2014 Down county football team season

July 2014 July 2014 Down county football team 2014 James McCartan Jnr Pairc Esler, Newry NFL D2 4th All-Ireland SFC Round 2B qualifier Ulster SFC Preliminary round Dr McKenna Cup Group stage (3rd) 2013 2015 The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2014 season. This season marked the 20th anniversary of Down's last All-Ireland SFC win in 1994, which is also the year they last won the Ulster SFC. Kits McKenna Cup and National League Kits _blackline _blackwhitegreysash3 _blackline _hoops_blackred _red_stripes_adidas EE0000 EE0000 EE0000 000000 EE0000 Home _redline _redwhitegreysash3 _redline _hoops_blackred _red_stripes_adidas 000000 000000 000000 000000 EE0000 Away Competitions #7eff7e Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffff85 Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #fdcbcb Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #33FFFF Postponed/Cancelled 1px solid #AAAAAA Dr McKenna Cup 2014 Dr McKenna Cup The draw for the 2014 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 12 November 2013.McKenna Cup 2014 https://ulster.gaa.ie/mckennacup2014/ live ulster.gaa.ie https://web.archive.org/web/20131112213209/http://ulster.gaa.ie/mckennacup2014/ 12 November 2013 The final McKenna Cup tie for UUJ vs Cavan was cancelled due to UUJ withdrawing from the competition.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/25726979 UUJ forfeit final McKenna Cup game www.bbc.co.uk Fixtures Date Round Home Score Away Ground 5 Jan Group Down 1-15 v 0-07 UUJ Páirc Esler, Newry 12 Jan Group Cavan 1-09 v 0-05 Down O'Raghallaigh Park, Kingscourt 15 Jan Group Down 0-10 v 1-12 Antrim Páirc Esler, Newry Table #ffd700 Qualified for next round 1px solid #AAAAAA TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsCavan3 3 0 0 4-21 0-17 16 6Antrim3 2 0 1 2-41 5-30 2 4Down3 1 0 2 1-30 2-28 -1 2 UUJ3 0 0 3 2-15 2-32 -17 0 15/01/14 Cavan vs UUJ – UUJ concede fixture due to inability to field team.2014-01-14 Cavan into semi-finals as UUJ concede fixture http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/2/1401141218-cavan-into-semi-finals-as-uuj-concede-fixture/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140223044525/http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/2/1401141218-cavan-into-semi-finals-as-uuj-concede-fixture/ 2014-02-23 gaa.ie Results 5 January 2014 14:00 Group Down 1-15 — 0-07 UUJ M Poland (0-5), C O Hare (0-3), P Fitzpatrick (1-0), E Mc Cartan (0-1), D Mc Cartan (0-1), Liam Devlin (0-1), K King (0-1), C Harrison (0-1), N Madine (0-1), G Mc Ardle (0-1) D Savage (0-3), D Mc Kay(0-1), C O Boyle (0-1), P Mc Polin (0-1), N Mc Keever (0-1) Report Páirc Esler, Newry Joe McQuillan (Cavan) 12 January 2014 14:00 Group Cavan 1-09 — 0-05 Down E Keating (0-3), K Tierney (1-0), T Mooney (0-2), D Givney (0-2), P Tinnelly (0-1), N Murray (0-1) N Madine (0-2), D O'Hanlon (0-1), R Boyle (0-1), B Coulter (0-1) Report O'Raghallaigh Park, Kingscourt Sean Hurson (Tyrone) 15 January 2014 19:00 Group Down 0-10 — 1-12 Antrim N Madine (0-4), D O'Hanlon (0-3), L Doyle (0-2), A Carr (0-1) P Cunningham (1-3), P Maguire (0-2), M Sweeney (0-1), M McCann (0-1), P Kelly (0-1), C Duffin (0-1), M Pollock (0-1, B Neeson (0-1), CJ McGourty (0-1) Report Páirc Esler, Newry S McNamee National Football League Division 2 2014 National Football League (Ireland) Fixtures Date Round Home Score Away Ground 1 Feb Group Down Monaghan Páirc Esler, Newry 2 Feb Group Down 1-11 v 0-14 Monaghan Páirc Esler, Newry 7 Feb Group Armagh 2-05 v 2-07 Down Athletic Grounds, Armagh 1 Mar Group Down 4-16 v 0-09 Louth Páirc Esler, Newry 9 Mar Group Galway 1-12 v 0-08 Down St Jarlath's Park, Tuam 16 Mar Group Down 1-09 v 0-10 Donegal Páirc Esler, Newry 29 Mar Group Meath 1-14 v 1-11 Down Páirc Tailteann, Navan 6 Apr Group Laois 1-16 v 2-10 Down O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 01/02/14 Down vs Monaghan – Postponed due to waterlogged pitchbbc.co.uk | Football League: Down clash with Monaghan postponed to Sunday Table Results 2 February 2014 14:00 Round 1 Down 1-11 — 0-14 Monaghan D O'Hare (0-4), J Johnston (0-2), R Boyle (0-1), C Garvey (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), C Maginn (1-0), R Johnston (0-1), E McCartan (0-1) J McCarron (0-7), T Kerr (0-2), C McManus (0-2), C McGuinness (0-1), R Beggan (0-1), P Finlay (0-1) Report Páirc Esler, Newry C Reilly 7 February 2014 19:00 Round 2 Armagh 2-05 — 2-07 Down K Dyas (1-0), S Harold (1-0), C Rafferty (0-1), S Campbell (0-1), J Clarke (0-1), T Kernan (0-1), R Tasker (0-1) M Poland (2-0), K McKernan (0-2), D O'Hare (0-2), N Madine (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), E McCartan (0-1) Report Athletic Grounds, Armagh 5,557 David Coldrick (Meath) 1 March 2014 19:00 Round 3 Down 4-16 — 0-09 Louth D O Hare (1-10), B Coulter (2-00), C Maginn (1-00), N Madine (0-02), K McKernan (0-01), J Johnston (0-01), M Poland (0-01), P Fitzpatrick (0-01) D Byrne (0-03), C Judge (0-02), D Clarke (0-02), B White (0-01), K Rodgers (0-01) Report Páirc Esler, Newry M Higgins 9 March 2014 14:00 Round 4 Galway 1-12 — 0-08 Down M Martin (0-3), E Hoare (0-3), J Kavanagh (0-2), P Varley (0-1), T Flynn (0-1), S Armstrong (0-1), G Sice (0-1), D Cummins (1-0) D O'Hare (0-6), K McKernan (0-2) Report St Jarlath's Park, Tuam D O Mahoney 16 March 2014 14:00 Round 5 Down 1-09 — 0-10 Donegal N Madine (1-1), M Poland (0-2), D O'Hare (0-2), C Garvey (0-2), K McKernan (0-1), C Laverty (0-1) M Murphy (0-3), C McFadden (0-2), D Molloy (0-2), L McLoone (0-1), M McElhinney (0-1), N Gallagher (0-1) Report Páirc Esler, Newry C O'Hagan 29 March 2014 19:00 Round 6 Meath 1-14 — 1-11 Down Graham Reilly 1-2; Stephen Bray 0-3; Shane O'Rourke 0-2, Andrew Tormey 0-2, Damien Carroll 0-2; Michael Newman 0-1, Seamus Kenny 0-1, Bryan Menton 0-1. Donal O'Hare 0-6; Ambrose Rodgers 1-0; Daniel McCartan 0-1, Mark Polan 0-1, Niall Madine 0-1, Jerome Johnston 0-1, Paul Devlin 0-1 Report Páirc Tailteann, Navan C O'Sullivan 6 April 2014 15:00 Round 7 Laois 1-16 — 2-10 Down R Munnelly (0-6), J O'Loughlin (1-2), D Kingston (0-3), D Conway (0-3) D Strong (0-1), C Meredith (0-1) O'Hare (0-4), Carr (1-0), Maginn (1-0), J Johnston (0-2), C Garvey (0-1), M Poland (0-1), N Madine (0-1), C Laverty (0-1) Report O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Conor Lane (Cork) Ulster Senior Football Championship 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship Fixtures The draw for the 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 3 October 2013.GMT https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/24390801 BBC Sport - Tyrone to face Down in Ulster SFC preliminary round tie BBC.co.uk 2013-10-04 2013-10-13 Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground 18 May 2014 Preliminary Round Tyrone 2-11 v 3-08 Down Healy Park, Omagh, 24 May 2014 Preliminary Round Replay Down 0-12 v 3-11 Tyrone Pairc Esler, Newry, Bracket Results Sunday 18 May 2014 16:00 Preliminary Round Tyrone 2-11 v 3-08 Down D McCurry (1-2), Cavanagh (0-5), P Harte (1-0), K Coney (0-3). N Morgan (0-1) D O'Hare (1-2), A Carr (1-0), C Maginn (1-0), C Garvey (0-1), A Rogers (0-1), M Poland (0-1), N Madine (0-1), C Laverty (0-1), B Coulter (0-1) Healy Park, Omagh David Coldrick (Meath) Report 13,266 Saturday 24 May 2014 18:30 Preliminary Round Replay Down 0-12 v 3-11 Tyrone D O'Hare (0-6), C Laverty (0-2), C Garvey (0-1), D Gordon (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), B Coulter (0-1) C McGinley (2-1), P Harte (1-1), N Morgan (0-3), D McCurry (0-2), M Donnelly (0-1), R O'Neill (0-1), N McKenna (0-1), C McAliskey (0-1) Páirc Esler, Newry C Reilly Report All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2014 saw the introduction of a new qualifiers set up with the fixtures being split into two sections A and B. Down entered the All-Ireland series in Round 1B of the qualifiers. The draw for Round 1B took place on Monday 9 June and paired Down with Leitrim in Pairc Esler on Sunday 29 June at 2pm. Down were favourites to win and they hammered Leitrim 4–18 to 0–09 on the day to progress to Round 2B. The draw for Round 2B took place at 8:30am on Monday 30 June live on Morning Ireland, with Down being paired with Leinster side Kildare. Down exited the 2014 All-Ireland series with a poor performance against Kildare, scoring only 3 points in the first half, only one of which was from open play. In the second half Down staged a comeback but eventually lost when Kildare hit 1-06 without reply. Fixtures Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground 29 June 2014 Round 1B Down 4-18 v 0-09 Leitrim Pairc Esler, Newry 13 July 2014 Round 2B Down 0-11 v 1-18 Kildare Pairc Esler, Newry Results 29 June 2014 14:00 Round 1B Down 4-18 v 0-09 Leitrim C Laverty (2-4), D O'Hare (0-4), L Doyle (0-2), B Coulter (0-2), M Poland (0-2), D Turley (1-0), K McKernan (0-1), D Gordon (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), N Madine (1-0) E Mulligan (0-5), G Reynolds (0-1), S McWeeney (0-1), R Lowe (0-1), N Moore (0-1) Páirc Esler, Newry A Nolan Report 13 July 2014 14:00 Round 2B Down 0-11 v 1-18 Kildare B Coulter (0-4), D O'Hare (0-3), D Rooney (0-1), D O'Hagan (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), C Laverty (0-1) P Fogarty (0-4), T Moolick (1-0), A Smith (0-3), P O'Neill (0-3), C McNally (0-2), N Kelly (0-2), E Bolton (0-1), G White (0-1), E Callaghan (0-1), E O'Flaherty (0-1) Páirc Esler, Newry David Coldrick (Meath) Report 6,375 Notable events On Saturday 26 July, James McCartan Jnr stepped down as Down manager after five full seasons in charge. On Wednesday 8 August, former All Star goalkeeper Brendan McVeigh announced his retirement from inter-county football. On Saturday 19 September, Kilcoo manager Jim McCorry was named as the new Down boss on a three-year deal.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/29274945 McCorry named as new Down manager www.bbc.co.uk References collapsed Down Gaelic Category:Down county football team seasons