1995–96 National Football League (Ireland)

1995–96 National Football League
League details

Dates	12 November 1995 – 5 May 1996
Teams	33
League champions
Winners	Derry (4th win)
Captain	Tony Scullion
Manager	Mickey Moran
League runners-up
Runners-up	Donegal
Manager	Brian McEniff
Other division winners
Division 2	Cork
Division 3	Mayo
Division 4	Wicklow
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 65th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Derry defeated Donegal in the final for the second year in a row.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Format

The teams are in four divisions, three of 8 teams and one of 9. Each team plays all the other teams in its division once: either home or away. Teams earn 2 points for a winn and 1 for a draw. The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted, while the bottom two teams in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.^[4]

Eight teams contest the NFL quarter-finals:

The top 4 teams in Division 1
The top 2 teams in Division 2
The first-placed team in Division 3
The first-placed team in Division 4

League Phase

Division 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Donegal	7	3	3	1	9	Advance to quarter-finals
Meath	7	4	1	2	9
Derry	7	4	1	2	9
Kerry	7	3	2	2	8
Tyrone	7	3	1	3	7
Kildare	7	2	2	3	6
Laois	7	3	0	4	6	Relegated
Clare	7	1	0	6	2	Relegated

Kildare defeated Laois in a playoff.

Division 2

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Cork	7	6	1	12	Promoted and advance to quarter-finals
Cavan	7	5	2	10	Promoted and advance to quarter-finals
Armagh	7	4	3	8
Leitrim	7	4	3	8
Dublin	7	4	3	8
Louth	7	3	4	6
Westmeath	7	1	6	2	Relegated
Down	7	1	6	2	Relegated

Division 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Mayo	7	7	0	0	14	Promoted and advance to quarter-finals
Monaghan	7	6	0	1	12	Promoted
Roscommon	7	4	1	2	9
Galway	7	2	1	4	5
Wexford	7	2	1	4	5
Antrim	7	2	0	5	4
Fermanagh	7	2	0	5	4	Relegated
Sligo	7	1	1	5	3	Relegated

Antrim defeated Fermanagh in a playoff.

Division 4

Wicklow won.

Knockout Phase

Finals

Donegal v Wicklow

1 April 1996

Donegal	2-12 – 1-8	Wicklow

Mayo v Meath

31 March 1996

Mayo	2-10 – 1-10	Meath

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Cork v Kerry

31 March 1996

Cork	2-14 – 0-18	Kerry

Cork

Derry v Cavan

1 April 1996

Derry	W – L	Cavan

Semi-Finals

Donegal v Cork

21 April 1996

Donegal	0-10 – 0-9	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin

Derry v Mayo

21 April 1996

Derry	1-12 – 0-7	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Derry v Donegal

5 May 1996
Final

Derry	1-16 – 1-9	Donegal

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 24,298 ^[5]
Referee: Michael Curley (Galway)^[6]

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ GAA Archive 1996
↑ Photo of final
↑ Gaelic Games website
↑ "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

Derry – 1995–96 National Football League Champions (4th title)

1 J. Kelly 2 K. McKeever 3 G. Coleman 4 T. Scullion 5 K. Diamond 6 H. Downey 7 F. McCusker 8 A. Tohill 9 B. McGilligan 10 E. Burns 11 D. Barton 12 S. M. Lockhart 13 J. Brolly 14 S. Downey 15 E. Gormley Subs used 18 D. Dougan for Burns 22 G. McGill for S. Downey Subs not used 16 D. McCusker 17 A.N. Other 19 J. McGurk 20 S. McLarnon 21 D. Quinn 23 C. McEldowney 24 D. Bateson D. Cassidy C. McGurk D. McNicholl D. O'Neill Manager Brian Mullins Backroom team F. Kearney A. McGurk E. Young

(Team as 1996 NFL final versus Donegal (5 May 1996))

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