2010 Down county football team season

Down county football team
2010 season
Manager	James McCartan, Junior
Stadium	Pairc Esler, Newry
NFL D2	1st (Runner-up)
All Ireland SFC	Runner-up
Ulster Championship	Semi Finalist
Dr McKenna Cup	Semi Finalist
	← 2009 2011 →

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2010 season.

Kits[]

Home	Away

Squad[]

Ambrose Rogers	Danny Hughes
		Kalum King
Benny Coulter
		Kevin McKernan
Brendan McVeigh
	John Clarke

	Martin Clarke
Dan Gordon	Paul McComiskey
Daniel McCartan	Peter Fitzpatrick

Competitions[]

Win Draw Loss

Dr McKenna Cup[]

Results[]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A
16 January 2010	Queen's University Belfast	H	1-17 – 0-8
20 January 2010	Antrim	H	0-19 – 1-10
24 January 2010	Derry	A	1-13 – 1-15

Table[]

Qualified for next round

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Down	3	3	0	2-51	2-31	+20	6
Antrim	3	2	1	4-32	0-48	-4	4
Derry	3	1	2	5-44	5-29	+15	2
Queen's University Belfast	3	0	3	1-29	5-48	-31	0

Rounds[]

Round	Home	Score	Away
Semi Final	Donegal	1-13 v 1-12	Down

Matches & Reports[]

16 January 2010

Down	1-17 – 0-08	Queen's University Belfast

Pairc Esler, Newry.

20 January 2010

Down	0-19 – 1-10	Antrim

Pairc Esler, Newry.

24 January 2010

Derry	1-13 – 1-15	Down

Celtic Park, Derry.

National Football League Division 2[]

Results[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Result	0-8 – 1-16	0-12 - 0-8	0-14 - 1-11	0-11 - 0-13	1-13 - 1-6	0-8 - 2-15	2-11 - 1-13

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	6	1	0	6–94	3–65	+38	13
Armagh	7	5	0	2	6–94	5–60	+37	10
Donegal	7	4	0	3	7–71	5–75	+2	8
Meath	7	4	0	3	4–76	5–76	−3	8
Laois	7	3	0	4	3–89	9–76	−5	6
Kildare	7	3	0	4	3–80	5–80	−6	6
Tipperary	7	2	1	4	9–65	5–88	−11	5
Westmeath	7	0	0	7	8–58	9–107	−52	0

Donegal were placed ahead of Meath as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (27 March at Ballybofey: 1–12 to 0–10).
Laois were placed ahead of Kildare as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (27 March at O'Moore Park: 0–13 to 0–9).

Matches & Reports[]

7 February 2010^[1]

Kildare	0-8 – 1-16	Down
R Kelly 0-3, K Ennis 0-2, G White, P O'Neill, J Kavanagh 0-1 each		P McComiskey 1-4 (0-2f), A Rodgers, M Clarke (0-3f) 0-3 each, J Clarke 0-2, C Garvey, D Hughes, S Kearney, C Laverty 0-1 each

St Conleth's Park, Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland.

Referee: D Fahy (Longford)

12 February 2010 19:30	Down	0-12 - 0-8	Meath	Páirc Esler
	J Clarke 0-4, P McComiskey 0-3 (3f), M Clarke 0-2 (1f), A Rodgers 0-2, C Maginn 0-1	Report	C Ward 0-4 (2f), D Bray 0-2 (2f), N Crawford, M Ward 0-1 each	Páirc Esler

6 March 2010 19:30	Down	0-14 - 1-11	Tipperary	Páirc Esler Referee: J Curley (Meath)
	M Clarke 0-5 (0-4 f), C Laverty, J Clarke 0-3 each, P McComiskey 0-2 (0-2f), C Maginn 0-1	Report	B Coen 1-1 (0-1f), C Sweeney 0-5 (0-4f), B Brogan 0-2f, C Aylward 0-2, P Austin 0-1	Páirc Esler Referee: J Curley (Meath)

13 March 2010 7:30 p.m.	Donegal	0-11 - 0-13	Down	Ballybofey Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)
	B Coulter, M Clarke 0-3 (0-2f) each, J Clarke 0-2, K McKernan, A Rodgers, D Hughes, P McComiskey, P Fitzpatrick 0-1 each	Report	C McFadden 0-4 (0-1f), M Murphy 0-3 (0-2f), N Gallagher 0-2, A Thompson, M Maguire 0-1 each	Ballybofey Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)

20 March 2010 19:30	Down	1-13 - 1-6	Armagh	Páirc Esler Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone)
	B Coulter 1-1, M Poland 0-3 (2f),A Rodgers 0-3 (1f), J Clarke 0-2 (1f), M Clarke 0-2 (1f), C Maginn 0-1, D Hughes 0-1	Report	S McDonnell 1-3 (1f , 1pen), G Swift 0-2, F Moriarity 0-1	Páirc Esler Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone)

27 March 2010 7:30 p.m.	Westmeath	0-8 - 2-15	Down	Cusack Park Referee: G Ó Conamha (Galway)
	M Flanagan 0-3 (0-2f, 0-1 s/l), J Smyth 0-2, P Greville (0-1f), G Hoey, G Flanagan 0-1 each	Report	M Poland 1-4, (0-3 f), A Rodgers 1-3 (0-1 '45), R Murtagh , J Clarke 0-3 each, D Hughes, C Maginn 0-1 each	Cusack Park Referee: G Ó Conamha (Galway)

11 April 2010	Down	2-11 - 1-13	Laois	Páirc Esler Referee: J White (Donegal)
	M Clarke 1-5 (4f), J Clarke 1-3 (1f), K Duffin, R Murtagh, A Carr 0-1 each	Report	D Kingston 1-7 (5f), C Healy, C Bogle, K Meaney, P Callaghan, R Munnelly, C Bergin 0-1 each	Páirc Esler Referee: J White (Donegal)

Final[]

25 April 2010 4:00 p.m. Division 2 Final	Down	1–12 – 0–17	Armagh	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Gearóid Ó Conamha (Galway)
	Conor Garvey (0-1); Peter Fitzpatrick (0-1), Kalum King (0-1), Martin Clarke (0-5), Daniel Hughes (0-1); Paul McComiskey (0-1), Benny Coulter (1-2)	Report	Paul Duffy (0-1), Finian Moriarty (0-1); Aaron Kernan (0-4), Gareth Swift (0-2); Steven McDonnell (0-6), Stephen Forker (0-1), Malachy Mackin (0-2)	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Gearóid Ó Conamha (Galway)

Ulster Senior Football Championship[]

Rounds[]

Preliminary Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Ulster final

Antrim

1-13

Tyrone

2-14

Tyrone

0-14

Down

0-10

Donegal

2-10

Down

1-15

Tyrone

1-14

Monaghan

0-7

Cavan

0-13

Fermanagh

1-13

Fermanagh

2-8

Monaghan

0-21

Monaghan

1-18

Derry

1-7

Armagh

0-9

Armagh

1-10

Matches & Reports[]

30 May 2010

Quarter Final

Donegal	2-10 – 1-15 AET	Down
D Molloy 1-3, C Dunne 1-0, R Kavanagh, D Walsh, M Murphy, A Hanlon, M McHugh, C McFadden, E Wade 0-1 each.	Report	B Coulter 1-4, D Hughes 0-4, M Poland, M Clarke 0-3 each, J Clarke 0-1.

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Referee: J. McQuillan (Cavan)

19 June 2010

Semi Final

Tyrone	0-14 - 0-10	Down
M Penrose 0-5, S Cavanagh 0-3, B Dooher 0-2, Joe McMahon, D Carlin, C Cavanagh, O Mulligan 0-1 each.	Report	M Clarke 0-3, M Poland, A Rogers 0-2 each, D Gordon, D Hughes, P McComiskey 0-1 each.

Casement Park, Belfast

Referee: G. Kinneavy (Galway)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]

Qualifiers[]

Round	1	2	3	4
Result	N/A	1-14 - 1-10	1-10 - 1-12	0-10 - 3-20

Rounds[]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

All-Ireland final

Roscommon

0-10

Cork

1-16

Cork

1-15

Dublin

1-14

Tyrone

0-13

Dublin

1-15

Cork

0-16

Down

0-15

Meath

1-12

Kildare

2-17

Kildare

1-14

Down

1-16

Kerry

1-10

Down

1-16

Matches & Reports[]

10 July 2010

Round 2

Down	1-14 - 1-10	Longford
M Clarke 1-5, D Hughes, M Poland 0-3 each, B Coulter, J Clarke, D Rooney 0-1 each	Report	F McGee 1-7, P Barden 0-2, N Farrell 0-1

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: M. Higgins (Fermanagh)

17 July 2010

Round 3

Offaly	1-10 - 1-12	Down
K Casey 1-1, R Brady, B Connor, C McManus 0-2 each, A Sullivan, J Reynolds, N McNamee 0-1 each	Report	M Clarke 0-5, A Carr 1-0, M Poland 0-3, J Clarke 0-2, B Coulter, D Hughes 0-1 each

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Referee: M. Duffy (Sligo)

24 July 2010

Round 4

Sligo	0-10 - 3-20	Down
A Marren 0-4, S Coen, D Kelly, C McGee 0-2 each	Report	R Murtagh 1-5, J Clarke, A Rogers 1-1 each, M Clarke 0-4, D Hughes 0-3, M Poland 0-2, K McKernan, P Fitzpatrick, P McComiskey, C Garvey 0-1 each

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: M. Deegan (Laois)

31 July 2010

Quarter-final

Kerry	1-10 - 1-16	Down
C Cooper 0-7, B Sheehan 0-3, D Moran 1-0	Report	M Poland 1-2, M Clarke 0-4, B Coulter 0-3, P McComiskey, A Rodgers 0-2 each, C Maginn, R Murtagh, P Fitzpatrick 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 62,749

Referee: J. McQuillan (Cavan)

29 August 2010

Semi-final

Kildare	1-14 - 1-16	Down
J Doyle 0-6, E Callaghan 1-1, H Lynch 0-2, M O'Flaherty, E Bolton, J Kavanagh, K Ennis, D Lyons 0-1 each	Report	B Coulter 1-2, M Clarke, M Poland 0-3 each, K McKernan, D Hughes 0-2 each, P Fitzpatrick, P McComiskey, C Maginn, R Murtagh 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 62,182

Referee: P. McEnaney (Monaghan)

19 September 2010

Final

Cork	0-16 - 0-15	Down
D Goulding 0-9, D O'Connor 0-5, P Kerrigan, C Sheehan 0-1 each	Report	D Hughes, P McComiskey, M Clarke 0-3 each, K McKernan, P Fitzpatrick, M Poland, B Coulter, J Clarke, R Murtagh 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 81,604

Referee: D. Coldrick (Meath)

References[]

^ "McCartan eager to dampen Down hype after slaying 13-man Kildare".

[1] "McCartan eager to dampen Down hype after slaying 13-man Kildare".

[1]