps qualified for the semi-finals. The Tourlestrane/Easkey proved a bizarre affair, with Easkey failing to score for over forty minutes. By then Tourlestrane had racked up 2-10 and were preparing for the Semi-Finals.

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 27 Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 1-13 Tubbercurry 1-11
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 27 Markievicz Park Curry 1-20 Calry/St. Joseph's 1-10
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 28 Markievicz Park Tourlestrane 2-13 Easkey 0-3
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 28 Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 1-8 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-8

Semi-Finals

The Semi-Finals saw the defeat of reigning champions Tourlestrane, beaten by rivals Curry after a replay. In the other Semi-Final Coolera/Strandhill withstood a late Eastern Harps rally to claim their place in the final.

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final		 September 4 Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 1-10 Eastern Harps 0-12
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final		 September 4 Markievicz Park Curry 1-8 Tourlestrane 0-11
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final Replay (After Extra-Time)		 September 10 Markievicz Park Curry 1-11 Tourlestrane 1-7

Last eight

  Quarterfinals
August 27/August 28		 Semifinals
September 4		 Final
September 18
                           
   Coolera/Strandhill 1-13  
 Tubbercurry 1-11  
     Coolera/Strandhill 1-10  
     Eastern Harps 0-12  
 Eastern Harps 1-8
   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-8  
       Coolera/Strandhill 0-10
     Curry 0-9
   Curry 1-20  
 Calry/St. Joseph's 1-10  
     Curry 1-8, 1-11 (R)
     Tourlestrane 0-11, 1-7 (R)  
 Tourlestrane 2-13
   Easkey 0-3  

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

Coolera/Strandhill
 0-10 - 0-9
(final score after 60 minutes)		 Curry
Manager:Alan Kelly

Team:
J. Curran
R. O'Connor
K. Cooney
A. Kelly
T. Watters
N. Carew
G. McCarroll
C. O'Meara
K. Quinn (0-1)
S. Carty
J. McPartland (0-5)
K. O'Neill
S. Quinn (0-1)
B. Doyle (0-1)
C. Mullen (0-1)

Substitutes:
C. Quinn (0-1)

Half-time:
0-6 0-4

Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)

Date:
15.30 BST
Sunday, September 18, 2006

Venue:
Markievicz Park, Sligo

Referee:
Michael Duffy (Enniscrone)

Match rules:
60 minutes.
Replay if scores still level.
Maximum of 5 substitutions.

 Manager:Francis Henry

Team:
J. Durcan
B. Collins
J. Feeney
S. Marren
S. Haran
Barry McDonagh
K. Morley
G. Maye (0-1)
S. Davey (0-1)
K. Giblin
D. Colleary (0-2)
A. Marren (0-2)
P. Henry (0-1)
P. Durcan
Brian McDonagh (0-2)

Substitutes:
A. Brennan

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