2010 Down football season

Down

2010 season

Manager

James McCartan, Junior

Stadium

1st (Runner-up)

Runner-up

Semi Finalist

Semi Finalist

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The following is a summary of Down GAA's 2010 Gaelic football 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	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Down	3	3	0	2-51	2-31	+20	6
Antrim	3	2	1	4-32	0-48	-4	4
Derry	3	1	2	5-44	5-29	+15	2
Queen's University Belfast	3	0	3	1-29	5-48	-31	0

Rounds

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

Matches & Reports

Down v Queen's University Belfast

16 January 2010

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

Pairc Esler, Newry.

Down v Antrim

20 January 2010

Down	0-19 – 1-10	Antrim

Pairc Esler, Newry.

Derry v Down

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

Promoted Relegated

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	1	1	5	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 & Reports

Kildare v Down

7 February 2010^[1]

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)

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	Páirc Esler

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	Páirc Esler Referee: J Curley (Meath)

13 March 2010 7:30 p.m.	Donegal	0-11 - 0-13	Down	Ballybofey Referee: P 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	Ballybofey Referee: P McEnaney (Monaghan)

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	Páirc Esler Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone)

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 s/l), 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	Cusack Park Referee: G Ó Conamha (Galway)

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	Páirc Esler Referee: J White (Donegal)

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)	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Gearóid Ó Conamha (Galway)

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 & Reports

Donegal v Down

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.

MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey
Referee: J. McQuillan (Cavan)

Tyrone v Down

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)

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 & Reports

Main article: All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_2010 § All-Ireland_Qualifiers

Down v Longford

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)

Offaly v Down

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)

Sligo v Down

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: M. Deegan (Laois)

Kerry v Down

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: J. McQuillan (Cavan)

Kildare v Down

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: P. McEnaney (Monaghan)

Cork v Down

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: D. Coldrick (Meath)

Main article: 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

References

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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2010 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	Derry 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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