1994–95 National Football League (Ireland) Explained

League:1994–95 National Football League
Dates:October 1994 – 14 May 1995
Teams:33
Team1:Derry
Captain1:Tony Scullion
Manager1:Mickey Moran
Titles:3rd
Team2:Donegal
Manager2:P. J. McGowan[1]
Two:Clare
Three:Cavan
Four:Monaghan
Previous:1993–94
Next:1995–96

The 1994–95 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 64th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

The tournament introduced two experimental rules: consecutive handpasses were banned, and players had to stay 10 m (11 yd) from the free-kick taker. This later evolved into the current 13 m (14 yd) exclusion zone.[2] Derry defeated Donegal in the final.[3] [4] [5]

Format

The teams are in four divisions, three of 8 teams and one of 9. Each team plays all the other teams in its division once: either home or away. Teams earn 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted, while the bottom two teams in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.[6]

Eight teams contest the NFL quarter-finals:

Results and tables

Division One

Table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
7 5 0 2 10 Advance to quarter-finals
7 4 12 9
7 4 0 3 8
7 4 0 3 8
7 4 0 3 8
7 3 04 6
7 2 1 4 5 Relegated to Division Two of the 1995–96 NFL
7 1 0 6 2

Division two

Table

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
7 5 1 1 11 Promoted to Division One of the 1995–96 NFL and advance to quarter-finals
7 5 02 10
7 5 02 10
7 3 2 2 8
7 3 1 3 7
7 2 23 6
7 1 1 5 3 Relegated to Division Three of the 1995–96 NFL
7 0 1 6 1

Division 3

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
7 6 0 1 12 Promoted to Division Two of the 1995–96 NFL and advance to quarter-finals
7 5 1111 Promoted to Division Two of the 1995–96 NFL
7 5 02 10
7 3 1 3 7
7 3 0 4 6
7 3 04 6
7 1 2 4 4 Relegated to Division Four of the 1995–96 NFL
7 0 0 7 0

Division 4

TeamPldWDLPtsStatus
8 7 0 1 14 Promoted to Division Three of the 1995–96 NFL and advance to quarter-finals
8 6 1113 Promoted to Division Three of the 1995–96 NFL
8 6 0 2 12
8 5 03 10
8 4 1 3 9
8 3 05 6
8 1 1 6 3
8 1 1 6 3
8 0 2 6 2

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Notes and References

  1. News: Declan. Bonner. Declan Bonner. Champions dethroned. Donegal News. 28 May 2020. 55. It was mentioned to me last week that it was 25 years since Donegal dethroned Down in the preliminary round of the Ulster Championship… PJ McGowan had taken over from Brian McEniff at that stage… It's funny looking back now because we had played the League final against Derry the week before and lost..
  2. http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/gaas-previous-experimental-rules-26227651.html GAA's previous experimental rules - Irish Independent
  3. http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/gaa-history/final-teams/0/6/0/0/4/ GAA Final Teams
  4. Web site: GAA Archive 1995 . 2015-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211310/http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/1990-1999/1984-(4) . 2015-09-23 . dead .
  5. http://inpho.ie/media/rKlWXyYBj42WE0hba45ExA..a Photo of final
  6. http://homepage.eircom.net/~gaelicgames/ Gaelic Games website