1973 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1973
Tournament details
County	Sligo
Year	1973
Winners
Champions	St. Patrick's, Dromard (4th win)
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	n/a
Relegated team(s)	n/a

This is a round-up of the 1973 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Patrick's regained the Owen B. Hunt Cup in this year after defeating Craobh Rua in the final. A new name appeared in the Championship entrants this year - Eastern Harps, an amalgamation of Keash, 1964 finalists and intermittent competitors at Senior level, and Gurteen.

First round

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC First Round	22 July	Ballymote	Coolera	0-11	Curry	0-7
Sligo SFC First Round	22 July	Ballymote	Shamrock Gaels	1-8	Eastern Harps	1-7
Sligo SFC First Round	22 July	Tubbercurry	Tourlestrane	1-7	Tubbercurry	2-2
Sligo SFC First Round	22 July	Tubbercurry	Craobh Rua	3-13	Ballymote/Geevagh	0-2
Sligo SFC First Round	22 July	Markievicz Park	Collooney/Ballisodare	beat	Muire Naofa	(no score)
Sligo SFC First Round	22 July	Markievicz Park	Mullinabreena	3-12	Easkey	1-5
Sligo SFC First Round	22 July	Easkey	St. Patrick's	beat	Enniscrone	(no score)
Sligo SFC First Round	29 July	Tubbercurry	Grange/Calry	2-9	St. Farnan's	1-4

Quarter-finals

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Quarter-final	12 August	Markievicz Park	Shamrock Gaels	beat	Mullinabreena	(no score)
Sligo SFC Quarter-final	12 August	Markievicz Park	Collooney/Ballisodare	beat	Grange/Calry	(no score)
Sligo SFC Quarter-final	19 August	Tubbercurry	Craobh Rua	beat	Tourlestrane	(no score)
Sligo SFC Quarter-final	19 August	Ballymote	St. Patrick's	1-11	Coolera	1-6

Semi-finals

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Semi-final	26 August	Tubbercurry	St. Patrick's	0-10	Shamrock Gaels	0-9
Sligo SFC Semi-final	26 August	Tubbercurry	Craobh Rua	0-11	Collooney/Ballisodare	1-8
Sligo SFC Semi-final Replay	2 September	Tubbercurry	Craobh Rua	1-11	Collooney/Ballisodare	1-8

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

St. Patrick's	1-10 - 0-8 (final score after 60 minutes)	Craobh Rua
Team: T. Cummins E. Rushe A. Boland J. Cuffe S. Clarke P.J. Kilcullen L. Boland M. Kearins (0-7) J. Kilgallon (0-2) P. McMunn R. Boland P. Kearins M. James T. Tempany J. Kearins (1-1) Substitutes: M. Farrell	Half-time: Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 16 September 1973 Venue: Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee:	Team: J. Devitt J. McGuigan J. Fitzgerald M. Kearins B. Murphy P. Joyce P. Fitzpatrick G. Soden M. Laffey K. Delaney S. Connelly M. Gorman (0-6) D. Kerins (0-1) F. Brett P. McDermott Substitutes: S. Brosnan (0-1) C. Smith

References

Sligo Champion (Autumn 1973)