1994–95 National Football League (Ireland)

1994–95 National Football League
League details

Dates	October 1994 – 14 May 1995
Teams	33
League champions
Winners	Derry (3rd win)
Captain	Tony Scullion
Manager	Mickey Moran
League runners-up
Runners-up	Donegal
Manager	Brian McEniff
Other division winners
Division 2	Clare
Division 3	Cavan
Division 4	Monaghan
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 64th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

The tournament introduced two experimental rules: consecutive handpasses were banned, and players had to stay 10 m (11 yd) from the free-kick taker. This later evolved into the current 13 m (14 yd) exclusion zone.^[1] Derry defeated Donegal in the final.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

The teams are in four divisions, three of 8 teams and one of 9. Each team plays all the other teams in its division once: either home or away. Teams earn 2 points for a winn and 1 for a draw. The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted, while the bottom two teams in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.^[5]

Eight teams contest the NFL quarter-finals:

The top 4 teams in Division 1
The top 2 teams in Division 2
The first-placed team in Division 3
The first-placed team in Division 4

Results and tables

Division One

Play-Offs

26 March 1995 For 3rd Place	Kerry	1-10 — 1-8	Donegal	Tuam^[6]

2 April 1995 For 4th Place	Donegal	1-16 — 0-11	Kildare	Clones^[7]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Laois	7	5	0	2	10	Advance to quarter-finals
Derry	7	4	1	2	9
Kerry	7	4	0	3	8
Donegal	7	4	0	3	8
Kildare	7	4	0	3	8
Meath	7	3	0	4	6
Dublin	7	2	1	4	5	Relegated
Down	7	1	0	6	2	Relegated

Division Two

Play-Offs

2 April 1995 For 2nd Place	Tyrone	1-10 — 0-9	Louth	Clones^[8]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Clare	7	5	1	1	11	Promoted and advance to quarter-finals
Tyrone	7	5	0	2	10	Promoted and advance to quarter-finals
Louth	7	5	0	2	10
Cork	7	3	2	2	8
Leitrim	7	3	1	3	7
Armagh	7	2	2	3	6
Galway	7	1	1	5	3	Relegated
Mayo	7	0	1	6	1	Relegated

Division 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Cavan	7	6	0	1	12	Promoted and advance to quarter-finals
Westmeath	7	5	1	1	11	Promoted
Roscommon	7	5	0	2	10
Wexford	7	3	1	3	7
Fermanagh	7	3	0	4	6
Antrim	7	3	0	4	6
Longford	7	1	2	4	4	Relegated
Tipperary	7	0	0	7	0	Relegated

Division 4

Monaghan won, with Sligo finishing second.

Knockout Stage

Quarter-Finals

Laois v Monaghan

1995

Laois	2-8 – 1-6	Monaghan

Derry v Cavan

1995

Derry	1-11 – 0-11	Cavan

Tyrone v Kerry

1995

Tyrone	3-7 – 0-7	Kerry

Donegal v Clare

1995

Donegal	2-11 – 3-7	Clare

Semi-Finals

Donegal v Laois

23 April 1995

Donegal	1-14 – 2-8	Laois

Derry v Tyrone

23 April 1995

Derry	1-8 – 2-3	Tyrone

Final

Derry v Donegal

14 May 1995

Derry	0-12 – 0-8	Donegal

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 28,392^[9]
Referee: Paddy Russell (Tipperary) ^[10]

References

↑ GAA's previous experimental rules - Irish Independent
↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ GAA Archive 1995
↑ Photo of final
↑ Gaelic Games website
↑ "Kerry pack killer punch", Irish Independent, 27/03/1995, p. 26
↑ "Donegal tops as Lilywhites flag",Irish Independent, 03/04/1995, p. 27
↑ "Tyrone's wee bit of class", Irish Independent, 03/04/1995, p. 27
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

External links

Derry v Donegal 1995 NFL Final on YouTube

Derry – 1994–95 National Football League Champions (3rd title)

1 D. McCusker 2 K. McKeever 3 T. Scullion 4 G. Coleman 5 J. McGurk 6 H. Downey 7 F. McCusker 8 A. Tohill 9 B. McGilligan 10 D. Heaney 11 D. Barton 12 E. Burns 13 J. Brolly 14 S. Downey 15 E. Gormley Subs used D. Bateson for Brolly Manager Mickey Moran

(Team as 1994-95 NFL final versus Donegal)

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