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1935–36 National Football League (Ireland)

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1935–36 National Football League
League details
Dates13 October 1935 – 19 April 1936
League champions
WinnersMayo (3rd win)
CaptainGerald Courell

The 1935–36 National Football League was the 9th staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Mayo successfully defended its league title for the third consecutive season, without a final; the league being decided on points.[1][2][3]

Format

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This was the first NFL season not to be decided with a knockout final: the team with the most points were winners. This would not happen again until 2020, when the league finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

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Table

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Mayo finished first with 12 points from eight games. They had wins over Kildare, Louth, Laois, Galway, Tipperary and Cavan, and lost to Dublin and Meath.

Team Pld W D L Pts
Mayo 8 6 0 2 12
Dublin 8 5 0 3 10
Louth 8 5 0 3 10
Cavan 8 5 0 3 10
Laois 8 5 0 3 10
Meath 8 3 1 4 7
Galway 8 3 1 4 7
Kildare 8 2 0 6 2
Tipperary 8 1 0 7 0

Leinster Football League

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League Stage

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13 October 1935 1 Wexford 3-4 — 1-3 Carlow Muine Bheag[4]
27 October 1935 1 Longford 1-5 — 1-5 Offaly Longford[5]
10 November 1935 2 Longford 1-6 — 0-3 Wexford Enniscorthy[6]
10 November 1935 2 Offaly 6-7 — 1-2 Wicklow Tullamore[7]
24 November 1935 3 Wexford 2-10 — 1-3 Wicklow Aughrim[8]
24 November 1935 3 Longford 2-7 — 1-1 Carlow Longford[9]
8 December 1935 4 Wicklow 1-2 — 0-2 Carlow Tullow[10]
8 December 1935 4 Offaly 3-2 — 1-3 Wexford Wexford Park[11]
8 March 1936 5 Offaly 6-5 — 2-5 Carlow Tullamore[12]
8 March 1936 5 Longford 2-18 — 3-1 Wicklow Bray[13]

Play-Off

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29 March 1936 For 1st Place Offaly 3-5 — 1-6 Longford Mullingar[14]

Final Table

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Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Offaly 5 3 1 0 7 Leinster Football League Champions
Longford 5 3 1 0 7
Wexford 5 2 0 2 4
Wicklow 5 1 0 3 2
Carlow 5 0 0 4 0

References

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  1. ^ Mayo results archive
  2. ^ GAA Final Teams
  3. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Leinster Football League", Nationalist and Leinster Times, 19 October 1935, p. 8,
  5. ^ "Leinster League", The Evening Herald, 28 October 1935, p. 4,
  6. ^ "Leinster Football League", The Evening Herald, 11 November 1935, p. 8,
  7. ^ "Wicklow's Heavy Defeat", The Evening Herald, 11 November 1935, p. 8,
  8. ^ "Leinster Football League", The Evening Herald, 25 November 1935, p. 8,
  9. ^ "Longford's Surprise", The Evening Herald, 25 November 1935, p. 8,
  10. ^ "Longford's Surprise", The Irish Independent, 9 December 1935, p. 12,
  11. ^ "Wexford Lose Lead", The Irish Independent, 9 December 1935, p. 12,
  12. ^ "Offaly's Decisive Victory", Offaly Independent, 14 March 1936, p. 2,
  13. ^ "Longford's Victory", Evening Herald, 9 March 1936, p. 8,
  14. ^ "Offaly Champions", The Evening Herald, 30 March 1936, p. 8,