League: | 2010 National Football League |
Dates: | 6 February – 25 April 2010 |
Teams: | 33 |
Team1: | Cork |
Titles: | 6th |
Team2: | Mayo |
Captain2: | Trevor Mortimer |
Two: | Armagh |
Three: | Sligo |
Four: | Limerick |
Previous: | 2009 |
Next: | 2011 |
The 2010 National Football League known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League was the 79th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. The League began on Saturday 6 February 2010. Thirty-two Gaelic football county teams from Ireland, plus London, participated.On 25 April, Cork defeated Mayo by 1–17 to 0–12 to win their sixth league title and their third in a row.[1]
The 2010 format of the National Football League was a system of four divisions. The top three divisions consisted of 8 teams, and Division 4 contained nine teams. Each team played every other team in its division once, either home or away. 2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.
If only two teams were level on points:
If three or more teams were level on points, points difference was used to rank the teams.
The top two teams in Division 1 contested the 2010 NFL final. The top two teams in divisions 2, 3 and 4 were promoted, and contested the finals of their respective divisions. The bottom two teams in divisions 1, 2 and 3 were relegated.
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Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
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1 | David Tubridy | Clare | 6–48 | 66 | 8 | 8.2 |
2 | Francis McGee | Longford | 3–55 | 64 | 8 | 8 |
3 | Paddy Cunningham | Antrim | 3–51 | 60 | 8 | 7.5 |
4 | Steven McDonnell | Armagh | 3–45 | 54 | 8 | 6.8 |
5 | Michael Foley | Leitrim | 0–41 | 41 | 8 | 5.1 |
6 | Seanie Furlong | Wicklow | 4–28 | 40 | 8 | 5 |
7 | Ger Collins | Limerick | 2–33 | 39 | 9 | 4.3 |
Donal Shine | Roscommon | 1–36 | 39 | 6 | 6.5 | |
9 | Bernard Brogan | Dublin | 3–28 | 37 | 6 | 6.2 |
Barry Grogan | Tipperary | 4–25 | 37 | 6 | 6.2 | |
11 | Michael Murphy | Donegal | 2–28 | 34 | 7 | 4.9 |
Niall McNamee | Offaly | 3–25 | 34 | 6 | 5.7 | |
13 | Mark Breheny | Sligo | 0–33 | 33 | 8 | 4.1 |
Cian Mackey | Cavan | 2–27 | 33 | 7 | 4.7 | |
15 | Ian Ryan | Limerick | 0–31 | 31 | 6 | 5.2 |
16 | Conor McManus | Monaghan | 1–26 | 29 | 6 | 4.8 |
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
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1 | Francis McGee | Longford | 2–10 | 16 | Kilkenny |
2 | David Tubridy | Clare | 1–11 | 14 | Carlow |
3 | MJ Tierney | Laois | 0–13 | 13 | Westmeath |
David Tubridy | Clare | 2–7 | 13 | Kilkenny | |
5 | Steven McDonnell | Armagh | 1–9 | 12 | Westmeath |
6 | Bernard Brogan | Dublin | 0–11 | 11 | Galway |
Niall McNamee | Offaly | 1–8 | 11 | Roscommon | |
David Tubridy | Clare | 2–5 | 11 | Limerick | |
Seanie Buckley | Limerick | 3–2 | 11 | Kilkenny | |
Seanie Furlong | Wicklow | 3–2 | 11 | London | |