2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship

2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
County	Sligo
Year	2008
Winners
Champions	Eastern Harps (6th win)
Manager	Denis Johnson
Captain	Ross Donovan
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	St.Molaise Gaels
Relegated team(s)	Bunninadden, Drumcliffe/Rosses Point, Geevagh

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

Team	Pld	W	L	For	Against	Pts
Eastern Harps	3	3	0	4-46	2-20	6
Coolera/Strandhill	3	2	1	2-34	3-24	4
Easkey	3	1	2	1-23	1-37	2
Bunninadden	3	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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Curry	3	2	0	1	1-29	1-25	4
Tubbercurry	3	1	1	1	3-24	3-21	3
Calry/St. Joseph's	3	1	1	1	5-24	3-33	3
St. Mary's	3	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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Castleconnor	3	2	1	0	2-31	2-21	5
St. Farnan's	3	2	1	0	3-27	3-23	5
St. John's	3	1	0	2	0-35	3-23	2
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	3	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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Ballymote	3	2	1	0	4-29	1-30	5
Shamrock Gaels	3	2	0	1	3-30	4-27	4
Tourlestrane	3	1	1	1	3-31	2-35	3
Geevagh	3	0	0	3	2-33	5-31	0

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Last eight

Quarterfinals
30 August

Semifinals
13/20 September/28

Final
5 October

Eastern Harps

2-19

St. Farnan's

0-2

Eastern Harps

0-10, 1-13 (R)

Curry

0-10, 2-9 (R)

Curry

0-13

Shamrock Gaels

0-10

Eastern Harps

1-16

Tubbercurry

1-8

Coolera/Strandhill

1-8

Castleconnor

0-6

Coolera/Strandhill

0-11, 1-11 (R)

Tubbercurry

0-11, 1-14 (R)

Tubbercurry

1-14

Ballymote

1-13

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

Eastern Harps	1-16 - 1-8 (final score after 60 minutes)	Tubbercurry
Manager: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 SFC Relegation Playoff	23 August	Kent Park	Geevagh	1-13	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-6
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	23 August	Tourlestrane	St. Mary's	0-11	Bunninadden	1-8
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff Replay	31 August	Tubbercurry	St. Mary's	0-16	Bunninadden	1-3
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff Final	20 September	Enniscrone	St. Mary's	2-13	Geevagh	0-10

References

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