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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 edit

League structure edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

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 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 edit

30/10/99
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 edit

  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 edit

31/10/99
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 edit

23/04/00
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 edit

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 edit

Division 2A Table edit

  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 edit

31/10/99
Round 1 		Offaly   1-16 - 2-11 Louth   O'Connor Park, Tullamore
31/10/99
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 edit

  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 edit

31/10/99
Round 1 		Wexford   4-13 - 1-4 Waterford   St Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy
31/10/99
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 edit

23/04/00
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 edit

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 edit

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

Scoring edit

References edit

  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.
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