Down 0-13 Mayo 0-11

Crossmaglen Rangers players Aaron Kernan and Jamie Clarke have been named in the Ulster team for Sunday's M Donnelly Interprovincial Football final against Leinster at Croke Park (throw-in 3.45pm).

Donegal captain Michael Murphy and three of his All-Ireland winning team-mates have been included in the Ulster squad for the 2013 M Donnelly Interprovincial Football Championship.

Down 1-8 Tyrone 1-11

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).

Monaghan progressed to the Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup semi-finals as Section A winners after ending Fermanagh's early season unbeaten run.

Aidan Carr has vivid enough memories of 1994 and the role his father played in Down’s last All-Ireland success.

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

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.

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).

Down 3-13 Antrim 0-10

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).

LAST year’s defeated All-Ireland finalists Down may have been the hottest of favourites coming into Ennis on Saturday against a Clare team hammered by Cork in the Munster championship.

Down 1-13 Clare 1-12

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.

Dublin 2-10 Down 0-13

A NASTY mist had descended on Páirc Esler in Newry on Saturday night by the time the managers came back out to chew over this one.

Down 2-11 Galway 1-09

Mayo 1-13 Down 3-07

DOWN’S All-Ireland final banquet in the City West Hotel had the potential to be the toughest gig of Paddy Kielty’s lucrative career.

THE morning after the nightbefore and James McCartan isleaning against a wall in one of the few quiet corners the Citywest Hotel has to offer ruminating over what came to pass and what might have been.

WHAT does the future hold for this Cork team?

SO much for history and its lessons. Yesterday’s final brought together a team that couldn’t win an All-Ireland final and a county that had never known what it was like to lose one. And look what happened.

Cork 0-16 Down 0-15

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.

HE was Down’s star player when they overpowered Mayo in the All-Ireland minor final five years ago, and had a host of AFL clubs scrambling for his services; but his name isn’t Marty Clarke — meet Paul McComiskey.

Down manager James McCartan has gone with an unchanged team for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final against Cork at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

AMID the hype and the hope, a kernel of doubt lurks in the minds of some in Down.

IN DOWN, there is no escaping the past. Not this summer.

DOWN attacker Danny Hughes admits they are conscious of the history and tradition that will accompany the county into next month’s All-Ireland decider against Cork.

DOWN are the story of this year’s championship.

Down 1-16 Kildare 1-14

WHAT sticks in the mind’s eye from a weekend of upheaval a month ago is the audacity of thought and movement shown by the Down players against Kerry.

Peter Fitzpatrick will start for Down in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kildare at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm), manning the midfield alongside Kalum King.

JACK O’CONNOR’S seeking refuge in the disallowed goal decision served a purpose he certainly hadn’t envisaged – that of highlighting just how tenuous was the thread connecting Kerry with their All-Ireland aspirations.

SIX years ago I did my utmost to convince a Limerick football team that the sands of time were running out for this Kerry side.

THERE is a reason why Kerry and Tyrone have won every All-Ireland title since 2003.

All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final

All-Ireland SFC Qualifier Round 4

IF YOU want proof of how Tyrone have disturbed the Kerry psyche, consider the last words Dara Ó Cinnéide said to me earlier this year.

THE general perception after Tyrone’s defeat of Antrim last month was of a side that had seen one too many summers.

Tyrone 0-14 Down 0-10