2001 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Sligo Senior Football Championship 2001
Winners
Sligo Champions	St. Mary's (10th win)
Captain	Niall Murray
Manager	Tommy Breheny
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	n/a
Promoted team(s)	Grange/Cliffoney, Geevagh

This is a round-up of the 2001 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Mary's returned to claim their tenth title, defeating Curry by three points in the final. Holders Bunninadden exited in the group stages, with the 2000 finalists Coolera/Strandhill eliminating them from the Championship.

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
July 14	Ballymote	Tourlestrane	2-9	Bunninadden	1-9
July 29	Ballymote	Coolera/Strandhill	1-13	Bunninadden	2-9
August 12	Easkey	Coolera/Strandhill	3-8	Tourlestrane	1-12

Team	Pld	W	L	For	Against	Pts
Coolera/Strandhill	2	2	0	4-21	3-21	4
Tourlestrane	2	1	1	3-21	4-17	2
Bunninadden	2	0	2	3-18	3-22	0

Group B

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
July 14	Ballymote	Eastern Harps	2-10	Shamrock Gaels	1-5
July 29	Markievicz Park	St. John's	0-12	Shamrock Gaels	1-9
August 12	Coola	St. John's	1-7	Eastern Harps	0-7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
St. John's	2	1	1	0	1-19	1-16	3
Eastern Harps	2	1	0	1	2-17	2-12	2
Shamrock Gaels	2	0	1	1	2-14	2-22	1

Group C

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
July 14	Markievicz Park	Easkey	2-11	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-9
July 29	Enniscrone	Curry	1-15	Easkey	2-9
August 12	Ballymote	Curry	3-13	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-4

Team	Pld	W	L	For	Against	Pts
Curry	2	2	0	4-28	3-13	4
Easkey	2	1	1	4-20	2-24	2
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	2	0	2	2-13	5-24	0

Group D

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
July 14	Enniscrone	St. Mary's	1-16	Tubbercurry	1-11
July 29	Tourlestrane	Tubbercurry	0-10	Castleconnor	0-8
August 12	Markievicz Park	St. Mary’s	3-14	Castleconnor	1-5

Team	Pld	W	L	For	Against	Pts
St. Mary's	2	2	0	4-30	2-16	4
Tubbercurry	2	1	1	1-21	1-24	2
Castleconnor	2	0	2	1-13	3-24	0

Quarter finals

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	August 18	Tourlestrane	Curry	1-6	Tubbercurry	0-7
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	August 19	Tubbercurry	St. Mary's	2-12	Easkey	1-9
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	August 19	Ballymote	Tourlestrane	1-14	St. John's	0-9
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	August 19	Markievicz Park	Eastern Harps	0-12	Coolera/Strandhill	1-8

Semi-Finals

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	September 9	Tubbercurry	Curry	1-10	Tourlestrane	0-9
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	September 9	Markievicz Park	St. Mary's	2-10	Eastern Harps	0-10

Last eight

Quarterfinals August 18/August 19		Semifinals September 9		Final September 30


St. Mary's	2-12

Easkey	1-9
		St. Mary's	2-10

		Eastern Harps	0-10
Coolera/Strandhill	1-8

Eastern Harps	0-12
				St. Mary's	1-11

				Curry	0-11
Curry	1-6

Tubbercurry	0-7
		Curry	1-10

		Tourlestrane	0-9
Tourlestrane	1-14

St. John's	0-9

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

St. Mary's	1-11 - 0-11 (final score after 60 minutes)	Curry
Manager:Tommy Breheny Team: N. Walsh J. Martyn D. Carroll C. Walsh A. Collery N. Murray (Capt) P. Leonard (0-1) S. Burns P. Mullan M. Bree (0-1) R. Bree P. Bree J. Davey (1-3) M. Breheny (0-5) D. Caffrey (0-1) Substitutes: J. Campbell D. Downes	Half-time: 1-2 - 0-8 Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 15.30 BST Sunday, September 30, 2001 Venue: Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee: Dermot Mullaney (Enniscrone)	Manager:Denis Kearney Team: J. Gilmartin A. Loftus J. Hayes S. Marren B. Giblin M. Durcan B. McDonagh G. Maye (Capt)(0-4) K. Giblin (0-1) D. Colleary (0-1) J. Henry P. Henry (0-3) S. Davey (0-2) P. Durcan T. Henry Substitutes: B. McDonagh P. Gallagher A. Marren D. Giblin

References

Sligo Champion (July–October 2001)
Sligo Weekender (July–October 2001)

External links

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