League details | |
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Dates | October 1977 – 23 April 1978 |
League champions | |
Winners | Dublin (5th win) |
Captain | Tony Hanahoe |
Manager | Tony Hanahoe |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Mayo |
Captain | John P Keane [1] |
Manager | Johnny Carey |
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The 1977–78 National Football League was the 47th staging of the
National Football League (NFL), an annual
Gaelic football tournament for the
Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of
Ireland.
Dublin beat Mayo in the final. [2] [3] [4]
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Mayo | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | Qualified for Knockout Stages |
Cavan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
Roscommon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Tyrone | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Antrim | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Derry | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Dublin | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Qualified for Knockout Stages |
Kildare | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
Cork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Galway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Kerry | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Offaly | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL |
22 January 1978 For 1st Place | Armagh | 2-9 — 2-7 | Down | Castleblaney |
29 January 1978 For 2nd Place | Down | 1-11 — 0-5 | Louth | Castleblaney |
22 January 1978 For 1st Place | Donegal | 0-13 — 0-10 | Fermanagh | Ballybofey |
19 February 1978 Final | Down | 2-7 — 1-3 | Armagh | Castleblaney |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Armagh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Down | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL |
Louth | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Westmeath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Antrim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Donegal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Fermanagh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Leitrim | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Sligo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Longford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
22 January 1978 For 1st Place | Laois | 4-8 — 1-12 | Meath | Tullamore |
E Whelan 2-1, L Scully 1-2, W Brennan 1-1, B Bohane 0-3, Tom Prendergast 0-1 | Mick Fay 0-6, Fergus Fagan 1-1, Cormac Roe 0-2, O O'Brien, P Cromwell, Gerry McEntee 0-1 each | Referee: Johnny Geraghty (Galway) |
5 February 1978 Semi-Final | Laois | 4-16 — 1-7 | Wicklow | Athy |
Tom Prendergast 3-5, W Brennan 1-4, S Allen 0-3, E Whelan 0-2, B Bohane, F Hennessy 0-1 each | Referee: Martin Meally (Kilkenny) |
5 March 1978 Final | Laois | 1-12 — 1-6 | Wexford | Carlow |
Tom Prendergast 1-2, Billy Bohane 0-5, Willie Brennan, Colm Browne 0-2 each, Liam Scully 0-1 | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Denis Guerin (Dublin) |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Laois | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL |
Meath | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Tipperary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Clare | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Limerick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Wexford | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Carlow | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Wicklow | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Waterford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Kilkenny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Laois | 4-9 – 2-10 | Cavan |
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Tom Prendergast 2-1 Willie Brennan 0-5, Mick Moore 1-1, Stevie Allen 1-0, John Costello. Eamonn Whelan 0-1 each |
Dublin | 0-12 – 0-7 | Laois |
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Bobby Doyle 0-3, Brian Mullins, Anton O'Toole 0-2 each, Tommy Drumm, Bernard Brogan, David Hickey, Fran Ryder, Pat O'Neill 0-1 each | W Brennan 0-3, L Scully, S Allen, B Bohane, T Prendergast 0-1 each |