2022 Down county football team season

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Down county football team
2022 season
Manager	James McCartan Jnr
Stadium	Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D2	8th (relegated)
Tailteann Cup	First Round
Ulster SFC	Quarter-finalist
Dr McKenna Cup	Group stage
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The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2022 season, which was its 119th year. On 24 November 2021, James McCartan Jnr was reappointed Down manager, following a stint in the job between 2009 and 2014.^[1]

Competitions

Dr McKenna Cup

The McKenna Cup returned for the first time since 2019 following a cancelation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The group draw took place on 15 December 2021.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification
1	Donegal	2	2	0	0	31	26	1.192	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Antrim	2	1	0	1	27	28	0.964	2
3	Down	2	0	0	2	27	31	0.871	0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2022. Source: Ulster GAA

Fixtures

7 January 2022 (2022-01-07) Round 1	Donegal	1-13 (16) – (14) 2-08	Down	Ballybofey
19:30 GMT (UTC)				Venue: MacCumhaill Park
		Report		Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

11 January 2022 (2022-01-11) Round 2	Down	1-10 (13) – (15) 1-12	Antrim	Newry
20:15 GMT (UTC)				Venue: Páirc Esler
		Report		Referee: Margaret Farrelly (Cavan)

National Football League Division 2

Down will compete in Division Two of the National League in 2022. The GAA released the fixtures for the league season on 21 December 2021.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground	Ref
Saturday 29 January	Group	Derry	1-10 - 0-06	Down	Celtic Park, Derry	^[8]
Saturday 5 February	Group	Down	0-09 - 1-12	Galway	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[9]
Sunday 20 February	Group	Meath	2-06 - 2-06	Down	Páirc Tailteann, Navan	^[10]
Saturday 26 February	Group	Down	0-10 - 1-18	Roscommon	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[11]
Saturday 12 March	Group	Down	0-14 - 0-15	Offaly	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[12]
Sunday 20 March	Group	Cork	1-16 - 1-12	Down	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork	^[13]
Sunday 27 March	Group	Down	1-09 - 2-14	Clare	Páirc Esler, Newry	^[14]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roscommon	7	5	2	0	123	87	+36	12	Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and promotion to 2023 NFL Division 1
2	Galway	7	6	0	1	141	100	+41	12
3	Derry	7	5	1	1	110	82	+28	11
4	Meath	7	2	2	3	93	111	−18	6
5	Clare	7	2	2	3	88	87	+1	6
6	Cork	7	2	1	4	112	138	−26	5
7	Offaly	7	1	1	5	98	133	−35	3	Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 3
8	Down	7	0	1	6	78	115	−37	1	Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2022. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Reports

29 January 2022

18:00

Round 1

Derry	1-10 - 0-06	Down
Conor Doherty (0-01), Padraig McGrogan (0-01), Ciaran McFaul (0-02), Matthew Downey (0-01), Paul Cassidy (0-02), Niall Loughlin (1-00), Shane McGuigan (0-01), Lachlan Murray (0-01), N Toner (0-01)	Report	Andrew Gilmore (0-03), Ruairi McCormack (0-01), Darren O’Hagan (0-01), Barry O’Hagan (0-01)

Celtic Park, Derry

Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

5 February 2022

18:00

Round 2

Down	1-10 - 0-06	Galway
Cormac McCartan (0-01), Barry O’Hagan (0-05), Andrew Gilmore (0-03)	Report	Paul Conroy (1-02), Owen Gallagher (0-02), Tomo Culhane (0-01), Rob Finnerty (0-01), Shane Walsh (0-05), Damien Comer (0-01)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

20 February 2022

14:00

Round 3

Meath	2-06 - 2-06	Down
Jason Scully 1-0, Robin Clarke 1-0, Shane Walsh 0-2, Harry Hogan 0-2, Jordan Morris 0-2	Report	Pat Havern 1-3, Andrew Gilmore 1-2 (0-1), Darren O'Hagan 0-1

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

26 February 2022

17:00

Round 4

Down	0-10 - 1-18	Roscommon
Pat Havern 0-4, Andrew Gilmore 0-2, Cory Quinn 0-1, Tiarnan Rushe 0-1, Liam Kerr 0-1, Caolan Mooney 0-1	Report	Conor Cox 0-5, Enda Smith 1-1, Donie Smith 0-4, Cian McKeon 0-2, Eddie Nolan 0-1, Richard Hughes 0-1, Cathal Heneghan 0-1, Ciaran Sugrue 0-1, Ultan Harney 0-1, Ciarán Murtagh 0-1

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)

12 March 2022

17:00

Round 5

Down	0-14 - 0-15	Offaly
Barry O’Hagan 0-4, Liam Kerr 0-2, Andrew Gilmore 0-2, Conor Poland 0-1, Daniel Guinness 0-1, Caolan Mooney 0-1, Pat Havern 0-1, Ceilum Doherty 0-1, Niall Kane 0-1	Report	Bernard Allen 0-3, Niall McNamee 0-3, Niall Darby 0-1, Jordan Hayes 0-1, Lee Pearson 0-1, Mark Abbott 0-1, Keith O’Neill 0-1, Dylan Hyland 0-1, Ruairi McNamee 0-1, Anton Sullivan 0-1, Paddy Dunican 0-1

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: Barry Judge (Sligo)

20 March 2022

14:00

Round 6

Cork	1-16 - 1-12	Down
Stephen Sherlock 1-7, Cathal O’Mahony 0-3, Colm O’Callaghan 0-2, Daniel Dineen 0-1, John O’Rourke 0-1, Mark Cronin 0-1, Mattie Taylor 0-1	Report	Tiernan Rushe 1-0, Andrew Gilmore 0-3, Pat Havern 0-3, Darren O’Hagan 0-2, Ryan McEvoy 0-1, Ceilum Doherty 0-1, Ryan O’Higgins 0-1, Cory Quinn 0-1

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Referee: Brendan Griffin (Kerry)

27 March 2022

14:00

Round 7

Down	1-09 - 2-14	Clare
Corey Quinn 1-1, Andrew Gilmore 0-3, Barry O’Hagan 0-2, Pat Havern 0-1, Liam Kerr 0-1, Niall Kane 0-1	Report	Aaron Griffin 1-1, Eoin Cleary 0-4, Cian O’Dea 1-0, David Tubridy 0-2, Ciaran Russell 0-1, Gavin Cooney 0-1, Darren O’Neill 0-1, Pearse Lillis 0-1, Emmet McMahon 0-1, Joe McGann 0-1, Brendan Rouine 0-1

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2022 Ulster Championship was made on 28 November 2021.^[15]^[16]

Fixtures

30 April 2022

16:30

Quarter Final

Monaghan	0-23 - 2-07	Down
Jack McCarron 0-7; Conor McManus 0-4; Gary Mohan 0-3; Rory Beggan 0-2; Kieran Duffy 0-1; Conor Boyle 0-1; Ryan Wylie 0-1; Andrew Woods 0-1; Kieran Hughes 0-1; Shane Carey 0-1; Conor McCarthy 0-1	Report	Pat Havern 1-1; Caolán Mooney 1-0; Barry O’Hagan 0-2; Andrew Gilmore 0-1; Tiarnán Rushe 0-1; Daniel Guinness 0-1; Conor Poland 0-1.

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

Bracket

Preliminary round
16 April

Quarter-finals
23/24/30 April, 1 May

Semi-finals
8/15 May

Final
29 May

Donegal

1–16

0–12

2–16

0–16

0–10

Cavan

1–20

1–14

Derry

1–16

Monaghan

0–23

2–7

Derry

3–12

2–10

0–17

Tyrone

2–17

0–10

Derry

1–18

Tailteann Cup

Down's entry into the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was dependent on their performance in the National League campaign. Because Down got relegated they did not qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and instead will play in the inaugural Tailteann Cup. The draw for the first round was made on 15 May 2022 with Down being drawn against Cavan.^[17]

Fixtures

28 May 2022

14:00

Round One

Cavan	0-24 - 1-12	Down
Raymond Galligan 0-7, Gearoid McKiernan 0-6, Paddy Lynch 0-4, James Smith 0-2, Gerard Smith 0-2, Oisin Kiernan (0-1), Edward Donohoe (0-1), Niall Carolan (0-1)	Report	Ruairi O'Hare 1-0, Liam Kerry 0-3, Barry O'Hagan 0-2, Andrew Gilmore 0-2, Ryan Magill, Anthony Doherty (0-1), Odhran Murdock (0-1), Pierce Laverty (0-1), Ruairi McCormack (0-1)

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Bracket

Round 1
28/29 May

Quarter-finals
4/5 June

Semi-finals
19 June

Final
9 July

Leitrim

2–14

1–12

2–16 (3)

Sligo

1–19 (4)

Sligo

3–15

2–16

1–14

Cavan

0–20

0–12

Fermanagh

1–12

0–13

Cavan

2–16

Cavan

0–24

1–12

1–13

2–13

Westmeath

2–14

Offaly

3–11

Offaly

0–18

Wicklow

3–16

0–10

1–10

Offaly

3–17

0–11

2–16

Westmeath

3–22

Carlow

1–12

1–10

2–13

Westmeath

1–21

0–13

Westmeath

1–13

References

^ "James McCartan: Two-time All-Ireland winner becomes Down boss for a second time". BBC Sport. 24 November 2021.
^ Loughran, Neil (2 December 2021). "Friday night lights as McKenna Cup gets county season under way". The Irish News.
^ Loughran, Neil (16 December 2021). "Team holiday forces Tyrone to miss Dr McKenna Cup opener". The Irish News.
^ "Tyrone to play Armagh in McKenna Cup". BBC Sport. 15 December 2021.
^ "GAA publish Master Fixtures Schedule for 2022". GAA.ie. 21 December 2021.
^ "Allianz Leagues 2022: Your game-by-game guide". Irish Examiner. 21 December 2021.
^ "GAA: 2022 Allianz National Leagues fixtures guide". breakingnews.ie. 23 December 2021.
^ "Derry swan past under-strength Down in Owenbeg". rte.ie. 29 January 2022.
^ "Tribesmen continue winning ways up in Down". rte.ie. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022.
^ "Allianz FL D2: Spoils shared at Páirc Tailteann". GAA.ie. 20 February 2022.
^ "Allianz FL D2: Roscommon ease to victory". GAA.ie. 26 February 2022.
^ "Allianz FL D2: Offaly finish strongly". GAA.ie. 12 March 2022.
^ "Allianz FL D2: Cork claim vital win over Down". GAA.ie. 20 March 2022.
^ "Allianz FL D2: Clare register victory". GAA.ie. 27 March 2022.
^ "2022 Senior Football and Hurling Provincial Championship draws". GAA.ie. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ "2022 Football Championship draw: Galway pitted against Mayo in Connacht, Kerry paired with Cork in Munster". Sky Sports. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Tailteann Cup 2022 first-round draw: Cavan to face Down as second tier championship takes shape". Sky Sports. 15 May 2021.

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