2012 Down county football team season

Down county football team

2012 season
Manager	James McCartan Jnr
Stadium	Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D1	3rd (semi-finalist)
All-Ireland SFC	Quarter-finalist
Ulster SFC	Finalist
Dr McKenna Cup	Semi-finalist

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2012 season.

Kits

Home

Away

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Dr McKenna Cup

Main article: 2012 Dr McKenna Cup

Squad

Brendan McVeigh Gk, Damien Turley, Daniel McCartan, Dan Gordon, Niall Branigan, Aidan Branigan, Ciarán Brannigan, Kevin Duffen, Conor Gavery, Brendan McArdle, Mark Doran, Darren O'Hagan, Peter Turley, Conor Gough, Kalum King, Ambrose Rogers, Aidan Carr, Daniel Hughes, Niall McParland, Arthur McConville, Brendan Coulter, Conor Laverty, Eoin McCartan, Paul McComiskey, Marcus Miskelly, Kevin Anderson, Liam Doyle, Michael McAlister Gk

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground
8 Jan	Group	Down	2-12 - 0-10	Armagh	Páirc Esler, Newry
15 Jan	Group	Monaghan	0-11 - 4-12	Down	St Tiernach's Park, Clones
18 Jan	Group	Down	1-5 - 0-8	St Marys	Páirc Esler, Newry
22 Jan	Semi-finals	Down	0-9 - 0-11	Derry	Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Table

  Qualified for next round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Down	3	2	1	0	7–29	0–29	21	5
Armagh	3	2	0	1	1–41	2–34	4	4
Monaghan	3	1	0	2	0–37	4–31	-6	2
St Marys	3	0	1	2	0–24	2–37	-19	1

	Semi-finals					Final
	Derry		0-11
	Down		0-09			Derry		2-08
	Tyrone		2-12			Tyrone		1-14
	Fermanagh		1-04

National Football League Division 1

Main article: 2012 National Football League (Ireland)

Squad

Peter Turley, Damien Turley Keith Quinn, Donal O'Hare, Marcus Miskelly, Niall McParland, David McKibben, Arthur McConville, Conor Gough, Timmy Hanna, Owen Costllo, Ciaran Brannigan, Niall Branigan, Ryan Brady, Kevin Anderson, Michael McAllister, Declan Rooney, Ambrose Rogers, Damien Rafferty, Mark Poland, Brendan McVeigh, Kevin McKernan, Gerard McCartan, Eoin McCartan, Daniel McCartan, Brendan McArdle, Anton McArdle, Conor Maginn, Conor Laverty, Kalum King, Daniel Hughes, Dan Gordan, Conor Garvey, Kevin Duffin, Liam Doyle, Brendan Coulter, Aidan Carr, Aidan Branigan, Paul McComiskey

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground
4 Feb	Group	Down	1-10 – 1-09	Donegal	Páirc Esler, Newry
12 Feb	Group	Cork	4-11 – 0-10	Down	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
4 Mar	Group	Down	0-8 – 0-14	Kerry	Páirc Esler, Newry
11 Mar	Group	Mayo	0-11 – 1-13	Down	MacHale Park, Castlebar
18 Mar	Group	Down	0-15 – 1-10	Dublin	Páirc Esler, Newry
24 Mar	Group	Armagh	1-14 – 0-16	Down	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
8 Apr	Group	Laois	0-10 – 2-11	Down	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
15 Apr	Semi-finals	Cork	2-17 – 1-12	Down	Croke Park, Dublin

Table

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Kerry	7	5	1	1	4-99	5-71	25	11
Cork	7	4	1	2	8-75	1-75	21	9
Down	7	4	0	3	4-83	6-79	-2	8
Mayo	7	3	1	3	4-88	2-83	11	7
Dublin	7	3	0	4	7-88	4-93	4	6
Donegal	7	3	0	4	5-73	8-74	-10	6
Armagh	7	2	1	4	5-73	7-92	-25	5
Laois	7	2	0	5	5-74	9-86	-24	4

¹Dublin are placed ahead of Donegal because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-16 to 0-13).

	Semi-finals					Final
	Cork		2-17
	Down		1-12			Mayo		0-11
	Mayo		1-17			Cork		2-10
	Kerry		2-15

Results

Down v Donegal

4 February 2012 Round 1	Down	1-10 – 1-09	Donegal	Páirc Esler, Newry
19:00	L Doyle 1–4, (0-2f), A Brannigan 0–2, B Coulter, C Garvey, A Carr (1f), D Gordon 0-1 each	Report	M McElhinney 1–0, M McHugh, P McBrearty (2f), S Griffin (2f) 0-2 each, D Molloy, K Lacey, A Thompson 0-1 each	Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Cork v Down

12 February 2012 Round 2	Cork	4-11 – 0-10	Down	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
14:00	P Kelly 3–0, D O'Connor 1-4 (1-0 pen, 3f), B O'Driscoll 0–2, M Shields, A O'Connor, P O'Neill, F Goold, M Collins 0-1 each	Report	A Carr 0-5 (4f), L Doyle 0-2 (2f), A Branigan, D Gordon, C Laverty 0-1 each.	Referee: R. Hickey

Down v Kerry

4 March 2012 Round 3	Down	0-8 – 0-14	Kerry	Páirc Esler, Newry
19:00	M Poland 0-4 (3f), D Gordon 0–2, D Hughes, A McConville (f) 0-1 each	Report	B Sheehan 0-6 (4f, 1 '45), BJ Keane 0–4, Declan O'Sullivan 0–3, P Curtin 0–1	Referee: D Brazil (Offaly)

Mayo v Down

11 March 2012 Round 4	Mayo	0-11 – 1-13	Down	McHale Park, Castlebar
14:30	C Mortimer 0–6, A Dillon, A Freeman 0-2 each, A Moran 0–1	Report	A Carr 0–5, C Maginn 1-1, A Rogers 0–3, B Coulter 0–2, D Hughes, K Duffin 0-1 each	Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

Down v Dublin

18 March 2012 Round 5	Down	0-15 – 1-10	Dublin	Páirc Esler, Newry
14:30	A Carr 0-5 (4f), M Poland, K McKernan, A Rogers 0-2 each, N McParland, B Coulter, C Laverty, D Hughes 0-1 each	Report	K McManamon 1-1, D Connolly 0-3 (3f), A Brogan, MD Macauley 0-2 each, E Fennell, S Cluxton (1 '45') 0-1 each	Referee: C Reilly (Meath)

Armagh v Down

24 March 2012 Round 6	Armagh	1-14 – 0-16	Down	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
19:00	M Stevenson 0-6 (6f); B Mallon 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-2f); P Carragher, F Moriarty, D McKenna, C Rafferty, C McKeever 0-1 each.	Report	A Carr 0-6 (6f); D Hughes, M Poland, E McCartan 0-2 each; A Rogers 0-2 (1 '45'); K McKernan, D Gordon 0-1 each.	Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

Laois v Down

8 April 2012 Round 7	Laois	0-10 – 2-11	Down	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
14:30	G Walsh 0-2 (1f, 1 '45'), C Boyle, B Quigley, R Munnelly, C Begley, P Cahillane, C Kelly (f), D Conway (f), D O'Connor 0-1 each	Report	B Coulter 1-1, A McConville 0-3 (2f), C Laverty 1–0, K Quinn, A Carr (f) 0-2 each, C Garvey, A Rogers, M Poland 0-1 each	Referee: S Doyle (Wexford)

Down v Cork

15 April 2012 Semi-final	Down	1-12 – 2-17	Cork	Croke Park, Dublin
4:00	C O'Neill 1-06 (0-2f), A O'Connor 1-00, P Kerrigan, P O'Neill 0-03 each, D O'Connor, A Walsh, N O'Leary, D Goulding, B O'Driscoll 0-01 each.	Report	A Carr 1-02 (1-00 pen, 0-01f), C Laverty, B Coulter 0-03 each, A McConville (f), P Turley, M Poland, B McArdle 0-01 each.	Attendance: 11,342 Referee: Michael Duffy (Sligo)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 6 October 2011.

Squad

Ambrose Rogers, Daniel Hughes, Kalum King, Brendan McVeigh, Gerard McCartan, Declan Rooney, Brendan McArdle, Aidan Burns, Kevin McKernan, Conor Garvey, Mark Poland, Brendan Coulter, Conor Maginn, Dan Gordan, Conor Laverty, Daniel McCartan, Aidan Carr, Aidan Branigan, Eoin McCartan, Kevin Duffin, Anton McArdle, Liam Doyle, Gerard McAnulty, Peter Turley, Damien Turley, Marcus Miskelly, Arthur McConville, Niall McParland, Niall Branigan, Ciaran Brannigan, Owen Costello, Timmy Hanna, Michael McAlister, Shane Harrison, Ben O'Reilly, Donal O'Hare, Darren O'Hagan

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground
3 June 2012	Quarter-final	Fermanagh	1-08 - 2-10	Down	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
24 June 2012	Semi-final	Monaghan	1-13 - 1-14	Down	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
22 July 2012	Final	Donegal	2-18 - 0-13	Down	St Tiernach's Park, Monaghan

Rounds

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Ulster final
	Cavan		1-10
	Donegal		1-16			Donegal		2-13
						Derry		0-09
											Donegal		0-12
											Tyrone		0-10
						Tyrone		0-19
						Armagh		1-13
																Donegal		2-18
																Down		0-13
						Monaghan		1-12
						Antrim		1-09
											Monaghan		1-13
											Down		1-14
						Down		2-10
						Fermanagh		1-08

Results

3 June 2012

3:30pm

Quarter-final

Fermanagh	1-08 - 2-10	Down
D. Kelly 1-1, D. Kille 0-3 (2f), S. Quigley 0-2 (2f), T. Corrigan, P. Ward 0-1 each.	Report	D O'Hare 1-1, C Laverty 1–0, C Maginn, A Carr (f), A Rogers, K King, K McKernan, D McCartan, B McArdle, D O’Hagan, K Duffin 0-1 each.

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Attendance: 12,435

Referee: S Doyle (Wexford)

24 June 2012

2:00pm

Semi-final

Monaghan	1-13 - 1-14	Down
P Finlay (3f), C McManus (3f) 0-5 each, T Freeman 1–0, D Hughes 0-2 (1f, 1 45), D Clerkin 0–1.	Report	D O'Hare 0-5 (5f), A Carr 1–2, (1-0 pen, 1f), C Laverty 0–2, A Rogers (f), D O'Hagan, K Duffin, L Doyle (f), B Coulter 0-1 each.

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)

22 July 2012

2:00pm

Final

Down	0-13 - 2-18	Donegal
L Doyle (2f) 0-04 , D O'Hare (1f) 0-02 , C Laverty, A Rogers, K McKernan, A Brannigan, C Maginn, D Hughes, E McCartan 0-01 each	Report	L McLoone, F McGlynn 1-00 each, C McFadden (3f) 0-06 , Declan Walsh, R Bradley, M McHugh, M McElhinney 0-02 each, David Walsh, D McLaughlin, P McBrearty, M Murphy 0-01 each

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 34, 696

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground
28 June 2012	Round 4 Qualifier	Tipperary	0-11 - 1-13	Down	Cusack Park, Mullingar
4 August 2012	Quarter-finals	Mayo	3-18 - 2-09	Down	Croke Park, Dublin

Rounds

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Cork		2-19
	Kildare		0-12
						Cork		1-11
						Donegal		0-16
	Donegal		1-12
	Kerry		1-10
											Donegal		2-11
											Mayo		0-13
	Mayo		3-18
	Down		2-09
						Mayo		0-19
						Dublin		0-16
	Dublin		1-12
	Laois		0-12

Results

28 July 2012

16:00

Round 4

Down	1-13 - 0-11	Tipperary
B Coulter 1-02, A Rogers (1f), M Poland (1f) 0-04 each, D Gordon, B McArdle, K Duffin (1f) 0-01 each	Report	A Maloney (2f), M Quinlivan (2f) 0-03 each, P Austin 0-02, B Fox, P Acheson, B Mulvihill 0-01 each

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Referee: C Reilly (Meath)

4 August 2012

17:00

Quarter-final

Mayo	3-18 - 2-09	Down
M Conroy 2-01, J Doherty 1-00, C O’Connor (6f) 0-07 , A Dillon 0-04, K McLoughlin 0-02, L Keegan, A O’Shea, A Moran, E Varley 0-01 each	Report	B Coulter 1-01, K King 1-00, A Carr (5f) 0-07, L Doyle (1f) 0-01

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Awards

• Ulster GAA Writers' Association Award June - Conor Laverty
• Irish News Ulster All-Star - Dan Gordan and Conor Laverty
• BBC Man of the Match v Fermanagh - Conor Laverty
• BBC Man of the Match v Monaghan - Conor Laverty
• RTÉ Man of the Match v Monaghan - Conor Laverty
• GAA Man of the Match v Tipperary - Ambrose Rogers
• GAA All Star nominations - Conor Laverty