The 1936–37 National Football League was the 10th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
League details | |
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Dates | 11 October 1936 – 11 April 1937 |
League champions | |
Winners | Mayo (4th win) |
Captain | Paddy Moclair |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Meath |
Captain | Paddy Geraghty |
Other division winners | |
Division 2 | Longford |
← 1935–36 1937–38 → |
Mayo successfully defended its league title in the final for the fourth consecutive season, against Meath.[1][2][3]
Format
editThere were two divisions – Division 1 and Division 2.[4]
Division 1 was split into two Groups, A (east) and B (west). Group winners played off for the NFL title.
Division 2 was split into two Groups. Group winners played off for the NFL (Division 2) title.
Division 1
editGroup A
editTable
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meath | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | Advance to League Final |
Cavan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
Kildare | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
Louth | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Wexford | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Dublin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Monaghan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Group B
editTable
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mayo | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Advance to League Final |
Kerry | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
Galway | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Laois | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Offaly | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Tipperary | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
Clare | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Final
editDivision 2
editGroup A
editLongford won. Other teams in this group: Sligo, Westmeath, Roscommon, Leitrim
Group B
editDonegal won. Other teams in this group: Armagh, Tyrone, Derry, Fermanagh
Final
editReferences
edit- ^ Mayo results archive
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "A full round of National Football Fixtures", Irish Independent, 5 March 1937, p. 15
- ^ "The Final Tables", Irish Independent, 5 April 1937, p. 12
- ^ "Results in brief", Irish Independent, 8 March 1937, p. 14