1980–81 National Football League (Ireland)


The 1980–81 National Football League was the 50th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Galway defeated Roscommon in an all-Connacht final.

Format

Titles

Teams in all four divisions competed for one league title.

Divisions

Each team played every other team in its division once, either home or away.

Points awarded

2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

Knockout stage qualifiers

In the Preliminary Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows
In the Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows
The semi-final match-ups are:
In the event that teams finish on equal points, then a play-off will be used to determine group placings if necessary, i.e. where to decide relegation places or quarter-finalists.

League stage

Division One

Regulation Games

Division One Play-Offs

Tables

Division Two

Division Two Regulation Games

Tables

Division Three

Division Four

Knockout stage

Preliminary Quarter-Finals

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Quarter-Finals

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Semi-Finals

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Final