2010 Down football season

Down
2010 season
Manager	James McCartan, Junior
Stadium	Pairc Esler, Newry
NFL D2	1st (Runner-up)
All Ireland SFC	Runner-up
Ulster Championship	Semi Finalist
Dr. McKenna Cup	Semi Finalist

The following is a summary of Down GAA's 2010 Gaelic football season.

Kits

Home	Away

Squad

Ambrose Rogers	Danny Hughes	Ronan Murtagh
Aidan Carr	Darren O Hagan	Kalum King
Benny Coulter	Declan Rooney	Kevin Duffin
Brendan McArdle	Gerard McCartan	Kevin McKernan
Brendan McVeigh	James Colgan	Mark Doran
Conor Garvey	John Clarke	Declan Alder
Conor Maginn	Mark Poland
Damien Rafferty	Martin Clarke
Dan Gordon	Paul McComiskey
Daniel McCartan	Peter Fitzpatrick

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Dr. McKenna Cup

Results

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A
16 January 2010	Queen's University Belfast	H	1-17 – 0-8
20 January 2010	Antrim	H	0-19 – 1-10
24 January 2010	Derry	A	1-13 – 1-15

Table

Qualified for next round

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Down	3	3	0	2-51	2-31	+20	6
Antrim	3	2	1	4-32	0-48	-4	4
Derry	3	1	2	5-44	5-29	+15	2
Queen's University Belfast	3	0	3	1-29	5-48	-31	0

Rounds

Round	Home	Score	Away
Semi Final	Donegal	1-13 v 1-12	Down

Matches & Reports

16 January 2010

Down	1-17 – 0-08	Queen's University Belfast

Pairc Esler, Newry.

20 January 2010

Down	0-19 – 1-10	Antrim

Pairc Esler, Newry.

24 January 2010

Derry	1-13 – 1-15	Down

Celtic Park, Derry.

National Football League Division 2

Results

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Result	0-8 – 1-16	0-12 - 0-8	0-14 - 1-11	0-11 - 0-13	1-13 - 1-6	0-8 - 2-15	2-11 - 1-13

Table

Promoted Relegated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Down	7	6	1	0	6–94	3–65	+38	13
Armagh	7	5	0	2	6–94	5–60	+37	10
Donegal	7	4	0	3	7–71	5–75	+2	8
Meath	7	4	0	3	4–76	5–76	–3	8
Laois	7	3	0	4	3–89	9–76	–5	6
Kildare	7	3	0	4	3–80	5–80	–6	6
Tipperary	7	1	1	5	9–65	5–88	–11	5
Westmeath	7	0	0	7	8–58	9–107	–52	0

Donegal were placed ahead of Meath as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (27 March at Ballybofey: 1–12 to 0–10)
Laois were placed ahead of Kildare as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (27 March at O'Moore Park: 0–13 to 0–9)

Matches & Reports

7 February 2010^[1]

Kildare	0-8 – 1-16	Down
R Kelly 0-3, K Ennis 0-2, G White, P O'Neill, J Kavanagh 0-1 each		P McComiskey 1-4 (0-2f), A Rodgers, M Clarke (0-3f) 0-3 each, J Clarke 0-2, C Garvey, D Hughes, S Kearney, C Laverty 0-1 each

St Conleth's Park, Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland.

Referee: D Fahy (Longford)

12 February 2010 19:30	Down	0-12 - 0-8	Meath	Páirc Esler
	J Clarke 0-4, P McComiskey 0-3 (3f), M Clarke 0-2 (1f), A Rodgers 0-2, C Maginn 0-1	Report	C Ward 0-4 (2f), D Bray 0-2 (2f), N Crawford, M Ward 0-1 each	Páirc Esler

6 March 2010 19:30	Down	0-14 - 1-11	Tipperary	Páirc Esler Referee: J Curley (Meath)
	M Clarke 0-5 (0-4 f), C Laverty, J Clarke 0-3 each, P McComiskey 0-2 (0-2f), C Maginn 0-1	Report	B Coen 1-1 (0-1f), C Sweeney 0-5 (0-4f), B Brogan 0-2f, C Aylward 0-2, P Austin 0-1	Páirc Esler Referee: J Curley (Meath)

13 March 2010 7:30 p.m.	Donegal	0-11 - 0-13	Down	Ballybofey Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)
	B Coulter, M Clarke 0-3 (0-2f) each, J Clarke 0-2, K McKernan, A Rodgers, D Hughes, P McComiskey, P Fitzpatrick 0-1 each	Report	C McFadden 0-4 (0-1f), M Murphy 0-3 (0-2f), N Gallagher 0-2, A Thompson, M Maguire 0-1 each	Ballybofey Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)

20 March 2010 19:30	Down	1-13 - 1-6	Armagh	Páirc Esler Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone)
	B Coulter 1-1, M Poland 0-3 (2f),A Rodgers 0-3 (1f), J Clarke 0-2 (1f), M Clarke 0-2 (1f), C Maginn 0-1, D Hughes 0-1	Report	S McDonnell 1-3 (1f , 1pen), G Swift 0-2, F Moriarity 0-1	Páirc Esler Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone)

27 March 2010 7:30 p.m.	Westmeath	0-8 - 2-15	Down	Cusack Park Referee: G Ó Conamha (Galway)
	M Flanagan 0-3 (0-2f, 0-1 s/l), J Smyth 0-2, P Greville (0-1f), G Hoey, G Flanagan 0-1 each	Report	M Poland 1-4, (0-3 f), A Rodgers 1-3 (0-1 '45), R Murtagh , J Clarke 0-3 each, D Hughes, C Maginn 0-1 each	Cusack Park Referee: G Ó Conamha (Galway)

11 April 2010	Down	2-11 - 1-13	Laois	Páirc Esler Referee: J White (Donegal)
	M Clarke 1-5 (4f), J Clarke 1-3 (1f), K Duffin, R Murtagh, A Carr 0-1 each	Report	D Kingston 1-7 (5f), C Healy, C Bogle, K Meaney, P Callaghan, R Munnelly, C Bergin 0-1 each	Páirc Esler Referee: J White (Donegal)

Final

25 April 2010 4:00 p.m. Division 2 Final	Down	1–12 – 0–17	Armagh	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Gearóid Ó Conamha (Galway)
	Conor Garvey (0-1); Peter Fitzpatrick (0-1), Kalum King (0-1), Martin Clarke (0-5), Daniel Hughes (0-1); Paul McComiskey (0-1), Benny Coulter (1-2)	Report	Paul Duffy (0-1), Finian Moriarty (0-1); Aaron Kernan (0-4), Gareth Swift (0-2); Steven McDonnell (0-6), Stephen Forker (0-1), Malachy Mackin (0-2)	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Gearóid Ó Conamha (Galway)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Rounds

Preliminary Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Ulster final

Antrim

1-13

Tyrone

2-14

Tyrone

0-14

Down

0-10

Donegal

2-10

Down

1-15

Tyrone

1-14

Monaghan

0-7

Cavan

0-13

Fermanagh

1-13

Fermanagh

2-8

Monaghan

0-21

Monaghan

1-18

Derry

1-7

Armagh

0-9

Armagh

1-10

Matches & Reports

30 May 2010

Quarter Final

Donegal	2-10 – 1-15 AET	Down
D Molloy 1-3, C Dunne 1-0, R Kavanagh, D Walsh, M Murphy, A Hanlon, M McHugh, C McFadden, E Wade 0-1 each.	Report	B Coulter 1-4, D Hughes 0-4, M Poland, M Clarke 0-3 each, J Clarke 0-1.

MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey

Referee: J. McQuillan (Cavan)

19 June 2010

Semi Final

Tyrone	0-14 - 0-10	Down
M Penrose 0-5, S Cavanagh 0-3, B Dooher 0-2, Joe McMahon, D Carlin, C Cavanagh, O Mulligan 0-1 each.	Report	M Clarke 0-3, M Poland, A Rogers 0-2 each, D Gordon, D Hughes, P McComiskey 0-1 each.

Casement Park, Belfast

Referee: G. Kinneavy (Galway)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Qualifiers

Round	1	2	3	4
Result	N/A	1-14 - 1-10	1-10 - 1-12	0-10 - 3-20

Rounds

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

All-Ireland final

Roscommon

0-10

Cork

1-16

Cork

1-15

Dublin

1-14

Tyrone

0-13

Dublin

1-15

Cork

0-16

Down

0-15

Meath

1-12

Kildare

2-17

Kildare

1-14

Down

1-16

Kerry

1-10

Down

1-16

Matches & Reports

10 July 2010

Round 2

Down	1-14 - 1-10	Longford
M Clarke 1-5, D Hughes, M Poland 0-3 each, B Coulter, J Clarke, D Rooney 0-1 each	Report	F McGee 1-7, P Barden 0-2, N Farrell 0-1

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: M. Higgins (Fermanagh)

17 July 2010

Round 3

Offaly	1-10 - 1-12	Down
K Casey 1-1, R Brady, B Connor, C McManus 0-2 each, A Sullivan, J Reynolds, N McNamee 0-1 each	Report	M Clarke 0-5, A Carr 1-0, M Poland 0-3, J Clarke 0-2, B Coulter, D Hughes 0-1 each

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Referee: M. Duffy (Sligo)

24 July 2010

Round 4

Sligo	0-10 - 3-20	Down
A Marren 0-4, S Coen, D Kelly, C McGee 0-2 each	Report	R Murtagh 1-5, J Clarke, A Rogers 1-1 each, M Clarke 0-4, D Hughes 0-3, M Poland 0-2, K McKernan, P Fitzpatrick, P McComiskey, C Garvey 0-1 each

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: M. Deegan (Laois)

31 July 2010

Quarter-final

Kerry	1-10 - 1-16	Down
C Cooper 0-7, B Sheehan 0-3, D Moran 1-0	Report	M Poland 1-2, M Clarke 0-4, B Coulter 0-3, P McComiskey, A Rodgers 0-2 each, C Maginn, R Murtagh, P Fitzpatrick 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 62,749

Referee: J. McQuillan (Cavan)

29 August 2010

Semi-final

Kildare	1-14 - 1-16	Down
J Doyle 0-6, E Callaghan 1-1, H Lynch 0-2, M O'Flaherty, E Bolton, J Kavanagh, K Ennis, D Lyons 0-1 each	Report	B Coulter 1-2, M Clarke, M Poland 0-3 each, K McKernan, D Hughes 0-2 each, P Fitzpatrick, P McComiskey, C Maginn, R Murtagh 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 62,182

Referee: P. McEnaney (Monaghan)

19 September 2010

Final

Cork	0-16 - 0-15	Down
D Goulding 0-9, D O'Connor 0-5, P Kerrigan, C Sheehan 0-1 each	Report	D Hughes, P McComiskey, M Clarke 0-3 each, K McKernan, P Fitzpatrick, M Poland, B Coulter, J Clarke, R Murtagh 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 81,604

Referee: D. Coldrick (Meath)

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