1964–65 National Football League (Ireland)

1964–65 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1964 – 4 July 1965
League champions
Winners	Galway (3rd win)
Captain	John Donnellan
League runners-up
Runners-up	New York
Captain	Kenny Finn
	← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 National Football League was the 34th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Galway won the home competition with a win over Kerry in the final. The play-off with New York was now two-legged: the hosts won the first game with a last-minute point, but on Independence Day Galway won in a rout.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Format

Group Stages

Division I

Inter-group play-offs

4 April 1965 Final

Donegal

2-9 — 1-7

Derry

Division II

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Meath	6	6	0	12	Qualified for knockout stage
Mayo	6	5	1	10
Cavan	6	4	2	8
Sligo	6	3	3	6
Westmeath	5	1	4	2
Longford	6	1	5	2
Leitrim	5	0	5	0

^[6]

Division III

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Galway	6	6	0	12	Qualified for knockout stage
Dublin	6	5	1	10
Louth	6	4	2	8
Offaly	6	3	3	6
Roscommon	6	2	4	2
Wicklow	6	1	5	2
Laois	6	0	5	0

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Knockout stages

Semi-finals

11 April 1965^[7]

Kerry	3-10 – 1-8	Donegal
M. O'Dwyer (1-0)^[7] D. Geaney (1-0)^[7] J. J. Barrett (1-0)^[7] B. O'Callaghan (0-5)^[7] V. Lucey (0-3)^[7] S. Burrows (0-1)^[7] P. Griffin (0-1)^[7]		J. Hannigan (1-0)^[7] M. McLoone (0-3)^[7] P. J. Flood (0-2)^[7] A. McDevitt (0-2)^[7] F. Campbell (0-1)^[7]

Referee: Mick Loftus (Mayo)^[7]

25 April 1965

Galway	0-8 – 1-2	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 42,135

Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)^[8]

Finals

16 May 1965
Home Final

Galway	1-7 – 0-8	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 47,191

Referee: Mick Loftus (Mayo)

27 June 1965
Final, first leg

New York	0-8 – 1-4	Galway

Gaelic Park, New York City

Referee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)^[9]

4 July 1965
Final, second leg

New York	0-9 – 3-8	Galway

Gaelic Park, New York City

Attendance: 12,215

Referee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)^[9]

Galway win 24–17 on aggregate.

References

^ GAA Final Teams
^ GAA Archives^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Chicago Tribune 28 June 1965, Section 3, Page 3, 1st column
^ Terrace Talk 1965
^ "Galway Takes Football Title Before 12,215 at Gaelic Park" - New York Times
^ ^a ^b "National Football League", Irish Independent, 30 March 1965, p. 17
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Back in time...". Clár Oifigiúil: Quarter-final Group Stage, Group 2 Phase 2 (i.e. the Kerry match). 21 July 2019. p. 35.
^ Cogley, M.V., "Galway for Home Final", Irish Independent, 26 April 1965, p. 15
^ ^a ^b "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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[1] GAA Final Teams

[2] GAA Archives^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] Chicago Tribune 28 June 1965, Section 3, Page 3, 1st column

[4] Terrace Talk 1965

[5] "Galway Takes Football Title Before 12,215 at Gaelic Park" - New York Times

[Irish_Independent_1965,_p._17-6] "National Football League", Irish Independent, 30 March 1965, p. 17

[ker21072019-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Back in time...". Clár Oifigiúil: Quarter-final Group Stage, Group 2 Phase 2 (i.e. the Kerry match). 21 July 2019. p. 35.

[8] Cogley, M.V., "Galway for Home Final", Irish Independent, 26 April 1965, p. 15

[For_The_Record_2002-9] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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