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1999-2000 National Football League
League details
Dates31 October 1999 - 20 May 2000
Teams33
League champions
WinnersDerry (5th win)
CaptainAnthony Tohill
ManagerEamonn Coleman
League runners-up
Runners-upMeath
CaptainGraham Geraghty
ManagerSeán Boylan
Other division winners
Division 2Louth
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The 1999-2000 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 69th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Derry beat Meath in the final after a replay.[1]

Format

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League structure

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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

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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

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

Division 1

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Division 1A Table

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Kerry 7 5 0 2 9-95 6-63 41 10
Roscommon 7 5 0 2 6-71 6-61 10 10
Dublin 7 5 0 2 6-73 3-80 2 10
Galway 7 4 1 2 5-92 9-65 15 9
Donegal 7 2 1 4 3-73 3-81 -8 5
Tyrone 7 2 1 4 5-73 4-86 -10 5
Armagh 7 1 2 4 4-58 6-75 -23 4
Cork 7 1 1 5 6-57 7-81 -27 3

Division 1A Rounds 1 to 7

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30/10/99
Round 1 		Cork 0-7 - 0-19 Kerry Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
31/10/99
Round 1 		Galway 1-15 - 1-8 Roscommon Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe
31/10/99
Round 1 		Tyrone 1-13 - 0-9 Dublin Healy Park, Omagh
31/10/99
Round 1 		Armagh 0-9 - 0-10 Donegal Athletic Grounds, Armagh
14/11/99
Round 2 		Donegal 0-7 - 0-14 Galway MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey
14/11/99
Round 2 		Dublin 0-14 - 0-6 Armagh Parnell Park, Dublin
14/11/99
Round 2 		Kerry 2-19 - 1-8 Tyrone Austin Stack Park, Tralee
14/11/99
Round 2 		Roscommon 1-12 - 3-4 Cork Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
28/11/99
Round 3 		Cork 0-7 - 2-12 Donegal Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
28/11/99
Round 3 		Dublin 1-8 - 0-9 Kerry Parnell Park, Dublin
05/12/99
Round 3 		Tyrone 0-11 - 2-8 Roscommon O'Neill Park, Dungannon
12/12/99
Round 3 		Armagh 2-7 - 1-10 Galway St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen
13/02/00
Round 4 		Kerry 3-16 - 2-8 Armagh Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
13/02/00
Round 4 		Roscommon 1-10 - 0-6 Dublin Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
13/02/00
Round 4 		Galway 1-9 - 2-9 Cork St Jarlath's Park, Tuam
13/02/00
Round 4 		Donegal 0-10 - 0-10 Tyrone MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey
05/03/00
Round 5 		Kerry 1-8 - 0-9 Roscommon Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
05/03/00
Round 5 		Tyrone 1-11 - 0-15 Galway Healy Park, Omagh
05/03/00
Round 5 		Dublin 1-11 - 0-11 Donegal Parnell Park, Dublin
05/03/00
Round 5 		Armagh 0-7 - 0-7 Cork St. Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen
18/03/00
Round 6 		Galway 0-20 - 2-15 Dublin St Jarlath's Park, Tuam
26/03/00
Round 6 		Cork 0-12 - 1-12 Tyrone Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
26/03/00
Round 6 		Donegal 0-14 - 2-16 Kerry Fr Tierney Park, Ballyshannon
26/03/00
Round 6 		Roscommon 1-10 - 0-8 Armagh Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
09/04/00
Round 7 		Kerry 1-8 - 2-9 Galway Austin Stack Park, Tralee
09/04/00
Round 7 		Roscommon 0-14 - 1-9 Donegal Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
09/04/00
Round 7 		Dublin 2-10 - 1-11 Cork Parnell Park, Dublin
09/04/00
Round 7 		Tyrone 1-8 - 0-13 Armagh O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Division 1B Table

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Derry 7 5 2 0 5-77 2-56 30 12
Meath 7 3 2 2 7-77 6-78 2 8
Sligo 7 4 0 3 8-63 5-71 1 8
Fermanagh 7 4 0 3 2-78 6-76 -10 8
Mayo 7 3 0 4 5-65 3-66 5 6
Clare 7 2 2 3 4-64 3-68 -1 6
Kildare 7 1 2 4 4-70 7-72 -11 4
Down 7 1 2 4 5-64 8-71 -16 4

Division 1B Rounds 1 to 7

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Round 1 		Meath 0-13 - 0-11 Clare Páirc Tailteann, Navan
31/10/99
Round 1 		Fermanagh 1-14 - 0-13 Sligo Brewster Park, Enniskillen
31/10/99
Round 1 		Down 0-10 - 1-10 Kildare Páirc Esler, Newry
31/10/99
Round 1 		Derry 0-10 - 0-6 Mayo Celtic Park, Derry
14/11/99
Round 2 		Kildare 1-10 - 2-7 Derry St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
14/11/99
Round 2 		Sligo 3-11 - 2-13 Meath Markievicz Park, Sligo
14/11/99
Round 2 		Mayo 1-15 - 0-9 Fermanagh Crossmolina Deel Rovers GAA Ground, Crossmolina
14/11/99
Round 2 		Clare 1-10 - 1-10 Down Kilmihil GAA Pitch, Kilmihil
28/11/99
Round 3 		Down 0-10 - 2-6 Sligo Páirc Esler, Newry
28/11/99
Round 3 		Derry 0-7 - 0-4 Clare Celtic Park, Derry
12/12/99
Round 3 		Fermanagh 0-14 - 0-7 Meath Brewster Park, Enniskillen
19/12/99
Round 3 		Mayo 1-10 - 0-10 Kildare MacHale Park, Castlebar
13/02/00
Round 4 		Meath 1-12 - 2-9 Down Páirc Tailteann, Navan
13/02/00
Round 4 		Kildare 1-9 - 0-13 Fermanagh St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
13/02/00
Round 4 		Clare 0-13 - 0-9 Mayo Kilmihil GAA Pitch, Kilmihil
13/02/00
Round 4 		Sligo 0-9 - 0-10 Derry Markievicz Park, Sligo
05/03/00
Round 5 		Mayo 0-7 - 1-7 Sligo Fr O'Hara Park, Charlestown
05/03/00
Round 5 		Kildare 0-13 - 1-10 Clare St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
05/03/00
Round 5 		Derry 0-13 - 1-10 Meath Celtic Park, Derry
05/03/00
Round 5 		Fermanagh 0-9 - 1-11 Down Brewster Park, Enniskilen
25/03/00
Round 6 		Meath 1-10 - 1-9 Mayo Páirc Tailteann, Navan
25/03/00
Round 6 		Clare 1-6 - 1-9 Fermanagh Kilmihil GAA Pitch, Kilmihil
25/03/00
Round 6 		Down 0-7 - 1-15 Derry St Patrick's Park, Newcastle
26/03/00
Round 6 		Sligo 1-10 - 1-7 Kildare Markievicz Park, Sligo
09/04/00
Round 7 		Kildare 0-11 - 2-12 Meath St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
09/04/00
Round 7 		Derry 2-15 - 0-10 Fermanagh Celtic Park, Derry
09/04/00
Round 7 		Mayo 2-9 - 1-7 Down St Stephen's Park, Ballina
09/04/00
Round 7 		Clare 1-10 - 1-7 Sligo Cusack Park, Ennis

Division 1 Semi-finals

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23/04/00
Semi-final 		Meath 4-11 - 1-18 Kerry Semple Stadium, Thurles
23/04/00
Semi-final 		Derry 0-15 - 0-08 Roscommon St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Division 1 Final

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07/05/00
Final 		Derry 1-12 - 1-12 Meath Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 25,743 [2]
Referee: Michael Curley (Galway) [3]
20/05/00
Final replay 		Derry 1-08 - 0-09 Meath St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: Paddy Russell (Tipperary) [4]

Division 2

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Division 2A Table

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Offaly 7 7 0 0 9-76 4-58 33 14
Louth 7 6 0 1 12-99 7-72 42 12
Wicklow 7 5 0 2 8-74 2-68 24 10
Antrim 7 4 0 3 6-72 2-70 14 8
Leitrim 7 3 0 4 7-78 8-78 -3 6
Westmeath 7 2 0 5 5-74 8-66 -1 4
Limerick 7 1 0 6 4-65 11-86 -42 2
London 7 0 0 7 4-54 13-94 -67 0

Division 2A Rounds 1 to 7

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Round 1 		Offaly 1-16 - 2-11 Louth O'Connor Park, Tullamore
31/10/99
Round 1 		Limerick 0-10 - 1-12 Westmeath Kevin Long Park, Feenagh
31/10/99
Round 1 		London 0-11 - 1-11 Wicklow Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
31/10/99
Round 1 		Leitrim 0-7 - 2-11 Antrim Casement Park, Belfast
14/11/99
Round 2 		Westmeath 3-18 - 0-3 London Cusack Park, Mullingar
14/11/99
Round 2 		Leitrim 1-19 - 1-8 Limerick Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
14/11/99
Round 2 		Louth 1-15 - 0-11 Antrim Drogheda Park, Drogheda
14/11/99
Round 2 		Wicklow 0-8 - 0-10 Offaly Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
28/11/99
Round 3 		Limerick 1-9 - 3-14 Louth FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
28/11/99
Round 3 		London 1-9 - 2-13 Leitrim Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
28/11/99
Round 3 		Offaly 0-9 - 0-4 Antrim O'Connor Park, Tullamore
05/12/99
Round 3 		Wicklow 3-11 - 0-5 Westmeath Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
13/02/00
Round 4 		Antrim 2-14 - 0-10 Limerick Casement Park, Belfast
13/02/00
Round 4 		Louth 1-19 - 2-8 London Drogheda Park, Drogheda
13/02/00
Round 4 		Leitrim 0-13 - 1-13 Wicklow Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
13/02/00
Round 4 		Westmeath 0-8 - 1-7 Offaly Cusack Park, Mullingar
04/03/00
Round 5 		London 0-7 - 1-11 Antrim Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
05/03/00
Round 5 		Offaly 2-9 - 0-11 Limerick O'Connor Park, Tullamore
05/03/00
Round 5 		Wicklow 1-7 - 0-12 Louth Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
05/03/00
Round 5 		Westmeath 0-11 - 1-9 Leitrim Cusack Park, Mullingar
25/03/00
Round 6 		Leitrim 1-9 - 1-12 Offaly Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
25/03/00
Round 6 		Antrim 1-9 - 0-15 Wicklow Casement Park, Belfast
25/03/00
Round 6 		Limerick 1-9 - 0-9 London Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
26/03/00
Round 6 		Louth 3-14 - 0-13 Westmeath Drogheda Park, Drogheda
09/04/00
Round 7 		Westmeath 1-7 - 0-12 Antrim St Lomans GAA Pitch, Mullingar
09/04/00
Round 7 		Wicklow 2-9 - 1-8 Limerick Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
09/04/00
Round 7 		Leitrim 2-8 - 2-14 Louth Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
09/04/00
Round 7 		London 1-7 - 4-13 Offaly Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip

Division 2B Table

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Laois 7 7 0 0 6-87 2-57 42 14
Cavan 7 4 0 3 10-86 8-68 24 8
Monaghan 7 4 0 3 6-78 7-64 11 8
Longford 7 4 0 3 8-74 4-87 -1 8
Wexford 7 3 0 4 8-76 12-68 -4 6
Tipperary 7 2 0 5 10-47 3-82 -14 4
Waterford 7 2 0 5 4-71 11-70 -20 4
Carlow 7 2 0 5 7-60 12-83 -38 4

Division 2B Rounds 1 to 7

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Round 1 		Wexford 4-13 - 1-4 Waterford St Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy
31/10/99
Round 1 		Carlow 2-12 - 2-10 Longford Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
31/10/99
Round 1 		Laois 1-12 - 1-4 Tipperary O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
31/10/99
Round 1 		Cavan 1-9 - 1-16 Monaghan Breffni Park, Cavan
14/11/99
Round 2 		Tipperary 2-11 - 0-10 Carlow Ardfinnan GAA Ground, Ardfinnan
14/11/99
Round 2 		Waterford 2-9 - 2-11 Cavan O'Neill Park, Dungannon
14/11/99
Round 2 		Longford 1-11 - 0-11 Wexford Pearse Park, Longford
14/11/99
Round 2 		Monaghan 0-11 - 0-12 Laois Páirc Mhuire, Scotstown
28/11/99
Round 3 		Carlow 2-7 - 2-6 Monaghan Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
28/11/99
Round 3 		Wexford 1-11 - 2-6 Tipperary O'Kennedy Park, New Ross
28/11/99
Round 3 		Waterford 0-14 - 2-6 Longford Fraher Field, Dungarvan
28/11/99
Round 3 		Cavan 0-5 - 1-10 Laois Breffni Park, Cavan
13/02/00
Round 4 		Longford 2-11 - 0-16 Cavan Pearse Park, Longford
13/02/00
Round 4 		Laois 1-13 - 0-7 Carlow O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
13/02/00
Round 4 		Monaghan 1-10 - 1-9 Wexford Páirc Mhuire, Scotstown
13/02/00
Round 4 		Tipperary 1-9 - 0-11 Waterford Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel
04/03/00
Round 5 		Waterford 0-9 - 1-13 Monaghan Fraher Field, Dungarvan
05/03/00
Round 5 		Cavan 3-15 - 1-8 Carlow Breffni Park, Cavan
05/03/00
Round 5 		Wexford 1-7 - 1-14 Laois Páirc Uí Shiochain, Gorey
05/03/00
Round 5 		Longford 0-12 - 1-7 Tipperary Pearse Park, Longford
25/03/00
Round 6 		Carlow 2-8 - 1-15 Wexford Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
25/03/00
Round 6 		Tipperary 1-4 - 0-15 Cavan Páirc Shaleain, Templemore
26/03/00
Round 6 		Laois 1-10 - 0-11 Waterford O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
26/03/00
Round 6 		Monaghan 0-11 - 1-12 Longford Páirc Mhuire, Scotstown
09/04/00
Round 7 		Longford 0-12 - 1-16 Laois Pearse Park, Longford
09/04/00
Round 7 		Tipperary 2-6 - 1-11 Monaghan Sean Treacy Park, Tipperary
09/04/00
Round 7 		Waterford 1-13 - 0-8 Carlow Fraher Field, Dungarvan
09/04/00
Round 7 		Wexford 0-10 - 4-15 Cavan O'Kennedy Park, New Ross

Division 2 Semi-finals

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23/04/00
Semi-final 		Offaly 1-11 - 0-10 Cavan Cusack Park, Mullingar
23/04/00
Semi-final 		Louth 0-13 - 1-08 Laois Cusack Park, Mullingar

Division 2 Final

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7 May 2000[5][6][7]
2pm 		Louth 1-13 - 0-13 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Brian Crowe (Cavan)
Man of the Match: Simon Gerrard
Stanfield (0-4), Gerrard (1-0), Rooney (0-3, 1f), Farrelly (0-2), McGinnity (0-1), Kirwan (0-1), D. Reilly (0-1), C. O'Hanlon (0-1) McManus (0-5f), Farrell (0-4), Quinn (0-2f), Claffey (0-1), R. Malone (0-1)
GK 1 Colm Nally (Newtown Blues)
RCB 2 Breen Phillips (Newtown Blues)
FB 3 Stephen Melia (St Joseph's)
LCB 4 Brendan Reilly (John Mitchels)
RHB 5 Peter McGinnity (Dundalk Gaels)
CHB 6 Aaron Hoey (St Bride's)
LHB 7 Simon Gerrard (Newtown Blues)
MF 8 Séamus O'Hanlon (Clan na Gael)
MF 9 Martin Farrelly (Lann Léire)
RHF 10 Mark Stanfield (O'Connells)
CHF 11 Nicky Malone (Lann Léire) (c)
LHF 12 Ollie McDonnell (St Joseph's)
RCF 13 David Reilly (St Joseph's)
FF 14 Darren Kirwan (St Patrick's)
LCF 15 JP Rooney (Naomh Máirtín)
Substitutes:
16 Cathal O'Hanlon (Clan na Gael) for David Reilly
17 Paddy McGuigan (Dreadnots) for Séamus O'Hanlon
18 Christy Grimes (Mattock Rangers) for Kirwan
19 Séamus O'Hanlon for McDonnell
GK 1 Pádraic Kelly (Shamrocks)
RCB 2 Cathal Daly (Tullamore)
FB 3 Barry Malone (Rhode)
LCB 4 James Brady (Gracefield)
RHB 5 Joe Kilmurray (Rhode)
CHB 6 Seán Grennan (Ferbane) (c)
LHB 7 Finbarr Cullen (Edenderry)
MF 8 James Grennan (Ferbane)
MF 9 Ronan Mooney (Shamrocks)
RHF 10 Colm Quinn (Ballycumber)
CHF 11 Vinny Claffey (Doon)
LHF 12 Ciarán McManus (Tubber)
RCF 13 Paschal Kellaghan (Rhode)
FF 14 Roy Malone (Rhode)
LCF 15 David Connolly (Bracknagh)
Substitutes:
16 Cillian Farrell (Edenderry) for Kellaghan
17 John Ryan (Shannonbridge) for R. Malone
18 Barry Mooney (Shamrocks) for Connolly
19 Donie Ryan (Doon) for Quinn

Statistics

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  • All scores correct as of 12 March 2016[8]

Scoring

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References

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  1. ^ "Photos from the 2000 NFL final". inpho.ie. 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  3. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  4. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  5. ^ "Glory In the Sun". Drogheda Independent. 12 May 2000.
  6. ^ "Louth savour their day in the sun". Irish Times. 8 May 2000.
  7. ^ "Day in the sun at last for the ex-ODwyers man Melia". Fingal Independent. 19 May 2000.
  8. ^ "Results Archive". Hogan Stand. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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