2007 National Football League (Ireland)

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2007 National Football League
League details
Dates3 February – 29 April 2007
Teams32
League champions
Winners Donegal (1st win)
Captain Neil Gallagher
Manager Brian McIver
League runners-up
Runners-up Mayo
CaptainKevin O'Neill
Manager John O'Mahony
Other division winners
Division 2 Meath
2006
2008
The Donegal flag displayed on the day the county won the National Football League for the first time Donegal County Flag, they are the Champions.jpg
The Donegal flag displayed on the day the county won the National Football League for the first time

The 2007 National Football League was the Gaelic football league, contested by 32 GAA counties football teams, 31 from Ireland (as Kilkenny don't compete) and London from England.

Contents

Due to the extended reshuffling of the structure for the 2008 campaign, survival in Divisions 1A and 1B, was much more precariouswith four relegation places in these divisions, the bottom two teams were relegated to Division 3, and the teams finishing in 5th place and 6th places were relegated to Division 2.

Donegal won the 2007 National Football League by securing the Division One title, a historic achievement and their first National Football League title. They were unbeaten throughout the competition. [1] [2]

Meath won the Division Two title.

The Dublin vs. Tyrone match was the first Gaelic football match held in Croke Park under floodlights.

Format

Division One

The top two teams from both division one A and B go on to qualify for the league semi finals and then the winning team goes on to qualify for the final. The winner of the final game are the football league champions. The bottom two teams in Division one A and B are relegated to Division three of the next format for 2008. The teams who finish in fifth and sixth place in Division A and B are relegated to Division two in the new 2008 format. The teams in first, second, third and fourth position in both Division A and B qualify to play in the new 2008 format in Division One.

Division two

The top two teams from Division two A and B go on to qualify for the division two semi finals. The winners of the semi-final go on to play in the Division two finals and the winner becomes the 2007 Division two champions. The top two teams in Division 2A and 2B go on to play in Division 2 in the 2008 format. The teams that finish in third and fourth position go on to play in Division 3 of the 2008 format and the bottom four teams will play in Division four of the 2008 format.

Scoring Difference

All of the final positions in the league will be determined by each team's scoring, there will be no playoffs in the 2007 National Football League. If two teams finish the league on the same points, the scores are then taken into consideration and the team with the best average go to the higher position. If the teams remain equal after the scores have been averaged out, the result of the game which involved the two teams will be seen as the deciding factor between the teams.

Division One

Division 1A Table

TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsNotes
Donegal 761010-798-64+2113Advance to NFL semi-final
Mayo 76018-725-66+1512
Kerry 74123-786-62+79Remain in Division 1
Tyrone 73133-686-69–107
Dublin 73046-732-66+196Relegated to Division 2 of the 2008 NFL
Cork 73047-614-70+106
Limerick 71156-678-73–123Relegated to Division 3 of the 2008 NFL
Fermanagh 70074-538-81–400

Division 1B Table

TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsNotes
Galway 75026-682-66+1410Advance to NFL semi-final
Kildare 74212-774-66+510
Derry 74126-826-66+169Remain in Division 1
Laois 73316-794-71+149
Westmeath 73044-676-69–86Relegated to Division 2 of the 2008 NFL
Armagh 73045-622-81–106
Louth 72148-777-86–75Relegated to Division 3 of the 2008 NFL
Down 70162-738-79–241

Semi-finals

Mayo 2-10 1-12 Galway

Donegal 1-13 1-11 Kildare
Croke Park, Dublin [4]
Attendance: 23,209

Final

Donegal 0-13 0-10 Mayo

Division two

Division 2A

TeamPldWDLPts diffPts
Monaghan 7700+4014
Roscommon 7502+1710
Longford 7313+318
Leitrim 7403+88
Offaly 7313+186
Clare 7304-56
Carlow 7106-512
London 7007-580

Yellow - Qualified for Division Two semi-finals White - relegated to Division Three Red - relegated to Division Four

Round One

Carlow 1-09 0-17 Clare
Croke Park
Attendance:
Referee: Pat McEnaney

Leitrim 0-12 0-11 Offaly

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Roscommon 1-10 2-11 Monaghan

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Longford 5-19 0-08 London

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Round Two

Monaghan 1-14 3-06 Longford

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Offaly 3-12 1-08 Carlow

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Clare 1-14 1-09 Leitrim

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London 0-10 1-16 Roscommon

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Round Three

Monaghan 0-00 0-00 Carlow

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Roscommon 0-00 0-00 Clare

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Longford 0-00 0-00 Offaly

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The result was declared null by the GAA; both points were awarded to Longford


London 0-00 0-00 Leitrim

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Round Four

Longford 1-14 0-10 Leitrim

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Clare 0-06 0-19 Monaghan

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Offaly 2-17 1-09 London

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Carlow 1-10 2-09 Roscommon

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Division 2B

TeamPldWDLPts diffPts
Cavan 7520+2512
Meath 7511+2511
Wexford 7511+2511
Sligo 7313-17
Wicklow 7304-16
Antrim 7205-94
Tipperary 7115-223
Waterford 7106-422

Yellow - Qualified for Division Two semi-finals White - relegated to Division Three Red - relegated to Division Four

Round One

Meath 2-07 0-13 Cavan
Croke Park
Attendance:
Referee: Pat McEnaney

Wicklow 4-09 1-10 Antrim

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Tipperary 1-12 0-15 Sligo

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Waterford 2-13 1-12 Wexford

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Round Two

Antrim 1-11 2-12 Meath
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Cavan 0-17 0-10 Wicklow

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Wexford 0-16 0-07 Tipperary

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Sligo 0-14 1-08 Waterford

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Round Three

Waterford 0-8 1-13 Antrim
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Tipperary 0-12 1-14 Cavan

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Sligo 0-10 3-12 Meath

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Wicklow 0-6 1-06 Wexford

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Round Four

Cavan 1-09 0-10 Sligo
Breffni Park
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Meath 0-00 0-00 Tipperary
Páirc Tailteann
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Antrim 1-10 2-14 Wexford
Casement Park
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Waterford 0-08 2-08 Wicklow
Stadium
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Semi-finals

Division One

Both played on Sunday, April 15, at Croke Park, Dublin Donegal v Kildare
Mayo v Galway

Division Two

Semi-finals

Monaghan 0-11 Meath 3-09
Roscommon 2-13 v Cavan 0-14

Final

Roscommon 0-10 Meath 2-12

Final

Meath 2-12 0-10 Roscommon
Report

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