1964–65 National Football League (Ireland) Explained

League:1964–65 National Football League
Dates:October 1964 – 4 July 1965
Team1:Galway
Captain1:John Donnellan
Titles:3rd
Team2:New York
Captain2:Kenny Finn
Previous:1963–64
Next: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]

Group Stages

Division I

Inter-group play-offs

Division II

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
6 6 0 0 12 Qualified for knockout stage
6 5 0 1 10
6 4 02 8
6 3 0 3 6
5 1 0 4 2
6 1 0 5 2
5 0 0 5 0
[6]

Division III

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
6 6 0 0 12 Qualified for knockout stage
6 5 0 1 10
6 4 02 8
6 3 0 3 6
6 2 0 4 2
6 1 0 5 2
6 0 0 5 0
[6]

Knockout stages

Semi-finals

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Finals

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Galway win 24–17 on aggregate.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/gaa-history/final-teams/0/6/0/0/11/ GAA Final Teams
  2. http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(3)/1984-(5) GAA Archives
  3. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1965/06/28/page/61/article/gaelic-football-playoff-opener-to-new-york Chicago Tribune 28 June 1965, Section 3, Page 3, 1st column
  4. http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/game/832/1965-Kerry-Vs-Galway Terrace Talk 1965
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1965/07/05/archives/galway-takes-football-title-before-12215-at-gaelic-park.html "Galway Takes Football Title Before 12,215 at Gaelic Park" - New York Times
  6. "National Football League", Irish Independent, 30 March 1965, p. 17