1995–96 National Football League (Ireland)

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1995–96 National Football League
1995-96 National Football League (Ireland).JPG
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

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
20px Donegal 7 3 3 1 9 Advance to quarter-finals
20px Meath 7 4 1 2 9
20px Derry 7 4 1 2 9
20px Kerry 7 3 2 2 8
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 7 3 1 3 7
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 7 2 2 3 6
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 7 3 0 4 6 Relegated
20px Clare 7 1 0 6 2
  • Kildare defeated Laois in a playoff.

Division 2

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 7 6 0 1 12 Promoted and advance to quarter-finals
20px Cavan 7 5 0 2 10
20px Armagh 7 4 0 3 8
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 7 4 0 3 8
20px Dublin 7 4 0 3 8
20px Louth 7 3 0 4 6
20px Westmeath 7 1 0 6 2 Relegated
20px Down 7 1 0 6 2

Division 3

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 7 7 0 0 14 Promoted and advance to quarter-finals
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 7 6 0 1 12 Promoted
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 7 4 1 2 9
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 7 2 1 4 5
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 7 2 1 4 5
20px Antrim 7 2 0 5 4
20px Fermanagh 7 2 0 5 4 Relegated
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 7 1 1 5 3
  • Antrim defeated Fermanagh in a playoff.

Division 4

Wicklow won.

Knockout Phase

Quarter-Finals

Finals

1 April 1996
Donegal 2-12 – 1-8 Wicklow

31 March 1996
Mayo 2-10 – 1-10 Meath

31 March 1996
Cork 2-14 – 0-18 Kerry

1 April 1996
Derry W – L Cavan

Semi-Finals

21 April 1996
Donegal 0-10 – 0-9 Cork

21 April 1996
Derry 1-12 – 0-7 Mayo

Final

5 May 1996
Final
Derry 1-16 – 1-9 Donegal
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 24,298 [5]
Referee: Michael Curley (Galway)[6]

References

  1. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  2. ↑ GAA Archive 1996
  3. ↑ Photo of final
  4. ↑ Gaelic Games website
  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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