1939–40 National Football League (Ireland)

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1939–40 National Football League
League details
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 →

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.

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.

Format

There were four divisions – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.

Knockout stage qualifiers

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

Results

Kerry v Offaly

29 October 1939 Round 1

Kerry

3-4 — 1-3

Offaly

Listowel

Laois v Galway

29 October 1939 Round 1

Laois

3-8 — 4-5

Galway

Portlaoise

Laois v Kerry

12 November 1939 Round 2

Laois

2-4 — 1-6

Kerry

Portlaoise

Galway v Offaly

12 November 1939 Round 2

Galway

2-6 — 0-7

Offaly

Ballinasloe

Galway v Kerry

3 March 1940 Round 3

Galway

2-8 — 3-5

Kerry

Galway

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
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

Wexford finished top, ahead of Carlow, Waterford and Tipperary.

Group C

Meath finished top, ahead of Dublin, Louth and Monaghan.

Group D

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Sligo	2	1	1	2	Qualified for knockout phase
Donegal	2	1	1	2
Leitrim	2	1	1	2

Group E

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Roscommon	2	2	0	4	Qualified for knockout phase
Longford	2	1	1	2
Westmeath	2	0	2	0

Group F

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Derry	2	2	0	0	4	Qualified for knockout phase
Tyrone	2	0	0	2	0

Group G

Cork finished top, ahead of Clare and Limerick.

Knockout phase

Inter-group play-offs

10 March 1940
Inter-group Play-Off Semi-Final

Roscommon	0-10 – 2-2	Cork

Castlerea

17 March 1940
Inter-group Play-Off Semi-Final

Sligo	1-9 – 1-2	Derry

Sligo

31 March 1940
Inter-group Play-Off Final

Roscommon	3-5 – 0-4	Sligo

Boyle

Semi-finals

14 April 1940
Semi-Final

Galway	1-7 – 0-7	Roscommon

Galway

14 April 1940
Semi-Final

Meath	2-8 – 0-4	Wexford

Navan

Final

28 April 1940
Final

Galway	2-5 – 1-5	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

References

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

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