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

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

Group A

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

Group B

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

Division II

Table

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

Final

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 Status
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

9 April 1960
Kerry 2-10 2-8 Down

23 April 1960
Cavan 2-8 1-8 Dublin

Final

8 May 1960
Final
Down 0-12 0-9 Cavan
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 49,451
Referee: John Mulvey (Mayo)[9]

References

  1. GAA Final Teams
  2. "Sparkling Derry win", Irish Independent, 7 March 1960, p. 11
  3. "Down victory was complete",Irish Press, 14 March 1960, p. 14
  4. http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1960/League
  5. http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1960/League
  6. "Placings in Football League", Irish Independent, 7 March 1960, p.11
  7. http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1960/League
  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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