2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Football tournament held in Ireland October 2020 October 2020 October 2020 2002 Sligo Senior Football Championship Sligo 2002 Eamon Clarke Brendan Phillips Eastern Harps 5 Cloonacool St. Patrick's, Dromard 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 24 August Markievicz Park   Eastern Harps   0-13   St. Mary's   0-13 25 August Ballintogher   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   1-10   Cloonacool   0-8 31 August Easkey   St. Mary's   4-15   Cloonacool   2-4 31 August Markievicz Park   Eastern Harps   2-11   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   1-5 7 September Tubbercurry   Eastern Harps   0-13   Cloonacool   0-5 7 September Markievicz Park   St. Mary's   1-9   Drumcliffe/Rosses Point   1-3 TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsSt. Mary's3 2 1 0 5-37 3-20 5Eastern Harps3 2 1 0 2-37 1-23 5Drumcliffe/Rosses Point3 1 0 2 3-18 3-28 2Cloonacool3 0 0 3 2-17 5-38 0 Group B Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 24 August Tubbercurry   Curry   0-12   Easkey   0-9 25 August Ballymote   Bunninadden   1-12   Shamrock Gaels   0-7 1 September Tubbercurry   Curry   0-12   Bunninadden   0-6 1 September Markievicz Park   Easkey   1-10   Shamrock Gaels   1-9 8 September Tubbercurry   Curry   5-14   Shamrock Gaels   1-7 8 September Markievicz Park   Easkey   0-14   Bunninadden   0-11 TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsCurry3 3 0 0 5-38 1-22 6Easkey3 2 0 1 1-33 1-32 4Bunninadden3 1 0 2 1-29 0-33 2Shamrock Gaels3 0 0 3 2-23 7-36 0 Group C Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 24 August Easkey   Coolera/Strandhill   1-8   Castleconnor   0-5 1 September Ballymote   Coolera/Strandhill   0-13   Tourlestrane   0-10 8 September Kent Park   Tourlestrane   1-6   Castleconnor   0-4 TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsCoolera/Strandhill2 2 0 0 1-21 0-15 4Tourlestrane2 1 0 1 1-16 0-17 2Castleconnor2 0 0 2 0-9 2-14 0 Group D Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 24 August Kent Park   Tubbercurry   1-7   St. John's   0-3 1 September Kent Park   Grange/Cliffoney   1-12   Tubbercurry   1-5 8 September Kent Park   St. John's   4-13   Grange/Cliffoney   0-7 TeamPldWDLForAgainstPtsSt. John's2 1 0 1 4-16 1-14 2Tubbercurry2 1 0 1 2-12 2-15 2Grange/Cliffoney2 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 SFCPlayoff 14 September Kent Park Grange/Cliffoney 2-8 Tubbercurry 1-10 Quarterfinals Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCQuarter Final 15 September Tubbercurry Tourlestrane 0-14 St. John's 0-5 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 15 September Tubbercurry Eastern Harps 2-7 Curry 0-8 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 15 September Markievicz Park St. Mary's 1-9 Easkey 1-8 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 21 September Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 0-11 Grange/Cliffoney 0-6 Semifinals Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCSemi-Final 29 September Tubbercurry Eastern Harps 0-15 Tourlestrane 1-11 Sligo SFCSemi-Final 29 September Markievicz Park Coolera/Strandhill 1-7 St. Mary's 0-9 Last eight Quarterfinals15 September/September 21 Semifinals29 September Final6 October/October 12 Eastern Harps Curry 2-7 0-8 St. John's Tourlestrane 0-5 0-14 Coolera/Strandhill Grange/Cliffoney 0-11 0-6 St. Mary's Easkey 1-9 1-8 Eastern Harps Tourlestrane 0-15 1-11 Coolera/Strandhill St. Mary's 1-7 0-9 Eastern Harps Coolera/Strandhill 0-9, 0-12 (R) 0-9, 0-8 (R) Sligo Senior Football Championship Final Eastern Harps0-9 - 0-9(final score after 60 minutes)Coolera/StrandhillManager: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. BruenHalf-time: 0-6 - 0-5 Competition:Sligo Senior Football Championship(Final) Date:Sunday, 6 October 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 Harps0-12 - 0-8(final score after 60 minutes)Coolera/StrandhillManager: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. TaylorHalf-time: 0-5 - 0-2 Competition:Sligo Senior Football Championship(Final) Date:Saturday, 12 October 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 SFCRelegation Playoff 15 September Ballymote Bunninadden 2-11 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-5 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 21 September Tubbercurry Tubbercurry 1-9 Cloonacool 1-4 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 28 September Ballymote Shamrock Gaels 1-13 Cloonacool 1-8 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 28 September Kent Park Castleconnor 0-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 2-5 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff Final 5 October Kent Park Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-6 Cloonacool 0-5 References Sligo Champion (July–October 2002) Sligo Weekender (July–October 2002) Sligo Senior Football Championship Category:Sligo Senior Football Championship