2014 National Football League (Ireland)

2014 National Football League
League details

Dates	1 February – 27 April 2014
Teams	32
League champions
Winners	Dublin (11th win)
Captain	Stephen Cluxton
Manager	Jim Gavin
League runners-up
Runners-up	Derry
Captain	Mark Lynch
Manager	Brian McIver
Other division winners
Division 2	Monaghan
Division 3	Roscommon
Division 4	Tipperary
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 National Football League commenced on 1 February 2014. 32 teams (Ireland's 32 GAA counties plus London and minus Kilkenny, who withdrew from the competition) are to contest the competition. The competition started on 1 February.^[1]

The reigning league champions were Dublin.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Dublin went on to retain their title after a 3-19 to 1-10 win against Derry in the final on 27 April at Croke Park.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Format

The 2014 format of the National Football League is a system of four divisions of eight teams. Kilkenny wiithdrew from The National Football League in 2012. London play in division 4. Each team plays each other team in its division once. 2 points are awarded for a win, and 1 for a draw. The top two teams in divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted, and contest the finals of their respective divisions. The bottom two teams in divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated. The top four teams in Division 1 contest the 2014 NFL semi-finals and final.

Division placings

Division 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
Cork	7	5	1	1	9-115	9-97	+18	11	Advanced to NFL semi-finals
Derry	7	4	1	2	11-101	9-90	+18	9
Mayo	7	4	1	2	14-107	14-91	+16	9
Dublin	7	4	1	2	9-99	8-91	+8	9
Tyrone	7	3	2	2	10-110	11-103	+4	8
Kerry	7	3	0	4	10-93	8-94	+11	6
Kildare	7	2	0	5	9-110	10-112	–5	4	Relegated to Division 2 for 2015
Westmeath	7	0	0	7	5-71	10-125	–69	0	Relegated to Division 2 for 2015

Results

Round 1

Derry 1-15 Tyrone 2-12^[10]
Dublin 2-8 Kerry 1-10^[11]
Cork 0-18 Westmeath 0-10^[12]
Kildare 2-19 Mayo 2-18^[13]

Round 2

Kerry 0-14 Derry 0-16^[14]
Westmeath 1-7 Dublin 0-14^[15]
Cork 0-16 Kildare 1-12^[16]
Tyrone 2-15 Mayo 0-15^[17]

Round 3

Dublin 0-18 Cork 1-17^[18]
Kildare 1-21 Tyrone 3-16^[19]
Mayo 2-15 Kerry 1-13^[20]
Derry 3-16 Westmeath 0-12^[21]

Round 4

Dublin 1-22 Kildare 1-12^[22]
Westmeath 3-09 Mayo 2-17 ^[23]
Cork 2-18 Derry 3-14 ^[24]
Kerry 3-15 Tyrone 0-09^[25]

Round 5

Tyrone 2-23 Westmeath 1-12^[26]
Derry 1-16 Dublin 0-13^[27]
Mayo 4-12 Cork 2-14 ^[28]
Kildare 0-15 Kerry 2-15^[29]

Round 6

Dublin 3-14 Mayo 2-17^[30]
Westmeath 0-13 Kerry 2-15^[31]
Cork 2-14 Tyrone 0-20^[32]
Derry 2-17 Kildare 3-9^[33]

Round 7

Kildare 1-22 Westmeath 0-08^[34]
Tyrone 1-15 Dublin 3-10^[35]
Kerry 1-11 Cork 2-18^[36]
Mayo 2-12 Derry 1-07^[37]

Division 1 Semi Finals

Cork 2-13 Dublin 2-20^[38]
Derry 2-15 Mayo 1-16^[39]

Division 1 Final

Dublin v Derry

27 April 2014
4:00 pm

Dublin	3-19 – 1-10	Derry
B Brogan 1-6 (3f), D Connolly 1-2, P Flynn 0-3, K McManamon 1-0, A Brogan, E O'Gara 0-2 each, J Cooper, S Cluxton (f), D Nelson, C Reddin 0-1 each	Report	C O'Boyle 1-1, E McGuckin, G O'Kane, M Lynch 0-2 each, E Bradley (f), K Johnston, F Doherty 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 38,841
Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

Division 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
Donegal	7	5	1	1	9-97	7-67	+36	11	Advanced to final and promoted to Division 1 for 2015
Monaghan	7	5	1	1	3-107	3-78	+29	11	Advanced to final and promoted to Division 1 for 2015
Meath	7	4	1	2	9-87	8-95	–5	9
Down	7	3	1	3	11-72	5-80	+10	7
Laois	7	3	0	4	7-89	6-100	–8	6
Galway¹	7	2	1	4	7-84	8-97	–16	5
Armagh¹	7	2	1	4	7-86	10-86	–9	5	Relegated to Division 3 for 2015
Louth	7	0	2	5	6-76	12-95	–37	2	Relegated to Division 3 for 2015

¹Galway are placed ahead of Armagh because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-14 to 1-13 at St Jarlath's Park, 31 March 2014).

Results

Round 1

Meath 3-18 Galway 4-11
Louth 0-16 Armagh 1-13
Laois 1-9 Donegal 2-19
Down 1-11 Monaghan 0-14

Round 2

Armagh 2-5 Down 2-7
Louth 0-11 Laois 2-8
Galway 0-12 Donegal 1-16
Monaghan 0-20 Meath 0-8

Round 3

Meath 2-10 Armagh 0-19
Down 4-16 Louth 0-9
Laois 1-20 Galway 0-8
Donegal 2-11 Monaghan 0-10

Round 4

Armagh 2-18 Laois 1-12
Donegal 1-12 Meath 1-12
Galway 1-12 Down 0-8
Monaghan 2-14 Louth 0-12

Round 5

Laois 1-10 Meath 0-15
Armagh 0-10 Monaghan 1-17
Down 1-9 Donegal 0-10
Louth 2-9 Galway 0-15

Round 6

Meath 1-14 Down 1-11
Donegal 1-19 Louth 3-7
Galway 2-14 Armagh 1-13
Monaghan 0-19 Laois 0-14

Round 7

Armagh 1-8 Donegal 2-10
Laois 1-16 Down 2-10
Monaghan 0-13 Galway 0-12
Louth 1-12 Meath 2-10

Division 2 Final

Monaghan v Donegal

27 April 2014
2:00 pm

Monaghan	1-16 – 1-10	Donegal
K Hughes 1-1, P Finlay (1f), C McManus 0-3 each, P McKenna, D Hughes 0-2 each, R Beggan ('45), D Mone, D Clerkin, C McGuinness, F Kelly 0-1 each	Report	M Murphy 1-4 (1 pen, 3f), C McFadden 0-4 (3f), P McBrearty, O MacNiallais 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 38,841
Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Division 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
Cavan	7	7	0	0	4-89	1-67	+31	14	Advanced to final and promoted to Division 2 for 2015
Roscommon	7	6	0	1	9-106	8-66	+43	12	Advanced to final and promoted to Division 2 for 2015
Fermanagh	7	3	1	3	13-93	12-81	+15	7
Sligo	7	3	0	4	3-86	8-82	–11	6
Wexford	7	3	0	4	9-77	7-97	–14	6
Limerick	7	3	0	4	5-84	3-108	–18	6
Longford	7	2	0	5	6-79	7-84	–8	4	Relegated to Division 4 for 2015
Offaly	7	0	1	6	7-71	10-100	–35	1	Relegated to Division 4 for 2015

Results

Round 1

Wexford 1-14 Offaly 0-12
Sligo 0-15 Limerick 0-13
Longford 0-10 Roscommon 0-13
Cavan 1-12 Fermanagh 0-11

Round 2

Fermanagh 2-13 Sligo 1-10
Limerick 2-11 Longford 0-11
Roscommon 1-16 Wexford 1-9
Offaly 0-8 Cavan 1-11

Round 3

Roscommon 1-21 Limerick 0-13
Wexford 0-6 Cavan 0-13
Longford 1-15 Fermanagh 2-11
Sligo 0-18 Offaly 1-12

Round 4

Limerick 1-14 Wexford 1-13
Fermanagh 4-10 Roscommon 3-17
Cavan 1-12 Sligo 0-10
Offaly 1-10 Longford 1-15

Round 5

Wexford 2-12 Sligo 1-12
Longford 0-10 Cavan 1-9
Limerick 1-6 Fermanagh 0-18
Roscommon 3-19 Offaly 2-4

Round 6

Cavan 0-14 Roscommon 1-8
Offaly 1-12 Limerick 1-13
Sligo 0-15 Longford 2-08
Fermanagh 2-20 Wexford 3-8

Round 7

Roscommon 0-12 Sligo 1-6
Limerick 0-14 Cavan 0-18
Fermanagh 3-10 Offaly 2-13
Wexford 1-15 Longford 2-10

Division 3 Final

Roscommon v Cavan

26 April 2014
7:00 pm

Roscommon	1-17 – 0-18	Cavan
D Shine 0-6 (4f, 1 '45), S Kilbride 0-5 (3f), D Keenan 1-0, N Daly 0-2, K Higgins, C Cregg, C Compton, F Cregg 0-1 each	Report	N McDermott 0-4, M Reilly (1 '45), M Dunne 0-3 each, G McKiernan, E Keating (1f), C Mackey 0-2 each, J McEnroe, F Flanagan 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 8,654
Referee: S Hurson (Tyrone)

Division 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
Tipperary	7	5	1	1	14-122	8-83	+57	11	Advanced to final and promoted to Division 3 for 2015
Clare	7	5	1	1	10-93	9-58	+38	11	Advanced to final and promoted to Division 3 for 2015
Wicklow	7	5	0	2	14-92	6-96	+20	10
Leitrim	7	4	1	2	6-86	9-72	+5	9
Waterford	7	2	1	4	4-67	8-83	–28	5
Antrim	7	2	0	5	9-91	11-81	+4	4
London	7	1	1	5	9-57	11-89	–38	3
Carlow	7	1	1	5	8-74	12-120	–58	3

Results

2 February

Wicklow 3-13 London 1-8
Waterford 1-9 Clare 3-10
Leitrim 1-11 Antrim 1-6
Carlow 1-8 Tipperary 2-24

9 February

Clare 0-11 Leitrim 1-8
Tipperary 0-12 Waterford 1-9
Antrim 1-13 Wicklow 3-9

23 February

London 1-8 Clare 2-14

2 March

Antrim 1-17 Waterford 0-6
Clare 2-13 Wicklow 1-8
London 1-7 Tipperary 1-19
Leitrim 1-17 Carlow 1-8

9 March

Waterford 0-9 London 2-10
Carlow 3-15 Antrim 2-17
Wicklow 0-11 Leitrim 1-17
Tipperary 3-9 Clare 0-14

15 March

Waterford 1-13 Leitrim 0-11

16 March

Carlow 1-11 Wicklow 1-25
Tipperary 3-20 Antrim 1-17

22 March

London 2-7 Carlow 0-13

30 March

Antrim 3-15 London 1-10
Leitrim 0-16 Tipperary 5-16
Clare 3-21 Carlow 2-10
Wicklow 2-14 Waterford 0-12

6 April

Tipperary 0-22 Wicklow 4-12
London 1-7 Leitrim 2-6
Antrim 0-6 Clare 0-10
Waterford 1-9 Carlow 0-9

Division 4 Final

Tipperary v Clare

26 April 2014
5:00 pm

Tipperary	1-16 – 1-15	Clare
C Sweeney 1-8 (4f), B Grogan 0-4 (2f), I Fahey, R Kiely, G Hannigan, S O'Brien 0-1 each	Report	D Tubridy 0-7 (4f), S McGrath 0-4, M O'Leary 1-0, C Russell, C O'Connor, D Keenan, J Malone 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 8,654
Referee: N Mooney (Cavan)

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