2016 Down football season

Down
2016 season
Manager	Eamon Burns
Stadium	Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D1	8th (relegated)
All Ireland SFC	Round 1
Ulster Championship	Quarter Finals
Dr. McKenna Cup	Group Stages (2nd)

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

5 June 201614:00

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

25 June 20162.00 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

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[1] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/34838643

[2] ttp://ulster.gaa.ie/2015/10/2016-ulster-championship-draw/

[3] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/34741301