# 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.
Kerry beat Galway in the final.

## 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 | Advanced to NFL semi-final |
| 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 | Relegated to Division Two of the 2007 NFL |

### 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 | Advanced to NFL semi-final |
| 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 | Relegated to Division Two of the 2007 NFL |

### Final
## 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 | Advanced to NFL Division 2 semi-final; promoted to Division One |
| 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 | Advanced to NFL Division 2 semi-final; promoted to Division One |
| 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 | |

### Final (Replay)

| 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 |