1982–83 National Football League (Ireland)

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.

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

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

Format

Group stage

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Armagh 752012Qualified for Knockout Stages
Down 743011
Cork 74129
Dublin 73137
Kerry 73137
Offaly 73046
Derry 72054Relegated to Division Two of the 1983–84 NFL
Mayo 70070

[4]

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 760112Qualified for Knockout Stages and promoted to Division One of the 1983–84 NFL
Meath 751111
Galway 742110
Roscommon 74129
Tyrone 73046
Cavan 72054
Wicklow 72054Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL
Antrim 70070

[6]

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Louth 760112Qualified for National League Cup and promoted to Division Two of the 1983–84 NFL
Wexford 750210
Laois 74129
Clare 74038
Donegal 73137
Monaghan 73046
Fermanagh 72054Relegated to Division Four of the 1983–84 NFL
Longford 70070

[7]

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Notes
Westmeath 770014Qualified for National League Cup and promoted to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL
Carlow 760112
Leitrim 74129
Limerick 72236
Sligo 73046
Tipperary 72145
Waterford 72054
Kilkenny 70070

[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
Westmeath1-08 - 1-07 Louth
Tone (0-4), Coyne (1-0), Fahy (0-2f), W. Lowry (0-1), Tynan (0-1) O'Kane (1-0), Dawe (0-3f), McDonnell (0-2), McCarragher (0-1), Quinn (0-1)
Referee: P. Kavanagh (Meath)
GK1Matt Scally
RCB2Mick McEnroe
FB3Pádraig McGowan
LCB4Pat Murray
RHB5Eddie Tynan
CHB6Mick Lowry
LHB7Michael Fagan
MF8Tommy McCormack
MF9Christy Flanagan
RHF10Séamus Coyne
CHF11Willie Lowry
LHF12Rory Fahy
RCF13Pat Brady
FF14Frank Tone
LCF15Michael Greene
Substitutes:
16Mick Clarke for Brady
17Séamus Conroy for Flanagan
GK1Gerry Farrell (Cooley Kickhams)
RCB2Séamus Haughey (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FB3Matt McDermott (St Fechin's)
LCB4Frank Taaffe (Oliver Plunketts)
RHB5Dessie Callaghan (Newtown Blues)
CHB6Aidan Wiseman (Clan na Gael)
LHB7Michael McCabe (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF8Pat Matthews (Oliver Plunketts)
MF9Paul Reneghan (Geraldines)
RHF10Tony McCarragher (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF11Jimmy McDonnell (Geraldines) (c)
LHF12Benny McKeever (Clan na Gael)
RCF13Ray Quinn (Kilkerley Emmets)
FF14J.P. O'Kane (St Joseph's)
LCF15Kevin Dawe (Dreadnots)
Substitutes:
16Pat McConnon (Dundalk Young Irelands) for Matthews

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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