2017 Down football season

Down

2017 season

Manager

Eamon Burns

Stadium

6th

Round 4

Runners up

Group Stage (3rd)

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The following is a summary of Down GAA's 2017 Gaelic football season.

Kits

Home	Away

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled

Dr. McKenna Cup

Down started 2017 with a win against Queen's University, their first win since beating St Marys in the 2016 McKenna Cup competition. Down followed it up with a win against Derry at Pairc Esler, their first back to back win in nearly two years and first intercounty win since beat Laois in the National Football League on April 4, 2015. Down's McKenna Cup campaign ended with a defeat away to Armagh which sent Derry into the semi-finals on points difference.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground	Ref
8 Jan	Group	Down	1-11 v 1-08	Queens University	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[1]
15 Jan	Group	Down	0-15 v 0-14	Derry	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[2]
18 Jan	Group	Armagh	1-15 v 2-08	Down	Athletic Grounds, Armagh	^[3]

Table

Qualification for next round

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Derry	3	2	1	5-44	2-33	20	4
Armagh	3	2	1	6-46	4-27	19	4
Down	3	2	1	3-34	2-37	0	4
Queens University	3	0	3	1-23	5-50	-39	0

National Football League Division 2

Down payed in Division Two of the National Football League in 2017 following relegation from Division One in 2016. Down had a dismal start to their campaign suffering a defeat at home to Fermanagh followed by an away defeat to Clare. Reports began to circulate that Eamon Burns was facing a mass walk out from players in the squad,^[4] this was later denied by Burns and Down went on to win their next two games.

The two wins in a row proofed to be crucial as Down went on to lose another two games leaving their Division Two status hanging in the balance. Down finished their Division Two campaign with a surprise draw away to Cork, which resulted in them retaining their place in Division Two for 2018.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground	Ref
4 Feb	Group	Down	0-10 v 1-16	Fermanagh	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[5]
12 Feb	Group	Clare	2-11 v 0-11	Down	Cusack Park, Ennis	^[6]
25 Feb	Group	Down	1-13 v 0-14	Meath	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[7]
5 Mar	Group	Derry	1-07 v 1- 15	Down	Celtic Park, Derry	^[8]
18 Mar	Group	Down	0-10 v 2-09	Kildare	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[9]
26 Mar	Group	Down	1-13 v 3-15	Galway	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[10]
2 Apr	Group	Cork	1-10 v 0-13	Down	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork	^[11]

Table

Qualify for Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1 Automatic relegation to Division 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Galway	7	5	1	1	12-99	6-86	31	11
Kildare	7	5	0	2	11-102	3-94	32	10
Meath	7	4	1	2	11-107	5-91	34	9
Cork	7	2	3	2	4-90	6-86	-2	7
Clare	7	2	1	4	9-78	6-99	-12	5
Down	7	2	1	4	3-85	10-85	-18	5
Derry	7	2	1	4	8-79	11-104	-34	5
Fermanagh	7	2	0	5	1-87	12-85	-31	4

Clare, Down and Derry finished on five league points and are ranked by score difference

Results

Down v Fermanagh

4th February 2017
19:00
Round 1

Down	0-10 - 1-16	Fermanagh
Alan Davidson 0-5 (2fs, 1 45), Shay Millar, Conail McGovern, Kevin McKernan, Joe Murphy, Aidan Carr 0-1 each	Report	Tomas Corrigan 0-8 (7fs), Eoin McManus 1-0, Aidan Breen 0-2, Sean Quigley, Eddie Courtney, Paul McCusker, Barry Mulrone, Cathal Beacom, Ryan Lyons 0-1 each.

Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: F Kelly (Longford)

Clare v Down

12th February 2017
14:00
Round 2

Clare	2-11 - 0-11	Down
D Tubridy (1-3), K Sexton (1-1), E Cleary (0-3, 1f), J Malone (0-3), S Collins (0-1)	Report	C Magee (0-3, 2f), B O’Hagan (0-2, 1f), R Johnston (0-2), D O’Hagan (0-1), A Carr (0-1), S Millar (0-1), P Havern (0-1)

Cusack Park, Ennis
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

Down v Meath

25th February 2017
19:00
Round 3

Down	1-13 - 0-14	Meath
D O'Hanlon (0-4, 3f), K McKernan (0-2), B O'Hagan (0-2), R Johnston (0-1), J Johnston (0-1), C McGovern (0-1), A Carr (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), J Murphy (1-0)	Report	D Lenihan (0-8, 6f), J Toher (0-2, 1f), G Reilly (0-2), B McMahon (0-1), D Keogan (0-1)

Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry)

Derry v Down

5th March 2017
14:30
Round 4

Derry	1-07 - 1-15	Down
Emmett McGuckin (1-2), Conor McAtamney (0-2), Mark Craig (0-1), Benny Heron (0-1), James Kielt (0-1, 1f)	Report	Darragh O Hanlon (0-6, 5f), Ryan Johnston (1-1), Caolan Mooney (0-3), Barry O'Hagan (0-3), Conor Maginn (0-1), Joe Murphy (0-1)

Celtic Park, Derry
Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Down v Kildare

18th March 2017
19:00
Round 5

Down	0-10 - 2-09	Kildare
D O’Hanlon (0-04f), B O’Hagan (0-02), C Mooney (0-02), K McKernan (0-01), J Johnston (0-01)	Report	D Slattery (2-00), K Feely (0-05f), M Donnellan (0-01, 45), O Lyons (0-01), T Moolick (0-01), P Cribbin (0-01)

Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: N Cullen (Fermanagh)

Down v Galway

26th March 2017
15:00
Round 6

Down	1-13 - 3-15	Galway
D O'Hanlon (0-8, 5f), B O'Hagan (1-0), C Mooney (0-2), R Johnston (0-2), S Millar (0-1)	Report	E Brannigan (2-1, 1-0pen), S Walsh (1-3), G Sice (0-3, 1f), B McHugh (0-3, 2f, 1'45), G O'Donnell (0-2), D Kyne (0-1), M Farragher (0-1), P Conroy (0-1f),

Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Cork v Down

2nd April 2017
14:00
Round 7

Cork	1-10 - 0-13	Down
R Deane (1-01), C O’Neill (0-06, 0-04 frees), P Kerrigan (0-02), O’Rourke (0-01)	Report	J Johnston (0-05, 0-04 frees, 0-01 45), C Mooney (0-02), R Johnston (0-02); B O’Hagan (0-01), S Millar (0-01), M Cunningham (0-01, free), D O’Hanlon (0-01, free)

Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
Referee: J Molloy (Galway).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Down vs Armagh, 4th June 2017

The draw for the 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 14 October 2016 with Down being drawn at home to Armagh.^[12] This was Down's first home draw in the Ulster Championship in 12 years since they faced Tyrone at home in the 2005 Ulster Championship.

Down edged out Armagh in a close, physical encounter at Pairc Esler sending them into the 2017 Ulster Championship semi-finals to face Monaghan at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh on 24 June 2017. Down produced a memorable display in a close semi-final as they pulled off arguably the shock of the 2017 Ulster Championship by beating Monaghan and earning themselves a place in the 2017 Ulster final against Tyrone on 16 July in Clones.

Down suffered a heavy defeat in the Ulster final meaning they entered the All Ireland series in round 4.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground	Ref
Sunday 4 June	Quarter Final	Down	0-15 v 2-07	Armagh	Pairc Esler, Newry	^[13]
Saturday 24 June	Semi Final	Down	1-14 v 0-15	Monaghan	Athletic Grounds, Armagh	^[14]
Saturday 16 July	Final	Down	0-15 v 2-17	Tyrone	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones	^[15]

Bracket

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Ulster Senior
Football Final

Derry

0-11

Tyrone

0-22

Tyrone

1-21

Donegal

1-12

Donegal

3-19

Antrim

1-09

Tyrone

2-17

Down

0-15

Down

0-15

Armagh

2-07

Down

1-14

Monaghan

0-15

Cavan

0-15

Monaghan

1-20

Monaghan

1-15

Fermanagh

1-11

Results

Down v Armagh

4 June 2017
14:00
Quarter Finals

Down	0-15 - 2-07	Armagh
M Cunningham (0-01, f), (0-04, 2f), C Mooney (0-02); C Maginn (0-01), S Millar (0-01); J Johnston (0-01, f), C Harrison (0-02), R Johnston (0-01), B O’Hagan (0-01), for Harrison (52), D McKibben (0-01)	Report	P Hughes (0-01); A McKay (0-01), M Shields (1-00); S Sheridan (0-01), A Forker (0-01), J Clarke (0-01, f), A Murnin (1-00), Vernon (42), A Duffy (0-01), G McParland (0-01, f)

Páirc Esler, Newry
Attendance: 16, 168
Referee: C Lane

Down v Monaghan

24 June 2017
19:00
Semi Finals

Down	1-14 - 0-15	Monaghan
M Cunningham (0-1'45); D O’Hanlon (1-5, 1-0pen, 0-5f), K McKernan (0-2), C Maginn (0-1), S Millar (0-1); C Harrison (0-3), D O'Hare (0-1)	Report	R Wylie (0-1); K Hughes (0-1), D Hughes (0-1); O Duffy (0-1); C McCarthy (0-1), J McCarron (0-3, 2f), C McManus (0-7, 3f).

Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Attendance: 13, 396
Referee: D Coldrick (Meath). Replaced by Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) at half-time.

Tyrone v Down

16 July 2017
14:00
Final

Tyrone	2-17 - 0-15	Down
T McCann (0-1), P Hampsey (0-3), P Harte (0-2, 1f), C McCann (0-1), D Mulgrew (0-1), N Sludden (0-1), M Bradley (0-2), S Cavanagh (0-2, 1f), M Donnelly (0-3), L Brennan (0-1)	Report	M Cunningham (0-1f), D O'Hanlon (0-4, 3f), C Mooney (0-3), N Donnelly (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), S Millar (0-1), R Johnston (0-2), J Murphy (0-1), D McKibbin (0-1)

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 31, 912
Referee: Joe Mc Quillan (Cavan)

2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Down entered the All Ireland in Round 4 of the qualifiers following their defeat to Tyrone in the Ulster final. Down were matched once again with Monaghan however in this encounter Down fell short and ended their championship season in Round 4.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground	Ref
Saturday 29 July	Round 4	Down	1-16 v 1-24	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin	^[16]

Results

Down v Monaghan

29 July 2017
5.00 PM
Round 4B

Down	1-16 - 1-24	Monaghan
D O'Hanlon (0-02, 0-02f), C Mooney (0-01), K McKernan (0-02), C Maginn (0-02), S Millar (0-01), C Harrison (1-04), J Johnston (0-03, 0-01f), D McKibbin (0-01)	Report	F Kelly (1-00), R Wylie (0-01), K Hughes (0-03, 0-01f), D Hughes (0-03), C McManus (0-10, 0-08f), O Duffy (0-01), J McCarron (0-02), C McCarthy (0-04)

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: M Deegan (Laois)

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

2017 GAA season

Football

Championship	Ulster Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Connacht Championship All-Ireland qualifiers All-Ireland Championship All-Ireland Final
NFL	Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4
Cups	McKenna FBD League O'Byrne McGrath
Other	All Stars International Rules Series Interprovincial Championships Club Championship
Seasons	Down

Hurling

Championship	Leinster Championship Munster Championship All-Ireland qualifiers All-Ireland Championship 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 Ulster Championship
Other	All Stars Hurling/Shinty International Series Interprovincial Championships

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