2015 Down county football team season

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Down county football team
2015 season
Manager Jim McCorry
Stadium Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D2 1st (runner-up)
All-Ireland SFC Round 1 qualifier
Ulster SFC Quarter-finalist
Dr McKenna Cup Group stage (2nd)
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The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2015 season. It was the first and last season for newly appointed Down manager Jim McCorry in charge.

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McKenna Cup and National League Kits

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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

DateRoundHomeScoreAwayGround
4 JanGroup Down 1-09 v 2-11 Cavan Páirc Esler, Newry
11 JanGroup Monaghan 0-11 v 1-12 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
14 JanGroup Down 1-13 v 1-07UUJ Páirc Esler, Newry

Table

  Qualification for next round

TeamPldWDLFADiffPts
Cavan 32013-342-3074
Down 32013-343-2954
Monaghan 31020-444-35-32
UUJ31024-251-43-92

Results

Group
Down 1-09 — 2-11 Cavan
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: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Group
Monaghan 0-11 — 1-12 Down
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: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Group
Down 1-13 — 1-07University of Ulster GAA
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

National Football League Division 2

Down played in Division Two of the National Football League in 2015. The fixtures were announced on 18 September 2014. [3]

Fixtures

DateRoundHomeScoreAwayGround
1 FebGroup Kildare 1-15 v 3-13 Down St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
7 FebGroup Down 1-11 v 1-15 Roscommon Páirc Esler, Newry
28 FebGroup Cavan 0-08 v 1-09 Down Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
8 MarGroup Down 1-17 v 1-16 Galway Páirc Esler, Newry
15 MarGroup Westmeath 0-10 v 2-17 Down Cusack Park, Mullingar
28 MarGroup Down 0-10 v 2-11 Meath Páirc Esler, Newry
5 AprGroup Down 3-18 v 1-15 Laois Páirc Esler, Newry
26 AprFinal Down 0-15 v 1-17 Roscommon Croke Park, Dublin

Table

  Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1
  Automatic relegation to Division 3

TeamPldWDLFADiffPts
Colours of Down.svg Down 750211-896-901410
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 74127-996-9489
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 74127-874-80169
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 74039-888-8568
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 73131-857-6617
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 72148-805-92-35
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 72054-7511-83-294
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 72057-877-100-134

1Roscommon are placed ahead of Meath because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-10 to 0-14).

2Westmeath are placed ahead of Kildare because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (0-15 to 0-12).

Results

1 February 2015Round 1 Kildare 1-15 — 3-13 Down St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
14:00N 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 2015Round 2 Down 1-11 — 1-15 Roscommon Páirc Esler, Newry
19:00A 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: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
28 February 2015Round 3 Cavan 0-08 — 1-09 Down Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
19:00J 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 2015Round 4 Down 1-17 — 1-16 Galway Páirc Esler, Newry
14:00D 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: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)
15 March 2015Round 5 Westmeath 0-10 — 2-17 Down Cusack Park, Mullingar
14:00R 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 2015Round 6 Down 0-10 — 2-11 Meath Páirc Esler, Newry
19:00P 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: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
6 April 2015Round 7 Down 3-12 — 1-15 Laois Páirc Esler, Newry
15:00P 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 (0-1Referee: R Hickey
26 April 2015Final Down 0-15 — 1-17 Roscommon Croke Park, Dublin
14:00D 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: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2014. [4]

Fixtures

DateRoundTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Ground
7 June 2015Quarter Final Derry 0-12 v 0-11 Down Celtic Park, Derry

Bracket

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 0-15
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 0-16
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 1-20
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 0-13
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 1-13
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 0-08
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 0-11
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 0-10
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 0-12
Colours of Down.svg Down 0-11
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 0-10
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-09
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 0-08
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-13 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 2-11
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 1-10

Results

Quarter-Final
Derry Colours of Derry.svg 0-12 - 0-11 Colours of Down.svg Down
Report
Attendance: 10,541

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Following defeat to Derry in the Ulster Championship quarter-finals, Down entered the All-Ireland in Round 1 of the qualifiers.

Fixtures

DateRoundTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Ground
27 June 2015Round 1B Wexford 2-16 v 2-11 Down Wexford Park, Wexford

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References

  1. ↑ "Gaelic Games - BBC Sport". BBC Sport.
  2. ↑ "Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup 2015".
  3. ↑ "GAA | Latest Gaelic Games News, Results & Fixtures | RTÉ Sport". RTÉ.ie . 18 September 2014.
  4. ↑ GMT (9 October 2014). "BBC Sport - Donegal to face Tyrone in Ulster SFC preliminary round". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "McCorry named as new Down manager". BBC Sport.
  6. ↑ "Down star Coulter retires from inter-county action". 24 November 2014 – via www.rte.ie.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ↑ "McCorry quits as Down manager". BBC Sport.
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