League details | |
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Dates | October 1994 – 14 May 1995 |
Teams | 33 |
League champions | |
Winners | Derry (3rd win) |
Captain | Tony Scullion |
Manager | Mickey Moran |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Donegal |
Manager | P. J. McGowan [1] |
Other division winners | |
Division 2 | Clare |
Division 3 | Cavan |
Division 4 | Monaghan |
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1993–94
1995–96 → |
The 1994–95 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the
Church & General National Football League, was the 64th staging of the
National Football League (NFL), an annual
Gaelic football tournament for the
Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of
Ireland.
The tournament introduced two experimental rules: consecutive handpasses were banned, and players had to stay 10 m (11 yd) from the free-kick taker. This later evolved into the current 13 m (14 yd) exclusion zone. [2] Derry defeated Donegal in the final. [3] [4] [5]
The teams are in four divisions, three of 8 teams and one of 9. Each team plays all the other teams in its division once: either home or away. Teams earn 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted, while the bottom two teams in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated. [6]
Eight teams contest the NFL quarter-finals:
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
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Laois | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals |
Derry | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
Kerry | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
Donegal | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
Kildare | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
Meath | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
Dublin | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Relegated to Division Two of the 1995–96 NFL |
Down | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clare | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Promoted to Division One of the 1995–96 NFL and advance to quarter-finals |
Tyrone | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
Louth | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
Cork | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Leitrim | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Armagh | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Galway | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Relegated to Division Three of the 1995–96 NFL |
Mayo | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cavan | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | Promoted to Division Two of the 1995–96 NFL and advance to quarter-finals |
Westmeath | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Promoted to Division Two of the 1995–96 NFL |
Roscommon | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
Wexford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Fermanagh | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
Antrim | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
Longford | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Relegated to Division Four of the 1995–96 NFL |
Tipperary | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monaghan | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | Promoted to Division Three of the 1995–96 NFL and advance to quarter-finals |
Sligo | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | Promoted to Division Three of the 1995–96 NFL |
Wicklow | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
Offaly | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
Carlow | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
Waterford | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
Kilkenny | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
Limerick | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
London | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
It was mentioned to me last week that it was 25 years since Donegal dethroned Down in the preliminary round of the Ulster Championship… PJ McGowan had taken over from Brian McEniff at that stage… It's funny looking back now because we had played the League final against Derry the week before and lost.