1939–40 National Football League (Ireland)
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.
League details | |
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Dates | 1939 – 1940 |
League champions | |
Winners | Galway (1st win) |
Captain | John Dunne |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Meath |
Captain | Matt Gilsenan |
← 1938–39 1940–41 → |
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
editThere 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
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Group A
editResults
edit29 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] |
Table
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
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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
editWexford finished top, ahead of Carlow, Waterford and Tipperary.
Group C
editMeath finished top, ahead of Dublin, Louth and Monaghan.
Group D
editTable
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
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Sligo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Qualified for knockout phase |
Donegal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Leitrim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Group E
editTable
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
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Roscommon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Qualified for knockout phase |
Longford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Westmeath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Group F
editTable
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Derry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Qualified for knockout phase |
Tyrone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Group G
editCork finished top, ahead of Clare and Limerick.
Knockout phase
editInter-group play-offs
editSemi-finals
editFinal
editReferences
edit- ^ Mayo results archive
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "National Football League", The Kerryman, 04/11/1939, p. 9
- ^ "National Football League", The Kerryman, 04/11/1939, p. 9
- ^ "Champions fall to Laois in league", Irish Independent, 13/11/1939, p. 12
- ^ "Offaly fail to take chances", Irish Independent, 13/11/1939, p. 12
- ^ "Points divided - and Kerry goes", Connacht Tribune, 09/03/1940, p. 12
- ^ "Results in brief", Irish Independent, 01/04/1940, p. 13
- ^ "Weekend Results", The Cork Examiner, 15 April 1940