Championship 2014: Sligo

Manager: Pat Flanagan (1st season)Titles: Connacht 3 (2007); All-Ireland 02014 league: Won three, lost four in Division Three. Finished 4th.Odds and Ends: All-Ireland 150/1; Connacht 16/1Bookies say: Connacht semi-final, exit qualifier R2Bookies said in 2013: Connacht final, exit qualifier R42013 championship: Lost Connacht quarter-final to London 0-14 to 1-12; lost qualifier R1 to Derry 0-8 to 0-15First outing: v London/Galway, 21st June

Sligo huddle before an early-season Connacht League  game
Sligo huddle before an early-season Connacht League game

Patchy early form in the league meant that promotion was a far too distant concern by the time they got their act together. It was probably inevitable, since Flanagan was the last manager in the country to be appointed over the winter. A Connacht final isn’t out of the question, given the draw.


Last good day: Went close in the 2010 Connacht final.