2006 National Football League (Ireland)

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.

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 →

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
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

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
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

Semi-finals

16 April 2006

Kerry	1-15 – 0-10	Laois

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney^[5]

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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	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
Louth	7	6	0	1	10-92	5-63	+44	12	Advanced to NFL Division 2 semi-final; promoted to Division One
Westmeath	7	5	0	2	8-86	4-67	+31	10
Cavan	7	5	0	2	3-88	8-69	+4	10
Tipperary	7	4	0	3	8-69	5-68	+10	8
Sligo	7	3	0	4	7-73	6-84	-8	6
Antrim	7	2	0	5	8-82	11-86	-13	4
Waterford	7	2	0	5	4-53	14-86	-63	4
Wicklow	7	1	0	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)

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16 April 2006

Louth	2-13 – 0-11	Limerick

St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Referee: M. Hughes (Tyrone)

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Final

23 April 2006^[6]

Donegal	0-17 – 3-08	Louth

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: P. McGovern (Galway)

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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