1935–36 National Football League (Ireland)

The 1935–36 National Football League was the 9th staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

1935–36 National Football League
League details
Dates13 October 1935 – 19 April 1936
League champions
WinnersMayo (3rd win)
CaptainGerald Courell

Mayo won the league for the third year in a row. There was no final, the league being decided on points.[1][2][3]

Format

This was the first NFL season not to be decided with a knockout final: the team with the most points were winners. This would not happen again until 2020, when the league finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

Table

Mayo finished first with 12 points from eight games. They had wins over Kildare, Louth, Laois, Galway, Tipperary and Cavan, and lost to Dublin and Meath.

Team Pld W D L Pts
Mayo 860212
Dublin 850310
Louth 850310
Cavan 850310
Laois 850310
Meath 83147
Galway 83147
Kildare 82062
Tipperary 81070

Leinster Football League

League Stage
13 October 1935 1 Wexford 3-4 — 1-3 Carlow Muine Bheag[4]
27 October 1935 1 Longford 1-5 — 1-5 Offaly Longford [5]
10 November 1935 2 Longford 1-6 — 0-3 Wexford Enniscorthy[6]
10 November 1935 2 Offaly 6-7 — 1-2 Wicklow Tullamore[7]
24 November 1935 3 Wexford 2-10 — 1-3 Wicklow Aughrim[8]
24 November 1935 3 Longford 2-7 — 1-1 Carlow Longford[9]
8 December 1935 4 Wicklow 1-2 — 0-2 Carlow Tullow[10]
8 December 1935 4 Offaly 3-2 — 1-3 Wexford Wexford Park[11]
8 March 1936 5 Offaly 6-5 — 2-5 Carlow Tullamore[12]
8 March 1936 5 Longford 2-18 — 3-1 Wicklow Bray[13]

Play-Off
29 March 1936 For 1st Place Offaly 3-5 — 1-6 Longford Mullingar[14]

Final Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Offaly 53107Leinster Football League Champions
Longford 53107
Wexford 52024
Wicklow 51032
Carlow 50040

References
  1. Mayo results archive
  2. GAA Final Teams
  4. "Leinster Football League", Nationalist and Leinster Times, 19 October 1935, p. 8,
  5. "Leinster League", The Evening Herald, 28 October 1935, p. 4,
  6. "Leinster Football League", The Evening Herald, 11 November 1935, p. 8,
  7. "Wicklow's Heavy Defeat", The Evening Herald, 11 November 1935, p. 8,
  8. "Leinster Football League", The Evening Herald, 25 November 1935, p. 8,
  9. "Longford's Surprise", The Evening Herald, 25 November 1935, p. 8,
  10. "Longford's Surprise", The Irish Independent, 9 December 1935, p. 12,
  11. "Wexford Lose Lead", The Irish Independent, 9 December 1935, p. 12,
  12. "Offaly's Decisive Victory", Offaly Independent, 14 March 1936, p. 2,
  13. "Longford's Victory", Evening Herald, 9 March 1936, p. 8,
  14. "Offaly Champions", The Evening Herald, 30 March 1936, p. 8,


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