The 1938–39 National Football League was the 12th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | November 1938 – 14 May 1939 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Mayo (6th win) |
| Captain | Paddy Moclair |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Meath |
| Captain | Matt Gilsenan |
← 1937–38 1939–40 → | |
30 counties participated in the league, with Kilkenny and Fermanagh being the non-participants.[1]
Mayo won the league for the sixth year in a row, beating Meath in the final.[2][3][4]
Format edit
There were seven groups.
Group A had originally been drawn with five teams. When Mayo entered, they were added to Group A, which was then split into two sections for the round-robin stage.[5]
The winners of Groups A, B and C qualified automatically for the semi-final.,[6][7]
The winners of Groups D, E, F and G played off for the remaining semi-final place
Results and Tables edit
Group A edit
Section One play-offs edit
Section Two edit
Group Final edit
Section One Table edit
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Section Two Table edit
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Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wexford
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Advance to Semi-final |
 Carlow
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
 Tipperary
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wicklow
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
 Waterford
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Group C edit
Play-Off edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Meath
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
 Louth
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
 Cavan
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
 Dublin
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Monaghan
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
 Armagh
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
 Down
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Group D edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leitrim
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Advance to inter-group play-offs |
 Sligo
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Donegal
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2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Group E edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscommon
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Advance to inter-group play-offs |
| Longford
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Westmeath
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2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Group F edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derry
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Advance to inter-group play-offs |
 Tyrone
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Antrim
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2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Group G edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Limerick
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Advance to inter-group play-offs |
 Clare
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cork
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2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Inter-group play-offs edit
Semi-finals edit
Final edit
Semi-finals edit
National League Final edit
References edit
- ^ "New draws in National Football League", Irish Independent, 25 October 1938, p. 16
- ^ Mayo results archive
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "New draws in National Football League", Irish Independent, 25 October 1938, p. 16
- ^ "How They Stand Now", Irish Independent, 27 February 1939, p. 13
- ^ "What the results now mean"; Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p.10
- ^ "Full steam ahead for another title", Irish Press, 13 March 1939, p. 17
- ^ "Mayo spring big surprise by beating Kerry in League Decider in Tralee", The Cork Examiner, 27 March 1939, p. 11
- ^ "How They Stand Now", Irish Independent, 27 February 1939, p. 13
- ^ "What the results now mean"; Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p.10
- ^ "Weekend Results", The Cork Examiner, 24 April 1939, p. 10
- ^ "What the results now mean"; Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p.10
- ^ "Roscommon for semi-final", Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p. 10
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151