2015 Down football season

Down

2015 season

Manager

Jim McCorry

Stadium

1st (Runner-Up)

Round 1 (Qualifiers)

Quarter Finals

Group Stages (2nd)

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The following is a summary of Down GAA's 2015 Gaelic football season. It is the first season for new Down manager Jim McCorry.

Kits

McKenna Cup and National League Kits

Home	Away

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled

Dr. McKenna Cup

The draw for the 2015 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 5 November 2014.^[1]^[2]

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground
4 Jan	Group	Down	1-09 v 2-11	Cavan	Páirc Esler, Newry
11 Jan	Group	Monaghan	0-11 v 1-12	Down	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
14 Jan	Group	Down	1-13 v 1-07	UUJ	Páirc Esler, Newry

Table

Qualification for next round

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Cavan	3	2	1	3-34	2-30	7	4
Down	3	2	1	3-34	3-29	5	4
Monaghan	3	1	2	0-44	4-35	-3	2
UUJ	3	1	2	4-25	1-43	-9	2

Results

Down v Cavan

4 January 2015
14:00
Group

Down	1-09 — 2-11	Cavan
C Laverty (1-1), P Devlin (0-4, 1f, 1 '45'), G Collins (0-1), C McKay (0-1), A McConville (0-1), D O'Hare (0-1, f)	Report	M Reilly (2-1, one pen, 1 '45'), G McKiernan (0-3), B Reilly (0-3, 2f), D McVeety (0-1), J Brady (0-2, 1f), T Hayes (0-1)

Pairc Esler, Newry
Referee: B Cassidy

Monaghan v Down

11 January 2015
14:00
Group

Monaghan	0-11 — 1-12	Down
D McKenna (0-3, 2f), D Hughes (0-2), P Finlay (0-2, 1f) , P Kierans (0-1), N McAdam (0-1), T Connolly (0-1), P Meegan (0-1)	Report	D O'Hare (1-2, 0-1f), P Devlin (0-3, 1f, 1'45), K McKernan (0-2), N Madine (0-1), P Downey (0-1), A McConville (0-1), C Garvey (0-1), K Anderson (0-1)

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: B Cassidy

Down v University of Ulster GAA

14 January 2015
20:00
Group

Down	1-13 — 1-07	University of Ulster GAA
C Laverty (1-1), D O’Hare (0-4, 2f), P Devlin (0-2f), D McKay (0-1); N Madine (0-1), P Fitzpatrick (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), A McConville (0-1), C Crilly (0-1)	Report	N McKeever (1-1), C O’Connor (0-3f), P McBrearty (0-2), C Mooney (0-1)

Pairc Esler, Newry
Referee: S Laverty

National Football League Division 2

Down will play in Division Two of the National Football League in 2015. The fixtures were announced on 18 September 2014.^[3]

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground
1 Feb	Group	Kildare	1-15 v 3-13	Down	St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
7 Feb	Group	Down	1-11 v 1-15	Roscommon	Páirc Esler, Newry
28 Feb	Group	Cavan	0-08 v 1-09	Down	Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
8 Mar	Group	Down	1-17 v 1-16	Galway	Páirc Esler, Newry
15 Mar	Group	Westmeath	0-10 v 2-17	Down	Cusack Park, Mullingar
28 Mar	Group	Down	0-10 v 2-11	Meath	Páirc Esler, Newry
5 Apr	Group	Down	3-18 v 1-15	Laois	Páirc Esler, Newry
26 Apr	Final	Down	0-15 v 1-17	Roscommon	Croke Park, Dublin

Table

Division final place & promotion Relegated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Down (P)	7	5	0	2	11–89	6–90	14	10
Roscommon (P)	7	4	1	2	7–99	6–94	8	9
Meath	7	4	1	2	7–87	4–80	16	9
Galway	7	4	0	3	9–88	8–85	6	8
Cavan	7	3	1	3	1–85	7–66	1	7
Laois	7	2	1	4	8–80	5–92	-3	5
Westmeath (R)	7	2	0	5	4–75	11-83	-29	4
Kildare (R)	7	2	0	5	7-87	7-100	-13	4

Results

1 February 2015 Round 1	Kildare	1-15 — 3-13	Down	St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
14:00	N Kelly (1-1), E O’Flaherty (0-4, 3f); D Mulhall (0-4, 2f), F Dowling (0-4), P Fogarty (0-2)	Report	D O’Hare (1-6, 0-4f), P Devlin (0-6, 2f), D O'Hagan (0-1), C Mooney (1-0), A McConville (1-0)	Referee: A Nolan

7 February 2015 Round 2	Down	1-11 — 1-15	Roscommon	Pairc Esler, Newry
19:00	A McConville (1-1), D O'Hare (0-3, 1f), J Johnston (0-3), P Devlin (0-2, 1'45, 1f), P Fitzpatrick (0-1); C Maginn (0-1)	Report	D Murtagh (1-4, 0-2f), C Cregg (0-3), C Murtagh (0-2), N Daly (0-1), C Cafferky (0-1), M Nally (0-1), D Shine (0-1f), S Kilbride (0-1), D Smith (0-1)	Referee: B Cassidy

28 February 2015 Round 3	Cavan	0-08 — 1-09	Down	Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
19:00	J McLoughlin (0-1), M Reilly (0-2f), M Dunne (0-1), N McDermott (0-4f)	Report	D O'Hare (1-3, 0-2f), K McKernan (0-2), L Howard (0-1), D Turley (0-1), C McGovern (0-1), J Johnston (0-1)	Referee: P Hughes

8 March 2015 Round 4	Down	1-17 — 1-16	Galway	Pairc Esler, Newry
14:00	D O'Hare (1-5, 0-3f), P Devlin (0-4, 2f, 1'45), C Laverty (0-3, 1f), M Poland (0-2), R McGarry (0-1), K McKernan (0-1), D O'Hanlon, C Mooney (0-1)	Report	M Martin (0-5, 4f), D Cummins (0-4, 2f), A Varley (0-2), S Denvir (0-2), G Bradshaw (0-1), P Sweeney (1-0), D Comer (0-1), P Conroy (0-1)	Referee: P Neilan

15 March 2015 Round 5	Westmeath	0-10 — 2-17	Down	Cusack Park, Mullingar
14:00	R Connellan (0-1f); C McCormack (0-2, 1'45), J Heslin (0-4, 3f, 1sl), S Dempsey (0-3)	Report	D O’Hare (1-4, 0-1f), A McConville (1-2), C Laverty (0-4), M Poland (0-3), D O'Hanlon (0-2), P Devlin (0-1f), K McKernan (0-1)	Referee: J Hickey

28 March 2015 Round 6	Down	0-10 — 2-11	Meath	Pairc Esler, Newry
19:00	P Devlin (0-3, 2f), K McKernan (0-2), D O'Hare (0-2f), D O'Hanlon (0-1), C Mooney (0-1), J Johnston (0-1)	Report	B Menton (1-2), P Harnan (1-1), M O'Sullivan (0-3f), P O'Rourke (0-1'45), C Gillespie (0-1), J McEntee; E Wallace (0-1), S O'Rourke (0-1), J Wallace (0-1)	Referee: B Cassidy

6 April 2015 Round 7	Down	3-12 — 1-15	Laois	Pairc Esler, Newry
15:00	P Devlin (1-2, 0-2f), C Laverty (1-1), G Collins (0-1), C McGovern (0-2), C Maginn (0-2), C Mooney (0-2), D O'Hare (0-1f), A McConville (1-0), M Poland (0-1)	Report	R Munnelly (1-4, 1-0pen, 0-3f), E O'Carroll (0-7, 5f, 2'45), D Strong (0-1), R Kehoe (0-1), J O'Loughlin (0-1), N Donoher (0-1	Referee: R Hickey

26 April 2015 Final	Down	0-15 — 1-17	Roscommon	Croke Park, Dublin
14:00	D O’Hare (0-5, 3f), K McKernan (0-2), B McArdle (0-1), P Devlin (0-1); C Maginn (0-1), C Laverty (0-1), C Mooney (0-1), P Fitzpatrick (0-1), R Johnston (0-1), J Johnston (0-1f)	Report	C Murtagh (1-2, 0-1f), C Connolly (0-5, 4f), S Kilbride (0-4), C Cregg (0-1), D Murtagh (0-1), U Harney (0-1), D Shine (0-1f), Cafferkey (0-1), D Smith (0-1)	Referee: M Deegan

Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2014.^[4]

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground
7 June 2015	Quarter Final	Derry	0-12 v 0-11	Down	Celtic Park, Derry

2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Cavan

0-15

Monaghan

0-16

Monaghan

1-20

Fermanagh

0-13

Fermanagh

1-13

Antrim

0-08

Monaghan

Derry

0-12

0-11

0-08

Donegal

1-13

Donegal

2-11

Tyrone

1-10

Results

Derry v Down

07 June 2015
14:00
Quarter-Final

Derry	0-12 - 0-11	Down
	Report

Celtic Park, Derry
Attendance: 10,541
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Following defeat to Derry in the Ulster Championship quarter finals, Down entered the All Ireland in Round 1 of the qualifiers.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground
27 June 2015	Round 1B	Wexford	2-16 v 2-11	Down	Wexford Park, Wexford

Notable moments

On Saturday 19 September 2014 Kilcoo manager Jim McCorry was named as the new Down boss on a 3-year deal.^[5]
On Monday 24 November 2014 former Down All Star Benny Coulter retired from intercounty football following a 15-year career.^[6]
On 20 August 2015 Jim McCorry resigned as Down manager.^[7]

References

Down GAA

Founded in 1903 Based in Down, Ireland

History	Senior football team seasons 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Players	Footballers Hurlers List of senior football team captains

Stadiums	Páirc Esler

Club scene	Clubs Senior Football Championship Senior Hurling Championship

Honours	Football honours Hurling honours

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles (5)	1960 1961 1968 1991 1994

Affiliations	Championship: Ulster League: Division 2 Cup: McKenna

2015 GAA season

Football

Championship	Ulster Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Connacht Championship All-Ireland qualifiers Minor Football Championship All-Ireland series All-Ireland Final

NFL	Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4

Cups	McKenna O'Byrne McGrath

Other	All Stars International Rules Series Interprovincial Championships

Seasons	Down

Hurling

Championship	Leinster Championship (Final) Munster Championship (Final) Ulster Championship All-Ireland qualifiers All-Ireland series All-Ireland Final

NHL	Division 1A Division 1B Division 2A Division 2B Division 3A Division 3B

Cups	Christy Ring Nicky Rackard Lory Meagher Waterford Crystal Kehoe Walsh

Other	All Stars Shinty/Hurling International Series Interprovincial Championships

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