Derry 1-15 Down 2-17

Derry 1-15 Down 2-17

Ambrose Rogers, Conor Laverty and Championship debutant Niall Madine has been named in the Down team for Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final against Derry at Celtic Park (throw-in 2pm).

Kerry 0-11 Down 1-05

Kerry 0-11 Down 1-5

There will be players tasting Allianz League action for the first time on both sides when Down host Ulster rivals Tyrone in Newry tomorrow night (throw-in 7pm).

Both the Down SHC and SFC holders lost their titles at the weekend.

There was no rush in the Mayo camp to take in their next opponents on Saturday.

Mayo 3-17 Down 2-8

Amid the hysteria at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones yesterday afternoon as Donegal celebrated their first retention of the Ulster championship as only they can, manager Jim McGuinness got a quiet chance to reflect.

Down 1-14 Monaghan 1-13

Arthur McConville will make his Championship debut for Down when they take on Fermanagh in Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final at Brewster Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

Influential midfielder Ambrose Rogers has been chosen as captain of the Down senior footballers for the 2012 Championship.

Cork 2-17 Down 1-12

Down’s Greg McCartan feels his county’s recent poor run of results against Cork is largely down to their players being dwarfed by Conor Counihan’s totemic side.

DOWN manager James McCartan, who had 12 e players unavailable prior to last Sunday’s NFL Division 1 opener against Donegal, has been handed a considerable boost prior for this weekend’s clash with Cork.

The Reigning Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup final will be fought out by Derry and Tyrone after both sides pulled through from today's semi-finals.

DOWN’S form in Ulster has been impressive and last night they sealed a place in the Dr McKenna Cup semi-finals where they take on Derry.

Tyrone and Fermanagh will meet again in Sunday's Reigning Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup semi-finals, following the completion of the group stages tonight.

DONEGAL’S preparations for the league could face a huge setback with news that Michael Murphy may require an operation on a groin injury.

Down brought their shooting boots to Clones as they registered a fine 4-12 to 0-11 victory over Monaghan in the Reigning Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup.

TYPICAL, no-one has ever bothered to pick the greatest team of (allegedly) under-rated players of all times in the games of the Gael.

Down manager James McCartan said that his side were on the end of 'a footballing lesson' at times during yesterday's All-Ireland qualifier loss to Cork.

Cork 2-20 Down 0-14

Down are set to field an unchanged team when they clash with Cork in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier at Croke Park (throw-in 6pm).

Gerard McCartan and Caolan Mooney will start for Down in their All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Antrim at Casement Park (throw-in 7pm).

MANAGER Mickey Moran was non-committal about his Leitrim future after his side made their championship exit in Newry on Saturday.

Conor Garvey has been drafted into the Down team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against Leitrim in Newry (throw-in 3pm).

The Down team to face Armagh in tonight's Ulster SFC quarter-final shows just one change to the side that lost last year's All-Ireland final to Cork.

THERE was something entirely appropriate in the manner in which Dublin qualified for their first Division One final since 1999 in Croke Park on Saturday evening.

Dublin 2-10 Down 0-13

ALMOST six months after the act, James McCartan was still shaking his head this week. Blasted midfield. Cursed kick-out strategy. Gone and lost him an All-Ireland title. Won him the unwelcome crown of the first Down manager to lose a championship decider too. Thanks for nothing.

ALL-IRELAND football champions Cork have received just nine nominations — and none for Player of the Year — in the short list for the Opel/GPA Team of the Year.

Cork's march to their first All-Ireland SFC title since 1990 has been recognised with 11 of the Rebels squad shortlisted for the 2010 GAA Vodafone All-Star Football awards.

CORK may have struggled through much of the summer, but the All-Ireland champions have, nevertheless, been well rewarded for their efforts in claiming the Sam Maguire with 11 of Conor Counihan’s men nominated for Vodafone All Star awards yesterday.

WILL he stay or will he go?

FOR the Cork players, and all they have been through over the past few years, this was the sweetest thing.

DOWN boss James McCartan has kept faith with the starting 15 that saw off Kildare in last month’s All-Ireland semi-final for tomorrow’s Croke Park decider against Cork.

HAD things been so slightly different last month we could well be looking forward to an historic all-Leinster All-Ireland final between Dublin and Kildare this weekend.