2012 Down county football team season

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

Down county football team
2012 season
ManagerJames McCartan Jnr
StadiumPáirc Esler, Newry
NFL D13rd (semi-finalist)
All-Ireland SFCQuarter-finalist
Ulster SFCFinalist
Dr McKenna CupSemi-finalist
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Kits

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Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Dr McKenna Cup

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Squad

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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

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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

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  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

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Squad

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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

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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

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  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

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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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

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

Squad

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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

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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

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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

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Quarter-final
Fermanagh1-08 - 2-10Down
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.
Attendance: 12,435
Referee: S Doyle (Wexford)
Semi-final
Monaghan1-13 - 1-14Down
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.
Referee: M Duffy (Sligo)
Final
Down0-13 - 2-18Donegal
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
Attendance: 34, 696
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Fixtures

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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

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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

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Round 4
Down1-13 - 0-11Tipperary
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
Referee: C Reilly (Meath)
Quarter-final
Mayo3-18 - 2-09Down
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

Awards

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References

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