1965–66 National Football League (Ireland)

1964–65 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1965 – 16 October 1966
League champions
Winners	Longford (1st win)
Captain	Brendan Barden
Manager	Mick Higgins
League runners-up
Runners-up	New York
Captain	Paddy Cummins
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 National Football League was the 35th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Longford won their first and (so far) only NFL title with wins over Galway in the "home" final and New York in the two-legged "World Championship." After the first leg, an angry crowd chased the New York team off the field due to their (perceived) rough play. Longford had the second leg at Pearse Park and won easily.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Results

Division IV (A) Mayo, Limerick, Clare, Galway

Finals

Galway v Longford

24 April 1966
Home Final

Galway	0-8 – 0-9	Longford
		Bobby Burns 0-8; Seán Murray 0-1

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 45,317^[6]
Referee: Jimmy Martin (Tyrone)^[7]

New York v Longford

9 October 1966
Final, first leg

New York	0-10 – 0-9	Longford

Croke Park, Dublin

Longford v New York

16 October 1966
Final, second leg

Longford	1-9 – 0-7	New York

Pearse Park, Longford

Longford win 21–17 on aggregate.

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ GAA Archives
↑ IRISH FANS VENT IRE ON NEW YORK TEAM - New York Times
↑ Longford GAA history
↑ The GAA: An Oral History, chapter 4, John Scally.
↑ "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

Longford – 1965–66 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 J. Heneghan 2 S. Flynn 3 L. Gillen 4 B. Gilmore 5 B. Barden (c) 6 J. Donlon 7 P. Barden 8 J. Flynn 9 M. Burns 10 J. Devine 11 M. Hopkins 12 J. Hanniffy 13 S. Murray 14 R. Burns 15 S. Donnelly Subs used T. Mulvihill Manager M. Higgins

National Football Leagues

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Finals Records and statistics Winning players

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