1964–65 National Football League (Ireland)

Gaelic football competition

1964–65 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1964 – 4 July 1965
League champions
Winners	Galway (3rd win)
Captain	John Donnellan
League runners-up
Runners-up	New York
Captain	Kenny Finn
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 National Football League was the 34th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Galway won the home competition with a win over Kerry in the final. The play-off with New York was now two-legged: the hosts won the first game with a last-minute point, but on Independence Day Galway won in a rout.

Format

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Group Stages

Division I

Inter-group play-offs

Donegal v Derry

4 April 1965 Final

Donegal

2-9 — 1-7

Derry

Division II

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Meath	6	6	0	12	Qualified for knockout stage
Mayo	6	5	1	10
Cavan	6	4	2	8
Sligo	6	3	3	6
Westmeath	5	1	4	2
Longford	6	1	5	2
Leitrim	5	0	5	0

Division III

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Galway	6	6	0	12	Qualified for knockout stage
Dublin	6	5	1	10
Louth	6	4	2	8
Offaly	6	3	3	6
Roscommon	6	2	4	2
Wicklow	6	1	5	2
Laois	6	0	5	0

Knockout stages

Semi-finals

11 April 1965

Kerry	3-10 – 1-8	Donegal
M. O'Dwyer (1-0) D. Geaney (1-0) J. J. Barrett (1-0) B. O'Callaghan (0-5) V. Lucey (0-3) S. Burrows (0-1) P. Griffin (0-1)		J. Hannigan (1-0) M. McLoone (0-3) P. J. Flood (0-2) A. McDevitt (0-2) F. Campbell (0-1)

Referee: Mick Loftus (Mayo) 25 April 1965

Galway	0-8 – 1-2	Meath

Croke Park, DublinAttendance: 42,135Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

Finals

16 May 1965
Home Final

Galway	1-7 – 0-8	Kerry

Croke Park, DublinAttendance: 47,191Referee: Mick Loftus (Mayo)

27 June 1965
Final, first leg

New York	0-8 – 1-4	Galway

Gaelic Park, New York CityReferee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)

4 July 1965
Final, second leg

New York	0-9 – 3-8	Galway

Gaelic Park, New York CityAttendance: 12,215Referee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)

Galway win 24–17 on aggregate.

References

GAA Final Teams
GAA Archives
Chicago Tribune 28 June 1965, Section 3, Page 3, 1st column
Terrace Talk 1965
"Galway Takes Football Title Before 12,215 at Gaelic Park" - New York Times
^ "National Football League", Irish Independent, 30 March 1965, p. 17
^ "Back in time...". Clár Oifigiúil: Quarter-final Group Stage, Group 2 Phase 2 (i.e. the Kerry match). 21 July 2019. p. 35.
Cogley, M.V., "Galway for Home Final", Irish Independent, 26 April 1965, p. 15
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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