Captain Eugene Sherry | ||
Dates October 1985 – 4 May 1986 | ||
The 1985–86 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Ford National Football League, was the 55th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Contents
- Format
- Divisions
- Round Robin Format
- Points awarded
- Titles
- Knockout stage qualifiers
- Knockout phase structure
- Promotion and Relegation
- Separation of teams on equal points
- References
Laois won their second title to bridge a sixty-year gap.
Format
1985-86 saw a change in format of the National League. Divisions Three and Four were amalgamated into a new Division Three, which was split by region.
Divisions
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
Knockout phase structure
In the Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows:
The semi-final match-ups are:
The final match-up is: Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2.
Promotion and Relegation
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.