# 1999 Sligo Senior Football Championship

This is a round-up of the 1999 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Tourlestrane regained the Owen B. Hunt Cup in this year after defeating Easkey, making their first final appearance since 1968. The group stages were re-introduced for this year, but with only three groups used, this resulted in a complicated series of playoffs to determine the final semi-final spot. Tubbercurry, having been disqualified after failing to field against Shamrock Gaels in a playoff, but then re-instated, won that last spot, but Tourlestrane then ended their ambitions in the semi-final.

## Group stages

The Championship was contested by 12 teams, divided into three groups of four. The top side in each group qualified for the semi-finals, with the runners-up playing off to decide the other semi-finalist.

### Group A

| Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
| 25 July | Coola | Eastern Harps | 3-10 | Bunninadden | 0-4 |
| 25 July | Markievicz Park | Curry | 2-7 | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 2-6 |
| 31 July | Tubbercurry | Curry | 2-15 | Bunninadden | 0-9 |
| 1 August | Kent Park | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 0-13 | Eastern Harps | 0-6 |
| 8 August | Tubbercurry | Eastern Harps | 3-4 | Curry | 1-7 |
| 8 August | Markievicz Park | Bunninadden | 1-7 | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 0-10 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Pts |
| Eastern Harps | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6-20 | 1-24 | 4 |
| Curry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-29 | 5-19 | 4 |
| Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-29 | 3-20 | 3 |
| Bunninadden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-20 | 5-35 | 1 |

### Group B

| Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
| 25 July | Kent Park | Castleconnor | 0-16 | Grange/Cliffoney | 1-6 |
| 25 July | Enniscrone | Tubbercurry | 1-9 | Easkey | 0-8 |
| 1 August | Markievicz Park | Tubbercurry | 3-9 | Grange/Cliffoney | 1-8 |
| 1 August | Enniscrone | Easkey | 1-14 | Castleconnor | 0-7 |
| 7 August | Markievicz Park | Easkey | 0-18 | Grange/Cliffoney | 0-8 |
| 7 August | Tourlestrane | Castleconnor | 0-14 | Tubbercurry | 1-9 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Pts |
| Easkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-40 | 1-24 | 4 |
| Tubbercurry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-27 | 1-30 | 4 |
| Castleconnor | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-37 | 3-29 | 4 |
| Grange/Cliffoney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-22 | 3-43 | 0 |

### Group C

| Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
| 24 July | Markievicz Park | St. Mary's | 0-9 | Coolera/Strandhill | 1-5 |
| 24 July | Tubbercurry | Tourlestrane | 1-14 | Shamrock Gaels | 1-9 |
| 31 July | Markievicz Park | St. Mary's | 2-11 | Shamrock Gaels | 3-8 |
| 1 August | Markievicz Park | Tourlestrane | 0-13 | Coolera/Strandhill | 0-10 |
| 8 August | Tubbercurry | Tourlestrane | 1-13 | St. Mary's | 3-5 |
| 8 August | Markievicz Park | Shamrock Gaels | 0-14 | Coolera/Strandhill | 2-7 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Pts |
| Tourlestrane | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-40 | 4-24 | 6 |
| St. Mary's | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-25 | 5-26 | 3 |
| Shamrock Gaels | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-31 | 5-32 | 3 |
| Coolera/Strandhill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-22 | 0-36 | 0 |

## Playoffs

| Game | Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
| Sligo SFC Group C Playoff | 15 August | Markievicz Park | Shamrock Gaels | 2-9 | St. Mary's | 0-13 |
| Sligo SFC Group B Playoff | 15 August | Markievicz Park | Tubbercurry | 0-11 | Castleconnor | 1-7 |
| Sligo SFC Group A Playoff | 15 August | Tourlestrane | Eastern Harps | 1-12 | Curry | 0-11 |
| Sligo SFC Group B Playoff | 21 August | Markievicz Park | Easkey | 1-12 | Tubbercurry | 1-9 |
| Sligo SFC Playoff | 28 August | Markievicz Park | Tubbercurry | - -- | Shamrock Gaels | - -- |
| Sligo SFC Playoff | 5 September | Markievicz Park | Tubbercurry | 2-11 | Shamrock Gaels | 0-14 |
| Sligo SFC Playoff | 11 September | Tourlestrane | Tubbercurry | 0-13 | Curry | 1-7 |

## Semi-finals

| Game | Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
| Sligo SFC Semi-Final | 5 September | Markievicz Park | Easkey | 3-7 | Eastern Harps | 1-10 |
| Sligo SFC Semi-Final | 19 September | Tubbercurry | Tourlestrane | 3-15 | Tubbercurry | 1-9 |

## Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

| Tourlestrane | 1-11 - 1-9 (final score after 60 minutes) | Easkey |
| Manager:Neil Egan Team: R. Kennedy L. Gaughan P. Egan D. Henry S. King D. Durkin S. Curley E. O'Hara (0-2)(Capt) C. O'Meara B. Egan M. Walsh (0-3) S. Dunne (0-1) F. Kennedy E. Walsh G. McGowan (1-5) Substitutes: N. Manley | Half-time: 1-6 - 0-3 Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 15.30 BST Sunday, 3 October 1999 Venue: Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee: Eddie Watters (Coolera/Strandhill) Match rules: 60 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions. | Manager:Padraig Gibson Team: G. Curley D. Rolston E. Sweeney M. Rolston J. Rolston J. Cawley P. Clarke D. Keaveney (Capt) N. McGuire (0-3) B. Rolston (0-1) D. Sloyane (0-3) S. Feeney P. Hallinan F. Feeney (1-2) M. Kelly Substitutes: V. Cuffe |