The 1958–59 National Football League was the 28th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 1958 – 10 May 1959 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Kerry (5th win) |
| Captain | John Dowling |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Derry |
| Captain | Jim McKeever[1] |
| Other division winners | |
| Division 2 | Leitrim |
← 1957–58 1959–60 → | |
Leitrim reached their first and only NFL semi-final, and Derry reached their first final, where they lost to Kerry.[2][3]
Format
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Group stage
editDivision IV
editFinal
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Knockout stage
editSemi-finals
editFinal
editReferences
edit- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ Terrace talk 1959
- ^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1959 League".
- ^ "Placings in Football League", Irish Independent, 2 March 1959, p.11
- ^ "Derry's easy passage to final", Irish Independent, 13 April 1959, p. 13
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
External links
edit- Kerry Win Final Special (1959) on YouTube, a British Pathé newsreel of the final
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