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1975–76 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1975 – 2 May 1976
League champions
Winners Dublin (4th win)
Captain Tony Hanahoe
Manager Kevin Heffernan
League runners-up
Runners-up Derry
CaptainPeter Stevenson
1976–77 →


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

Group stage

Division One

Group A play-offs

7 March 1976 For 2nd place Cork 2-7 — 1-5 Kerry Pairc Ui Chaoimh [3]
Referee: J Landers (Waterford)

Group B play-offs

7 March 1976 For 1st place Derry 2-11 — 2-6 Galway Croke Park [4]
Referee: M Meally (Kilkenny)

Inter-group relegation play-off

7 March 1976 Mayo 3-13 — 2-7 Offaly Roscommon [5]
Referee: J Martin (Roscommon)

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

Division Three

Inter-group play-offs

7 March 1976 Final Armagh 1-6 — 0-9 Clare Croke Park [8]
Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)
14 March 1976 Final replay Armagh 1-7 — 1-6 Clare Croke Park [9]
Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)

Group A Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Armagh 6 6 0 0 12 Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division Two of the 1976–77 NFL
Donegal 6 5 0 1 10
Laois 6 3 0 3 6
Leitrim 6 3 0 3 6
Longford 6 2 0 4 4
Louth 6 2 0 4 4
Westmeath 6 0 0 6 0

[10]

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Galway0-12 – 1-5 Antrim
Referee: R Barry (Meath) [11]
Cork3-8 – 0-11 Armagh
Referee: Seamus Aldridge (Kildare) [12]

Semi-finals

Dublin1-11 – 0-12 Galway
Attendance: 18,734 [13]
Referee: F Halbert (Cork)
Derry1-7 – 1-6 Cork
Attendance: 7,659 [14]
Referee: R Barry (Meath)

Final

Dublin2-10 – 0-15 Derry
Attendance: 33,845 [15]
Referee: John Moloney (Tipperary) [16]

References

  1. ^ GAA Final Teams
  2. ^ "026 1976 Team". dublincitypubliclibraries.com. Dublin City Council. Archived from the original on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  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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