Down played in Division Two of the National Football League in 2018.[7]
Fixtures
Fixtures for the 2018 National League were announced on 13 October 2017.[8] Down's fifth fixture against Cavan was postponed due to 2018 Great Britain and Ireland cold wave.[9] The game was rescheduled for 10 March 2018.[10] Due to further snow in March the fixture against Tipperary on 18 March was also postponed.[11]
Despite a victory on the final day of the campaign, Down were relegated to Division 3 following a win for Meath over Louth on the same day.
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2018. Source: GAA.ie Rules for classification: 1) League points 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition 3) Scoring Difference 4) Highest Total Score For 5) A Play-Off.
Results
Round 1
Louth
0-11 - 1-14
Down
William Woods 0-6 (5fs), Tommy Durnin 0-2, Derek Maguire 0-2, Andy McDonnell 0-1.
Connaire Harrison 1-3, Darragh O’Hanlon 0-3 (3fs), Aaron Morgan and Caolan Mooney 0-2 each, Niall Donnelly, and Shay Millar, Donal O'Hare and Kevin McKernan 0-1 each.
The draw for the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 19 October 2017, with Down being drawn at home to Antrim in the quarter-final stage.[21] Down progressed to the Ulster semi-finals but lost to Donegal in Clones on 10 June.
P McBrearty 0-6 (3f), M Murphy 0-5 (3f), J Brennan 0-3, P Brennan 1-2, R McHugh 0-2, C Ward 0-1, C Thompson 0-1, S McMenamin 0-1, M McHugh 0-1, L McLoone 1-0
Anthony Doherty (0-4f), Peter Turley (0-1), Ronan Millar (0-4, 3f), Kevin McKernan (0-1), Conor Maginn (0-1), Sean Dornan (0-2), Connaire Harrison (0-1), David McKibbin (0-1)