2016 Down county football team season

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2016 season. It was a first season in charge for newly appointed Down manager Éamonn Burns.

Down county football team
2016 season
ManagerÉamonn Burns
StadiumPáirc Esler, Newry
NFL D18th (relegated)
All-Ireland SFCRound 1 qualifier
Ulster SFCQuarter-finalist
Dr McKenna CupGroup stage (2nd)
← 2015
2017 →

Kits

edit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away

Competitions

edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

Dr McKenna Cup

edit

Fixtures

edit
Date Round Home Score Away Ground
3 Jan Group Donegal 1-11 v 0-11 Down MacCumhaill 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 Mary's Páirc Esler, Newry

Table

edit

  Qualification for next round

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Fermanagh 3 3 0 0 1-39 0-30 12 6
Down 3 1 0 2 3-39 3-39 0 2
St Mary's 3 1 0 2 4-34 4-41 -7 2
Donegal 3 1 0 2 1-17 2-29 -15 2

National Football League Division 1

edit

Down played in Division One of the National Football League in 2016. The fixtures were announced on 16 November 2015.[1]

Fixtures

edit
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

edit

  Compete in Division 1 semi-finals
  Automatic relegation to Division 2

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
 Dublin 7 7 0 0 8-91 4-75 28 14
 Kerry 7 5 0 2 5-109 5-77 32 10
 Roscommon 7 4 0 3 9-98 8-77 24 8
 Donegal 7 3 0 4 8-84 6-78 12 6
 Mayo 7 3 0 4 5-88 7-91 -9 6
 Monaghan 7 3 0 4 6-83 7-91 -11 6
 Cork 7 3 0 4 9-89 9-105 -16 6
 Down 7 0 0 7 2-60 6-108 -60 0

1Donegal, Mayo, Monaghan and Cork are ranked by scoring difference.


Results

edit
30/01/16
Round 1
Down   0-7 - 3-15 Donegal   Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
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)

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)

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)

06/03/16
Round 4
Roscommon   1-12 - 0-6 Down   Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
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)

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)

27/03/16
Round 6
Cork   0-12 - 0-7 Down   Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
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)

03/04/16
Round 7
Mayo   1-19 - 1-16 Down   MacHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 8,352
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
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

edit

The draw for the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 15 October 2015.[2]

Fixtures

edit
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

edit
Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals 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

edit
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)
Attendance: 12,782
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

edit

Fixtures

edit
Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground
25 June 2016 Round 1B Down 3-17 v 2-24 Longford Páirc Esler, Newry

Results

edit
Round 1B
  Down3-17 – 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.

Notable events

edit
  • On Thursday 5 November 2015, Down appointed Éamonn Burns as new football manager.[3]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Down face Donegal in league opener" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ "2016 Ulster Championship Draw". 15 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Burns ratified as Down football boss" – via www.bbc.co.uk.