1975–76 National Football League (Ireland)

1975–76 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1975 – 2 May 1976
League champions
Winners Dublin (4th win)
Captain Tony Hanahoe
Manager Kevin Heffernan
League runners-up
Runners-up Derry
Captain Peter Stevenson

The 1975–76 National Football League was the 45th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Dublin defeated Derry in the final.[1][2]

Group stage

Division One

Group A Play-offs

Group B Play-offs

Inter-Group Relegation Play-off

Division Two

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Antrim 550010Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division One of the 1976–77 NFL
Down 54018
Cavan 53026
Fermanagh 52034
Monaghan 51042
Wicklow 50050Relegated to Division Three of the 1976–77 NFL

Division Three

Inter-Group Play-offs

Group A Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Armagh 660012Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division Two of the 1976–77 NFL
Donegal 650110
Laois 63036
Leitrim 63036
Longford 62044
Louth 62044
Westmeath 60060

[10]

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals

Galway 0-12 – 1-5 Antrim
Referee: R Barry (Meath)[11]
Cork 3-8 – 0-11 Armagh
Referee: Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)[12]

Semi-Finals

Dublin 1-11 – 0-12 Galway
Attendance: 18,734[13]
Referee: F Halbert (Cork)
Derry 1-7 – 1-6 Cork
Attendance: 7,659[14]
Referee: R Barry (Meath)

Final

Dublin 2-10 – 0-15 Derry
Attendance: 33,845[15]
Referee: John Moloney (Tipperary)[16]

References

  1. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  2. ↑ http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/026-1976-team
  3. ↑ O'Brien, Peadar, "Rampant Corkmen conquer Kingdom", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
  4. ↑ Puirseal, Padraig, "Glory day for Derry - at last", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
  5. ↑ Fortune,Michael "Mayo - just like that!", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
  6. ↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
  7. ↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
  8. ↑ Puirseal, Padraig"Clare, Armagh to try again after rousing tie", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
  9. ↑ "G.A.A. Scores", Irish Press, 15 March 1976, p. 10
  10. ↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
  11. ↑ Kenealy, Con,"Antrim fall victims to dull Galway", Irish Independent, 22 March 1976, p. 11
  12. ↑ Kenealy, Con,"Armagh perish on Cork rock", Irish Independent, 22 March 1976, p. 11
  13. ↑ O'Brien, Peadar,"Great fightback by mighty Dublin", Irish Press, 5 April 1976, p. 10
  14. ↑ Carroll, Donal,"Derry Qualify", Irish Independent, 12 April 1976, p. 8
  15. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  16. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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