1978–79 National Football League (Ireland)

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1978–79 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1978 – 13 May 1979
League champions
WinnersRoscommon (1st win)
Captain
Manager
League runners-up
Runners-upCork

The 1978–79 National Football League was the 48th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Roscommon won their first and only NFL title with a win over Cork in the final.[1][2][3][4]

Format[]

Knockout stage qualifiers[]

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

Group stage[]

Division One (South)[]

Table[]

Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 5 4 1 0 9 Qualified for Knockout Stages
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 5 4 0 1 8
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 5 3 0 2 6
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 5 1 2 2 4
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 5 1 1 3 3
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 5 0 0 5 0

[5]

Division Two (North) Final[]

4 March 1979 Final Armagh 3-2 — 0-8 Sligo Breffni Park, Cavan
Referee: P. Collins, Westmeath

Division Two (South) Final[]

25 March 1979 Final Offaly 2-8 — 1-7 Wexford Athy

Knockout stage[]

Quarter-Finals[]

Offaly3-12 – 1-4Tyrone
Roscommon1-12 – 1-11Kerry
Kildare0-11 – 0-7Down
Attendance: 12,654
Cork1-8 – 0-7Armagh
Attendance: 12,654
Referee: K. Campbell Meath

Semi-Finals[]

Roscommon1-14 – 0-13Offaly
Cork2-9 – 0-4Kildare

Finals[]

Roscommon0-15 – 1-3Cork
Attendance: 29,245[9]
Referee: Hugh Duggan (Armagh)[10]

References[]

  1. ^ GAA Final Teams
  2. ^ GAA Archive 1979[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2015-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Photo of Danny Murray with cup
  5. ^ "How They Stand", Irish Independent, 11/12/1978, p. 16
  6. ^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1979 League".
  7. ^ "Missed chances so costly for Armagh", Irish Independent, 8 April 1979, p. 14
  8. ^ Puirseal, Padraig, "Roscommon are spot on", Irish Press, 15 April 1979, p. 16
  9. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  10. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151


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