Down county football team 2015 football season
The following is a summary of Down county football team 's 2015 season. It was a first and last season in charge for newly appointed Down manager Jim McCorry.
Kits McKenna Cup and National League Kits
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
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 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)
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)
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)
Down played in Division Two of the National Football League in 2015. The fixtures were announced on 18 September 2014.[ 3]
Fixtures
Table Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1 Automatic relegation to Division 3
Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Down 7 5 0 2 11-89 6-90 14 10 Roscommon 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 7 2 0 5 4-75 11-83 -29 4 Kildare 7 2 0 5 7-87 7-100 -13 4
1 Roscommon are placed ahead of Meath because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-10 to 0-14).
2 Westmeath are placed ahead of Kildare because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (0-15 to 0-12).
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 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: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
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 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: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)
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 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: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Down v Laois 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
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: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
The draw for the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2014.[ 4]
Fixtures
Bracket
Results 7 June 2015
14:00
Quarter-Final
Following defeat to Derry in the Ulster Championship quarter-finals, Down entered the All-Ireland in Round 1 of the qualifiers.
Fixtures
Notable events On Saturday 19 September 2014, Kilcoo manager Jim McCorry was named as the new Down boss on a three-year deal.[ 5] On Monday 24 November 2014, former Down All Star Benny Coulter retired from inter-county football following a 15-year career.[ 6] On 20 August 2015, Jim McCorry resigned as Down manager.[ 7]
References ^ "Gaelic Games - BBC Sport". BBC Sport . ^ "Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup 2015". ^ "GAA | Latest Gaelic Games News, Results & Fixtures | RTÉ Sport". RTÉ.ie . 18 September 2014. ^ GMT (9 October 2014). "BBC Sport - Donegal to face Tyrone in Ulster SFC preliminary round". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2014 . ^ "McCorry named as new Down manager". BBC Sport . ^ "Down star Coulter retires from inter-county action". 24 November 2014 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}
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(help) ^ "McCorry quits as Down manager". BBC Sport . Honours Managers Players Records and statistics Stadium Key historical figures Rivalries Competitions All-Ireland SFCs
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