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.GAA Final TeamsArmagh team photos
Group stage
Division One
Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 7 5 2 0 12 Qualified for Knockout Stages 7 4 3 0 11 7 4 12 9 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 0 4 6 7 20 5 4 Relegated to Division Two of the 1983–84 NFL 7 0 0 7 0 "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
Division Two
Play-Off
Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 7 6 0 1 12 Qualified for Knockout Stages and promoted to Division One of the 1983–84 NFL 7 5 1 1 11 7 4 21 10 7 4 1 2 9 7 3 0 4 6 7 20 5 4 7 2 0 5 4 Relegated to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL 7 0 0 7 0 "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
Division Three
Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 7 6 0 1 12 Qualified for National League Cup and promoted to Division Two of the 1983–84 NFL 7 5 0 2 10 7 4 12 9 7 4 0 3 8 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 0 4 6 7 20 5 4 Relegated to Division Four of the 1983–84 NFL 7 0 0 7 0 "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
Division Four
Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes 7 7 0 0 14 Qualified for National League Cup and promoted to Division Three of the 1983–84 NFL 7 6 0 1 12 7 4 12 9 7 2 2 3 6 7 3 0 4 6 7 2 1 4 5 7 20 5 4 7 0 0 7 0 "How They Stand", Irish Press, 14/03/1983, p. 17
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Finals
National League Cup
Semi-finals
Final
GK1 Matt Scally (Athlone) (c)RCB2 Michael McEnroe (Athlone)FB3 Padraic McGowan (Athlone)LCB4 Pat Murray (Moate All-Whites)RHB5 Eddie Tynan (Shandonagh)CHB6 Michael Lowry (St Malachy's)LHB7 Michael Fagan (Mullingar Shamrocks)MF8 Tommy McCormack (Maryland)MF9 Christy Flanagan (Tang)RHF10 Séamus Coyne (Milltownpass)CHF11 Willie Lowry (St Malachy's)LHF12 Rory Fahy (Athlone)RCF13 Pat Brady (St Mary's Rochfortbridge)FF14 Frank Tone (Rosemount)LCF15 Michael Greene (Mullingar Shamrocks)Substitutes: 16 Michael Clarke (Mullingar Shamrocks) for Brady 17 Séamus Conroy (The Downs) for Flanagan GK1 Gerry Farrell (Cooley Kickhams)RCB2 Séamus Haughey (Dundalk Young Irelands)FB3 Matt McDermott (St Fechin's)LCB4 Frank Taaffe (Oliver Plunketts)RHB5 Dessie Callaghan (Newtown Blues)CHB6 Aidan Wiseman (Clan na Gael)LHB7 Michael McCabe (Dundalk Young Irelands)MF8 Pat Matthews (Oliver Plunketts)MF9 Paul Reneghan (Geraldines)RHF10 Tony McCarragher (Cooley Kickhams)CHF11 Jimmy McDonnell (Geraldines) (c)LHF12 Benny McKeever (Clan na Gael)RCF13 Ray Quinn (Kilkerley Emmets)FF14 J.P. O'Kane (St Joseph's)LCF15 Kevin Dawe (Dreadnots)Substitutes: 16 Pat McConnon (Dundalk Young Irelands) for Matthews
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