2016 Down football season

Down

2016 season

Manager

Eamon Burns

Stadium

8th (relegated)

Round 1

Quarter Finals

Group Stages (2nd)

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The following is a summary of Down GAA's 2016 Gaelic football season. It is the first season for new Down manager Eamon Burns.

Kits

Home	Away

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled

Dr. McKenna Cup

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground
3 Jan	Group	Donegal	1-11 v 0-11	Down	MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey
10 Jan	Group	Down	0-08 v 0-14	Fermanagh	Páirc Esler, Newry
13 Jan	Group	Down	3-20 v 2-14	St Marys	Páirc Esler, Newry

Table

Qualification for next round

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Fermanagh	3	3	0	1-39	0-30	12	6
Down	3	1	2	3-39	3-39	0	2
St Mary's	3	1	2	4-34	4-41	-7	2
Donegal	3	1	2	1-17	2-29	-15	2

National Football League Division 1

Down will play in Division One of the National Football League in 2016. The fixtures were announced on 16 November 2015.^[1]

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground
30 Jan	Group	Down	0-07 v 3-15	Donegal	Páirc Esler, Newry
7 Feb	Group	Monaghan	0-13 v 0-11	Down	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
28 Feb	Group	Down	0-06 v 0-22	Kerry	Páirc Esler, Newry
6 Mar	Group	Roscommon	1-12 v 0-06	Down	Pearse Park, Longford
12 Mar	Group	Down	1-07 v 1-15	Dublin	Páirc Esler, Newry
27 Mar	Group	Cork	0-12 v 0-07	Down	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
3 Apr	Group	Mayo	1-19 v 1-16	Down	MacHale Park, Castlebar

Table

Compete in Division 1 semi-finals
Automatic relegation to Division 2

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Dublin	7	7	0	8-91	4-75	28	14
Kerry	7	5	2	5-109	5-77	32	10
Roscommon	7	4	3	9-98	8-77	24	8
Donegal	7	3	4	8-84	6-78	12	6
Mayo	7	3	4	5-88	7-91	-9	6
Monaghan	7	3	4	6-83	7-91	-11	6
Cork	7	3	4	9-89	9-105	-16	6
Down	7	0	7	2-60	6-108	-60	0

Results

30/01/16 Round 1	Down	0-7 - 3-15	Donegal	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: D Gough
	D O'Hare (0-4), A McConville (0-2), C McGovern (0-1)	Report	M Murphy (0-8), P McBrearty (1-3), R McHugh (2-0), L McLoone (0-2), C Thompson (0-1), F McGlynn (0-1)	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: D Gough

07/02/16 Round 2	Monaghan	0-13 - 0-11	Down	St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: C Reilly
	C McManus (0-2), O Duffy (0-2), R McAnespie (0-2), S Carey (0-2), D Malone (0-1), D McKenna (0-1), F Kelly (0-1), R Beggan (0-1), T Kerr (0-1)	Report	C Harrison (0-4), D O'Hanlon (0-3), S McArdle (0-2), M McKay (0-1), P Downey (0-1)	St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: C Reilly

28/02/16 Round 3	Down	0-6 - 0-22	Kerry	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: M Duffy
	B O'Hagan (0-2), C Harrison (0-2), C Maginn (0-1), R Mallon (0-1)	Report	B Sheehan (0-6), D O'Sullivan (0-4), A Fitzgerald (0-3), BJ Keane (0-3), C Cooper (0-3), B O'Sullivan (0-2), S O'Brien (0-1)	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: M Duffy

06/03/16 Round 4	Roscommon	1-12 - 0-6	Down	Pearse Park, Longford Referee: B Cassidy
	C Murtagh (1-6), F Cregg (0-3), C Daly (0-2), C Cregg (0-1)	Report	C Harrison (0-2), B O'Hagan (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M Poland (0-1), P Devlin (0-1)	Pearse Park, Longford Referee: B Cassidy

12/03/16 Round 5	Down	1-7 - 1-15	Dublin	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: D O'Mahoney
	D O'Hare (1-2), J Murphy (0-2), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M McKay (0-1), P Devlin (0-1)	Report	C Costello (1-4), D Rock (0-3), C Kilkenny (0-2), K McManamon (0-2), P Flynn (0-2), J Cooper (0-1), P Andrews (0-1)	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: D O'Mahoney

27/03/16 Round 6	Cork	0-12 - 0-7	Down	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork Referee: S Hurson
	C O'Neill (0-4), L Connolly (0-3), M Collins (0-3), P Kerrigan (0-2)	Report	D O'Hare (0-3), C McGovern (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M Cunningham (0-1), M Poland (0-1)	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork Referee: S Hurson

03/04/16 Round 7	Mayo	1-19 - 1-16	Down	MacHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 8,352 Referee: J McQuillan
	E Regan (0-9), C O'Connor (1-4), A Freeman (0-2), A Moran (0-1), A O'Shea (0-1), C Barrett (0-1), J Doherty (0-1)	Report	D O'Hare (1-5), M Cunningham (0-2), S Dornan (0-2), D McKibbon (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), K McKernan (0-1), M Poland (0-1), P Devlin (0-1), P Turley (0-1), R Mallon (0-1)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 15 October 2015.^[2]

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground
Sunday 5 June 2016	Quarter Final	Monaghan	2-22 v 0-09	Down	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Bracket

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Ulster Final

Derry

0-12

Tyrone

3-14

Tyrone
(R)

0-16
5-18

Cavan
(R)

3-07
2-17

Cavan

2-16

Armagh

0-14

Tyrone

0-13

Donegal

0-11

Monaghan

2-22

Down

0-09

Monaghan
(R)

0-14
2-10

Donegal
(R)

1-11
0-17

Donegal

2-12

Fermanagh

1-12

Fermanagh

0-11

Antrim

0-9

Results

Monaghan v Down

5 June 2016
14:00
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	2-22 – 0-09	Down
C McManus (0-8), K Hughes (1-2), O Duffy (1-0), R Beggan (0-3), C McCarthy, D McKenna (0-2 each), S Carey, D Clerkin, D Malone, R McAnespie, K O’Connell (0-1 each)	Report	D O’Hare (0-3), C Maginn, D O’Hanlon (0-2 each), B O’Hagan, M Poland (0-1 each)

St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 12,782
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground
25 June 2016	Round 1B	Down	3-17 v 2-24	Longford	Páirc Esler, Newry

Results

Down v Longford

25 June 2016
2.00 PM
Round 1B

Down	3-17 – 2-24 (AET)	Longford
Donal O’Hare 2-9 (0-8f), Conor Maginn 1-1, Ryan Mallon 0-4, Barry O’Hagan, S Dornan, Mark Poland 0-1 each.	Report	Brian Kavanagh 0-6 (0-5f), Michael Quinn, Robbie Smyth (0-1f) 0-4 each, Seamus Hannon 1-1, James McGivney, Diarmuid Masterson 0-3 each, Mark Hughes 1-0, Barry McKeon 0-2, D Reynolds 0-1.

Pairc Esler, Newry
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry).

Notable moments

On Thursday 5 November 2015 Down appointed Eamon Burns as new football manager.^[3]

References

Down GAA

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 Championship titles (5)

Affiliations

Championship: Ulster

League: Division 2

Cup: McKenna

Seasons
1903 - 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

2016 GAA season

Football

Championship	Ulster Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Connacht Championship All-Ireland qualifiers All-Ireland series All-Ireland Final
NFL	Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4
Cups	FBD League McKenna O'Byrne McGrath
Other	All Stars Interprovincial Championships
Seasons	Down Galway Mayo Tipperary

Hurling

Championship	Leinster Championship Munster Championship 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 Munster Senior Hurling League Kehoe Walsh
Other	All Stars Hurling/Shinty International Series Interprovincial Championships
Seasons	Tipperary

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