1933–34 National Football League
League details
DatesNovember 1933 – 21 October 1934
League champions
WinnersMayo (1st win)
CaptainGerald Courell
League runners-up
Runners-upDublin
CaptainMick Keating

The 1933–34 National Football League was the 7th staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland, held in 1933 and 1934.

Mayo won the league after a replayed final.[1][2]

Format

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

Results and Tables

Group I

Results

12 November 1933 Round 1 Sligo 0-7 — 0-3 Westmeath Tubbercurry[3]
19 November 1933 Round 1 Roscommon 1-3 — 0-3 Longford Longford[4]
3 December 1933 Round 2 Sligo 3-5 — 2-2 Longford Collooney[5]
8 April 1934 Round 2 Westmeath 4-7 — 1-2 Roscommon Athlone[6]

Group II

Results

5 November 1933 Round 1 Kildare 2-9 — 0-4 Wexford Naas[7]
5 November 1933 Round 1 Laois 1-6 — 2-3 Dublin Portlaoise[8]
19 November 1933 Round 2 Dublin 1-5 — 0-6 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin[9]
19 November 1933 Round 2 Kerry 0-8 — 1-3 Laois Austin Stack Park, Tralee[10]
3 December 1933 Round 3 Dublin 1-9 — 2-3 Wexford Wexford,[11]
3 December 1933 Round 3 Kildare w/o — scr Kerry Newbridge,[12]
4 March 1934 Round 4 Kerry w/o[13] — scr. Wexford
8 April 1934 Round 5 Dublin 2-6 — 1-7 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin[14]

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Dublin 43107Qualified for Final
Kildare 43016
Kerry 42024
Laois 41123
Wexford 40044

[15]

Division III

Results

12 November 1933 Round 1 Mayo 2-4 — 1-5 Meath Castlebar[16]
19 November 1933 Round 2 Galway 1-5 — 1-2 Louth Tuam[17]
19 November 1933 Round 2 Cavan 1-6 — 1-6 Mayo Cavan[18]
3 December 1933 Round 3 Meath 2-6 — 3-3 Cavan Navan[19]
3 December 1933 Round 3 Mayo 2-8 — 0-3 Galway Castlebar[20]
8 April 1934 Round 4 Galway 2-6 — 0-7 Cavan Breffni Park, Cavan[21]
15 April 1934 Round 4 Mayo 4-3 — 1-3 Louth Drogheda

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Mayo 43107Qualified for Final
Galway 43016
Cavan 30212
Meath 30121
Louth 20020

[22]

Division IV

Results

5 November 1933 Round 1 Carlow 5-3 — 2-4 Wicklow Aughrim[23]
5 November 1933 Round 1 Offaly 4-10 — 1-4 Kilkenny Kilkenny[24]
19 November 1933 Round 2 Carlow 3-4 — 0-3 Kilkenny Carlow[25]
19 November 1933 Round 2 Offaly 3-8 — 1-3 Wicklow Tullamore[26]
3 December 1933 Round 3 Offaly 1-5 — 1-4 Carlow Tullamore[27]

Final

Mayo2-3 – 1-6Dublin
Paddy Moclair 2-0, Paddy Munnelly 0-3[28] Willie Dowling 1-0, Mickey Wellington 0-4[29]
Attendance: 10,000[30]
Referee: Tom Shevlin (Roscommon)[31]
Mayo2-4 – 1-5Dublin
Referee: J Kelly (Longford)[32]

References

  1. ↑ Mayo results archive
  2. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  3. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  4. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  5. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  6. ↑ "Easy for Westmeath", Irish Press, 09/04/1934, p. 11
  7. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  8. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  9. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  10. ↑ "Kerry defeat Laoighis in National Football League", The Kerryman, 25/11/1933, p. 4,
  11. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  12. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  13. ↑ "Wexford withdraw from National League", Irish Press, 27/02/1934, p. 8,
  14. ↑ "Dublin defeat Kerry in National Football League", The Kerryman, 14/04/1934, p. 11,
  15. ↑ "Dublin defeat Kerry in National Football League", The Kerryman, 14/04/1934, p. 11,
  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. ↑ "Champions' Colours Lowered", Irish Independent,09/04/1934, p. 14
  22. ↑ "Mayo to meet Dublin in League final", Irish Press, 16/04/1934, p. 10
  23. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  24. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  25. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  26. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  27. ↑ "All Hurling and Football Results for 1933", The Irish Press, 21/12/1933, p. 10,
  28. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  29. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  30. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  31. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  32. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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