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1939–40 National Football League (Ireland)

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The 1939–40 National Football League was the 13th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

1939–40 National Football League
League details
Dates1939 – 1940
League champions
WinnersGalway (1st win)
CaptainJohn Dunne
League runners-up
Runners-upMeath
CaptainMatt Gilsenan

After winning six NFL titles in a row, Mayo did not play in the league this season, on the grounds that petrol rationing (due to The Emergency / Second World War) would make playing in the NFL prohibitively expensive. They were also protesting events during the 1939 All-Ireland semi-final replay. In their absence, Galway won the League.[1][2][3]

Format edit

There were four divisions – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.

Knockout stage qualifiers edit

  • The winners of Division A, B and C each progressed to the semi-Finals.
  • The Winners of Divisions D, E, F and G each contested the inter-group play-offs for the fourth semi-final place.

Results edit

Group A edit

Results edit

29 October 1939 Round 1 Kerry 3-4 — 1-3 Offaly Listowel[4]
29 October 1939 Round 1 Laois 3-8 — 4-5 Galway Portlaoise[5]
12 November 1939 Round 2 Laois 2-4 — 1-6 Kerry Portlaoise[6]
12 November 1939 Round 2 Galway 2-6 — 0-7 Offaly Ballinasloe[7]
3 March 1940 Round 3 Galway 2-8 — 3-5 Kerry Galway[8]

Table edit

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
  Galway 3 2 2 0 4 Qualified for knockout phase
  Laois 3 1 1 1 3
  Kerry 3 1 1 1 3
  Offaly 3 1 0 2 2

Group B edit

Wexford finished top, ahead of Carlow, Waterford and Tipperary.

Group C edit

Meath finished top, ahead of Dublin, Louth and Monaghan.

Group D edit

Table edit

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
  Sligo 2 1 0 1 2 Qualified for knockout phase
  Donegal 2 1 0 1 2
  Leitrim 2 1 0 1 2

Group E edit

Table edit

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
  Roscommon 2 2 0 0 4 Qualified for knockout phase
  Longford 2 1 0 1 2
  Westmeath 2 0 0 2 0

Group F edit

Table edit

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
  Derry 2 2 0 0 4 Qualified for knockout phase
  Tyrone 2 0 0 2 0

Group G edit

Cork finished top, ahead of Clare and Limerick.

Knockout phase edit

Inter-group play-offs edit

Roscommon0-10 – 2-2Cork
Sligo1-9 – 1-2Derry
Roscommon3-5 – 0-4Sligo

Semi-finals edit

Galway1-7 – 0-7Roscommon
Meath2-8 – 0-4Wexford

Final edit

Galway2-5 – 1-5Meath

References edit

  1. ^ Mayo results archive
  2. ^ GAA Final Teams
  3. ^ "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ "National Football League", The Kerryman, 04/11/1939, p. 9
  5. ^ "National Football League", The Kerryman, 04/11/1939, p. 9
  6. ^ "Champions fall to Laois in league", Irish Independent, 13/11/1939, p. 12
  7. ^ "Offaly fail to take chances", Irish Independent, 13/11/1939, p. 12
  8. ^ "Points divided - and Kerry goes", Connacht Tribune, 09/03/1940, p. 12
  9. ^ "Results in brief", Irish Independent, 01/04/1940, p. 13
  10. ^ "Weekend Results", The Cork Examiner, 15 April 1940


 

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