1975–76 National Football League (Ireland)

Group stage

Knockout stage

References

Division One

Division Two

Division Three

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Group A Play-offs

Group B Play-offs

Inter-Group Relegation Play-off

Group A Table

Group B Table

Table

Inter-Group Play-offs

Group A Table

1975–76 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1975 – 2 May 1976
League champions
Winners	Dublin (4th win)
Captain	Tony Hanahoe
Manager	Kevin Heffernan
League runners-up
Runners-up	Derry
Captain	Peter Stevenson
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 National Football League was the 45th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Dublin defeated Derry in the final.^[1]^[2]

7 March 1976 For 2nd place	Cork	2-7 — 1-5	Kerry	Pairc Ui Chaoimh^[3]
				Referee: J Landers (Waterford)

7 March 1976 For 1st place	Derry	2-11 — 2-6	Galway	Croke Park^[4]
				Referee: M Meally (Kilkenny)

7 March 1976	Mayo	3-13 — 2-7	Offaly	Roscommon^[5]
				Referee: J Martin (Roscommon)

^[6]

^[7]

7 March 1976 Final	Armagh	1-6 — 0-9	Clare	Croke Park^[8]
				Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)

14 March 1976 Final Replay	Armagh	1-7 — 1-6	Clare	Croke Park^[9]
				Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Notes
Armagh	6	6	0	12	Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division Two of the 1976–77 NFL
Donegal	6	5	1	10
Laois	6	3	3	6
Leitrim	6	3	3	6
Longford	6	2	4	4
Louth	6	2	4	4
Westmeath	6	0	6	0

^[10]

Galway v Antrim

21 March 1976

Galway	0-12 – 1-5	Antrim

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: R Barry (Meath)^[11]

Cork v Armagh

21 March 1976

Cork	3-8 – 0-11	Armagh

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)^[12]

Dublin v Galway

4 April 1976

Dublin	1-11 – 0-12	Galway

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 18,734^[13]

Derry v Cork

11 April 1976

Derry	1-7 – 1-6	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 7,659^[14]
Referee: R Barry (Meath)

Dublin v Derry

2 May 1976

Dublin	2-10 – 0-15	Derry

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 33,845^[15]
Referee: John Moloney (Tipperary)^[16]

Qualified for Knockout Stages

Qualified for Knockout Stages

Relegated to Division Two of the 1976–77 NFL

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/026-1976-team
↑ O'Brien, Peadar, "Rampant Corkmen conquer Kingdom", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
↑ Puirseal, Padraig, "Glory day for Derry - at last", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
↑ Fortune,Michael "Mayo - just like that!", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
↑ Puirseal, Padraig"Clare, Armagh to try again after rousing tie", Irish Press, 08 March 1976, p. 10
↑ "G.A.A. Scores", Irish Press, 15 March 1976, p. 10
↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 02/02/1976, p. 8
↑ Kenealy, Con,"Antrim fall victims to dull Galway", Irish Independent, 22 March 1976, p. 11
↑ Kenealy, Con,"Armagh perish on Cork rock", Irish Independent, 22 March 1976, p. 11
↑ O'Brien, Peadar,"Great fightback by mighty Dublin", Irish Press, 5 April 1976, p. 10
↑ Carroll, Donal,"Derry Qualify", Irish Independent, 12 April 1976, p. 8
↑ "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

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