1977–78 National Football League (Ireland)

1977–78 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1977 – 23 April 1978
League champions
Winners Dublin (5th win)
Captain Tony Hanahoe
Manager Tony Hanahoe
League runners-up
Runners-up Mayo
Captain John P Keane[1]
Manager Johnny Carey

The 1977–78 National Football League was the 47th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Dublin beat Mayo in the final.[2][3][4]

Group stage

Division One (North)

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Mayo 5 4 1 0 9 Qualified for Knockout Stages
Cavan 5 3 0 2 6
Roscommon 5 2 12 5
Tyrone 5 2 1 2 5
Antrim 5 1 1 3 3
Derry 5 1 0 4 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL

[5]

Division One (South)

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Dublin 5 5 0 0 10 Qualified for Knockout Stages
Kildare 5 3 1 1 7
Cork 5 2 03 4
Galway 5 2 0 3 4
Kerry 5 1 1 3 3
Offaly 5 1 0 4 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL

Division Two (North)

Group A Play-offs

Group B Play-offs

Inter-Group Play-offs

Group A Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Armagh 4 3 0 1 6
Down 4 3 01 6 Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL
Louth 4 3 0 1 6
Westmeath 4 1 03 2
Antrim 4 0 0 4 0

Group B Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Donegal 4 3 0 1 6
Fermanagh 4 3 0 1 6
Leitrim 4 2 02 4
Sligo 4 2 02 4
Longford 4 0 0 4 0

Division Two (South)

Group A Play-offs

Group B Play-offs

Inter-Group Play-offs

Group A Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Laois 4 3 0 1 6 Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL
Meath 4 3 0 1 6
Tipperary 4 2 02 4
Clare 4 2 02 4
Limerick 4 0 0 4 0

Group B Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Wexford 4 4 0 0 8
Carlow 4 3 0 1 6
Wicklow 4 2 02 4
Waterford 4 1 03 2
Kilkenny 4 0 0 4 0

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals

17 March 1978
Laois W L Cavan

17 March 1978
Down D D Kildare

26 March 1978
Replay
Down 1-15 1-11
a.e.t.
Kildare

Semi-Finals

2 April 1978
Dublin 0-12 0-7 Laois

9 April 1978
Down 0-8 0-10 Mayo

Final

23 April 1978
Dublin 2-18 2-13 Mayo
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 39,623[6]
Referee: Jimmy Dennigan (Cork)[7]

References

  1. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  2. GAA Final Teams
  3. Mayo Archive 1978
  4. "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 5 December 1977, p. 11
  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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