Down county football team 2015 football season
The following is a summary of Down county football team 's 2015 season. It was the 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 [ ]
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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: B Cassidy
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: P Neilan
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: B Cassidy
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: M Deegan
[ ]
The draw for the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2014.[4]
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 [ ]
Following defeat to Derry in the Ulster Championship quarter finals, Down entered the All Ireland in Round 1 of the qualifiers.
Fixtures [ ]
Notable moments [ ]
On Saturday 19 September 2014 Kilcoo manager Jim McCorry was named as the new Down boss on a 3-year deal.[5]
On Monday 24 November 2014 former Down All Star Benny Coulter retired from intercounty football following a 15-year career.[6]
On 20 August 2015 Jim McCorry resigned as Down manager.[7]
References [ ]
Players Stadiums Club scene Honours
Football honours
Hurling honours
All-Ireland Senior Football Championships (5) Intercounty Football Affiliations Intercounty Hurling Affiliations
2015 GAA season
Football
Hurling
Championship
Leinster Championship (Final )
Munster Championship (Final )
League (NHL)
Division 1A
Division 1B
Division 2A
Division 2B
Division 3A
Division 3B
Preseason competitions Other competitions
Football All Stars • Hurling All Stars