2011 Down football season

Down

2011 season

Manager

James McCartan, Junior

Stadium

4th

4th round qualifiers

Quarter-finals

2nd place in group

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The following is a summary of Down GAA's 2011 Gaelic football season.

Kits

McKenna Cup and NFL kits:

Home	Away

Championship kits:

Home	Away

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed

McGeough Cup

Squad

1 Gavin Joyce, 2 Eoin Costello, 3 Gary Mc Cardle, 4 Colm Murney, 5 James Colgan, 6 Kevin Mc Kernan, 7 Michael Mc Cartan, 8 Declan Sheeran, 9 Peter Fitzpatrick, 10 Martin Clarke, 11 Aidan Carr, 12 Brendan Coulter, 13 John Clarke, 14 Joe Ireland, 15 Mark Poland
Subs: Cathal Murdock, Kevin Duffin, Kevin Anderson, Liam Doyle, Michael Magee, Ronan Murtagh, Christopher Duggan, Paul Devlin, Packie Downey, Conor Poland, Michael Magee.

Results

Date	Home	Score	Away	Location
02/01/11	Louth	0–16 v 0–11	Down	Haggardstown, Dundalk

Dr. McKenna Cup

Main article: 2011 Dr. McKenna Cup

Squad

Gary McArdle, Dan Gordon, Aidan Brannigan, Aidan Carr, Peter Fitzpatrick, Kalum King, Liam Doyle, Mark Poland, Brendan Coulter, Paul Devlin, Martin Clarke, Cathal Murdock, Sean Murdock, Kevin Anderson, James Colgan, Conor Maginn, Ronan Murtagh, Michael McCartan, Conor Poland, Paul McPolin, Declan Sheerin, Kevin Duffin, Michael Magee, Kevin McKernan, Gavin Joyce, Christopher Duggan, Ryan Brady, Packie Downey and Philip Bonny.

Fixtures

Date	Home	Score	Away	Ground
08/01/11	Down	P v P*	St Mary's	Páirc Esler, Newry
15/01/11	Down	3–11 v 2–15	Armagh	Páirc Esler, Newry
19/01/11	Antrim	0–12 v 0–12	Down	Casement Park, Belfast
22/01/11	Down	P v P*	St Mary's	Páirc Esler, Newry
23/01/11	Down	2–13 v 0-06	St Mary's	Páirc Esler, Newry

08/01/11 Down vs St Mary's – Postponed due to frozen pitch^[1]
22/01/11 Down vs St Mary's – Postponed due to fog^[2]

Table

Qualified for next round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Antrim	3	2	1	0	3–36	0–33	12	5
Down	3	1	1	1	5–36	2–33	12	3
Armagh	3	1	0	2	4–34	5–39	−8	2
St Mary's	3	1	0	2	1–31	6–32	−16	2

Matches & Reports

Down v Armagh

16 January 2011

Down	3–11 – 2–15	Armagh
	Report

Páirc Esler, Newry.

Antrim v Down

19 January 2011

Antrim	0–12 – 0–12	Down
	Report

Casement Park, Belfast.

Down v St Mary's

23 January 2011

Down	2–13 – 0–06	St Mary's
	Report

Páirc Esler, Newry.

National Football League Division 1

Main article: 2011 National Football League (Ireland)

Squad

Michael Magee, John Clarke, Martin Clarke, Brendan McVeigh, Ronan Murtagh, Peter Fitzpatrick, Luke Howard, Kalum King, Conor Maginn, Gerard McCartan, Kevin McKernan Cathal Murdock, Aidan Carr,Paul McPolin, Paul McComiskey, Aidan Brannigan, Conor Laverty, Dan Gordon, Liam Doyle, Conor Poland, Mark Poland, Brendan Coulter, Ronan Sexton, Colm Murney, Daniel Hughes, Declan Alder

Fixtures

Down playing Mayo at McHale Park, Castlebar.

Date	Home	Score	Away	Ground
5 Feb	Mayo	1–13 v 3-07	Down	McHale Park, Castlebar
20 Feb	Down	2–11 v 1-09	Galway	Páirc Esler, Newry
26 Feb	Down	0–12 v 0–11	Armagh	Páirc Esler, Newry
12 Mar	Cork	3–17 v 0–15	Down	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
19 Mar	Down	1–16 v 0–11	Monaghan	Páirc Esler, Newry
2 Apr	Dublin	2–10 v 0–13	Down	Croke Park, Dublin
10 Apr	Kerry	1–13 v 1–11	Down	FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney

Table

League Final Placings Relegation Zone

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Q Dublin	7	6	1	0	16–82	6–92	20	13
C Cork	7	5	0	2	6–110	7–91	16	10
Kerry	7	5	0	2	6–93	5–73	23	10
Down	7	3	1	3	7–85	8–84	−2	7
Mayo	7	2	1	4	10–84	11–85	−4	5
Armagh	7	2	0	5	6–82	7–95	−16	4
R Monaghan	7	2	0	5	3–92	6–96	−13	4
R Galway	7	1	1	5	2–91	6–103	−24	3

Matches

Mayo v Down

5 February 2011

Mayo	1–13 – 3–07	Down
A Moran 0–6 (0-3f), A Freeman 1–1, M Ronaldson 0–3 (0-2f), A Dillon, E Varley, K McLaughlin 0–1 each	Report	M Clarke 1–3, (1–0 '45', 0-2f), J Clarke, C Maginn 1–1 each, D Hughes 0–2.

McHale Park, Castlebar
Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

Down v Galway

20 February 2011

Down	2–11 – 1–09	Galway
P Fitzpatrick 1–1, C Maginn 1–0, D Rooney, C Lavery, M Clarke, M Poland (2f) 0–2 each, D Hughes,P McComiskey 0–1 each	Report	G O'Donnell 1–0, S Armstrong 0–3 (1f), J Bergin, C Bane (1f), M Clancy (2f) 0–2 each

Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: E Kinsella (Laois)

Down v Armagh

26 February 2011

Down	0–12 – 0–11	Armagh
M Clarke 0–3 (2f), R Murtagh, D Hughes, M Poland (1f) 0–2 each, K McKernan, C Laverty, C Maginn, 0–1 each.	Report	S McDonnell 0–3 (2f), C Vernon, R Grogan (2f) 0–2 each, K Dyas, J Murtagh, C McKeever, B Mallon 0–1 each.

Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)

Cork v Down

12 March 2011

Cork	3–17 – 0–15	Down
D Goulding 0–7 (5f), P Kelly 1–2 (1f), C O'Neill 1–1, F Goold 0–3, P O'Neill 1–0, C Sheehan 0–2, D Goold, A Walsh 0–1 each	Report	M Poland 0–3 (2f), R Murtagh, M Clarke (1f) 0–2 each, K McKernan, C Murdock (1 '45'), P Fitzpatrick, C Laverty, D Hughes, D Rooney, A Branagan, C Garvey 0–1 each.

Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
Referee: D Fahy (Longford)

Down v Monaghan

19 March 2011

Down	1–16 – 0–11	Monaghan
M Clarke 1–4 (1–0 pen, 3f), P McComiskey 0–3, D Rooney, D Hughes, M Poland 0–2 each, B Coulter, A Carr, C Maginn 0–1 each.	Report	P Finlay 0–8 (6f), C McManus 0–2 (1f), C Galligan 0–1.

Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

Dublin v Down

2 April 2011

Dublin	2–10 – 0–13	Down
P Flynn 1–1, A Brogan 1–1 T Quinn 0–4 (3f), D Connolly, B Cahill, B Cullen, B Brogan 0–1 each.	Report	M Clarke 0–3 (3f), P McComiskey, B Coulter, D Hughes 0–2 each, M Poland, P Fitzpatrick, K McKernan, C Maginn 0–1 each.

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Syl Doyle (Wexford)

Kerry v Down

10 April 2011

Kerry	1–13 – 1–11	Down
Darran O'Sullivan 1–2, B Sheehan 0–4 (3f), C Cooper 0–3 (1f), Declan O'Sullivan 0–2, A Maher, K Donaghy 0–1 each	Report	M Poland 0–5 (4f) B Coulter 1–0, M Clarke 0–3 (1f), J Colgan, C Maginn, C Garvey 0–1 each.

FitzGerald Stadium, Kilarney
Referee: R Hickey (Clare)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 7 October 2010.

Squad

Declan Alder, Aidan Branagan, Aidan Carr, Martin Clarke James Colgan, Brendan Coulter, Mark Doran, Liam Doyle, Kevin Duffin, Peter Fitzpatrick, Conor Garvey, Dan Gordan, Michael Magee, Conor Maginn, Kevin McKernan, Anton McArdle, Brendan McArdle, John McAreavey, Daniel McCartan, Eoin McCartan, Gerard McCartan, Paul McComiskey, Paul McPolin, Brendan McVeigh, Cathal Murdock, Sean Murdock, Paul Murphy, Ronan Murtagh, Darren O'Hagan, Conor Poland, Mark Poland, Damien Rafferty, Ambrose Rodgers, Declan Rooney, Caolan Mooney

Fixtures

Date	Home	Score	Away	Ground
28 May	Armagh	1–15 v 1–10	Down	Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Rounds

Preliminary Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Ulster final

Derry

1–18

Fermanagh

1–10

Derry

3–14

Armagh

1–11

Armagh

1–15

Down

1–10

Derry

0–08

Donegal

1–11

Tyrone

1–13

Monaghan

1–11

Tyrone

0–9

Donegal

2–6

Cavan

1–8

Donegal

1–10

Donegal

2–14

Antrim

0–7

Matches

Armagh v Down

28 May 2011
7:30 pm
Quarter Final

Armagh	1–15 – 1–10	Down
J Clarke 1–2, A Kernan 0–5 (3f), BJ Padden 0–3, M Mackin 0–2, K Dyas, T Kernan S McDonnell (f) 0–1 each	Report	M Clarke 0–5 (4f), M Poland 1–1, P McComiskey 0–2, D Rooney, D Hughes 0–1 each.

Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Attendance: 13,107
Referee: C Reilly (Meath)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Qualifiers

Clare v Down

25 June 2011
3:00 pm
Round 1

Clare	1–12 – 1–13	Down
D Tubridy 0–4 (3f), T Ryan 1–0, J Dowling, G Quinlan 0–2 each, A Clohessy, John Hayes, G Brennan, M Tubridy 0–1 each	Report	C Laverty 1–3, P McComiskey 0–4 (2f), M Clarke 0–2 (2fs), B McArdle, C Mooney, M Poland, B Coulter 0–1 each

Cusack Park, Ennis
Attendance: 1,640
Referee: P O'Sullivan (Kerry)

Down v Leitrim

9 July 2011
3:00 pm
Round 2

Down	1–16 – 1–08	Leitrim
B Coulter 0–7, M Clarke 1–2 (1-0pen, 1'45), C Laverty, M Poland (1f) 0–2 each, K McKernan, L Doyle, P Fitzpatrick 0–1 each	Report	A Croal 1–1, E Mulligan 0–3 (3fs), R Lowe, B McDonald, J Glancy, C Kelly 0–1 each

Páirc Esler, Newry
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone)

Antrim v Down

16 July 2011
7.00 pm
Round 3

Antrim	0–10 – 3–13	Down
B Herron, K Niblock, P Cunnighan (2f) 0–2 each, G O'Boyle, D O'Hagan, J Crozier, T McCann ('45') 0–1 each	Report	M Clarke 1–4 (3f, 1 '45'), M Poland 0–4 (4f), C Laverty, C Mooney 1–0 each, B Coulter 0–2, A Branagan, K McKernan, P McComiskey 0–1 each

Casement Park, Belfast
Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)

Down v Cork

23 July 2011
6:00 pm
Round 4

Down	0–14 – 2–20	Cork
M Clarke 0–3 (2f), B Coulter, P McComiskey 0–2 each, C Garvey, C Maginn, D Hughes, M Poland, K McKernan, A Rogers, C Laverty 0–1 each	Report	D O'Connor 1–7 (4f), F Goold 1–2, P Kerrigan 0–3, P Kelly 0–2, D Goulding 0–1 (1f), P Kissane, P O'Neill, G Canty, A Walsh, J Miskella 0–1 each

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

References

↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/9350816.stm | Dr McKenna Cup games off because of frozen pitches
↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/9370615.stm | Two Dr McKenna Cup matches moved to Sunday

Down GAA

Founded in 1903
Based in Down, Northern Ireland

Players

Footballers
Hurlers
List of senior football team captains

Stadiums

Páirc Esler

Club scene

Honours

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles (5)

Affiliations

Championship: Ulster

League: Division 2

Cup: McKenna

Seasons

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2011 GAA season

Football

Championship	Ulster Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Connacht Championship All-Ireland qualifiers All-Ireland series All-Ireland Final

NFL	Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4

Cups	McKenna O'Byrne McGrath

Other	All Stars International Rules Series

Seasons	Donegal Down

Hurling

Championship	Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship All-Ireland qualifiers All-Ireland series All-Ireland Final

NHL	Division 1 Division 2 Division 3A Division 3B Division 4

Cups	Christy Ring Nicky Rackard Lory Meagher Waterford Crystal Kehoe Walsh

Other	All Stars Composite Rules Series

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