2012 Down county football team season
# 2012 Down county football team season

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2012 season.

## Kits

| Home | Away |
| - | - |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Dr McKenna Cup

**Squad**

Brendan McVeigh Gk, Damien Turley, Daniel McCartan, Dan Gordon, Niall Branigan, Aidan Branigan, Ciarán Brannigan, Kevin Duffen, Conor Gavery, Brendan McArdle, Mark Doran, Darren O'Hagan, Peter Turley, Conor Gough, Kalum King, Ambrose Rogers, Aidan Carr, Daniel Hughes, Niall McParland, Arthur McConville, Brendan Coulter, Conor Laverty, Eoin McCartan, Paul McComiskey, Marcus Miskelly, Kevin Anderson, Liam Doyle, Michael McAlister Gk

**Fixtures**

| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Jan | Group | Down | 2-12 - 0-10 | Armagh | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 15 Jan | Group | Monaghan | 0-11 - 4-12 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
| 18 Jan | Group | Down | 1-5 - 0-8 | St Marys | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 22 Jan | Semi-finals | Down | 0-9 - 0-11 | Derry | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |

**Table**

Qualified for next round

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Down | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7–29 | 0–29 | 21 | 5 |
| Armagh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1–41 | 2–34 | 4 | 4 |
| Monaghan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0–37 | 4–31 | -6 | 2 |
| St Marys | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0–24 | 2–37 | -19 | 1 |
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Derry | Derry | 0-11 | | | |
| Down | Down | 0-09 | Derry | Derry | 2-08 |
| Tyrone | Tyrone | 2-12 | Tyrone | Tyrone | 1-14 |
| Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 1-04 | | | |

### National Football League Division 1

**Squad**

Peter Turley, Damien Turley Keith Quinn, Donal O'Hare, Marcus Miskelly, Niall McParland, David McKibben, Arthur McConville, Conor Gough, Timmy Hanna, Owen Costllo, Ciaran Brannigan, Niall Branigan, Ryan Brady, Kevin Anderson, Michael McAllister, Declan Rooney, Ambrose Rogers, Damien Rafferty, Mark Poland, Brendan McVeigh, Kevin McKernan, Gerard McCartan, Eoin McCartan, Daniel McCartan, Brendan McArdle, Anton McArdle, Conor Maginn, Conor Laverty, Kalum King, Daniel Hughes, Dan Gordan, Conor Garvey, Kevin Duffin, Liam Doyle, Brendan Coulter, Aidan Carr, Aidan Branigan, Paul McComiskey

**Fixtures**

| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 Feb | Group | Down | 1-10 – 1-09 | Donegal | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 12 Feb | Group | Cork | 4-11 – 0-10 | Down | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork |
| 4 Mar | Group | Down | 0-8 – 0-14 | Kerry | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 11 Mar | Group | Mayo | 0-11 – 1-13 | Down | MacHale Park, Castlebar |
| 18 Mar | Group | Down | 0-15 – 1-10 | Dublin | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 24 Mar | Group | Armagh | 1-14 – 0-16 | Down | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |
| 8 Apr | Group | Laois | 0-10 – 2-11 | Down | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| 15 Apr | Semi-finals | Cork | 2-17 – 1-12 | Down | Croke Park, Dublin |

**Table**

Compete in Division 1 semi-finals  Automatic relegation to Division 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kerry | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4-99 | 5-71 | 25 | 11 |
| Cork | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8-75 | 1-75 | 21 | 9 |
| Down | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4-83 | 6-79 | -2 | 8 |
| Mayo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4-88 | 2-83 | 11 | 7 |
| Dublin | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7-88 | 4-93 | 4 | 6 |
| Donegal | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5-73 | 8-74 | -10 | 6 |
| Armagh | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5-73 | 7-92 | -25 | 5 |
| Laois | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5-74 | 9-86 | -24 | 4 |

$^1Dublin$ are placed ahead of Donegal because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-16 to 0-13).

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cork | Cork | 2-17 | | | |
| Down | Down | 1-12 | Mayo | Mayo | 0-11 |
| Mayo | Mayo | 1-17 | Cork | Cork | 2-10 |
| Kerry | Kerry | 2-15 | | | |

### Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 6 October 2011.

**Squad**

Ambrose Rogers, Daniel Hughes, Kalum King, Brendan McVeigh, Gerard McCartan, Declan Rooney, Brendan McArdle, Aidan Burns, Kevin McKernan, Conor Garvey, Mark Poland, Brendan Coulter, Conor Maginn, Dan Gordan, Conor Laverty, Daniel McCartan, Aidan Carr, Aidan Branigan, Eoin McCartan, Kevin Duffin, Anton McArdle, Liam Doyle, Gerard McAnulty, Peter Turley, Damien Turley, Marcus Miskelly, Arthur McConville, Niall McParland, Niall Branigan, Ciaran Brannigan, Owen Costello, Timmy Hanna, Michael McAlister, Shane Harrison, Ben O'Reilly, Donal O'Hare, Darren O'Hagan

**Fixtures**

| Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 June 2012 | Quarter-final | Fermanagh | 1-08 - 2-10 | Down | Brewster Park, Enniskillen |
| 24 June 2012 | Semi-final | Monaghan | 1-13 - 1-14 | Down | Athletic Grounds, Armagh |
| 22 July 2012 | Final | Donegal | 2-18 - 0-13 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Monaghan |

**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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cavan | Cavan | 1-10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Donegal | Donegal | 1-16 | Donegal | Donegal | 2-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Derry | Derry | 0-09 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 0-12 | | | |
| | | | | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 0-10 | | | |
| | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 0-19 | | | | | | |
| | | | Armagh | Armagh | 1-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 2-18 |
| | | | | | | | | | Down | Down | 0-13 |
| | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 1-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 1-09 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 1-13 | | | |
| | | | | | | Down | Down | 1-14 | | | |
| | | | Down | Down | 2-10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 1-08 | | | | | | |

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

**Fixtures**

| Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 June 2012 | Round 4 Qualifier | Tipperary | 0-11 - 1-13 | Down | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
| 4 August 2012 | Quarter-finals | Mayo | 3-18 - 2-09 | Down | Croke Park, Dublin |

**Rounds**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cork | Cork | 2-19 | | | | | | |
| Kildare | Kildare | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| Kildare | Kildare | 0-12 | Cork | Cork | 1-11 | | | |
| | | | Donegal | Donegal | 0-16 | | | |
| Donegal | Donegal | 1-12 | Donegal | Donegal | 0-16 | | | |
| Kerry | Kerry | 1-10 | | | | | | |
| Kerry | Kerry | 1-10 | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 2-11 |
| | | | | | | Mayo | Mayo | 0-13 |
| Mayo | Mayo | 3-18 | | | | | | | Mayo | Mayo | 0-13 |
| Down | Down | 2-09 | | | | | | |
| Down | Down | 2-09 | Mayo | Mayo | 0-19 | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-16 | | | |
| Dublin | Dublin | 1-12 | Dublin | Dublin | 0-16 | | | |
| Laois | Laois | 0-12 | | | | | | |

## Awards

* Ulster GAA Writers' Association Award June - Conor Laverty
* Irish News Ulster All-Star - Dan Gordan and Conor Laverty
* BBC Man of the Match v Fermanagh - Conor Laverty
* BBC Man of the Match v Monaghan - Conor Laverty
* RTÉ Man of the Match v Monaghan - Conor Laverty
* GAA Man of the Match v Tipperary - Ambrose Rogers
* GAA All Star nominations - Conor Laverty
