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

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
Cork 7 4 12 9
Dublin 7 3 1 3 7
Kerry 7 3 1 3 7
Offaly 7 3 0 4 6
Derry 7 20 5 4 Relegated to Division Two of the 1983–84 NFL
Mayo 7 0 0 7 0

[4]

Division Two

Play-Off

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 21 10
Roscommon 7 4 1 2 9
Tyrone 7 3 0 4 6
Cavan 7 20 5 4
Wicklow 7 2 0 5 4 Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL
Antrim 7 0 0 7 0

[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 12 9
Clare 7 4 0 3 8
Donegal 7 3 1 3 7
Monaghan 7 3 0 4 6
Fermanagh 7 20 5 4 Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL
Longford 7 0 0 7 0

[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 12 9
Limerick 7 2 2 3 6
Sligo 7 3 0 4 6
Tipperary 7 2 1 4 5
Waterford 7 20 5 4
Kilkenny 7 0 0 7 0

[8]

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

10 April 1983
Down 1-9 0-4 Kildare
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 15,123

10 April 1983
Armagh 2-8 1-7 Meath
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 15,123

Finals

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

10 April 1983
Westmeath 1-8 0-5 Wexford

10 April 1983
Louth 2-10 1-5 Carlow

Final

24 April 1983
Westmeath 1-8 1-7 Louth

References

  1. GAA Final Teams
  2. Armagh team photos
  3. GAA Archive 1983
  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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