1984–85 National Football League (Ireland)


The 1984–85 National Football League was the 54th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Monaghan won their first and only national title with a win over Armagh in the final.

Format

This was the final year of the NFL in its present format before a move to a three division league for the 1985–86 NFL.

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.

Titles

Teams in all four divisions competed for the National Football League title.

Knockout stage qualifiers

In the Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows:
The semi-final match-ups are:
The final match-up is: Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2.

Promotion and Relegation

When the NFL was played, relegation was to be as follows:
The change in format agreed in advance of the 1985–86 NFL meant that promotion and relegation was as follows:
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 Tables

Division One

Division Two

Play-Offs

Table

Division Three

Play-Offs

This result was to relegate Wicklow to Division Four of the 1985–86 NFL. The play-off turned out to be redundant because of the restructure to the league, and both teams were in Division Three of the 1985–86 NFL.

Table

Division Four

Knockout Stages

Quarter-Finals

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Semi-Finals

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Finals