2014 Down football season

Down
2014 season
Manager	James McCartan, Junior
Stadium	Pairc Esler, Newry
NFL D2	4th
All Ireland SFC	Round 2B
Ulster Championship	Preliminary Round
Dr. McKenna Cup	Group stages (3rd)

The following is a summary of Down GAA's 2014 Gaelic football season. This season marks the 20th anniversary of Down's last All Ireland win in 1994, which is also the year they last won the Ulster Championship.

Kits

McKenna Cup and National League Kits

Home	Away

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	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Cavan	3	3	0	4-21	0-17	16	6
Antrim	3	2	1	2-41	5-30	2	4
Down	3	1	2	1-30	2-28	-1	2
UUJ	3	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

5 January 201414:00

Group

Down	1-15 — 0-07	UUJ
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)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: J McQuillan

12 January 201414:00

Group

Cavan	1-09 — 0-05	Down
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)

O'Raghallaigh Park, Kingscourt

Referee: S Hurson

15 January 201419:00

Group

Down	0-10 — 1-12	Antrim
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)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: S McNamee

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

Division final place & promotion Relegated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Donegal (P)	7	5	1	1	9-97	7-67	+36	11
Monaghan (P)	7	5	1	1	3-107	3-78	+29	11
Meath	7	4	1	2	8-87	8-95	–5	9
Down	7	3	1	3	11-72	5-80	+10	7
Laois	7	3	0	4	7-89	6-100	–8	6
Galway	7	2	1	4	7-84	8-87	–16	5
Armagh (R)	7	2	1	4	7-86	8-86	–10	5
Louth (R)	7	0	2	5	8-83	13-114	–43	2

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: D Coldrick

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: C Lane

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

Ulster 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

Sunday 18 May 201416:00

Preliminary Round

Tyrone	2-11 v 3-08	Down
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)

Healy Park, Omagh

Attendance: 13,266

Referee: D Coldrick

Saturday 24 May 201418:30

Preliminary Round Replay

Down	0-12 v 3-11	Tyrone
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)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: C Reilly

2014 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 played up to the favourites tag perfectly as 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

29 June 201414:00

Round 1B

Down	4-18 v 0-09	Leitrim
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)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: A Nolan

13 July 201414:00

Round 2B

Down	0-11 v 1-18	Kildare
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)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Attendance: 6,375

Referee: D Coldrick

Notable Moments

On Saturday 26 July, James McCartan stepped down as Down manager after 5 full seasons in charge.
On Wednesday 8 August, former All Star goalkeeper Brendan McVeigh announced his retirement from intercounty football.
On Saturday 19 September [Kilcoo GAC|Kilcoo] manager Jim McCorry was named as the new Down boss on a 3-year deal.^[6]

References

↑ http://ulster.gaa.ie/mckennacup2014/
↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/25726979
↑ http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/2/1401141218-cavan-into-semi-finals-as-uuj-concede-fixture/
↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/25925406 | Football League: Down clash with Monaghan postponed to Sunday
↑ GMT (2013-10-04). "BBC Sport - Tyrone to face Down in Ulster SFC preliminary round tie". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/29274945

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[1] ttp://ulster.gaa.ie/mckennacup2014/

[2] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/25726979

[3] ttp://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/2/1401141218-cavan-into-semi-finals-as-uuj-concede-fixture/

[4] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/25925406 | Football League: Down clash with Monaghan postponed to Sunday

[5] GMT (2013-10-04). "BBC Sport - Tyrone to face Down in Ulster SFC preliminary round tie". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

[6] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/29274945