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Down county football team
2025 season
ManagerConor Laverty
StadiumPáirc Esler, Newry
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The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2025 season.

Competitions

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Down are due to compete in the National Football League Division 2, the Ulster Championship the All Ireland Senior Football Championship during the 2025 season. On 7 September it was announced that the McKenna Cup would not take place in 2025. [1]

National Football League Division 2

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Main article: 2025 National Football League (Ireland)

Official fixtures for the 2025 National League were announced on 5 December 2024. [2] [3]

Fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

Date Round Home Score Away Ground Ref
Sunday 26 January Group Roscommon 3-21 v 1-20 Down Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon [4]
Sunday 2 February Group Down 1-19 v 2-15 Cork Páirc Esler, Newry [5]
Saturday 15 February Group Down 1-18 v 0-24 Meath Páirc Esler, Newry [6]
Sunday 23 February Group Louth 2-17 v 0-22 Down Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda [7]
Saturday 1 March Group Cavan 1-20 v 1-18 Down Breffni Park, Cavan [8]
Saturday 15 March Group Down 1-26 v 0-28 Westmeath Páirc Esler, Newry [9]
Sunday 23 March Group Monaghan 2-17 v 0-24 Down St Tiernach's Park, Clones [10]

Table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Monaghan 7 5 0 2 193 161 +32 10 Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and
promotion to 2026 NFL Division 1
2 Roscommon 7 4 1 2 161 142 +19 9
3 Meath 7 4 0 3 162 157 +5 8
4 Cavan 7 4 0 3 153 159 −6 8
5 Cork 7 4 0 3 151 158 −7 8
6 Louth[a] 7 3 0 4 143 157 −14 6
7 Down[a] 7 3 0 4 138 149 −11 6 Relegation to 2026 NFL Division 3
8 Westmeath 7 0 1 6 162 181 −19 1
Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Louth are ranked ahead of Down as they won the head-to-head game between the teams.[11]




Reports

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Round 1
Roscommon 3-21 - 1-20Down
Diarmuid Murtagh (0-07), Ciaráin Murtagh (1-02), Enda Smith (1-01), Cian McKeon (1-01), Daire Cregg (0-04), Shane Cunnane (0-02), Ben O’Carroll (0-01), Donie Smith (0-01), Eddie Nolan (0-01), Shane Killoran (0-01) Report Pat Havern (0-11), Ryan McEvoy (1-02), James Guinness (0-02), Danny Magill (0-02), Gareth McKibben (0-01), Paddy McCarthy (0-01), Odhran Murdock (0-01)
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
Round 2
Down 1-19 - 2-15Cork
P Havern (0-08), D Magill (1-01), J Guinness (0-03), O Murdock (0-03), O Savage (0-02), C Doherty (0-01), R Burns (0-01) Report M Cronin (0-06), S McDonnell (1-02), C Og Jones (1-00), B O'Driscoll (0-02), R Maguire (0-02), E McSweeney (0-01), S Walsh (0-01), P Doyle (0-01)
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Round 3
Down 1-18 - 0-24Meath
P Havern (0-09), O Murdock (1-01), D Guinness (0-03), C Doherty (0-02), M Rooney (0-02), D Magill (0-01) Report J Morris (0-08), E Frayne (0-08), R Jones (0-02), B Menton (0-02), B Hogan (0-01), C Caulfield (0-01), S Walsh (0-01), J Flynn (0-01)
Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)
Round 4
Louth 2-17 - 0-22Down
Sam Mulroy (0-10), Ryan Burns (1-02), Kieran McArdle (1-00), Liam Jackson (0-01), Tommy Durnin (0-01), Andy McDonnell (0-01), Ciaran Keenan (0-01), Daire McConnon (0-01) Report Pat Havern (0-07), Daniel Guinness (0-04), Danny Magill (0-03), Ceilum Doherty (0-02), Oisín Savage (0-02), Conor McCrickard (0-02), Conor Francis (0-01), Odhran Murdock (0-01)
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Round 5
Cavan 1-20 - 1-18Down
O Brady (0-06), G McKiernan (0-05), P Faulkner (1-00), B Donnelly (0-02), O Kiernan (Castlerahan, 0-02), C Madden (0-02), Ciaran Brady (0-01), Cormac O’Reilly (0-01), G O’Rourke (0-01) Report P Havern (0-05), M Rooney (1-01), O Savage (0-03), D Guinness (0-02), D Magill (0-02), J Guinness (0-01), C Doherty (0-01), R McEvoy (0-01), O Murdock (0-01), R Burns (0-01)
Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
Round 6
Down 1-26 - 0-28Westmeath
P Havern 0-14, J McGeough 1-01, S Millar 0-03, A Crimmins 0-02, M Rooney 0-02, O Murdock 0-02, R McEvoy 0-01, D Guinness 0-01 Report L Loughlin 0-09, R Forde 0-06, B Cooney 0-06, M Whittaker 0-02, R Wallace 0-02, D McCartan 0-02, S McCartan 0-01,
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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The draw for the 2025 Ulster Championship took place in October 2024.[12] [13]

Fixtures

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Quarter Final
Fermanagh vDown Down

Bracket

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Preliminary round
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Antrim
Armagh 0-09
Quarter-final winner
Quarter-final winner
Tyrone 0-09
Cavan
Semi-final winner
Semi-final winner
Fermanagh
Down
Quarter-final winner
Donegal Quarter-final winner
Derry Monaghan
Preliminary winner

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Main article: 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Having won the 2024 Tailteann Cup, Down are due to re-enter the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship for the first time in six years.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Ulster GAA 'surprised' to see McKenna Cup suspended". bbc.co.uk. 12 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Allianz Football and Hurling League fixtures 2025 revealed". Hogan Stand. 5 December 2024.
  3. ^ "GAA fixtures 2025: Full fixture list as National League to kick off with three seismic Division One games". Irish Independent. 5 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Rossies surge sees them past Down at the Hyde". RTÉ Sport. 26 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Down rouse themselves to beat Cork after the break". RTÉ Sport. 2 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Down rally falls short as Meath prevail in Newry". RTÉ Sport. 15 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Louth survive nail-biting finish to beat Down". RTÉ Sport. 23 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Cavan prevail in close encounter with Down". RTÉ Sport. 1 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Crimmins the Down hero as Westmeath relegated after Newry thriller". RTÉ Sport. 15 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Monaghan earn promotion despite loss to relegated Down". RTÉ Sport. 23 March 2025.
  11. ^ https://www.gaa.ie/article/allianz-fl-d2-louth-edge-out-down
  12. ^ "2025 Provincial Football Championships draw". GAA. 12 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Provincial SFC 2025 draws: Donegal to face rivals Derry in Ulster preliminary round". Irish Independent. 12 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Down survive late Laois rally to win Tailteann Cup". RTÉ Sport. 13 July 2024.
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