Down county football team
2010 season
ManagerJames McCartan Jnr
StadiumPairc Esler, Newry
NFL D21st (runner-up)
All-Ireland SFCFinalist
Ulster ChampionshipSemi-finalist
Dr McKenna CupSemi-finalist
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The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2010 season.

Kits

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Home
Away

Squad

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Dr McKenna Cup

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Results

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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

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  Qualified for next round

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Down 3 3 0 0 2-51 2-31 +20 6
Antrim 3 2 0 1 4-32 0-48 -4 4
Derry 3 1 0 2 5-44 5-29 +15 2
Queen's University Belfast 3 0 0 3 1-29 5-48 -31 0

Rounds

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

Matches and reports

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Down1-17 – 0-08Queen's University Belfast
Páirc Esler, Newry
Down0-19 – 1-10Antrim
Páirc Esler, Newry
Derry1-13 – 1-15Down
Celtic Park, Derry

National Football League Division 2

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Results

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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

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  Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1   Automatic relegation to Division 3

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 2 1 4 9–65 5–88 −11 5
Westmeath 7 0 0 7 8–58 9–107 −52 0


Matches and reports

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Kildare0-8 – 1-16Down
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
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
13 March 2010
7:30 p.m. 		Donegal 0-11 - 0-13 Down Ballybofey
Referee: Pat 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
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
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 sideline), 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
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
Final
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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)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Rounds

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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 and reports

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Quarter Final
Donegal2-10 – 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.
MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Semi Final
Tyrone0-14 - 0-10Down
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

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Qualifiers

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Round 1 2 3 4
Result N/A 1-14 - 1-10 1-10 - 1-12 0-10 - 3-20

Rounds

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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 and reports

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Round 2
Down1-14 - 1-10Longford
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)
Round 3
Offaly1-10 - 1-12Down
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)
Round 4
Sligo0-10 - 3-20Down
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: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
Quarter-final
Kerry1-10 - 1-16Down
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: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Semi-final
Kildare1-14 - 1-16Down
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: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
Final
Cork0-16 - 0-15Down
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: David Coldrick (Meath)

References

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  1. ^ "McCartan eager to dampen Down hype after slaying 13-man Kildare".
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