1974–75 National Football League (Ireland)

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1974–75 National Football League October 1974 – 18 May 1975 Meath Ronan Giles Micheál O'Brien 4th Dublin Seán Doherty Kevin Heffernan 1973–74 1975–76 The 1974–75 National Football League was the 44th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Meath won a surprise victory over Dublin in the final.GAA Final Teamshttp://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/game/559/1974-Kerry-Vs-Roscommon Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 1974 League :: Final :: Kerry Vs Roscommon www.terracetalk.comhttps://www.hoganstand.com/county/meath/article/index/163771 The boylan leinster breakthrough - 25 years ago - HoganStand www.hoganstand.com Format Divisions Division One: 12 teams. Split into two groups of 6. Division Two: 6 teams Division Three: 14 teams. Split into two groups of 7. 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 all three divisions competed for the National Football League title. Knockout stage qualifiers Division One (A): top 2 teams Division One (B): top 2 teams Division Two: group winners Division Three: Division winners. Determined by a play-off between the two group winners Knockout phase structure In the quarter-finals, the match-ups were as follows: Quarter-final 1: Second-placed team in Division One (A) v First-placed team in Division Two Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division One (B) v First-placed team in Division Three The semi-final match-ups are: Semi-final 1: First Placed team in Division One (A) v Winner Quarter-final 1 Semi-final 2: First Placed team in Division One (B) v Winner Quarter-final 2 The final match-up is: Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2. Promotion and relegation Division One: 1 relegation place. Bottom teams in Division One (A) and Division One (B) play-off Division Two: group winners promoted to Division One. Bottom team demoted to Division Three. Division Three: 1 promotion place. Group winners of Division Three (A) and Division Three (B) play-off Separation of teams on equal points In the event that teams finish on equal points, then teams were separated according to points average(goals scored divided by goals conceded)."National Football League placings clarified", Irish Press, 03/03/1975, p. 14 Group stage Division One Results Division One relegation play-off 27 April 1975 Kildare 3-5 — 2-6 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin"Vital goal by Carew", Irish Independent, 28/04/1975, p. 10 Tables Group A TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Dublin5 3 1 1 66 41 1.610 7 Advanced to Knockout stage Kerry5 3 1 1 59 40 1.475 7 Cork5 3 0 2 59 50 1.180 6 Roscommon5 3 0 2 51 55 0.927 6 Offaly5 1 0 4 36 55 0.655 2 Kildare5 1 0 4 43 73 0.589 2 Group B TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Mayo5 5 0 0 71 33 2.152 10 Advanced to Knockout stage Tyrone5 4 0 1 59 37 1.595 8 Derry5 3 0 2 76 38 2.000 6 Galway5 2 0 3 53 58 0.914 4 Sligo5 1 0 4 47 76 0.618 2 Wicklow5 0 0 5 29 93 0.312 0Relegated to Division Two of the 1975–76 NFL Division Two Table TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Meath5 4 0 1 61 44 1.386 8 Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division One of the 1975–76 NFL Down5 4 0 1 48 37 1.297 8 Cavan5 2 1 2 45 42 1.071 5 Antrim5 2 0 3 53 49 1.082 4 Fermanagh5 1 1 3 41 55 0.745 3 Longford5 0 2 3 43 64 0.672 2Relegated to Division Three of the 1975–76 NFL Division Three Results Division Three promotion play-off 16 March 1975 Monaghan 1-5 — 0-5 Clare O'Moore Park, Portlaoise"GAA in brief", Irish Independent, 17/03/1975, p. 8 Tables Group A TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Monaghan6 5 0 1 78 40 1.950 10 Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division Two of the 1975–76 NFL Louth6 5 0 1 90 54 1.667 10 Armagh6 4 0 2 75 55 1.364 8 Donegal6 2 1 3 67 62 1.081 5 Westmeath6 2 0 4 47 75 0.627 4 Laois6 1 1 4 56 71 0.789 3 Leitrim6 1 0 5 45 101 0.446 2 Group B TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Clare6 6 0 0 73 29 2.517 12 Tipperary6 5 0 1 102 62 1.645 10 Wexford6 3 0 3 82 67 1.224 6 Limerick6 3 0 3 78 74 1.054 6 Waterford6 3 0 3 64 64 1.000 6 Carlow6 1 0 5 58 81 0.716 2 Kilkenny6 0 0 6 44 124 0.355 0 Knockout stage Quarter-finals 23 March 1975 Meath 0-11 –0-6 Kerry Croke Park, Dublinhttp://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1975/League Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1975 League www.terracetalk.com 23 March 1975 Tyrone 1-9 –1-7 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin"Tyrone earn semi-final with Dublin", Irish Independent, 24/03/1975, p.8 Semi-finals 27 April 1975 Meath 4-6 –0-8 Mayo Croke Park, Dublinhttps://www.mayogaablog.com/?page_id=1189 1975 4 May 1975 Dublin 3-12 –1-7 Tyrone Croke Park, Dublin"Dublin stroll to National Football League final", Irish Independent, 05/05/1975, p.8 22,487 Finals 18 May 1975Final Meath 0-16 – 1-9 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin 40,853"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 Harry O'Reilly (Louth) References National Football League National Football League Category:National Football League (Ireland) seasons