1989–90 National Football League (Ireland)

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1989–90 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1989 – 29 April 1990
League champions
WinnersMeath (6th win)
CaptainColm O'Rourke
ManagerSeán Boylan
League runners-up
Runners-upDown
CaptainPaddy O'Rourke

The 1989–90 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Royal Liver Assurance National Football League, was the 59th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

The tournament introduced several experimental rules: game divided into four quarters; all kick outs from the hands from within the small rectangle; free kicks from the hands or the ground; all sideline kicks from the hands; teeing up the ball is a foul. Of these rules, only the free kick from hand or ground, and the illegality of teeing up the ball, survive to the modern day.[1] Meath defeated Down in the final.[2][3][4]

Format[]

Divisions[]

  • Division One: 8 teams
  • Division Two: 8 teams
  • Division Three: 16 teams. Split into two regional groups of 8 (North and South)

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: top 4 teams
  • Division Two: top 2 teams
  • Division Three (North): group winners
  • Division Three (South): group winners

Knockout phase structure[]

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

  • Quarter-final 1: First-placed team in Division One v First-placed team in Division Three (South)
  • Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division One v First-placed team in Division Three (North)
  • Quarter-final 3: Third-placed team in Division One v Second-placed team in Division Two
  • Quarter-final 4: Fourth-placed team in Division One v First-placed team in Division Two

The semi-final match-ups are:

  • Semi-final 1: Winner Quarter-final 1 v Winner Quarter-final 4
  • Semi-final 2: Winner Quarter-final 2 v Winner Quarter-final 3

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

Promotion and Relegation[]

  • Division One: bottom 2 teams demoted to Division Two
  • Division Two: top 2 teams promoted to Division One. Bottom 3 teams demoted to Division Three.
  • Division Three (North): group winners promoted to Division Two. Group runners up play-off for the third promotion slot from Division Three.
  • Division Three (South): group winners promoted to Division Two. Group runners up play-off for the third promotion slot from Division Three.

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.[5]

League Tables[]

Division One[]

Play-Offs[]

11 March 1990 For 4th Place Dublin 1-14 — 1-9 Armagh Drogheda[6]

Table[]

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 7 5 1 1 11 Advance to quarter-finals
Colours of Down.svg Down 7 5 0 2 10
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 7 5 0 2 10
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 7 4 0 3 8
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 7 3 2 2 8
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 7 2 0 5 4
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 7 1 1 5 3 Relegated to Division Two of the 1990–91 NFL
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 7 1 0 6 2

[7]

Division Two[]

Second Place Play-Offs[]

11 March 1990 Semi-Final Meath 0-15 — 0-7 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin[8]
11 March 1990 Semi-Final Tyrone 0-12 — 0-8 Antrim Omagh[9]
25 March 1990 Final Meath 1-20 — 1-10 Tyrone Breffni Park, Cavan[10]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: F. Finan (Sligo)

Table[]

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 7 5 1 1 11 Advance to quarter-finals; Promoted to Division One of the 1990–91 NFL
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 7 4 0 3 8
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 7 3 2 2 8
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 7 4 0 3 8
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 7 4 0 3 8
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 7 2 1 4 5 Relegated to Division Three of the 1990–91 NFL
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 7 2 0 5 4
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 7 2 0 5 4

Division Three[]

Division Three (North) Play-Offs[]

18 March 1990 For 2nd Place Leitrim 4-8 — 2-7 Offaly Roscommon[11]

Division Three (South) Play-Offs[]

25 March 1990 For 1st Place Kildare 2-9 — 1-9 Wicklow Carlow[12]

Division Three Promotion Play-Offs[]

15 April 1990 For 1st Place Leitrim 0-17 — 1-9 Wicklow Mullingar[13]
Referee: A O'Neill Derry

Division Three (North) Table[]

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 7 5 2 0 12 Advance to quarter-finals; Promoted to Division Two of the 1990–91 NFL
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 7 4 1 2 9 Promoted to Division Two of the 1990–91 NFL
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 7 4 1 2 9
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 7 4 0 3 8
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 7 4 0 3 8
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 7 3 0 4 6
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 7 1 0 6 2
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 7 1 0 6 2

Division Three (South) Table[]

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 7 6 0 1 12 Advance to quarter-finals; Promoted to Division Two of the 1990–91 NFL
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 7 6 0 1 12
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 7 5 0 2 10
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 7 4 0 3 8
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 7 3 1 3 7
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 7 1 1 5 3
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 7 1 0 6 2
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 7 1 0 6 2

Knockout Stages[]

Quarter-Finals[]

Cork4-10 – 5-5Kildare
Roscommon2-22 – 3-13Dublin
Meath2-12 – 0-13Donegal
Down1-21 – 1-5Longford

Semi-Finals[]

Meath0-14 – 0-10Cork
Down4-8 – 0-11Roscommon

Final[]

Meath2-7 – 0-11Down

References[]

  1. ^ GAA's previous experimental rules - Irish Independent
  2. ^ GAA Final Teams Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "GAA Archive 1990". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
  4. ^ Photos of final
  5. ^ "Ups and Downs of the League", Irish Independent, 05 March 1990, p. 14
  6. ^ "Bad-tempered spectacle!", Irish Independent, 12 March 1990, p. 13
  7. ^ "GAA Results", Irish Independent, 05/03/1990, p. 15
  8. ^ "Meath are Masters", Irish Press, 12 March 1990, p. 47
  9. ^ "Tyrone to fore against Antrim", Irish Independent, 12 March 1990, p. 13
  10. ^ "Meath are ready to bloom again", Irish Independent, 26 March 1990, p. 14
  11. ^ "Leitrim one-two floors Offaly", Irish Independent, 19 March 1990, p. 11
  12. ^ "Kildare struggle to end hard Wicklow challenge", Irish Independent, 26 March 1990, p. 14
  13. ^ "Slick Leitrim back in big time", Irish Press, 16 April 1990, p. 51
  14. ^ "Two defectors sink Kildare", Irish Independent, 02 April 1990, p. 9
  15. ^ "Roscommon Roar!", Irish Independent, 02 April 1990, p. 9
  16. ^ "Beggy goals lift Meath out of gloom", Irish Independent, 02 April 1990, p. 9
  17. ^ "Longford are Down and out", Irish Independent, 02 April 1990, p. 9
  18. ^ "Down men are just perfect!", Irish Press, 16 April 1990, p. 49

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