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1980–81 National Football League (Ireland)

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Winners
  
Galway (3rd win)

Runners-up
  
Roscommon

Captain
  
Barry Brennan

Captain
  
Danny Murray

Dates
  
October 1980 – 10 May 1981

The 1980–81 National Football League was the 50th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Contents

Galway defeated Roscommon in an all-Connacht final.

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
  • 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.

    References

    1980–81 National Football League (Ireland) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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