1983–84 National Football League (Ireland)

1983–84 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1983 – 29 April 1984
League champions
Winners	Kerry (15th win)
Captain	Diarmuid O'Donoghue
Manager	Mick O'Dwyer
League runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 National Football League was the 53rd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Kerry defeated Galway in the final, Mikey Sheehy scoring 1-5.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Format

Four divisions of 8 teams: each team plays all the other teams in its division once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. Tie-breakers are played to separate teams (if necessary for promotion, relegation or knockout places).

The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted. The bottom two teams in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.

The NFL title is awarded after a knockout stage. Eight teams progress to the quarter-finals:

Teams placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Division 1
Teams placed 1st and 2nd in Division 2
Teams placed 1st in Division 3 and 4

Results

Division One

Play-Off

26 February 1984 For 4th Place	Cork	0-20 — 4-4 a.e.t	Armagh	Athlone^[4]
				Referee: P Kavanagh, Meath

26 February 1984 For 6th Place	Offaly	0-10 — 1-7	Kildare	Carlow^[5]
				Referee: P Collins, Westmeath

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Kerry	7	3	4	0	10	Qualified for knockout stage
Down	7	3	2	2	8
Meath	7	3	2	2	8
Cork	7	3	1	3	7
Armagh	7	3	1	3	7
Offaly	7	3	4	4	6
Kildare	7	2	2	3	6	Relegated to Division Two of the 1984–85 NFL
Dublin	7	1	2	4	4	Relegated to Division Two of the 1984–85 NFL

Division Two

Play-Off

26 February 1984 For 3rd Place	Roscommon	1-11 — 1-7	Mayo	McHale Park, Castlebar^[6]
				Referee: T Moran, Leitrim

4 March 1984 For 2nd Place

Tyrone

1-6 — 0-8

Roscommon

Breffni Park, Cavan

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Notes
Galway	7	7	0	0	14	Qualified for Knockout Phase and promoted to Division One of the 1984–85 NFL
Tyrone	7	4	0	3	8
Roscommon	7	4	0	3	8
Mayo	7	4	0	3	8
Wexford	7	3	1	3	7
Louth	7	3	0	4	6
Cavan	7	2	1	4	5	Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL
Derry	7	0	0	7	0	Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL

^[7]

Division Three

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Notes
Monaghan	7	6	0	1	12	Qualified for Knockout Phase and promoted to Division Two of the 1984–85 NFL
Donegal	7	5	0	2	10	Promoted to Division Two of the 1984–85 NFL
Wicklow	7	4	1	2	9
Antrim	7	3	2	2	8
Clare	7	3	0	4	6
Laois	7	2	1	4	5
Carlow	7	1	1	5	3	Relegated to Division Four of the 1984–85 NFL
Westmeath	7	1	1	5	3	Relegated to Division Four of the 1984–85 NFL

^[8]

Division Four

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Notes
Longford	7	7	0	14	Qualified for Knockout Phase and promoted to Division Three of the 1984–85 NFL
Leitrim	7	6	1	12	Promoted to Division Three of the 1984–85 NFL
Limerick	7	4	3	8
Fermanagh	7	4	3	8
Waterford	7	3	4	6
Sligo	7	3	4	6
Tipperary	7	1	6	2
Kilkenny	7	0	7	0

^[9]

Knockout Phase

Quarter-finals

4 March 1984

Kerry	2-11 – 2-5	Longford

Pearse Park, Longford^[10]

11 March 1984

Galway	1-7 – 0-7	Cork

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick^[11]

11 March 1984

Meath	1-12 – 1-7	Monaghan

Breffni Park, Cavan^[12]

11 March 1984

Down	2-8 – 0-6	Tyrone

Lurgan^[13]

Semi-finals

1 April 1984

Kerry	0-12 – 1-6	Down

Croke Park, Dublin^[14]

1 April 1984

Galway	1-10 – 0-13	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin^[15]

15 April 1984
replay

Galway	0-10 – 0-9	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin^[16]

Attendance: 13,777

Finals

29 April 1984

Kerry	1-11 – 0-11	Galway
Mikey Sheehy 1-5; Jack O'Shea 0-3; Tommy Doyle, Eoin Liston, Willie Maher 0-1 each

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Referee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath)^[17]

References

^ GAA Final Teams
^ Terrace Talk 1984
^ GAA Archive 1983^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Cork find extra time necessary", Irish Independent, 27/02/1984, p. 10
^ "Dashing Dunne saves Offaly from demotion", Irish Independent, 27/02/1984, p. 10
^ "Roscommon meet Tyrone in play-off", Irish Independent, 27/02/1984, p. 10
^ "Your GAA facts", Irish Independent, 20/02/1984, p. 12
^ "Your GAA facts", Irish Independent, 20/02/1984, p. 12
^ "Your GAA facts", Irish Independent, 20/02/1984, p. 12
^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1984 League".
^ "Results in brief", Irish Press, 12/03/1984
^ "Results in brief", Irish Press, 12/03/1984
^ "Results in brief", Irish Press, 12/03/1984
^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 1984 League :: Semi-final :: Kerry Vs Down".
^ "Results at a glance", Irish Press, 01/04/1984, p. 14
^ "Galway grab glory", Irish Press, 15/04/1984, p. 16
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrisson, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

External links

Kerry v Galway 1984 NFL Final on YouTube

[1] GAA Final Teams

[2] Terrace Talk 1984

[3] GAA Archive 1983^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Cork find extra time necessary", Irish Independent, 27/02/1984, p. 10

[5] "Dashing Dunne saves Offaly from demotion", Irish Independent, 27/02/1984, p. 10

[6] "Roscommon meet Tyrone in play-off", Irish Independent, 27/02/1984, p. 10

[7] "Your GAA facts", Irish Independent, 20/02/1984, p. 12

[8] "Your GAA facts", Irish Independent, 20/02/1984, p. 12

[9] "Your GAA facts", Irish Independent, 20/02/1984, p. 12

[10] "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1984 League".

[11] "Results in brief", Irish Press, 12/03/1984

[12] "Results in brief", Irish Press, 12/03/1984

[13] "Results in brief", Irish Press, 12/03/1984

[14] "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 1984 League :: Semi-final :: Kerry Vs Down".

[15] "Results at a glance", Irish Press, 01/04/1984, p. 14

[16] "Galway grab glory", Irish Press, 15/04/1984, p. 16

[17] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrisson, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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