1975–76 National Football League (Ireland)
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.
League details | |
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Dates | October 1975 – 2 May 1976 |
League champions | |
Winners | Dublin (4th win) |
Captain | Tony Hanahoe |
Manager | Kevin Heffernan |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Derry |
Captain | Peter Stevenson |
← 1974–75 1976–77 → |
Group stage
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
Group A Table
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Group B Table
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Table
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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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 |
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) |
Knockout stage
Quarter-Finals
References
- GAA Final Teams
- "026 1976 Team". dublincitypubliclibraries.com. Dublin City Council. Archived from the original on 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
- O'Brien, Peadar, "Rampant Corkmen conquer Kingdom", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
- Puirseal, Padraig, "Glory day for Derry - at last", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
- Fortune,Michael "Mayo - just like that!", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
- "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
- "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
- Puirseal, Padraig"Clare, Armagh to try again after rousing tie", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
- "G.A.A. Scores", Irish Press, 15 March 1976, p. 10
- "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
- Kenealy, Con,"Antrim fall victims to dull Galway", Irish Independent, 22 March 1976, p. 11
- Kenealy, Con,"Armagh perish on Cork rock", Irish Independent, 22 March 1976, p. 11
- O'Brien, Peadar,"Great fightback by mighty Dublin", Irish Press, 5 April 1976, p. 10
- Carroll, Donal,"Derry Qualify", Irish Independent, 12 April 1976, p. 8
- "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
- "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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