1958–59 National Football League (Ireland)

1958–59 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1958 – 10 May 1959
League champions
Winners Kerry (5th win)
Captain John Dowling
League runners-up
Runners-up Derry
Captain Jim McKeever[1]
Other division winners
Division 2 Leitrim

The 1958–59 National Football League was the 28th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Leitrim reached their first and only NFL semi-final, and Derry reached their first final, where they lost to Kerry.[2][3]

Group stage

Division IV

Final

Group A

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Kerry 4 3 1 0 7 Advance to Knockout Phase
Carlow 4 2 2 0 6
Cork 4 2 0 2 4
Kildare 4 1 1 2 3
Wexford 4 0 0 4 0

[5]

Group B

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Waterford 3 3 0 0 6
Clare 3 2 0 1 4
Tipperary 3 1 0 2 2
Kilkenny 3 0 0 3 0

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

12 April 1959
Derry 3-7 1-6 Leitrim

19 April 1959
Kerry 3-8 0-5 Offaly

Final

10 May 1959
Kerry 2-8 1-8 Derry
Jim Brosnan 1-1; Tom Long 1-0; Dan McAuliffe 0-3; Paudie Sheehy 0-2; Dave Geaney, John Dowling 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 32,405[7]
Referee: M McArdle (Louth)[8]

References

  1. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  2. GAA Final Teams
  3. Terrace talk 1959
  4. http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1959/League
  5. "Placings in Football League", Irish Independent, 2 March 1959, p.11
  6. "Derry's easy passage to final", Irish Independent, 13 April 1959, p. 13
  7. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  8. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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