UNDER-21 FOOTBALL CONNACHT FINAL:NEIL DOUGLAS sealed Sligo's fate with a golden goal at the start of the second half of this one-sided decider at Markievicz Park on Saturday. The Breaffy club man pounced with less than a minute on the clock to power the visitors into a nine-point lead, 2-10 to 1-4, and put them well on their way to a fourth provincial title on the trot.

Superbly led by midfielder Aidan O’Shea, the visitors were far too good for Sligo who led for a few minutes at the start of the first half thanks to a couple of Stephen Coen points, but the visitors took control thereafter. Sligo were given a faint glimmer of hope after 18 minutes when Coen blasted a penalty past Robert Hennelly to leave just two points between the sides but a 23rd-minute goal by Jason Doherty set the champions up for a 1-10 to 1-4 interval lead.

Mayo scored 2-4 in the second half while all Sligo could muster was four points. The visitors finished with a flourish when Michael Sweeney fisted the ball to the net.

MAYO:R Hennelly; E O'Reilly, K Keane, J Broderick; D Vaughan, L Keegan, K McLoughlin (0-1); T Parsons (0-2), A O'Shea (0-1); C Carolan (0-1), F Burke, B Gallagher (0-1); M Sweeney (1-1), N Douglas (1-2), J Doherty (1-5, three frees). Subs: S Prendergast for Broderick (27), C Jordan for Douglas (55), N Prenty for Burke (58), C English for Vaughan (58), J Gibbons for Carolan (60).

SLIGO:C O'Mahony; P Greene, B Murphy, N Gaughan; C Davey, N Ewing, G Gilsenan ; S Henry, S Gilmartin; G Gaughan, C Brady, K Cawley; S Coen (1-4, pen, two frees), E McHugh (0-3 frees), S Kilcoyne (0-1). Subs: M Hanley for Henry (half-time), J Hynes for Brady (43), A Dunne for Kilcoyne (46), C Coyne for Hanley (60), Hanley for Hynes (62).

Referee:R McBrian (Leitrim).