1938–39 National Football League (Ireland)

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1938–39 National Football League
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

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.

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

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

Group A

Section One Play-Offs

12 March 1939
Semi-Final
Mayo 4-3 – 0-5 Galway

26 March 1939
Final
Mayo 1-6 – 0-6 Kerry

Section Two

Group Final

16 April 1939
Mayo 0-8 – 0-7 Laois

Group B

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 4 4 0 0 8 Advance to Semi-Final
20px Carlow 4 2 1 1 5
20px Tipperary 4 2 1 1 5
20px Wicklow 4 1 0 3 2
20px Waterford 4 0 0 4 0

[11]

Group C

Play-Off

23 April 1939
Final
Meath 1-7 – 1-6 Louth
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
20px Meath 6 4 2 0 10 Advance to Knockout Stage
20px Louth 6 4 2 0 10
20px Cavan 6 3 3 0 9
20px Dublin 6 2 1 3 5
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 6 2 0 4 4
20px Armagh 6 1 0 5 2
20px Down 6 1 0 5 2

[13]

Group D

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 2 2 0 0 4 Advance to Inter-Group Play-Offs
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2 1 0 1 2
20px Donegal 2 0 0 1 0

Group E

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 2 2 0 0 4 Advance to Inter-Group Play-Offs
20px Longford 2 1 0 1 2
20px Westmeath 2 0 0 1 0

Group F

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
20px Derry 2 2 0 0 4 Advance to Inter-Group Play-Offs
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 2 1 0 1 2
20px Antrim 2 0 0 1 0

Group G

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
20px Limerick 2 2 0 0 4 Advance to Inter-Group Play-Offs
20px Clare 2 1 0 1 2
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2 0 0 1 0

Inter-Group Play-Offs

Semi-Finals

12 March 1939
Derry 1-5 – 0-3 Leitrim

12 March 1939
Roscommon 1-3 – 1-2 Limerick

Final

26 March 1939
Final
Roscommon 2-7 – 3-3 Derry

Semi-finals

30 April 1939
Semi-Final
Mayo 3-7 – 0-6 Wexford

30 April 1939
Semi-Final
Meath 2-5 – 1-4 Roscommon

National League Final

14 May 1939
Final
Mayo 5-9 – 0-6 Meath
James Stephens Park, Ballina
Attendance: 10,000[15]

References

  1. ↑ "New draws in National Football League", Irish Independent, 25 October 1938, p. 16
  2. ↑ Mayo results archive
  3. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  4. ↑ Croke Park archive page
  5. ↑ "New draws in National Football League", Irish Independent, 25 October 1938, p. 16
  6. ↑ "How They Stand Now", Irish Independent, 27 February 1939, p. 13
  7. ↑ "What the results now mean"; Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p.10
  8. ↑ "Full steam ahead for another title", Irish Press, 13 March 1939, p. 17
  9. ↑ "Mayo spring big surprise by beating Kerry in League Decider in Tralee", The Cork Examiner, 27 March 1939, p. 11
  10. ↑ "How They Stand Now", Irish Independent, 27 February 1939, p. 13
  11. ↑ "What the results now mean"; Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p.10
  12. ↑ "Weekend Results", The Cork Examiner, 24 April 1939, p. 10
  13. ↑ "What the results now mean"; Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p.10
  14. ↑ "Roscommon for semi-final", Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p. 10
  15. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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