2015 season | |
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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) |
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2015 season. It was a first and last season in charge for newly appointed Down manager Jim McCorry.
Kits
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
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
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) |
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) |
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) |
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
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
Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1
Automatic relegation to Division 3
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
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7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11-89 | 6-90 | 14 | 10 |
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7-99 | 6-94 | 8 | 9 |
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7-87 | 4-80 | 16 | 9 |
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9-88 | 8-85 | 6 | 8 |
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7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1-85 | 7-66 | 1 | 7 |
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7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8-80 | 5-92 | -3 | 5 |
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7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4-75 | 11-83 | -29 | 4 |
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7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7-87 | 7-100 | -13 | 4 |
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 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: Barry Cassidy (Derry) |
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: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) |
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: Barry Cassidy (Derry) |
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: Maurice Deegan (Laois) |
Ulster Senior Football Championship
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 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-16 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1-20 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-08 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1-09 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0-08 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1-13 | ![]() | 2-11 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1-10 |
Results
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
Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
27 June 2015 | Round 1B | Wexford | 2-16 v 2-11 | Down | Wexford Park, Wexford |
Notable events
- On Saturday 19 September 2014, Kilcoo manager Jim McCorry was named as the new Down boss on a three-year deal.[5]
- On Monday 24 November 2014, former Down All Star Benny Coulter retired from inter-county football following a 15-year career.[6]
- On 20 August 2015, Jim McCorry resigned as Down manager.[7]
References
- ^ "Gaelic Games - BBC Sport". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup 2015".
- ^ "GAA | Latest Gaelic Games News, Results & Fixtures | RTÉ Sport". RTÉ.ie. 18 September 2014.
- ^ GMT (9 October 2014). "BBC Sport - Donegal to face Tyrone in Ulster SFC preliminary round". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "McCorry named as new Down manager". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Down star Coulter retires from inter-county action". 24 November 2014 – via www.rte.ie.
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