2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Gaelic football competition October 2020 October 2020 October 2020 2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship Sligo 2006 Denis Kearney Sean Davey Curry 6 Coolaney/Mullinabreena, St. Molaise Gaels 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 22 July Markievicz Park   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   3-7   St. Mary's   2-10 23 July Tubbercurry   Ballymote   0-9   Eastern Harps   0-9 29 July Ballymote   Eastern Harps   1-14   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   1-7 30 July Markievicz Park   St. Mary's   0-9   Ballymote   0-8 12 August Markeivicz Park   Eastern Harps   1-9   St. Mary's   0-7 12 August Kent Park   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   2-10   Ballymote   1-9 TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsEastern Harps3 2 1 0 2-32 1-23 5Drumcliffe/Rosses Point3 1 1 1 6-24 4-33 3St. Mary's3 1 1 1 2-26 4-24 3Ballymote3 0 1 2 1-26 2-28 1 Group B Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 22 July Enniscrone   Easkey   1-10   Tourlestrane   0-8 22 July Ballymote   Calry/St. Joseph's   1-7   Shamrock Gaels   0-10 29 July Ballymote   Tourlestrane   4-11   Shamrock Gaels   1-6 29 July Kent Park   Easkey   3-14   Calry/St. Joseph's   1-10 12 August Ballymote   Tourlestrane   4-15   Calry/St. Joseph's   0-8 12 August Tubbercurry   Easkey   2-13   Shamrock Gaels   0-9 TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsEaskey3 3 0 0 6-37 1-27 6Tourlestrane3 2 0 1 8-34 2-24 4Shamrock Gaels3 0 1 2 1-25 7-31 1Calry/St. Joseph's3 0 1 2 2-25 7-39 1 Group C Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 22 July Kent Park   Coolera/Strandhill   1-9   St. Molaise Gaels   0-8 22 July Ballymote   St. John's   2-10   Tubbercurry   1-10 29 July Kent Park   St. Molaise Gaels   0-12   St. John's   0-7 30 July Enniscrone   Tubbercurry   0-12   Coolera/Strandhill   1-7 13 August Markievicz Park   Coolera/Strandhill   1-11   St. John's   2-8 13 August Kent Park   Tubbercurry   4-14   St. Molaise Gaels   1-6 TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsTubbercurry3 2 0 1 5-34 4-23 4Coolera/Strandhill3 1 1 1 3-27 2-28 3St. John's3 1 1 1 4-25 2-33 3St. Molaise Gaels3 1 0 2 1-26 5-30 1 Group D Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 23 July Tubbercurry   Bunninadden   2-9   Castleconnor   1-10 23 July Tourlestrane   Curry   2-16   Coolaney/Mullinabreena   0-4 29 July Tubbercurry   Castleconnor   1-12   Coolaney/Mullinabreena   3-6 30 July Markievicz Park   Curry   0-12   Bunninadden   0-10 13 August Tubbercurry   Bunninadden   2-15   Coolaney/Mullinabreena   0-3 13 August Easkey   Curry   0-11   Castleconnor   0-6 TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsCurry3 3 0 0 2-39 0-20 6Bunninadden3 2 0 1 4-34 1-25 4Castleconnor3 0 1 2 2-28 5-26 1Coolaney/Mullinabreena3 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 20 August Markievicz Park   St. Mary's   0-14   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   0-10 Group C 20 August Markievicz Park   St. John's   2-4   Coolera/Strandhill   1-5 Quarterfinals 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 SFCQuarter Final 26 August Markievicz Park Bunninadden 0-13 Tubbercurry 1-8 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 26 August Markievicz Park Curry 2-12 St. John's 1-6 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 27 August Markievicz Park St. Mary's 1-10 Easkey 1-7 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 27 August Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 0-8 Tourlestrane 0-8 Sligo SFCQuarter Final Replay 3 September Tubbercurry Eastern Harps 2-9 Tourlestrane 2-7 Semifinals The semi-finals saw Curry and Bunninadden emerge victorious, and qualify for the 24 September 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 SFCSemi-Final 10 September Markievicz Park Bunninadden 0-10 Eastern Harps 0-9 Sligo SFCSemi-Final 10 September Markievicz Park Curry 1-11 St. Mary's 1-8 Last eight Quarterfinals26 August/August 27 Semifinals10 September Final24 September Bunninadden Tubbercurry 0-13 1-8 Eastern Harps Tourlestrane 0-8, 2-9 (R) 0-8, 2-7 (R) Curry St. John's 2-12 1-6 St. Mary's Easkey 1-11 1-8 Bunninadden Eastern Harps 0-10 0-9 Curry St. Mary's 1-11 1-8 Bunninadden Curry 2-9 1-15 Sligo Senior Football Championship Final Curry1-15 - 2-9(final score after 60 minutes)BunninaddenManager: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. CollearyHalf-time:0-4 2-4 Competition:Sligo Senior Football Championship(Final) Date:15.30 BSTSunday, 24 September 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 (0-1) L. Óg Gormley Mark Gormley (0-1) Michael Gormley S. McHugh (2-0) K. Kerins (0-1) W. Gormley (0-3) Substitutes: T. McLoughlin (0-1) T. Davey J. O'Flaherty S. Kerins A. Killoran Relegation Due to the restructuring of the Senior Championship, in order to reduce 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 SFCRelegation Playoff 26 August Kent Park Shamrock Gaels 0-16 St. Molaise Gaels 2-6 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 26 August Grange Calry/St. Joseph's 1-11 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-10 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 27 August Ransboro Coolera/Strandhill 1-12 Ballymote 1-4 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 27 August Tubbercurry Castleconnor 0-13 Coolaney/Mullinabreena 0-4 Sligo SFCRelegation Final 2 September Kent Park Ballymote 1-14 St. Molaise Gaels 0-7 Sligo SFCRelegation Final 2 September Ballymote Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 2-9 Coolaney/Mullinabreena 0-7 References Sligo Champion (Summer/Autumn 2006) Sligo Weekender (Summer/Autumn 2006) Category:Sligo Senior Football Championship Sligo