2012 Down county football team season
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2012 season.
2012 season | |
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Manager | James McCartan, Junior |
Stadium | Páirc Esler, Newry |
NFL D1 | 3rd (Semi-finals) |
All Ireland SFC | Quarter Finals |
Ulster Championship | Runners Up |
Dr McKenna Cup | Semi-finals |
Kits
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Away
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Competitions
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Dr McKenna Cup
Squad
Brendan McVeigh Gk, Damien Turley, Daniel McCartan, Dan Gordon, Niall Branigan, Aidan Branigan, Ciarán Brannigan, Kevin Duffen, Conor Gavery, Brendan McArdle, Mark Doran, Darren O'Hagan, Peter Turley, Conor Gough, Kalum King, Ambrose Rodgers, Aidan Carr, Daniel Hughes, Niall McParland, Arthur McConville, Brendan Coulter, Conor Laverty, Eoin McCartan, Paul McComiskey, Marcus Miskelly, Kevin Anderson, Liam Doyle, Michael McAlister Gk
Fixtures
Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
8 Jan | Group | Down | 2-12 - 0-10 | Armagh | Páirc Esler, Newry |
15 Jan | Group | Monaghan | 0-11 - 4-12 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
18 Jan | Group | Down | 1-5 - 0-8 | St Marys | Páirc Esler, Newry |
22 Jan | Semi-finals | Down | 0-9 - 0-11 | Derry | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |
National Football League Division 1
Squad
Peter Turley, Damien Turley Keith Quinn, Donal O'Hare, Marcus Miskelly, Niall McParland, David McKibben, Arthur McConville, Conor Gough, Timmy Hanna, Owen Costllo, Ciaran Brannigan, Niall Branigan, Ryan Brady, Kevin Anderson, Michael McAllister, Declan Rooney, Ambrose Rodgers, Damien Rafferty, Mark Poland, Brendan McVeigh, Kevin McKernan, Gerard McCartan, Eoin McCartan, Daniel McCartan, Brendan McArdle, Anton McArdle, Conor Maginn, Conor Laverty, Kalum King, Daniel Hughes, Dan Gordan, Conor Garvey, Kevin Duffin, Liam Doyle, Brendan Coulter, Aidan Carr, Aidan Branigan, Paul McComiskey
Fixtures
Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
4 Feb | Group | Down | 1-10 — 1-09 | Donegal | Páirc Esler, Newry |
12 Feb | Group | Cork | 4-11 — 0-10 | Down | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork |
4 Mar | Group | Down | 0-8 — 0-14 | Kerry | Páirc Esler, Newry |
11 Mar | Group | Mayo | 0-11 — 1-13 | Down | MacHale Park, Castlebar |
18 Mar | Group | Down | 0-15 — 1-10 | Dublin | Páirc Esler, Newry |
24 Mar | Group | Armagh | 1-14 — 0-16 | Down | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |
8 Apr | Group | Laois | 0-10 — 2-11 | Down | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
15 Apr | Semi-finals | Cork | 2-17 — 1-12 | Down | Croke Park, Dublin |
Table
NFL semi-final placing Relegated
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
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Kerry | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4–99 | 5–71 | 25 | 11 |
Cork | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8–75 | 1–75 | 21 | 9 |
Down | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4–83 | 7–79 | -5 | 8 |
Mayo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4-88 | 2–83 | 19 | 7 |
Dublin | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8–88 | 4–93 | 7 | 6 |
Donegal | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5–73 | 8–74 | -10 | 6 |
Armagh | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5–73 | 7–92 | -25 | 5 |
Laois | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5–74 | 9-86 | -24 | 4 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
Cork | 2-17 | |||||||
Down | 1-12 | Mayo | 0-11 | |||||
Mayo | 1-17 | Cork | 2-10 | |||||
Kerry | 2-15 | |||||||
Results
4 February 2012 Round 1 | Down | 1-10 — 1-09 | Donegal | Páirc Esler, Newry |
19:00 | L Doyle 1-4, (0-2f), A Brannigan 0-2, B Coulter, C Garvey, A Carr (1f), D Gordon 0-1 each | Report | M McElhinney 1-0, M McHugh, P McBrearty (2f), S Griffin (2f) 0-2 each, D Molloy, K Lacey, A Thompson 0-1 each | Referee: J. McQuillan |
12 February 2012 Round 2 | Cork | 4-11 — 0-10 | Down | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork |
14:00 | P Kelly 3-0, D O'Connor 1-4 (1-0 pen, 3f), B O'Driscoll 0-2, M Shields, A O'Connor, P O'Neill, F Goold, M Collins 0-1 each | Report | A Carr 0-5 (4f), L Doyle 0-2 (2f), A Branigan, D Gordon, C Laverty 0-1 each. | Referee: R. Hickey |
4 March 2012 Round 3 | Down | 0-8 — 0-14 | Kerry | Páirc Esler, Newry |
19:00 | M Poland 0-4 (3f), D Gordon 0-2, D Hughes, A McConville (f) 0-1 each | Report | B Sheehan 0-6 (4f, 1 '45), BJ Keane 0-4, Declan O'Sullivan 0-3, P Curtin 0-1 | Referee: D Brazil (Offaly) |
11 March 2012 Round 4 | Mayo | 0-11 — 1-13 | Down | McHale Park, Castlebar |
14:30 | C Mortimer 0-6, A Dillon, A Freeman 0-2 each, A Moran 0-1 | Report | A Carr 0-5, C Maginn 1-1, A Rogers 0-3, B Coulter 0-2, D Hughes, K Duffin 0-1 each | Referee: B Cassidy (Derry) |
18 March 2012 Round 5 | Down | 0-15 — 1-10 | Dublin | Páirc Esler, Newry |
14:30 | A Carr 0-5 (4f), M Poland, K McKernan, A Rogers 0-2 each, N McParland, B Coulter, C Laverty, D Hughes 0-1 each | Report | K McManamon 1-1, D Connolly 0-3 (3f), A Brogan, MD Macauley 0-2 each, E Fennell, S Cluxton (1 '45') 0-1 each | Referee: C Reilly (Meath) |
24 March 2012 Round 6 | Armagh | 1-14 — 0-16 | Down | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |
19:00 | M Stevenson 0-6 (6f); B Mallon 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-2f); P Carragher, F Moriarty, D McKenna, C Rafferty, C McKeever 0-1 each. | Report | A Carr 0-6 (6f); D Hughes, M Poland, E McCartan 0-2 each; A Rogers 0-2 (1 '45'); K McKernan, D Gordon 0-1 each. | Referee: D Coldrick (Meath). |
8 April 2012 Round 7 | Laois | 0-10 — 2-11 | Down | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
14:30 | G Walsh 0-2 (1f, 1 '45'), C Boyle, B Quigley, R Munnelly, C Begley, P Cahillane, C Kelly (f), D Conway (f), D O'Connor 0-1 each | Report | B Coulter 1-1, A McConville 0-3 (2f), C Laverty 1-0, K Quinn, A Carr (f) 0-2 each, C Garvey, A Rogers, M Poland 0-1 each | Referee: S Doyle (Wexford) |
15 April 2012 Semi-Final | Down | 1-12 — 2-17 | Cork | Croke Park, Dublin |
4:00 | C O’Neill 1-06 (0-2f), A O’Connor 1-00, P Kerrigan, P O’Neill 0-03 each, D O’Connor, A Walsh, N O’Leary, D Goulding, B O’Driscoll 0-01 each. | Report | A Carr 1-02 (1-00 pen, 0-01f), C Laverty, B Coulter 0-03 each, A McConville (f), P Turley, M Poland, B McArdle 0-01 each. | Attendance: 11,342 Referee: Michael Duffy (Sligo) |
Ulster Senior Football Championship
The draw for the 2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 6 October 2011.
Squad
Ambrose Rodgers, Daniel Hughes, Kalum King, Brendan McVeigh, Gerard McCartan, Declan Rooney, Brendan McArdle, Aidan Burns, Kevin McKernan, Conor Garvey, Mark Poland, Brendan Coulter, Conor Maginn, Dan Gordan, Conor Laverty, Daniel McCartan, Aidan Carr, Aidan Branigan, Eoin McCartan, Kevin Duffin, Anton McArdle, Liam Doyle, Gerard McAnulty, Peter Turley, Damien Turley, Marcus Miskelly, Arthur McConville, Niall McParland, Niall Branigan, Ciaran Brannigan, Owen Costello, Timmy Hanna, Michael McAlister, Shane Harrison, Ben O'Reilly, Donal O'Hare, Darren O'Hagan
Fixtures
Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
3 June 2012 | Quarter final | Fermanagh | 1-08 - 2-10 | Down | Brewster Park, Enniskillen |
24 June 2012 | Semi final | Monaghan | 1-13 - 1-14 | Down | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |
22 July 2012 | Final | Donegal | 2-18 - 0-13 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Monaghan |
Rounds
Preliminary Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Ulster final | |||||||||||||||
Cavan | 1-10 | |||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 1-16 | Donegal | 2-13 | |||||||||||||||
Derry | 0-09 | |||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 0-12 | |||||||||||||||||
Tyrone | 0-10 | |||||||||||||||||
Tyrone | 0-19 | |||||||||||||||||
Armagh | 1-13 | |||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 2-18 | |||||||||||||||||
Down | 0-13 | |||||||||||||||||
Monaghan | 1-12 | |||||||||||||||||
Antrim | 1-09 | |||||||||||||||||
Monaghan | 1-13 | |||||||||||||||||
Down | 1-14 | |||||||||||||||||
Down | 2-10 | |||||||||||||||||
Fermanagh | 1-08 | |||||||||||||||||
Results
Fermanagh | 1-08 - 2-10 | Down |
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D. Kelly 1-1, D. Kille 0-3 (2f), S. Quigley 0-2 (2f), T. Corrigan, P. Ward 0-1 each. | Report | D O’Hare 1-1, C Laverty 1-0, C Maginn, A Carr (f), A Rogers, K King, K McKernan, D McCartan, B McArdle, D O’Hagan, K Duffin 0-1 each. |
Monaghan | 1-13 - 1-14 | Down |
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P Finlay (3f), C McManus (3f) 0-5 each, T Freeman 1-0, D Hughes 0-2 (1f, 1 45), D Clerkin 0-1. | Report | D O'Hare 0-5 (5f), A Carr 1-2, (1-0 pen, 1f), C Laverty 0-2, A Rogers (f), D O'Hagan, K Duffin, L Doyle (f), B Coulter 0-1 each. |
Down | 0-13 - 2-18 | Donegal |
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L Doyle (2f) 0-04 , D O’Hare (1f) 0-02 , C Laverty, A Rogers, K McKernan, A Brannigan, C Maginn, D Hughes, E McCartan 0-01 each | Report | L McLoone, F McGlynn 1-00 each, C McFadden (3f) 0-06 , Declan Walsh, R Bradley, M McHugh, M McElhinney 0-02 each, David Walsh, D McLaughlin, P McBrearty, M Murphy 0-01 each |
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Fixtures
Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
28 June 2012 | Round 4 Qualifier | Tipperary | 0-11 - 1-13 | Down | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
4 August 2012 | Quarter Finals | Mayo | 3-18 - 2-09 | Down | Croke Park, Dublin |
Rounds
Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Cork | 2-19 | |||||||||||||
Kildare | 0-12 | |||||||||||||
Cork | 1-11 | |||||||||||||
Donegal | 0-16 | |||||||||||||
Donegal | 1-12 | |||||||||||||
Kerry | 1-10 | |||||||||||||
Donegal | 2-11 | |||||||||||||
Mayo | 0-13 | |||||||||||||
Mayo | 3-18 | |||||||||||||
Down | 2-09 | |||||||||||||
Mayo | 0-19 | |||||||||||||
Dublin | 0-16 | |||||||||||||
Dublin | 1-12 | |||||||||||||
Laois | 0-12 | |||||||||||||
Awards
- Ulster GAA Writers' Association Award June - Conor Laverty
- Irish News Ulster All-Stares - Dan Gordan and Conor Laverty
- BBC Man of the Match v Fermanagh - Conor Laverty
- BBC Man of the Match v Monaghan - Conor Laverty
- RTÉ Man of the Match v Monaghan - Conor Laverty
- GAA Man of the Match v Tipperary - Ambrose Rodgers
- GAA All Stares nominations - Conor Laverty