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League details | |
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Dates | October 1976 – 17 April 1977 |
Teams | 32 |
League champions | |
Winners | Kerry (13th win) |
Captain | John O'Keeffe |
Manager | Mick O'Dwyer |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Dublin |
Captain | Tony Hanahoe |
Manager | Tony Hanahoe (player-manager) |
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The 1976–77 National Football League was the 46th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Kerry narrowly beat Dublin in the final.
All 32 counties of Ireland compete: 12 in Division 1 and 20 in Division 2.
Division 1 is composed of two groups of 6 teams (North and South). Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
Division 2 is composed of two groups of 10 teams (North and South). Each of these is further divided into two groups of 5. The top two in each group play semi-finals and finals, with the North champions and the South champions advancing to the NFL quarter-finals and being promoted.