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2000–01 National Football League (Ireland)

The 2000–01 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 70th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

2000–01 National Football League
League details
Dates5 November 2000 – 29 April 2001
Teams33
League champions
WinnersMayo (11th win)
CaptainNoel Connelly
ManagerPat Holmes
League runners-up
Runners-upGalway
CaptainGary Fahey
ManagerJohn O'Mahony
Other division winners
Division 2Westmeath
2002 →

Mayo beat Galway in the final.[1][2][3] In Division 2 Westmeath beat Cork final.

Format edit

2 Divisions note due to Foot and Mouth there were some fixtures some Leinster and Ulster teams also London had to withdraw from later games meaning that in 2002 moving complete game to 1 year.

Results edit

Division 1 edit

Division 1A Table edit

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

Team Pld W D L F A Average Pts
 Galway 7 5 1 1 4-86 4-66 1.256 11
 Roscommon 7 4 1 2 4-75 5-73 0.988 9
 Tyrone 7 4 0 3 5-67 2-53 1.389 8
 Offaly 7 3 2 2 4-69 2-69 1.080 8
 Dublin 7 3 0 4 3-60 4-66 0.884 6
 Donegal 7 2 1 4 3-75 2-80 0.977 5
 Kerry 7 2 0 5 6-64 7-86 0.766 4
 Louth 7 1 1 5 3-57 7-65 0.767 3

Division 1B Table edit

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

Team Pld W D L F A Average Pts
 Mayo 7 5 2 0 5-88 5-57 1.430 12
 Sligo 7 4 1 2 5-70 6-59 1.104 9
 Derry 7 3 2 2 8-70 6-76 1.000 8
 Cavan 7 3 1 3 10-65 8-70 1.012 7
 Fermanagh 7 3 1 3 8-57 7-68 0.900 7
 Clare 7 2 1 4 6-64 6-75 0.882 5
 Laois 7 2 1 4 3-72 7-73 0.861 5
 Meath 7 1 1 5 7-66 7-74 0.916 3

Finals edit

Mayo0-13 – 0-12Galway
J Gill 0-3 (2f); N Connelly, R Loftus (2f), M Sheridan (f, '45') 0-2 each; C McManamon, D McDonagh, S Carolan, M McNicholas 0-1 each J. Donnellan 0-4 (2f); P Joyce 0-3 (2f); D Savage, M Donnellan 0-2 each; S Walsh 0-1
Attendance: 22,623[4]
Referee: Niall Barrett (Cork)

References edit

  1. ^ GAA Final Teams
  2. ^ GAA Archive 2001[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2001: When Mayo beat Galway in the NFL final"
  4. ^ "GAA forced to open all Croker stiles for NFL finals"


 

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