Down county football team 2023 football season
The following is a summary of Down county football team 's 2023 season, which was its 120th year. On 9 August 2022, Conor Laverty was appointed Down manager. [ 1]
Competitions Down will compete in the pre-season McKenna Cup tournament, with the main season consisting of the National Football League Division 3, the Ulster Championship and the Tailteann Cup.
Dr McKenna Cup The McKenna Cup group draw took place on 15 December 2021.[ 2]
Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PR Pts Qualification 1 Down 2 2 0 0 36 25 1.440 4 Advance to semi-final 2 Monaghan 2 1 0 1 27 29 0.931 2 3 Donegal 2 0 0 2 26 35 0.743 0
Source: Ulster GAA
Fixtures Monaghan v Down
Down will compete in Division Three of the National League in 2023. The GAA released the fixtures for the league season on 8 December 2022.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Fixtures Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled
Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 Fermanagh 7 6 0 1 114 94 +20 12 Advance to NFL Division 3 Final and promotion to 2024 NFL Division 2 2 Cavan 7 5 0 2 130 94 +36 10 3 Down 7 5 0 2 129 114 +15 10 4 Westmeath 7 4 0 3 135 79 +56 8 5 Offaly 7 4 0 3 105 115 −10 8 6 Antrim 7 2 0 5 124 158 −34 4 7 Longford 7 1 1 5 104 142 −38 3 Relegation to 2024 NFL Division 4 8 Tipperary 7 0 1 6 83 128 −45 1
Source: GAA Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Reports 28 January 2023
18:00
Round 1
Tipperary 1-11 - 2-11 Down C Sweeney (0-4, 3fs), T Doyle (1-00), M Russell (0-02), D Leahy (0-02), J Kennedy (0-01f), (0-01), S O’Connor (0-01f) Report P Havern (1-04, 0-01f, 0-01m), C Francis (1-00), A Gilmore (0-03, 2fs), E Brown (0-02), O Murdock (0-01), B O’Hagan (0-01f)
Referee: C Maguire (Clare)
4 February 2023
18:00
Round 2
Down 2-18 - 2-17 Antrim Andrew Gilmore (1-04, 0-02f), Conor Poland (1-00), Odhran Murdock (0-03), Liam Kerr (0-03), Barry O’Hagan (0-03, 0-01f), Pat Havern (0-02), Eamon Brown (0-01), Shay Miller (0-01), Niall Kane (0-01) Report Ruairí McCann (2-01), Conor Stewart (0-03), Dominic McEnhill (0-03), Michael Byrne (0-02, 0-01f), Patrick Finnegan (0-02), Ryan Murray (0-02, 0-01f), James McAuley (0-01), Joseph Finnegan (0-01), Adam Loughran (0-01), Ruairí McCann (0-01, 0-01f)
Referee: B Tiernan (Dublin)
19 February 2023
14:00
Round 3
Fermanagh 2-14 - 3-10 Down Darragh McGurn (0-05,1f), Conor McGee (1-0), Sean Quigley (1-00), Ryan Lyons (0-02f), Ultan Kelm (0-02), Aidan Breen (0-01), Ronan McCaffrey (0-01), Shane McGullion (0-01), Ryan Jones (0-01), Conor McShea (0-01) Report Pat Havern (0-5,2f), Odhran Murdock (1-00 pen), Pierce Laverty (1-00), Conor Francis (1-00), Niall Kane (0-01), Shane Annett (0-01), Liam Kerr (0-01f), Shay Millar (0-01), Andrew Gilmore (0-01)
Referee: C Dourneen (Cavan)
25 February 2023
18:00
Round 4
Down 1-10 - 0-11 Westmeath Andrew Gilmore (0-04, 0-01f), Pat Havern (0-03, 0-03f), Odhran Murdock (1-00, 1-00pen), Ceilum Doherty (0-02), Eamon Brown (0-01) Report John Heslin (0-06, 0-04f), Senan Baker (0-02), Sam McCartan (0-01), David Lynch (0-01), Conor McCormack (0-01)
Cavan 2-14 - 1-10 Down Paddy Lynch (2-05, 4f), Gearoid McKiernan (0-02, 1m), Dara McVeety (0-02, 1m), Cian Madden (0-02), Brandon Boylan (0-01), Raymond Galligan (0-1f), James Smith (0-01) Report Pat Havern (0-05, 3f), Micheál Rooney (1-0), Andrew Gilmore (0-03f), Donnacha McAleese (0-01m), Ryan McEvoy (0-01f)
Referee: P Neilan (Roscommon)
19 March 2023
19:00
Round 6
Down 1-19 - 1-14 Longford Liam Kerr (1-05, 1-00pen, 0-03fs), Pat Havern (0-05, 0-02fs), Ryan Johnston (0-02), Miceál Rooney (0-02), Jerome Johnston (0-01), Michael Ireland (0-01), Conor McCrickard (0-01), Niall Kane (0-01, 0-01 '45), Eamon Brown (0-01) Report Dylan Farrell (0-05, 0-03fs), Dessie Reynolds (1-01), Michael Quinn (0-01), Jack Macken (0-01), Darren Gallagher (0-01), Daniel Mimnagh (0-01), Oran Kenny (0-01), Keelin McGann (0-01), D O’Brien (0-01), F Sheridan (0-01)
Referee: S Laverty (Antrim)
26 March 2023
14:00
Round 7
Offaly 0-09 - 1-18 Down Nigel Dunne (0-3, 3f), Bernard Allen (0-2), Cian Donohoe (0-1), Anton Sullivan (0-1), Jack Bryant (0-1), Cian Farrell (0-1, f) Report Liam Kerr (1-0), Conor McRickard (0-3), Eugene Branagan (0-3), Ryan Johnston (0-2), Danny Magill (0-2), Pat Havern (0-2), Rory Mason (0-2, 1f), Antony Morgan (0-1), Niall Kane (0-1,f), Ryan McEvoy (0-1), Miceal Rooney (0-1)
Referee: S Mulhare (Laois)
The draw for the 2023 Ulster Championship was made on 15 October 2022.[ 13] [ 14]
Fixtures 23 April 2023
14:00
Quarter Final
Down 2-13 - 1-11 Donegal P Havern (1-03, 1-0 pen, 3f), R Johnston (0-03, 2m), L Kerr (1-00), D Guinness (0-02), A Gilmore (0-02, 1f), D Magill (0-01), E Brannigan (0-01), C Poland (0-01) Report J McGee (1-01), D O Baoill (0-03), C Thompson (0-02, 2f), C O’Donnell (0-02), O Gallen (0-01), S Patton (0-01, ’45), C Ward (0-01)
Referee: B Cawley (Kildare)
30 April 2023
16:00
Semi Final
Down 0-12 - 4-10 Armagh Pat Havern (0-6), Ryan McEvoy (0-02), Ryan Johnston (0-01), Liam Kerr (0-01), Patrick Branagan (0-01), Andrew Gilmore (0-01) Report Ciaran Mackin (1-00), Shane McPartlan (1-00), Rian O’Neill (1-00), Andrew Murnin (1-00), Jason Duffy (0-02), Conor O’Neill (0-01), Aidan Forker (0-01), Jemar Hall (0-01), Rory Grugan (0-02), Stefan Campbell (0-01), Aidan Nugent (0-01), Callum Cumiskey (0-01)
Bracket
Tailteann Cup Due to their National League ranking and because they never progressed to the Ulster Championship final, Down will enter the Tailteann Cup in 2023 for the 2nd time. The draw for the 2023 competition was made on 2 May with Down being drawn into Group B with Meath , Waterford and Tipperary . [ 15]
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 Meath 3 3 0 0 62 40 +22 6 Advance to quarter-final 2 Down 3 2 0 1 56 29 +27 4 Advance to preliminary quarter-final 3 Tipperary 3 1 0 2 34 62 −28 2 4 Waterford 3 0 0 3 42 63 −21 0
Source: GAA
Knockout Stage
Fixtures Down 2–14 – 1–6 Waterford Pat Havern 0–5 (0–2f, 0–1m), Andrew Gilmore 0–4 (0–2f), Eamon Brown 1–0, Odhran Murdock 1–0, Donagh McAleenan 0–2, Anthony Morgan 0–1, Shealan Johnston 0–1, Eugene Branagan 0–1 Report Conor Murray 1–0, Jason Curry 0–2 (0–2f), Darragh Corcoran 0–2, Jason Gleeson 0–1 (0–1f), Dermot Ryan 0–1
Tipperary 0-06 - 2-18 Down Jack Kennedy, 0-4 (01f), Sean O’Connor 0-2 Report Pat Havern 0-6 (0-5f), Shealan Johnston 1-1, Danny Magill 0-3, Odhran Murdock 1-0, Ceilum Doherty 0-2, Eamon Brown 0-2 (0-2f), Conor Francis 0-1, Ryan Johnston 0-1, Andrew Gilmore 0-1, Ross Carr 0-1
Referee: Thomas Murphy (Galway)
Meath 1–11 – 1–9 Down Jordan Morris 1–3 (1–0 pen, 0–1m), Daithi McGowan 0–2 (0–1f, 0–1 '45), James McEntee 0–2, Jack Flynn 0–1 (0–1f), Donal Lenihan 0–1 (0–1f), Jack O'Connor 0–1, Matthew Costello 0–1 Report Pat Havern 0–5 (0–5f), Odhran Murdock 1–0, Liam Kerr 0–2 (0–1f), Niall Kane 0–1 (0–1 '45), Daniel Guinness 0–1
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
10 June 2023
19:00
Preliminary Quarter-final
Down 1-20 - 1-12 Longford Pat Havern 0-6 (0-2f), Andrew Gilmore 0-3, (0-1f), Danny Magill 1-0, Rory Mason 0-3 (0-2f), Eugene Branagan 0-2, Ross Carr 0-2 (0-1m), Patrick McCarthy 0-1, Liam Kerr 0-1, Ceilum Doherty 0-1, Donach McAleenan 0-1 Report Joe Hagan 1-3, Keelin McGann 0-2, Dylan Farrell 0-2, (0-1 45’, 0-1f), Darragh Doherty 0-2 (0-1f), Patrick Fox 0-1, Ryan Moffett 0-1, Dessie Reynolds 0-1
Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)
17 June 2023
17:15
Quarter-final
Cavan 0-15 - 1-17 Down Oisin Brady 0–8 (0–4f, 0–2m), Padraig Faulkner 0–2, Gearóid McKiernan 0–1 (0–1f), Oisín Kiernan 0–1, Cian Madden 0–1, Tiarnan Madden 0–1, Brandon Boylan 0–1 Report Pat Havern 0–5 (0–2f, 0–1m), Rory Mason 0–4 (0–1f), Liam Kerr 0–4, Danny Magill 1–1, Patrick McCarthy 0–1, Ryan Johnston 0–1, Shane Annett 0–1
Referee: Seamus Mulhare (Laois)
25 June 2023
16:00
Semi-final
Down 8–16 – 2–12 Laois Liam Kerr 3–2, Danny Magill 2–0, Pat Havern 1–3, Rory Mason 1–1 (0-1f), Odhrán Murdock 1–1, Eugene Branagan 0–3, Ceilum Doherty 0–2 (0-1m), Patrick Branagan 0-2, Niall Kane 0–1, Ryan Johnston 0–1 Report Mark Barry 1–6 (1–0 pen, 4f, 1m), Kevin Swayne 1-0, Eoin Lowry 0–2 (0-1m), Paul Kingston 0–1, Evan O'Carroll 0–1, Killian Roche 0–1, Dylan Kavanagh 0-1
Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
Down 0–14 – 2–13 Meath Pat Havern 0–4 (0–3f), Niall Kane 0–2 (0–1f, 0–1 '45), Liam Kerr 0–2, Ryan Johnston 0–2, Ceilum Doherty 0–1, Odhran Murdock 0–1, Shealan Johnston 0–1, Andrew Gilmore 0–1 Report Jack O'Connor 1–2, Jack Flynn 0–4, Ronan Jones 1–1, Matthew Costello 0–3 (0–2f), Cathal Hickey 0–2, Jordan Morris 0–1
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
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