Gaelic football competition
1997 Sligo Senior Football Championship|
| County | Sligo |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Champions | Tourlestrane (5th win) |
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| Manager | Neil Egan |
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| Captain | Matthew Walsh |
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| Promoted team(s) | Cloonacool, Bunninadden |
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| Relegated team(s) | Calry/St. Joseph's, Ballymote |
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This is a round-up of the 1997 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Tourlestrane reclaimed the title in this year, their fifth in all, following an emphatic victory over a disappointing Eastern Harps side.
First round
| Game
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Team A
|
Score
|
Team B
|
Score
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
6 July
|
Ballymote
|
St. Mary’s
|
1-9
|
Curry
|
0-11
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
6 July
|
Ballymote
|
Shamrock Gaels
|
3-13
|
Ballymote
|
0-8
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
6 July
|
Easkey
|
Easkey
|
2-11
|
Enniscrone
|
1-9
|
Sligo SFC
First Round
|
6 July
|
Markievicz Park
|
Tourlestrane
|
2-13
|
Calry/St. Joseph’s
|
1-8
|
Quarter finals
| Game
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Team A
|
Score
|
Team B
|
Score
|
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
|
9 August
|
Markievicz Park
|
Tourlestrane
|
0-10
|
St. Mary’s
|
1-3
|
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
|
10 August
|
Markievicz Park
|
Easkey
|
0-11
|
Shamrock Gaels
|
0-9
|
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
|
10 August
|
Markievicz Park
|
Eastern Harps
|
2-16
|
Coolera/Strandhill
|
1-4
|
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
|
10 August
|
Ballymote
|
Tubbercurry
|
2-6
|
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point
|
2-6
|
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final Replay
|
24 August
|
Markievicz Park
|
Tubbercurry
|
0-13
|
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point
|
1-9
|
Semi-finals
| Game
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Team A
|
Score
|
Team B
|
Score
|
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
|
7 September
|
Ballymote
|
Eastern Harps
|
1-14
|
Easkey
|
1-7
|
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
|
7 September
|
Ballymote
|
Tourlestrane
|
1-15
|
Tubbercurry
|
1-14
|
Tourlestrane
|
0-16 - 0-8
(final score after 60 minutes)
|
Eastern Harps
|
Manager:Neil Egan
Team:
P. McVann
L. Gaughan
F. Kennedy
N. Manley
J. Curley
D. Durkin
E. Gallagher
C. O'Meara
E. O'Hara (0-1)
E. Walsh
M. Walsh (0-4)(Capt)
J. Egan (0-3)
S. Dunne
G. McGowan (0-5)
R. Kennedy (0-3)
Substitutes:
J. Lundy
|
Half-time:
0-6 - 0-2
Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)
Date:
21 September 1997
Venue:
Markievicz Park, Sligo
Referee:
Paddy Hennessy (Owenmore Gaels)
|
Manager:Denis Johnson
Team:
P. Walsh
F. Sexton
O. Shannon
S. King
D. Ballantyne (Capt)
D. Mullaney
M. Cosgrove
M. McCormack (0-1)
J. Chambers (0-1)
K. Carty (0-1)
P. Taylor (0-4)
E. Molloy
J. Bruen
S. Dorrian
B. Phillips (0-1)
Substitutes:
P.J. Langton
N. Molloy
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References
- Sligo Champion (July–September 1997)