 Askeaton Senior footballers ended the nineties badly and were relegated in 1998 from senior football after losing to Monaleen in the relegation final and played the 1999 season in intermediate football.Askeaton had a successful start to the millennium winning both Minor A football and Hurling wests and adding a county Minor A football when they defeated St Senans.Ballysteen and Askeaton played a very entertaining Junior B West League match in 2000 in what was the opening game in Ballysteens newly rented field known locally as the Church Field.