2004 National Football League (Ireland)

2004 National Football League
League details
Dates 1 February - 2 May 2004
Teams 32
League champions
Winners Kerry (17th win)
Captain Tomás Ó Sé
Manager Jack O'Connor
League runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Captain Gary Fahey
Manager John O'Mahony
Other division winners
Division 2 Offaly
← 2003
2005 →

The 2004 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 73rd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Kerry beat Galway in the final.[1]

Format

League structure

The top 16 teams were drawn into Divisions 1A and 1B. The other 16 teams were drawn into Divisions 2A and 2B. Each team played all the other teams in its section once: either home or away. Teams earned 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

Finals, promotions and relegations

The top two teams in Divisions 2A and 2B progressed to the Division 2 semi-finals and were promoted to Division 1. The bottom two teams in Divisions 1A and 1B were relegated. The top two teams in Divisions 1A and 1B progressed to the NFL semi-finals.

Tie-breaker

If two or more teams are level on points, points difference was used to rank the teams.

Division 1

Division 1A Table

  Compete in Division 1 semi-finals   Automatic relegation to Division 2A

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Tyrone 7 5 1 1 11-71 3-55 40 11
Kerry 7 5 0 2 8-83 4-60 35 10
Cork 7 3 3 1 8-64 4-62 14 9
Dublin 7 3 2 2 2-72 4-70 -4 8
Mayo 7 3 0 4 5-66 7-68 -8 6
Westmeath 7 1 2 4 5-72 10-75 -18 4
Fermanagh 7 1 2 4 1-66 7-76 -28 4
Longford 7 2 0 5 9-63 10-91 -31 4

Division 1A Rounds 1 to 7

31/01/04
Round 1 		Cork 1-8 - 2-5 Westmeath Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
01/02/04
Round 1 		Longford 3-7 - 1-12 Kerry Pearse Park, Longford
01/02/04
Round 1 		Dublin 0-9 - 0-8 Tyrone Parnell Park, Dublin
01/02/04
Round 1 		Fermanagh 0-8 - 1-7 Mayo Brewster Park, Enniskillen
07/02/04
Round 2 		Kerry 0-11 - 0-9 Cork Austin Stack Park, Tralee
08/02/04
Round 2 		Tyrone 2-9 - 0-10 Fermanagh Healy Park, Omagh
08/02/04
Round 2 		Westmeath 1-13 - 2-12 Longford Cusack Park, Mullingar
08/02/04
Round 2 		Mayo 1-10 - 0-3 Dublin MacHale Park, Castlebar
14/02/04
Round 3 		Cork 2-9 - 0-10 Mayo Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
15/02/04
Round 3 		Dublin 0-12 - 1-12 Kerry Parnell Park, Dublin
15/02/04
Round 3 		Longford 0-9 - 3-15 Tyrone Pearse Park, Longford
15/02/04
Round 3 		Fermanagh 1-9 - 0-12 Westmeath Brewster Park, Enniskillen
07/03/04
Round 4 		Westmeath 0-10 - 0-15 Dublin Cusack Park, Mullingar
07/03/04
Round 4 		Kerry 2-18 - 0-6 Fermanagh Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
07/03/04
Round 4 		Mayo 0-16 - 0-8 Longford St Stephen's Park, Ballina
13/03/04
Round 4 		Cork 3-10 - 1-10 Longford Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
14/03/04
Round 5 		Westmeath 0-10 - 2-10 Kerry Cusack Park, Mullingar
14/03/04
Round 5 		Mayo 1-5 - 2-11 Tyrone MacHale Park, Castlebar
14/03/04
Round 5 		Fermanagh 0-12 - 0-12 Dublin Brewster Park, Enniskillen
21/03/04
Round 5 		Tyrone 2-11 - 0-6 Westmeath Healy Park, Omagh
21/03/04
Round 6 		Kerry 1-13 - 0-8 Mayo Austin Stack Park, Tralee
21/03/04
Round 6 		Dublin 0-9 - 0-9 Cork Parnell Park, Dublin
27/03/04
Round 6 		Longford 1-8 - 0-13 Fermanagh Pearse Park, Longford
27/03/04
Round 6 		Tyrone 1-9 - 1-9 Cork Healy Park, Omagh
03/04/04
Round 7 		Cork 1-10 - 0-8 Fermanagh Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
04/04/04
Round 7 		Tyrone 1-8 - 1-7 Kerry Healy Park, Omagh
04/04/04
Round 7 		Westmeath 2-16 - 2-10 Mayo Cusack Park, Mullingar
04/04/04
Round 7 		Dublin 2-12 - 2-9 Longford Parnell Park, Dublin

Division 1B Table

  Compete in Division 1 semi-finals   Automatic relegation to Division 2B

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Limerick 7 4 2 1 7-74 8-59 12 10
Galway 7 3 2 2 10-79 12-74 -1 8
Sligo 7 3 2 2 7-73 8-74 -4 8
Wexford 7 3 1 3 11-75 7-66 21 7
Laois 7 3 1 3 7-71 9-72 -7 7
Armagh 7 3 1 3 5-67 7-76 -15 7
Meath 7 2 2 3 12-62 7-75 2 6
Cavan 7 1 1 5 7-71 8-76 -8 3

Division 1B Rounds 1 to 7

01/02/04
Round 1 		Sligo 2-12 - 0-9 Cavan Markievicz Park, Sligo
01/02/04
Round 1 		Meath 2-12 - 1-12 Galway Páirc Tailteann, Navan
01/02/04
Round 1 		Limerick 2-13 - 1-5 Laois Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
01/02/04
Round 1 		Armagh 1-6 - 0-8 Wexford St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen
08/02/04
Round 2 		Wexford 0-10 - 1-5 Meath Wexford Park, Wexford
08/02/04
Round 2 		Galway 0-16 - 0-8 Armagh Pearse Stadium, Salthill
08/02/04
Round 2 		Laois 0-8 - 2-6 Sligo O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
08/02/04
Round 2 		Cavan 0-7 - 0-11 Limerick Kingscourt Stars GAA Grounds, Cavan
15/02/04
Round 3 		Limerick 2-10 - 1-9 Wexford Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
15/02/04
Round 3 		Meath 2-11 - 0-12 Cavan Páirc Tailteann, Navan
15/02/04
Round 3 		Sligo 1-11 - 1-11 Galway Markievicz Park, Sligo
15/02/04
Round 3 		Armagh 1-14 - 2-8 Laois St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen
07/03/04
Round 4 		Laois 1-15 - 1-12 Meath O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
07/03/04
Round 4 		Galway 4-11 - 1-10 Limerick Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe
07/03/04
Round 4 		Wexford 3-17 - 0-13 Sligo Wexford Park, Wexford
07/03/04
Round 4 		Cavan 3-12 - 0-8 Armagh Breffni Park, Cavan
14/03/04
Round 5 		Limerick 2-5 - 1-8 Meath Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
14/03/04
Round 5 		Laois 1-10 - 1-10 Galway O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
14/03/04
Round 5 		Armagh 1-12 - 0-10 Sligo St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen
14/03/04
Round 5 		Wexford 1-11 - 1-11 Cavan Wexford Park, Wexford
21/03/04
Round 6 		Meath 2-7 - 2-7 Armagh Páirc Tailteann, Navan
21/03/04
Round 6 		Cavan 1-9 - 1-11 Laois Breffni Park, Cavan
21/03/04
Round 6 		Galway 1-7 - 5-12 Wexford St Jarlath's Park, Tuam
21/03/04
Round 6 		Sligo 1-7 - 0-10 Limerick Markievicz Park, Sligo
04/04/04
Round 7 		Limerick 0-15 - 0-12 Armagh Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
04/04/04
Round 7 		Laois 1-14 - 1-8 Wexford O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
04/04/04
Round 7 		Cavan 2-11 - 2-12 Galway Breffni Park, Cavan
04/04/04
Round 7 		Sligo 1-14 - 3-7 Meath Markievicz Park, Sligo

Division 1 Semi-finals

18/04/04
Semi-final 		Tyrone 1-16 - 1-16 Galway Healy Park, Omagh
20/04/03
Semi-final 		Limerick 0-10 - 0-12 Kerry Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
25/04/04
Semi-final replay 		Galway 2-18 - 1-19 Tyrone Pearse Stadium, Salthill

Division 1 Final

02/05/04
Final 		Kerry 3-11 - 1-16 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
Mike Frank Russell 0-6; Colm Cooper 0-2; Declan O'Sullivan, Eoin Brosnan, Tomás Ó Sé, Ronán O'Connor 0-1 each Report Michael Donnellan 1-4; Padraig Joyce 0-5; Declan Meehan, Sean Og de Paor, Joe Bergin, Matthew Clancy, Tommy Joyce 0-1 each

Division 2

Division 2A Table

  Compete in Division 2 semi-finals and automatic promotion to Division 1A

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Donegal 7 7 0 0 11-76 6-49 42 14
Offaly 7 6 0 1 11-71 5-58 31 12
Roscommon 7 5 0 2 3-80 5-56 18 10
Monaghan 7 2 1 4 6-70 7-68 -1 5
Leitrim 7 2 1 4 4-47 6-68 -27 5
Clare 7 2 0 5 5-75 9-65 -2 4
Carlow 7 2 0 5 5-65 7-82 -23 4
London 7 1 0 6 7-54 7-92 -38 2

Division 2A Rounds 1 to 7

01/02/04
Round 1 		Donegal 2-7 - 1-7 Offaly MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey
01/02/04
Round 1 		Carlow 0-13 - 0-11 Monaghan Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
01/02/04
Round 1 		London 0-8 - 2-6 Leitrim Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
01/02/04
Round 1 		Clare 0-6 - 0-11 Roscommon Cuasck Park, Ennis
08/02/04
Round 2 		Roscommon 0-17 - 1-9 Carlow Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
08/02/04
Round 2 		Monaghan 4-9 - 1-12 Clare St Tiernach's Park, Clones
08/02/04
Round 2 		Offaly 1-13 - 1-8 London O'Connor Park, Tullamore
08/02/04
Round 2 		Leitrim 1-5 - 2-10 Donegal St Mary's GAA Park, Cloone
15/02/04
Round 3 		Donegal 3-6 - 1-11 Monaghan Fr Tierney Park, Ballyshannon
15/02/04
Round 3 		London 2-7 - 2-12 Roscommon Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
15/02/04
Round 3 		Clare 1-13 - 0-9 Leitrim Cusack Park, Ennis
15/02/04
Round 3 		Carlow 1-11 - 2-9 Offaly Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
07/03/04
Round 4 		Offaly 1-11 - 0-10 Clare O'Connor Park, Tullamore
07/03/04
Round 4 		Leitrim 1-10 - 1-8 Carlow Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
07/03/04
Round 4 		Monaghan 0-15 - 0-9 London St Tiernach's Park, Clones
07/03/04
Round 4 		Roscommon 0-11 - 0-12 Donegal Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
14/03/04
Round 5 		London 1-6 - 1-14 Donegal Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
14/03/04
Round 5 		Roscommon 0-12 - 1-4 Monaghan Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
14/03/04
Round 5 		Clare 0-10 - 2-7 Carlow Cusack Park, Ennis
14/03/04
Round 5 		Leitrim 0-4 - 2-10 Offaly Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
21/03/04
Round 6 		Offaly 1-13 - 1-6 Roscommon O'Connor Park, Tullamore
21/03/04
Round 6 		Donegal 0-12 - 2-4 Clare MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey
21/03/04
Round 6 		Carlow 0-12 - 1-10 London Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
21/03/04
Round 6 		Monaghan 0-8 - 0-8 Leitrim St Tiernach's Park, Clones
04/04/04
Round 7 		Donegal 3-15 - 0-5 Carlow Fr Tierney Park, Ballyshannon
04/04/04
Round 7 		Offaly 3-8 - 0-12 Monaghan O'Connor Park, Tullamore
04/04/04
Round 7 		Clare 1-20 - 2-6 London Cusack Park, Ennis
04/04/04
Round 7 		Roscommon 0-11 - 0-5 Leitrim Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Division 2B Table

  Compete in Division 2 semi-finals and automatic promotion to Division 1B

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Kildare 7 6 1 0 5-100 3-66 40 13
Down 7 3 4 0 13-78 9-65 25 10
Wicklow 7 4 1 2 5-68 2-60 17 9
Tipperary 7 4 1 2 8-87 7-79 11 9
Antrim 7 3 1 3 7-70 12-69 -14 7
Derry 7 3 0 4 11-90 9-62 34 6
Louth 7 1 0 6 7-72 6-100 -25 2
Waterford 7 0 0 7 6-56 14-120 -88 0

Division 2B Rounds 1 to 7

01/02/04
Round 1 		Down 3-11 - 3-11 Tipperary Páirc Esler, Newry
01/02/04
Round 1 		Kildare 1-14 - 0-12 Derry St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
01/02/04
Round 1 		Louth 1-7 - 1-9 Antrim Páirc na nGael, Dundalk
01/02/04
Round 1 		Waterford 0-8 - 1-16 Wicklow Walsh Park, Waterford
08/02/04
Round 2 		Antrim 1-8 - 1-10 Kildare Casement Park, Belfast
08/02/04
Round 2 		Wicklow 1-5 - 0-8 Down Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
08/02/04
Round 2 		Derry 0-21 - 1-7 Louth Celtic Park, Derry
08/02/04
Round 2 		Tipperary 0-17 - 1-8 Waterford Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel
15/02/04
Round 3 		Waterford 3-8 - 1-16 Antrim Walsh Park, Waterford
15/02/04
Round 3 		Down 2-10 - 2-6 Derry St Patrick's Park, Newcastle
15/02/04
Round 3 		Louth 1-8 - 1-11 Wicklow St Mary's GAA Park, Ardee
15/02/04
Round 3 		Kildare 0-13 - 0-8 Tipperary St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
07/03/04
Round 4 		Derry 5-17 - 0-4 Waterford Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen
07/03/04
Round 4 		Antrim 1-9 - 1-9 Down Casement Park, Belfast
07/03/04
Round 4 		Tipperary 0-16 - 1-10 Louth Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel
07/03/04
Round 4 		Wicklow 0-11 - 0-13 Kildare Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
14/03/04
Round 5 		Down 3-15 - 1-9 Waterford Páirc Esler, Newry
14/03/04
Round 5 		Derry 3-13 - 1-8 Antrim Celtic Park, Derry
14/03/04
Round 5 		Kildare 0-15 - 1-11 Louth St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
14/03/04
Round 5 		Tipperary 0-7 - 0-12 Wicklow Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel
21/03/04
Round 6 		Louth 1-12 - 3-15 Down Drogheda Park, Drogheda
21/03/04
Round 6 		Antrim 1-11 - 2-15 Tipperary Casement Park, Belfast
21/03/04
Round 6 		Wicklow 1-6 - 0-7 Derry Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
21/03/04
Round 6 		Waterford 0-6 - 3-22 Kildare Walsh Park, Waterford
04/04/04
Round 7 		Louth 1-17 - 1-13 Waterford Drogheda Park, Drogheda
04/04/04
Round 7 		Tipperary 3-13 - 1-14 Derry Semple Stadium, Thurles
04/04/04
Round 7 		Down 1-10 - 0-13 Kildare St Patrick's Park, Newcastle
04/04/04
Round 7 		Antrim 1-9 - 1-7 Wicklow Casement Park, Belfast

Division 2 Semi-finals

18/04/04
Semi-final 		Down 2-05 - 0-10 Donegal St Tiernach's Park, Clones
18/04/04
Semi-final 		Offaly 1-10 - 1-08 Down Croke Park, Dublin

Division 2 Final

02/05/04
Final 		Offaly 1-16 - 2-12 Limerick Croke Park

Statistics

Scoring

References

  1. ↑ "Superior Kerry forced to cling on". Irish Times. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Results Archive". Hogan Stand. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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