1999–2000 National Football League (Ireland)

The 1999-2000 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 69th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Derry beat Meath in the final after a replay.[1]

1999-2000 National Football League
League details
Dates31 October 1999 - 20 May 2000
Teams33
League champions
WinnersDerry (5th win)
CaptainAnthony Tohill
ManagerEamonn Coleman
League runners-up
Runners-upMeath
CaptainGraham Geraghty
ManagerSeán Boylan
Other division winners
Division 2Louth
1998-99
2000-01

Format

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League structure

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The top 16 teams were drawn into Divisions 1A and 1B. The other 16 teams were drawn into Divisions 2A and 2B. Each team played all the other teams in its section once: either home or away. Teams earned 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

Finals, promotions and relegations

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The top two teams in Divisions 2A and 2B progressed to the Division 2 semi-finals and were promoted to Division 1. The bottom two teams in Divisions 1A and 1B were relegated. The top two teams in Divisions 1A and 1B progressed to the NFL semi-finals.

Tie-breaker

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If two or more teams are level on points, scoring average was used to rank the teams.

Division 1

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Division 1A Table

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  Compete in Division 1 semi-finals   Automatic relegation to Division 2A

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
 Kerry 7 5 0 2 9-95 6-63 41 10
 Roscommon 7 5 0 2 6-71 6-61 10 10
 Dublin 7 5 0 2 6-73 3-80 2 10
 Galway 7 4 1 2 5-92 9-65 15 9
 Donegal 7 2 1 4 3-73 3-81 -8 5
 Tyrone 7 2 1 4 5-73 4-86 -10 5
 Armagh 7 1 2 4 4-58 6-75 -23 4
 Cork 7 1 1 5 6-57 7-81 -27 3

Division 1A Rounds 1 to 7

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Round 1
Cork   0-7 - 0-19 Kerry   Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork

31/10/99
Round 1
Galway   1-15 - 1-8 Roscommon   Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe

31/10/99
Round 1
Tyrone   1-13 - 0-9 Dublin   Healy Park, Omagh

31/10/99
Round 1
Armagh   0-9 - 0-10 Donegal   Athletic Grounds, Armagh

14/11/99
Round 2
Donegal   0-7 - 0-14 Galway   MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey

14/11/99
Round 2
Dublin   0-14 - 0-6 Armagh   Parnell Park, Dublin

14/11/99
Round 2
Kerry   2-19 - 1-8 Tyrone   Austin Stack Park, Tralee

14/11/99
Round 2
Roscommon   1-12 - 3-4 Cork   Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

28/11/99
Round 3
Cork   0-7 - 2-12 Donegal   Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

28/11/99
Round 3
Dublin   1-8 - 0-9 Kerry   Parnell Park, Dublin

05/12/99
Round 3
Tyrone   0-11 - 2-8 Roscommon   O'Neill Park, Dungannon

12/12/99
Round 3
Armagh   2-7 - 1-10 Galway   St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen

13/02/00
Round 4
Kerry   3-16 - 2-8 Armagh   Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

13/02/00
Round 4
Roscommon   1-10 - 0-6 Dublin   Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

13/02/00
Round 4
Galway   1-9 - 2-9 Cork   St Jarlath's Park, Tuam

13/02/00
Round 4
Donegal   0-10 - 0-10 Tyrone   MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey

05/03/00
Round 5
Kerry   1-8 - 0-9 Roscommon   Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

05/03/00
Round 5
Tyrone   1-11 - 0-15 Galway   Healy Park, Omagh

05/03/00
Round 5
Dublin   1-11 - 0-11 Donegal   Parnell Park, Dublin

05/03/00
Round 5
Armagh   0-7 - 0-7 Cork   St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen

18/03/00
Round 6
Galway   0-20 - 2-15 Dublin   St Jarlath's Park, Tuam

26/03/00
Round 6
Cork   0-12 - 1-12 Tyrone   Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

26/03/00
Round 6
Donegal   0-14 - 2-16 Kerry   Fr Tierney Park, Ballyshannon

26/03/00
Round 6
Roscommon   1-10 - 0-8 Armagh   Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

09/04/00
Round 7
Kerry   1-8 - 2-9 Galway   Austin Stack Park, Tralee

09/04/00
Round 7
Roscommon   0-14 - 1-9 Donegal   Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

09/04/00
Round 7
Dublin   2-10 - 1-11 Cork   Parnell Park, Dublin

09/04/00
Round 7
Tyrone   1-8 - 0-13 Armagh   O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Division 1B Table

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  Compete in Division 1 semi-finals   Automatic relegation to Division 2B

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
 Derry 7 5 2 0 5-77 2-56 30 12
 Meath 7 3 2 2 7-77 6-78 2 8
 Sligo 7 4 0 3 8-63 5-71 1 8
 Fermanagh 7 4 0 3 2-78 6-76 -10 8
 Mayo 7 3 0 4 5-65 3-66 5 6
 Clare 7 2 2 3 4-64 3-68 -1 6
 Kildare 7 1 2 4 4-70 7-72 -11 4
 Down 7 1 2 4 5-64 8-71 -16 4

Division 1B Rounds 1 to 7

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Round 1
Meath   0-13 - 0-11 Clare   Páirc Tailteann, Navan

31/10/99
Round 1
Fermanagh   1-14 - 0-13 Sligo   Brewster Park, Enniskillen

31/10/99
Round 1
Down   0-10 - 1-10 Kildare   Páirc Esler, Newry

31/10/99
Round 1
Derry   0-10 - 0-6 Mayo   Celtic Park, Derry

14/11/99
Round 2
Kildare   1-10 - 2-7 Derry   St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

14/11/99
Round 2
Sligo   3-11 - 2-13 Meath   Markievicz Park, Sligo

14/11/99
Round 2
Mayo   1-15 - 0-9 Fermanagh   Crossmolina Deel Rovers GAA Ground, Crossmolina

14/11/99
Round 2
Clare   1-10 - 1-10 Down   Kilmihil GAA Pitch, Kilmihil

28/11/99
Round 3
Down   0-10 - 2-6 Sligo   Páirc Esler, Newry

28/11/99
Round 3
Derry   0-7 - 0-4 Clare   Celtic Park, Derry

12/12/99
Round 3
Fermanagh   0-14 - 0-7 Meath   Brewster Park, Enniskillen

19/12/99
Round 3
Mayo   1-10 - 0-10 Kildare   MacHale Park, Castlebar

13/02/00
Round 4
Meath   1-12 - 2-9 Down   Páirc Tailteann, Navan

13/02/00
Round 4
Kildare   1-9 - 0-13 Fermanagh   St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

13/02/00
Round 4
Clare   0-13 - 0-9 Mayo   Kilmihil GAA Pitch, Kilmihil

13/02/00
Round 4
Sligo   0-9 - 0-10 Derry   Markievicz Park, Sligo

05/03/00
Round 5
Mayo   0-7 - 1-7 Sligo   Fr O'Hara Park, Charlestown

05/03/00
Round 5
Kildare   0-13 - 1-10 Clare   St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

05/03/00
Round 5
Derry   0-13 - 1-10 Meath   Celtic Park, Derry

05/03/00
Round 5
Fermanagh   0-9 - 1-11 Down   Brewster Park, Enniskilen

25/03/00
Round 6
Meath   1-10 - 1-9 Mayo   Páirc Tailteann, Navan

25/03/00
Round 6
Clare   1-6 - 1-9 Fermanagh   Kilmihil GAA Pitch, Kilmihil

25/03/00
Round 6
Down   0-7 - 1-15 Derry   St Patrick's Park, Newcastle

26/03/00
Round 6
Sligo   1-10 - 1-7 Kildare   Markievicz Park, Sligo

09/04/00
Round 7
Kildare   0-11 - 2-12 Meath   St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

09/04/00
Round 7
Derry   2-15 - 0-10 Fermanagh   Celtic Park, Derry

09/04/00
Round 7
Mayo   2-9 - 1-7 Down   St Stephen's Park, Ballina

09/04/00
Round 7
Clare   1-10 - 1-7 Sligo   Cusack Park, Ennis

Division 1 Semi-finals

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Semi-final
Meath   4-11 - 1-18 Kerry   Semple Stadium, Thurles

23/04/00
Semi-final
Derry   0-15 - 0-08 Roscommon   St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Division 1 Final

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07/05/00
Final
Derry   1-12 - 1-12 Meath   Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 25,743 [2]
Referee: Michael Curley (Galway) [3]

20/05/00
Final replay
Derry   1-08 - 0-09 Meath   St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: Paddy Russell (Tipperary) [4]

Division 2

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Division 2A Table

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  Compete in Division 2 semi-finals and automatic promotion to Division 1A

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
 Offaly 7 7 0 0 9-76 4-58 33 14
 Louth 7 6 0 1 12-99 7-72 42 12
 Wicklow 7 5 0 2 8-74 2-68 24 10
 Antrim 7 4 0 3 6-72 2-70 14 8
 Leitrim 7 3 0 4 7-78 8-78 -3 6
 Westmeath 7 2 0 5 5-74 8-66 -1 4
 Limerick 7 1 0 6 4-65 11-86 -42 2
 London 7 0 0 7 4-54 13-94 -67 0

Division 2A Rounds 1 to 7

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Round 1
Offaly   1-16 - 2-11 Louth   O'Connor Park, Tullamore

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Round 1
Limerick   0-10 - 1-12 Westmeath   Kevin Long Park, Feenagh

31/10/99
Round 1
London   0-11 - 1-11 Wicklow   Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip

31/10/99
Round 1
Leitrim   0-7 - 2-11 Antrim   Casement Park, Belfast

14/11/99
Round 2
Westmeath   3-18 - 0-3 London   Cusack Park, Mullingar

14/11/99
Round 2
Leitrim   1-19 - 1-8 Limerick   Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

14/11/99
Round 2
Louth   1-15 - 0-11 Antrim   Drogheda Park, Drogheda

14/11/99
Round 2
Wicklow   0-8 - 0-10 Offaly   Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim

28/11/99
Round 3
Limerick   1-9 - 3-14 Louth   FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock

28/11/99
Round 3
London   1-9 - 2-13 Leitrim   Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip

28/11/99
Round 3
Offaly   0-9 - 0-4 Antrim   O'Connor Park, Tullamore

05/12/99
Round 3
Wicklow   3-11 - 0-5 Westmeath   Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim

13/02/00
Round 4
Antrim   2-14 - 0-10 Limerick   Casement Park, Belfast

13/02/00
Round 4
Louth   1-19 - 2-8 London   Drogheda Park, Drogheda

13/02/00
Round 4
Leitrim   0-13 - 1-13 Wicklow   Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

13/02/00
Round 4
Westmeath   0-8 - 1-7 Offaly   Cusack Park, Mullingar

04/03/00
Round 5
London   0-7 - 1-11 Antrim   Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip

05/03/00
Round 5
Offaly   2-9 - 0-11 Limerick   O'Connor Park, Tullamore

05/03/00
Round 5
Wicklow   1-7 - 0-12 Louth   Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim

05/03/00
Round 5
Westmeath   0-11 - 1-9 Leitrim   Cusack Park, Mullingar

25/03/00
Round 6
Leitrim   1-9 - 1-12 Offaly   Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

25/03/00
Round 6
Antrim   1-9 - 0-15 Wicklow   Casement Park, Belfast

25/03/00
Round 6
Limerick   1-9 - 0-9 London   Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

26/03/00
Round 6
Louth   3-14 - 0-13 Westmeath   Drogheda Park, Drogheda

09/04/00
Round 7
Westmeath   1-7 - 0-12 Antrim   St Lomans GAA Pitch, Mullingar

09/04/00
Round 7
Wicklow   2-9 - 1-8 Limerick   Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim

09/04/00
Round 7
Leitrim   2-8 - 2-14 Louth   Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

09/04/00
Round 7
London   1-7 - 4-13 Offaly   Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip

Division 2B Table

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  Compete in Division 2 semi-finals and automatic promotion to Division 1B

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
 Laois 7 7 0 0 6-87 2-57 42 14
 Cavan 7 4 0 3 10-86 8-68 24 8
 Monaghan 7 4 0 3 6-78 7-64 11 8
 Longford 7 4 0 3 8-74 4-87 -1 8
 Wexford 7 3 0 4 8-76 12-68 -4 6
 Tipperary 7 2 0 5 10-47 3-82 -14 4
 Waterford 7 2 0 5 4-71 11-70 -20 4
 Carlow 7 2 0 5 7-60 12-83 -38 4

Division 2B Rounds 1 to 7

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Round 1
Wexford   4-13 - 1-4 Waterford   St Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy

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Round 1
Carlow   2-12 - 2-10 Longford   Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

31/10/99
Round 1
Laois   1-12 - 1-4 Tipperary   O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

31/10/99
Round 1
Cavan   1-9 - 1-16 Monaghan   Breffni Park, Cavan

14/11/99
Round 2
Tipperary   2-11 - 0-10 Carlow   Ardfinnan GAA Ground, Ardfinnan

14/11/99
Round 2
Waterford   2-9 - 2-11 Cavan   O'Neill Park, Dungannon

14/11/99
Round 2
Longford   1-11 - 0-11 Wexford   Pearse Park, Longford

14/11/99
Round 2
Monaghan   0-11 - 0-12 Laois   Páirc Mhuire, Scotstown

28/11/99
Round 3
Carlow   2-7 - 2-6 Monaghan   Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

28/11/99
Round 3
Wexford   1-11 - 2-6 Tipperary   O'Kennedy Park, New Ross

28/11/99
Round 3
Waterford   0-14 - 2-6 Longford   Fraher Field, Dungarvan

28/11/99
Round 3
Cavan   0-5 - 1-10 Laois   Breffni Park, Cavan

13/02/00
Round 4
Longford   2-11 - 0-16 Cavan   Pearse Park, Longford

13/02/00
Round 4
Laois   1-13 - 0-7 Carlow   O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

13/02/00
Round 4
Monaghan   1-10 - 1-9 Wexford   Páirc Mhuire, Scotstown

13/02/00
Round 4
Tipperary   1-9 - 0-11 Waterford   Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel

04/03/00
Round 5
Waterford   0-9 - 1-13 Monaghan   Fraher Field, Dungarvan

05/03/00
Round 5
Cavan   3-15 - 1-8 Carlow   Breffni Park, Cavan

05/03/00
Round 5
Wexford   1-7 - 1-14 Laois   Páirc Uí Shiochain, Gorey

05/03/00
Round 5
Longford   0-12 - 1-7 Tipperary   Pearse Park, Longford

25/03/00
Round 6
Carlow   2-8 - 1-15 Wexford   Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

25/03/00
Round 6
Tipperary   1-4 - 0-15 Cavan   Páirc Shaleain, Templemore

26/03/00
Round 6
Laois   1-10 - 0-11 Waterford   O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

26/03/00
Round 6
Monaghan   0-11 - 1-12 Longford   Páirc Mhuire, Scotstown

09/04/00
Round 7
Longford   0-12 - 1-16 Laois   Pearse Park, Longford

09/04/00
Round 7
Tipperary   2-6 - 1-11 Monaghan   Sean Treacy Park, Tipperary

09/04/00
Round 7
Waterford   1-13 - 0-8 Carlow   Fraher Field, Dungarvan

09/04/00
Round 7
Wexford   0-10 - 4-15 Cavan   O'Kennedy Park, New Ross

Division 2 Semi-finals

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Semi-final
Offaly   1-11 - 0-10 Cavan   Cusack Park, Mullingar

23/04/00
Semi-final
Louth   0-13 - 1-08 Laois   Cusack Park, Mullingar

Division 2 Final

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7 May 2000[5][6][7]
2pm
Louth   1-13 - 0-13 Offaly   Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Brian Crowe (Cavan)
Man of the Match: Simon Gerrard
Stanfield (0-4), Gerrard (1-0), Rooney (0-3, 1f), Farrelly (0-2), McGinnity (0-1), Kirwan (0-1), D. Reilly (0-1), C. O'Hanlon (0-1) McManus (0-5f), Farrell (0-4), Quinn (0-2f), Claffey (0-1), R. Malone (0-1)

GK 1 Colm Nally (Newtown Blues)
RCB 2 Breen Phillips (Newtown Blues)
FB 3 Stephen Melia (St Joseph's)
LCB 4 Brendan Reilly (John Mitchels)
RHB 5 Peter McGinnity (Dundalk Gaels)
CHB 6 Aaron Hoey (St Bride's)
LHB 7 Simon Gerrard (Newtown Blues)
MF 8 Séamus O'Hanlon (Clan na Gael)
MF 9 Martin Farrelly (Lann Léire)
RHF 10 Mark Stanfield (O'Connells)
CHF 11 Nicky Malone (Lann Léire) (c)
LHF 12 Ollie McDonnell (St Joseph's)
RCF 13 David Reilly (St Joseph's)
FF 14 Darren Kirwan (St Patrick's)
LCF 15 JP Rooney (Naomh Máirtín)
Substitutes:
16 Cathal O'Hanlon (Clan na Gael) for David Reilly
17 Paddy McGuigan (Dreadnots) for Séamus O'Hanlon
18 Christy Grimes (Mattock Rangers) for Kirwan
19 Séamus O'Hanlon for McDonnell
GK 1 Pádraic Kelly
RCB 2 Cathal Daly
FB 3 Barry Malone
LCB 4 James Brady
RHB 5 Joe Kilmurray
CHB 6 Seán Grennan (c)
LHB 7 Finbarr Cullen
MF 8 James Grennan
MF 9 Ronan Mooney
RHF 10 Colm Quinn
CHF 11 Vinny Claffey
LHF 12 Ciarán McManus
RCF 13 Pascal Keelaghan
FF 14 Roy Malone
LCF 15 David Connolly
Substitutes:
16 Cillian Farrell for Keelaghan
17 John Ryan for R. Malone
18 Barry Mooney for Connolly
19 Donie Ryan for Quinn

Statistics

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  • All scores correct as of 12 March 2016[8]

Scoring

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References

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  1. ^ "Photos from the 2000 NFL final". inpho.ie. 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  3. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  4. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  5. ^ "Glory In the Sun". Drogheda Independent. 12 May 2000.
  6. ^ "Louth savour their day in the sun". Irish Times. 8 May 2000.
  7. ^ "Day in the sun at last for the ex-ODwyers man Melia". Fingal Independent. 19 May 2000.
  8. ^ "Results Archive". Hogan Stand. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.