1982–83 National Football League (Ireland)

1982–83 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1982 – 24 April 1983
League champions
Winners	Down (4th win)
Captain	Mark Turley
Manager	James McCartan, Senior
League runners-up
Runners-up	Armagh
Captain	Jim McKerr
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 National Football League was the 52nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Down defeated Armagh in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Group stage

Division One

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Notes
Armagh	7	5	2	0	12	Qualified for Knockout Stages
Down	7	4	3	0	11	Qualified for Knockout Stages
Cork	7	4	1	2	9
Dublin	7	3	1	3	7
Kerry	7	3	1	3	7
Offaly	7	3	0	4	6
Derry	7	2	0	5	4	Relegated to Division Two of the 1983–84 NFL
Mayo	7	0	0	7	0	Relegated to Division Two of the 1983–84 NFL

^[4]

Division Two

Play-Off

30 April 1983 For 6th Place	Cavan	1-9 — 1-8	Wicklow	Pairc Tailteann, Navan^[5]
				Referee: P Kavanagh Meath

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Notes
Kildare	7	6	0	1	12	Qualified for Knockout Stages and promoted to Division One of the 1983–84 NFL
Meath	7	5	1	1	11
Galway	7	4	2	1	10
Roscommon	7	4	1	2	9
Tyrone	7	3	0	4	6
Cavan	7	2	0	5	4
Wicklow	7	2	0	5	4	Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL
Antrim	7	0	0	7	0	Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL

^[6]

Division Three

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Notes
Louth	7	6	0	1	12	Qualified for National League Cup and promoted to Division Two of the 1983–84 NFL
Wexford	7	5	0	2	10
Laois	7	4	1	2	9
Clare	7	4	0	3	8
Donegal	7	3	1	3	7
Monaghan	7	3	0	4	6
Fermanagh	7	2	0	5	4	Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL
Longford	7	0	0	7	0	Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL

^[7]

Division Four

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Notes
Westmeath	7	7	0	0	14	Qualified for National League Cup and promoted to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL
Carlow	7	6	0	1	12
Leitrim	7	4	1	2	9
Limerick	7	2	2	3	6
Sligo	7	3	0	4	6
Tipperary	7	2	1	4	5
Waterford	7	2	0	5	4
Kilkenny	7	0	0	7	0

^[8]

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

Down v Kildare

10 April 1983

Down	1-9 – 0-4	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 15,123

Armagh v Meath

10 April 1983

Armagh	2-8 – 1-7	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 15,123

Finals

Down v Armagh

24 April 1983
Final

Down	1-8 – 0-8	Armagh

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 24,500^[9]
Referee: Weeshie Fogarty (Kerry)^[10]

National League Cup

Semi-Finals

Westmeath v Wexford

10 April 1983

Westmeath	1-8 – 0-5	Wexford

Portarlington

Louth v Carlow

10 April 1983

Louth	2-10 – 1-5	Carlow

Portarlington

Final

Westmeath v Louth

24 April 1983

Westmeath	1-8 – 1-7	Louth

Pairc Tailteann, Navan^[11]

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ Armagh team photos
↑ GAA Archive 1983
↑ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
↑ "Kavanagh slip sinks Wicklow", Irish Press, 01/05/1983, p. 16
↑ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
↑ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
↑ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrisson, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrisson, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "Tone was right for Westmeath", Irish Independent,25/04/1983, p. 12

Down – 1983 National Football League Champions (4th title)

1 J. McAleavy 2 E. King 3 T. McGovern 4 M.Turley (c) 5 P. Kennedy 6 P. O'Rourke 7 B. McGovern 8 L. Austin 9 B. Toner 10 J. McCartan 11 D. Bell 12 G. Blaney 13 M. Linden 14 A. Rogers 15 B. Mason Manager J. McCartan

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