2016 Down county football team season

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Down county football team 2016 football season

Down county football team
2016 season
Manager	Éamonn Burns
Stadium	Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D1	8th (relegated)
All-Ireland SFC	Round 1 qualifier
Ulster SFC	Quarter-finalist
Dr McKenna Cup	Group stage (2nd)
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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.

Kits

Home

Away

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled

Dr McKenna Cup

Fixtures

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

Qualification for next round

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

National Football League Division 1

Main article: 2016 National Football League (Ireland)

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

Fixtures

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

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

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

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

Results

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)	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: David Gough (Meath)

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)	St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: C Reilly

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)	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: M Duffy

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)	Pearse Park, Longford Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

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)	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: D O'Mahoney

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)	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

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

Main article: 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship

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

Fixtures

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

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

5 June 201614:00Quarter-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)

St Tiernach's Park, ClonesAttendance: 12,782Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

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

Results

25 June 20162.00 PMRound 1B

Down	3-17 – 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.

Pairc Esler, NewryReferee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

Notable events

On Thursday 5 November 2015, Down appointed Éamonn Burns as new football manager.

References

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

Down county football team

Stadium

Páirc Esler

Key historical figures

Rivalries

Dublin
Kerry

Competitions

All-Ireland SFCs

Seasons

2016 GAA season

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Football

Championship	Ulster SFC final Leinster SFC final Munster SFC final Connacht SFC final All-Ireland qualifiers All-Ireland series final
League (NFL)	Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4
Preseason competitions	Dr McKenna Cup FBD League McGrath Cup O'Byrne Cup
Other competitions	Interprovincial Championships Sigerson
County team seasons	Donegal Down Galway Mayo Tipperary

Hurling

Championship	Leinster SHC final Munster SHC final All-Ireland qualifiers All-Ireland series final Christy Ring Cup final Nicky Rackard Cup final Lory Meagher Cup
League (NHL)	Division 1A Division 1B Division 2A Division 2B Division 3A Division 3B
Preseason competitions	Walsh Cup Kehoe Cup Munster Senior Hurling League
Other competitions	Fitzgibbon Hurling/Shinty International Series Interprovincial Championships Ulster SHC
County team seasons	Tipperary

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