National Football League (Ireland) 2009

The 2009 Allianz National Football League was the Gaelic football league contested by 33 GAA counties' football teams: 32 from Ireland and one (London) from England. The tournament began with a game between Dublin and Tyrone on the 31st of January 2009 at Croke Park. The National Football league is regarded as the second most prestigious inter-county football competition (the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship being the most important).[1]

Contents

Format

The National Football League consists of four separate divisions. There are eight teams in the top three divisions and nine in Division Four. Placings are decided by:

  1. Match points (2 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss)
  2. Scoring difference
  3. Highest score for
  4. Head-to-head result(s) between tied teams

The top two in each division play a final match to decide the division champions. The top two in divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted, whilst the bottom two in 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.

Tables and Finals

Division One

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Kerry 7 6 1 0 8-90 2-77 +31 13
Derry 7 4 1 2 2-95 3-72 +20 9
Galway 7 4 1 2 9-79 3-83 +14 9
Mayo 7 2 3 2 4-78 3-76 +5 7
Tyrone 7 3 1 3 2-90 6-79 -1 7
Dublin 7 2 2 3 8-100 6-92 +14 6
Donegal 7 2 1 4 3-77 5-84 -13 5
Westmeath 7 0 0 7 3-59 11-105 -70 0

Final

2009
Final[2]
 Kerry 1-15 – 0-15 Derry Croke Park
T O Se (0-2), A O’Mahony (0-1), D Walsh (1-0), Declan O’Sullivan (0-1), C Cooper (0-6, 0-3f), T Walsh (0-2), B Sheehan (0-3, 0-3f) E Lynn (0-1), P Murphy (0-1), C McKaigue (0-1); E Bradley (0-5, 0-2f), P Bradley (0-1,), M Lynch (0-4, 0-3f), J Kielt (0-1, 0-1f), S Bradley (0-1).

Division Two

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Monaghan 7 5 1 1 12-94 4-79 +39 11
Cork 7 5 1 1 3-101 3-66 +35 11
Kildare 7 4 2 1 6-97 5-73 +27 10
Armagh 7 4 0 3 9-81 6-85 +5 8
Meath 7 2 2 3 2-76 6-69 -5 6
Laois 7 3 0 4 5-81 8-92 -20 6
Fermanagh 7 1 1 5 7-66 2-100 -19 3
Wexford 7 0 1 6 3-69 13-101 -62 1

Final

2009 [3]

Final

 Cork 1-14 – 0-12 Monaghan
G Canty (0-1), G Spillane (0-1); A O’Connor (0-1), P Kelly (0-1), P Kerrigan (0-1); J Masters (1-0), D O’Connor (0-3, 0-1 ’45, 0-1f), D Goulding (0-5, 0-1f), P O’Neill (0-1). D McArdle (0-1), C McManus (0-2, 0-1 ‘45), P Finlay (0-4, 0-2f), M Downey (0-1), T Freeman (0-4, 0-1f).

Division Three

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Down 7 5 0 2 4-97 5-72 +22 10
Tipperary 7 5 0 2 5-89 4-78 +14 10
Offaly 7 3 1 3 7-68 6-89 -18 7
Louth 7 3 0 4 6-91 5-83 11 6
Cavan 7 3 0 4 2-85 6-76 -3 6
Roscommon 7 3 0 4 3-82 2-88 -3 6
Limerick 7 3 0 4 5-66 6-74 -11 6
Longford 7 2 1 4 3-67 1-85 -12 5

Final

2009
Final[4]
 Down 1-14 – 0-18 Tipperary Pearse Stadium
Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)
A Carr 0-5 (0-4f), R Murtagh 1-1, D Gordon, D Hughes 0-2 each, B McArdle, C Magee, J Boyle, C Garvey 0-1 each. B Grogan 0-5 (0-4f, 0-1 pen), B Coen 0-4, J Tierney 0-3 (0-2f), B Mulvihill 0-2, D O’Brien, C Aylward, J Cagney, S Carey 0-1 each.

Division Four

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Antrim 8 6 2 0 14-125 7-56 +90 14
Sligo 8 7 0 1 12-97 5-66 +52 14
Leitrim 8 5 1 2 13-89 11-68 +27 11
Waterford 8 4 1 3 9-85 1-84 +25 9
Wicklow 8 3 2 3 15-108 6-84 +51 8
Clare 8 3 0 5 14-102 6-87 +39 6
Carlow 8 3 0 5 7-93 12-86 -8 6
London 8 2 0 6 5-67 13-107 -64 4
Kilkenny 8 0 0 8 1-39 29-167 -212 0

Final

2009
Final[5]
 Sligo 1-12 – 1-10 Antrim Pearse Stadium
Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)
A Marren 0-6 (0-1f), S Coen 1-2 (0-2f), A Costello, S Davey, D Kelly, G Gaughan 0-1 each. P Cunningham 0-5 (0-5f), C Close 1-0, J Loughry, T McCann (0-2 ’45) 0-2 each, M McCann 0-1.

See also

References

  1. ^ Scott, Ronan (30 January 2009). "Only the league...". Gaelic Life: p. 10. 
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Cork 1-14 Monaghan 0-12". RTE Sport. 2009-04-26. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0426/cork_monaghan.html. Retrieved 2009-04-28. 
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ [3]

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