1959–60 National Football League (Ireland)

1959–60 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1959 – 8 May 1960
League champions
Winners	Down (1st win)
Captain	Kevin Mussen
League runners-up
Runners-up	Cavan
Captain	Tom Maguire
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 National Football League was the 29th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

The first all-Ulster final attracted a record crowd for a League final and was won by Down.^[1]^[2]

Group stage

Division I (Dr Lagan Cup)

Play-Offs

28 February 1960 Semi-Final	Down	1-9 — 0-9	Armagh	Casement Park,Belfast
				Referee: M. McArdle Louth

6 March 1960 Semi-Final	Derry	2-9 — 0-3	Monaghan	O'Neill Park,Dungannon
				Attendance: 5,000 Referee: M. McArdle Louth^[3]

13 March 1960 Final	Down	2-10 — 0-3	Derry	Casement Park,Belfast ^[4]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
Derry	3	3	0	6
Armagh	3	2	1	4
Fermanagh	3	1	2	2
Donegal	3	0	3	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Down	3	3	0	6	Advance to Knockout Phase
Monaghan	3	2	1	4
Tyrone	3	1	2	2
Antrim	3	0	3	0

Division II

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Cavan	6	6	0	12	Advance to Knockout Phase
Westmeath	6	5	1	10
Leitrim	3	3	3	6
Mayo	6	3	3	6
Longford	6	2	4	4
Meath	6	2	4	4
Sligo	6	0	6	0

Division III

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Dublin	6	6	0	0	12	Advance to Knockout Phase
Offaly	6	5	0	1	10
Galway	6	4	0	2	8
Roscommon	6	2	1	3	5
Louth	6	2	1	3	5
Laois	6	1	0	5	2
Wicklow	6	0	0	6	0

Division IV

Group A Play-Off

13 March 1960 For 1st Place	Kerry	1-12 — 0-6	Cork	Fitzgerald Stadium,Killarney ^[5]

Final

26 March 1960 Final	Kerry	2-6 — 0-5	Clare	Gaelic Grounds,Limerick^[6]

Group A

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

^[7]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
Clare	4	4	0	0	8
Tipperary	4	2	0	2	4
Limerick	4	2	0	2	4
Waterford	4	1	1	2	3
Kilkenny	4	0	1	3	1

Knockout stage

Semi-Final

Kerry v Down

9 April 1960

Kerry	2-10 – 2-8	Down

Croke Park, Dublin^[8]

Cavan v Dublin

23 April 1960

Cavan	2-8 – 1-8	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Down v Cavan

8 May 1960
Final

Down	0-12 – 0-9	Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 49,451
Referee: John Mulvey (Mayo)^[9]

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑
↑ "Sparkling Derry win", Irish Independent, 7 March 1960, p. 11
↑ "Down victory was complete",Irish Press, 14 March 1960, p. 14
↑ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1960/League
↑ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1960/League
↑ "Placings in Football League", Irish Independent, 7 March 1960, p.11
↑ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1960/League
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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