2016 Down county football team season

Down county football team 2016 football season

Down county football team2016 season

Manager| Éamonn Burns
Stadium| Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D1| 8th (relegated)
All-Ireland SFC| Round 1 qualifier
Ulster SFC| Quarter-finalist
Dr McKenna Cup| Group stage (2nd)

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The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2016 season. It was a first season in charge for newly appointed Down manager Éamonn Burns.

## Kits

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## Competitions

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Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

### Dr McKenna Cup

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#### Fixtures

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Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground

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3 Jan | Group | Donegal | 1-11 v 0-11 | Down | MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
10 Jan | Group | Down | 0-08 v 0-14 | Fermanagh | Páirc Esler, Newry
13 Jan | Group | Down | 3-20 v 2-14 | St Mary's | Páirc Esler, Newry

#### Table

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Qualification for next round

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | F  | A  | Diff  | Pts

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Fermanagh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1-39 | 0-30 | 12 | 6
Down | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-39 | 3-39 | 0 | 2
St Mary's  | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-34 | 4-41 | -7 | 2
Donegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-17 | 2-29 | -15 | 2

### National Football League Division 1

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Main article: 2016 National Football League (Ireland)

Down played in Division One of the National Football League in 2016. The fixtures were announced on 16 November 2015.[1]

#### Fixtures

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Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground

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30 Jan | Group | Down | 0-07 v 3-15 | Donegal | Páirc Esler, Newry
7 Feb | Group | Monaghan | 0-13 v 0-11 | Down | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
28 Feb | Group | Down | 0-06 v 0-22 | Kerry | Páirc Esler, Newry
6 Mar | Group | Roscommon | 1-12 v 0-06 | Down | Pearse Park, Longford
12 Mar | Group | Down | 1-07 v 1-15 | Dublin | Páirc Esler, Newry
27 Mar | Group | Cork | 0-12 v 0-07 | Down | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
3 Apr | Group | Mayo | 1-19 v 1-16 | Down | MacHale Park, Castlebar

#### Table

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Compete in Division 1 semi-finals
Automatic relegation to Division 2

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | F  | A  | Diff  | Pts

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Dublin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8-91 | 4-75 | 28 | 14
Kerry | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5-109 | 5-77 | 32 | 10
Roscommon | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9-98 | 8-77 | 24 | 8
Donegal | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8-84 | 6-78 | 12 | 6
Mayo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5-88 | 7-91 | -9 | 6
Monaghan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6-83 | 7-91 | -11 | 6
Cork | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9-89 | 9-105 | -16 | 6
Down | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2-60 | 6-108 | -60 | 0

1Donegal, Mayo, Monaghan and Cork are ranked by scoring difference.

#### Results

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30/01/16
Round 1  | Down | 0-7 - 3-15 | Donegal | Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: David Gough (Meath)

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D O'Hare (0-4), A McConville (0-2), C McGovern (0-1)  | Report | M Murphy (0-8), P McBrearty (1-3), R McHugh (2-0), L McLoone (0-2), C Thompson (0-1), F McGlynn (0-1)

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07/02/16
Round 2  | Monaghan | 0-13 - 0-11 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: C Reilly

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C McManus (0-2), O Duffy (0-2), R McAnespie (0-2), S Carey (0-2), D Malone (0-1), D McKenna (0-1), F Kelly (0-1), R Beggan (0-1), T Kerr (0-1)  | Report | C Harrison (0-4), D O'Hanlon (0-3), S McArdle (0-2), M McKay (0-1), P Downey (0-1)

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28/02/16
Round 3  | Down | 0-6 - 0-22 | Kerry | Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: M Duffy

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B O'Hagan (0-2), C Harrison (0-2), C Maginn (0-1), R Mallon (0-1)  | Report | B Sheehan (0-6), D O'Sullivan (0-4), A Fitzgerald (0-3), BJ Keane (0-3), C Cooper (0-3), B O'Sullivan (0-2), S O'Brien (0-1)

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06/03/16
Round 4  | Roscommon | 1-12 - 0-6 | Down | Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

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C Murtagh (1-6), F Cregg (0-3), C Daly (0-2), C Cregg (0-1)  | Report | C Harrison (0-2), B O'Hagan (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M Poland (0-1), P Devlin (0-1)

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12/03/16
Round 5  | Down | 1-7 - 1-15 | Dublin | Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: D O'Mahoney

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D O'Hare (1-2), J Murphy (0-2), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M McKay (0-1), P Devlin (0-1)  | Report | C Costello (1-4), D Rock (0-3), C Kilkenny (0-2), K McManamon (0-2), P Flynn (0-2), J Cooper (0-1), P Andrews (0-1)

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27/03/16
Round 6  | Cork | 0-12 - 0-7 | Down | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

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C O'Neill (0-4), L Connolly (0-3), M Collins (0-3), P Kerrigan (0-2)  | Report | D O'Hare (0-3), C McGovern (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M Cunningham (0-1), M Poland (0-1)

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03/04/16
Round 7  | Mayo | 1-19 - 1-16 | Down | MacHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 8,352
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

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E Regan (0-9), C O'Connor (1-4), A Freeman (0-2), A Moran (0-1), A O'Shea (0-1), C Barrett (0-1), J Doherty (0-1)  | Report | D O'Hare (1-5), M Cunningham (0-2), S Dornan (0-2), D McKibbon (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), K McKernan (0-1), M Poland (0-1), P Devlin (0-1), P Turley (0-1), R Mallon (0-1)

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### Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Main article: 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 15 October 2015.[2]

#### Fixtures

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Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground

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Sunday 5 June 2016 | Quarter Final | Monaghan | 2-22 v 0-09 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Clones

#### Bracket

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| Preliminary round | | | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| | | |  Derry | 0-12 | | |
| | | |  Tyrone | 3-14 |
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(R) | 0-16
5-18 |
| | | | | |  Cavan
(R) | 3-07
2-17 |
| | | |  Cavan | 2-16 | | | |
| | | |  Armagh | 0-14 |
| | | | |  Tyrone | 0-13 |
| | | | | | |  Donegal | 0-11 |
| | | |  Monaghan | 2-22 | | | |
| | | |  Down | 0-09 |
| | | | | | |  Monaghan
(R) | 0-14
2-10 |
| | | | | |  Donegal
(R) | 1-11
0-17 |
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|  Fermanagh | 1-12 | | |  Fermanagh | 0-11 |
|  Antrim | 0-9 | |

#### Results

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5 June 2016

14:00

Quarter-Final

Monaghan | 2-22 – 0-09|  Down

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C McManus (0-8), K Hughes (1-2), O Duffy (1-0), R Beggan (0-3), C McCarthy, D McKenna (0-2 each), S Carey, D Clerkin, D Malone, R McAnespie, K O’Connell (0-1 each) | Report | D O'Hare (0-3), C Maginn, D O'Hanlon (0-2 each), B O’Hagan, M Poland (0-1 each)

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 12,782

Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Main article: 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

#### Fixtures

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Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground

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25 June 2016 | Round 1B | Down | 3-17 v 2-24 | Longford | Páirc Esler, Newry

#### Results

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25 June 2016

2.00 PM

Round 1B

Down| 3-17 – 2-24
(AET)|  Longford

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Donal O'Hare 2-9 (0-8f), Conor Maginn 1-1, Ryan Mallon 0-4, Barry O'Hagan, S Dornan, Mark Poland 0-1 each. | Report | Brian Kavanagh 0-6 (0-5f), Michael Quinn, Robbie Smyth (0-1f) 0-4 each, Seamus Hannon 1-1, James McGivney, Diarmuid Masterson 0-3 each, Mark Hughes 1-0, Barry McKeon 0-2, D Reynolds 0-1.

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

## Notable events

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* On Thursday 5 November 2015, Down appointed Éamonn Burns as new football manager.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Down face Donegal in league opener" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
2. ^ "2016 Ulster Championship Draw". 15 October 2015.
3. ^ "Burns ratified as Down football boss" – via www.bbc.co.uk.

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