1937–38 National Football League (Ireland)

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1937–38 National Football League
League details
Dates24 October 1937 – 3 July 1938
League champions
WinnersMayo (5th win)
CaptainPaddy Moclair
League runners-up
Runners-upWexford
Captain

The 1937–38 National Football League was the 11th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Mayo won the league for the fifth year in a row, beating Meath in the final. This season was notable for featuring the first commentary by Mícheál Ó hEithir, who, along with four others, did a test commentary on Dublin v. Louth in May 1938. Dr Kiernan was so impressed by Ó hEithir's performance that he allowed him to commentate on the entire second half.[1] ɗ[2][3][4]

Format[]

There were two divisions – Division 1 and Division 2.

Division 1 was split into two Groups. Group winners played off for the NFL title.

Results and tables[]

Division 1[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 6 5 0 1 10 Advance to Play-off
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 6 5 0 1 10
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 6 4 0 2 8
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 6 1 2 3 4
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 6 1 2 3 4
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 6 2 0 4 4
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 6 0 2 4 2

[5]

Group A Play-Off[]

Wexford1-4 – 1-4Louth
Wexford1-10 – 1-3Louth

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 6 4 0 2 8 Advance to Play-off
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 6 5 0 1 8
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 6 4 0 2 8
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 6 3 1 3 7
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 6 2 1 3 4
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 6 2 0 4 4
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 6 0 0 6 0
  • Mayo deducted 2 points for fielding a suspended player[6]

Group B Play-Offs[]

Kerry1-12 – 3-1Galway
Mayo2-8 – 0-7Kerry

Division 1 Final[]

Mayo3-9 – 1-3Wexford
P Flannelly 0-5 (3f); J Munnelly 1-2; PJ Judge 1-1; P Moclair 1-0; J Laffey 0-1
Attendance: 5,000[9]

Division 2[]

Teams in Division 2 were Wicklow, Carlow, Cork, Waterford, Tipperary

References[]

  1. ^ "02 June-Mícheál Ó hEithir". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  2. ^ Mayo results archive
  3. ^ GAA Final Teams
  4. ^ "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  5. ^ "Five finish All Square in National Football League", Irish Press, 11 April 1938, p. 13
  6. ^ "Football League Draw", Irish Independent, 18 April 1938, p.13
  7. ^ "Kerry for National League Group Final", The Kerryman, 7 May 1938, p. 13
  8. ^ "All-Ireland Champions beaten at all points", The Kerryman, 21 May 1938, p. 13
  9. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151


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