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1974–75 National Football League (Ireland)

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Winners
  
Meath (4th win)

Manager
  
Micheál O'Brien

Captain
  
Seán Doherty

Captain
  
Ronan Giles

Runners-up
  
Dublin

Dates
  
October 1974 – 18 May 1975

The 1974–75 National Football League was the 44th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Contents

Meath won a surprise victory over Dublin in the final.

Divisions

  • Division One: 12 teams. Split into two groups of 6.
  • Division Two: 6 teams
  • Division Three: 14 teams. Split into two groups of 7.

    • Round-Robin Format

    Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away.

    Points awarded

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

    Titles

    Teams in all three divisions competed for the National Football League title.

    Knockout stage qualifiers

  • Division One (A): top 2 teams
  • Division One (B): top 2 teams
  • Division Two: group winners
  • Division Three: Division winners. Determined by a play-off between the two group winners

    • Knockout phase structure

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

  • Quarter-final 1: Second-placed team in Division One (A) v First-placed team in Division Two
  • Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division One (B) v First-placed team in Division Three

    • The semi-final match-ups are:

  • Semi-final 1: First Placed team in Division One (A) v Winner Quarter-final 1
  • Semi-final 2: First Placed team in Division One (B) v Winner Quarter-final 2

    • The final match-up is: Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2.

    Promotion and Relegation

  • Division One: 1 relegation place. Bottom teams in Division One (A) and Division One (B) play-off
  • Division Two: group winners promoted to Division One. Bottom team demoted to Division Three.
  • Division Three: 1 promotion place. Group winners of Division Three (A) and Division Three (B) play-off

    • Separation of teams on equal points

    In the event that teams finish on equal points, then teams were separated according to points average(goals scored divided by goals conceded).

    Results

    Division One Relegation Play-Off

    Results

    Division Three Promotion Play-Off

    Tables

    Group A
    Group B

    References

    1974–75 National Football League (Ireland) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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