O'Rourke Names Panel 23/12/2002
Down Senior Football team
manager Paddy O'Rourke has named his panel for
the forthcoming Dr. McKenna Cup and National Football
League campaigns. The panel will be reviewed prior
to the commencement of the Championship .
. .
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League Leaders hit in great divide 21/12/2002
Article appeared
in Irish Independent - A DESIGN flaw in the Allianz
Football League left some Division One counties
subsidising other top-flight sides in the share-out
of finances for the 2002 competition .
. .
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 Paddy O'Rourke has cancelled Christmas
!! 18/12/2002
No nonsense Down team-manager
Paddy O'Rourke has cancelled Christmas for the
Down senior football squad. His players will be
training on December 23rd and they will resume
their tough schedule just four days later .
. .
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Hasting Cup - GAC Pulls the plug 13/12/2002
Hoganstand.com have
reveled that the GAC has pulled the plug on this
season's Hastings Cup under 21 football competition
. . .
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Down Convention this Sunday 12/12/2002
The Down GAA County Convention takes place this
Sunday at the Canal Court Hotel, Newry. County
Chairman Eamon O'Toole, secretary Donal McCormack,
treasurer and assistant treasurer Hugh John Harper
and Tony Burden . . .
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South Down GAA Awards 10/12/2002
The 2002 South Down GAA Awards were held in St
Mary’s GAA clubrooms, Burren last Friday evening.
Guests at the function included Jerry Quinn Vice
Chairman . . .
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County Scor na nOg final 05/12/2002
The Scor na nOg county final takes place in St.
Aquinas Hall, Dundrum, this Sunday night at 7.30
p.m . . .
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East Down Convention 05/12/2002
East Down convention was held on Monday night
in Kilclief . . .
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South Down U21 Football Championship
04/12/2002
The Fr Davies Shield - South Down U21 Football
Championship fixtures have been set: Games start
on Sun 8th Dec . . .
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Dougherty on board 02/12/2002
Gerry Dougherty manager of the successful 1998
All Ireland Minor Champions and the outgoing U-21
manager has agreed to take charge of the Down
under-21 football team for another season . .
.
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 O'Rourke has over 50 at training 27/11/2002
Paddy O'Rourke and his selectors have over 50
players in pre Christmas training at St Malachy's
School Castlewellan on a Tuesday and Thursday
night . . .
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Talent on display at East Down Scor
Finals 26/11/2002
The East Down Scor Na nOg finals were held in
St Aquinas Hall, Dundrum, on Sunday past . . .
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 Supporters
club honor Pete 23/11/2002
On Tuesday night the Supporters Club honored Pete
McGrath and his stalwart assistant John Murphy
. . .
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Down Championship match to take place on June the 8th
21/11/2002
Down footballers will open their championship
campaign on June the 8th either against All winners
Armagh or Monaghan . . .
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Supporters Club to honour McGrath
and Murphy 13/11/2002
Down's GAA Supporters Club will offer overdue
recognition to two of their greatest servants
next week . . .
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Poor Down representation
on Ulster Railway Cup sides 05/11/2002
For the first time in over forty years, Down did
not have one player in the starting fifteen which
played Munster in the Railway Cup . . .
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  Ulster Announce Railway Cup Squad 01/11/2002
Ulster manager Brian McEniff
has announced four Down men in his Railway Cup
football squad to face Munster in the semi-final
at Pearse Stadium, Galway on Saturday . . .
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O'Rourke prepares for Orchard Clash
30/10/2002
NEW Down boss Paddy O’Rourke
has started to prepare for a joust with the All-Ireland
title holders Armagh in the first round of next
year’s Ulster Championship . . .
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 Down
to meet winners of Monaghan and All Irleand Champions
Armagh in Ulster Quarter Finals 28/10/2002
Down v Armagh/Monaghan. The draw for the
2003 Bank of Ireland Football Championship was
made live on RTE One Television on Sunday evening,
with some interesting ties in prospect . . .
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Dougherty linked with Antrim job 27/10/2002
Gerry Dougherty has become the latest name to
be linked with the vacant Antrim football job
. . .
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Dougherty named U-21 Down Manager 18/10/2002
The Down County Board have re-appointed Ross Carr
as manager of the minor football team and Gerry
Dougherty as . . .
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 Downs
Allianz Football League Fixtures Announced
14/10/2002
The GAA have confirmed the dates and pairings
for the Allianz Football league fixtures for 2003.
The football league begins on February 2nd . .
.
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Regretted death
of former Clonduff and Down football legend
26/09/2002
Gaels throughout the Mourne county were saddened
at the recent death of former Down and Clonduff
football legend, Andy Murnin. . . .
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Down GAA Football Star to
feature on new TV Show 28/09/2002
Down and Ulster GAA football star Paddy Doherty
is to appear in a new TV Show on TG4. Doherty
was a member of the great Down All-Ireland winning
sides of the 'sixties which included such top-class
. . .
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60's Down Team to feature on Breaking Ball
25/09/2002
Down Supporters would do well to watch the RTE
Gaelic Games Magazine 'Breaking Ball' on this
Friday, the 28th September . . .
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Travers set to solve Glenavon Keeper
Crisis 10/09/2002
As revealed on this Site in August, current Down
senior County goalkeeper, Peter Travers was .
. .
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Rostrevor help Derry Minors
in their preparations 06/09/2002
Rostrevor continued their preparations for the
county final with their second challenge game
against the All Ireland Minor Finalists . . .
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Down senior county goalkeeper
to switch codes 01/08/2002
Current Down senior County goalkeeper, Peter Travers
is likely to switch codes this year and join Irish
Football . . .
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Greg Blaney becomes new Down selector 10/07/2002
1991 and 94 All Ireland winner Greg Blaney has
accepted an invitation from former team mate Paddy
O'Rourke to become a part . . .
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Former Down boss Pete McGrath dismissses link
with Antrim 10/07/2002
Former Down boss Pete McGrath has moved to distance
himself from the vacant Antrim post . . .
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Down appoint 91 All Ireland Captain as new senior
football manager 05/07/2002
1991 All Ireland winning captain Paddy O'Rourke
was appointed as new Down Senior football team
manager . . .
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