2010 Down county football team season

Down county football team

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

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2010 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

Main article: 2010 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	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Down	3	3	0	0	2-51	2-31	+20	6
Antrim	3	2	0	1	4-32	0-48	-4	4
Derry	3	1	0	2	5-44	5-29	+15	2
Queen's University Belfast	3	0	0	3	1-29	5-48	-31	0

Rounds

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

Matches and reports

16 January 2010

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

Páirc Esler, Newry

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20 January 2010

Down	0-19 – 1-10	Antrim

Páirc Esler, Newry

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24 January 2010

Derry	1-13 – 1-15	Down

Celtic Park, Derry

National Football League Division 2

Main article: 2010 National Football League (Ireland)

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

  Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1   Automatic relegation to Division 3

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	2	1	4	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 and reports

7 February 2010

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)

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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

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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

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13 March 2010 7:30 p.m.	Donegal	0-11 - 0-13	Down	Ballybofey Referee: Pat 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

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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

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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 sideline), 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

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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

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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)

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Ulster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2010 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 and 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.

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

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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)

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2010 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 and reports

Main article: 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship § All-Ireland Qualifiers

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)

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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)

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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: Maurice 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: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

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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: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)

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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: David Coldrick (Meath)

Main article: 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final