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1979–80 National Football League (Ireland)

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Winners
  
Cork (3rd win)

Manager
  
Billy Morgan

Captain
  
Jimmy Deenihan

Captain
  
Christy Ryan

Runners-up
  
Kerry

Dates
  
October 1979 – 27 April 1980

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.

Contents

Cork defeated Kerry in an all-Munster final.

Divisions

  • Division One: 12 teams. Split into two regional groups of 6 (North and South)
  • Division Two: 20 teams. Split into two 10 team regional sub-divisions of North and South, which were divided into five teams each.

    • Titles

    Teams in both divisions competed for the National Football League title.

    There was also a separate National Football League Division Two title.

    Knockout stage qualifiers

  • Division One (North): top 3 teams
  • Division One (South): top 3 teams
  • Division Two (North): winners
  • Division Two (South): winners

    • Promotion and Relegation

    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.

    References

    1979–80 National Football League (Ireland) Wikipedia
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