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1980-81 National Football League (Ireland)

1980–81 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1980 – 10 May 1981
League champions
Winners Galway (3rd win)
Captain Barry Brennan
League runners-up
Runners-up Roscommon
Captain Danny Murray

The 1980–81 National Football League was the 50th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Galway defeated Roscommon in an all-Connacht final.

Teams in all four divisions competed for one league title.

Each team played every other team in its division once, either home or away.

2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

In the Preliminary Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows

In the Quarter-Finals, the match-ups were as follows

The semi-final match-ups are:

In the event that teams finish on equal points, then a play-off will be used to determine group placings if necessary, i.e. where to decide relegation places or quarter-finalists.







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