1971 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Gaelic football competition October 2020 October 2020 Sligo Senior Football Championship 1971 Sligo 1971 St. Patrick's, Dromard 3 n/a n/a This is a round-up of the 1971 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Patrick's, Dromard claimed their third title, and completed back-to-back wins in the process. Tubbercurry returned to the final after a 14-year absence, but it was in vain, as St. Patrick's cantered to an easy victory, with Micheal Kearins, who became Sligo's first All-Star recipient later that year, leading the winners' onslaught. First round Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCFirst Round 8 August Ballymote Tourlestrane 5-8 Muire Naofa 1-4 Sligo SFCFirst Round 8 August Ballymote Tubbercurry 6-9 Curry 2-8 Sligo SFCFirst Round 8 August Tubbercurry Easkey 3-8 Keash 2-4 Sligo SFCFirst Round 8 August Tubbercurry St. Patrick’s 2-17 Collooney/Ballisodare 1-8 Sligo SFCFirst Round 8 August Markievicz Park Sooey/Coolera 1-12 Mullinabreena 1-7 Sligo SFCFirst Round 8 August Markievicz Park Enniscrone 2-6 Grange 1-6 Quarter-finals Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCQuarter-final 15 August Tubbercurry Easkey 2-9 Enniscrone 0-8 Sligo SFCQuarter-final 15 August Tubbercurry St. Patrick’s 2-11 Craobh Rua 1-4 Sligo SFCQuarter-final 15 August Ballymote Sooey/Coolera drew Tourlestrane (no score) Sligo SFCQuarter-final 15 August Ballymote Tubbercurry 1-6 Knockalassa/Ballymote 0-3 Sligo SFCQuarter-final Replay 22 August Ballymote Sooey/Coolera 1-5 Tourlestrane 0-5 Semi-finals Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCSemi-final 5 September Markievicz Park Tubbercurry 4-4 Easkey 1-10 Sligo SFCSemi-final 5 September Markievicz Park St. Patrick’s 1-19 Sooey/Coolera 1-1 Sligo Senior Football Championship Final St. Patrick's2-16 - 1-5(final score after 60 minutes)TubbercurryTeam: T. Cummins E. Rushe A. Boland P.J. Kilcullen S. Donegan J. Cuffe J. Kiely M. Kearins J. Kilgallon P. McMunn R. Boland P. Kearins L. Boland S. Beckett B. Kilcullen Substitutes:Half-time: Competition:Sligo Senior Football Championship(Final) Date:19 September 1971 Venue:Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee:S. GlennonTeam: S. Henry M. Burke H. Gallagher M. Phillips O. Leonard M. Kilcoyne P. Gorman L. Gormley P. Hunt M. Noone P. Kilcoyne J. Kilcoyne T. Kavanagh P.J. Brennan O. Gormley Substitutes: References Sligo Champion (Autumn 1971) Category:Sligo Senior Football Championship Sligo