1936–37 National Football League (Ireland)

The 1936–37 National Football League was the 10th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

1936–37 National Football League

League details
Dates	11 October 1936 – 11 April 1937
League champions
Winners	Mayo (4th win)
Captain	Paddy Moclair
League runners-up
Runners-up	Meath
Captain	Paddy Geraghty
Other division winners
Division 2	Longford
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Mayo won the league for the fourth year in a row, beating Meath in the final.[1][2][3]

Format

There were two divisions – Division 1 and Division 2.[4]

Division 1 was split into two Groups. Group winners played off for the NFL title.

Division 2 was split into two Groups. Group winners played off for the NFL (Division 2) title.

Division 1

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Meath	6	5	0	1	10	Advance to League Final
Cavan	6	4	0	2	8
Kildare	6	4	0	2	8
Louth	6	2	0	4	4
Wexford	6	2	0	4	4
Dublin	6	2	0	4	4
Monaghan	6	2	0	4	4

[5]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Mayo	6	6	0	0	12	Advance to League Final
Kerry	6	5	0	1	10
Galway	6	2	1	3	5
Laois	6	2	1	3	5
Offaly	6	2	1	3	5
Tipperary	6	1	1	4	3
Clare	6	1	0	5	2

Final

11 April 1937
Final

Mayo	5-4 – 1-8	Meath
P Munnelly 2-1; J Munnelly 1-2; J Carney, P Laffey 1-0 each; P Flannelly 0-1f

Croke Park, Dublin

Division 2

Group A

Longford won. Other teams in this group: Sligo, Westmeath, Roscommon, Leitrim

Group B

Donegal won. Other teams in this group: Armagh, Tyrone, Derry, Fermanagh

Final

7 March 1937
Final

Longford	1-7 – 1-3	Donegal

Ardara, Donegal[6]

References

1. Mayo results archive
2. GAA Final Teams
3. "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
4. "A full round of National Football Fixtures", Irish Independent, 5 March 1937, p. 15
5. "The Final Tables", Irish Independent, 5 April 1937, p. 12
6. "Results in brief", Irish Independent, 8 March 1937, p. 14