# 2011 Down county football team season

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2011 season.

## Kits

McKenna Cup and NFL kits:
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Championship kits:
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## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### McGeough Cup
#### Squad

1 Gavin Joyce, 2 Eoin Costello, 3 Gary McCardle, 4 Colm Murney, 5 James Colgan, 6 Kevin McKernan, 7 Michael McCartan, 8 Declan Sheeran, 9 Peter Fitzpatrick, 10 Martin Clarke, 11 Aidan Carr, 12 Brendan Coulter, 13 John Clarke, 14 Joe Ireland, 15 Mark Poland Subs: Cathal Murdock, Kevin Duffin, Kevin Anderson, Liam Doyle, Michael Magee, Ronan Murtagh, Christopher Duggan, Paul Devlin, Packie Downey, Conor Poland, Michael Magee.

#### Results

| Date | Home | Score | Away | Location |
| 2011-01-02 | Louth | 0–16 v 0–11 | Down | Haggardstown, Dundalk |

### Dr McKenna Cup
#### Squad

Gary McArdle, Dan Gordon, Aidan Brannigan, Aidan Carr, Peter Fitzpatrick, Kalum King, Liam Doyle, Mark Poland, Brendan Coulter, Paul Devlin, Martin Clarke, Cathal Murdock, Sean Murdock, Kevin Anderson, James Colgan, Conor Maginn, Ronan Murtagh, Michael McCartan, Conor Poland, Paul McPolin, Declan Sheerin, Kevin Duffin, Michael Magee, Kevin McKernan, Gavin Joyce, Christopher Duggan, Ryan Brady, Packie Downey and Philip Bonny.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| 2011-01-08 | Down | P v P* | St Mary's | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 2011-01-15 | Down | 3–11 v 2–15 | Armagh | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 2011-01-19 | Antrim | 0–12 v 0–12 | Down | Casement Park, Belfast |
| 2011-01-22 | Down | P v P* | St Mary's | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 2011-01-23 | Down | 2–13 v 0-06 | St Mary's | Páirc Esler, Newry |
* 2011-01-08 Down vs St Mary's – Postponed due to frozen pitch
* 2011-01-22 Down vs St Mary's – Postponed due to fog

#### Table

Qualified for next round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
| Antrim | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3–36 | 0–33 | 12 | 5 |
| Down | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5–36 | 2–33 | 12 | 3 |
| Armagh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4–34 | 5–39 | −8 | 2 |
| St Mary's | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1–31 | 6–32 | −16 | 2 |

#### Matches and reports
### National Football League Division 1
#### Squad

Michael Magee, John Clarke, Martin Clarke, Brendan McVeigh, Ronan Murtagh, Peter Fitzpatrick, Luke Howard, Kalum King, Conor Maginn, Gerard McCartan, Kevin McKernan Cathal Murdock, Aidan Carr, Paul McPolin, Paul McComiskey, Aidan Brannigan, Conor Laverty, Dan Gordon, Liam Doyle, Conor Poland, Mark Poland, Brendan Coulter, Ronan Sexton, Colm Murney, Daniel Hughes, Declan Alder

#### Fixtures

| Date | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| 5 Feb | Mayo | 1–13 v 3-07 | Down | McHale Park, Castlebar |
| 20 Feb | Down | 2–11 v 1-09 | Galway | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 26 Feb | Down | 0–12 v 0–11 | Armagh | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 12 Mar | Cork | 3–17 v 0–15 | Down | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork |
| 19 Mar | Down | 1–16 v 0–11 | Monaghan | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 2 Apr | Dublin | 2–10 v 0–13 | Down | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 10 Apr | Kerry | 1–13 v 1–11 | Down | FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney |

#### Table

Advanced to NFL final  Automatic relegation to Division 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
| Dublin | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16–82 | 6–92 | 20 | 13 |
| Cork | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6–110 | 7–91 | 16 | 10 |
| Kerry | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6–93 | 5–74 | 22 | 10 |
| Down | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7–85 | 8–84 | -2 | 7 |
| Mayo | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10–84 | 11–85 | -4 | 5 |
| Armagh | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6–82 | 7–95 | -16 | 4 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3–93 | 6–96 | -12 | 4 |
| Galway | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2–91 | 6-103 | -24 | 3 |
* Cork were placed ahead of Kerry as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (6 February at Tralee: 0-17 - 1-13).
* Armagh were placed ahead of Monaghan as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (20 February at Athletic Grounds: 1-11 - 0-13).

#### Matches
### Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 7 October 2010.

#### Squad

Declan Alder, Aidan Branagan, Aidan Carr, Martin Clarke James Colgan, Brendan Coulter, Mark Doran, Liam Doyle, Kevin Duffin, Peter Fitzpatrick, Conor Garvey, Dan Gordan, Michael Magee, Conor Maginn, Kevin McKernan, Anton McArdle, Brendan McArdle, John McAreavey, Daniel McCartan, Eoin McCartan, Gerard McCartan, Paul McComiskey, Paul McPolin, Brendan McVeigh, Cathal Murdock, Sean Murdock, Paul Murphy, Ronan Murtagh, Darren O'Hagan, Conor Poland, Mark Poland, Damien Rafferty, Ambrose Rogers, Declan Rooney, Caolan Mooney

#### Fixtures

| Date | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| 28 May | Armagh | 1–15 v 1–10 | Down | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |

#### Rounds

| Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ulster final | Ulster final | Ulster final |
| | | | Derry | Derry | 1–18 | | | | | | |
| | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 1–10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Derry | Derry | 3–14 | | | |
| | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 1–11 | | | |
| | | | Armagh | Armagh | 1–15 | | | | | | |
| | | | Down | Down | 1–10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Derry | Derry | 0–08 |
| | | | | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 1–11 |
| | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 1–13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 1–11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 0–9 | | | |
| | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 2–6 | | | |
| | | | Cavan | Cavan | 1–8 | | | | | | |
| Donegal | Donegal | 1–10 | Donegal | Donegal | 2–14 | | | | | | |
| Antrim | Antrim | 0–7 | | | | | | | | | |