2019 Down county football team season

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Down county football team
2019 season
Manager Paddy Tally
Stadium Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D3 3rd
All-Ireland SFC Round 2 qualifier
Ulster SFC Quarter-finalist
Dr McKenna Cup Group stage (3rd)
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The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2019 season. This season marked the 25th anniversary of Down's last All-Ireland SFC win in 1994, which is also the year they last won the Ulster SFC. On 24 August 2018, Paddy Tally was announced as the new Down manager following the resignation of Éamonn Burns. [1]

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Competitions

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Dr McKenna Cup

The draw for the 2019 Dr McKenna Cup was made in December 2018. It was the first time in recent history that the competition would start in the previous calendar year as the regular season, with games starting in December 2018. [2] Down finished 3rd in the group following defeats to Cavan and Donegal.

Fixtures

DateRoundHomeScoreAwayGroundRef
30 Dec 2018Group Cavan 0-13 v 1-09 Down Breffni Park, Cavan [3]
6 Jan 2019Group Down 0-10 v 1-17 Donegal Pairc Esler, Newry [4]
9 Jan 2019Group Down 4-18 v 1-05Queens University Pairc Esler, Newry [5]

Table

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPRPtsQualification
1 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 330064361.7786Advance to semi-final
2 Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 320145381.1844
3 Colours of Down.svg Down 310252411.2682
4 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Queen's University 300322680.3240
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2019. Source: Ulster GAA

Reports

Group Stage
Cavan Colours of Cavan.svg 0-13 - 1-09Down Colours of Down.svg
Raymond Galligan (0-3, three 45s), Ciaran Brady (0-2), Niall Murray (0-1), Simon Cadden (0-1), Pierce Smith (0-1f), Stephen Smith (0-2, 1f), Conor Madden (0-2), Jack Brady (0-1) Report Rory Burns (0-1f), Aaron McClements (0-1), Pat Havern (1-3, 1-0 pen, 1f), Rory Mason (0-1f), Conor McGrady (0-2), Ciaran Harney (0-1)
Referee: M McNally
Group Stage
Down Colours of Down.svg 0-10 - 1-17Donegal Colours of Donegal.svg
R Johnston (0-1), J Johnston (0-1), P Havern (0-1), C Harney (0-1), C McGrady (0-2), P Devlin (0-3f), E McCabe (0-1) Report C McGonigle (1-1); H McFadden (0-1), M McElhinney (0-4); C Thompson (0-1), N O'Donnell (0-3, 2f), P Mogan (0-1); J Brennan (0-2), M Langan (0-2f), M O'Reilly (0-1), O Gallen (0-1)
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Group Stage
Down Colours of Down.svg 4-18 - 1-05Queens University
P Havern (2-3), P Devlin (0-5), K McClorey (0-1), D McClements (1-0), C Francis (0-2), R Burns (0-2), C McGrady (0-1), O McCabe (0-1), S Annett (1-0), C Quinn (0-2), J Johnston (0-1) Report K Hughes (0-2), R Treanor (0-2), C O'Neil (1-0), J Smith (0-1)

National Football League Division 3

Down played in Division Three of the National Football League in 2019.

Fixtures and results

Fixtures for the 2019 National League were announced on 7 September 2018. [6]

DateRoundHomeScoreAwayGroundRef
Saturday 26 JanuaryGroup Down 1-12 v 2-15 Laois Páirc Esler, Newry [7]
Sunday 3 FebruaryGroup Sligo 1-10 v 1-12 Down Connolly Park, Collooney [8]
Sunday 9 FebruaryGroup Down 0-10 v 0-09 Westmeath Páirc Esler, Newry [9]
Sunday 24 FebruaryGroup Longford 0-08 v 3-07 Down Pearse Park, Longford [10]
Sunday 2 MarchGroup Down 2-12 v 0-10 Offaly Páirc Esler, Newry [11]
Saturday 16 MarchGroup Carlow 1-11 v 0-15 Down Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow [12]
Sunday 24 MarchGroup Down 1-06 v 0-10 Louth Páirc Esler, Newry [13]
Results by matchday
Round1234567
GroundHAHAHAH
ResultLWWWWWL
Position7642113
Source: [ citation needed ]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Table

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 74219984+1510 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to Division 3 Final
2 Colours of Laois.svg Laois 7502117103+1410 [lower-alpha 1]
3 Colours of Down.svg Down 75029885+1310 [lower-alpha 1]
4 Colours of Louth.svg Louth 741210888+209
5 Colours of Longford.svg Longford 7313888807
6 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 72148999−105
7 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 72149094−45Relegation to Division 4
8 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 700792140−480
Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2019. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where two teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the League; 3) Score difference – subtracting the total scores against from the scores for; 4) Highest total score for; 5) Highest total goals for; 6) A play-off.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Westmeath, Laois and Down are ranked by score difference.

Reports

Round 1
Down Colours of Down.svg 1-12 - 2-15Laois Colours of Laois.svg
C Francis (0-1), C McGrady (0-2, 1m), P Devlin (0-4f), P Havern (0-3, 2f), J Johnston (0-1m), D O'Hare (1-1) Report C Boyle (0-3), C Murphy (1-1, 0-1f), E O'Carroll (0-8, 5f, 1m), (0-3, 1f, 1m), P Cahillane (1-0)
Referee: M McNally (Monaghan)
Round 2
Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg 1-10 - 1-12Down Colours of Down.svg
P Hughes 1-2, L Gaughan 0-2, S Carribine 0-2, N Murphy 0-3, A Devaney 0-1 Report P Devlin 0-2, P Havern 0-1, J Johnston 0-1, R Johnston 0-2, D O'Hare 0-4, C Mooney 1-2
Referee: P Hughes (Armagh)
Round 3
Down Colours of Down.svg 0-10 - 0-09Westmeath Colours of Westmeath.svg
Conor Poland (0-01), Kevin McKernan (0-01), Ryan Johnston (0-03), Donal O'Hare (0-04, 0-03f), Jerome Johnstone (0-01, 0-01m) Report James Dolan (0-01), Boidu Sayeh (0-01), Sam Duncan (0-02), Ronan O'Toole (0-01), Luke Loughlin (0-01), Ger Egan (0-03, 0-03f)
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
Round 4
Longford Colours of Longford.svg 0-08 - 3-07Down Colours of Down.svg
D Gallagher (0-4,2f, ‘14), L Connerton (0-2), C Berry (0-2,1f) Report G Collins (0-1), C Poland (0-1), D O'Hare (3-2,1f), D Guinness (0-1), J Johnston (0-2)
Referee: J Molloy (Galway)
Round 5
Down Colours of Down.svg 2-12 v 0-10Offaly Colours of Offaly.svg
O'Hare 0-6, Quinn 2-0, Mooney 0-2, McKernan 0-1, O'Hagan 0-1, Johnston 0-1, R Burns 0-1 Report Allen 0-6, Horan 0-2, Cunningham 0-1, McNamee 0-1
Referee: A Nolan (Wicklow)
Round 6
Carlow Colours of Carlow.svg 1-11 v 0-15Down Colours of Down.svg
Eoghan Ruth (1-00), Brendan Murphy (0-01), Jordan Morrissey (0-01), Darragh Foley (0-07fs), Diarmuid Walshe (0-02fs) Report Darren O'Hagan (0-01), Caolan Mooney (0-01); Daniel Guinness (0-01), Conor Poland (0-02), Donal O'Hare (0-05, 4fs), Ryan Johnston (0-1), Paul Devlin (0-4)
Referee: J Bermingham (Cork)
Round 7
Down Colours of Down.svg 1-06 v 0-10Louth Colours of Louth.svg
Darren O'Hagan (1-01), Caolan Mooney (0-01), Ryan Johnston (0-01), Conor Poland (0-01), Paul Devlin (0-01) Report Fergal Donohoe (0-01), Tommy Durnin (0-01), James Califf (0-02), Sam Mulroy (0-05, 0-05f), Declan Byrne (0-01)
Referee: M McNally (Monaghan)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 12 October 2018. [14]

Fixtures

DateRoundTeam 1ScoreTeam 2GroundRef
19 May 2019Quarter Final Down 3-13 v 2-17 Armagh Pairc Esler, Newry [15]

Bracket

Preliminary round
12 May 2019 		Quarter-finals
18, 19, 25, 26 May 2019 		Semi-finals
2 & 8 June 2019 		Final
23 June 2019
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 1-13
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 0-12
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan
(R)		0-17
0-23
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
(R) 		1-14
0-17
Colours of Down.svg Down 3-13
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2-17
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 2-16
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-24
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 0-09
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 0-15
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-16
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 0-15
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 2-09
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 1-19 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 2-23
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 1-13

Reports

19 May 2019 (2019-05-19)
16:00 IST (UTC+1)
Quarter-Final B
Down Colours of Down.svg 3-13 (22)–(23) 2-17
(a.e.t.) 		Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
(HT: 1-05 – 0-07)
(FT: 2-10 – 1-13)
Gls: Donal O'Hare, Paul Devlin, Pat Havern
Pts: Donal O'Hare (2, 2f), Paul Devlin (2, 2f), Pat Havern, James Guinness (2), Jerome Johnston (2, f), Conor Poland, Conor Francis, Connaire Harrison, Barry O'Hagan		Gls: Mark Shields, Andrew Murnin
Pts: Rian O'Neill (8, 4f), Jamie Clarke (2), Ryan Kennedy (2), Stefan Campbell (2), Aidan Nugent, James Morgan, Andrew Murnin
Páirc Esler , Newry
Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)
Attendance: 15,116

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Down entered the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in Round 1 of the qualifiers. Following a win over Tipperary in Round 1 Down progressed into the 2nd round of the All Ireland qualifiers where they were defeated by Mayo bringing an end to their 2019 campaign.

Fixtures

DateRoundTeam 1ScoreTeam 2GroundRef
9 June 2019Round 1 Down 1-13 v 1-10 Tipperary Pairc Esler. Newry [16]
22 June 2019Round 2 Down 1-11 v 1-16 Mayo Pairc Esler. Newry [17]

Reports

9 June 2019Round 1 Down Colours of Down.svg 1-13 – 1-10 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary Newry  
14:00 IST (UTC+1)Venue: Páirc Esler
Gls: Donal O'Hare 1-0
Pts: Pat Havern and Cory Quinn 0-3 each, Connaire Harrison 0-2, Jerome Johnstone, Rory Burns (45), Barry O'Hagan, Paul Devlin and Darren O'Hagan 0-1 each		 Report Gls: Philip Austin 1-1
Pts: Conor Sweeney 0-4 (4fs), Liam McGrath 0-2, Michael Quinlavin, Jack Kennedy (45) and Liam Casey 0-1 each		Referee: F Kelly (Longford)


22 June 2019Round 2 Down Colours of Down.svg 1-11 – 1-16 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Newry  
19:00 IST (UTC+1)Venue: Páirc Esler
Gls: C Mooney (1-1)
Pts: P Havern (0-1), D O'Hare (0-3, 2fs), C Harrison (0-2), C Quinn (0-2), J Johnston (0-1), O McCabe (0-1)		 Report Gls: C Loftus (1-4, 3fs)
Pts: L Keegan (0-3), A Moran (0-2), F McDonagh (0-2), C Barrett (0-1), D O'Connor (0-1), A O’Shea (0-1), K McLoughlin (0-1), C Treacy (0-1)		Referee: F Kelly (Longford)


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References

  1. ↑ "Paddy Tally named as new Down boss". RTÉ.ie . 23 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup Draw 2019 takes place". 7 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (30 December 2018). "Dr McKenna Cup 2019 Down 1.09 Cavan 0.13 Full time @bankofireland #BOIDrMcKennaCup" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  4. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (6 January 2019). "BOI Dr McKenna Cup 2019 Down 0:10(10) Donegal 1:17(20) Donegal win by 10 points Full Time #BOIDrMcKennaCup19 And Barry Cassidy sounds the long whistle and it's Donegal who prevail. Both teams with experimental teams out but Donegal having the stronger front six. QUB next" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  5. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (9 January 2019). "BOI Dr McKenna Cup Down 4:18(30) QUB 1:5(8) Full Time @ulstergaa #BOIDrMcKennaCup19 And that's time up here in Newry. We will be back here for the opening league game v Laois on Saturday 26 January at 7pm" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Revealed: The provisional 2019 football and hurling league fixtures as training-camp sanctions are avoided". 5 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (26 January 2019). "Allianz NFL Div 3 R1 DOWN 1:12 LAOIS 2:15 Full Time here in Pairc Esler and it's @CLGLaois who come out on top" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  8. ↑ "Sligo 1-10 1-12 Down".
  9. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (9 February 2019). "Allianz Leagues Division 3 Down 0:10(10) Westmeath 0:9(9) Down win by 1 point Full Time #AllianzLeagues And a superb win for the 14 of Down who really duf this one out" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  10. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (24 February 2019). "Allianz League Div 3 Rd 4 Full time Down 3.07 Longford 0.08" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  11. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (2 March 2019). "NFL Div3 #Allianz DOWN 2:12(18) OFFALY 0:10(10) DOWN win by 8 points Full Time A great win and we go top this evening. Thanks for following and enjoy the rest of the weekend" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (16 March 2019). "Allianz Football League Div 3 Rd 6 Donal O'Hare free at the end saves the day! Full time Down 0.15 Carlow 1.11" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (24 March 2019). "NFL Div3 #Allianz Full time DOWN: 1-6(9) LOUTH: 0-10(10) Frees conceded https://t.co/av40qbq8zl" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  14. ↑ "Old rivalries to be renewed in 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship". 12 October 2018.
  15. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (19 May 2019). "Ulster SFC 1/4 Final #RivalryRenewed #Ulster19 Full time AN DÚN: 3-13(22) ARD MHACHA: 2-17(23) Ulster SFC 1/4 Final #RivalryRenewed #Ulster19. Score after 2nd half extra time: AN DÚN 3-13(22) ARD MHACHA 2-17(23)" (Tweet) (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  16. ↑ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (9 June 2019). "AI SFC QUAL. R1 #AnDúnAbú Full time AN DÚN: 1-13(16) TIOBRAID ÁRANN: 1-10(13) TIOBRAID ÁRANN shots https://t.co/f2rVJtt2iG" (Tweet) (in Welsh). Retrieved 26 December 2020– via Twitter.
  17. ↑ Finnerty, Mike (22 June 2019). "Mayo do enough to see off Down challenge". RTÉ.ie .
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