The 1935–36 National Football League was the 9th staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 October 1935 – 19 April 1936 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Mayo (3rd win) |
| Captain | Gerald Courell |
← 1934–35 1936–37 → | |
Mayo won the league for the third year in a row. There was no final, the league being decided on points.[1][2][3]
Format edit
This was the first NFL season not to be decided with a knockout final: the team with the most points were winners. This would not happen again until 2020, when the league finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results edit
Table edit
Mayo finished first with 12 points from eight games. They had wins over Kildare, Louth, Laois, Galway, Tipperary and Cavan, and lost to Dublin and Meath.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mayo
|
8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
 Dublin
|
8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
 Louth
|
8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
 Cavan
|
8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Laois
|
8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
 Meath
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
 Galway
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
 Kildare
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
 Tipperary
|
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Leinster Football League edit
League Stage edit
| 13 October 1935 1 | Wexford | 3-4 — 1-3 | Carlow | Muine Bheag[4] |
| 10 November 1935 2 | Longford | 1-6 — 0-3 | Wexford | Enniscorthy[6] |
| 8 December 1935 4 | Offaly | 3-2 — 1-3 | Wexford | Wexford Park[11] |
Play-Off edit
Final Table edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Offaly
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Leinster Football League Champions |
| Longford
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
 Wexford
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Wicklow
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
 Carlow
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
References edit
- ^ Mayo results archive
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Leinster Football League", Nationalist and Leinster Times, 19 October 1935, p. 8,
- ^ "Leinster League", The Evening Herald, 28 October 1935, p. 4,
- ^ "Leinster Football League", The Evening Herald, 11 November 1935, p. 8,
- ^ "Wicklow's Heavy Defeat", The Evening Herald, 11 November 1935, p. 8,
- ^ "Leinster Football League", The Evening Herald, 25 November 1935, p. 8,
- ^ "Longford's Surprise", The Evening Herald, 25 November 1935, p. 8,
- ^ "Longford's Surprise", The Irish Independent, 9 December 1935, p. 12,
- ^ "Wexford Lose Lead", The Irish Independent, 9 December 1935, p. 12,
- ^ "Offaly's Decisive Victory", Offaly Independent, 14 March 1936, p. 2,
- ^ "Longford's Victory", Evening Herald, 9 March 1936, p. 8,
- ^ "Offaly Champions", The Evening Herald, 30 March 1936, p. 8,
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