1981–82 National Football League (Ireland)

1981–82 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1981 – 24 May 1982
League champions
Winners	Kerry (14th win)
Captain	Jimmy Deenihan
Manager	Mick O'Dwyer
League runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
Captain	Dinny Allen
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 National Football League was the 51st staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Kerry defeated Cork in the final after a replay.^[1]^[2]

Format

Titles

Teams in all four divisions competed for one league title.

Divisions

Division One: 8 teams
Division Two: 8 teams
Division Three: 8 teams
Division Four: 8 teams

Round-Robin Format

Each team played every other team in its division once, either home or away.

Points awarded

2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

Knockout stage qualifiers

Division One: top 4 teams^[3]
Division Two: top 2 teams
Division Three: top team
Division Four: top team

Knockout phase structure

In the Preliminary Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows

Preliminary Quarter-final 1: Fourth-placed team in Division One v First-placed team in Division Four
Preliminary Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division Two v First-placed team in Division Three

In the Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows

Quarter-final 1: Winner Preliminary Quarter-final 1 v First-placed team in Division Two
Quarter-final 2: Winner Preliminary Quarter-final 2 v Third-placed team in Division One

The semi-final match-ups are:

Semi-final 1: First-placed team in Division One v Winner Quarter-final 1
Semi-final 2: Second-placed team in Division One v Winner Quarter-final 2

Separation of teams on equal points

In the event that teams finish on equal points, then a play-off will be used to determine group placings if necessary, i.e. where to decide relegation places or quarter-finalists.

Group stage

Division One

Regulation games

18 October 1981	Cork	2-9 — 0-9	Mayo	Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork

18 October 1981	Offaly	1-11 — 0-12	Dublin	Croke Park^[4]

22 November 1981	Roscommon	0-9 — 0-6	Kerry	Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon^[5]
				Attendance: 1,500 Referee: P.J. McGrath, Mayo

Play-Offs

7 March 1982 For 3rd Place	Cork	2-9 — 1-5	Kerry	Killarney^[6]^[7]

14 March 1982 For 2nd Place	Cork	1-11 — 0-8	Offaly	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork^[8]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Notes
Armagh	7	4	2	1	10	Qualified for Knockout Stages
Cork	7	4	0	3	8
Offaly	7	4	0	3	8
Kerry	7	4	0	3	8
Dublin	7	3	1	3	7
Mayo	7	3	1	3	7
Galway	7	2	1	4	5	Relegated to Division Two of the 1982–83 NFL
Roscommon	7	1	1	5	3	Relegated to Division Two of the 1982–83 NFL

^[9]

Division Two

Play-Offs

7 March 1982 For 2nd Place	Down	0-11 — 0-8	Meath	Dundalk^[10]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Derry	7	5	1	1	11	Qualified for Knockout Stage; Promoted to Division One of the 1982–83 NFL
Down	7	4	2	1	10
Meath	7	4	2	1	10
Tyrone	7	2	3	2	7
Kildare	7	2	2	3	6
Cavan	7	3	0	4	6
Fermanagh	7	1	1	5	3	Relegated to Division Three of the 1982–83 NFL
Monaghan	7	1	1	5	3	Relegated to Division Three of the 1982–83 NFL

^[11]

Division Three

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Wicklow	7	6	0	1	12	Qualified for Knockout Stage; Promoted to Division Two of the 1982–83 NFL
Antrim	7	5	1	1	11	Promoted to Division Two of the 1982–83 NFL
Laois	7	3	1	3	7
Wexford	7	3	1	3	7
Donegal	7	3	0	4	6
Louth	7	3	0	4	6
Tipperary	7	2	1	5	5	Relegated to Division Four of the 1982–83 NFL
Westmeath	7	1	0	6	2	Relegated to Division Four of the 1982–83 NFL

^[12]

Division Four

7 March 1982 For 2nd Place	Longford	1-8 — 0-9	Sligo	Carrick-on-Shannon^[13]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Clare	7	7	0	0	14	Qualified for Knockout Stage; Promoted to Division Three of the 1982–83 NFL
Longford	7	5	0	2	10	Promoted to Division Three of the 1982–83 NFL
Sligo	7	5	0	2	10
Waterford	7	3	0	4	6
Carlow	7	2	2	3	6
Limerick	7	2	1	4	5
Leitrim	7	1	1	5	3
Kilkenny	7	1	0	6	2

^[14]

Knockout Stages

Preliminary Quarter-Finals

Kerry v Clare

14 March 1982

Kerry	4-6 – 1-3	Clare

Ennis

Down v Wicklow

14 March 1982

Down	3-8 – 0-9	Wicklow

Croke Park, Dublin^[15]
Attendance: 2,553

Quarter-Finals

Kerry v Derry

21 March 1982

Kerry	1-11 – 0-5	Derry

Croke Park, Dublin^[16]

Offaly v Down

21 March 1982

Offaly	1-9 – 0-12	Down

Croke Park, Dublin^[17]

Offaly v Down

4 April 1982
Replay

Offaly	3-8 – 1-10	Down

Croke Park, Dublin^[18]

Semi-Finals

Kerry v Armagh

11 April 1982

Kerry	3-14 – 1-5	Armagh

Croke Park, Dublin^[19]

Cork v Offaly

11 April 1982

Cork	1-15 – 1-10	Offaly

Croke Park, Dublin^[20]

Final

Kerry v Cork

25 April 1982
Final

Kerry	0-11 – 0-11	Cork

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 30,000^[21]
Referee: Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)^[22]

Kerry v Cork

24 May 1982
Final Replay

Kerry	1-9 – 0-8	Cork

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Attendance: 25,000^[23]
Referee: Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)^[24]

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ Terrace Talk 1982
↑ "League play-offs cause confusion", Cork Examiner, 10 March 1982, p. 15
↑ "Results at a glance", Irish Press, 19 October 1981, p. 14
↑ "Kerry suffer first defeat", Cork Examiner, 23 November 1981, p. 14
↑ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1982/League
↑ "League play-offs cause confusion", Cork Examiner, 10 March 1982, p. 15
↑ "Confident Cork hold whiphand", Irish Independent, 15 March 1982, p. 11
↑ "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 01/03/1982, p. 9
↑ "GAA Results", Irish Independent, 8 March 1982, p. 11
↑ "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 01/03/1982, p. 9
↑ "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 01/03/1982, p. 9
↑ "GAA Results", Irish Independent, 8 March 1982, p. 11
↑ "GAA Results in Brief", Irish Independent, 01/03/1982, p. 9
↑ "Handy for Down as Wicklows defence concedes chances".
↑ "GAA Results", Irish Press, 22 March 1982, p. 13
↑ "GAA Results", Irish Press, 22 March 1982, p. 13
↑ "Goalkeeping error costs Down dearly", Cork Examiner, 5 April 1982, p. 16
↑ "GAA Results", Irish Press, 12 April 1982, p. 13
↑ "GAA Results", Irish Press, 12 April 1982, p. 13
↑ "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
↑ "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

External links

Kerry – 1982 National Football League Champions (14th title)

1 C. Nelligan 2 J. Deenihan (c) 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 G. O'Keeffe 5 V. O'Connor 6 T. Kennelly 7 G. Lynch 8 S. Walsh 9 J. O'Shea 10 J. McElligott 11 D. Moran 12 T. Doyle 13 G. Power 14 E. Liston 15 J. Egan Manager M. O'Dwyer

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