2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship

2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Sligo
Year	2002
Winners
Champions	Eastern Harps (5th win)
Manager	Eamon Clarke
Captain	Brendan Phillips
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	St. Patrick's, Dromard
Relegated team(s)	Cloonacool

This is a round-up of the 2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Eastern Harps claimed their fifth title in this year, defeating Coolera/Strandhill after a replay, and prolonging the latter's long wait for glory. The participants were expanded from 12 to 14, and relegation playoffs were introduced for this year, with Cloonacool the first to be relegated.

Group Stages

The Championship was contested by 14 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the Quarter-Finals, with the remaining sides facing the Relegation playoffs to retain Senior status for 2003.

Group A

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
August 24	Markievicz Park	Eastern Harps	0-13	St. Mary's	0-13
August 25	Ballintogher	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-10	Cloonacool	0-8
August 31	Easkey	St. Mary's	4-15	Cloonacool	2-4
August 31	Markievicz Park	Eastern Harps	2-11	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-5
September 7	Tubbercurry	Eastern Harps	0-13	Cloonacool	0-5
September 7	Markievicz Park	St. Mary's	1-9	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
St. Mary's	3	2	1	0	5-37	3-20	5
Eastern Harps	3	2	1	0	2-37	1-23	5
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	3	1	0	2	3-18	3-28	2
Cloonacool	3	0	0	3	2-17	5-38	0

Group B

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
August 24	Tubbercurry	Curry	0-12	Easkey	0-9
August 25	Ballymote	Bunninadden	1-12	Shamrock Gaels	0-7
September 1	Tubbercurry	Curry	0-12	Bunninadden	0-6
September 1	Markievicz Park	Easkey	1-10	Shamrock Gaels	1-9
September 8	Tubbercurry	Curry	5-14	Shamrock Gaels	1-7
September 8	Markievicz Park	Easkey	0-14	Bunninadden	0-11

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Curry	3	3	0	0	5-38	1-22	6
Easkey	3	2	0	1	1-33	1-32	4
Bunninadden	3	1	0	2	1-29	0-33	2
Shamrock Gaels	3	0	0	3	2-23	7-36	0

Group C

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
August 24	Easkey	Coolera/Strandhill	1-8	Castleconnor	0-5
September 1	Ballymote	Coolera/Strandhill	0-13	Tourlestrane	0-10
September 8	Kent Park	Tourlestrane	1-6	Castleconnor	0-4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
Coolera/Strandhill	2	2	0	0	1-21	0-15	4
Tourlestrane	2	1	0	1	1-16	0-17	2
Castleconnor	2	0	0	2	0-9	2-14	0

Group D

Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
August 24	Kent Park	Tubbercurry	1-7	St. John's	0-3
September 1	Kent Park	Grange/Cliffoney	1-12	Tubbercurry	1-5
September 8	Kent Park	St. John's	4-13	Grange/Cliffoney	0-7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Pts
St. John's	2	1	0	1	4-16	1-14	2
Tubbercurry	2	1	0	1	2-12	2-15	2
Grange/Cliffoney	2	1	0	1	1-19	5-18	2

Playoff

There was one playoff required, in Group D where Grange/Cliffoney eliminated Tubbercurry from the Championship.

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Playoff	September 14	Kent Park	Grange/Cliffoney	2-8	Tubbercurry	1-10

Quarterfinals

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	September 15	Tubbercurry	Tourlestrane	0-14	St. John's	0-5
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	September 15	Tubbercurry	Eastern Harps	2-7	Curry	0-8
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	September 15	Markievicz Park	St. Mary's	1-9	Easkey	1-8
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	September 21	Markievicz Park	Coolera/Strandhill	0-11	Grange/Cliffoney	0-6

Semifinals

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	September 29	Tubbercurry	Eastern Harps	0-15	Tourlestrane	1-11
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	September 29	Markievicz Park	Coolera/Strandhill	1-7	St. Mary's	0-9

Last eight

Quarterfinals September 15/September 21

Semifinals September 29

Final October 6/October 12

Eastern Harps

2-7

Curry

0-8

Eastern Harps

0-15

Tourlestrane

1-11

St. John's

0-5

Tourlestrane

0-14

Eastern Harps

0-9, 0-12 (R)

Coolera/Strandhill

0-9, 0-8 (R)

Coolera/Strandhill

0-11

Grange/Cliffoney

0-6

Coolera/Strandhill

1-7

St. Mary's

0-9

St. Mary's

1-9

Easkey

1-8

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

Eastern Harps	0-9 - 0-9 (final score after 60 minutes)	Coolera/Strandhill
Manager:Eamon Clarke Team: P. Walsh F. Candon K. Phillips M. Cosgrove P. McGovern B. Phillips (Capt) F. Sexton P. Grady M. McCormack M. Doddy (0-1) K. Carty (0-2) P. Henry S. Gallagher (0-2) P. Taylor (0-1) S. Dorrian (0-3) Substitutes: R. Donovan J. Bruen	Half-time: 0-6 - 0-5 Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: Sunday, October 6, 2002 Venue: Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee: Marty Duffy (Enniscrone)	Manager:Declan McCabe Team: J. Curran R. Doyle N. Carew (0-1) K. Cooney T. Watters J. McPartland (Capt)(0-1) S. O'Neill C. O'Meara K. Quinn (0-3) S. Carty (0-1) K. O'Neill B. Doyle C. Mullen J. Joyce (0-1) T. McMahon Substitutes: K. Gilligan (0-1) L. Healy (0-1) P. Hegarty

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final Replay

Eastern Harps	0-12 - 0-8 (final score after 60 minutes)	Coolera/Strandhill
Manager:Eamon Clarke Team: P. Walsh F. Candon K. Phillips M. Cosgrove P. McGovern B. Phillips (Capt) F. Sexton P. Grady M. McCormack M. Doddy K. Carty P. Henry S. Gallagher (0-4) P. Taylor (0-1) S. Dorrian (0-7) Substitutes: K. Casey R. Donovan J. Bruen T. Taylor	Half-time: 0-5 - 0-2 Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: Saturday, October 12, 2002 Venue: Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee: Marty Duffy (Enniscrone)	Manager:Declan McCabe Team: J. Curran R. Doyle K. Cooney K. O'Neill T. Watters N. Carew S. O'Neill K. Quinn (0-3) S. Carty B. Doyle J. Joyce T. McMahon L. Healy (0-1) J. McPartland (Capt)(0-4) P. Hegarty Substitutes: C. Quinn M. Howley

Relegation

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	September 15	Ballymote	Bunninadden	2-11	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-5
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	September 21	Tubbercurry	Tubbercurry	1-9	Cloonacool	1-4
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	September 28	Ballymote	Shamrock Gaels	1-13	Cloonacool	1-8
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff	September 28	Kent Park	Castleconnor	0-13	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	2-5
Sligo SFC Relegation Playoff Final	October 5	Kent Park	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point	1-6	Cloonacool	0-5

References

• Sligo Champion (July–October 2002)
• Sligo Weekender (July–October 2002)