2014 Down county football team season
2014 season | |
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Manager | James McCartan Jnr |
Stadium | Pairc Esler, Newry |
NFL D2 | 4th |
All-Ireland SFC | Round 2B qualifier |
Ulster SFC | Preliminary round |
Dr McKenna Cup | Group stage (3rd) |
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2014 season. This season marked the 20th anniversary of Down's last All-Ireland SFC win in 1994, which is also the year they last won the Ulster SFC.
Kits
McKenna Cup and National League Kits
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Competitions
Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled
Dr McKenna Cup
The draw for the 2014 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 12 November 2013.[1]
The final McKenna Cup tie for UUJ vs Cavan was cancelled due to UUJ withdrawing from the competition.[2]
Fixtures
Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
5 Jan | Group | Down | 1-15 v 0-07 | UUJ | Páirc Esler, Newry |
12 Jan | Group | Cavan | 1-09 v 0-05 | Down | O'Raghallaigh Park, Kingscourt |
15 Jan | Group | Down | 0-10 v 1-12 | Antrim | Páirc Esler, Newry |
Table
Qualified for next round
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
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Cavan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-21 | 0-17 | 16 | 6 |
Antrim | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-41 | 5-30 | 2 | 4 |
Down | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-30 | 2-28 | -1 | 2 |
UUJ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-15 | 2-32 | -17 | 0 |
- 15/01/14 Cavan vs UUJ – UUJ concede fixture due to inability to field team.[3]
Results
Down | 1-15 — 0-07 | UUJ |
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M Poland (0-5), C O Hare (0-3), P Fitzpatrick (1-0), E Mc Cartan (0-1), D Mc Cartan (0-1), Liam Devlin (0-1), K King (0-1), C Harrison (0-1), N Madine (0-1), G Mc Ardle (0-1) | Report | D Savage (0-3), D Mc Kay(0-1), C O Boyle (0-1), P Mc Polin (0-1), N Mc Keever (0-1) |
Cavan | 1-09 — 0-05 | Down |
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E Keating (0-3), K Tierney (1-0), T Mooney (0-2), D Givney (0-2), P Tinnelly (0-1), N Murray (0-1) | Report | N Madine (0-2), D O'Hanlon (0-1), R Boyle (0-1), B Coulter (0-1) |
Down | 0-10 — 1-12 | Antrim |
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N Madine (0-4), D O'Hanlon (0-3), L Doyle (0-2), A Carr (0-1) | Report | P Cunningham (1-3), P Maguire (0-2), M Sweeney (0-1), M McCann (0-1), P Kelly (0-1), C Duffin (0-1), M Pollock (0-1, B Neeson (0-1), CJ McGourty (0-1) |
National Football League Division 2
Fixtures
Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
1 Feb | Group | Down | Monaghan | Páirc Esler, Newry | |
2 Feb | Group | Down | 1-11 v 0-14 | Monaghan | Páirc Esler, Newry |
7 Feb | Group | Armagh | 2-05 v 2-07 | Down | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |
1 Mar | Group | Down | 4-16 v 0-09 | Louth | Páirc Esler, Newry |
9 Mar | Group | Galway | 1-12 v 0-08 | Down | St Jarlath's Park, Tuam |
16 Mar | Group | Down | 1-09 v 0-10 | Donegal | Páirc Esler, Newry |
29 Mar | Group | Meath | 1-14 v 1-11 | Down | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
6 Apr | Group | Laois | 1-16 v 2-10 | Down | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
- 01/02/14 Down vs Monaghan – Postponed due to waterlogged pitch[4]
Table
Compete in Division 2 final
Automatic relegation to Division 3
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
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![]() | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9-97 | 7-67 | 36 | 11 |
![]() | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3-107 | 3-78 | 29 | 11 |
![]() | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9-87 | 8-95 | -5 | 9 |
![]() | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11-72 | 5-80 | 10 | 7 |
![]() | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7-89 | 6-100 | -8 | 6 |
![]() | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7-84 | 8-97 | -16 | 5 |
![]() | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7-86 | 10-86 | -9 | 5 |
![]() | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6-76 | 12-95 | -37 | 2 |
1Donegal are placed ahead of Monaghan because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-11 to 0-10).
2Galway are placed ahead of Armagh because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-14 to 1-13).
Results
2 February 2014 Round 1 | Down | 1-11 — 0-14 | Monaghan | Páirc Esler, Newry |
14:00 | D O'Hare (0-4), J Johnston (0-2), R Boyle (0-1), C Garvey (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), C Maginn (1-0), R Johnston (0-1), E McCartan (0-1) | Report | J McCarron (0-7), T Kerr (0-2), C McManus (0-2), C McGuinness (0-1), R Beggan (0-1), P Finlay (0-1) | Referee: C Reilly |
7 February 2014 Round 2 | Armagh | 2-05 — 2-07 | Down | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |
19:00 | K Dyas (1-0), S Harold (1-0), C Rafferty (0-1), S Campbell (0-1), J Clarke (0-1), T Kernan (0-1), R Tasker (0-1) | Report | M Poland (2-0), K McKernan (0-2), D O'Hare (0-2), N Madine (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), E McCartan (0-1) | Attendance: 5,557 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) |
1 March 2014 Round 3 | Down | 4-16 — 0-09 | Louth | Páirc Esler, Newry |
19:00 | D O Hare (1-10), B Coulter (2-00), C Maginn (1-00), N Madine (0-02), K McKernan (0-01), J Johnston (0-01), M Poland (0-01), P Fitzpatrick (0-01) | Report | D Byrne (0-03), C Judge (0-02), D Clarke (0-02), B White (0-01), K Rodgers (0-01) | Referee: M Higgins |
9 March 2014 Round 4 | Galway | 1-12 — 0-08 | Down | St Jarlath's Park, Tuam |
14:00 | M Martin (0-3), E Hoare (0-3), J Kavanagh (0-2), P Varley (0-1), T Flynn (0-1), S Armstrong (0-1), G Sice (0-1), D Cummins (1-0) | Report | D O'Hare (0-6), K McKernan (0-2) | Referee: D O Mahoney |
16 March 2014 Round 5 | Down | 1-09 — 0-10 | Donegal | Páirc Esler, Newry |
14:00 | N Madine (1-1), M Poland (0-2), D O'Hare (0-2), C Garvey (0-2), K McKernan (0-1), C Laverty (0-1) | Report | M Murphy (0-3), C McFadden (0-2), D Molloy (0-2), L McLoone (0-1), M McElhinney (0-1), N Gallagher (0-1) | Referee: C O'Hagan |
29 March 2014 Round 6 | Meath | 1-14 — 1-11 | Down | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
19:00 | Graham Reilly 1-2; Stephen Bray 0-3; Shane O'Rourke 0-2, Andrew Tormey 0-2, Damien Carroll 0-2; Michael Newman 0-1, Seamus Kenny 0-1, Bryan Menton 0-1. | Report | Donal O'Hare 0-6; Ambrose Rodgers 1-0; Daniel McCartan 0-1, Mark Polan 0-1, Niall Madine 0-1, Jerome Johnston 0-1, Paul Devlin 0-1 | Referee: C O'Sullivan |
6 April 2014 Round 7 | Laois | 1-16 — 2-10 | Down | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
15:00 | R Munnelly (0-6), J O'Loughlin (1-2), D Kingston (0-3), D Conway (0-3) D Strong (0-1), C Meredith (0-1) | Report | O'Hare (0-4), Carr (1-0), Maginn (1-0), J Johnston (0-2), C Garvey (0-1), M Poland (0-1), N Madine (0-1), C Laverty (0-1) | Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) |
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Fixtures
The draw for the 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 3 October 2013.[5]
Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
18 May 2014 | Preliminary Round | Tyrone | 2-11 v 3-08 | Down | Healy Park, Omagh, |
24 May 2014 | Preliminary Round Replay | Down | 0-12 v 3-11 | Tyrone | Pairc Esler, Newry, |
Bracket
Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Tyrone (R) | 2-11 3-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Down (R) | 3-08 0-12 | Tyrone | 0-14 | ||||||||||||||||
Monaghan | 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monaghan (R) | 0-14 1-18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Armagh (R) | 0-14 1-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Armagh | 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cavan | 0-09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monaghan | 1-09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 0-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fermanagh | 3-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Antrim | 2-18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Antrim | 0-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 3-16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Derry | 0-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 1-11 |
Results
Tyrone | 2-11 v 3-08 | Down |
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D McCurry (1-2), Cavanagh (0-5), P Harte (1-0), K Coney (0-3). N Morgan (0-1) | Report | D O'Hare (1-2), A Carr (1-0), C Maginn (1-0), C Garvey (0-1), A Rogers (0-1), M Poland (0-1), N Madine (0-1), C Laverty (0-1), B Coulter (0-1) |
Down | 0-12 v 3-11 | Tyrone |
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D O'Hare (0-6), C Laverty (0-2), C Garvey (0-1), D Gordon (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), B Coulter (0-1) | Report | C McGinley (2-1), P Harte (1-1), N Morgan (0-3), D McCurry (0-2), M Donnelly (0-1), R O'Neill (0-1), N McKenna (0-1), C McAliskey (0-1) |
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
2014 saw the introduction of a new qualifiers set up with the fixtures being split into two sections A and B.
Down entered the All-Ireland series in Round 1B of the qualifiers. The draw for Round 1B took place on Monday 9 June and paired Down with Leitrim in Pairc Esler on Sunday 29 June at 2pm. Down were favourites to win and they hammered Leitrim 4-18 to 0-09 on the day to progress to Round 2B. The draw for Round 2B took place at 8:30am on Monday 30 June live on Morning Ireland, with Down being paired with Leinster side Kildare.
Down exited the 2014 All-Ireland series with a poor performance against Kildare, scoring only 3 points in the first half, only one of which was from open play. In the second half Down staged a comeback but eventually lost when Kildare hit 1-06 without reply.
Fixtures
Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
29 June 2014 | Round 1B | Down | 4-18 v 0-09 | Leitrim | Pairc Esler, Newry |
13 July 2014 | Round 2B | Down | 0-11 v 1-18 | Kildare | Pairc Esler, Newry |
Results
Down | 4-18 v 0-09 | Leitrim |
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C Laverty (2-4), D O'Hare (0-4), L Doyle (0-2), B Coulter (0-2), M Poland (0-2), D Turley (1-0), K McKernan (0-1), D Gordon (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), N Madine (1-0) | Report | E Mulligan (0-5), G Reynolds (0-1), S McWeeney (0-1), R Lowe (0-1), N Moore (0-1) |
Down | 0-11 v 1-18 | Kildare |
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B Coulter (0-4), D O'Hare (0-3), D Rooney (0-1), D O'Hagan (0-1), C Maginn (0-1), C Laverty (0-1) | Report | P Fogarty (0-4), T Moolick (1-0), A Smith (0-3), P O'Neill (0-3), C McNally (0-2), N Kelly (0-2), E Bolton (0-1), G White (0-1), E Callaghan (0-1), E O'Flaherty (0-1) |
Notable events
- On Saturday 26 July, James McCartan Jnr stepped down as Down manager after five full seasons in charge.
- On Wednesday 8 August, former All Star goalkeeper Brendan McVeigh announced his retirement from inter-county football.
- On Saturday 19 September, Kilcoo manager Jim McCorry was named as the new Down boss on a three-year deal.[6]
References
- ^ "McKenna Cup 2014". ulster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013.
- ^ "UUJ forfeit final McKenna Cup game" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Cavan into semi-finals as UUJ concede fixture". gaa.ie. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/25925406 | Football League: Down clash with Monaghan postponed to Sunday
- ^ GMT (4 October 2013). "BBC Sport - Tyrone to face Down in Ulster SFC preliminary round tie". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "McCorry named as new Down manager" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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