1975–76 National Football League (Ireland)

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1975–76 National Football League October 1975 – 2 May 1976 Dublin Tony Hanahoe Kevin Heffernan 4th Derry Peter Stevenson 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 National Football League was the 45th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Dublin defeated Derry in the final.GAA Final Teams2015-07-18 2015-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20150806153048/http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/026-1976-team dead http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/026-1976-team 026 1976 Team Dublin City Council dublincitypubliclibraries.com Format July 2015 Group stage Division One Group A play-offs 7 March 1976 For 2nd place Cork 2-7 — 1-5 Kerry Pairc Ui ChaoimhO'Brien, Peadar, "Rampant Corkmen conquer Kingdom", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10 J Landers (Waterford) Group B play-offs 7 March 1976 For 1st place Derry 2-11 — 2-6 Galway Croke ParkPuirseal, Padraig, "Glory day for Derry - at last", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10 M Meally (Kilkenny) Inter-group relegation play-off 7 March 1976 Mayo 3-13 — 2-7 Offaly RoscommonFortune, Michael "Mayo - just like that!", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10 J Martin (Roscommon) Group A Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes20px|border Dublin football5 4 0 1 8 Qualified for Knockout Stages20px|border Cork football5 3 1 1 7 20px|border Kerry football5 3 11 7 20px|border Roscommon football5 3 0 2 620px|border Kildare football5 1 0 4 2 20px|border Offaly football5 0 0 5 0 Relegated to Division Two of the 1976–77 NFL "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8 Group B Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes20px|border Derry football5 4 0 1 8 Qualified for Knockout Stages20px|border Galway football5 4 0 1 8 20px|border Meath football5 3 02 6 20px|border Tyrone football5 1 1 3 320px|border Sligo football5 1 1 3 3 20px|border Mayo football5 1 0 4 2 "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8 Division Two Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes Antrim5 5 0 0 10 Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division One of the 1976–77 NFL Down5 4 0 1 8 Cavan5 3 0 2 6 Fermanagh5 2 0 3 4 Monaghan5 1 0 4 2 Wicklow5 0 0 5 0Relegated to Division Three of the 1976–77 NFL Division Three Inter-group play-offs 7 March 1976 Final Armagh 1-6 — 0-9 Clare Croke ParkPuirseal, Padraig"Clare, Armagh to try again after rousing tie", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10 P Kelly (Dublin) 14 March 1976 Final replay Armagh 1-7 — 1-6 Clare Croke Park"G.A.A. Scores", Irish Press, 15 March 1976, p. 10 P Kelly (Dublin) Group A Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes20px|border Armagh football6 6 0 0 12 Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division Two of the 1976–77 NFL20px|border Donegal football6 5 0 1 10 20px|border Laois football6 3 03 6 20px|border Leitrim football6 3 0 3 620px|border Longford football6 2 0 4 4 20px|border Louth football6 2 0 4 4 20px|border Westmeath football6 0 0 6 0 "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8 Knockout stage Quarter-finals 21 March 1976 Galway 0-12 – 1-5 Antrim Croke Park, Dublin R Barry (Meath)Kenealy, Con,"Antrim fall victims to dull Galway", Irish Independent, 22 March 1976, p. 11 21 March 1976 Cork 3-8 – 0-11 Armagh Croke Park, Dublin Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)Kenealy, Con,"Armagh perish on Cork rock", Irish Independent, 22 March 1976, p. 11 Semi-finals 4 April 1976 Dublin 1-11 – 0-12 Galway Croke Park, Dublin 18,734O'Brien, Peadar,"Great fightback by mighty Dublin", Irish Press, 5 April 1976, p. 10 F Halbert (Cork) 11 April 1976 Derry 1-7 – 1-6 Cork Croke Park, Dublin 7,659Carroll, Donal,"Derry Qualify", Irish Independent, 12 April 1976, p. 8 R Barry (Meath) Final 2 May 1976 Dublin 2-10 – 0-15 Derry Croke Park, Dublin 33,845"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 John Moloney (Tipperary)"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 References National Football League National Football League Category:National Football League (Ireland) seasons