1975–76 National Football League (Ireland)

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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]

Format

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Group stage

Division One

Group A Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
20px Dublin 5 4 0 1 8 Qualified for Knockout Stages
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 5 3 1 1 7
20px Kerry 5 3 1 1 7
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 5 3 0 2 6
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 5 1 0 4 2
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 5 0 0 5 0

[3]

Group B Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
20px Derry 5 4 0 1 8 Qualified for Knockout Stages
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 5 4 0 1 8
20px Meath 5 3 0 2 6
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 5 1 1 3 3
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 5 1 1 3 3
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 5 1 0 4 2

[4]

Division Two

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Antrim 5 5 0 0 10 Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division One of the 1976–77 NFL
Down 5 4 0 1 8
Cavan 5 3 0 2 6
Fermanagh 5 2 0 3 4
Monaghan 5 1 0 4 2
Wicklow 5 0 0 5 0 Relegated to Division Three of the 1976–77 NFL

Knockout stage

Finals

2 May 1976
Final
Dublin 2-10 – 0-15 Derry
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 33,845[5]
Referee: John Moloney (Tipperary)[6]

References

  1. GAA Final Teams
  2. http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/026-1976-team
  3. "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
  4. "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
  5. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  6. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151


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