2011 National Football League (Ireland)

2011 National Football League
League details
Dates 5 February – 24 April 2011
Teams 33
League champions
Winners Cork (7th win)
Captain Michael Shields
Manager Conor Counihan
League runners-up
Runners-up Dublin
Captain Bryan Cullen
Manager Pat Gilroy
Other division winners
Division 2 Donegal
Division 3 Louth
Division 4 Longford
2010
2012

The 2011 National Football League was a competition run by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) between February and April 2011. It was contested by 33 teams, representing the 32 counties of Ireland plus London. Cork retained the title after a 0-21 to 2-14 win against Dublin.[1]

Format

In 2011 the National Football League had four divisions, the top three consisting of eight teams, and Division 4 of nine. Each team played each other team in its division once, with two points awarded for a win, and one for a draw. The top two teams in each of divisions 2, 3 and 4 were promoted, and contested the finals of their respective divisions; the top two teams in Division 1 contested the 2011 NFL final. The bottom two teams in each of divisions 1, 2 and 3 were relegated.

Division placings

Division 1

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Notes
Dublin 7 6 1 0 16–82 6–92 20 13Advanced to NFL final
Cork 7 5 0 2 6–110 7–91 16 10
Kerry 7 5 0 2 6–93 5–74 22 10
Down 7 3 1 3 7–85 8–84 -2 7
Mayo 7 2 1 4 10–84 11–85 -4 5
Armagh 7 2 0 5 6–82 7–95 -16 4
Monaghan 7 2 0 5 3–93 6–96 -12 4Relegated to Division 2 for 2012
Galway 7 1 1 5 2–91 6-103 -24 3

Fixtures and results

Final

24 April 2011
Final
Dublin 2-14 - 0-21 Cork
B Brogan 1-3, (0-1f), K McManamon 0-5, T Quinn 1-2, D Connolly 0-2, B Cahill, K Nolan 0-1 each Report D Goulding (2f), C Sheehan 0-4 each, D O'Connor (1f), P O'Neill, P Kelly 0-3 each, F Goold, J O'Sullivan, N O'Leary, F Lynch 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 36,348[2]
Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)

Division 2

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Notes
Donegal 7 4 2 1 7–90 6–69 24 10Advanced to final and promoted to Division 1 for 2012
Laois 7 5 0 2 6-98 7-72 23 10
Derry 7 5 0 2 6-90 6-92 -2 10
Tyrone 7 4 1 2 5-89 3-80 15 9
Kildare 7 4 1 2 4-81 3-80 4 9
Meath 7 1 1 5 6-80 4-97 -11 3
Sligo 7 1 1 5 6-83 7-90 -10 3Relegated to Division 3 for 2012
Antrim 7 1 0 4 3–78 7–109 -43 2

Fixtures and results

Final

24 April 2011
Final
Donegal 2-11 - 0-16 Laois
Michael Murphy (1-3), Colm McFadden (1-3), Kevin Cassidy (0-1), Rory Kavanagh (0-1), Mark McHugh (0-1), Ryan Bradley (0-1), D Walsh (0-1) Report Donie Kingston (0-4), Paul Cahillane (0-3), John O'Loughlin (0-2), Niall Donoher (0-2), Ross Munnelly (0-2), Darren Strong (0-1), Colm Begley (0-1), Michael John Tierney (0-1)
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)

Division 3

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Notes
Westmeath 7 4 1 2 4-95 8-72 +1 9Advanced to final and promoted to Division 2 for 2012
Louth 7 4 0 3 7-75 3-77 +10 8
Wexford 7 4 0 3 6-85 8–74 +5 8
Offaly 7 4 0 3 7–80 5-82 +4 8
Cavan 7 3 1 3 3-81 6–78 -6 7
Tipperary 7 3 0 4 4–79 5–76 -1 6
Limerick 7 3 0 4 6–78 5–82 -1 6Relegated to Division 4 for 2012
Waterford 7 2 0 5 10-64 7–85 -12 4

Fixtures and results

Final

23 April 2011
Final
Louth 1-15- 0-13 Westmeath
Report

Division 4

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Notes
Roscommon 8 7 1 0 8-118 5-73 54 15Advanced to final and promoted to Division 3 for 2012
Longford 8 5 2 1 10-103 4–66 55 12
Wicklow 8 4 3 1 15–115 10–80 46 11
Fermanagh 8 4 0 4 3-100 5-54 29 8
Carlow 8 4 1 3 8–96 10–84 6 7
Clare 8 3 1 4 14–86 3–90 38 7
Leitrim 8 3 0 5 4–87 4–58 19 6
London 8 2 0 6 2–53 9-96 -66 4
Kilkenny 8 0 0 8 6-18 19–160 -181 0

Fixtures and results

Final

23 April 2011
Final
Longford 2-11 - 1-08 Roscommon
Report

References

  1. "Cork 0-21 Dublin 2-14". RTÉ Sport. 2011-04-24. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  2. eircomsportshub.net Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine.
Preceded by
2010 National Football League
National Football League
1926 – present
Succeeded by
2012 National Football League
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