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2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship

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.

2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
CountySligo
Year2000
Winners
ChampionsBunninadden (2nd win)
ManagerJames Kearins
CaptainFergal O'Flaherty
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)St John's, Shamrock Gaels
Relegated team(s)Geevagh, Cloonacool

James Kearins was the winning manager and was later appointed manager of the Sligo county team in 2003.[1][2]

Group stages

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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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

Quarterfinals

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Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final 		18 August Coola Eastern Harps 4-18 Geevagh 1-3
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final 		19 August Tubbercurry Bunninadden 1-11 Easkey 0-8
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final 		20 August Easkey Coolera/Strandhill 3-11 Tourlestrane 0-9
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final 		20 August Markievicz Park St. Mary's 0-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-13
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final Replay 		26 August Markievicz Park St. Mary's 2-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 0-6

Semifinals

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Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final 		3 September Markievicz Park Bunninadden 1-11 St. Mary's 1-10
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final 		3 September Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 1-8 Eastern Harps 1-8
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final Replay 		10 September Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 0-6 Eastern Harps 0-4

Last eight

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

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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, 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

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  1. ^ "Kearins new Sligo boss". Irish Independent. 10 September 2003.
  2. ^ Boylan, James (10 September 2003). "Sligo go for Kearins". RTÉ.
  • Sligo Champion (July–October 2000)
  • Sligo Weekender (July–October 2000)
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