GAA Sligo Championship and League Results and Player Statistics (GAA Statistics Book 31)

The History is the product of thousands of hours of voluntary endeavour, compiling, editing and proof reading. The vast amount of information available about the last twenty five years has resulted in the account of this period running to the same length as the account of the previous one hundred years.

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The book has eight hundred pages and the highest possible standards of accuracy have been adhered to. It was these standards that dictated the time of publication rather than any arbitrary date. Sligo once the launch has taken place. Every aspect of the GAA in Co. Sligo has been recorded in writing, by photograph and through a comprehensive statistics section. Each club in the county is represented by at least two full page team photographs. There are more than thirty county images with many individual photographs of players and officials.

The book also contains a full listing of all clubs that took part in competition over the one hundred and twenty five years.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship records and statistics

Sligo was one of the first counties in Connacht to form a County Board and organise a county championship. The enthusiasm displayed in the early years could scarcely be surpassed anywhere. However once the initial zeal had subsided the GAA in Co. Sligo entered a time of changing fortunes with alternate periods of progress and decline. It experienced recurring teething problems in the first forty years or so arising, for the most part, from the unsettled political situation then prevailing but it always managed to resurrect itself from the brink of near collapse to become more active and vibrant than hitherto.

The idealism and parochial pride of enthusiasts in every corner of the county ensured the continuation of a tradition that with the passage of time has become part and parcel of the folklore of the county. Three of these counties, Waterford, Westmeath and Wicklow, have never competed in a semi-final. Kilkenny currently do not compete in the All-Ireland Championship, having won three Leinster Senior Football Championships in the past, with the county instead prominent in the sport of hurling. Fermanagh came their closest in , reaching a semi-final replay having defeated Champions Meath, Munster Champions Cork, All-Ireland semi-finalists Donegal and Champions Armagh.

Six players have received black cards during All-Ireland finals: Johnny Buckley and Aidan O'Mahony , both of Kerry , in the and finals, respectively; three players in the replay: Galway holds the record of losing a final to a team containing the fewest players, they were beaten by a Dublin team which had been reduced to just 12 players in the All Ireland Final of Garry McMahon's goal after 35 seconds of the Final is the fastest in final history.

Prior to , counties played in separate provincial championships , with only four provincial champions coming together in the All-Ireland semi-finals, and it is difficult to directly compare results across counties. Since , beaten teams from the provincial championships play together in the All-Ireland qualifier series. However, it must be remembered that counties from the smaller provinces Connacht with seven county teams and Munster with six have a slight advantage over those from the larger provinces Leinster with eleven county teams and Ulster with nine — they may receive a bye to the provincial semi-final and thus enter the second round of the qualifiers without winning a game, while counties from the larger provinces have to defeat one or even two opponents to reach the provincial semi-final.

Quarter-finals were played as single matches between and In and , teams from Division 4 of the National Football League did not get to play in the qualifiers, instead going straight into the Tommy Murphy Cup , a secondary competition. The dichotomy between the Conversion Rate and the Expt Pts can be explained through their goal and free attempts. Quite good from an accuracy perspective. As stated in the Portlaoise review we always have the small sample size caveat but Kilmacud had looked like an accurate, tidy, shooting team.

It is difficult to attribute this poor shooting display to Mullinalaghta defending as seven of the eleven point attempts were taken under little or no pressure. It was just an off day. In the aforementioned two games Kilmacud had ten shots at goal producing 4 — Kilmacud had 22 possessions originating inside their own 45 9 from kickouts, 13 from turnovers off which Kilmacud only manufactured six shots returning 0 — That included their only goal attempt which Brady lifted over the bar under huge David Nestor pressure. And then begins a sequence that will go down in club lore as Mullinalaghta scored 1 — 02 off three shots in four minutes to open up a two point lead that they never relinquished.

The turning point was the Gary Rogers penalty in the 58th minute. What made this one slightly different was that it occurred right after Nestor had saved a last gasp penalty in the semi-final against Portlaoise Did that save play on either of the protagonists in this instance?

Against Portlaoise Nestor saved to his right; he dived to his left this time … any reason why? Did Rogers hear them? Postscript; in the end that wondering was for nought. Rogers gave an interview to Second Captains in which he says that he did see the save against Portlaoise but took no heed of it as he is not the normal penalty taker McGivney is but has a knee issue that prevents him from shooting off the ground and was just concentrating on a clean contact! No other player, across either team, managed more than three primary assists. In the normal course of events a review starts with a table summarising the game.

That is to follow. For this game however there is a slight detour as we start out with a picture instead. Darren Hughes had turned the ball over in the 61st minute when the game was all square. He was leading a counter attack down the right wing and receives the ball back from Heaphey who has just come on. Turning inside he sends a kick pass across the defence to Morgan who is in space just out of frame. Quite obviously it is an important moment in the game but it also illustrates the conditions the game was played in. The pitch was heavy with quite a few mud patches.

There were frequent bursts of quite torrential rain both before and during the game. The ball was greasy, the pitch a quagmire and the day a wet, dark, miserable Irish winter day.

This is in complete contrast to both the usual summer weather the averages for games are built upon and even the club games that have been covered on the blog this year. When reviewing the game this context must always be at the forefront. The weather layered on top of this by forcing shots from closer in than is the norm; between the two teams there was maybe one shot from play that could be considered long range and that came in extra time see the shot charts in the Appendix.

And to top it all off the teams were relatively conservatively set up. Add all three together and you get a grand total of 65 possessions in normal time. Gaoth Dobhair had eight more possessions, eight more shots and a tally of just under 4. There was a trend apparent in normal time which was to prove crucial during extra time.

When we get to extra time we see that Gath Dobhair scored 0 — 02 from their four attempts with the two points coming from right in front of goal whereas Scotstown missed their four attempts with none coming from close range. Gaoth Dobhair were able to get inside, as they had done all game, during extra time when everyone was exhausted, both mentally and physically, from the day, the pitch, the enormity of the occasion, whereas Scotstown were never able to break down the Gaoth Dobhair defence. He has produced excellent numbers for a putative midfielder.

Given the nature of the game what the teams did after winning the kickout is of less importance here than just winning the kickout. Their supremacy in this area fed in to Scotstown changing tack. Thereafter five of their next six went short. Gaoth Dobhair shooting table. As ever goals win games … or not. This was an incredibly open game with 12 goal attempts returning 4 — 04 and a phenomenal 40 shots in the first half. I mentioned the frantic pace at the start of Gaoth Dobhair v Crossmaglen as being unprecedented but we may need to review what the baseline for these upper echelon club games are.

This game was every bit as frenetic; the first ten minutes produced 17 possessions with fifteen shots of which five were attempts at goal. The Conversion Rate was undoubtedly aided by their shot selection however the positive Expt Pts shows that they were still more accurate than the norm.

At a macro level it looks like they are a very accurate team. We have the usual caveat of small sample size but this is the second recent game we have following the county final against St. Kilmacud had five shots at goal returning 1 — 03 which is about average. In the aforementioned game against St. There was nothing especially noteworthy about their free taking 0 — 03 from 4; Expt Pts of —0. A quick note on Cunningham who was excellent as the link man. He had six primary assists in all; five for point attempts and one for a saved Mullin goal attempt.

Portlaoise had seven shots at goal one of which was the last minute penalty.

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Overall Portlaoise recorded an Expt Pts of They had five point attempts from deadballs returning just 0 — 01 Expt Pts of Whilst two of these were 45s you would expect, in the normal course of things, Brody to have slotted one of them. Then there was the point attempts. Lillis and McCormack were the main culprits combining for 0 — 01 from There is nothing to say you cannot convert from further out, or indeed that you cannot win by shooting over a team.

That made 25 kickouts in total crossing the 45 with Portlaoise coming out on top 14 — Their poor conversion rates were evident again her however as they scored 1 — 02 from the eight shots off these kickouts whilst Kilmacud scored 0 — 06 off the 8 shots they manufactured. Over the 60 minutes of this game the headline numbers — possessions, attacks, shots, number of kickouts won, number of turnovers — are all very close.

Yet the game never felt that close as the clock ran down. One unique aspect of their point taking was the spread of shooters. Ten different players in total contributed to their 12 point attempts with only Kieron Molloy and Mike Farragher having more than one attempt. But the main reason for their easy third was due to a devastating 15 minute spell from the 33rd minute onwards. They rounded that period off by winning three Ballintubber kickouts in a row, including a short one that went awry, scoring 0 — 02 from them. During that same period Ballintubber had 11 possessions with just four shots scoring 0 — The effect on the game was quite dramatic.

He had four longer range efforts scoring 0 — 02 for an Expt Pts of In and he was 0 — 53 from 70 for Mayo on the games reviewed.

The kickout flow followed the game flow. Overall the two teams come out more or less even; 22 kickouts past the 45 with both teams winning 11 each. But Ballintubber only had three kickouts in the first half with Corofin having six in the second. Corofin were much better in the second half winning five of their six. The last published Expected Points Expt Pts numbers are contained here. I would strongly recommend that everyone, whether you are currently using Expt Pts or not, re read this piece as it outlines the methodology used and more importantly the inherent weaknesses in the numbers.

Those numbers were produced in early but had not baked in the returns … so in effect were created off Championship data up to and including the season. Some 70 Championship games have been added to the database since then so it is time to update the numbers. This does not get anywhere near representing the quality of goal chances but, as can be seen in the differences for both, is a worthwhile change.

For these we take all the shots in the database rather than applying the weighting. This gives us more certainty on the numbers. Caveats As ever Expt Pts is not the be all and end all. It is another tool to use when honing in on shooting efficacy. One tool albeit a better one than Conversion Rates. No more, no less.

They are the product of the A newer model, which overlays strength of competition and game state, is currently in production. The thought behind this updated version is expanded upon here. That will undoubtedly produce better numbers but it is not necessarily something that can be transferred easily to club football. As such the numbers here are better in that respect.

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Crossmaglen had one possession, and one shot, more than Gaoth Dobhair. Yet despite the closeness of the main metrics the game petered out to a comfortable seven point win for Gaoth Dobhair. Before we move on; a quick note on the relentless nature of the opening period in this game. Up until the 2nd goal at the end of the 12th minute there were 21 possessions. The highest I have, in an intercounty Championship game, since is There were 17 shots in those 21 resulting in 14 kickouts which really should have slowed the game down.

The game just opened up at a phenomenally unsustainable pace. Gaoth Dobhair produced 0. The way they achieved it was very different however. Going forward the positives they will undoubtedly take are the fact that they produced and finished goal chances, created very good point opportunities — in that there were no wild swings from the wings — and showed in the county final that they can convert.

Put even two of those three together and they are a formidable attacking unit. All three and …. Nothing in the numbers will do justice to the way Crossmaglen play but you can see glimpses of what they look to do therein.

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As a counterpoint Crossmaglen got their hands on nine turnovers outside their own They managed to do this by judicial use of the kick pass through the lines before looking to move the ball inside. It was their lack of goal chances that hurt them. Just the two in total, both in the second half, with the second coming in the 61st minute when the game was done. Despite the gut punches of two early goals, followed by a third from the penalty spot and then another punch with the red card just after half time they were still standing after 40 minutes having reduced the deficit from 0 — 09 to 0 — From a possible gap of 0 — 03 they were 0 — 05 behind 30seconds later via a lucky bounce and Crossmaglen never got as close again.

A quick note before we leave Crossmaglen.