2011 Down county football team season

Down county football team

2011 season
Manager	James McCartan Jnr
Stadium	Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D1	4th
All-Ireland SFC	Round 4 qualifier
Ulster SFC	Quarter-finalist
Dr McKenna Cup	Group stage (2nd)

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2011 season.

Kits

McKenna Cup and NFL kits:

Home

Away

Championship kits:

Home

Away

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

McGeough Cup

Squad

1 Gavin Joyce, 2 Eoin Costello, 3 Gary McCardle, 4 Colm Murney, 5 James Colgan, 6 Kevin McKernan, 7 Michael McCartan, 8 Declan Sheeran, 9 Peter Fitzpatrick, 10 Martin Clarke, 11 Aidan Carr, 12 Brendan Coulter, 13 John Clarke, 14 Joe Ireland, 15 Mark Poland
Subs: Cathal Murdock, Kevin Duffin, Kevin Anderson, Liam Doyle, Michael Magee, Ronan Murtagh, Christopher Duggan, Paul Devlin, Packie Downey, Conor Poland, Michael Magee.

Results

Date	Home	Score	Away	Location
2011-01-02	Louth	0–16 v 0–11	Down	Haggardstown, Dundalk

Dr McKenna Cup

Main article: 2011 Dr McKenna Cup

Squad

Gary McArdle, Dan Gordon, Aidan Brannigan, Aidan Carr, Peter Fitzpatrick, Kalum King, Liam Doyle, Mark Poland, Brendan Coulter, Paul Devlin, Martin Clarke, Cathal Murdock, Sean Murdock, Kevin Anderson, James Colgan, Conor Maginn, Ronan Murtagh, Michael McCartan, Conor Poland, Paul McPolin, Declan Sheerin, Kevin Duffin, Michael Magee, Kevin McKernan, Gavin Joyce, Christopher Duggan, Ryan Brady, Packie Downey and Philip Bonny.

Fixtures

Date	Home	Score	Away	Ground
2011-01-08	Down	P v P*	St Mary's	Páirc Esler, Newry
2011-01-15	Down	3–11 v 2–15	Armagh	Páirc Esler, Newry
2011-01-19	Antrim	0–12 v 0–12	Down	Casement Park, Belfast
2011-01-22	Down	P v P*	St Mary's	Páirc Esler, Newry
2011-01-23	Down	2–13 v 0-06	St Mary's	Páirc Esler, Newry

• 2011-01-08 Down vs St Mary's – Postponed due to frozen pitch[1]
• 2011-01-22 Down vs St Mary's – Postponed due to fog[2]

Table

  Qualified for next round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Antrim	3	2	1	0	3–36	0–33	12	5
Down	3	1	1	1	5–36	2–33	12	3
Armagh	3	1	0	2	4–34	5–39	−8	2
St Mary's	3	1	0	2	1–31	6–32	−16	2

Matches and reports

16 January 2011

Down	3–11 – 2–15	Armagh
	Report

Páirc Esler, Newry

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19 January 2011

Antrim	0–12 – 0–12	Down
	Report

Casement Park, Belfast

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23 January 2011

Down	2–13 – 0–06	St Mary's
	Report

Páirc Esler, Newry

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National Football League Division 1

Main article: 2011 National Football League (Ireland)

Squad

Michael Magee, John Clarke, Martin Clarke, Brendan McVeigh, Ronan Murtagh, Peter Fitzpatrick, Luke Howard, Kalum King, Conor Maginn, Gerard McCartan, Kevin McKernan Cathal Murdock, Aidan Carr, Paul McPolin, Paul McComiskey, Aidan Brannigan, Conor Laverty, Dan Gordon, Liam Doyle, Conor Poland, Mark Poland, Brendan Coulter, Ronan Sexton, Colm Murney, Daniel Hughes, Declan Alder

Fixtures

Down playing Mayo at McHale Park, Castlebar.

Date	Home	Score	Away	Ground
5 Feb	Mayo	1–13 v 3-07	Down	McHale Park, Castlebar
20 Feb	Down	2–11 v 1-09	Galway	Páirc Esler, Newry
26 Feb	Down	0–12 v 0–11	Armagh	Páirc Esler, Newry
12 Mar	Cork	3–17 v 0–15	Down	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
19 Mar	Down	1–16 v 0–11	Monaghan	Páirc Esler, Newry
2 Apr	Dublin	2–10 v 0–13	Down	Croke Park, Dublin
10 Apr	Kerry	1–13 v 1–11	Down	FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney

Table

  Advanced to NFL final   Automatic relegation to Division 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Dublin	7	6	1	0	16–82	6–92	20	13
Cork	7	5	0	2	6–110	7–91	16	10
Kerry	7	5	0	2	6–93	5–74	22	10
Down	7	3	1	3	7–85	8–84	-2	7
Mayo	7	2	1	4	10–84	11–85	-4	5
Armagh	7	2	0	5	6–82	7–95	-16	4
Monaghan	7	2	0	5	3–93	6–96	-12	4
Galway	7	1	1	5	2–91	6-103	-24	3

• Cork were placed ahead of Kerry as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (6 February at Tralee: 0-17 - 1-13).
• Armagh were placed ahead of Monaghan as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (20 February at Athletic Grounds: 1-11 - 0-13).

Matches

5 February 2011

Mayo	1–13 – 3–07	Down
A Moran 0–6 (0-3f), A Freeman 1–1, M Ronaldson 0–3 (0-2f), A Dillon, E Varley, K McLaughlin 0–1 each	Report	M Clarke 1–3, (1–0 '45', 0-2f), J Clarke, C Maginn 1–1 each, D Hughes 0–2

McHale Park, Castlebar

Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

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20 February 2011

Down	2–11 – 1–09	Galway
P Fitzpatrick 1–1, C Maginn 1–0, D Rooney, C Lavery, M Clarke, M Poland (2f) 0–2 each, D Hughes,P McComiskey 0–1 each	Report	G O'Donnell 1–0, S Armstrong 0–3 (1f), J Bergin, C Bane (1f), M Clancy (2f) 0–2 each

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

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26 February 2011

Down	0–12 – 0–11	Armagh
M Clarke 0–3 (2f), R Murtagh, D Hughes, M Poland (1f) 0–2 each, K McKernan, C Laverty, C Maginn, 0–1 each	Report	S McDonnell 0–3 (2f), C Vernon, R Grogan (2f) 0–2 each, K Dyas, J Murtagh, C McKeever, B Mallon 0–1 each

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)

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12 March 2011

Cork	3–17 – 0–15	Down
D Goulding 0–7 (5f), P Kelly 1–2 (1f), C O'Neill 1–1, F Goold 0–3, P O'Neill 1–0, C Sheehan 0–2, D Goold, A Walsh 0–1 each	Report	M Poland 0–3 (2f), R Murtagh, M Clarke (1f) 0–2 each, K McKernan, C Murdock (1 '45'), P Fitzpatrick, C Laverty, D Hughes, D Rooney, A Branagan, C Garvey 0–1 each

Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork

Referee: D Fahy (Longford)

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19 March 2011

Down	1–16 – 0–11	Monaghan
M Clarke 1–4 (1–0 pen, 3f), P McComiskey 0–3, D Rooney, D Hughes, M Poland 0–2 each, B Coulter, A Carr, C Maginn 0–1 each	Report	P Finlay 0–8 (6f), C McManus 0–2 (1f), C Galligan 0–1

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

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2 April 2011

Dublin	2–10 – 0–13	Down
P Flynn 1–1, A Brogan 1–1 T Quinn 0–4 (3f), D Connolly, B Cahill, B Cullen, B Brogan 0–1 each	Report	M Clarke 0–3 (3f), P McComiskey, B Coulter, D Hughes 0–2 each, M Poland, P Fitzpatrick, K McKernan, C Maginn 0–1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Syl Doyle (Wexford)

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10 April 2011

Kerry	1–13 – 1–11	Down
Darran O'Sullivan 1–2, B Sheehan 0–4 (3f), C Cooper 0–3 (1f), Declan O'Sullivan 0–2, A Maher, K Donaghy 0–1 each	Report	M Poland 0–5 (4f) B Coulter 1–0, M Clarke 0–3 (1f), J Colgan, C Maginn, C Garvey 0–1 each

FitzGerald Stadium, Kilarney

Referee: R Hickey (Clare)

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Ulster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 7 October 2010.

Squad

Declan Alder, Aidan Branagan, Aidan Carr, Martin Clarke James Colgan, Brendan Coulter, Mark Doran, Liam Doyle, Kevin Duffin, Peter Fitzpatrick, Conor Garvey, Dan Gordan, Michael Magee, Conor Maginn, Kevin McKernan, Anton McArdle, Brendan McArdle, John McAreavey, Daniel McCartan, Eoin McCartan, Gerard McCartan, Paul McComiskey, Paul McPolin, Brendan McVeigh, Cathal Murdock, Sean Murdock, Paul Murphy, Ronan Murtagh, Darren O'Hagan, Conor Poland, Mark Poland, Damien Rafferty, Ambrose Rogers, Declan Rooney, Caolan Mooney

Fixtures

Date	Home	Score	Away	Ground
28 May	Armagh	1–15 v 1–10	Down	Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Rounds

Preliminary Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Ulster final

Derry

1–18

Fermanagh

1–10

Derry

3–14

Armagh

1–11

Armagh

1–15

Down

1–10

Derry

0–08

Donegal

1–11

Tyrone

1–13

Monaghan

1–11

Tyrone

0–9

Donegal

2–6

Cavan

1–8

Donegal

1–10

Donegal

2–14

Antrim

0–7

Matches

28 May 2011

7:30 pm

Quarter Final

Armagh	1–15 – 1–10	Down
J Clarke 1–2, A Kernan 0–5 (3f), BJ Padden 0–3, M Mackin 0–2, K Dyas, T Kernan S McDonnell (f) 0–1 each	Report	M Clarke 0–5 (4f), M Poland 1–1, P McComiskey 0–2, D Rooney, D Hughes 0–1 each.

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 13,107

Referee: C Reilly (Meath)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Qualifiers

25 June 2011

3:00 pm

Round 1

Clare	1–12 – 1–13	Down
D Tubridy 0–4 (3f), T Ryan 1–0, J Dowling, G Quinlan 0–2 each, A Clohessy, John Hayes, G Brennan, M Tubridy 0–1 each	Report	C Laverty 1–3, P McComiskey 0–4 (2f), M Clarke 0–2 (2fs), B McArdle, C Mooney, M Poland, B Coulter 0–1 each

Cusack Park, Ennis

Attendance: 1,640

Referee: P O'Sullivan (Kerry)

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9 July 2011

3:00 pm

Round 2

Down	1–16 – 1–08	Leitrim
B Coulter 0–7, M Clarke 1–2 (1-0pen, 1'45), C Laverty, M Poland (1f) 0–2 each, K McKernan, L Doyle, P Fitzpatrick 0–1 each	Report	A Croal 1–1, E Mulligan 0–3 (3fs), R Lowe, B McDonald, J Glancy, C Kelly 0–1 each

Páirc Esler, Newry

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone)

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16 July 2011

7.00 pm

Round 3

Antrim	0–10 – 3–13	Down
B Herron, K Niblock, P Cunnighan (2f) 0–2 each, G O'Boyle, D O'Hagan, J Crozier, T McCann ('45') 0–1 each	Report	M Clarke 1–4 (3f, 1 '45'), M Poland 0–4 (4f), C Laverty, C Mooney 1–0 each, B Coulter 0–2, A Branagan, K McKernan, P McComiskey 0–1 each

Casement Park, Belfast

Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)

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23 July 2011

6:00 pm

Round 4

Down	0–14 – 2–20	Cork
M Clarke 0–3 (2f), B Coulter, P McComiskey 0–2 each, C Garvey, C Maginn, D Hughes, M Poland, K McKernan, A Rogers, C Laverty 0–1 each	Report	D O'Connor 1–7 (4f), F Goold 1–2, P Kerrigan 0–3, P Kelly 0–2, D Goulding 0–1 (1f), P Kissane, P O'Neill, G Canty, A Walsh, J Miskella 0–1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

References

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/9350816.stm | Dr McKenna Cup games off because of frozen pitches
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/9370615.stm | Two Dr McKenna Cup matches moved to Sunday