Red Og Murphy

The late Red Og Murphy was poignantly remembered on the first anniversary of his death after Sligo defeated Wicklow in the Division 4 football league final ...

Captain Murphy went on to accept the trophy on behalf of his team and declared that Sligo's success was dedicated to their late team mate. We miss him dearly. 'Days like today were made for Red Óg.

Sligo's superb second-half saw then wrap up their Allianz Football League campaign in style as they won the Division Four title with a two-point defeat of ...

Wicklow continued to set the pace. Sligo nearly made an ideal start with a goal shot from David Quinn but the ball flashed across the face of Wicklow’s goal with just 37 seconds on the clock. That was the first of six consecutive wins for an improving Sligo side following their opening round slump to Laois, with Wicklow showing their credentials by beating Laois – both Laois and Wicklow had made the drop from the Allianz Football League’s third tier last year.

Sligo sign off league campaign in style as captain Niall Murphy dedicates Division Four title win to late teammate Red Og Murphy.

Points from Carrabine, Nathan Mullen and the excellent Murphy during the final quarter kept them just about ahead. It was the second point that Sligo conceded from a short kick-out that went awry. Firstly, he pointed from an advanced mark after a terrific fetch. Suddenly there was just a point in it though Wicklow stretched the gap again with a Mark Jackson point from a '45 to lead 0-8 to 1-3 at the break. Cian Lally blasted over in the 40th minute when a goal was there for the taking but Kilcoyne wasn't as wasteful three minutes later when he rattled the Wicklow net. Murphy didn't register Sligo's first point from open play until the 24th minute but back-to-back Wicklow scores from Quinn amounted to a strong response, leaving the Leinster outfit 0-7 to 0-2 clear.