2003 National Football League (Ireland)

2003 National Football League
League details
Dates	February – 4 May 2003
Teams	32
League champions
Winners	Tyrone (2nd win)
Captain	Cormac McAnallen
Manager	Mickey Harte
League runners-up
Runners-up	Laois
Captain	Ian Fitzgerald
Manager	Mick O'Dwyer
Other division winners
Division 2	Westmeath
← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 72nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Tyrone beat Laois in the final.^[1]^[2]

Format

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.

Results

Finals

Tyrone v Laois

4 May 2003
Final

Tyrone	0-21 – 1-8	Laois

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,293^[3]

References

National Football Leagues

Seasons	1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Finals Records and statistics Winning players

Westmeath – 2003 National Football League Div 2 Champions (2nd title)

1 A. Lennon 2 D. Heavin 3 D. Gavin 4 K. Henson 5 B. Morley 6 D. Healy 7 D. Kilmartin 8 M. Flanagan 9 R. O'Connell 10 F. Wilson 11 S. Colleary 12 J. Conroy 13 J. P. Casey 14 G. Dolan 15 D. Dolan Manager L. Dempsey

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