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.

1939–40 National Football League
League details
Dates1939 – 1940
League champions
WinnersGalway (1st win)
CaptainJohn Dunne
League runners-up
Runners-upMeath
CaptainMatt Gilsenan

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

There were four divisions – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.

Knockout stage qualifiers
  • 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

Results
29 October 1939 Round 1 Kerry 3-4 — 1-3 Offaly Listowel[4]
29 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]
3 March 1940 Round 3 Galway 2-8 — 3-5 Kerry Galway[8]

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Galway 32204Qualified for Knockout Phase
Laois 31113
Kerry 31113
Offaly 31022

Group B

Wexford won from Carlow, Waterford, Tipperary

Group C

Dublin, Meath, Louth, Monaghan

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Sligo 21012Qualified for Knockout Phase
Donegal 21012
Leitrim 21012

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Roscommon 22004Qualified for Knockout Phase
Longford 21012
Westmeath 20020

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Derry 22004Qualified for Knockout Phase
Tyrone 20020

Group G

Clare, Limerick, Cork

Knockout Phase

Inter-Group Play-Offs
Roscommon0-10 – 2-2Cork
Sligo1-9 – 1-2Derry
Roscommon3-5 – 0-4Sligo

Semi-finals
Galway1-7 – 0-7Roscommon
Meath2-8 – 0-4Wexford

Final
Galway2-5 – 1-5Meath

References
  1. Mayo results archive
  2. GAA Final Teams
  3. "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  4. "National Football League", The Kerryman, 04/11/1939, p. 9
  5. "National Football League", The Kerryman, 04/11/1939, p. 9
  6. "Champions fall to Laois in league", Irish Independent, 13/11/1939, p. 12
  7. "Offaly fail to take chances", Irish Independent, 13/11/1939, p. 12
  8. "Points divided - and Kerry goes", Connacht Tribune, 09/03/1940, p. 12
  9. "Results in brief", Irish Independent, 01/04/1940, p. 13
  10. "Weekend Results", The Cork Examiner, 15 April 1940


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