1980–81 National Football League (Ireland)

1980–81 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1980 – 10 May 1981
League champions
Winners Galway (3rd win)
Captain Barry Brennan
League runners-up
Runners-up Roscommon
Captain Danny Murray

The 1980–81 National Football League was the 50th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Galway defeated Roscommon in an all-Connacht final.[1][2][3]

Format

Titles

Teams in all four divisions competed for one league title.

Divisions

Round-Robin Format

Each team played every other team in its division once, either home or away.

Points awarded

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

Knockout stage qualifiers

Knockout phase structure

In the Preliminary Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows

In the Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows

The semi-final match-ups are:

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.

League stage

Division One

Division One Regulation Games

Division One Play-Offs

Tables

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Kerry 7 5 1 1 11 Qualified for Knockout Stages
Roscommon 7 4 2 1 10
Dublin 7 4 1 2 9
Armagh 7 4 12 9
Cork 7 3 2 2 8
Offaly 7 2 2 3 6
Down 7 11 5 3 Relegated to Division Two of the 1981–82 NFL
Kildare 7 0 0 7 0

[9]

Division Two

Division Two Regulation Games

Tables

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Galway 7 5 2 0 12 Promoted to Division Two of the 1981–82 NFL and qualified for Knockout Stages
Mayo 7 3 4 0 10
Tyrone 7 3 22 8
Derry 7 3 1 3 7
Meath 7 3 1 3 7
Monaghan 7 2 1 4 5
Laois 7 20 5 4 Relegated to Division Three of the 1981–82 NFL
Antrim 7 1 1 5 3

[11]

Division Three

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Fermanagh 7 6 1 0 13 Promoted to Division Two of the 1981–82 NFL and Qualified for Knockout Stages
Cavan 7 5 0 2 10 Promoted to Division Two of the 1981–82 NFL
Donegal 7 3 22 8
Louth 7 3 1 3 7
Wexford 7 3 0 4 6
Tipperary 7 3 0 4 6
Sligo 7 20 5 4 Relegated to Division Three of the 1981–82 NFL
Clare 7 1 0 6 2

[12]

Division Four

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Wicklow 7 7 0 0 14 Promoted to Division Three of the 1981–82 NFL and Qualified for Knockout Stages
Westmeath 7 6 0 1 12Promoted to Division Three of the 1981–82 NFL
Longford 7 4 12 9
Waterford 7 3 1 3 7
Leitrim 7 2 1 4 5
Limerick 7 2 1 4 5
Carlow 7 20 5 4
Kilkenny 7 0 0 7 0

[13]

Knockout stage

Preliminary Quarter-Finals

22 March 1981
Armagh 2-11 1-10 Wicklow

Quarter-Finals

5 April 1981
Mayo 1-11 1-10 Dublin

5 April 1981
Galway 1-11 2-3 Armagh

Semi-Finals

26 April 1981
Galway 0-10 0-8 Kerry

26 April 1981
Roscommon 1-11 1-6 Mayo

Final

10 May 1981
Galway 1-11 1-3 Roscommon
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 22,876[17]
Referee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath) [18]

References

  1. GAA Final Teams
  2. Terrace Talk 1981
  3. GAA Archive 1981
  4. "League play-offs cause confusion", Cork Examiner, 10 March 1982, p. 15
  5. "GAA Results at a glance", Irish Press, 06/10/1980, p. 13,
  6. "GAA Results at a glance", Irish Press, 06/10/1980, p. 13,
  7. "GAA Results at a glance", Irish Press, 06/10/1980, p. 13,
  8. "GAA in brief", Irish Press, 16/03/1981, p. 14,
  9. "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 02/03/1981, p. 9
  10. "GAA Results at a glance", Irish Press, 06/10/1980, p. 13,
  11. "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 02/03/1981, p. 9
  12. "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 02/03/1981, p. 9
  13. "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 02/03/1981, p. 9
  14. "Scores at a glance", Irish Press, 23/03/1981, p. 14
  15. "Mayo regain form to edge out Dublin", Irish Independent, 06/04/1981, p. 10
  16. "Galway underline Armagh weakness", Irish Independent, 06/04/1981, p. 10
  17. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  18. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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