2015 Down football season

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

Down v Cavan

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

Monaghan v Down

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

Down v University of Ulster GAA

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

Kildare v Down

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

Down v Roscommon

7 February 2015 Round 2	Down	1-11 — 1-15	Roscommon	Pairc 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

Cavan v Down

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

Down v Galway

8 March 2015 Round 4	Down	1-17 — 1-16	Galway	Pairc 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

Westmeath v Down

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

Down v Meath

28 March 2015 Round 6	Down	0-10 — 2-11	Meath	Pairc 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

Down v Laois

6 April 2015 Round 7	Down	3-12 — 1-15	Laois	Pairc 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

Down v Roscommon

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

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
						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

Derry v Down

07 June 2015 14:00 Quarter-Final

Derry	0-12 - 0-11	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. GMT (2014-10-09). "BBC Sport - Donegal to face Tyrone in Ulster SFC preliminary round". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
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