Gaelic football competition
Sligo Senior Football Championship 1973|
| County | Sligo |
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| Year | 1973 |
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|
| Champions | St. Patrick's, Dromard (4th win) |
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|
| Promoted team(s) | n/a |
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| Relegated team(s) | n/a |
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This is a round-up of the 1973 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Patrick's regained the Owen B. Hunt Cup in this year after defeating Craobh Rua in the final. A new name appeared in the Championship entrants this year - Eastern Harps, an amalgamation of Keash, 1964 finalists and intermittent competitors at Senior level, and Gurteen.
First round
| Game
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Team A
|
Score
|
Team B
|
Score
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
22 July
|
Ballymote
|
Coolera
|
0-11
|
Curry
|
0-7
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
22 July
|
Ballymote
|
Shamrock Gaels
|
1-8
|
Eastern Harps
|
1-7
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
22 July
|
Tubbercurry
|
Tourlestrane
|
1-7
|
Tubbercurry
|
2-2
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
22 July
|
Tubbercurry
|
Craobh Rua
|
3-13
|
Ballymote/Geevagh
|
0-2
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
22 July
|
Markievicz Park
|
Collooney/Ballisodare
|
beat
|
Muire Naofa
|
(no score)
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
22 July
|
Markievicz Park
|
Mullinabreena
|
3-12
|
Easkey
|
1-5
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
22 July
|
Easkey
|
St. Patrick's
|
beat
|
Enniscrone
|
(no score)
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
29 July
|
Tubbercurry
|
Grange/Calry
|
2-9
|
St. Farnan's
|
1-4
|
Quarter-finals
| Game
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Team A
|
Score
|
Team B
|
Score
|
Sligo SFC
Quarter-final
|
12 August
|
Markievicz Park
|
Shamrock Gaels
|
beat
|
Mullinabreena
|
(no score)
|
Sligo SFC
Quarter-final
|
12 August
|
Markievicz Park
|
Collooney/Ballisodare
|
beat
|
Grange/Calry
|
(no score)
|
Sligo SFC
Quarter-final
|
19 August
|
Tubbercurry
|
Craobh Rua
|
beat
|
Tourlestrane
|
(no score)
|
Sligo SFC
Quarter-final
|
19 August
|
Ballymote
|
St. Patrick's
|
1-11
|
Coolera
|
1-6
|
Semi-finals
| Game
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Team A
|
Score
|
Team B
|
Score
|
Sligo SFC
Semi-final
|
26 August
|
Tubbercurry
|
St. Patrick's
|
0-10
|
Shamrock Gaels
|
0-9
|
Sligo SFC
Semi-final
|
26 August
|
Tubbercurry
|
Craobh Rua
|
0-11
|
Collooney/Ballisodare
|
1-8
|
Sligo SFC
Semi-final Replay
|
2 September
|
Tubbercurry
|
Craobh Rua
|
1-11
|
Collooney/Ballisodare
|
1-8
|
St. Patrick's
|
1-10 - 0-8
(final score after 60 minutes)
|
Craobh Rua
|
Team:
T. Cummins
E. Rushe
A. Boland
J. Cuffe
S. Clarke
P.J. Kilcullen
L. Boland
M. Kearins (0-7)
J. Kilgallon (0-2)
P. McMunn
R. Boland
P. Kearins
M. James
T. Tempany
J. Kearins (1-1)
Substitutes:
M. Farrell
|
Half-time:
Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)
Date:
16 September 1973
Venue:
Markievicz Park, Sligo
Referee:
|
Team:
J. Devitt
J. McGuigan
J. Fitzgerald
M. Kearins
B. Murphy
P. Joyce
P. Fitzpatrick
G. Soden
M. Laffey
K. Delaney
S. Connelly
M. Gorman (0-6)
D. Kerins (0-1)
F. Brett
P. McDermott
Substitutes:
S. Brosnan (0-1)
C. Smith
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References
- Sligo Champion (Autumn 1973)