1979–80 National Football League (Ireland)

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1979–80 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1979 – 27 April 1980
League champions
Winners Cork (3rd win)
Captain Christy Ryan
League runners-up
Runners-up Kerry
Captain Ger Power

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.[1][2][3][4]

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[5]
  • 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.[6]

Group stage

Division One (North)

Division One (North) Play-Offs

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
20px Armagh 5 4 0 1 8 Qualified for Knockout Stages
20px Down 5 4 0 1 8
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 5 3 0 2 6
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 5 2 0 3 4 Relegated to Division Two of the 1980–81 NFL
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 5 2 0 3 4
20px Cavan 5 0 0 5 0 Relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL

[8]

Division One (South)

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 5 4 1 0 9 Qualified for Knockout Stages and relegated to Division Two of the 1980–81 NFL
20px Kerry 5 3 1 1 7 Qualified for Knockout Stages
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 5 2 1 2 5
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 5 2 0 3 4
20px Dublin 5 1 1 3 3
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 5 1 0 4 2

[9]

Division Two (North)

Division Two (North) Final

Division Two (South)

Division Two (South) Final

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals

23 March 1980
Armagh 1-8 – 2-5 Wexford

30 March 1980
Replay
Armagh 0-13 – 0-5 Wexford

23 March 1980
Galway 1-12 – 0-10 Fermanagh

23 March 1980
Kerry 1-8 – 1-5 Roscommon

23 March 1980
Cork 3-6 – 0-6 Down

Semi-Final

6 April 1980
Kerry 1-11 – 1-6 Armagh

13 April 1980
Cork 1-16 – 1-6 Galway
Croke Park, Dublin[22]
Attendance: 11,410

Final

27 April 1980
Cork 0-11 – 0-10 Kerry
Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Attendance: 39,139[23]
Referee: Tommy Moran (Leitrim)

Division Two Final

References

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See also

  1. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  2. ↑ Terrace Talk 1980
  3. ↑ [1]
  4. ↑ GAA Archive 1980
  5. ↑ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 04/02/1980, p. 11
  6. ↑ "New line-up for National League", Ulster Herald, 17 May 1980, p. 3
  7. ↑ "Toner miss boost for Armagh", Irish Independent, 11/02/1980, p. 11
  8. ↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
  9. ↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
  10. ↑ "Cool Fermanagh surprise Antrim", Irish Independent, 25/02/1980, p. 11
  11. ↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
  12. ↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
  13. ↑ "Wexford make it third time lucky", Irish Independent, 03/03/1980, p. 11
  14. ↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
  15. ↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
  16. ↑ "Magee to the rescue", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16
  17. ↑ "Armagh always in control but waste chances", Irish Independent, 31/03/1980, p. 13
  18. ↑ "Galway Masters", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16
  19. ↑ "Goalkeeper turns poacher!", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16
  20. ↑ "Down fall to Cork", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16
  21. ↑ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1980/League
  22. ↑ "Cork canter into decider", Irish Press, 14/04/1980, p. 16
  23. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  24. ↑ "Furlong hits four goals", Irish Press, 6 July 1980, p. 10
  25. ↑ "Wexford take Div 2 title", Irish Independent, 31 August 1980, p. 8
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