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
	← 1931–32 1933–34 →

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]

16 October 1932 Round 1	Cavan	3-7 — 1-4	Longford	Longford,^[8]

20 November 1932 Round 2	Westmeath	3-4 — 1-4	Longford	Athlone,^[9]

4 December 1932 Round 3	Cavan	1-8 — 0-5	Westmeath	Breffni Park, Cavan^[10]

Table

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

Division 'A'

Results

30 October 1932 Round 1	Kerry	3-3 — 1-3	Laois	Portlaoise^[11]

13 November 1932 Round 1	Kerry	0-9 — 0-7	Dublin	Austin Stack Park, Tralee^[12]

27 November 1932 Round 2	Meath	1-4 — 0-2	Dublin	Navan^[13]

19 February 1933 Round 2	Meath	1-8 — 0-6	Laois	Portlaoise^[14]

5 March 1933 Round 3	Dublin	2-8 — 0-6	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin^[15]

19 March 1933 Round 3	Meath	1-4 — 0-2	Kerry	Navan^[16]

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Meath	3	3	0	6	Qualified for Semi-Final
Kerry	3	2	1	4
Dublin	3	1	2	2
Laois	3	0	3	0

Western Division

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

Results

2 April 1933 Round	Mayo	4-9 — 1-5	Leitrim	Carrick-on-Shannon^[17]

23 April 1933 Round	Sligo	3-6 — 2-4	Leitrim	Carrick-on-Shannon^[18]

7 May 1933 Round	Mayo	3-6 — 1-5	Galway	Castlebar^[19]

21 May 1933 Round	Mayo	1-12 — 0-4	Sligo	Castlebar^[20]

Finals

10 September 1933
Semi-Final

Meath	2-7 – 1-3	Mayo

Navan

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

22 January 1933 Final	Cork	4-5 — 2-3	Limerick	Glin^[22]

Final

26 March 1933

Wexford	3-5 – 1-8	Cork

Wexford^[23]

References

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

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[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,