Sligo senior gaelic footballers bowed out of the Connacht FBD competition on Sunday afternoon when they were beaten by Roscommon by 1-15 to 0-14 in their quarter-final, played at Markievicz Park.
Sligo, who are still looking for their first competitive win under manager Paul Taylor, trailed by 0-9 to 0-4 at the interval, but produced a strong second-half comeback to outscore their opponents by 0-6 to. 0-2 and reduced the gap to a just a single point in the early stages of the second-half.
But Cian McKeon's goal for Roscommon in the second-half undid a lot of Sligo's good work - and the FBD holders ran out comfortable enough winners by the end.
Listen to the Sligo manager's reaction after the game:
Sligo team:
Aidan Devenney, John Francis Carr, Eoin McHugh, Mikey Gordon, Nathan Mullen, Paul McNamara, Seán Carrabine, Paddy O'Connor (Capt 0-5), Paul Kilcoyne (0-1), Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch, Conor Griffin (0-1), Neil Ewing, Liam Gaughan (0-5), Pat Hughes, David Quinn. Subs used: Darragh Cummins (0-2), Eddie McGuinness, Jodi O'Reilly, Kyle Cawley, Stephen Coen.
RESULTS:
Connacht FBD quarter-final
Sligo 0-14 Roscommon 1-15
Next Sunday's semi-finals
Leitrim v Roscommon
Mayo v Galway.
Philly McGuinness under 20 competition
Longford 4-11 Sligo 2-8
Fermanagh 2-16 Leitrim 0-11.
Dr McKenna Cup - Section A
Donegal 1-12 Monaghan 0-14
Section B
Antrim 2-8 Fermanagh 0-13
Section C
Tyrone 1-16 Cavan 0-13.
