1987 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1987

Winners
Sligo Champions	St. Mary's (8th win)
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Tourlestrane
Promoted team(s)	Easkey

This is a round-up of the 1987 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Mary's won their eighth title in eleven attempts, after defeating holders Tubbercurry in the fifth successive final between the sides. This year's Championship saw the return of the group stages used from 1974 to 1977, but its return was short-lived.

Group Stages

The Championship was contested by 14 teams, divided into four groups. The top side in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

Group 1

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
June 28	Ballymote	Tubbercurry	4-12	Calry/St. Michael’s	1-2
June 28	Tubbercurry	Curry	2-7	Owenmore Gaels/Ballymote	0-6
July 5	Ballymote	Tubbercurry	2-10	Curry	0-7
July 5	Markievicz Park	Calry/St. Michael’s	beat	Owenmore Gaels/Ballymote	(2 pts)
July 19	Ballymote	Tubbercurry	3-13	Owenmore Gaels/Ballymote	0-6
July 19	Tubbercurry	Curry	beat	Calry/St. Michael’s	(no score)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Tubbercurry	3	3	0	0	9-35	1-14	6
Curry	3	2	0	1	-	-	4
Calry/St. Michael's	3	1	0	2	-	-	2
Owenmore Gaels/Ballymote	3	0	0	3	-	-	0

Group 2

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
June 28	Ballymote	Eastern Harps	1-14	Shamrock Gaels	1-3
June 28	Markievicz Park	Geevagh	1-8	Grange/Maugherow	0-7
July 5	Ballymote	Geevagh	0-8	Shamrock Gaels	0-6
July 5	Markievicz Park	Grange/Maugherow	2-10	Eastern Harps	1-7
July 19	Ballymote	Eastern Harps	2-8	Geevagh	2-3
July 19	Markievicz Park	Grange/Maugherow	2-13	Shamrock Gaels	3-9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Eastern Harps	3	2	0	1	4-29	5-16	4
Grange/Maugherow	3	2	0	1	4-30	5-24	4
Geevagh	3	2	0	1	3-19	2-21	4
Shamrock Gaels	3	0	0	3	4-18	3-35	0

Group 3

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
June 28	Enniscrone	St. Mary’s	2-9	Easkey/St. Farnan’s	0-4
July 5	Easkey	St. Mary’s	2-9	Tourlestrane	0-4
July 19	Tubbercurry	Tourlestrane	- --	Easkey/St. Farnan's	- --

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
St. Mary's	2	2	0	0	4-18	0-8	4
Easkey/St. Farnan's	1	0	0	1	0-4	2-9	1
Tourlestrane	1	0	0	1	0-4	2-9	1

Group 4

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
June 28	Tubbercurry	St. Nathy’s	0-9	Enniscrone/Castleconnor	1-6
July 5	Easkey	St. Patrick’s	1-11	Enniscrone/Castleconnor	2-3
July 19	Markievicz Park	St. Nathy's	0-11	St. Patrick's	0-9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
St. Nathy's	2	1	1	0	0-20	1-15	3
St. Patrick's	2	1	0	1	1-20	2-14	2
Enniscrone/Castleconnor	2	0	1	1	3-9	1-20	1

Playoff

There was a three-way playoff required in Group 3. Geevagh defeated Grange/Maugherow in the first tie, but Eastern Harps won the final playoff to claim the last semi-final spot.

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Playoff	July 26	Ballymote	Geevagh	1-7	Grange/Maugherow	2-1
Sligo SFC Playoff	August 2	Ballymote	Eastern Harps	beat	Geevagh	(no score)

Semi-Finals

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	August 9	Ballymote	St. Mary's	1-12	Eastern Harps	1-7
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	August 9	Ballymote	Tubbercurry	1-10	St. Nathy's	0-9

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

St. Mary's	1-7 - 1-6 (final score after 60 minutes)	Tubbercurry
Manager:''' Team: Substitutes:	Half-time: Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 15.30 BST Sunday, August 30, 1987 Venue: Enniscrone Referee: Match rules: 60 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.	Manager:''' Team: Substitutes:

References

• Sligo Champion (July–September 1987)

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