2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship

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

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
May 31	Enniscrone	Coolera/Strandhill	1-13	Bunninadden	1-8
May 31	Enniscrone	Eastern Harps	1-15	Easkey	0-9
June 7	Markievicz Park	Eastern Harps	2-21	Bunninadden	1-4
June 7	Ballymote	Coolera/Strandhill	0-14	Easkey	1-6
August 9	Markeivicz Park	Eastern Harps	1-10	Coolera/Strandhill	1-7
August 10	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
May 31	Ballymote	Calry/St. Joseph's	3-8	Tubbercurry	2-11
May 31	Ballymote	Curry	0-11	St. Mary's	0-10
June 7	Markievicz Park	Curry	1-9	Tubbercurry	0-7
June 7	Tubbercurry	St. Mary's	1-13	Calry/St. Joseph's	1-8
August 10	Ennisrone	Tubbercurry	1-6	St. Mary's	0-6
August 10	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
May 31	Markievicz Park	Castleconnor	1-12	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-5
June 1	Markievicz Park	St. Farnan's	2-8	St. John's	0-13
June 7	Enniscrone	Castleconnor	0-12	St. John's	0-9
June 7	Enniscrone	St. Farnan's	0-12	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	2-3
August 9	Kent Park	St. John's	0-13	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-3
August 9	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
May 31	Tubbercurry	Ballymote	0-10	Tourlestrane	1-7
May 31	Tubbercurry	Shamrock Gaels	2-8	Geevagh	1-7
June 7	Ballymote	Shamrock Gaels	1-13	Tourlestrane	1-11
June 7	Tourlestrane	Ballymote	2-10	Geevagh	0-14
August 9	Tubbercurry	Ballymote	2-9	Shamrock Gaels	0-9
August 9	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

Quarter finals

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

Semi-Finals

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

Last eight

Quarterfinals
August 30

Semifinals
September 13/20/28

Final
October 5

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, October 5, 2008 Venue: Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee: T.J. Keaveney (St. Patrick's, Dromard)	Manager:Reggie McNulty Team: Substitutes:

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Relegation

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	August 23	Kent Park	Geevagh	1-13	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-6
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	August 23	Tourlestrane	St. Mary's	0-11	Bunninadden	1-8
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff Replay	August 31	Tubbercurry	St. Mary's	0-16	Bunninadden	1-3
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff Final	September 20	Enniscrone	St. Mary's	2-13	Geevagh	0-10

References

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

External links

Sligo Senior Football Championship

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Sligo GAA club competitions

Gaelic football	Senior Football Championship Intermediate Football Championship Junior Football Championship Minor Football Championship Under 20 Football Championship Sligo Senior Football League (Division 1) Sligo Senior Football League (Division 2) Sligo Intermediate Football League Division 3 (ex Div. 2) Sligo Intermediate Football League (Division 4) Sligo Junior Football League (Division 5 - ex Div. 3)

Hurling	Senior Hurling Championship Dermot Molloy League

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