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The following is a summary of Down GAA's 2014 Gaelic football season. This season marks the 20th anniversary of Down's last All Ireland win in 1994, which is also the year they last won the Ulster Championship.
Contents
Kits
McKenna Cup and National League Kits
Competitions
Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled
Dr. McKenna Cup
The draw for the 2014 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 12 November 2013.
The final McKenna Cup tie for UUJ vs Cavan was cancelled due to UUJ withdrawing from the competition.
Table
Qualified for next round
Fixtures
Table
Division final place & promotion Relegated
Fixtures
The draw for the 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 3 October 2013.
2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
2014 saw the introduction of a new qualifiers set up with the fixtures being split into two sections A and B.
Down entered the All Ireland series in Round 1B of the qualifiers. The draw for Round 1B took place on Monday 9 June and paired Down with Leitrim in Pairc Esler on Sunday 29 June at 2pm. Down played up to the favourites tag perfectly as they hammered Leitrim 4-18 to 0-09 on the day to progress to Round 2B. The draw for Round 2B took place at 8:30am on Monday 30 June live on Morning Ireland, with Down being paired with Leinster side Kildare.
Down exited the 2014 All Ireland series with a poor performance against Kildare, scoring only 3 points in the first half, only one of which was from open play. In the second half Down staged a comeback but eventually lost when Kildare hit 1-06 without reply.