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1964–65 National Football League (Ireland)

1964–65 National Football League (Ireland)

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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.

Quick Facts League details, Dates ...

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]

Format

Group Stages

Division I

Inter-group play-offs

4 April 1965 Final Donegal 2-9 1-7 Derry

Division II

More information Team, Pld ...

[6]

Division III

More information Team, Pld ...

[6]

Knockout stages

Semi-finals

More information Kerry, 3-10 – 1-8 ...
Referee: Mick Loftus (Mayo)[7]
More information Galway, 0-8 – 1-2 ...
Attendance: 42,135
Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)[8]

Finals

More information Galway, 1-7 – 0-8 ...
Attendance: 47,191
Referee: Mick Loftus (Mayo)

More information New York, 0-8 – 1-4 ...
Referee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)[9]

More information New York, 0-9 – 3-8 ...
Attendance: 12,215
Referee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)[9]

Galway win 24–17 on aggregate.


References

  1. "National Football League", Irish Independent, 30 March 1965, p. 17
  2. "Back in time...". Clár Oifigiúil: Quarter-final Group Stage, Group 2 Phase 2 (i.e. the Kerry match). 21 July 2019. p. 35.
  3. Cogley, M.V., "Galway for Home Final", Irish Independent, 26 April 1965, p. 15
  4. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151



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