The 1977–78 National Football League was the 47th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
League details | |
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Dates | October 1977 – 23 April 1978 |
League champions | |
Winners | Dublin (5th win) |
Captain | Tony Hanahoe |
Manager | Tony Hanahoe |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Mayo |
Captain | John P Keane[1] |
Manager | Johnny Carey |
← 1976–77 1978–79 → |
Format
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Group stage
editDivision One (North)
editTable
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Mayo | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | Qualified for Knockout Stages |
Cavan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
Roscommon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Tyrone | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Antrim | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Derry | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL |
Division One (South)
editTable
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Dublin | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Qualified for Knockout Stages |
Kildare | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
Cork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Galway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Kerry | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Offaly | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL |
Division Two (North)
editGroup A play-offs
edit22 January 1978 For 1st Place | Armagh | 2-9 — 2-7 | Down | Castleblaney |
29 January 1978 For 2nd Place | Down | 1-11 — 0-5 | Louth | Castleblaney |
Group B play-offs
edit22 January 1978 For 1st Place | Donegal | 0-13 — 0-10 | Fermanagh | Ballybofey |
Inter-group play-offs
edit19 February 1978 Final | Down | 2-7 — 1-3 | Armagh | Castleblaney |
Group A Table
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Armagh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Down | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL |
Louth | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Westmeath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Antrim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Group B Table
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donegal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Fermanagh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Leitrim | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Sligo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Longford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Division Two (South)
editGroup A play-offs
edit22 January 1978 For 1st Place | Laois | 4-8 — 1-12 | Meath | Tullamore |
E Whelan 2-1, L Scully 1-2, W Brennan 1-1, B Bohane 0-3, Tom Prendergast 0-1 | Mick Fay 0-6, Fergus Fagan 1-1, Cormac Roe 0-2, O O'Brien, P Cromwell, Gerry McEntee 0-1 each | Referee: Johnny Geraghty (Galway) |
Group B play-offs
editInter-group play-offs
edit5 February 1978 Semi-Final | Laois | 4-16 — 1-7 | Wicklow | Athy |
Tom Prendergast 3-5, W Brennan 1-4, S Allen 0-3, E Whelan 0-2, B Bohane, F Hennessy 0-1 each | Referee: Martin Meally (Kilkenny) |
5 March 1978 Final | Laois | 1-12 — 1-6 | Wexford | Carlow |
Tom Prendergast 1-2, Billy Bohane 0-5, Willie Brennan, Colm Browne 0-2 each, Liam Scully 0-1 | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Denis Guerin (Dublin) |
Group A Table
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Laois | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL |
Meath | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Tipperary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Clare | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Limerick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Group B Table
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
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Wexford | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Carlow | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Wicklow | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Waterford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Kilkenny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Knockout stage
editQuarter-finals
editLaois | 4-9 – 2-10 | Cavan |
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Tom Prendergast 2-1 Willie Brennan 0-5, Mick Moore 1-1, Stevie Allen 1-0, John Costello. Eamonn Whelan 0-1 each |
Semi-finals
editDublin | 0-12 – 0-7 | Laois |
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Bobby Doyle 0-3, Brian Mullins, Anton O'Toole 0-2 each, Tommy Drumm, Bernard Brogan, David Hickey, Fran Ryder, Pat O'Neill 0-1 each | W Brennan 0-3, L Scully, S Allen, B Bohane, T Prendergast 0-1 each |
Final
editReferences
edit- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ Mayo Archive 1978
- ^ "059 Dubs 1978 | a whole new world". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 5 December 1977, p. 11
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151