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