1927–28 National Football League (Ireland)

1927–28 National Football League
League details
Dates	24 April 1927 – 1928
League champions
Winners	Kerry (1st win)
Captain	Joe Barrett
League runners-up
Runners-up	Kildare
Captain	Bill "Squires" Gannon
← 1925–26 1928–29 →

The 1927–28 National Football League was the 2nd staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland, held in 1927 and 1928.

The League was won by Kerry.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Format

There were three divisions – Northern, Southern, and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.

The league was not decided by a one-match final. The three division winners played each other in a series of Inter-Divisional tests.^[4] As Kerry and Kildare both defeated Mayo, it meant that the Kerry v Kildare tie was a 'de facto' final.

Results

Northern Division

3 April 1927 Round	Kildare	3-8 — 1-2	Down

3 April 1927 Round	Armagh	0-2 — 0-2	Tyrone

18 September 1927 Round	Armagh	2-9 — 0-12	Cavan	Athletic Grounds, Armagh,^[5]

30 October 1927 Round	Down	2-7 — 2-6	Dublin	Newry,^[6]

13 November 1927 Round 2	Louth	4-4 — 0-2	Dublin	Drogheda,^[7]

27 November 1927 Round 2	Louth	2-6 — 1-4	Meath	Navan,^[8]

27 November 1927 Round 2	Monaghan	4-4 — 4-4	Kildare	Carrickmacross,^[9]

27 November 1927 Round	Dublin	3-5 — 0-8	Armagh	Croke Park, Dublin,^[10]

11 December 1927 Round	Louth	7-4 — 2-0	Down	Dundalk,^[11]

8 January 1928 Round	Armagh	3-3 — 2-3	Meath	Athletic Grounds, Armagh,^[12]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Kildare	8	7	1	0	15	Advance to Knockout stage
Louth	8	6	0	2	12
Armagh	7	4	1	2	9
Down	7	3	0	4	8
Cavan	7	3	1	3	7
Meath	7	3	0	4	4
Monaghan	6	1	1	4	3
Dublin	6	1	1	4	3
Tyrone	6	0	1	5	1

Meath beat Down, but forfeited the points for being late on the field^[13]

Southern Division

27 February 1927 Round 1	Clare	L — W	Laois	Kilkee

27 February 1927 Round 1	Kerry	2-6 — 0-4	Cork	Tralee,^[14]

27 February 1927 Round 1	Tipperary	0-3 — 2-4	Kilkenny	Carrick-on-Suir,^[15]

20 March 1927 Round 2	Wexford	0-4 — 0-4	Kilkenny	Barrett Park, New Ross,^[16]

20 March 1927 Round 2	Laois	0-1 — 1-6	Kerry	Portlaoise,^[17]

3 April 1927 Round 3	Wexford	3-4 — 0-0	Cork	Wexford Park, Wexford

3 April 1927 Round 3	Kerry	4-0 — 1-5	Clare	Austin Stack Park, Tralee

24 April 1927 Round 4	Cork	2-3 — 0-1	Kilkenny	Cork Athletic Grounds,^[18]

9 October 1927	Wexford	4-2 — 1-4	Clare	Enniscorthy,^[19]

9 October 1927	Kerry	w/o — scr,	Tipperary

27 November 1927	Kerry	w/o — scr,	Kilkenny

5 February 1928 Round 6	Kerry	2-3 — 0-2	Wexford	Austin Stack Park, Tralee,^[20]

12 February 1928 Round	Wexford	1-7 — 1-1	Tipperary	Barrett Park, New Ross,^[21]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Kerry	6	6	0	0	12	Advance to Knockout stage
Laois	6	5	0	1	10
Wexford	6	3	1	2	7
Cork	5	2	0	3	4
Kilkenny	6	1	2	3	4
Clare	6	1	1	4	3
Tipperary	5	0	0	5	0

Laois were awarded the points in respect of their tie with Clare at Kilkee^[22]

Western Division

Mayo won, finishing ahead of Sligo, Galway, Roscommon and Leitrim.

24 April 1927 Round 1	Mayo	2-7 — 1-5	Sligo	Claremorris,^[23]

8 May 1927 Round 2	Mayo	2-5 — 1-6	Roscommon	Claremorris,^[24]

18 September 1927 Round 2	Mayo	0-9 — 0-8	Leitrim	Roscommon,^[25]

Inter-Divisional Tests

Kildare v Mayo

25 March 1928

Kildare	0-8 – 0-5	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin

Kerry v Mayo

15 April 1928

Kerry	0-6 – 1-1	Mayo

Castlebar

Kerry v Kildare

29 April 1928
de facto Final

Kerry	2-4 – 1-6	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin^[26]
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Tom Shevlin, Roscommon

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Kerry	2	2	0	4	NFL Winners
Kildare	2	1	1	2	NFL runners-up
Mayo	2	0	2	0

References

↑
↑ Mayo GAA 1927
↑ Mayo GAA 1928
↑ "Inter-Divisional League Tests",Irish Independent, 23/03/1928, p.13
↑ "National Football League", Irish Independent, 19/09/1927, p. 12,
↑ "A Newry Surprise", Irish Independent, 31 October 1927, p. 12,
↑ "Dublin footballer's big defeat", Irish Independent, 14/11/1927, p. 11,
↑ "Gaelic Games", Meath Chronicle, 3 December 1927, p. 7,
↑ "Gaelic Games", Meath Chronicle, 3 December 1927, p. 7,
↑ "National Football League", The Cork Examiner, 28/11/1927, p. 9,
↑ "Louth's good win at Dundalk", Irish Independent, 12 December 1927, p. 13,
↑ "Junior Champions Still going strong", Irish Independent, 09/01/1928, p. 11,
↑ "National Football League", Irish Independent, 5 December 1927, p. 12
↑ "Kerry's easy win", The Kerryman, 05/03/1927, p. 11,
↑ "National Football League", The Cork Examiner, 28/02/1927, p. 13,
↑ "Surprise for Wexford", Irish Independent, 21/03/1927, p. 9,
↑ "Champions in form", Irish Independent, 21/03/1927, p. 9,
↑ "National Football League", The Cork Examiner, 25/04/1927, p. 11,
↑ "Good game at Enniscorthy", Irish Independent, 10 October 1927, p. 13,
↑ "National Football League", The Kerryman, 11/02/1928, p. 3,
↑ "National Football League", Irish Independent, 13/02/1928, p. 11,
↑ "National Football League", Irish Independent, 5 December 1927, p. 12
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↑ "Kerry conquer Kildare", The Kerryman, 05/05/1928, p. 5

Kerry – 1928 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 J. Riordan 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett (c) 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 Joe O'Sullivan 7 Jas O'Sullivan 8 C. Brosnan 9 B. Stack 10 J. Rayn 11 J.J. Sheehy 12 E. Fitzgerald 13 N. Sweeney 14 J. Bailey 15 J. J. Landers

National Football Leagues

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