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 D L F A Diff Pts
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

Results

5 January 2014
14:00
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 2014
14:00
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 2014
19:00
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

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

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 2014
16:00
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 2014
18:30
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 2014
14:00
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 2014
14:00
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

References

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