2014 Down county football team season

Down county football team
2014 season
ManagerJames McCartan Jnr
StadiumPairc Esler, Newry
NFL D24th
All-Ireland SFCRound 2B qualifier
Ulster SFCPreliminary round
Dr McKenna CupGroup stage (3rd)
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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

Home
Away

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

Dr McKenna Cup

Main article: 2014 Dr McKenna Cup

The draw for the 2014 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 12 November 2013.[1]

The final McKenna Cup tie for UUJ vs Cavan was cancelled due to UUJ withdrawing from the competition.[2]

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

  Qualified for next round

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Cavan 3 3 0 0 4-21 0-17 16 6
Antrim 3 2 0 1 2-41 5-30 2 4
Down 3 1 0 2 1-30 2-28 -1 2
UUJ 3 0 0 3 2-15 2-32 -17 0
  • 15/01/14 Cavan vs UUJ – UUJ concede fixture due to inability to field team.[3]

Results

Group
Down1-15 — 0-07UUJ
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) Report D Savage (0-3), D Mc Kay(0-1), C O Boyle (0-1), P Mc Polin (0-1), N Mc Keever (0-1)
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Group
Cavan1-09 — 0-05Down
E Keating (0-3), K Tierney (1-0), T Mooney (0-2), D Givney (0-2), P Tinnelly (0-1), N Murray (0-1) Report N Madine (0-2), D O'Hanlon (0-1), R Boyle (0-1), B Coulter (0-1)
O'Raghallaigh Park, Kingscourt
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Group
Down0-10 — 1-12Antrim
N Madine (0-4), D O'Hanlon (0-3), L Doyle (0-2), A Carr (0-1) Report 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)
Referee: S McNamee

National Football League Division 2

Main article: 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 pitch[4]

Table

  Compete in Division 2 final
  Automatic relegation to Division 3

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Donegal 7 5 1 1 9-97 7-67 36 11
Monaghan 7 5 1 1 3-107 3-78 29 11
Meath 7 4 1 2 9-87 8-95 -5 9
Down 7 3 1 3 11-72 5-80 10 7
Laois 7 3 0 4 7-89 6-100 -8 6
Galway 7 2 1 4 7-84 8-97 -16 5
Armagh 7 2 1 4 7-86 10-86 -9 5
Louth 7 0 2 5 6-76 12-95 -37 2

1Donegal are placed ahead of Monaghan because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-11 to 0-10).

2Galway are placed ahead of Armagh because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-14 to 1-13).


Results

2 February 2014 Round 1 Down 1-11 — 0-14 Monaghan Páirc Esler, Newry
14:00 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) Report J McCarron (0-7), T Kerr (0-2), C McManus (0-2), C McGuinness (0-1), R Beggan (0-1), P Finlay (0-1) Referee: C Reilly
7 February 2014 Round 2 Armagh 2-05 — 2-07 Down Athletic Grounds, Armagh
19:00 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) Report 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) Attendance: 5,557
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
1 March 2014 Round 3 Down 4-16 — 0-09 Louth Páirc Esler, Newry
19:00 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) Report D Byrne (0-03), C Judge (0-02), D Clarke (0-02), B White (0-01), K Rodgers (0-01) Referee: M Higgins
9 March 2014 Round 4 Galway 1-12 — 0-08 Down St Jarlath's Park, Tuam
14:00 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) Report D O'Hare (0-6), K McKernan (0-2) Referee: D O Mahoney
16 March 2014 Round 5 Down 1-09 — 0-10 Donegal Páirc Esler, Newry
14:00 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) Report M Murphy (0-3), C McFadden (0-2), D Molloy (0-2), L McLoone (0-1), M McElhinney (0-1), N Gallagher (0-1) Referee: C O'Hagan
29 March 2014 Round 6 Meath 1-14 — 1-11 Down Páirc Tailteann, Navan
19:00 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. Report 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 Referee: C O'Sullivan
6 April 2014 Round 7 Laois 1-16 — 2-10 Down O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
15:00 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) Report 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) Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

The draw for the 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 3 October 2013.[5]

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

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Tyrone
(R) 		2-11
3-11
Down
(R) 		3-08
0-12 		Tyrone 0-14
Monaghan 1-12
Monaghan
(R) 		0-14
1-18
Armagh
(R) 		0-14
1-13
Armagh 1-12
Cavan 0-09
Monaghan 1-09
Donegal 0-15
Fermanagh 3-13
Antrim 2-18
Antrim 0-12
Donegal 3-16
Derry 0-11
Donegal 1-11

Results

Preliminary Round
Tyrone2-11 v 3-08Down
D McCurry (1-2), Cavanagh (0-5), P Harte (1-0), K Coney (0-3). N Morgan (0-1) Report 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)
Attendance: 13,266
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Preliminary Round Replay
Down0-12 v 3-11Tyrone
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) Report 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)
Referee: C Reilly

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 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

Round 1B
Down4-18 v 0-09Leitrim
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) Report E Mulligan (0-5), G Reynolds (0-1), S McWeeney (0-1), R Lowe (0-1), N Moore (0-1)
Referee: A Nolan
Round 2B
Down0-11 v 1-18Kildare
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) Report 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)
Attendance: 6,375
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ "McKenna Cup 2014". ulster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013.
  2. ^ "UUJ forfeit final McKenna Cup game" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Cavan into semi-finals as UUJ concede fixture". gaa.ie. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/25925406 | Football League: Down clash with Monaghan postponed to Sunday
  5. ^ GMT (4 October 2013). "BBC Sport - Tyrone to face Down in Ulster SFC preliminary round tie". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. ^ "McCorry named as new Down manager" – via www.bbc.co.uk.