1969–70 National Football League (Ireland)

1969–70 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1969 – 10 May 1970
League champions
Winners	Mayo (10th win)
Captain	Johnny Carey
League runners-up
Runners-up	Down
Captain	Tom O'Hare
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 National Football League was the 39th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Mayo beat Down in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

Round-Robin Format

Division Two (B) and Division Three (A): Played as a double round-robin.^[5]
All other groups: Single Round-Robin. Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away.

Titles

Teams in all four divisions competed for the National Football League title.

Teams that did not qualify for the inter-divisional play-offs completed for the Supplementary League Title. There was a severe lack of interest in this league, with considerable delays in organising fixtures in the Southern section.^[6] When the final was eventually played, fewer than 100 people attended.^[7]

League Phase

Division One

Inter-Group Play-Offs

1 March 1970 Semi-Final	Down	2-7 — 2-7	Westmeath	Croke Park, Dublin^[8]

8 March 1970 Semi-Final Replay	Down	1-13 — 1-7	Westmeath	Páirc Tailteann, Navan^[9]

8 March 1970 Semi-Final	Louth	1-12 — 1-12	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin^[10]

22 March 1970 Semi-Final Replay	Louth	0-10 — 0-8	Dublin	Páirc Tailteann, Navan^[11]

5 April 1970 Final	Down	0-9 — 0-7	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin^[12]

Division Two

Inter-Group Play-Offs

8 March 1970 Semi-Final	Derry	4-13 — 0-5	Donegal	Dungannon^[13]

8 March 1970 Semi-Final	Sligo	0-6 — 0-5	Cavan	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon^[14]

22 March 1970 Final	Derry	0-11 — 0-7	Sligo	Ballyshannon^[15]

Division Three

Inter-Group Play-Offs

1 March 1970 Semi-Final	Kerry	3-9 — 0-10	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin^[16]
				Attendance: 13,158

22 March 1970 Semi-Final	Mayo	3-11 — 0-5	Clare	Pearse Stadium, Salthill^[17]

12 April 1970 Final	Mayo	0-10 — 1-5	Kerry	Pearse Stadium, Salthill^[18]

Division Four

Group A Play-Offs

1 February 1970 For 2nd place	Kildare	2-12 — 1-4	Roscommon	Athy^[19]

Inter-Group Play-Offs

8 March 1970 Semi-Final	Kildare	2-7 — 0-5	Wicklow	Croke Park, Dublin^[20]

22 March 1970 Semi-Final	Wexford	2-8 — 1-3	Limerick	Clonmel^[21]

5 April 1970 Final	Kildare	2-8 — 0-4	Wexford	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow^[22]

Supplementary League

A: Longford, B: Kilkenny, Waterford, Carlow

Group A Regulation Games

15 March 1970	Armagh	1-15 — 1-5	Leitrim	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon^[23]

22 March 1970	Fermanagh	2-11 — 1-9	Leitrim	Irvinestown^[24]

29 March 1970	Antrim	3-8 — 1-5	Fermanagh	^[25]

5 April 1970	Antrim	5-8 — 0-5	Leitrim	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon^[26]

12 April 1970	Antrim	6-7 — 1-6	Armagh	Casement Park, Belfast^[27]

Group B Regulation Games

15 March 1970	Cork	2-5 — 0-6	Tipperary	Fermoy^[28]

19 April 1970	Cork	0-17 — 2-6	Carlow	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow^[29]

21 April 1970	Tipperary	4-10 — 1-6	Kilkenny	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny^[30]

Supplementary League Final

27 June 1970	Cork	2-6 — 0-8	Antrim	Croke Park, Dublin^[31]
				Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)

Knockout Phase

Semi-Finals

Down v Kildare

12 April 1970

Down	1-11 – 2-3	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin^[32]
Attendance: 11,101

Mayo v Derry

19 April 1970

Mayo	1-11 – 2-7	Derry

Croke Park, Dublin^[33]

Finals

Mayo v Down

10 May 1970
Final

Mayo	4-7 – 0-10	Down
JJ Cribben 2-1; J Corcoran 0-4; T Fitzgerald, J Gibbons 1-0 each; W McGee, J Langan 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 32,042^[34]
Referee: John Moloney (Tipperary)^[35]

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ GAA Archive 1970
↑ Mayo GAA Blog
↑ "Mayo’s 1970 National Football League win remembered" - Mayo News
↑ "League Tables", Irish Press, 18 November 1969, p. 16
↑ Croke, Andy, "Lack of interest hits new league", Sunday Independent, 26 April 1970, p. 15
↑ "Cork footballers too good for Antrim", Cork Examiner, 29 June 1970, p. 11
↑ "Down and Westmeath finish all square", Irish Independent, 2 March 1970, p. 9
↑ "National Football and Hurling League Special", Irish Press, 9 March 1970, p. 15
↑ "National Football and Hurling League Special", Irish Press, 9 March 1970, p. 15
↑ "Results at a Glance", Irish Press, 23 March 1970, p. 14
↑ "Down scrape in", Irish Independent, 6 April 1970, p. 10
↑ National Football and Hurling League Special", Irish Press, 9 March 1970, p. 15
↑ National Football and Hurling League Special", Irish Press, 9 March 1970, p. 15
↑ "Sligo miss made sure for Derry", Irish Press, 23 March 1970, p. 19
↑ "Kerry go out in style", Irish Independent, 3 March 1970, p. 9
↑ "Brilliant Mayo outclass poor Clare side at Galway", Irish Press, 23 March 1970, p. 19
↑ "Mayo pull through", Irish Independent, 13 April 1970, p. 11
↑ "Kildare knock out Roscommon", Irish Independent, 2 February 1970, p. 38
↑ "National Football and Hurling League Special", Irish Press, 9 March 1970, p. 15
↑ "Wexford in Final", Irish Press, 23 March 1970, p. 19
↑ Cogley, Mitchel, "Easy for Kildare", Irish Press, 6 April 1970, p. 11
↑ "G.A.A. in brief", Irish Press, 16 March 1970, p. 11
↑ "Dolan's effort was in vain", Irish Press, 23 March 1970, p. 19
↑ "Fermanagh go down in League tie", Anglo Celt, 3 April 1970, p. 13
↑ "Early goals paved way for Antrim", Irish Press, 6 April 1970, p. 15
↑ "Dual win for Antrim", Irish Independent, 13 April 1970, p. 12
↑ "G.A.A. in brief", Irish Press, 16 March 1970, p. 11
↑ "Results at a glance", Irish Press, 20 April 1970, p. 14
↑ "Tipperary footballers well on top", Cork Examiner, 22 April 1970, p. 14
↑ "Cork footballers too good for Antrim", Cork Examiner, 29 June 1970, p. 11
↑ "Down cover supreme as Kildare go out of race", Irish Independent, 13/04/1970, p.11
↑ "Results at a glance", Irish Press, 20/04/1970, p.14
↑ "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

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