2023 Down county football team season

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ManagerConor Laverty
StadiumPáirc Esler, Newry
NFL D33rd
Tailteann CupRunner-up
Down county football team
2023 season
ManagerConor Laverty
StadiumPáirc Esler, Newry
NFL D33rd
Tailteann CupRunner-up
Ulster SFCSemi-finalist
Dr McKenna CupSemi-finalist
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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]

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

4 January 2023 (2023-01-04) Group Stage Monaghan 0-12 – 2-10 Down Castleblayney  
19:30 GMT (UTC) Venue: St Mary's Park
Report


8 January 2023 (2023-01-08) Group Stage Down 2-14 – 1-10 Donegal Newry  
13:30 GMT (UTC) Venue: Páirc Esler
Report


15 January 2023 (2023-01-15) Semi-Finals Down 3-09 – 1-15
(2–3 pen) 		Derry Newry  
13:30 GMT (UTC) Venue: Páirc Esler
Report
    Penalty shootout
 

National Football League Division 3

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

Date Round Home Score Away Ground Ref
Saturday 28 January Group Tipperary 1-11 v 2-11 Down Semple Stadium, Thurles [6]
Saturday 4 February Group Down 2-18 v 2-17 Antrim Páirc Esler, Newry [7]
Sunday 19 February Group Fermanagh 2-14 v 3-10 Down Brewster Park, Enniskillen [8]
Saturday 25 February Group Down 1-10 v 0-11 Westmeath Páirc Esler, Newry [9]
Sunday 5 March Group Cavan 2-14 v 1-10 Down Breffni Park, Cavan [10]
Sunday 18 March Group Down 1-19 v 1-14 Longford Páirc Esler, Newry [11]
Sunday 26 March Group Offaly 0-09 v 1-18 Down O'Connor Park, Tullamore [12]

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

Round 1
Tipperary 1-11 - 2-11Down
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)
Round 2
Down 2-18 - 2-17Antrim
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)
Round 3
Fermanagh 2-14 - 3-10Down
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)
Round 4
Down 1-10 - 0-11Westmeath
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)
Referee: D Gough (Meath)
Round 5
Cavan 2-14 - 1-10Down
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)
Round 6
Down 1-19 - 1-14Longford
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)
Round 7
Offaly 0-09 - 1-18Down
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)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tailteann Cup

References

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