2015 Down county football team season

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.

Down county football team
2015 season
ManagerJim McCorry
StadiumPáirc Esler, Newry
NFL D21st (Runner-Up)
All Ireland SFCRound 1 (Qualifiers)
Ulster ChampionshipQuarter Finals
Dr McKenna CupGroup Stages (2nd)

Kits

McKenna Cup and National League Kits

Home
Away

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 JanGroupDown1-09 v 2-11CavanPáirc Esler, Newry
11 JanGroupMonaghan0-11 v 1-12DownSt. Tiernach's Park, Clones
14 JanGroupDown1-13 v 1-07UUJPáirc Esler, Newry

Table

  Qualification for next round

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Cavan 32013-342-3074
Down 32013-343-2954
Monaghan 31020-444-35-32
UUJ 31024-251-43-92

Results

Group
Down1-09 2-11Cavan
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
Monaghan0-11 1-12Down
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
Down1-13 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 will play in Division Two of the National Football League in 2015. The fixtures were announced on 18 September 2014.[3]

Fixtures

DateRoundHomeScoreAwayGround
1 FebGroupKildare1-15 v 3-13DownSt. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
7 FebGroupDown1-11 v 1-15RoscommonPáirc Esler, Newry
28 FebGroupCavan0-08 v 1-09DownKingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
8 MarGroupDown1-17 v 1-16GalwayPáirc Esler, Newry
15 MarGroupWestmeath0-10 v 2-17DownCusack Park, Mullingar
28 MarGroupDown0-10 v 2-11MeathPáirc Esler, Newry
5 AprGroupDown3-18 v 1-15LaoisPáirc Esler, Newry
26 AprFinalDown0-15 v 1-17RoscommonCroke Park, Dublin

Table

  Division final place & promotion   Relegated

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Down (P) 750211–896–901410
Roscommon (P) 74127–996–9489
Meath 74127–874–80169
Galway 74039–888–8568
Cavan 73131–857–6617
Laois 72148–805–92-35
Westmeath (R) 72054–7511-83-294
Kildare (R) 72057-877-100-134

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

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 FinalDerry0-12 v 0-11DownCeltic 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

Quarter-Final
Derry 0-12 - 0-11 Down
Report
Attendance: 10,541

2015 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 1BWexford2-16 v 2-11DownWexford 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

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