1964–65 National Football League (Ireland)

1964–65 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1964 – 4 July 1965
League champions
Winners Galway (3rd win)
Captain John Donnellan
League runners-up
Runners-up New York
Captain Kenny Finn

The 1964–65 National Football League was the 34th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Galway won the home competition with a win over Kerry in the final. The play-off with New York was now two-legged: the hosts won the first game with a last-minute point, but on Independence Day Galway won in a rout.[1][2][3][4][5]

Down v. Galway in the home semi-final match

Group Stages

Division I

Inter-Group Play-offs

Division II

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Meath 660012Qualified for knockout stage
Mayo 650110
Cavan 64028
Sligo 63036
Westmeath 51042
Longford 61052
Leitrim 50050

[6]

Division III

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Galway 660012Qualified for knockout stage
Dublin 650110
Louth 64028
Offaly 63036
Roscommon 62042
Wicklow 61052
Laois 60050

[7]

Knockout Stages

Semi-Finals

Galway 0-8 – 1-2 Meath
Attendance: 42,135
Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)[8]

Finals

Galway 1-7 – 0-8 Kerry
Attendance: 47,191
Referee: Mick Loftus (Mayo)
New York 0-8 – 1-4 Galway
Referee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)[9]
New York 0-9 – 3-8 Galway
Attendance: 12,215
Referee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)[10]

Galway win 24–17 on aggregate.

References

  1. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  2. ↑ GAA Archives
  3. ↑ Chicago Tribune 28 June 1965, Section 3, Page 3, 1st column
  4. ↑ Terrace Talk 1965
  5. ↑ "Galway Takes Football Title Before 12,215 at Gaelic Park" - New York Times
  6. ↑ "National Football League", Irish Independent, 30 March 1965, p. 17
  7. ↑ "National Football League", Irish Independent, 30 March 1965, p. 17
  8. ↑ Cogley, M.V., "Galway for Home Final", Irish Independent, 26 April 1965, p. 15
  9. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  10. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151


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