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Gaelic football competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1979–80 National Football League was the 49th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
League details | |
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Dates | October 1979 – 27 April 1980 |
League champions | |
Winners | Cork (3rd win) |
Captain | Christy Ryan |
Manager | Billy Morgan |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Kerry |
Captain | Jimmy Deenihan |
Manager | Mick O'Dwyer |
← 1978–79 1980–81 → |
Teams in both divisions competed for the National Football League title.
There was also a separate National Football League Division Two title.
This was the last season of the present league format. For the 1980–81 season, the 32 counties were divided into four divisions of eight teams. The teams were not placed into the new structure entirely in line with their placings in the 1979–80 league.[6]
10 February 1980 For 1st Place | Armagh | 0-10 — 1-4 | Down | Coalisland[7] |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Armagh | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Qualified for Knockout Stages |
Down | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
Roscommon | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
Mayo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | Relegated to Division Two of the 1980–81 NFL |
Tyrone | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Cavan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL |
24 February 1980 Final | Fermanagh | 2-6 — 1-4 | Antrim | Coalisland[10] |
Group A table
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Group B table
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2 March 1980 Final | Wexford | 1-14 — 0-7 | Clare | Croke Park, Dublin[13] |
Group A table
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Group B table
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6 July 1980 'Home' Final | Wexford | 5-14 — 0-10 | Fermanagh | Croke Park, Dublin[24] |
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