2018 Down county football team season

Down county football team 2018 football season

Down county football team2018 season

Manager| Éamonn Burns
Stadium| Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D2| 7th (relegated)
All-Ireland SFC| Round 2 qualifier
Ulster SFC| Semi-finalist
Dr McKenna Cup| Group stage (3rd)

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The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2018 season.

## Kits

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## Competitions

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Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled

### Dr McKenna Cup

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The draw for the 2018 Dr McKenna Cup was made in November 2017.[1]

#### Fixtures

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Down's tie against the University of Ulster was postponed due to an unplayable pitch.[2]

Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground | Ref

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3 Jan | Group | Down | 0-13 v 2-12 | Armagh | Páirc Esler, Newry | [3]
7 Jan | Group | Down | v | University of Ulster | St. Mary's Park, Burren | [4]
10 Jan | Group | Derry | 1-14 v 2-10 | Down | Owenbeg, Dungiven | [5]
14 Jan | Group | Down | 1-14 v 0-09 | University of Ulster | St. Mary's Park, Burren | [6]

#### Table

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1  |  Armagh | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 47  | 38  | 1.237  | 5  | Advance to semi-final
2  |  Derry | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 50  | 52  | 0.962  | 4  |
3  |  Down | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 46  | 44  | 1.045  | 2
4  |  Ulster University | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 40  | 49  | 0.816  | 1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2018. Source: Ulster GAA

### National Football League Division 2

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Main article: 2018 National Football League (Ireland)

Down played in Division Two of the National Football League in 2018.[7]

#### Fixtures

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Fixtures for the 2018 National League were announced on 13 October 2017.[8] Down's fifth fixture against Cavan was postponed due to 2018 Great Britain and Ireland cold wave.[9] The game was rescheduled for 10 March 2018.[10] Due to further snow in March the fixture against Tipperary on 18 March was also postponed.[11]

Despite a victory on the final day of the campaign, Down were relegated to Division 3 following a win for Meath over Louth on the same day.

Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground | Ref

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Sunday 27 January | Group | Louth | 0-11 v 1-14 | Down | Drogheda Park | [12]
Sunday 4 February | Group | Down | 0-10 v 1-13 | Cork | Páirc Esler, Newry | [13]
Sunday 11 February | Group | Roscommon | 0-07 v 0-12 | Down | Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon | [14]
Sunday 25 February | Group | Down | 1-10 v 1-12 | Clare | Páirc Esler, Newry | [15]
Saturday 3 March | Group | Cavan | P v P | Down | Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan | [16]
Saturday 10 March | Group | Cavan | 0-17 v 0-14 | Down | Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan | [17]
Sunday 18 March | Group | Down | P v P | Tipperary | Páirc Esler, Newry | [18]
Sunday 25 March | Group | Meath | 4-14 v 1-14 | Down | Páirc Tailteann, Navan | [19]
Saturday 31 March | Group | Down | 2-10 v 1-10 | Tipperary | Páirc Esler, Newry | [20]

#### Table

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1  |  Roscommon | 7  | 5  | 1  | 1  | 126  | 105  | +21  | 11  | Advance to Division 2 Final
2  |  Cavan | 7  | 5  | 1  | 1  | 122  | 99  | +23  | 11
3  |  Clare | 7  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 101  | 111  | −10  | 8  |
4  |  Tipperary | 7  | 3  | 1  | 3  | 128  | 106  | +22  | 7
5  |  Meath | 7  | 3  | 1  | 3  | 126  | 112  | +14  | 7
6  |  Cork | 7  | 3  | 0  | 4  | 111  | 108  | +3  | 6
7  |  Down | 7  | 3  | 0  | 4  | 100  | 106  | −6  | 6  | Relegation to Division 3
8  |  Louth | 7  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 76  | 143  | −67  | 0

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2018. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition 3) Scoring Difference 4) Highest Total Score For 5) A Play-Off.

#### Results

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28 January 2018

14:00

Round 1

Louth | 0-11 - 1-14| Down

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William Woods 0-6 (5fs), Tommy Durnin 0-2, Derek Maguire 0-2, Andy McDonnell 0-1. | Report | Connaire Harrison 1-3, Darragh O’Hanlon 0-3 (3fs), Aaron Morgan and Caolan Mooney 0-2 each, Niall Donnelly, and Shay Millar, Donal O'Hare and Kevin McKernan 0-1 each.

Drogheda Park, Drogheda

Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

4 February 2018

14:00

Round 2

Down | 0-10 - 1-13| Cork

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A Doherty (0-3, 3f); D O'Hanlon (0-2, 2f), C Mooney, C Maginn, S Millar (0-1); C Harrison, K McKernan (all 0-1). | Report | M Collins (1-5, 2f), C O'Neill (0-5, 4f), S White (0-2), P Kelleher (0-1).

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

11 February 2018

14:00

Round 3

Roscommon | 0-07 - 0-12| Down

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Cian McKeon (2fs), Diarmuid Murtagh (2fs) and Donie Smith (1 '45) 0-2 each, Conor Devaney 0-1. | Report | Donal O'Hare 0-3 (2fs), Niall Donnelly, Caolan Mooney, Ryan Johnston, Colm Flanagan, Anthony Doherty ('45), Darren O'Hagan, Darragh O’Hanlon (f), Barry O'Hagan, Niall Madine 0-1 each

Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon

Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

25 February 2018

14:00

Round 4

Down | 1-10 - 1-12| Clare

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Donal O'Hare 1-4 (3f), Anthony Doherty 0-2 (1f, one '45'), Shay Millar 0-1, Darragh O'Hanlon 0-1, Caolan Mooney 0-1, Aaron Morgan 0-1 | Report | Eoin Cleary 0-7 (6f), Sean O'Donoghue 1-0, Cian O'Dea 0-1, Kieran Malone 0-1, Keelan Sexton 0-1, Eoghan Collins 0-1, David Tubridy 0-1

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: James Molloy (Galway)

10 March 2018

19:00

Round 5

Cavan | 0-17 - 0-14| Down

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Gearoid McKiernan 0-4, Caoimhin O'Reilly 0-3 (2fs), Cian Mackey 0-2, Conor Bradley 0-2, Raymond Galligan 0-1 (45), Bryan Magee 0-1 (f), Dara McVeety 0-1, Conor Moynagh 0-1, Oisin Kiernan 0-1 | Report | Donal O'Hare 0-4 (3fs), Connaire Harrison 0-3 (1f), Anthony Doherty 0-2 (2fs), Shay Millar 0-1, Ryan Johnston 0-1, Caolan Mooney 0-1, Ruairi Wells 0-1, Kevin McKernan 0-1

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: Padraig O’Sullivan (Kerry)

25 March 2018

15:00

Round 6

Meath | 4-14 - 1-14| Down

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Donal Lenihan 1-5 (1-0 pen, 3fs, 1'45); Graham Reilly 1-2, Padraig McKeever 1-1, Sean Tobin 1-0, Cillian O'Sullivan 0-3, Ben Brennan 0-1, Bryan Menton 0-1, Paddy Kennelly 0-1 | Report | Donal O'Hare 0-5 (5fs), Anthony Doherty 1-1, Connaire Harrison 0-2, Darragh O'Hanlon 0-2 (2fs), Kevin McKernan 0-1, Darren O'Hagan 0-1, Caolan Mooney 0-1, Ryan McAleenan 0-1

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)

31 March 2018

15:00

Round 7

Down | 2-10 - 1-10| Tipperary

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Donal O'Hare 1-2 (pen, 2f), Sean Dornan 1-1, Caolan Mooney 0-3, Conor Maginn 0-2, Peter Turley 0-1, Anthony Doherty 0-1 ('45'), Ryan Johnston 0-1 | Report | Michael Quinlivan 1-1, Jack Kennedy 0-3 (2f), Conor Sweeney 0-3 (1f), Kevin O'Halloran 0-2 (1f), Kevin Fahey 0-1, Josh Keane 0-1 (f).

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

### Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Main article: 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 19 October 2017, with Down being drawn at home to Antrim in the quarter-final stage.[21] Down progressed to the Ulster semi-finals but lost to Donegal in Clones on 10 June.

#### Fixtures

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Saturday 26 May 2018 | Quarter Final | Down | 1-18 v 0-14 | Antrim | Pairc Esler, Newry | [22]
Sunday 10 June 2018 | Semi Final | Down | 1-12 v 2-22 | Donegal | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |

#### Bracket

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

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| | | |  Fermanagh | 0-12 | | |
| | | |  Armagh | 0-7 |
| | | | | | |  Fermanagh | 1-8 |
| | | | | |  Monaghan | 0-10 |
| | | |  Tyrone | 1-16 | | | |
| | | |  Monaghan | 1-18 |
| | | | |  Fermanagh | 0-12 |
| | | | | | |  Donegal | 2-18 |
| | | |  Down | 1-18 | | | |
| | | |  Antrim | 0-14 |
| | | | | | |  Down | 1-12 |
| | | | | |  Donegal | 2-22 |
| | | |  Derry | 0-16 | |
|  Donegal | 2-20 | | |  Donegal | 2-16 |
|  Cavan | 1-15 | |

#### Results

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26 May 2018

19:00

Quarter Final

Down | 0-11 - 1-14| Antrim

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D O'Hare 7 (5f), A Doherty 3 (3f), S Millar 2, S Dornan 2, B McArdle 1, C Mooney 1, K McKernan 1-1, C Harrison 1 | Report | P McBride 4 (2f), C Murray 4 (1f), R Murray 2 (1f), M Fitzpatrick 1, C Duffin 1

Páirc Esler, Newry

Attendance: 5,589

Referee: Derek O'Mahony (Tipperary)

10 June 2018

16:00

Semi Final

Down | 1-12 - 2-22| Donegal

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D O'Hare 0-4 (3f), C Harrison 0-4, C Maginn 0-2, C Mooney 0-1, N Donnelly 1-1 | Report | P McBrearty 0-6 (3f), M Murphy 0-5 (3f), J Brennan 0-3, P Brennan 1-2, R McHugh 0-2, C Ward 0-1, C Thompson 0-1, S McMenamin 0-1, M McHugh 0-1, L McLoone 1-0

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 12,051

Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Main article: 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

#### Fixtures

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

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Saturday 23 June | Round 2 | Cavan | 1-14 v 0-15 | Down | Brewster Park, Enniskillen | [23]

#### Results

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23 June 2018

19:00

Round 2

Cavan | 1-14 - 0-15| Down

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Padraig Faulkner (0-1), Enda Ciaran Brady (0-2), Sean McCormack (0-1), Oisin Kiernan (0-1), Gearoid McKiernan (1-2), Niall Murray (0-2), Conor Bradley (0-1), Dara McVeety (0-1), Sean Johnston (0-3f) | Report | Anthony Doherty (0-4f), Peter Turley (0-1), Ronan Millar (0-4, 3f), Kevin McKernan (0-1), Conor Maginn (0-1), Sean Dornan (0-2), Connaire Harrison (0-1), David McKibbin (0-1)

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

## References

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1. ^ Thompson, William; Hasson, Michael (1 December 2017). "Bank of Ireland Renew Dr McKenna Cup Sponsorship". Ulster GAA. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
2. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (7 January 2018). "BOI McKenna Cup Down vs UU is postponed to another dated use to unplayable pitch, new date to be announced within 24 hrs" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
3. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (3 January 2018). "BOI Dr Mc Kenna cup first round result from Pairc Esler Armagh 2.12 Down 0.13 fairly lively second half from both teams" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
4. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (7 January 2018). "BOI McKenna Cup Down vs UU is postponed to another dated use to unplayable pitch, new date to be announced within 24 hrs" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
5. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (10 January 2018). "BOI McKenna Cup Full time Down 2.10 Derry 1.14 #BOIMcKennaCup" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
6. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (14 January 2018). "BOI McKenna Cup 2nd half Down 1.14 UU 0.09 point by Barry O'Hagan #BOIMcKennaCup" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
7. ^ "Down secure status with Cork draw". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
8. ^ "Draft 2018 Allianz League fixtures released". Hogan Stand. Lynn Group. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
9. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (1 March 2018). "All Allianz Football and Hurling league fixtures scheduled for this weekend have been postponed. https://t.co/JUEOiAdAR8" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
10. ^ "This weekend's Allianz League fixtures". Gaelic Athletic Association. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
11. ^ The GAA [@officialgaa] (18 March 2018). "#GAA news: #AllianzLeagues Division 2 - @OfficialDownGAA v @TipperaryGAA OFF - CCCC will confirm re-fixture details on Tuesday" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
12. ^ "Allianz FL D2: Harrison nets decisive goal". 28 January 2018.
13. ^ "Allianz FL D2: Collins helps Cork to first win". 4 February 2018.
14. ^ "Allianz FL D2: Fine away success for Down". 11 February 2018.
15. ^ "Allianz FL D2: Clare stun Down". 25 February 2018.
16. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (1 March 2018). "All Allianz Football and Hurling league fixtures scheduled for this weekend have been postponed. https://t.co/JUEOiAdAR8" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
17. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (10 March 2018). "Allianz League Div 2 Cavan 0.17 Down 0.14 full time" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
18. ^ The GAA [@officialgaa] (18 March 2018). "#GAA news: #AllianzLeagues Division 2 - @OfficialDownGAA v @TipperaryGAA OFF - CCCC will confirm re-fixture details on Tuesday" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
19. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (25 March 2018). "Allianz Leagues Div 2 Full time Down 1.14 Meath 4.14" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
20. ^ Official Down GAA [@OfficialDownGAA] (31 March 2018). "Allianz Leagues Div 2 Second half Down 2.10 Tipperary 1.10" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
21. ^ The GAA [@officialgaa] (19 October 2017). "2018 @UlsterGAA SFC QFs @TyroneGAALive v @monaghangaa & @OfficialDownGAA v @AontroimGAA" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
22. ^ The GAA [@officialgaa] (19 October 2017). "2018 @UlsterGAA SFC QFs @TyroneGAALive v @monaghangaa & @OfficialDownGAA v @AontroimGAA" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2020 - via Twitter.
23. ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (23 June 2018). "Cavan come from behind to defeat Down in fiery clash". RTÉ.ie.

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* All-Ireland Series:
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League (NFL)|

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Hurling|

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* Leinster SHC
* final
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* final

* All-Ireland Series:
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Tiers 2 to 5|

* Joe McDonagh Cup
* final
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* final
* Nicky Rackard Cup
* final
* Lory Meagher Cup

League (NHL)|

* Division 1A
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* Division 2B
* Division 3A
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Preseason competitions|

* Walsh Cup
* Kehoe Cup
* Munster Senior Hurling League

Other adult competitions|

* Club Championship
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* Hurling/Shinty International Series
* Ulster SHC (cancelled)

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