1937–38 National Football League (Ireland)

1937–38 National Football League
League details
Dates	24 October 1937 – 3 July 1938
League champions
Winners	Mayo (5th win)
Captain	Paddy Moclair
League runners-up
Runners-up	Wexford
Captain	Peter Hayes
	← 1936–37 1938–39 →

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
Wexford	6	5	0	1	10	Advance to Play-off
Louth	6	5	0	1	10	Advance to Play-off
Kildare	6	4	0	2	8
Cavan	6	1	2	3	4
Dublin	6	1	2	3	4
Meath	6	2	0	4	4
Monaghan	6	0	2	4	2

[5]

Group A Play-Off

22 May 1938

Wexford	1-4 – 1-4	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

29 May 1938
Replay

Wexford	1-10 – 1-3	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Galway	6	4	0	2	8	Advance to Play-off
Mayo	6	5	0	1	8
Kerry	6	4	0	2	8
Laois	6	3	1	3	7
Longford	6	2	1	3	4
Offaly	6	2	0	4	4
Clare	6	0	0	6	0

Mayo deducted 2 points for fielding a suspended player[6]

Group B Play-Offs

1 May 1938
Semi-Final

Kerry	1-12 – 3-1	Galway

Austin Stack Park, Tralee[7]

15 May 1938
Final

Mayo	2-8 – 0-7	Kerry

MacHale Park, Castlebar[8]

Division 1 Final

3 July 1938
Final

Mayo	3-9 – 1-3	Wexford
P Flannelly 0-5 (3f); J Munnelly 1-2; PJ Judge 1-1; P Moclair 1-0; J Laffey 0-1

MacHale Park, Castlebar

Attendance: 5,000[9]

Division 2

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

References

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

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[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