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1938–39 National Football League
League details
DatesNovember 1938 – 14 May 1939
League champions
Winners Mayo (6th win)
Captain Paddy Moclair
League runners-up
Runners-up Meath
Captain Matt Gilsenan
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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 year in a row, beating Meath in the final. [2] [3] [4]

Format

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

Group A

Section One play-offs

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

Section Two

Group Final

Mayo0-8 – 0-7 Laois

Group B

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

[11]

Group C

Play-Off

Meath1-7 – 1-6 Louth
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

[13]

Group D

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

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

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

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

Roscommon2-7 – 3-3 Derry

Semi-finals

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

National League Final

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

References

  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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