1967–68 National Football League (Ireland) Explained

League:1967–68 National Football League
Dates:October 1967 – May 1968
Team1:Down
Captain1:Joe Lennon
Titles:3rd
Team2:Kildare
Captain2:Pa Connolly
Previous:1966–67
Next:1968–69

The 1967–68 National Football League was the 37th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Down defeated Kildare in the final.[1] [2] [3]

Format

Divisions

The top 2 in each group progressed to the Division Semi-finals and the winners of the Division Finals played off in the NFL semi-finals.

Round-robin format

Single Round-Robin. Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away.

Division One (A) was to be played as a double round-robin, but this was abandoned.[4]

Points awarded

2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

Titles

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

League Phase Results and Tables

Division One

Division One (A) table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
3 2 1 0 5 Qualified for Knockout Phase
3 2 1 0 5
3 1 02 2
3 0 03 0

Division One (B) table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
3 3 0 0 6
3 2 0 1 4
3 1 02 2
3 0 03 0

Division Two

Division Two (A) table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
3 2 0 1 4
3 2 0 1 4 Qualified for Knockout Phase
3 1 02 2
3 1 02 2

Division Two (B) table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
3 2 0 1 4
3 2 0 1 4
3 1 02 2
3 1 02 2

Division Three

Division Three (A) table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
3 3 0 0 6 Qualified for Knockout Phase
3 2 0 1 4
3 1 02 2
3 0 03 0

Division Three (B) table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
3 2 0 1 4
3 2 0 1 4
3 2 01 4
3 0 03 0

Division Four

Division Four (A) table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
3 3 0 0 6
3 2 0 1 4
3 1 02 2
3 0 03 0

Division Four (B) table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
3 3 0 0 6 Qualified for Knockout Phase
3 2 0 1 4
3 1 02 2
3 0 03 0

Knockout Phase Results

Semi-final

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Final

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-(8) GAA Archive 1968
  3. https://twitter.com/downgaaretropic/status/537380408808456193 Down-Kildare on Twitter
  4. "Sunday's game will decide the winners", Irish Independent, 24/01/1968, p.14