Senior footballers join elite club

Dublin joined an elite band of three as the only counties to have won the Football League Division 1 title on four successive occasions when they beat Kerry by 11 points in Croke Park on Sunday, thus bringing down the curtain on what has been a very exciting 2016 campaign.

Their 2-18 to 0-13 win was watched by a sell-out crowd in Croke Park on a day when Tyrone beat Cavan in the Division 2 final. Clare took the Division 3 title on Saturday when beating Kildare while Louth were crowned Division 4 champions after a win over Antrim.

Dublin became the first county since Kerry in 1971-72-73-74 to win the Division 1 four-timer, a feat also achieved by Mayo in 1934-35-36-37 before the Westerners went on to complete a six-in-a-row two years later.

Dublin have moved into second place on the League titles’ table with twelve, seven behind Kerry and one ahead of Mayo.

Here’s how all four divisions ended:

DIVISION 1

Champions: Dublin; Runners-up: Kerry

Relegated: Down, Cork

DIVISION 2

Champions: Tyrone; Runners-up: Cavan

Promoted: Tyrone, Cavan

Relegated: Armagh, Laois

DIVISION 3

Champions: Clare; Runners-up: Kildare

Promoted: Clare, Kildare

Relegated: Limerick, Westmeath

DIVISION 4

Champions: Louth; Runners-up: Antrim

Promoted: Louth, Antrim

TOP SCORERS

DIVISION 1

Conor McManus (Monaghan).....2-43 (49pts)

Ciaran Murtagh (Roscommon)...4-31 (43pts)

Dean Rock (Dublin).........................1-40 (43pts)

Michael Murphy (Donegal)...........1-34 (37pts)

Paddy McBrearty (Donegal)..........1-33 (36pts)

DIVISION 2

Michael Newman (Meath)...........4-28 (40pts)

Stefan Campbell (Armagh).........2-33 (39pts)

Tomas Corrigan (Fermanagh)....1-35 (38pts)

Gearoid McKiernan (Cavan).......1-24 (27pts)

Seanie Johnston (Cavan)..............3-17 (26pts)

DIVISION 3

David Tubridy..................................2-40 (46pts)

Niall Murphy (Sligo)........................0-37 (37pts)

Ian Ryan (Limerick).........................0-32 (32pts)

Eoin Cleary (Clare)...........................1-27 (30pts)

John Heslin (Westmeath).................1-26 (29pts)

DIVISION 4

Donal Shanley (Wexford)..............0-44 (44pts)

Tomas McCann (Antrim)..............2-34 (40pts)

Emlyn Mulligan (Leitrim)............1-26 (29pts)

Paul Whyte (Waterford)..............0-24 (24pts)

Darragh Foley (Carlow)...............0-23 (23pts)

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE ROLL OF HONOUR

19 – Kerry (1928-29-31-32-59-61-63-69-71-72-73-74-77-82-84-97-2004-2006-2009)

12 – Dublin (1953-55-58-76-78-87-91-93-2013-2014-2015-2016)

11 – Mayo (1934-35-36-37-38-39-41-49-54-70-2001)

7 – Meath (1933-46-51-75-88-90-94)

8 – Cork (1952-56-80-89-99-2010-2011-2012)

5 – Derry (1947-92-95-96-2000)

4 – Down (1960-62-68-83)

4 – Galway (1940-57-65-81)

2 – Laois (1927-86)

2 – Tyrone (2002-2003)

1 – Armagh (2005)

1 – Cavan (1948)

1 – Longford (1966)

1 – Monaghan (1985)

1 – Offaly (1998)

1 – Roscommon (1979)

1 – Donegal (2007)

ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2016: RESULTS

DIVISION 1

Round 1: Dublin 2-14 Kerry 0-14: Donegal 3-15 Down 0-7; Cork 1-18 Mayo 0-12; Monaghan 2-10 Roscommon 1-9.

Round 2: Dublin 0-9 Mayo 0-7; Roscommon 0-14 Kerry 1-10; Donegal 2-14 Cork 1-7; Monaghan 0-13 Down 0-11.

Round 3: Dublin 1-14 Monaghan 0-16; Roscommon 4-25 Cork 3-10; Donegal 1-14 Mayo 1-12; Kerry 0-22 Down 0-6.

Round 4: Dublin 2-14 Cork 2-10; Roscommon 1-12 Down 0-6; Kerry 1-13 Donegal 1-8; Mayo 2-11 Monaghan 1-12.

Round 5: Dublin 1-15 Down 1-7; Cork 1-20 Monaghan 1-13; Kerry 2-13 Mayo 0-14; Roscommon 1-19 Donegal 0-17.

Round 6: Dublin 1-10 Donegal 0-7; Cork 0-12 Down 0-7; Kerry 1-17 Monaghan 1-9; Mayo 1-11 Roscommon 1-7

Round 7:Kerry 0-20 Cork 1-12; Mayo1-19Down 1-16; Monaghan 1-10 Donegal 1-9;Dublin 1-13 Roscommon 1-12.

Semi-finals: Kerry 3-15 Roscommon 0-14; Dublin 1-20 Donegal 0-13

Final: Dublin 2-18 Kerry 0-13

DIVISION 2

Round 1: Meath 1-10 Armagh 0-8; Tyrone 0-10 Cavan 0-8; Galway 3-12 Laois 1-10; Derry 3-13 Fermanagh 1-9.

Round 2: Laois 1-13 Armagh 0-15; Derry 1-12 Cavan 1-11; Tyrone 1-11 Galway 1-9; Fermanagh 0-10 Meath 0-6.

Round 3: Armagh 1-10 Fermanagh 0-12; Galway 1-18 Derry 2-12; Cavan 1-20 Meath 1-13; Tyrone1-14 Laois 0-14.

Round 4:Cavan 3-18 Armagh 0-10; Tyrone 2-15 Derry 0-12; Galway 0-15 Meath 1-12; Fermanagh 1-17 Laois 0-10.

Round 5: Cavan 1-12 Fermanagh 0-9; Laois 1-22 Derry 5-10; Armagh 1-15 Galway 1-15;Tyrone 1-17 Meath 1-11.

Round 6: Tyrone 0-13 Armagh 1-10; Cavan 1-17 Laois 0-15; Galway 0-15 Fermanagh 0-15; Derry 2-12 Meath 2-12.

Round 7: Armagh 1-18 Derry 0-15; Cavan 1-16 Galway 1-12; Fermanagh 0-12 Tyrone 1-9; Meath 0-18 Laois 1-9.

Final: Tyrone 1-17 Cavan 0-15

DIVISION 3

Round 1: Clare 1-11 Sligo 0-7; Limerick 1-12 Tipperary 2-9; Offaly 0-12 Longford 0-10; Kildare 2-9 Westmeath 0-11.

Round 2: Kildare 1-12 Offaly 1-8; Longford 0-13 Limerick 1-8; Sligo 1-11 Westmeath 1-10; Tipperary 2-7 Clare 1-7.

Round 3: Kildare 2-11 Longford 0-10; Offaly 1-13 Sligo 0-14; Westmeath 0-11 Tipperary 1-8; Clare 1-14 Limerick 0-11.

Round 4: Tipperary 2-11 Offaly 0-12; Clare 1-18 Westmeath 0-10; Kildare 1-11 Limerick 1-10; Longford 1-17 Sligo 2-9.

Round 5: Westmeath 3-14 Limerick 0-7; Sligo 2-15 Kildare 2-14; Longford 1-17 Tipperary1-11; Offaly 0-15 Clare 1-11.

Round 6:Clare 1-20 Longford 1-9; Sligo 3-10 Limerick 1-12; Westmeath 1-9 Offaly 0-9; Kildare 2-13 Tipperary 1-5.

Round 7: Kildare 0-22 Clare 1-14; Offaly 1-16 Westmeath 0-13; Longford 0-13 Westmeath 0-11; Sligo 0-18 Tipperary 3-9.

Final: Clare 2-17 Kildare 1-19

DIVISION 4

Round 1: Louth 2-9 London 0-9; Antrim 1-12 Carlow 0-10; Wexford 0-14 Leitrim 1-10; Wicklow 0-13 Waterford 1-8.

Round 2: Carlow 4-4 London 1-11; Antrim 1-8 Wexford 0-7; Louth 1-10 Waterford 1-9; Wicklow 0-10 Leitrim 1-6

Round 3: Wexford 4-20 London 1-6; Antrim 2-14 Leitrim 0-10; Waterford 3-15 Carlow 0-15; Louth 0-15 Wicklow 1-2.

Round 4: Wexford 0-12 Waterford 0-11; Leitrim 0-16 Louth 2-9; Antrim 1-11 London 0-11; Carlow 0-17 Wicklow 0-14.

Round 5: Leitrim 1-16 London 1-11; Antrim 1-16 Waterford 0-6; Louth 2-17 Carlow 1-7; Wexford 4-23 Wicklow 3-14.

Round 6: London 0-13 Waterford 0-12; Carlow 0-12 Leitrim 1-4; Louth 0-13 Wexford 0-11; Antrim 2-13 Wicklow 1-12

Round 7: Antrim 0-12 Louth 1-9; Wicklow 2-10 London 1-10; Waterford 0-10Leitrim 1-6; Wexford 2-17 Carlow 2-6.

Final: Louth 3-12 Antrim 1-14