2015 Down county football team season

May 2015 May 2015 Down county football team 2015 Jim McCorry Páirc Esler, Newry NFL D2 1st (runner-up) All-Ireland SFC Round 1 qualifier Ulster SFC Quarter-finalist Dr McKenna Cup Group stage (2nd) 2014 2016 The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2015 season. It was the first and last season for newly appointed Down manager Jim McCorry in charge. 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 The draw for the 2015 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 5 November 2014.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/gaelic-games Gaelic Games - BBC Sport BBC Sporthttps://ulster.gaa.ie/mckennacup2015/ Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup 2015 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 #ffd700 Qualification for next round 1px solid #AAAAAA TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsCavan3 2 0 1 3-34 2-30 7 4Down3 2 0 1 3-34 3-29 5 4Monaghan3 1 0 2 0-44 4-35 -3 2 UUJ3 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) 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) Report Páirc Esler, Newry Barry Cassidy (Derry) 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) 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) Report St Tiernach's Park, Clones Barry Cassidy (Derry) 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) N McKeever (1-1), C O'Connor (0-3f), P McBrearty (0-2), C Mooney (0-1) Report Páirc Esler, Newry S Laverty National Football League Division 2 2015 National Football League (Ireland) Down played in Division Two of the National Football League in 2015. The fixtures were announced on 18 September 2014.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/0918/644691-mayo-to-launch-league-campaign-against-kerry/ GAA | Latest Gaelic Games News, Results & Fixtures | RTÉ Sport RTÉ.ie 18 September 2014 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 Results 1 February 2015 14:00 Round 1 Kildare 1-15 — 3-13 Down N Kelly (1-1), E O’Flaherty (0-4, 3f); D Mulhall (0-4, 2f), F Dowling (0-4), P Fogarty (0-2) 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) Report St Conleth's Park, Newbridge A Nolan 7 February 2015 19:00 Round 2 Down 1-11 — 1-15 Roscommon 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) 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) Report Páirc Esler, Newry Barry Cassidy (Derry) 28 February 2015 19:00 Round 3 Cavan 0-08 — 1-09 Down J McLoughlin (0-1), M Reilly (0-2f), M Dunne (0-1), N McDermott (0-4f) 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) Report Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan P Hughes 8 March 2015 14:00 Round 4 Down 1-17 — 1-16 Galway 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) 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) Report Páirc Esler, Newry Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) 15 March 2015 14:00 Round 5 Westmeath 0-10 — 2-17 Down R Connellan (0-1f); C McCormack (0-2, 1'45), J Heslin (0-4, 3f, 1sl), S Dempsey (0-3) 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) Report Cusack Park, Mullingar J Hickey 28 March 2015 19:00 Round 6 Down 0-10 — 2-11 Meath 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) 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) Report Páirc Esler, Newry Barry Cassidy (Derry) 6 April 2015 15:00 Round 7 Down 3-12 — 1-15 Laois 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) 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 Report Páirc Esler, Newry R Hickey 26 April 2015 14:00 Final Down 0-15 — 1-17 Roscommon 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) 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) Report Croke Park, Dublin Maurice Deegan (Laois) Ulster Senior Football Championship 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship The draw for the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2014.GMT https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/29561827 BBC Sport - Donegal to face Tyrone in Ulster SFC preliminary round BBC.co.uk 2014-10-09 2014-10-09 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 Results 7 June 2015 14:00 Quarter-Final Derry 20px|border 0-12 - 0-11 20px|border Down Celtic Park, Derry Eddie Kinsella (Laois) http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2015/0607/706485-derry-edge-out-down-in-tense-ulster-battle/ 10,541 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 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 events On Saturday 19 September 2014, 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 BBC Sport On Monday 24 November 2014, former Down All Star Benny Coulter retired from inter-county football following a 15-year career.https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2014/1124/662180-coulter-brings-down-curtain-on-down-career/ Down star Coulter retires from inter-county action 24 November 2014 www.rte.ie On 20 August 2015, Jim McCorry resigned as Down manager.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/34011338 McCorry quits as Down manager BBC Sport References collapsed Down Gaelic Category:Down county football team seasons