1925–26 National Football League (Ireland)
| League details | |
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| Dates | 1925 – 19 September 1926 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Laois (1st win) |
| Captain | Dick Miller |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Dublin |
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1927–28 →
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The 1925–26 National Football League was the 1st staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
The inaugural NFL was won by Laois, captained by Dick Miller. They defeated Sligo in the semi-final after a lost game was ordered replayed, and beat Dublin in a low-scoring final despite losing two players, Paddy Lenihan and Bill Keeley, to emigration shortly before the final.
The league was organised on a provincial basis with a separate league for each province: three leagues for Leinster due to the large number of counties. The six league winners played a knockout tournament to decide the National Football League. It is mentioned that the three Leinster Group winners played off (Longford scratching, Laois beating Dublin) for a gold medal, but this does not seem to have formed part of the league proper.
Westmeath forfeited the points from their win v Offaly due to being late on the field
Won by Kerry.
An objection was successfully made and a replay ordered.
Laois won the Leinster Football League. This would appear to have been a separate competition, and this ties did not form part of the National Football League proper.
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