Gaelic football tournament in Ireland
1932–33 National Football League Dates April 1932 – September 1933 Winners Meath (1st win)Captain Runners-up Cavan Captain Jim Smith
The 1932–33 National Football League was the 6th staging of the National Football League , a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland , held in 1932 and 1933.
Meath won the league, with captain (Summerhill ) scoring a last-minute point to win the final.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Format [ ]
There were three divisions – Western, 'A', and Midland. The winners of the Western Division met the winners of Division 'A' in the semi-final, while the winners of the Midland Division proceeded to the final.[5]
There was also a Special Division, but the winners of this did not progress to the knockout stages.[6]
Main League [ ]
Midland Division [ ]
Results [ ]
Louth and Armagh both withdrew.[7]
Cavan v Longford
16 October 1932 Round 1 Cavan 3-7 — 1-4 Longford Longford ,[8]
Westmeath v Longford
20 November 1932 Round 2 Westmeath 3-4 — 1-4 Longford Athlone ,[9]
Table [ ]
Division 'A' [ ]
Results [ ]
Meath v Dublin
27 November 1932 Round 2 Meath 1-4 — 0-2 Dublin Navan [13]
Meath v Kerry
19 March 1933 Round 3 Meath 1-4 — 0-2 Kerry Navan [16]
Table [ ]
Team
Pld
W
D
L
Pts
Status
Meath
3
3
0
0
6
Qualified for Semi-Final
Kerry
3
2
0
1
4
Dublin
3
1
0
2
2
Laois
3
0
0
3
0
Western Division [ ]
Mayo won, ahead of Sligo, Galway, Leitrim and Roscommon.
Results [ ]
Finals [ ]
Special Division [ ]
Special Division (Eastern Section) [ ]
Wicklow , Wexford , Carlow ,
Special Division (Southern Section) [ ]
Cork , Waterford , Clare , Limerick
Cork v Limerick
22 January 1933 Final Cork 4-5 — 2-3 Limerick Glin [22]
Final [ ]
References [ ]
^ "Bill Shaw, Summerhill" . Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2015-07-12 .
^ GAA Final Teams
^ "GAA Archive 1933" . Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-03 .
^ Mayo GAA Blog 1933
^ "Puzzling Form in National Football League", Irish Independent, 30/11/1932. p.13
^ "Problems of the Football Leagues", Irish Press, 18/11/1932, p. 8
^ "Gaelic Games from far and near", Irish Press, 02/11/1932, p. 8
^ "Cavan's decisive victory", The Cork Examiner, 17/10/1932, p. 10,
^ "National Football League", The Cork Examiner, 21/11/1932, p. 10,
^ "Cavan rise to it", The Irish Press, 05/12/1932, p. 8,
^ "Kerry succeed", The Kerryman, 05/11/1932, p. 10,
^ "Kerry again defeat Dublin", The Kerryman, 19/11/1932, p. 3,
^ "Dublin get a shock at Navan", The Irish Press, 28/11/1932, p. 8,
^ "National Football League", The Cork Examiner, 21/02/1933, p. 10,
^ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
^ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
^ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
^ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
^ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
^ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
^ "Thrills at Glin", The Irish Press, 23 January 1933, p. 19,
^ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,