The 1930–31 National Football League was the 4th staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Kerry won their third league in a row. They trailed Cavan 1-1 to 0-1 at half-time in the final, but went on to win by a point.http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(6)/1984-(1)GAA Final Teams After their win, Kerry went on an American tour.

Format

Divisions Division One: 22 teams. Split into four regional groups Division Two: 10 teams. Split into two regional sections

Round-robin format Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away.

Points awarded 2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

Titles Teams in Division One competed for the National Football League title. Teams in Division Two (Midland) competed for the National Football League Division Two (Midland) title. Teams in Division Two (Northern) competed for the National Football League Division Two (Northern) title.

Knockout stage qualifiers Division One title: top team in each group qualified for the semi-final Division Two (Midland) title: top team in each group qualified for the final Division Two (Northern) title: group winners win the title

Division One

Group A

Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 4 3 1 0 7 Advance to Knockout stage 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 0 3 2 4 0 0 4 0

Group B

Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 4 3 1 0 7 Advance to Knockout stage 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 0 2 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 3 0

Group C

Group D

Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 4 4 0 0 8 Advance to Knockout stage 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 0 3 2 4 0 0 4 0

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Division two

Midland

Northern Section

Southern Section

Final

Tables

Northern Section TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 2 2 0 0 4 Win Division Two (Midland) 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0

Southern Section TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0

Northern

Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 3 3 0 0 6 Win Division Two (Northern) 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 "National League success", Donegal News, 11 October 1930, p. 5

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