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		 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

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:
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

References
  • Sligo Champion (Autumn 1973)
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