1925–26 National Football League (Ireland)

Irish football competition April 2022 1925–26 National Football League 1925 – 19 September 1926 Laois Dick Miller 1st Dublin 1927–28 The 1925–26 National Football League was the 1st staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. The inaugural NFL was won by Laois, captained by Dick Miller. They defeated Sligo in the semi-final after a lost game was ordered replayed, and beat Dublin in a low-scoring final despite losing two players, Paddy Lenihan and Bill Keeley, to emigration shortly before the final.http://www.leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P219_222_League.pdf Leinster's National Football League Winning Teams 2015-07-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150715023017/http://www.leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P219_222_League.pdf 2015-07-15 dead http://elverysblog.com/2015/04/25/nfl-final-dublin-v-cork-facts-figures/ NFL Facts and Figures 2015-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20150714230207/http://elverysblog.com/2015/04/25/nfl-final-dublin-v-cork-facts-figures/ 2015-07-14 usurped https://www.irelandsown.ie/2015/01/20/national-hurling-league-facts/ National League facts Ireland's Own 2015-07-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150404221507/https://www.irelandsown.ie/2015/01/20/national-hurling-league-facts/ 2015-04-04 dead Format The league was organised on a provincial basis with a separate league for each province: three leagues for Leinster due to the large number of counties. The six league winners played a knockout tournament to decide the National Football League. It is mentioned that the three Leinster Group winners played off (Longford scratching, Laois beating Dublin) for a gold medal, but this does not seem to have formed part of the league proper.Laois GAA History, 1920-29Longford in NFL https://longfordgaelicstats.ie/national-football-league/ Longford Gaelic Stats Knockout stage qualifiers Leinster: 3 teams Munster: 1 team Connacht: 1 team"National League", Irish Independent, 07/05/1926, p. 10 Ulster: 1 team Group stage Connacht (Connacht Railway Cup) Results 7 June 1925 Semi-final Roscommon 1-5 — 0-7 Leitrim Palace Grounds, Strokestown"Leitrim and Roscommon meet in Senior Football contest", Leitrim Observer, 12 June 1925, p. 1 P. Kilduff Mayo 21 June 1925 Semi-final Sligo 1-4 — 1-1 Mayo Ballaghaderreen"Railway Cup Semi-final", Irish Independent, 22 June 1925, p. 9 C. Flynn Leitrim 25 October 1925 Final Sligo 5-2 — 0-2 Roscommon Tubbercurry, SligoIrish Independent, 29 October 1925, p. 9 Leinster I Results 13 September 1925 Round 1 Kildare 5-1 — 3-1 Meath Navan"Kildare v Meath", Kildare Observer, 19 September 1925, p. 5 11 October 1925 Round 1 Louth 1-5 — 3-3 Dublin Dundalk"Dublin's success", Irish Independent, 12 October 1925, p. 11 18 October 1925 Round 2 Dublin 0-7 — 1-2 Meath Croke Park, Dublin"Dublin defeat Meath", Cork Examiner, 19 October 1925, p. 5 25 October 1925 Round 2 Kildare 3-3 — 1-2 Louth Newbridge"National Football League", Irish Independent, 27 October 1925, p. 9 8 November 1925 Round 3 Dublin 2-5 — 1-3 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin"Leinster Football League", Cork Examiner, 9 November 1925, p. 6 8 November 1925 Round 3 Meath 1-7 — 3-5 Louth Navan"Leinster Football League", Meath Chronicle, 14 November 1925, p. 7 Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Dublin football3 3 0 0 6 Advance to Knockout stage20px|border Kildare football3 2 0 1 4 20px|border Louth football 3 1 0 2 2 20px|border Meath football3 0 0 3 0 Leinster II Results 12 July 1925 Round 1 Westmeath 1-7 — 1-3 Offaly Mullingar"National Football League", Westmeath Examiner, 18 July 1925, p. 8 Joe Curran, Meath 11 October 1925 Round 1 Wicklow 0-3 — 2-7 Longford BrayIrish Independent, 12 October 1925, p. 11 Mr. O'Brien, Dublin 25 October 1925 Round 2 Longford 2-6 — 0-3 Westmeath Longford"Belated victory", Irish Independent, 26 October 1925, p. 9 Mr. J. Kelly 15 November 1925 Round 3 Wicklow 5-8 — 1-3 Westmeath Naas"Goalkeeper's busy", Irish Independent, 16 November 1925, p. 11 15 November 1925 Round 3 Longford 1-8 — 1-2 Offaly Longford Park 22 November 1925 Round 2 Offaly 1-3 — 1-4 Wicklow Tullamore"A point victory", Irish Independent, 23 November 1925, p. 11 Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Longford football3 3 0 0 6 Advance to Knockout stage20px|border Wicklow football3 2 0 1 4 20px|border Westmeath football 3 1 0 2 0 20px|border Offaly football3 0 0 3 0 Westmeath forfeited the points from their win v Offaly due to being late on the field"League Figures" Irish Independent, Friday 20 November 1925 Leinster III Results 2 August 1925 Wexford 5-6 — 1-3 Carlow EnniscorthyIrish Independent, 4 August 1925, p. 9 20 September 1925 Carlow 1-4 — 2-5 Laois Graiguecullen, LaoisIrish Independent, 20 September 1925, p. 10 11 October 1925 Kilkenny 1-2 — 3-5 Wexford St James's Park, KilkennyIrish Independent, 12 October 1925, p. 11 J Delaney Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Laois football3 3 0 0 6 Advance to Knockout stage20px|border Wexford football3 2 0 1 4 20px|border Carlow football 2 0 0 2 0 20px|border Kilkenny football2 0 0 2 0 Munster (Munster Football League) Won by Kerry football. 11 October 1925 1 Clare 1-4 — 3-6 Kerry Milltown MalbayIrish Independent, 12 October 1925, p. 11 15 November 1925 2 Cork 0-0 — 2-8 Kerry Macroom"Kerry's easy victory", The Kerryman, 21 November 1925, p. 2 15 November 1925 2 Waterford 2-1 — 1-2 Limerick Tipperary 22 November 1925 3 Waterford 1-0 — 0-12 Kerry Waterford"Kerry defeat Waterford", The Kerryman, 28 November 1925, p. 2 29 November 1925 4 Kerry 3-4 — 2-0 Limerick Listowel"Munster football league", The Kerryman, 5 December 1925, p. 2 29 November 1925 4 Waterford 1-2 — 2-3 Cork Dungarvan"Match at Dungarvan", Cork Examiner, 30 November 1925, p. 8 28 February 1926 5 Cork 0-4 — 1-0 Limerick Fermoy"GAA leagues", Irish Independent, 1 March 1926, p. 9 7 March 1926 5 Tipperary 2-5 — 1-4 Clare Clonmel"McGrath Cup league", Cork Examiner, 10 March 1926, p. 5 13 June 1926 5 Kerry 0-5 — 0-2 Tipperary Austin Stack Park, Tralee"Kerry wins McGrath Cup", The Kerryman, 19 June 1926, p. 5 Ulster (Dr McKenna Cup) North-West Group Regulation games 8 November 1925 Cavan 4-3 — 2-3 Fermanagh Belturbet,"GAA News", Fermanagh Herald, 14 November 1925, p. 5, J. Murphy Monaghan 29 November 1925 Tyrone 1-1 — 0-2 Fermanagh Enniskillen,"Ulster League Tie", Ulster Herald, 5 December 1925, p. 12, G. McGovern Cavan 29 November 1925 Donegal 6-5 — 3-5 Cavan Ballyshannon,"Ulster Football Surprise", Irish Independent, 30 November 1925, p. 10, 20 December 1925 Donegal 1-5 — 2-1 Fermanagh Stranorlar,"Gaelic Games", Irish Independent, 22 December 1925, p. 10, 20 December 1925 Cavan 4-2 — 2-0 Tyrone Dungannon,"Gaelic Games", Irish Independent, 22 December 1925, p. 10, 17 January 1926 Tyrone 3-6 — 2-2 Donegal Donaghmore,"Irish Independent", Ulster Herald, 19 January 1926, p. 10, Mr. Cleary Antrim Play-Offs 28 February 1926 Play-Off (2nd Place) Donegal 4-3 — 3-6 Tyrone Omagh,"Ulster Tie Drawn", Irish Independent, 01 March 1926, p. 9, 2,000 14 March 1926 Play-Off (2nd Place) Replay Donegal 4-4 — 2-3 Tyrone Omagh,"Ulster Football League", Ulster Herald, 20 March 1926, p. 3, 6,000 28 March 1926 Play-Off (1st Place) Cavan 4-8 — 2-4 Donegal Ballyconnell,"Gaelic Pastimes", Meath Chronicle, 3 April 1926, p. 7, North-East Group Regulation games 1 November 1925 Antrim 0-7 — 0-5 Monaghan Clones"Ulster Football League", Irish Independent, 3 November 1925, p. 10, 6 December 1925 Armagh 2-6 — 3-1 Monaghan Castleblaney,"Ulster League Surprise", Irish Independent, 7 December 1925, p. 10, 13 December 1925 Antrim 1-6 — 2-2 Down Castlewellan,"Ulster League", Irish Independent, 15 December 1925, p. 10, P. Murray Armagh 24 January 1926 Armagh 3-0 — 2-0 Down Hilltown Play-Offs 7 March 1926 For 1st place (replay) Antrim 1-4 — 0-3 Armagh Newry"Ulster Senior League", Irish Independent, 8 March 1926, p. 10, P McGivern Down Final 11 April 1926 Final Antrim 2-5 — 0-5 Cavan Belfast,"Champions beaten", Irish Independent, 12/04/1926, p. 9, J. Cooney Armagh Final standings North-West Group TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Cavan football3 2 0 1 4 20px|border Donegal football3 2 0 1 4 20px|border Tyrone football3 2 0 1 4 20px|border Fermanagh football3 0 0 3 0 North-East Group TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Antrim football3 2 1 0 5 Advance to Knockout stage20px|border Armagh football3 2 1 0 5 20px|border Monaghan football 2 0 0 2 0 20px|border Down football2 0 0 2 0 Knockout stage Quarter-finals 14 February 1926 Sligo football 3-1 – 0-5 Longford football Longford 21 March 1926 Laois football 1-6 – 1-5 Kerry football Croke Park, Dublin Semi-finals 25 April 1926Semi-final Dublin football 0-8 – 0-5 Antrim football Dundalk"Narrow defeat for Antrim", Irish Independent, 26/04/1926, p. 9 T. Burke, Drogheda 9 May 1926Semi-final Sligo football 3-5 – 2-6 Laois football Croke Park, Dublin An objection was successfully made and a replay ordered. 27 June 1926Semi-final replay Laois football 4-6 – 1-4 Sligo football Roscommon"Leix defeat Sligo in Semi-final", Irish Independent, 28/06/1926, p. 9 Final 19 September 1926 Laois 2-1 – 1-0 Dublin Jack Brown 2-0, Tom Costello 0-1 Peter Stynes 1-0 Barrett's Park, New Ross P McCullagh (Wexford) Leinster League inter-group ties 29 November 1925 Game 1 Longford 2-2 — 2-2 Dublin Longford"Level scoring", Irish Independent, 30/11/1925, p. 10 The game was initially awarded to Longford as Dublin failed to finish owing to a disputed decision. Later, the Leinster Council declared the result void and ordered a replay."Unpleasant incident". Sunday Independent, 13/12/1923, p. 7 31 January 1926 Game 1 replay Dublin 3-5 — 0-4 Longford Mullingar"Leinster Football League", Irish Independent, 01/02/1926, p. 9 Match was abandoned with seven minutes remaining. The game was awarded to Dublin 20 December 1925 Game 2 Laois 1-3 — 1-2 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin"Leix win Group honours", Irish Independent, 21/12/1925, p. 9 31 January 1926 Game 3 Laois w/o — scr. Longford Portlaoise"Longford not to play", Irish Independent, 26/02/1926, p. 9 Longford did not play in protest at the fact that Game 1 replay versus Dublin was awarded to Dublin Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Laois football2 2 0 0 4 Leinster League winners20px|border Dublin football2 1 0 1 2 20px|border Longford football2 0 02 0 Laois won the Leinster Football League. This would appear to have been a separate competition, and this ties did not form part of the National Football League proper. 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