1988 Sligo Senior Football Championship

1988 Sligo Senior Football Championship
Tournament details
County	Sligo
Year	1988
Winners
Champions	St. Patrick's, Dromard (6th win)
Manager	James Kearins
Captain	Seamus Reilly
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	Tourlestrane
Relegated team(s)	Easkey

This is a round-up of the 1988 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Patrick's, Dromard regained the Owen B. Hunt Cup after a fourteen-year wait, and it was a hard-earned title, having defeated the two leading lights of the 1980s - holders St. Mary's and Tubbercurry. St. Mary's were seen off emphatically after a quarter-final replay, bringing the curtain down on a remarkable era for the Sligo town club, and the Dromard side defeated Tubbercurry by a single point in the final.

First round edit

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC First Round	10 July	Ballymote	Tubbercurry	2-8	Curry	1-7
Sligo SFC First Round	10 July	Ballymote	St. Nathy's	1-9	Geevagh	0-7
Sligo SFC First Round	10 July	Markievicz Park	Innisfree Gaels	0-5	Owenmore Gaels/Coolera	0-5
Sligo SFC First Round	10 July	Markievicz Park	St. Pat's	2-14	Grange/Cliffoney/Maugherow	1-5
Sligo SFC First Round	10 July	Tubbercurry	Enniscrone/Castleconnor	0-11	Tourlestrane/Cloonacool	1-6
Sligo SFC First Round	10 July	Tubbercurry	Eastern Harps	2-12	Easkey	2-2
Sligo SFC First Round Replay	17 July	Markievicz Park	Innisfree Gaels	0-9	Owenmore Gaels/Coolera	0-5

Quarter finals edit

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	31 July	Markievicz Park	Tubbercurry	2-10	Enniscrone/Castleconnor	1-5
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	31 July	Tubbercurry	St. Nathy's	0-11	Innisfree Gaels	0-7
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	31 July	Ballymote	Eastern Harps	3-6	Shamrock Gaels	2-6
Sligo SFC Quarter Final	31 July	Ballymote	St. Patrick's	0-9	St. Mary's	2-3
Sligo SFC Quarter Final Replay	7 August	Ballymote	St. Patrick's	1-14	St. Mary's	0-6

Semi-finals edit

Game	Date	Venue	Team A	Score	Team B	Score
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	28 August	Ballymote	Tubbercurry	0-9	St. Nathy's	0-7
Sligo SFC Semi-Final	28 August	Ballymote	St. Patrick's	0-8	Eastern Harps	0-6

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final edit

St. Patrick's	2-6 - 0-11 (final score after 60 minutes)	Tubbercurry
Team: S. Clarke J. Kilcullen D. Foley J. Kiely T. Kilgallon P. Kilgallon J. Dorran G. Boland (1-0) T. Mahon (0-2) T. Clarke (0-1) S. Reilly (Capt) O. Cavanagh J. Clarke J. Kearins (1-2) N. Kearins (0-1) Substitutes: B. Flynn L. Boland	Half-time: 1-3 - 0-5 Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 11 September 1988 Venue: Corran Park, Ballymote Referee: Francis Finan (Coolera/Strandhill)	Team: P. Kilcoyne J. Stenson G. Gilmartin T. Killoran L. Gilmartin O. Wynne P. Gilmartin E. Gilmartin J. Murphy P. Regan B. Kilcoyne (0-3) P. Seevers (0-7) R. McCarrick D. Leen M. Curran Substitutes: S. Gallagher N. Killoran (0-1)

References edit

Sligo Champion (July–September 1988)