1932–33 National Football League (Ireland)

1932–33 National Football League
League details
Dates April 1932 – September 1933
League champions
Winners Meath (1st win)
Captain Bill Shaw
League runners-up
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 Bill Shaw (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]

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Cavan 2 2 0 0 4 Qualified for Final
Westmeath 2 1 0 1 2
Longford 2 0 02 0

Division 'A'

Results

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 02 2
Laois 3 0 03 0

Western Division

Mayo won, ahead of Sligo, Galway, Leitrim and Roscommon.

Results

Finals

10 September 1933
Semi-Final
Meath 2-7 – 1-3 Mayo

22 October 1933
Final
Meath 0-10 – 1-6 Cavan
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Martin O'Neill (Wexford)[21]

Special Division

Special Division (Eastern Section)

Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow,

Special Division (Southern Section)

Cork, Waterford, Clare, Limerick

Final

26 March 1933
Wexford 3-5 – 1-8 Cork

References

  1. ↑ Bill Shaw, Summerhill
  2. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  3. ↑ GAA Archive 1933
  4. ↑ Mayo GAA Blog 1933
  5. ↑ "Puzzling Form in National Football League", Irish Independent, 30/11/1932. p.13
  6. ↑ "Problems of the Football Leagues", Irish Press, 18/11/1932, p. 8
  7. ↑ "Gaelic Games from far and near", Irish Press, 02/11/1932, p. 8
  8. ↑ "Cavan's decisive victory", The Cork Examiner, 17/10/1932, p. 10,
  9. ↑ "National Football League", The Cork Examiner, 21/11/1932, p. 10,
  10. ↑ "Cavan rise to it", The Irish Press, 05/12/1932, p. 8,
  11. ↑ "Kerry succeed", The Kerryman, 05/11/1932, p. 10,
  12. ↑ "Kerry again defeat Dublin", The Kerryman, 19/11/1932, p. 3,
  13. ↑ "Dublin get a shock at Navan", The Irish Press, 28/11/1932, p. 8,
  14. ↑ "National Football League", The Cork Examiner, 21/02/1933, p. 10,
  15. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  16. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  17. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  18. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  19. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  20. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  21. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  22. ↑ "Thrills at Glin", The Irish Press, 23 January 1933, p. 19,
  23. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
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