1976–77 National Football League (Ireland)

1976–77 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1976 – 17 April 1977
League champions
Winners Kerry (13th win)
Captain John O'Keeffe
Manager Mick O'Dwyer
League runners-up
Runners-up Dublin
Captain Tony Hanahoe
Manager Tony Hanahoe (player-manager)

The 1976–77 National Football League was the 46th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Kerry narrowly beat Dublin in the final.[1][2][3]

Group stage

Division One (North)

Play-offs

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Mayo 5 4 0 1 8 Qualified for Knockout Stages
Roscommon 5 4 0 1 8
Tyrone 5 3 02 6
Derry 5 2 0 3 4
Antrim 5 1 0 4 2
Sligo 5 1 0 4 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1977–78 NFL

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Division One (South)

Play-offs

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Kerry 5 4 1 0 9 Qualified for Knockout Stages
Dublin 5 3 1 1 7
Cork 5 2 21 6
Kildare 5 2 0 3 4
Galway 5 0 2 3 2
Meath 5 0 2 3 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1977–78 NFL

Division Two (North)

Group B Play-offs

Inter-Group Play-offs

Group A Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Armagh 4 3 1 0 7
Down 4 3 10 7
Monaghan 4 2 0 2 4
Westmeath 4 1 03 2
Louth 4 0 0 4 0

Group B Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Cavan 4 3 0 1 6 Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1977–78 NFL
Donegal 4 3 0 1 6
Leitrim 4 3 01 6
Fermanagh 4 1 03 2
Longford 4 0 0 4 0

Division Two (South)

Inter-Group Play-offs

Group A Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Offaly 4 3 1 0 7 Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1977–78 NFL
Laois 4 2 1 1 5
Clare 4 2 02 4
Tipperary 4 2 02 4
Limerick 4 0 0 4 0

Group B Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Waterford 4 3 1 0 7
Wicklow 4 2 1 1 5
Carlow 4 2 02 4
Wexford 4 1 21 4
Kilkenny 4 0 0 4 0

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals

13 March 1977
Roscommon 1-4 0-5 Offaly

13 March 1977
Dublin 2-12 1-7 Cavan

Semi-Finals

27 March 1977
Mayo 0-5 2-12 Dublin

3 April 1977
Kerry 2-13 0-8 Roscommon

Finals

17 April 1977
Final
Kerry 1-8 1-6 Dublin
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 43,456[6]
Referee: JJ Landers (Waterford)[7]

References

  1. GAA Final Teams
  2. Terrace Talk 1977
  3. "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 6 December 1976, p. 11
  4. http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1977/League
  5. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  6. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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