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Clann na nGael of Ros' managed just the two goals in one of their many AI club final defeats in the 1980's.

And though we did get points, our club won a minor final a few years back by scoring 4-3.

2-18 to 1-3, a stroll in the (Gaelic) Park it appears from the wireless. O'Hara goaled inside the first minute and the game took its course from there. Seems like a solid all-round display by the team, though the Ros will be an entirely tougher test. Mad to think that any of the papers would have tipped NY, but there you go. Good to see the p***k McStay is as fond of Sligo as ever too.

What RTE's site has up on the game at present:

Sligo overcame the potential banana-skin of New York with an emphatic 2-18 to 1-03 victory in the opening round of the Connacht Senior Football Championship on the synthetic playing surface of the Bronx's Gaelic Park.

The Yeats men got off to a dream start when talisman Eamon O'Hara opened the scoring with a well taken goal after just ten seconds.

Kieran Quinn punched a second goal as the visitors extended their lead, while Kieran Garvey's second half goal was little consolation for New York, who were always playing second fiddle to a rampant Sligo.

Well at least it's not brown anyway...

Any of the Sligo crew see the new jersey? Was in the Weekender today, mank is the word that comes to mind.

Correction - in Div 1B we beat St. John's 0-12 to 0-8, not the way they had it on Aertel.

Should have known better than to trust Aertel!

Yee got hocked by St Molaise Gaels not Grange. Jinksy made a few good saves. Whats up with him not being able to take kickouts. Ye are a poor side but we have a huge catchment area, not too impressed by our manager though so far though.

I edited that, hope that is satisfactory!

Jinks has had trouble with his knee for ages, so doesn't take the kickouts. We had Farrell absent due to county duty for the two games which was a big loss, though Jinks is a good shot-stopper too. We had a very bad day on Saturday, made lots of simple mistakes, but we also were without our regular midfield and CHF, so were bare enough. Ye aren't bad, and should go back up, but not unbeatable all the same.

Lost again to Geevagh, 2-8 to 1-4. Better display given the pressure the backs were under. Forwards were shocking bad, couldn't win ball at all. Need to win the next two, against Pat's and Coolera, or we could be in bother. Another good win for Michael's too.

The weekend's fare so far. Once again Aertel ignores the fact that there are four divisions, so no 2B results yet. Website is back up but not in full action, speaking of which we are looking to find our third Assistant Secretary in the one year, Henry resigned recently. We got a proper trimming from the St. Molaise Gaels club, an amalgamation of the clubs formerly known as Grange, Northern Gaels (Cliffoney) and Benbulben Rangers (Maugherow), at the weekend, and another coming from Geevagh tomorrow I fear.

Bunninadden 1-8 Ballymote 1-10
Tourlestrane 2-10 Easkey 3-5
Curry 3-15 St. Mary's 0-7
Eastern Harps 2-13 Castleconnor 0-6

Tubbercurry 2-5 Enniscrone 2-5
St. John's 0-8 Coolera/Strandhill 0-12
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-9 Calry/St. Joseph's 1-9
St. Farnan's 1-13 Shamrock Gaels 2-9

Geevagh v Eastern Harps
St. Molaise Gaels 1-19 Owenmore Gaels 0-6
Coolera/Strandhill 0-6 St. Pat's 2-9
St. Michael's 2-17 Coolaney/Mullinabreena 3-9

Cloonacool v Calry/ St. Joseph's
St. Mary's v Ballisodare
St. Farnan's v Easkey
Curry v St. Michael's

Were Sligo any good Shrewdness? Were 9-1 down at HT I believe.

At least the Juniors beat the Ros on Friday evening anyway (what is it with Sligo v Ros this year?), 1-17 to 1-15 AET.

Team/panel was:
Darren Kearns, Conor Carroll, Thomas Gormley, Eoin McHugh, Cathal Sheridan, David McDonagh, Dermot Walsh, Peter Wilson, Shane Stenson, Francis Quinn, Mark Gordon, Peter Lyons, Stephen Coen, Kevin Langan, John Scanlon Subs used :- Michael Gormely for Quinn, Neil Ewing for Conor Carroll, Liam Og Gormley for Langan -- Glen McCormick, Mark McGrath, Jason Farrell and Caolan O'Grady.

Final against Mayo is on before the Galway/Mayo game in Salthill.

Also should mention, albeit belatedly, the death of former Sligo captain Pat Dockry of Ballymote. Played around the late 80's/early 90's, captained the team in '89 IIRC. From Duffy's piece in the Champion:

Sligo G.A.A. followers were shocked and saddened at the weekend to learn of the untimely death of Pat. Dockery in Cork. Pat was an outstanding footballer with his native Ballymote and played for Sligo at all levels. He was a great leader on the field and was honoured with the captain's role on the team in the early 90's.Indeed his late father Padraic had also played for Sligo in the 1950's .Pat was a great sportsman and a very versatile performer. He will be sadly missed. On behalf of all Sligo G.A.A. followers I extend sincere sympathy to his wife and family in Cork and his family in Ballymote. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam

The Park on Saturday AFAIK. Rossies only drew with Leitrim so the pressure is on for them.

And one other result of note - Sligo ladies won their Connacht Championship opener against Roscommon, 3-13 to 1-10.

RTE.ie's report on the Hurling Division 3 final, hard luck to them, they were leading for a good while but the Rossies came through narrowly. Should put up a strong challenge in the Rackard Cup though.

Roscommon 1-13 Sligo 0-15
Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:59
A 58th minute goal from Colm Kelly proved crucial as Roscommon claimed a 1-13 to 0-15 victory over Sligo in today's NHL Division Three final at Breffni Park.

In what their first senior final since 1997, the Rossies triumphed despite having David Loughnane sent off for a straight red card offence in the ninth-minute.

Sligo sharpshooter Keith Raymond hit seven of his side's eight first half points, but Roscommon only trailed by the minimum at half-time thanks to free-taker Shane Sweeney.

Three Sweeney frees helped the Rossies go ahead, Kelly's goal followed and although Paul Seevers kept Sligo competitive, time ran out on the 2004 winners.

Given that twelve months ago, Roscommon were struggling to fulfil their league fixtures and Anthony Flaherty, a 47-year-old selector, was forced to line out in the starting team at one stage, today's win marks a remarkable turnaround in the county's small-ball fortunes.

Since David McConn's appointment last year, the Rossies have worked themselves into shape and proved more than a match for a Sligo side that were competing in their third Division Three final in five years.

Sligo went in front thanks to a early free from Seevers and stil led 0-4 to 0-3, midway through the first half. Roscommon were seeing plenty of ball and were unfortunate not to chalk up a goal when Sweeney kicked the sliotar wide from close range.

Raymond, who hails from Calry-St Joseph's club and also plays Under-21 football for the county, then took control, landing seven excellent points to stamp his authority all over the game.

He helped wind-backed Sligo into a four-point lead but McConn's charges never wilted with Sweeney proving an effective scorer from frees.

A trio of Sweeney frees, who brought his tally to 0-8, allied to a Tom Redmond point, sent the Rossies into a 0-11 to 0-9 lead, ten minutes into the second half.

Goal scorer Kelly, a former Sigerson Cup winner with UCC, struck a point before Raymond (0-2) and Morgan Fitzsimons  bisected the Roscommon posts.

With the game ebbing and flowing, it was always likely that a goal would make the difference and so it proved as the 6ft 6in Kelly took down a high ball into the danger area before turning and firing to the Sligo net.

Kelly moved his side 1-13 to 0-12 ahead with a further point and despite a late rally from the Yeats men - Michael Gilmartin, Fitzsimons and Seevers sent over a trio of unanswered points - Roscommon held on to continue their encouraging revival under McConn.

And this weekend's offerings went as follows:

Ballymote 0-7 Tourlestrane 3-12
Easkey 2-8 Bunninadden 2-6
St. Mary's 0-3 Eastern Harps 4-12
Castleconnor 0-7 Curry 2-9

Enniscrone PvP St. John's
Coolera/Strandhill 1-14 Tubbercurry 0-9
Calry/St. Joseph's 1-7 St. Farnan's 0-10
Shamrock Gaels 2-8 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-11

Eastern Harps v St. Molaise Gaels (no result yet)
Owenmore Gaels PvP Geevagh
St. Pat's 1-9 St. Michael's 1-11
Coolaney/Mullinabreena w/o Coolera/Strandhill

Calry/St. Joseph's v St. Mary's
Ballisodare v Cloonacool
Easkey 1-6 Curry 1-11
St. Michael's 0-16 St. Farnan's 1-6

The decline of two once-great clubs continues, Mary's suffer another rout at home, and are certainties to go down in 1A, while Pat's are losing ground in 2A after losing to Michael's, and need to get results soon. The 'big three' are clear in 1A, and it's tight in 1B, Drumcliffe, Coolera and Tubber on 6 points, with Shams just behind on 5.

Met Con Murphy at the Killarney Congress last year. Seemingly he hadn't been well for some time. RIP.

Yes it was 2004. Whatever about the replay it was there for Sligo to win the first day in the Hyde with 10 mins to go but they did not take it.

Thought it a very even affair myself from memory, was little enough between the teams. Davey of all people kicked the equaliser that day too.

predicted at start of the year a Mayo/Sligo CF and will stick with that. Ye owe them a few too!!

You can say that again!

Ocean FM had the fixtures up for the Leo Kenny Cup, four Sligo clubs taking part, Seanie ye should beat Glenfarne/Kilty surely?

CONNACHT SENIOR CLUB FOOTBALL COMPETITION 2007
LEO KENNY MEMORIAL CUP.
* No postponements allowed. If unable to play game is forfeited. All
games played on Tuesdays at 7.30pm.
* First named team has Home venue. They may take up a gate and are
requested to provide refreshments for travelling team.
* If game is drawn Extra time ( 10 minutes per half). If game is still
level toss for choice of ends and first to score wins the game.

ROUND 1. TUESDAY 24th April 2007.
Referee.
Salthill/Knocknacarra(G) v Ballinrobe(M)  F Kinneen
An Cheathru Rua(G) v Louisburgh(M) M O Corrain
Castlerea ® v Mountbellew/Moylough(G) V Hardiman
St Mary's(L) v Roscommon Gaels ® P Carney
St Aidan's ® v Mohill(L) H Beirne
Glenfarne/Kilty(L) v Coolera/Strandhill(S) M Leyden
Ballinaglera(L) v Annaduff(L) E Stenson
Ballina Stephenites(M) v Castleconnor(S) V Neary
Geevagh(S) v Claremorris(M) S Regan
Clann na nGael ® v Knockmore(M) D Hunt

The Following received a bye to Round 2.
Padraig Pearses (R ), Curry(S),Westport (M), Allen Gaels (L),Charlestown (M)