The 1940–41 National Football League was the 14th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
League details | |
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Dates | October 1940 – 27 April 1941 |
League champions | |
Winners | Mayo (7th win) |
Captain | Henry Kenny |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Dublin |
Captain | P. Holly |
← 1939–40 1945–46 → |
Mayo returned to the league and won a seventh title. Petrol rationing (due to The Emergency / Second World War) made the playing of the NFL prohibitively expensive and difficult and the tournament was suspended until the end of the war.[1][2][3]
22 counties competed in the league.[4]
Format edit
There were four regional divisions, with 7 teams in the Southern Division and 5 in the Northern, Eastern and Western Divisions. Division winners played off for the NFL title.
Results edit
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Northern Division edit
Down won, from Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Antrim.
Group B, Southern Division edit
Kerry won, ahead of Kildare, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Wexford and Cork.
13 October 1940 Round 1 | Cork | 4-2 — 1-6 | Kildare | Cork Athletic Grounds[6] |
13 October 1940 Round 1 | Galway | 0-9 — 1-0 | Wexford | Wexford Park, Wexford |
27 October 1940 Round 2 | Laois | 5-10 — 1-6 | Wexford | Portlaoise[9] |
24 November 1940 Round 3 | Laois | 1-12 — 0-6 | Kerry | Portlaoise[11] |
8 December 1940 Round 4 | Kerry | 1-8 — 1-5 | Offaly | Austin Stack Park, Tralee[14] |
8 December 1940 Round 4 | Cork | 0-9 — 0-3 | Wexford | Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork[15] |
26 January 1941 Round 5 | Wexford | 1-5 — 4-12 | Kerry | Enniscorthy[17] |
2 February 1941 Round 6 | Offaly | 2-8 — 0-6 | Kildare | O'Connor Park, Tullamore[18] |
Group C, Eastern Division edit
Dublin won, from Westmeath, Louth, Meath, Longford.
Group A, Western Division edit
Mayo won, ahead of Cavan, Roscommon, Donegal and Sligo.
13 October 1940 Round 1 | Cavan | 1-5 — 1-9 | Mayo | Breffni Park, Cavan[20] |
Knockout phase edit
Semi-finals edit
Final edit
References edit
- ^ Mayo results archive
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "18 counties kick-off in Football League", Irish Independent, 11 October 1940, p. 9
- ^ "Down win their group", Irish Press, 8 December 1940, p. 9
- ^ "Easy for Cork", Irish Independent, 14 October 1940, p. 9
- ^ "Kildare hold the Champions to a point", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Galway master Cork", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
- ^ "League results", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Kerry once more conquer Galway", The Kerryman, 16/11/1940, p. 7
- ^ "Murt Kelly on mark as Kerry triumph", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Offaly's wonder rally", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Galway master Kildare", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Offaly extend Kerry in football league", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Cork maintain home record against Wexford", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Laoighise take points from Kildare", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Kerry's big win in Wexford", The Cork Examiner, 27/01/1941, p. 8
- ^ "Offaly swamp Kildare in second half", Irish Press, 3 February 1941, p. 6
- ^ "Cork give Kerry a fright", The Kerryman, 01/03/1941, p. 6
- ^ "1940".
- ^ "Kerry out of National League", The Kerryman, 15/03/1941, p. 6
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151