1938–39 National Football League (Ireland)

1938–39 National Football League
League details
DatesNovember 1938 – 14 May 1939
League champions
WinnersMayo (6th win)
CaptainPaddy Moclair
League runners-up
Runners-upMeath
CaptainMatt 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 consecutive season, beating Meath in the final.[2][3][4]

Format

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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

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Group A

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Section One play-offs

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Mayo4-3 – 0-5Galway
Mayo1-6 – 0-6Kerry

Section Two

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Group Final

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Mayo0-8 – 0-7Laois

Group B

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Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Wexford 4 4 0 0 8 Advance to Semi-final
Carlow 4 2 1 1 5
Tipperary 4 2 1 1 5
Wicklow 4 1 0 3 2
Waterford 4 0 0 4 0

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Group C

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Play-Off

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Meath1-7 – 1-6Louth
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Meath 6 4 2 0 10 Advance to Knockout Stage
Louth 6 4 2 0 10
Cavan 6 3 3 0 9
Dublin 6 2 1 3 5
Monaghan 6 2 0 4 4
Armagh 6 1 0 5 2
Down 6 1 0 5 2

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Group D

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Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Leitrim 2 2 0 0 4 Advance to inter-group play-offs
Sligo 2 1 0 1 2
Donegal 2 0 0 1 0

Group E

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Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Roscommon 2 2 0 0 4 Advance to inter-group play-offs
Longford 2 1 0 1 2
Westmeath 2 0 0 1 0

Group F

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Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Derry 2 2 0 0 4 Advance to inter-group play-offs
Tyrone 2 1 0 1 2
Antrim 2 0 0 1 0

Group G

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Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Limerick 2 2 0 0 4 Advance to inter-group play-offs
Clare 2 1 0 1 2
Cork 2 0 0 1 0

Inter-group play-offs

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Semi-finals

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Derry1-5 – 0-3Leitrim
Roscommon1-3 – 1-2Limerick

Final

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Roscommon2-7 – 3-3Derry

Semi-finals

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Mayo3-7 – 0-6Wexford
Meath2-5 – 1-4Roscommon

National League Final

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Mayo5-9 – 0-6Meath
Attendance: 10,000[15]

References

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  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". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  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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