# 2010 Down county football team season

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2010 season.

## Kits

| Home | Away |

## Squad

| 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

Win  Draw  Loss

### Dr McKenna Cup
#### Results

| 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

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

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

#### Matches and reports
### National Football League Division 2
#### Results

| 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

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 |
* Donegal were placed ahead of Meath as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (27 March at Ballybofey: 1–12 to 0–10).
* Laois were placed ahead of Kildare as they won the head-to-head match between the teams (27 March at O'Moore Park: 0–13 to 0–9).

#### Matches and reports

| 12 February 2010 19:30 | Down | 0-12 - 0-8 | Meath | Páirc Esler |
| 12 February 2010 19:30 | 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 | Páirc Esler |
| 6 March 2010 19:30 | Down | 0-14 - 1-11 | Tipperary | Páirc Esler Referee: J Curley (Meath) |
| 6 March 2010 19:30 | 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 | Páirc Esler Referee: J Curley (Meath) |
| 13 March 2010 7:30 p.m. | Donegal | 0-11 - 0-13 | Down | Ballybofey Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan) |
| 13 March 2010 7:30 p.m. | 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 | Ballybofey Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan) |
| 20 March 2010 19:30 | Down | 1-13 - 1-6 | Armagh | Páirc Esler Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone) |
| 20 March 2010 19:30 | 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 | Páirc Esler Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone) |
| 27 March 2010 7:30 p.m. | Westmeath | 0-8 - 2-15 | Down | Cusack Park Referee: G Ó Conamha (Galway) |
| 27 March 2010 7:30 p.m. | 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 | Cusack Park Referee: G Ó Conamha (Galway) |
| 11 April 2010 | Down | 2-11 - 1-13 | Laois | Páirc Esler Referee: J White (Donegal) |
| 11 April 2010 | 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 | Páirc Esler Referee: J White (Donegal) |

##### Final

| 25 April 2010 4:00 p.m. Division 2 Final | Down | 1–12 – 0–17 | Armagh | Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Gearóid Ó Conamha (Galway) |
| 25 April 2010 4:00 p.m. Division 2 Final | 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) | Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Gearóid Ó Conamha (Galway) |

### Ulster Senior Football Championship
#### 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 |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 1-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 2-14 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 0-14 | | | |
| | | | | | | Down | Down | 0-10 | | | |
| | | | Donegal | Donegal | 2-10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Down | Down | 1-15 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 1-14 |
| | | | | | | | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 0-7 |
| | | | Cavan | Cavan | 0-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 1-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 2-8 | | | |
| | | | | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 0-21 | | | |
| | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 1-18 | | | | | | |
| Derry | Derry | 1-7 | Armagh | Armagh | 0-9 | | | | | | |
| Armagh | Armagh | 1-10 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches and reports
### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
#### Qualifiers

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

#### Rounds

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | All-Ireland final | All-Ireland final | All-Ireland final |
| Roscommon | Roscommon | 0-10 | | | | | | |
| Cork | Cork | 1-16 | | | | | | |
| Cork | Cork | 1-16 | Cork | Cork | 1-15 | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 1-14 | | | |
| Tyrone | Tyrone | 0-13 | Dublin | Dublin | 1-14 | | | |
| Dublin | Dublin | 1-15 | | | | | | |
| Dublin | Dublin | 1-15 | | | | Cork | Cork | 0-16 |
| | | | | | | Down | Down | 0-15 |
| Meath | Meath | 1-12 | | | | | | | Down | Down | 0-15 |
| Kildare | Kildare | 2-17 | | | | | | |
| Kildare | Kildare | 2-17 | Kildare | Kildare | 1-14 | | | |
| | | | Down | Down | 1-16 | | | |
| Kerry | Kerry | 1-10 | Down | Down | 1-16 | | | |
| Down | Down | 1-16 | | | | | | |