1973 Sligo Senior Football Championship

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.

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1973
Tournament details
CountySligo
Year1973
Winners
ChampionsSt. Patrick's, Dromard (4th win)
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)n/a
Relegated team(s)n/a

First round
Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
First Round		 July 22 Ballymote Coolera 0-11 Curry 0-7
Sligo SFC
First Round		 July 22 Ballymote Shamrock Gaels 1-8 Eastern Harps 1-7
Sligo SFC
First Round		 July 22 Tubbercurry Tourlestrane 1-7 Tubbercurry 2-2
Sligo SFC
First Round		 July 22 Tubbercurry Craobh Rua 3-13 Ballymote/Geevagh 0-2
Sligo SFC
First Round		 July 22 Markievicz Park Collooney/Ballisodare beat Muire Naofa (no score)
Sligo SFC
First Round		 July 22 Markievicz Park Mullinabreena 3-12 Easkey 1-5
Sligo SFC
First Round		 July 22 Easkey St. Patrick's beat Enniscrone (no score)
Sligo SFC
First Round		 July 29 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		 August 12 Markievicz Park Shamrock Gaels beat Mullinabreena (no score)
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 12 Markievicz Park Collooney/Ballisodare beat Grange/Calry (no score)
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 19 Tubbercurry Craobh Rua beat Tourlestrane (no score)
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 19 Ballymote St. Patrick's 1-11 Coolera 1-6

Semi-Finals
Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final		 August 26 Tubbercurry St. Patrick’s 0-10 Shamrock Gaels 0-9
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final		 August 26 Tubbercurry Craobh Rua 0-11 Collooney/Ballisodare 1-8
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final Replay		 September 2 Tubbercurry Craobh Rua 1-11 Collooney/Ballisodare 1-8

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
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:
September 16, 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

gollark: It seems really bizarre that people came up with this whole in-band signalling system and thought it was a good idea.
gollark: To get free long distance calls.
gollark: The main thing I heard about with that was spoofing something involved in long distance calling.
gollark: It seems like a lot of old designs for protocols and stuff like that just completely ignored security, for some reason.
gollark: How fun. There are also apparently some botnets targeting routers.

References
  • Sligo Champion (Autumn 1973)
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