2015 Down county football team season
Appearance
2015 season | |
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Manager | Jim McCorry |
Stadium | Páirc Esler, Newry |
NFL D2 | 1st (Runner-Up) |
All Ireland SFC | Round 1 (Qualifiers) |
Ulster Championship | Quarter Finals |
Dr McKenna Cup | Group Stages (2nd) |
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2015 season. It was the first and last season in charge for newly appointed Down manager Jim McCorry.
Kits
McKenna Cup and National League Kits
Home
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Away
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Competitions
Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled
Dr McKenna Cup
The draw for the 2015 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 5 November 2014.[1][2]
Fixtures
Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
4 Jan | Group | Down | 1-09 v 2-11 | Cavan | Páirc Esler, Newry |
11 Jan | Group | Monaghan | 0-11 v 1-12 | Down | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
14 Jan | Group | Down | 1-13 v 1-07 | UUJ | Páirc Esler, Newry |
Table
Qualification for next round
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
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Cavan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-34 | 2-30 | 7 | 4 |
Down | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-34 | 3-29 | 5 | 4 |
Monaghan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-44 | 4-35 | -3 | 2 |
UUJ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-25 | 1-43 | -9 | 2 |
Results
Group
Down | 1-09 — 2-11 | Cavan |
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C Laverty (1-1), P Devlin (0-4, 1f, 1 '45'), G Collins (0-1), C McKay (0-1), A McConville (0-1), D O'Hare (0-1, f) | Report | M Reilly (2-1, one pen, 1 '45'), G McKiernan (0-3), B Reilly (0-3, 2f), D McVeety (0-1), J Brady (0-2, 1f), T Hayes (0-1) |
Referee: B Cassidy
Group
Monaghan | 0-11 — 1-12 | Down |
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D McKenna (0-3, 2f), D Hughes (0-2), P Finlay (0-2, 1f) , P Kierans (0-1), N McAdam (0-1), T Connolly (0-1), P Meegan (0-1) | Report | D O'Hare (1-2, 0-1f), P Devlin (0-3, 1f, 1'45), K McKernan (0-2), N Madine (0-1), P Downey (0-1), A McConville (0-1), C Garvey (0-1), K Anderson (0-1) |
Referee: B Cassidy
Group
Down | 1-13 — 1-07 | University of Ulster GAA |
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C Laverty (1-1), D O’Hare (0-4, 2f), P Devlin (0-2f), D McKay (0-1); N Madine (0-1), P Fitzpatrick (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), A McConville (0-1), C Crilly (0-1) | Report | N McKeever (1-1), C O’Connor (0-3f), P McBrearty (0-2), C Mooney (0-1) |
Referee: S Laverty
Down will play in Division Two of the National Football League in 2015. The fixtures were announced on 18 September 2014.[3]
Fixtures
Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
1 Feb | Group | Kildare | 1-15 v 3-13 | Down | St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge |
7 Feb | Group | Down | 1-11 v 1-15 | Roscommon | Páirc Esler, Newry |
28 Feb | Group | Cavan | 0-08 v 1-09 | Down | Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan |
8 Mar | Group | Down | 1-17 v 1-16 | Galway | Páirc Esler, Newry |
15 Mar | Group | Westmeath | 0-10 v 2-17 | Down | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
28 Mar | Group | Down | 0-10 v 2-11 | Meath | Páirc Esler, Newry |
5 Apr | Group | Down | 3-18 v 1-15 | Laois | Páirc Esler, Newry |
26 Apr | Final | Down | 0-15 v 1-17 | Roscommon | Croke Park, Dublin |
Table
Division final place & promotion Relegated
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
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Down (P) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11–89 | 6–90 | 14 | 10 |
Roscommon (P) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7–99 | 6–94 | 8 | 9 |
Meath | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7–87 | 4–80 | 16 | 9 |
Galway | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9–88 | 8–85 | 6 | 8 |
Cavan | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1–85 | 7–66 | 1 | 7 |
Laois | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8–80 | 5–92 | -3 | 5 |
Westmeath (R) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4–75 | 11-83 | -29 | 4 |
Kildare (R) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7-87 | 7-100 | -13 | 4 |
Results
1 February 2015 Round 1 | Kildare | 1-15 — 3-13 | Down | St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge |
14:00 | N Kelly (1-1), E O’Flaherty (0-4, 3f); D Mulhall (0-4, 2f), F Dowling (0-4), P Fogarty (0-2) | Report | D O’Hare (1-6, 0-4f), P Devlin (0-6, 2f), D O'Hagan (0-1), C Mooney (1-0), A McConville (1-0) | Referee: A Nolan |
7 February 2015 Round 2 | Down | 1-11 — 1-15 | Roscommon | Páirc Esler, Newry |
19:00 | A McConville (1-1), D O'Hare (0-3, 1f), J Johnston (0-3), P Devlin (0-2, 1'45, 1f), P Fitzpatrick (0-1); C Maginn (0-1) | Report | D Murtagh (1-4, 0-2f), C Cregg (0-3), C Murtagh (0-2), N Daly (0-1), C Cafferky (0-1), M Nally (0-1), D Shine (0-1f), S Kilbride (0-1), D Smith (0-1) | Referee: B Cassidy |
28 February 2015 Round 3 | Cavan | 0-08 — 1-09 | Down | Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan |
19:00 | J McLoughlin (0-1), M Reilly (0-2f), M Dunne (0-1), N McDermott (0-4f) | Report | D O'Hare (1-3, 0-2f), K McKernan (0-2), L Howard (0-1), D Turley (0-1), C McGovern (0-1), J Johnston (0-1) | Referee: P Hughes |
8 March 2015 Round 4 | Down | 1-17 — 1-16 | Galway | Páirc Esler, Newry |
14:00 | D O'Hare (1-5, 0-3f), P Devlin (0-4, 2f, 1'45), C Laverty (0-3, 1f), M Poland (0-2), R McGarry (0-1), K McKernan (0-1), D O'Hanlon, C Mooney (0-1) | Report | M Martin (0-5, 4f), D Cummins (0-4, 2f), A Varley (0-2), S Denvir (0-2), G Bradshaw (0-1), P Sweeney (1-0), D Comer (0-1), P Conroy (0-1) | Referee: P Neilan |
15 March 2015 Round 5 | Westmeath | 0-10 — 2-17 | Down | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
14:00 | R Connellan (0-1f); C McCormack (0-2, 1'45), J Heslin (0-4, 3f, 1sl), S Dempsey (0-3) | Report | D O’Hare (1-4, 0-1f), A McConville (1-2), C Laverty (0-4), M Poland (0-3), D O'Hanlon (0-2), P Devlin (0-1f), K McKernan (0-1) | Referee: J Hickey |
28 March 2015 Round 6 | Down | 0-10 — 2-11 | Meath | Páirc Esler, Newry |
19:00 | P Devlin (0-3, 2f), K McKernan (0-2), D O'Hare (0-2f), D O'Hanlon (0-1), C Mooney (0-1), J Johnston (0-1) | Report | B Menton (1-2), P Harnan (1-1), M O'Sullivan (0-3f), P O'Rourke (0-1'45), C Gillespie (0-1), J McEntee; E Wallace (0-1), S O'Rourke (0-1), J Wallace (0-1) | Referee: B Cassidy |
6 April 2015 Round 7 | Down | 3-12 — 1-15 | Laois | Páirc Esler, Newry |
15:00 | P Devlin (1-2, 0-2f), C Laverty (1-1), G Collins (0-1), C McGovern (0-2), C Maginn (0-2), C Mooney (0-2), D O'Hare (0-1f), A McConville (1-0), M Poland (0-1) | Report | R Munnelly (1-4, 1-0pen, 0-3f), E O'Carroll (0-7, 5f, 2'45), D Strong (0-1), R Kehoe (0-1), J O'Loughlin (0-1), N Donoher (0-1 | Referee: R Hickey |
26 April 2015 Final | Down | 0-15 — 1-17 | Roscommon | Croke Park, Dublin |
14:00 | D O’Hare (0-5, 3f), K McKernan (0-2), B McArdle (0-1), P Devlin (0-1); C Maginn (0-1), C Laverty (0-1), C Mooney (0-1), P Fitzpatrick (0-1), R Johnston (0-1), J Johnston (0-1f) | Report | C Murtagh (1-2, 0-1f), C Connolly (0-5, 4f), S Kilbride (0-4), C Cregg (0-1), D Murtagh (0-1), U Harney (0-1), D Shine (0-1f), Cafferkey (0-1), D Smith (0-1) | Referee: M Deegan |
The draw for the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2014.[4]
Fixtures
Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
7 June 2015 | Quarter Final | Derry | 0-12 v 0-11 | Down | Celtic Park, Derry |
Bracket
Preliminary Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Cavan | 0-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monaghan | 0-16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monaghan | 1-20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fermanagh | 0-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fermanagh | 1-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Antrim | 0-08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monaghan | 0-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 0-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Derry | 0-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Down | 0-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Derry | 0-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 1-09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Armagh | 0-08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 1-13 | Donegal | 2-11 | ||||||||||||||||
Tyrone | 1-10 |
Results
Following defeat to Derry in the Ulster Championship quarter finals, Down entered the All Ireland in Round 1 of the qualifiers.
Fixtures
Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
27 June 2015 | Round 1B | Wexford | 2-16 v 2-11 | Down | Wexford Park, Wexford |
Notable moments
- On Saturday 19 September 2014 Kilcoo manager Jim McCorry was named as the new Down boss on a 3-year deal.[5]
- On Monday 24 November 2014 former Down All Star Benny Coulter retired from intercounty football following a 15-year career.[6]
- On 20 August 2015 Jim McCorry resigned as Down manager.[7]
References
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/gaelic-games/
- ^ http://ulster.gaa.ie/mckennacup2015/
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/0918/644691-mayo-to-launch-league-campaign-against-kerry/
- ^ GMT (9 October 2014). "BBC Sport - Donegal to face Tyrone in Ulster SFC preliminary round". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/29274945
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDownGAA/posts/754309037977475
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/34011338