1997 Sligo Senior Football Championship

1997 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Sligo
Year	1997
Winners
Champions	Tourlestrane (5th win)
Manager	Neil Egan
Captain	Matthew Walsh
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	Cloonacool, Bunninadden
Relegated team(s)	Calry/St. Joseph's, Ballymote

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

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

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

References

• Sligo Champion (July–September 1997)