2015 Down football season

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Down
2015 season
Manager Jim McCorry
Stadium Pairc Esler, Newry
NFL D2 1st (Runner-Up)
All Ireland SFC Round 1 (Qualifiers)
Ulster Championship Quarter Finals
Dr. McKenna Cup Group Stages (2nd)
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The following is a summary of Down GAA's 2015 Gaelic football season. It is the first season for new Down manager Jim McCorry.

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

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
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

4 January 2015
14:00
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)
Pairc Esler, Newry
Referee: B Cassidy

11 January 2015
14:00
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)
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: B Cassidy

14 January 2015
20:00
Group
Down 1-13 — 1-07 University 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)
Pairc Esler, Newry
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

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

      Division final place & promotion       Relegated

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Down (P) 7 5 0 2 11–89 6–90 14 10
Roscommon (P) 7 4 1 2 7–99 6–94 8 9
Meath 7 4 1 2 7–87 4–80 16 9
Galway 7 4 0 3 9–88 8–85 6 8
Cavan 7 3 1 3 1–85 7–66 1 7
Laois 7 2 1 4 8–80 5–92 -3 5
Westmeath (R) 7 2 0 5 4–75 11-83 -29 4
Kildare (R) 7 2 0 5 7-87 7-100 -13 4

Results

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

2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship

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

Results

07 June 2015
14:00
Quarter-Final
Derry 20px 0-12 - 0-11 20px Down
Report
Celtic Park, Derry
Attendance: 10,541
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

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

Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground
27 June 2015 Round 1B Wexford 2-16 v 2-11 Down Wexford 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

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/gaelic-games/
  2. ↑ http://ulster.gaa.ie/mckennacup2015/
  3. ↑ http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/0918/644691-mayo-to-launch-league-campaign-against-kerry/
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/29274945
  6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDownGAA/posts/754309037977475
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/34011338
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