# 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.
James Kearins was the winning manager and was later appointed manager of the Sligo county team in 2003.

## Group stages

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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| Quarterfinals 19 August/August 20 | Quarterfinals 19 August/August 20 | Quarterfinals 19 August/August 20 | Semifinals 3 September/September 10 | Semifinals 3 September/September 10 | Semifinals 3 September/September 10 | Final 1 October | Final 1 October | Final 1 October |
| Bunninadden | Bunninadden | 1-11 | | | | | | |
| Easkey | Easkey | 0-8 | | | | | | |
| Easkey | Easkey | 0-8 | Bunninadden | Bunninadden | 1-11 | | | |
| | | | St. Mary's | St. Mary's | 1-10 | | | |
| St. Mary's | St. Mary's | 0-13, 2-13 (R) | St. Mary's | St. Mary's | 1-10 | | | |
| Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 0-13, 0-6 (R) | | | | | | |
| Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 0-13, 0-6 (R) | | | | Bunninadden | Bunninadden | 2-7 |
| | | | | | | Coolera/Strandhill | Coolera/Strandhill | 0-11 |
| Coolera/Strandhill | Coolera/Strandhill | 3-11 | | | | | | | Coolera/Strandhill | Coolera/Strandhill | 0-11 |
| Tourlestrane | Tourlestrane | 0-9 | | | | | | |
| Tourlestrane | Tourlestrane | 0-9 | Coolera/Strandhill | Coolera/Strandhill | 1-8, 0-6 (R) | | | |
| | | | Eastern Harps | Eastern Harps | 1-8, 0-4 (R) | | | |
| Eastern Harps | Eastern Harps | 4-18 | Eastern Harps | Eastern Harps | 1-8, 0-4 (R) | | | |
| Geevagh | Geevagh | 1-3 | | | | | | |

## Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

| 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: |