1970–71 National Football League (Ireland)

1970–71 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1970 – 20 June 1971
League champions
Winners	Kerry (9th win)
Captain	Donie O'Sullivan
League runners-up
Runners-up	Mayo
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 National Football League was the 40th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Kerry beat Mayo in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

Divisions

Division One: 16 teams. Split into two groups of 8.
Division Two: 16 teams. Split into two groups of 8.

Round-Robin Format

Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away.

Points awarded

2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

Titles

Teams in Division One competed for the National Football League title.
Teams in Division Two competed for the National Football League Division Two title.

Knockout stage structure

In the Semi-Finals, the match-ups were as follows:

Quarter-final 1: First-placed team in Division One (A) v Second-placed team in Division One (B)
Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division One (A) v First-placed team in Division One (B)

The final match-up is: Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2.

Separation of teams on equal points

In the event that teams finish on equal points, then a play-off will be used to determine group placings if necessary, i.e. where to decide relegation places or quarter-finalists.^[5]

Division One

Division One (A) Play-Offs

2 May 1971 For 1st Place	Kerry	0-15 — 1-8	Dublin	Croke Park,Dublin^[6]

Division One (B) Play-Offs

25 April 1971 For 2nd Place	Derry	1-7 — 1-6	Antrim	Dungannon

Division One knockout stage

16 May 1971 Semi-Final	Kerry	1-11 — 1-10	Derry	Croke Park,Dublin

24 May 1971 Semi-Final	Dublin	0-8 — 1-9	Mayo	Croke Park,Dublin

20 June 1971 Final	Kerry	0-11 — 0-8	Mayo	Croke Park,Dublin
	Mick O'Dwyer 0-6; Brendan Lynch 0-3; Donie O'Sullivan, Mick Gleeson 0-1 each		J Corcoran 0-7 (7f); T Fitzgerald 0-1	Attendance: 25,000^[7] Referee: Paul Kelly (Dublin)^[8]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Kerry	7	5	1	1	11	National Football League Champions
Dublin	7	5	1	1	11	Semi-Finalists
Offaly	7	4	2	1	10
Cork	7	4	0	3	8
Kildare	7	3	1	3	7
Galway	7	3	1	3	7
Longford	7	1	0	6	2	Relegated to Division Two of the 1971–72 NFL
Roscommon	7	0	0	7	0	Relegated to Division Two of the 1971–72 NFL

^[9]

Division Two

Division One knockout stage

25 April 1971 Semi-Final	Tipperary	2-9 — 0-13	Fermanagh	Croke Park,Dublin^[10]

25 April 1971 Semi-Final	Waterford	1-9 — 0-6	Laois	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny^[11]

16 May 1971 Final	Tipperary	0-10 — 1-6	Waterford	Clonmel

Final Standings

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Tipperary	7	7	0	0	14	Division Two Champions; promoted to Division One of the 1971–72 NFL
Waterford	7	5	1	1	13	Division Two Runners-up; promoted to Division One of the 1971–72 NFL
Limerick	7	5	0	2	10
Kilkenny	7	4	0	3	8
Wexford	7	2	1	4	5
Clare	7	2	1	4	5
Wicklow	7	1	1	5	3
Carlow	7	0	0	7	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Laois	7	6	1	0	13	Semi-Finalists and promoted to Division One of the 1971–72 NFL
Fermanagh	7	6	0	1	12
Armagh	7	5	0	2	10
Westmeath	7	4	0	3	8
Monaghan	7	3	1	3	7
Tyrone	7	2	0	5	4
Donegal	7	1	0	6	2
Leitrim	7	0	0	7	0

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ Mayo GAA Blog
↑
↑ 20.06.1971 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE FINAL - Irish Photo Archive
↑ "Derry back in top four", Irish Press, 26/04/1971, p. 13
↑ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1971/League
↑ "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
↑ "League tables tidied up", Irish Press, 26/04/1971, p. 13
↑ "Tipperary Footballers are still undefeated", Irish Press, 26/04/1971, p. 12
↑ "Waterford earn place in Division Two final", Irish Press, 26/04/1971, p. 12

National Football Leagues

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Finals Records and statistics Winning players

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