# 2019 Down county football team season

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2019 season. This season marked the 25th anniversary of Down's last All-Ireland SFC win in 1994, which is also the year they last won the Ulster SFC. On 24 August 2018, Paddy Tally was announced as the new Down manager following the resignation of Éamonn Burns.

## Kits

| Home | Away |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed/Cancelled

### Dr McKenna Cup

The draw for the 2019 Dr McKenna Cup was made in December 2018. It was the first time in recent history that the competition would start in the previous calendar year as the regular season, with games starting in December 2018. Down finished 3rd in the group following defeats to Cavan and Donegal.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| 30 Dec 2018 | Group | Cavan | 0-13 v 1-09 | Down | Breffni Park, Cavan |
| 6 Jan 2019 | Group | Down | 0-10 v 1-17 | Donegal | Pairc Esler, Newry |
| 9 Jan 2019 | Group | Down | 4-18 v 1-05 | Queens University | Pairc Esler, Newry |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PR | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Donegal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 36 | 1.778 | 6 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Cavan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 38 | 1.184 | 4 | |
| 3 | Down | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 41 | 1.268 | 2 | |
| 4 | Queen's University | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 68 | 0.324 | 0 | |

#### Reports
### National Football League Division 3

Down played in Division Three of the National Football League in 2019.

#### Fixtures and results

Fixtures for the 2019 National League were announced on 7 September 2018.
| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| Saturday 26 January | Group | Down | 1-12 v 2-15 | Laois | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| Sunday 3 February | Group | Sligo | 1-10 v 1-12 | Down | Connolly Park, Collooney |
| Sunday 9 February | Group | Down | 0-10 v 0-09 | Westmeath | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| Sunday 24 February | Group | Longford | 0-08 v 3-07 | Down | Pearse Park, Longford |
| Sunday 2 March | Group | Down | 2-12 v 0-10 | Offaly | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| Saturday 16 March | Group | Carlow | 1-11 v 0-15 | Down | Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow |
| Sunday 24 March | Group | Down | 1-06 v 0-10 | Louth | Páirc Esler, Newry |

##### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Westmeath | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 84 | +15 | 10 | Advance to Division 3 Final |
| 2 | Laois | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 103 | +14 | 10 | Advance to Division 3 Final |
| 3 | Down | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 85 | +13 | 10 | |
| 4 | Louth | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 108 | 88 | +20 | 9 | |
| 5 | Longford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 88 | 88 | 0 | 7 | |
| 6 | Offaly | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 89 | 99 | −10 | 5 | |
| 7 | Carlow | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 90 | 94 | −4 | 5 | Relegation to Division 4 |
| 8 | Sligo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 92 | 140 | −48 | 0 | Relegation to Division 4 |
* 1 2 3 Westmeath, Laois and Down are ranked by score difference.

#### Reports
### Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 12 October 2018.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground | Ref |
| 19 May 2019 | Quarter Final | Down | 3-13 v 2-17 | Armagh | Pairc Esler, Newry | |

#### Bracket

| Preliminary round 12 May 2019 | Preliminary round 12 May 2019 | Preliminary round 12 May 2019 | Quarter-finals 18, 19, 25, 26 May 2019 | Quarter-finals 18, 19, 25, 26 May 2019 | Quarter-finals 18, 19, 25, 26 May 2019 | Semi-finals 2 & 8 June 2019 | Semi-finals 2 & 8 June 2019 | Semi-finals 2 & 8 June 2019 | Final 23 June 2019 | Final 23 June 2019 | Final 23 June 2019 |
| | | | Cavan | Cavan | 1-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Cavan (R) | Cavan (R) | 0-17 0-23 | | | |
| | | | | | | Armagh (R) | Armagh (R) | 1-14 0-17 | | | |
| | | | Down | Down | 3-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Armagh | Armagh | 2-17 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Cavan | Cavan | 2-16 |
| | | | | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 1-24 |
| | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 0-09 | | | | | | |
| | | | Donegal | Donegal | 0-15 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 1-16 | | | |
| | | | | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 0-15 | | | |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 2-09 | | | | | | |
| Tyrone | Tyrone | 1-19 | Tyrone | Tyrone | 2-23 | | | | | | |
| Derry | Derry | 1-13 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Reports

* 19 May 2019 (2019-05-19) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-Final B
* Report
| Down | 3-13 (22) – (23) 2-17 (a.e.t.) | Armagh |
| (HT: 1-05 – 0-07) (FT: 2-10 – 1-13) |||
| Gls: Donal O'Hare, Paul Devlin, Pat Havern Pts: Donal O'Hare (2, 2f), Paul Devlin (2, 2f), Pat Havern, James Guinness (2), Jerome Johnston (2, f), Conor Poland, Conor Francis, Connaire Harrison, Barry O'Hagan | | Gls: Mark Shields, Andrew Murnin Pts: Rian O'Neill (8, 4f), Jamie Clarke (2), Ryan Kennedy (2), Stefan Campbell (2), Aidan Nugent, James Morgan, Andrew Murnin |
* Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow) Attendance: 15,116

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Down entered the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in Round 1 of the qualifiers. Following a win over Tipperary in Round 1 Down progressed into the 2nd round of the All Ireland qualifiers where they were defeated by Mayo bringing an end to their 2019 campaign.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground | Ref |
| 9 June 2019 | Round 1 | Down | 1-13 v 1-10 | Tipperary | Pairc Esler. Newry | |
| 22 June 2019 | Round 2 | Down | 1-11 v 1-16 | Mayo | Pairc Esler. Newry | |