2018 Down county football team season

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

Down county football team
2018 season
Manager	Eamon Burns
Stadium	Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D2	7th (relegated)
All Ireland SFC	Round 2
Ulster Championship	Semi Finals
Dr McKenna Cup	Group stage (3rd)

Kits

Home	Away

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled

Dr McKenna Cup

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

Fixtures

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

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground	Ref
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
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

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

Fixtures

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 re-scheduled for Saturday 10 March. [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
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Advance to Division 2 Final
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	Relegation to Division 3

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

28 January 2018

14:00

Round 1

Louth	0-11 - 1-14	Down
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
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).

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

11 February 2018

14:00

Round 3

Roscommon	0-07 - 0-12	Down
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
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
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
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
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

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

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground	Ref
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

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Ulster Final

Fermanagh

0-12

0-7

Fermanagh

1-8

0-10

1-16

Monaghan

1-18

0-12

Donegal

2-18

Down

1-18

0-14

1-12

Donegal

2-22

0-16

Donegal

2-20

Donegal

2-16

1-15

Results

26 May 2018

19:00

Quarter Final

Down	0-11 - 1-14	Antrim
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
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)

2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground	Ref
Saturday 23 June	Round 2	Cavan	1-14 v 0-15	Down	Brewster Park, Enniskillen	[23]

Results

23 June 2018

19:00

Round 2

Cavan	1-14 - 0-15	Down
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

Founded in 1903
Based in Down, Northern Ireland

Players

Footballers
Hurlers
List of senior football team captains

Stadiums

Páirc Esler

Club scene

Honours

All-Ireland Senior Football Championships (5)

Intercounty Football Affiliations

Provincial Championship: Ulster
National Championship: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
League: Division 2
Other: McKenna

Intercounty Hurling Affiliations

Provincial Championship: Ulster
National Championship: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and Christy Ring Cup
League: Division 2B

Intercounty Football Seasons
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2018 GAA season

Football

Championship	Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship All-Ireland Series: Qualifiers Quarter-Finals Group Stage Final
NFL	Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4
Pre-NFL	Dr McKenna Cup FBD League McGrath Cup O'Byrne Cup
Underage	All-Ireland Under 20 All-Ireland Minor
Other	All Stars Club Championship Sigerson
Seasons	Down
Ladies	All-Ireland Championship All-Ireland Final League

Hurling

Championship	Leinster Championship Munster Championship All-Ireland Series: Championship Final
Tiers 2 to 5	Joe McDonagh Cup Christy Ring Cup Nicky Rackard Cup Lory Meagher Cup
NHL	Division 1A Division 1B Division 2A Division 2B Division 3A Division 3B
Pre-NHL	Kehoe Cup Munster Senior Hurling League Ulster Championship (cancelled) Walsh Cup
Underage	All-Ireland Under 21 All-Ireland Minor
Other	All Stars Club Championship Fitzgibbon Hurling/Shinty International Series
Camogie	All-Ireland Championship All-Ireland Final League

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