The 1979–80 National Football League was the 49th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Cork defeated Kerry in an all-Munster final.GAA Final TeamsTerrace Talk 1980GAA Archive 1980
Format
Divisions Division One: 12 teams. Split into two regional groups of 6 (North and South) Division Two: 20 teams. Split into two 10 team regional sub-divisions of North and South, which were divided into five teams each.
Titles Teams in both divisions competed for the National Football League title.
There was also a separate National Football League Division Two title.
Knockout stage qualifiers Division One (North): top 3 teams"How They Stand", Irish Press, 04/02/1980, p. 11 Division One (South): top 3 teams Division Two (North): winners Division Two (South): winners
Promotion and relegation
This was the last season of the present league format. For the 1980–81 season, the 32 counties were divided into four divisions of eight teams. The teams were not placed into the new structure entirely in line with their placings in the 1979–80 league."New line-up for National League", Ulster Herald, 17 May 1980, p. 3
Group stage
Division One (North)
Division One (North) Play-offs
Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 5 4 0 1 8 Qualified for Knockout Stages 5 4 0 1 8 5 3 02 6 5 2 0 3 4Relegated to Division Two of the 1980–81 NFL 5 2 0 3 4 5 0 0 5 0 Relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
Division One (South)
Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 5 4 1 0 9 Qualified for Knockout Stages and relegated to Division Two of the 1980–81 NFL 5 3 1 1 7Qualified for Knockout Stages 5 2 12 5 5 2 0 3 4 5 1 1 3 3 5 1 0 4 2 "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
Division Two (North)
Division Two (North) Final
Group A table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 8 5 2 1 12 8 5 1 2 11 8 4 13 9 8 3 1 4 7Relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL 8 0 1 7 1 Relegated to Division Four of the 1980–81 NFL "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
Group B table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 8 6 1 1 13 Qualified for Knockout Phase and relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL 8 5 0 3 10 Relegated to Division Four of the 1980–81 NFL 8 3 32 9 Relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL 8 2 1 5 3Relegated to Division Four of the 1980–81 NFL 8 1 1 6 3 Relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
Division Two (South)
Division Two (South) Final
Group A table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 8 5 2 1 12 Relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL 8 5 1 2 11 8 5 03 10 8 3 1 4 7Relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL 8 0 0 8 0 Relegated to Division Four of the 1980–81 NFL "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
Group B table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 8 8 0 0 16 Qualified for Knockout stage and relegated to Division Three of the 1980–81 NFL 8 4 0 4 8 Relegated to Division Four of the 1980–81 NFL 8 4 04 8 8 3 0 5 6 8 1 0 7 2 "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-final
Final
Division Two Final
References
See also Cork–Kerry Gaelic football rivalry