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dispose of skeleton squad - 19/01/2004
Dr
McKenna Cup
Down 0-13 Armagh 2-05 
@ Newry, Sunday 18th Jan 2003
DOWN qualified for a Dr McKenna Cup
semi-final date with Donegal with an impressive victory
over a skeleton Armagh side in Newry yesterday.
Armagh fielded just three of their
All-Ireland winning team and they looked to be heading
for a heavy defeat when they trailed by 0-13 to 1-2
with just seven minutes left.
They hadn't scored in the second half,
but suddenly they cut loose, scoring 1-3 in a late fightback,
with Stephen Kernan - son of manager Joe - grabbing
his second goal of the game.
The Down forwards shot 14 wides during
the game and also squandered three clear goal chances,
but nevertheless they still picked off some great points
in the first half as Liam Doyle, Colin McCrickard and
Benny Coulter fired them into a 0-8 to 1-2 lead at half-time.
The Armagh goal came from a Kernan penalty.
SCORERS - Down: C McCrickard 0-4, L
Doyle 0-3, B Coulter 0-2, R Sexton, R Murtagh, A O'Prey,
D Hughes 0-1 each. Armagh: S Kernan 2-1, R Henderson
0-2, A O'Rourke and B Toner 0-1 each.
DOWN - B McVeigh; M Higgins, A Molloy,
J Doran; R Sexton, A Scullion, S Farrell; B Coulter,
Sean Ward; A O'Prey, L Doyle, R Murtagh; Shane Ward,
C McCrickard, D Hughes. Subs: B Doran for O'Prey, G
McCartan for Sean Ward, S Kearney for Shane Ward, C
Byrne for Scullion, C McGovern for Farrell.
ARMAGH - P McEvoy; P McCormack, A O'Rourke,
B McArdle; K Hughes, P Watters, B Shannon; P McGrane,
A McCann; B McGeary, M Mackin, S Kernan; R Henderson,
B Toner, K Fearon. Subs: M McNamee for McGeary, J Murtagh
for Mackin, C McKeever for Hughes, P Stevenson for Toner.
REF - R Doone (Antrim)
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