The 1974–75 National Football League was the 44th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Meath won a surprise victory over Dublin in the final.GAA Final Teams
Format
Divisions Division One: 12 teams. Split into two groups of 6. Division Two: 6 teams Division Three: 14 teams. Split into two groups of 7.
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 (A): top 2 teams Division One (B): top 2 teams Division Two: group winners Division Three: Division winners. Determined by a play-off between the two group winners
Knockout phase structure In the quarter-finals, the match-ups were as follows: Quarter-final 1: Second-placed team in Division One (A) v First-placed team in Division Two Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division One (B) v First-placed team in Division Three The semi-final match-ups are: Semi-final 1: First Placed team in Division One (A) v Winner Quarter-final 1 Semi-final 2: First Placed team in Division One (B) v Winner Quarter-final 2
The final match-up is: Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2.
Promotion and relegation
Division One: 1 relegation place. Bottom teams in Division One (A) and Division One (B) play-off Division Two: group winners promoted to Division One. Bottom team demoted to Division Three. Division Three: 1 promotion place. Group winners of Division Three (A) and Division Three (B) play-off
Separation of teams on equal points
In the event that teams finish on equal points, then teams were separated according to points average(goals scored divided by goals conceded)."National Football League placings clarified", Irish Press, 03/03/1975, p. 14
Group stage
Division One
Results
Division One relegation play-off
Tables
Group A TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Dublin5 3 1 1 66 41 1.610 7 Advanced to Knockout stage Kerry5 3 1 1 59 40 1.475 7 Cork5 3 0 2 59 50 1.180 6 Roscommon5 3 0 2 51 55 0.927 6 Offaly5 1 0 4 36 55 0.655 2 Kildare5 1 0 4 43 73 0.589 2
Group B TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Mayo5 5 0 0 71 33 2.152 10 Advanced to Knockout stage Tyrone5 4 0 1 59 37 1.595 8 Derry5 3 0 2 76 38 2.000 6 Galway5 2 0 3 53 58 0.914 4 Sligo5 1 0 4 47 76 0.618 2 Wicklow5 0 0 5 29 93 0.312 0Relegated to Division Two of the 1975–76 NFL
Division Two
Table TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Meath5 4 0 1 61 44 1.386 8 Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division One of the 1975–76 NFL Down5 4 0 1 48 37 1.297 8 Cavan5 2 1 2 45 42 1.071 5 Antrim5 2 0 3 53 49 1.082 4 Fermanagh5 1 1 3 41 55 0.745 3 Longford5 0 2 3 43 64 0.672 2Relegated to Division Three of the 1975–76 NFL
Division Three
Results
Division Three promotion play-off
Tables
Group A TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Monaghan6 5 0 1 78 40 1.950 10 Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division Two of the 1975–76 NFL Louth6 5 0 1 90 54 1.667 10 Armagh6 4 0 2 75 55 1.364 8 Donegal6 2 1 3 67 62 1.081 5 Westmeath6 2 0 4 47 75 0.627 4 Laois6 1 1 4 56 71 0.789 3 Leitrim6 1 0 5 45 101 0.446 2
Group B TeamPldWDLFAAverPtsNotes Clare6 6 0 0 73 29 2.517 12 Tipperary6 5 0 1 102 62 1.645 10 Wexford6 3 0 3 82 67 1.224 6 Limerick6 3 0 3 78 74 1.054 6 Waterford6 3 0 3 64 64 1.000 6 Carlow6 1 0 5 58 81 0.716 2 Kilkenny6 0 0 6 44 124 0.355 0
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
References