2006 National Football League (Ireland)


The 2006 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 75th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

2006 National Football League
League details
Dates4 February – 23 April 2006
Teams32
League champions
WinnersKerry (18th win)
CaptainDeclan O'Sullivan
ManagerJack O'Connor
League runners-up
Runners-upGalway
CaptainPádraic Joyce
ManagerPeter Ford
Other division winners
Division 2Louth
2005
2007

Kerry beat Galway in the final.[1][2][3][4]

Format

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

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

Division One

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Division One (A) table

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Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Notes
Mayo 7 5 1 1 5-95 7-77 +12 11 Advanced to NFL semi-final
Kerry 7 4 1 2 4-94 2-86 +14 9
Tyrone 7 4 1 2 5-81 4-71 +13 9
Dublin 7 3 1 3 7-67 7-62 +5 7
Cork 7 3 0 4 3-55 1-71 -10 6
Fermanagh 7 3 0 4 5-69 5-81 -12 6
Offaly 7 2 1 4 8-69 8-81 -12 5 Relegated to Division Two of the 2007 NFL
Monaghan 7 1 1 5 4-77 7-78 -10 3

Division One (B) table

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Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Notes
Laois 7 4 2 1 4-92 4-70 +22 10 Advanced to NFL semi-final
Galway 7 4 1 2 7-73 5-65 +14 9
Derry 7 4 0 3 2-77 4-65 +6 9
Down 7 4 0 3 8-75 9-75 -3 7
Kildare 7 2 2 3 2-74 4-68 0 6
Armagh 7 3 0 4 10-73 6-79 -4 6
Meath 7 3 0 4 5-82 7-86 -10 6 Relegated to Division Two of the 2007 NFL
Wexford 7 1 1 5 7-64 6-92 -25 3

Semi-finals

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Kerry1-15 – 0-10Laois

Final

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Kerry2-11 – 0-11Galway
Referee: Eugene Murtagh

Division Two

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Division Two (A) table

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Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Notes
Donegal 7 6 1 0 6-103 2-47 +68 13 Advanced to NFL Division 2 semi-final; promoted to Division One
Limerick 7 5 1 1 9-79 7-64 +21 11
Roscommon 7 5 0 2 7-81 2-66 +28 10
Leitrim 7 2 2 3 5-62 5-56 +6 6
Longford 7 2 2 3 9-80 13-73 -5 6
Clare 7 3 0 4 4-67 8-63 -8 6
Carlow 7 2 0 5 9-62 5-88 -14 4
London 7 0 0 7 4-29 11-104 -96 0

Division Two (B) table

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Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Notes
Louth 7 6 0 1 10-92 5-63 +44 12 Advanced to NFL Division 2 semi-final; promoted to Division One
Westmeath 7 5 0 2 8-86 4-67 +31 10
Cavan 7 5 0 2 3-88 8-69 +4 10
Tipperary 7 4 0 3 8-69 5-68 +10 8
Sligo 7 3 0 4 7-73 6-84 -8 6
Antrim 7 2 0 5 8-82 11-86 -13 4
Waterford 7 2 0 5 4-53 14-86 -63 4
Wicklow 7 1 0 6 9-67 4-87 -5 2

Semi-finals

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Donegal0-14 – 1-09Westmeath

Louth2-13 – 0-11Limerick
Referee: M. Hughes (Tyrone)

Final

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Donegal0-17 – 3-08Louth
Referee: P. McGovern (Galway)

Final (Replay)

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  Donegal1–09–1–12  Louth
Doherty (1-3, 1pen, 2f) A. Sweeney (0-3,2f), Monaghan (0-1), Dunnion (0-1), Toye (0-1) Stanfield (1-2, 1f), Clarke (0-4, 1f), Hoey (0-2), O'Brien (0-1), Farrelly (0-1), Keenan (0-1), Grimes (0-1f)
GK 1 Paul Durcan
RCB 2 Raymond Sweeney
FB 3 Paddy Campbell
LCB 4 Karl Lacey
RHB 5 Damien Diver
CHB 6 Barry Monaghan
LHB 7 Barry Dunnion
MF 8 Brendan Boyle
MF 9 Neil Gallagher
RHF 10 Christy Toye (c)
CHF 11 Ciarán Bonner
LHF 12 Rory Kavanagh
RCF 13 Adrian Sweeney
FF 14 James Gallagher
LCF 15 Michael Doherty
Substitutes:
16 Stephen McDermott for Boyle
17 Michael Hegarty for James Gallagher
18 Frank McGlynn for Monaghan
19 Conall Dunne for Bonner
GK 1 Stuart Reynolds (O'Connells)
RCB 2 David Brennan (Mattock Rangers)
FB 3 Colin Goss ((St Patrick's))
LCB 4 Jamie Carr (Newtown Blues)
RHB 5 John O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB 6 Peter McGinnity (Dundalk Gaels)
LHB 7 John Neary (Geraldines)
MF 8 Martin Farrelly (St Joseph's) (c)
MF 9 Paddy Keenan (St Patrick's)
RHF 10 Christy Grimes (Mattock Rangers)
CHF 11 Mark Brennan (Mattock Rangers)
LHF 12 Mark Stanfield (Killeavy, Armagh)
RCF 13 JP Rooney (Naomh Máirtín)
FF 14 Aaron Hoey (St Bride's)
LCF 15 Darren Clarke (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
16 Ronan Carroll (St Mary's) for Grimes

References

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  1. ^ "Final Teams". gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Another National League Title for Kerry". Terrace Talk.
  3. ^ "Sportsfile - Kerry v Galway - Allianz Football League Division 1 Final Photos | page 1". www.sportsfile.com.
  4. ^ "Galway and Kerry to meet in the final". The Irish Times.
  5. ^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 2006 League :: Semi-Final :: Kerry Vs Laois". www.terracetalk.com.
  6. ^ "Donegal fight back to force replay". Irish Times. 24 April 2006.
  7. ^ "Louth proving a force to be reckoned with". Irish Times. 1 May 2006.
  8. ^ "Wee glee as brave". Irish Independent. 1 May 2006.
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