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     Home | Away |
| 2009 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Ross Carr |
| Stadium | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| NFL D3 | 1st (runner-up) |
| All-Ireland SFC | Round 3 qualifier |
| Ulster SFC | First round |
| Dr McKenna Cup | Semi-finalist |
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2009 season.
Home | Away |
Win Draw Loss
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 January 2009 | St Mary's | A | 0-10 – 3-16 |
| 11 January 2009 | Tyrone | H | 0-16 – 0-09 |
| 14 January 2009 | Monaghan | A | 1-12 – 1-09 |
Qualified for next round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Down | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-41 | 1-31 | +19 | 4 |
| Tyrone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-36 | 2-44 | -2 | 4 |
| Monaghan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-39 | 3-40 | -4 | 2 |
| St Mary's | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-34 | 7-25 | -13 | 2 |
| Round | Home | Score | Away |
| Semi-final | Queen's University | 1-17 v 1-11 | Down |
| Down | 1-17 – 0-08 | Queen's University Belfast |
|---|---|---|
Compete in Division 3 final and automatic promotion to Division 2 Automatic relegation to Division 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Down | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4-96 | 5-72 | 21 | 10 |
 Tipperary | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5-89 | 4-78 | 14 | 10 |
 Offaly | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7-68 | 6-89 | -18 | 7 |
 Louth | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6-91 | 5-83 | 11 | 6 |
 Cavan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2-85 | 6-76 | -3 | 6 |
| Roscommon | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3-82 | 2-88 | -3 | 6 |
 Limerick | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6-66 | 6-74 | -8 | 6 |
| Longford | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3-67 | 2-84 | -14 | 5 |
| Down | 1-14 – 0-18 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| A Carr 0-5 (0-4f), R Murtagh 1-1, D Gordon, D Hughes 0-2 each, B McArdle, C Magee, J Boyle, C Garvey 0-1 each | B Grogan 0-5 (0-4f, 0-1 pen), B Coen 0-4, J Tierney 0-3 (0-2f), B Mulvihill 0-2, D O’Brien, C Aylward, J Cagney, S Carey 0-1 each |
| Round 1 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Tyrone | 2-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Armagh | 1-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tyrone | 0-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Derry | 0-07 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Derry | 1-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monaghan | 0-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tyrone | 1-18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Antrim | 0-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cavan | 0-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fermanagh | 0-13 | Fermanagh | 1-09 | ||||||||||||||||
| Down | 0-10 | Cavan | 1-07 | ||||||||||||||||
| Antrim | 0-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Antrim | 1-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donegal | 0-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 July 2009Round 1 | Down | 1-16 - 1-07 | London | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| Daniel Hughes, P McComiskey, J Boyle 0-3 each, B.Coulter 1-0, B McArdle, C Garvey, D Gordan 0-2 each, R Sexton 0-1 | Report | C Donnellan 1-0, P Duffy, K Downes, K McMenamin 0-2 each, P Geraghty 0-1 |
| 11 July 2009Round 2 | Down | 2-09 - 0-07 | Laois | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| B Coulter 1-1, P McComiskey 1-0, D Hughes, A Carr, T Hanna 0-2 each, C Garvey, B McArdle 0-1 each | Report | MJ Tierney 0-4, B McDonald, B Quigley, N Donoher 0-1 each |
| 18 July 2009Round 3 | Wicklow | 1-15 - 0-17 | Down | Aughrim Park, Wicklow |
| T Hannon 0-6, L Glynn 1-3, S Furlong 0-4, JP Dalton, D Odlum 0-1 each | Report | P McComiskey 0-4, D Hughes 0-3, A Rodgers 0-2, C McGovern, T Hanna, C Garvey, D Gordon, B McArdle, B Coulter, R Sexton, R Murtagh 0-1 each |
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