2006 National Football League (Ireland)

2006 National Football League
League details
Dates	4 February – 23 April 2006
Teams	32
League champions
Winners	Kerry (18th win)
Captain	Declan O'Sullivan
Manager	Jack O'Connor
League runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Captain	Pádraic Joyce
Manager	Peter Ford
Other division winners
Division 2	Louth
	← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 75th 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]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

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

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

Division One

Division One (A) table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
Mayo	7	5	1	1	5-95	7-77	+12	11	Advanced to NFL semi-final
Kerry	7	4	1	2	4-94	2-86	+14	9	Advanced to NFL semi-final
Tyrone	7	4	1	2	5-81	4-71	+13	9
Dublin	7	3	1	3	7-67	7-62	+5	7
Cork	7	3	0	4	3-55	1-71	-10	6
Fermanagh	7	3	0	4	5-69	5-81	-12	6
Offaly	7	2	1	4	8-69	8-81	-12	5	Relegated to Division Two of the 2007 NFL
Monaghan	7	1	1	5	4-77	7-78	-10	3	Relegated to Division Two of the 2007 NFL

Division One (B) table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
Laois	7	4	2	1	4-92	4-70	+22	10	Advanced to NFL semi-final
Galway	7	4	1	2	7-73	5-65	+14	9	Advanced to NFL semi-final
Derry	7	4	0	3	2-77	4-65	+6	9
Down	7	4	0	3	8-75	9-75	-3	7
Kildare	7	2	2	3	2-74	4-68	0	6
Armagh	7	3	0	4	10-73	6-79	-4	6
Meath	7	3	0	4	5-82	7-86	-10	6	Relegated to Division Two of the 2007 NFL
Wexford	7	1	1	5	7-64	6-92	-25	3	Relegated to Division Two of the 2007 NFL

Semi-finals

16 April 2006

Kerry	1-15 – 0-10	Laois

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney^[5]

Final

23 April 2006

Kerry	2-11 – 0-11	Galway

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Eugene Murtagh

Division Two

Division Two (A) table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
Donegal	7	6	1	0	6-103	2-47	+68	13	Advanced to NFL Division 2 semi-final; promoted to Division One
Limerick	7	5	1	1	9-79	7-64	+21	11
Roscommon	7	5	0	2	7-81	2-66	+28	10
Leitrim	7	2	2	3	5-62	5-56	+6	6
Longford	7	2	2	3	9-80	13-73	-5	6
Clare	7	3	0	4	4-67	8-63	-8	6
Carlow	7	2	0	5	9-62	5-88	-14	4
London	7	0	0	7	4-29	11-104	-96	0

Division Two (B) table

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
Louth	7	6	1	10-92	5-63	+44	12	Advanced to NFL Division 2 semi-final; promoted to Division One
Westmeath	7	5	2	8-86	4-67	+31	10
Cavan	7	5	2	3-88	8-69	+4	10
Tipperary	7	4	3	8-69	5-68	+10	8
Sligo	7	3	4	7-73	6-84	-8	6
Antrim	7	2	5	8-82	11-86	-13	4
Waterford	7	2	5	4-53	14-86	-63	4
Wicklow	7	1	6	9-67	4-87	-5	2

Semi-finals

16 April 2006

Donegal	0-14 – 1-09	Westmeath

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)

16 April 2006

Louth	2-13 – 0-11	Limerick

St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Referee: M. Hughes (Tyrone)

Final

23 April 2006^[6]

Donegal	0-17 – 3-08	Louth

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: P. McGovern (Galway)

Final (Replay)

30 April 2006^[7]^[8]

Donegal	1–09–1–12	Louth
Doherty (1-3, 1pen, 2f) A. Sweeney (0-3,2f), Monaghan (0-1), Dunnion (0-1), Toye (0-1)		Stanfield (1-2, 1f), Clarke (0-4, 1f), Hoey (0-2), O'Brien (0-1), Farrelly (0-1), Keenan (0-1), Grimes (0-1f)

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)


GK	1	Paul Durcan (Four Masters)
RCB	2	Raymond Sweeney (Dungloe)
FB	3	Paddy Campbell (Naomh Conaill)
LCB	4	Karl Lacey (Four Masters)
RHB	5	Damien Diver (Ardara)
CHB	6	Barry Monaghan (Four Masters)
LHB	7	Barry Dunnion (Four Masters)
MF	8	Brendan Boyle (Ardara)
MF	9	Neil Gallagher (Glenswilly)
RHF	10	Christy Toye (St Michael's) (c)
CHF	11	Ciarán Bonner (Glenswilly)
LHF	12	Rory Kavanagh (St Eunan's)
RCF	13	Adrian Sweeney (Dungloe)
FF	14	James Gallagher (Ghaoth Dobhair)
LCF	15	Michael Doherty (Four Masters)
Substitutes:
	16	Stephen McDermott (Glenfin) for Boyle
	17	Michael Hegarty (Kilcar) for James Gallagher
	18	Frank McGlynn (Glenfin) for Monaghan
	19	Conall Dunne (St Eunan's) for Bonner


GK	1	Stuart Reynolds (O'Connells)
RCB	2	David Brennan (Mattock Rangers)
FB	3	Colin Goss (St Patrick's)
LCB	4	Jamie Carr (Newtown Blues)
RHB	5	John O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB	6	Peter McGinnity (Dundalk Gaels)
LHB	7	John Neary (Geraldines)
MF	8	Martin Farrelly (St Joseph's) (c)
MF	9	Paddy Keenan (St Patrick's)
RHF	10	Christy Grimes (Mattock Rangers)
CHF	11	Mark Brennan (Mattock Rangers)
LHF	12	Mark Stanfield (Killeavy, Armagh)
RCF	13	JP Rooney (Naomh Máirtín)
FF	14	Aaron Hoey (St Bride's)
LCF	15	Darren Clarke (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
	16	Ronan Carroll (St Mary's) for Grimes

References

^ "Final Teams". gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015.
^ "Another National League Title for Kerry". Terrace Talk.
^ "Sportsfile - Kerry v Galway - Allianz Football League Division 1 Final Photos | page 1". www.sportsfile.com.
^ "Galway and Kerry to meet in the final". The Irish Times.
^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 2006 League :: Semi-Final :: Kerry Vs Laois". www.terracetalk.com.
^ "Donegal fight back to force replay". Irish Times. 24 April 2006.
^ "Louth proving a force to be reckoned with". Irish Times. 1 May 2006.
^ "Wee glee as brave". Irish Independent. 1 May 2006.

External links

Laois V Kerry League Semi-Final 2006 on YouTube

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[1] "Final Teams". gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015.

[2] "Another National League Title for Kerry". Terrace Talk.

[3] "Sportsfile - Kerry v Galway - Allianz Football League Division 1 Final Photos | page 1". www.sportsfile.com.

[4] "Galway and Kerry to meet in the final". The Irish Times.

[5] "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 2006 League :: Semi-Final :: Kerry Vs Laois". www.terracetalk.com.

[6] "Donegal fight back to force replay". Irish Times. 24 April 2006.

[7] "Louth proving a force to be reckoned with". Irish Times. 1 May 2006.

[8] "Wee glee as brave". Irish Independent. 1 May 2006.

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2006 National Football League (Ireland)

Format

Division One

Division One (A) table

Division One (B) table

Semi-finals

Final

Division Two

Division Two (A) table

Division Two (B) table

Semi-finals

Final

Final (Replay)

References

External links

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