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Gaelic football competition
The 1979–80 National Football League was the 49th staging of the
National Football League (NFL), an annual
Gaelic football tournament for the
Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of
Ireland .
Cork defeated
Kerry in an all-
Munster final.
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Format
Divisions
Division One: 12 teams. Split into two regional groups of 6 (North and South)
Division Two: 20 teams. Split into two 10 team regional sub-divisions of North and South, which were divided into five teams each.
Titles
Teams in both divisions competed for the
National Football League title.
There was also a separate
National Football League Division Two title.
Knockout stage qualifiers
Division One (North): top 3 teams
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Division One (South): top 3 teams
Division Two (North): winners
Division Two (South): winners
Promotion and relegation
This was the last season of the present league format. For the
1980–81 season, the 32 counties were divided into four divisions of eight teams. The teams were not placed into the new structure entirely in line with their placings in the 1979–80 league.
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Group stage
Division One (North)
Division One (North) Play-offs
Table
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Division One (South)
Table
Team
Pld
W
D
L
Pts
Notes
Galway
5
4
1
0
9
Qualified for Knockout Stages and relegated to Division Two of the
1980–81 NFL
Kerry
5
3
1
1
7
Qualified for Knockout Stages
Cork
5
2
1
2
5
Kildare
5
2
0
3
4
Dublin
5
1
1
3
3
Offaly
5
1
0
4
2
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Division Two (North)
Division Two (North) Final
Division Two (South)
Division Two (South) Final
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-final
Final
Division Two Final
References
^
GAA Final Teams
^
Terrace Talk 1980
^
"059 Dubs 1978 | a whole new world" . Archived from
the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2015 .
^
GAA Archive 1980 [
permanent dead link ]
^ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 04/02/1980, p. 11
^ "New line-up for National League", Ulster Herald, 17 May 1980, p. 3
^ "Toner miss boost for Armagh", Irish Independent, 11/02/1980, p. 11
^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
^ "Cool Fermanagh surprise Antrim", Irish Independent, 25/02/1980, p. 11
^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
^ "Wexford make it third time lucky", Irish Independent, 03/03/1980, p. 11
^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
^ "Magee to the rescue", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16
^ "Armagh always in control but waste chances", Irish Independent, 31/03/1980, p. 13
^ "Galway Masters", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16
^ "Goalkeeper turns poacher!", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16
^ "Down fall to Cork", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16
^
"Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1980 League" .
^ "Cork canter into decider", Irish Press, 14/04/1980, p. 16
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002,
ISBN
9781903464151
^ "Furlong hits four goals", Irish Press, 6 July 1980, p. 10
^ "Wexford take Div 2 title", Irish Independent, 31 August 1980, p. 8
See also