2019 Down county football team season

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2019 season. On 24 August 2018, Paddy Tally was announced as the new Down manager following the resignation of Eamon Burns.[1]

Down county football team

2019 season
Manager	Paddy Tally
Stadium	Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D3	3rd
All Ireland SFC	Round 2
Ulster Championship	Quarter-finals
Dr McKenna Cup	Group Stage (3rd)

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Competitions

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Dr McKenna Cup

The draw for the 2019 Dr McKenna Cup was made in December 2018. It is the first time in recent history that the competition will start in the previous calendar year as the regular season with games starting in December 2018. [2] Down finished 3rd in the group following defeats to Cavan and Donegal.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground	Ref
30 Dec 2018	Group	Cavan	0-13 v 1-09	Down	Breffni Park, Cavan	[3]
6 Jan 2019	Group	Down	0-10 v 1-17	Donegal	Pairc Esler, Newry	[4]
9 Jan 2019	Group	Down	4-18 v 1-05	Queens University	Pairc Esler, Newry	[5]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	Donegal	3	3	0	0	64	36	1.778	6	Advance to semi-final
2	Cavan	3	2	0	1	45	38	1.184	4
3	Down	3	1	0	2	52	41	1.268	2
4	Queen's University	3	0	0	3	22	68	0.324	0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2019. Source: Ulster GAA

Reports

30 December 2018

14:00

Group Stage

Cavan	0-13 - 1-09	Down
Raymond Galligan (0-3, three 45s), Ciaran Brady (0-2), Niall Murray (0-1), Simon Cadden (0-1), Pierce Smith (0-1f), Stephen Smith (0-2, 1f), Conor Madden (0-2), Jack Brady (0-1)	Report	Rory Burns (0-1f), Aaron McClements (0-1), Pat Havern (1-3, 1-0 pen, 1f), Rory Mason (0-1f), Conor McGrady (0-2), Ciaran Harney (0-1)

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: M McNally

6 January 2019

14:00

Group Stage

Down	0-10 - 1-17	Donegal
R Johnston (0-1), J Johnston (0-1), P Havern (0-1), C Harney (0-1), C McGrady (0-2), P Devlin (0-3f), E McCabe (0-1)	Report	C McGonigle (1-1); H McFadden (0-1), M McElhinney (0-4); C Thompson (0-1), N O'Donnell (0-3, 2f), P Mogan (0-1); J Brennan (0-2), M Langan (0-2f), M O'Reilly (0-1), O Gallen (0-1)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: B Cassidy

9 January 2019

19:00

Group Stage

Down	4-18 - 1-05	Queens University
P Havern (2-3), P Devlin (0-5), K McClorey (0-1), D McClements (1-0), C Francis (0-2), R Burns (0-2), C McGrady (0-1), O McCabe (0-1), S Annett (1-0), C Quinn (0-2), J Johnston (0-1)	Report	K Hughes (0-2), R Treanor (0-2), C O'Neil (1-0), J Smith (0-1)

Pairc Esler, Newry

National Football League Division 3

Down will play in Division Three of the National Football League in 2019.

Fixtures and results

Fixtures for the 2019 National League were announced on 7 September 2018. [6]

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground	Ref
Saturday 26 January	Group	Down	1-12 v 2-15	Laois	Páirc Esler, Newry	[7]
Sunday 3 February	Group	Sligo	1-10 v 1-12	Down	Connolly Park, Collooney	[8]
Sunday 9 February	Group	Down	0-10 v 0-09	Westmeath	Páirc Esler, Newry	[9]
Sunday 24 February	Group	Longford	0-08 v 3-07	Down	Pearse Park, Longford	[10]
Sunday 2 March	Group	Down	2-12 v 0-10	Offaly	Páirc Esler, Newry	[11]
Saturday 16 March	Group	Carlow	1-11 v 0-15	Down	Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow	[12]
Sunday 24 March	Group	Down	1-06 v 0-10	Louth	Páirc Esler, Newry	[13]

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	7	6	4	2	1	1	3

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Westmeath	7	4	2	1	99	84	+15	10	Advance to Division 3 Final
2	Laois	7	5	0	2	117	103	+14	10
3	Down	7	5	0	2	98	85	+13	10
4	Louth	7	4	1	2	108	88	+20	9
5	Longford	7	3	1	3	88	88	0	7
6	Offaly	7	2	1	4	89	99	−10	5
7	Carlow	7	2	1	4	90	94	−4	5	Relegation to Division 4
8	Sligo	7	0	0	7	92	140	−48	0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2019. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where two teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the League; 3) Score difference – subtracting the total scores against from the scores for; 4) Highest total score for; 5) Highest total goals for; 6) A play-off.

• Westmeath, Laois and Down are ranked by score difference.

Reports

26 January 2019

19:00

Round 1

Down	1-12 - 2-15	Laois
C Francis (0-1), C McGrady (0-2, 1m), P Devlin (0-4f), P Havern (0-3, 2f), J Johnston (0-1m), D O'Hare (1-1)	Report	C Boyle (0-3), C Murphy (1-1, 0-1f), E O'Carroll (0-8, 5f, 1m), (0-3, 1f, 1m), P Cahillane (1-0)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: M McNally (Monaghan)

3 February 2019

14:00

Round 2

Sligo	1-10 - 1-12	Down
P Hughes 1-2, L Gaughan 0-2, S Carribine 0-2, N Murphy 0-3, A Devaney 0-1	Report	P Devlin 0-2, P Havern 0-1, J Johnston 0-1, R Johnston 0-2, D O'Hare 0-4, C Mooney 1-2

Connolly Park, Collooney

Referee: P Hughes (Armagh)

9 February 2019

19:00

Round 3

Down	0-10 - 0-09	Westmeath
Conor Poland (0-01), Kevin McKernan (0-01), Ryan Johnston (0-03), Donal O’Hare (0-04, 0-03f), Jerome Johnstone (0-01, 0-01m)	Report	James Dolan (0-01), Boidu Sayeh (0-01), Sam Duncan (0-02), Ronan O’Toole (0-01), Luke Loughlin (0-01), Ger Egan (0-03, 0-03f)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: D Gough (Meath)

24 February 2019

14:00

Round 4

Longford	0-08 - 3-07	Down
D Gallagher (0-4,2f, ‘14), L Connerton (0-2), C Berry (0-2,1f)	Report	G Collins (0-1), C Poland (0-1), D O’Hare (3-2,1f), D Guinness (0-1), J Johnston (0-2)

Pearse Park, Longford

Referee: J Molloy (Galway)

2 March 2019

19:00

Round 5

Down	2-12 v 0-10	Offaly
O'Hare 0-6, Quinn 2-0, Mooney 0-2, McKernan 0-1, O'Hagan 0-1, Johnston 0-1, R Burns 0-1	Report	Allen 0-6, Horan 0-2, Cunningham 0-1, McNamee 0-1

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: A Nolan (Wicklow)

16 March 2019

15:00

Round 6

Carlow	1-11 v 0-15	Down
Eoghan Ruth (1-00), Brendan Murphy (0-01), Jordan Morrissey (0-01), Darragh Foley (0-07fs), Diarmuid Walshe (0-02fs)	Report	Darren O’Hagan (0-01), Caolan Mooney (0-01); Daniel Guinness (0-01), Conor Poland (0-02), Donal O’Hare (0-05, 4fs), Ryan Johnston (0-1), Paul Devlin (0-4)

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: J Bermingham (Cork)

23 March 2019

14:00

Round 7

Down	1-06 v 0-10	Louth
Darren O’Hagan (1-01), Caolan Mooney (0-01), Ryan Johnston (0-01), Conor Poland (0-01), Paul Devlin (0-01)	Report	Fergal Donohoe (0-01), Tommy Durnin (0-01), James Califf (0-02), Sam Mulroy (0-05, 0-05f), Declan Byrne (0-01)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: M McNally (Monaghan)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 12 October 2018. [14]

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground	Ref
19 May 2019	Quarter Final	Down	3-13 v 2-17	Armagh	Pairc Esler, Newry	[15]

Bracket

	Preliminary Round 12 May 2019					Quarter-Finals 18, 19, 25, 26 May 2019					Semi-Finals 2 & 8 June 2019					Final 23 June 2019
						Cavan		1-13
						Monaghan		0-12
											Cavan (R)		0-17 0-23
											Armagh (R)		1-14 0-17
						Down		3-13
						Armagh		2-17
																Cavan		2-16
																Donegal		1-24
						Fermanagh		0-09
						Donegal		0-15
											Donegal		1-16
											Tyrone		0-15
						Antrim		2-09
	Tyrone		1-19			Tyrone		2-23
	Derry		1-13

Reports

Down v Armagh

19 May 2019 (2019-05-19) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-Final B

Report

Down	3-13 (22) – (23) 2-17 (a.e.t.)	Armagh
(HT: 1-05 – 0-07) (FT: 2-10 – 1-13)
Gls: Donal O'Hare, Paul Devlin, Pat Havern Pts: Donal O'Hare (2, 2f), Paul Devlin (2, 2f), Pat Havern, James Guinness (2), Jerome Johnston (2, f), Conor Poland, Conor Francis, Connaire Harrison, Barry O'Hagan		Gls: Mark Shields, Andrew Murnin Pts: Rian O'Neill (8, 4f), Jamie Clarke (2), Ryan Kennedy (2), Stefan Campbell (2), Aidan Nugent, James Morgan, Andrew Murnin

Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow) Attendance: 15,116

2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Down will enter the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in Round 1 of the qualifiers. Following a win over Tipperary in Round 1 Down progressed into the 2nd round of the All Ireland qualifiers where they were defeated by Mayo bringing an end to their 2019 campaign.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground	Ref
9 June 2019	Round 1	Down	1-13 v 1-10	Tipperary	Pairc Esler. Newry	[16]
22 June 2019	Round 2	Down	1-11 v 1-16	Mayo	Pairc Esler. Newry	[17]

Reports

Down v Tipperary

9 June 2019 Round 1	Down	1-13 – 1-10	Tipperary	Newry
14:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
	Gls: Donal O’Hare 1-0 Pts: Pat Havern and Cory Quinn 0-3 each, Connaire Harrison 0-2, Jerome Johnstone, Rory Burns (45),Barry O’Hagan, Paul Devlin and Darren O’Hagan 0-1 each	Report	Gls: Philip Austin 1-1 Pts: Conor Sweeney 0-4 (4fs), Liam McGrath 0-2, Michael Quinlavin, Jack Kennedy (45) and Liam Casey 0-1 each	Referee: F Kelly (Longford)

Down v Mayo

22 June 2019 Round 2	Down	1-11 – 1-16	Mayo	Newry
19:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Esler
	Gls: C Mooney (1-1) Pts: P Havern (0-1), D O’Hare (0-3, 2fs), C Harrison (0-2), C Quinn (0-2), J Johnston (0-1), O McCabe (0-1)	Report	Gls: C Loftus (1-4, 3fs) Pts: L Keegan (0-3), A Moran (0-2), F McDonagh (0-2), C Barrett (0-1), D O'Connor (0-1), A O’Shea (0-1), K McLoughlin (0-1), C Treacy (0-1)	Referee: F Kelly (Longford)

References

1. https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0823/987139-down-gaa-paddy-tally/
2. http://ulster.gaa.ie/2018/12/bank-of-ireland-dr-mckenna-cup-draw-2019-takes-place/
3. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1079400970176643072
4. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1081930400656707587
5. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1083114778158120960
6. https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/revealed-the-provisional-2019-football-and-hurling-league-fixtures-as-trainingcamp-sanctions-are-avoided-37284095.html
7. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1089260449705742336
8. https://www.gaa.ie/football/football-league-roinn-3/sligo-down/1495883/
9. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1094334397824802817
10. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1099694200369623045
11. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1101944992472420353
12. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1106958621827629056
13. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1109842410476105728
14. http://ulster.gaa.ie/2018/10/old-rivalries-to-be-renewed-in-2019-ulster-senior-football-championship/
15. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1130162524865933312
16. https://twitter.com/OfficialDownGAA/status/1137733901353476096
17. https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0622/1056875-down-1-11-mayo-1-16/