1982–83 National Football League (Ireland)

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1982–83 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1982 – 24 April 1983
League champions
WinnersDown (4th win)
CaptainMark Turley
ManagerJames McCartan
League runners-up
Runners-upArmagh
CaptainJim McKerr

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]

Format

Group stage

Division One

Table

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

[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
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 7 6 0 1 12 Qualified for Knockout Stages and promoted to Division One of the 1983–84 NFL
Colours of Leitrim.svg Meath 7 5 1 1 11
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 7 4 2 1 10
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 7 4 1 2 9
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 7 3 0 4 6
Colours of Laois.svg Cavan 7 2 0 5 4
Colours of Roscommon.svg Wicklow 7 2 0 5 4 Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 7 0 0 7 0

[6]

Division Three

Table

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

[7]

Division Four

Table

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

[8]

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

Down1-9 – 0-4Kildare
Attendance: 15,123
Armagh2-8 – 1-7Meath
Attendance: 15,123

Finals

Down1-8 – 0-8Armagh
Attendance: 24,500[9]
Referee: Weeshie Fogarty (Kerry)[10]

National League Cup

Semi-Finals

Westmeath1-8 – 0-5Wexford
Louth2-10 – 1-5Carlow

Final

Westmeath1-8 – 1-7Louth

References

  1. ^ GAA Final Teams
  2. ^ Armagh team photos
  3. ^ GAA Archive 1983[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
  5. ^ "Kavanagh slip sinks Wicklow", Irish Press, 01/05/1983, p. 16
  6. ^ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
  7. ^ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
  8. ^ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
  9. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrisson, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  10. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrisson, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  11. ^ "Tone was right for Westmeath", Irish Independent, 25/04/1983, p. 12
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