2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Sligo Senior Football Championship 2006
Winners
Sligo Champions	Curry (6th win)
Captain	Sean Davey
Manager	Denis Kearney
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Coolaney/Mullinabreena, St. Molaise Gaels
Promoted team(s)	Geevagh

This is a round-up of the 2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship. The reigning champions, Coolera/Strandhill, who were surprisingly eliminated at the group stage, after losing a playoff tie to neighbours St. John's. Geevagh won the 2006 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship with a victory over St Patrick's and therefore will take part in the 2007 Championship. Curry won the 2006 title, claiming their 6th title in all, by beating Bunninadden in the final.

Group Stages

The Championship was contested by 16 teams, divided into four groups of four. The top two sides in each group advanced to the Quarter-Finals, with the remaining sides facing the Relegation playoffs to secure Senior status for 2007.

Group A

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
July 22	Markievicz Park	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	3-7	St. Mary's	2-10
July 23	Tubbercurry	Ballymote	0-9	Eastern Harps	0-9
July 29	Ballymote	Eastern Harps	1-14	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-7
July 30	Markievicz Park	St. Mary's	0-9	Ballymote	0-8
August 12	Markeivicz Park	Eastern Harps	1-9	St. Mary's	0-7
August 12	Kent Park	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	2-10	Ballymote	1-9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Eastern Harps	3	2	1	0	2-32	1-23	5
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	3	1	1	1	6-24	4-33	3
St. Mary's	3	1	1	1	2-26	4-24	3
Ballymote	3	0	1	2	1-26	2-28	1

Group B

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
July 22	Enniscrone	Easkey	1-10	Tourlestrane	0-8
July 22	Ballymote	Calry/St. Joseph's	1-7	Shamrock Gaels	0-10
July 29	Ballymote	Tourlestrane	4-11	Shamrock Gaels	1-6
July 29	Kent Park	Easkey	3-14	Calry/St. Joseph's	1-10
August 12	Ballymote	Tourlestrane	4-15	Calry/St. Joseph's	0-8
August 12	Tubbercurry	Easkey	2-13	Shamrock Gaels	0-9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Easkey	3	3	0	0	6-37	1-27	6
Tourlestrane	3	2	0	1	8-34	2-24	4
Shamrock Gaels	3	0	1	2	1-25	7-31	1
Calry/St. Joseph's	3	0	1	2	2-25	7-39	1

Group C

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
July 22	Kent Park	Coolera/Strandhill	1-9	St. Molaise Gaels	0-8
July 22	Ballymote	St. John's	2-10	Tubbercurry	1-10
July 29	Kent Park	St. Molaise Gaels	0-12	St. John's	0-7
July 30	Enniscrone	Tubbercurry	0-12	Coolera/Strandhill	1-7
August 13	Markievicz Park	Coolera/Strandhill	1-11	St. John's	2-8
August 13	Kent Park	Tubbercurry	4-14	St. Molaise Gaels	1-6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Tubbercurry	3	2	0	1	5-34	4-23	4
Coolera/Strandhill	3	1	1	1	3-27	2-28	3
St. John's	3	1	1	1	4-25	2-33	3
St. Molaise Gaels	3	1	0	2	1-26	5-30	1

Group D

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
July 23	Tubbercurry	Bunninadden	2-9	Castleconnor	1-10
July 23	Tourlestrane	Curry	2-16	Coolaney/Mullinabreena	0-4
July 29	Tubbercurry	Castleconnor	1-12	Coolaney/Mullinabreena	3-6
July 30	Markievicz Park	Curry	0-12	Bunninadden	0-10
August 13	Tubbercurry	Bunninadden	2-15	Coolaney/Mullinabreena	0-3
August 13	Easkey	Curry	0-11	Castleconnor	0-6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Curry	3	3	0	0	2-39	0-20	6
Bunninadden	3	2	0	1	4-34	1-25	4
Castleconnor	3	0	1	2	2-28	5-26	1
Coolaney/Mullinabreena	3	0	1	2	3-13	5-43	1

Playoffs

Two groups required playoffs to decide the remaining Quarter-Final places. In Group A St. Mary's, inspired by Mark Breheny, defeated Drumcliffe/Rosses Point to qualify to face Easkey in the last eight. The other playoff produced a major upset as holders Coolera/Strandhill crashed out, beaten by neighbours St. John's in the Group C playoff. Coolera had led by six points at one stage in the second half but St. John's scored two late goals, and booked a meeting with Curry in the Quarter-Finals.

Group	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Group A	August 20	Markievicz Park	St. Mary's	0-14	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	0-10
Group C	August 20	Markievicz Park	St. John's	2-4	Coolera/Strandhill	1-5

Quarter finals

The quarter finals of the Championship saw the exit of Tourlestrane, St. John's, Easkey and Tubbercurry. Eastern Harps, Curry, St. Mary's and Bunninadden qualified for the semi-finals. The quarter finals had one drawn game, Eastern Harps and Tourlestrane finishing level after a tense encounter. Harps won the replay a week later.

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	August 26	Markievicz Park	Bunninadden	0-13	Tubbercurry	1-8
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	August 26	Markievicz Park	Curry	2-12	St. John's	1-6
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	August 27	Markievicz Park	St. Mary's	1-10	Easkey	1-7
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	August 27	Markievicz Park	Eastern Harps	0-8	Tourlestrane	0-8
Sligo SFC Quarter Final Replay	September 3	Tubbercurry	Eastern Harps	2-9	Tourlestrane	2-7

Semi-Finals

The Semi-Finals saw Curry and Bunninadden emerge victorious, and qualify for the September 24 decider. Bunninadden recorded a famous win over neighbours Eastern Harps, whom many expected to reach the final. In the second Semi-Final, Curry, with the Marren brothers, Jason and Adrian, both on form, saw off St. Mary's by a three-point margin.

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	September 10	Markievicz Park	Bunninadden	0-10	Eastern Harps	0-9
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	September 10	Markievicz Park	Curry	1-11	St. Mary's	1-8

Last eight

Quarterfinals
August 26/August 27

Semifinals
September 10

Final
September 24

Bunninadden

0-13

Tubbercurry

1-8

Bunninadden

0-10

Eastern Harps

0-9

Eastern Harps

0-8, 2-9 (R)

Tourlestrane

0-8, 2-7 (R)

Bunninadden

2-9

Curry

1-15

Curry

2-12

St. John's

1-6

Curry

1-11

St. Mary's

1-8

St. Mary's

1-11

Easkey

1-8

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

Curry	1-15 - 2-9 (final score after 60 minutes)	Bunninadden
Manager:Denis Kearney Team: J. Durcan P. Walsh J. Hayes B. Collins S. Haran J. Feeney S. Marren G. Maye B. McDonagh S. Davey (0-3) K. Morley (1-1) K. Giblin J. Marren (0-1) A. Marren (0-8) D. McDonagh Substitutes: A. Brennan (0-2) P. Durcan S. Colleary	Half-time: 0-4 2-4 Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 15.30 BST Sunday, September 24, 2006 Venue: Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee: Marty Duffy (Enniscrone) Match rules: 60 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.	Manager:Brian Touhy Team: D. Flannery P. McGettrick S. Roddy T. Gormley B. Gilhooley E. Gilhooley S. Leamy P. Doohan (0-2) F. O'Flaherty (0-2) L. Óg Gormley Mark Gormley (0-1) Michael Gormley S. McHugh (2-0) K. Kerins (0-1) W. Gormley (0-3) Substitutes: T. Davey J. O'Flaherty S. Kerins A. Killoran

Relegation

Due to the restructuring of the Senior Championship, in order to recude the number of teams to 12 by 2009, two teams were to be relegated from the 2006 Championship, with one being promoted from the Intermediate ranks. The loser of each game progresses to the next round, the losers of the relegation finals will play in the Sligo Intermediate Football Championship in 2007. Coolaney/Mullinabreena and St. Molaise Gaels were the two sides that made the drop.

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	August 26	Kent Park	Shamrock Gaels	0-16	St. Molaise Gaels	2-6
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	August 26	Grange	Calry/St. Joseph's	1-11	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-10
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	August 27	Ransboro	Coolera/Strandhill	1-12	Ballymote	1-4
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	August 27	Tubbercurry	Castleconnor	0-13	Coolaney/Mullinabreena	0-4
Sligo SFC Relegation Final	September 2	Kent Park	Ballymote	1-14	St. Molaise Gaels	0-7
Sligo SFC Relegation Final	September 2	Ballymote	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	2-9	Coolaney/Mullinabreena	0-7

References

Sligo Champion (Summer/Autumn 2006)
Sligo Weekender (Summer/Autumn 2006)

External links

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