2019 National Football League (Ireland)

2019 National Football League
League details
Dates	26 January – 6 April 2019
Teams	32
League champions
Winners	Mayo (12th win)
Captain	Diarmuid O'Connor
Manager	James Horan
League runners-up
Runners-up	Kerry
Captain	Paul Murphy
Manager	Peter Keane
Other division winners
Division 2	Donegal
Division 3	Westmeath
Division 4	Derry
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 88th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for Gaelic Athletic Association county teams. Thirty-one county teams from the island of Ireland, plus London, competed; Kilkenny do not participate.

The GAA announced a new broadcast agreement on 10 January 2019, expected to run from 2019 until 2022. Eir Sport and RTÉ provided live TV coverage of the league on Saturday nights. TG4 broadcast Sunday afternoon games. The highlights programmes were RTÉ2's League Sunday on Sunday evenings, TG4's GAA 2019 on Monday evenings and Eir Sport's Allianz Leagues Reloaded on Wednesday evenings.^[1]^[2]

Mayo were the winners, defeating Kerry in the final.^[3]

Experimental rules[edit]

On 24 November 2018, the GAA Central Council approved five experimental changes to the football playing rules which were amended slightly and trialled in the 2018–19 early season competitions organised by the four provincial councils (FBD League - Connacht, O'Byrne Cup - Leinster, McGrath Cup - Munster and McKenna Cup - Ulster).^[4]

The rules trialled were^[5] –

The maximum number of consecutive handpasses allowed is three.
A sideline free must be kicked forward except when it is inside the opposing team's 20 metre line.
An advanced mark (sometimes also referred to as an attacking mark, inside mark or offensive mark) may be taken where the ball is kicked in the area outside the opposing team's 45 metre line, travels more than 20 metres, and is caught cleanly without touching the ground in the area inside the opposing team's 45 metre line by an attacker or a defender. Up to fifteen seconds are allowed for the free resulting from the mark to be taken.
Ten minutes in a sin bin without replacement is imposed on a player who commits a black card offence. The offending player can re-enter the game or be substituted after the ten minutes have elapsed.
Kickouts must be taken from the 20 metre line but are not required to travel beyond the 45 metre line.

The effectiveness of the new rules was reviewed by Central Council on 19 January 2019. Although one of the key aims of the experiment was to reduce the number of handpasses in Gaelic football, they voted 25-23 to not continue with the rule that restricted the number of consecutive handpasses to three (which was previously trialled in the 1989 National Football League and quickly abandoned^[6]). This decision followed an almost universal campaign by GAA county team managers in the media against its permanent introduction^[7] The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) were also strongly against the three handpass rule.^[8]

Experimental rules 2 to 5 (see above) were trialled in the 2019 National Football League, beginning on 26 January 2019 and ending on 31 March 2019. There was little criticism of the four rules in the league games though Jim Gavin, the Dublin manager, said the decision to experiment in the league, the GAA's second tier inter-county competition, was "disrespectful".^[9]

GAA rules only allow changes to the playing rules in years divisible by five which means that, at the earliest, the experimental playing rules could only be approved by Congress 2020 for implementation in the 2020 Championship.^[10]

A Special Congress was held on 19 October 2019.^[11] Three rules were passed and were introduced beginning in 2020 –

The Advanced Mark (passed by 68.9%)
The Sin Bin (passed by 73.8%)
Kick-outs from the centre of the 20m line (passed by 83.1%)

Competition format[edit]

League structure[edit]

The 2019 National Football League consists of four divisions of eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its division once, usually four home and three away or three home and four away. Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw.

Teams by Province and Division
Province	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Total
Connacht	3	0	1	1	5
Leinster	1	2	6	2	11
Munster	1	3	0	2	6
Ulster	3	3	1	2	9
Britain	0	0	0	1	1

Total	8	8	8	8	32

Tie-breaker[edit]

If only two teams are level on league points -

The team that won the head-to-head match is ranked first
If this game was a draw, score difference (total scored minus total conceded in all games) is used to rank the teams
If score difference is identical, total scored is used to rank the teams
If still identical, a play-off is required

If three or more teams are level on league points, score difference is used to rank the teams.

Finals, promotions and relegations[edit]

Division 1[edit]

The top two teams in Division 1 contest the National Football League final. The bottom two teams are relegated to Division 2.

Division 2, Division 3 & Division 4[edit]

The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted and contest the finals of their respective divisions. The bottom two teams in Divisions 2 and 3 are relegated.

Division 1[edit]

Division 1 table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerry	7	6	0	1	113	92	+21	12	Advance to Division 1 Final
2	Mayo	7	5	0	2	102	92	+10	10	Advance to Division 1 Final
3	Tyrone	7	4	1	2	108	95	+13	9
4	Dublin	7	4	0	3	122	99	+23	8
5	Galway	7	4	0	3	95	103	−8	8
6	Monaghan	7	2	0	5	103	114	−11	4
7	Roscommon	7	1	1	5	92	121	−29	3	Relegation to 2020 NFL Division 2
8	Cavan	7	1	0	6	90	109	−19	2	Relegation to 2020 NFL Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2019. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where two teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the League; 3) Score difference – subtracting the total scores against from the scores for; 4) Highest total score for; 5) Highest total goals for; 6) A play-off.

Division 1 Rounds 1 to 7[edit]

Division 1 Round 1[edit]

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) Round 1	Mayo	1-08 (11) – (10) 1-07	Roscommon	Castlebar
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: MacHale Park
		Report		Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) Attendance: 10,941 TV: eir Sport

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Kerry	0-11 (11) – (07) 0-07	Tyrone	Killarney
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Fitzgerald Stadium
		Report		Referee: David Gough (Meath) Attendance: 12,921

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Monaghan	2-13 (19) – (16) 1-13	Dublin	Clones
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)		(HT: 0-08 – 1-07)		Venue: St Tiernach's Park
	Gls: Stephen O'Hanlon, Shane Carey Pts: Jack McCarron (5, 4f), Conor McManus (4, 4f), Micheál Bannigan (2f), Fintan Kelly, Dermot Malone	Report	Gls: Niall Scully Pts: Con O'Callaghan (4, 1f), Dean Rock (4, 2f), Ryan Basquel (2), Brian Fenton, Paul Flynn, Cormac Costello (f)	Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Attendance: 10,500 TV: TG4

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Galway	0-13 (13) – (11) 0-11	Cavan	Salthill
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pearse Stadium
		Report		Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) Attendance: 8,500

Division 1 Round 2[edit]

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) Round 2	Dublin	1-15 (18) – (07) 0-07	Galway	Dublin
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Croke Park
				Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) Attendance: 14,000 TV: eir Sport 1

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Cavan	0-13 (13) – (16) 0-16	Kerry	Cavan
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Breffni Park
				Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Roscommon	1-12 (15) – (13) 0-13	Monaghan	Roscommon
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Dr Hyde Park
				Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Tyrone	0-10 (10) – (19) 2-13	Mayo	Omagh
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Healy Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) TV: TG4 (deferred)

Division 1 Round 3[edit]

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) Round 3	Kerry	1-18 (21) – (20) 2-14	Dublin	Tralee
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Austin Stack Park
		Report		Attendance: 11,982

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) Round 3	Mayo	1-13 (16) – (11) 0-11	Cavan	Castlebar
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: MacHale Park
				Attendance: 9,749

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) Round 3	Monaghan	0-11 (11) – (12) 1-09	Galway	Inniskeen
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Grattan

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) Round 3	Roscommon	1-10 (13) – (13) 1-10	Tyrone	Roscommon
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Dr Hyde Park
				Attendance: 6,000

Division 1 Round 4[edit]

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) Round 4	Dublin	1-12 (15) – (07) 0-07	Mayo	Dublin
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Croke Park
		Report		Attendance: 35,213

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) Round 4	Tyrone	1-16 (19) – (12) 0-12	Monaghan	Omagh
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Healy Park
				Attendance: 5,800

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) Round 4	Galway	1-10 (13) – (14) 0-14	Kerry	Tuam
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Tuam Stadium
				Attendance: 6,000

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) Round 4	Cavan	3-13 (22) – (13) 0-13	Roscommon	Cavan
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Breffni Park
				Attendance: 6,390

Division 1 Round 5[edit]

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) Round 5	Tyrone	1-15 (18) – ((09) 0-09	Cavan	Omagh
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Healy Park

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) Round 5	Mayo	0-12 (12) – (14) 1-11	Galway	Castlebar
19:15 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: MacHale Park
				Attendance: 10,675

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) Round 5	Roscommon	1-12 (15) – (20) 2-14	Dublin	Roscommon
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Dr Hyde Park
				Attendance: 6,500

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) Round 5	Kerry	0-17 (17) – (13) 0-13	Monaghan	Killarney
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Fitzgerald Stadium
				Attendance: 6,500

Division 1 Round 6[edit]

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Galway	1-16 (19) – (13) 1-10	Roscommon	Salthill
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pearse Stadium
				Attendance: 7,643

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Monaghan	0-14 (14) – (11) 1-08	Cavan	Clones
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: St Tiernach's Park

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Dublin	1-11 (14) – (17) 1-14	Tyrone	Dublin
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Croke Park
				Attendance: 20,000

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Kerry	0-11 (11) – (13) 1-10	Mayo	Tralee
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Austin Stack Park
		Report

Division 1 Round 7[edit]

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) Round 7	Cavan	1-10 (13) – (19) 1-16	Dublin	Cavan
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Breffni Park
				Attendance: 7,311

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) Round 7	Mayo	3-15 (24) – (21) 1-18	Monaghan	Castlebar
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: MacHale Park
				Attendance: 13,287

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) Round 7	Roscommon	0-13 (13) – (23) 2-17	Kerry	Roscommon
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Dr Hyde Park
				Attendance: 4,000

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) Round 7	Tyrone	3-15 (24) – (17) 1-14	Galway	Omagh
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Healy Park
				Attendance: 5,115

Division 1 Final[edit]

TG4

31 March 2019
16:00 IST (UTC+1)
Final

Report

Kerry	2-10 (16) – (20) 3-11	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Attendance = 44,257

Division 2[edit]

Division 2 table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Meath	7	6	0	1	111	84	+27	12	Advance to Division 2 Final
2	Donegal	7	5	0	2	112	94	+18	10	Advance to Division 2 Final
3	Fermanagh	7	3	2	2	69	74	−5	8
4	Kildare	7	3	1	3	87	93	−6	7
5	Armagh	7	2	2	3	101	97	+4	6
6	Clare	7	2	1	4	107	113	−6	5
7	Cork	7	2	1	4	91	112	−21	5	Relegation to Division 3
8	Tipperary	7	1	1	5	99	110	−11	3	Relegation to Division 3

Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2019. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where two teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the League; 3) Score difference – subtracting the total scores against from the scores for; 4) Highest total score for; 5) Highest total goals for; 6) A play-off.

Division 2 Rounds 1 to 7[edit]

Division 2 Round 1[edit]

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Clare	0-13 (13) – (16) 0-16	Donegal	Ennis
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Cusack Park
		Report		Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry)

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Fermanagh	0-08 (08) – (08) 1-05	Cork	Enniskillen
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Brewster Park
				Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Meath	0-15 (15) – (11) 1-08	Tipperary	Navan
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pairc Tailteann
				Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Kildare	0-14 (14) – (14) 1-11	Armagh	Newbridge
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: St. Conleth's Park
				Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Division 2 Round 2[edit]

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) Round 2	Donegal	1-13 (16) – (14) 0-14	Meath	Ballybofey
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: MacCumhaill Park
		Report		Referee: Jerome Henry (Meath)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Cork	0-10 (10) – (13) 1-10	Kildare	Cork
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Uí Chaoimh
				Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Armagh	1-13 (16) – (16) 2-10	Clare	Newry
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Tipperary	2-5 (11) – (11) 2-5	Fermanagh	Thurles
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Semple Stadium
				Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare)

Division 2 Round 3[edit]

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) Round 3	Fermanagh	0-08 (8) – (6) 0-06	Kildare	Enniskillen
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)		(HT: 0-05 - 0-03)		Venue: Brewster Park
	Pts: S Quigley 3 (3fs), R Lyons 2, C Jones 1, E Donnelly 1 (1f), R Jones 1	Report	Pts: N Flynn 2 (2fs), F Conway 2 (1mark), A Tyrell 2 (2fs)	Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) Round 3	Clare	3-13 (22) – (13) 1-10	Cork	Ennis
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)		(HT: 2-06 - 0-06)		Venue: Cusack Park
	Gls: D Tubridy 1, C O' hAinifein 1, K Malone 1 Pts: D Tubridy 7 (4fs), C Finucane 2, Dean Ryan 1, Jamie Malone 1, Sean Collins 1, Dale Masterson 1	Report	Gls: I Maguire 1 Pts: Luke Connolly 3 (2fs), Matthew Taylor 2 (1f), and Stephen Sherlock 2 (2fs), Liam O'Donovan 1, Michael Hurley 1, Stephen Cronin 1	Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) Attendance: 1,182 TV: TG4

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) Round 3	Meath	2-13 (19) – (13) 0-13	Armagh	Navan
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pairc Tailteann
		Report

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) Round 3	Tipperary	3-09 (18) – (13) 0-13	Donegal	Thurles
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Semple Stadium
		Report Report

Division 2 Round 4[edit]

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) Round 4	Cork	1-9 (12) – (18) 2-12	Meath	Cork
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Uí Chaoimh

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) Round 4	Armagh	1-15 (18) – (12) 0-12	Tipperary	Armagh
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Athletic Grounds

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) Round 4	Donegal	0-10 (10) – (13) 0-13	Fermanagh	Letterkenny
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: O'Donnell Park
		Report

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) Round 4	Kildare	1-16 (19) – (13) 0-13	Clare	Newbridge
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: St Conleth's Park

Division 2 Round 5[edit]

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) Round 5	Tipperary	0-12 (12) – (15) 1-12	Cork	Thurles
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Semple Stadium

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) Round 5	Donegal	1-09 (12) – (11) 0-11	Armagh	Ballybofey
19:15 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: MacCumhaill Park
		Report

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) Round 5	Meath	1-09 (12) – 1-08 (11)	Kildare	Navan
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pairc Tailteann

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) Round 5	Fermanagh	0-12 (12) – (9) 0-09	Clare	Enniskillen
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Brewster Park

Division 2 Round 6[edit]

17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) Round 6	Clare	1-7 (10) – (15) 1-12	Meath	Ennis
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Cusack Park

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Cork	1-12 (15) – (22) 1-19	Donegal	Cork
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pairc Uí Rinn
		Report

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Kildare	1-11 (14) – (13) 2-7	Tipperary	Newbridge
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: St. Conleth's Park

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Armagh	1-9 (12) – (06) 0-06	Fermanagh	Armagh
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Crossmaglen

Division 2 Round 7[edit]

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) Round 7	Armagh	1-14 (17) – 3-9 (18)	Cork	Armagh
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Athletic Grounds
				Referee: Maurice Deegan

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) Round 7	Meath	2-12 (18) – 0-11 (11)	Fermanagh	Navan
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pairc Tailteann

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) Round 7	Donegal	1-20 (23) – 0-10 (10)	Kildare	Ballyshannon
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Fr Tierney Park
		Report

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) Round 7	Tipperary	1-19 (22) – 3-15 (24)	Clare	Thurles
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Semple Stadium

Division 2 Final[edit]

TG4

30 March 2019
17:00 IST (UTC+1)
Final

Report

Meath	1-15 (18) – (20) 1-17	Donegal

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)

Division 3[edit]

Division 3 table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Westmeath	7	4	2	1	99	84	+15	10^[a]	Advance to Division 3 Final
2	Laois	7	5	0	2	117	103	+14	10^[a]	Advance to Division 3 Final
3	Down	7	5	0	2	98	85	+13	10^[a]
4	Louth	7	4	1	2	108	88	+20	9
5	Longford	7	3	1	3	88	88	0	7
6	Offaly	7	2	1	4	89	99	−10	5
7	Carlow	7	2	1	4	90	94	−4	5	Relegation to Division 4
8	Sligo	7	0	0	7	92	140	−48	0	Relegation to Division 4

Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2019. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where two teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the League; 3) Score difference – subtracting the total scores against from the scores for; 4) Highest total score for; 5) Highest total goals for; 6) A play-off.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Westmeath, Laois and Down are ranked by score difference.

Division 3 Rounds 1 to 7[edit]

Division 3 Round 1[edit]

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) Round 1	Down	1-12 (15) – (21) 2-15	Laois	Newry
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Esler
				Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Carlow	1-11 (14) – (07) 0-07	Sligo	Carlow
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Dr Cullen Park
				Referee: James Molloy (Galway)

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Offaly	0-12 (12) – (13) 0-13	Westmeath	Tullamore
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: O'Connor Park
				Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Louth	0-09 (09) – (11) 1-08	Longford	Drogheda
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Drogheda Park
				Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

Division 3 Round 2[edit]

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) Round 2	Westmeath	1-10 (13) – (13) 2-07	Carlow	Mullingar
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Cusack Park
				Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) Round 2	Laois	1-09 (12) – (17) 3-08	Louth	Dublin
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Croke Park
				Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Sligo	1-10 (13) – (15) 1-12	Down	Collooney
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Connolly Park
				Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Longford	1-06 (9) – (9) 0-09	Offaly	Longford
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pearse Park
				Referee: Eamon O'Grady (Leitrim)

Division 3 Round 3[edit]

9 February 2019 (2019 -02-09) Round 3	Down	0-10 (10) – (9) 0-09	Westmeath	Páirc Esler, Newry
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)
		Report

10 February 2019 (2019 -02-10) Round 3	Laois	2-18 (24) – (16) 2-10	Sligo	Portlaoise
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

10 February 2019 (2019 -02-10) Round 3	Carlow	0-09 (09) – (14) 1-11	Longford	Dr Cullen Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

10 February 2019 (2019 -02-10) Round 3	Offaly	2-08 (14) – (16) 2-10	Louth	Bord Na Mona O'Connor Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Division 3 Round 4[edit]

24 February 2019 (2019 -02-24) Round 4	Longford	0-8 (8) – (16) 3-7	Down	Glennon Brothers Pearse Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

24 February 2019 (2019 -02-24) Round 4	Louth	5-16 (31) – (16) 0-16	Sligo	Drogheda
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Drogheda Park

24 February 2019 (2019 -02-24) Round 4	Westmeath	0-13 (13) – (10) 0-10	Laois	TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)

24 February 2019 (2019 -02-24) Round 4	Offaly	0-15 (15) – (12) 1-9	Carlow	Bord Na Mona O'Connor Park
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Division 3 Round 5[edit]

2 March 2019 (2019 -03-02) Round 5	Carlow	1-10 (13) – (12) 0-12	Louth	Dr Cullen Park
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)

2 March 2019 (2019 -03-02) Round 5	Laois	0-14 (14) – (12) 0-12	Longford	Portlaoise
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)

2 March 2019 (2019 -03-02) Round 5	Down	2-12 (18) – (10) 0-10	Offaly	Páirc Esler, Newry
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)

3 March 2019 (2019 -03-03) Round 5	Sligo	1-10 (13) – (21) 3-12	Westmeath	Collooney
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Connolly Park
		Report

Division 3 Round 6[edit]

16 March 2019 (2019 -03-16) Round 6	Longford	2-15 (21) – (14) 0-14	Sligo	Glennon Brothers Pearse Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

30 March 2019 Round 6	Louth	2-07 (13) – (13) 0-13	Westmeath	Drogheda
14:00 GMT		(HT: 1-04 – 0-05)		Venue: Drogheda Park

16 March 2019 (2019 -03-16) Round 6	Offaly	0-15 (15) – (18) 2-12	Laois	Bord Na Mona O'Connor Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

16 March 2019 (2019 -03-16) Round 6	Carlow	1-11 (14) – (15) 0-15	Down	Dr Cullen Park
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Division 3 Round 7[edit]

24 March 2019 (2019 -03-24) Round 7	Sligo	1-10 (13) – (14) 1-11	Offaly	Collooney
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Connolly Park

24 March 2019 (2019 -03-24) Round 7	Westmeath	1-14 (17) – (13) 1-10	Longford	TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

24 March 2019 (2019 -03-24) Round 7	Down	1-6 (9) – (10) 0-10	Louth	Páirc Esler, Newry
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

24 March 2019 (2019 -03-24) Round 7	Laois	1-15 (18) – (15) 1-12	Carlow	Portlaoise
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Division 3 Final[edit]

TG4

6 April 2019
4:45 pm
Final

Report

Westmeath	1-13 (16) – (13) 0-13	Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

Division 4[edit]

Division 4 table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Derry	7	7	0	129	95	+34	14	Advance to Division 4 Final
2	Leitrim	7	6	1	119	94	+25	12	Advance to Division 4 Final
3	Antrim	7	3	4	100	90	+10	6
4	Waterford	7	3	4	91	97	−6	6
5	Wexford	7	3	4	105	114	−9	6
6	Wicklow	7	3	4	78	90	−12	6
7	Limerick	7	2	5	82	91	−9	4
8	London	7	1	6	71	89	−18	2

Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2019. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where two teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the League; 3) Score difference – subtracting the total scores against from the scores for; 4) Highest total score for; 5) Highest total goals for; 6) A play-off.

Division 4 Rounds 1 to 7[edit]

Division 4 Round 1[edit]

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) Round 1	Waterford	0-09 (09) – (10) 1-07	Wicklow	Dungarvan
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Fraher Field
				Referee: James Bermingham (Cork)

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Antrim	1-09 (12) – (13) 1-10	Derry	Belfast
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Corrigan Park
				Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	London	0-10 (10) – (11) 0-11	Limerick	Ruislip
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: McGovern Park
				Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) Round 1	Leitrim	3-15 (24) – (11) 0-11	Wexford	Carrick-on-Shannon
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
				Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

Division 4 Round 2[edit]

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Limerick	1-13 (16) – (10) 0-10	Waterford	Newcastlewest
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)
				Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Wexford	1-10 (13) – (09) 0-09	Antrim	Wexford
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Wexford Park
				Referee: Alan Kissane (Waterford)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Wicklow	1-12 (15) – (19) 1-16	Leitrim	Aughrim
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Aughrim County Ground
				Referee: Niall McKenna (Monaghan)

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) Round 2	Derry	0-19 (19) – (12) 1-09	London	Ballinascreen
12:30 (UTC)				Venue: Dean McGlinchey Park
				Referee: Sean Laverty (Antrim)

Division 4 Round 3[edit]

10 February 2019 (2019 -02-10) Round 3	Wicklow	2-08 (14) – (9) 1-06	Limerick	Aughrim County Ground
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

10 February 2019 (2019 -02-10) Round 3	Waterford	1-08 (11) – (18) 2-12	Derry	Fraher Field
12:30 (UTC)
				Referee: Seamus Mulhare

10 February 2019 (2019 -02-10) Round 3	London	2-11 (17) – (9) 1-06	Wexford	McGovern Park, Ruislip
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

10 February 2019 (2019 -02-10) Round 3	Leitrim	0-14 (14) – (13) 1-10	Antrim	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Division 4 Round 4[edit]

23 February 2019 (2019 -02-23) Round 4	Limerick	0-11 (11) – 12 (0-12)	Leitrim	Kilmallock
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

24 February 2019 (2019 -02-24) Round 4	Antrim	1-13 (16) – (11) 1-8	London	Corrigan Park, Belfast
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)

24 February 2019 (2019 -02-24) Round 4	Wexford	0-12 (12) – (19) 5-4	Waterford	Wexford Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

24 February 2019 (2019 -02-24) Round 4	Derry	2-8 (14) – (9) 0-9	Wicklow	Watty Graham Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Division 4 Round 5[edit]

2 March 2019 (2019 -03-02) Round 5	Wicklow	0-09 (9) – (12) 0-12	Wexford	Aughrim County Ground
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

3 March 2019 (2019 -03-03) Round 5	Waterford	1-09 (12) – (11) 1-08	Antrim	Fraher Field
12:30 GMT (UTC+0)

3 March 2019 (2019 -03-03) Round 5	Leitrim	1-09 (12) – (7) 0-07	London	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)

3 March 2019 (2019 -03-03) Round 5	Limerick	1-05 (8) – (13) 0-13	Derry	Gaelic Grounds
1:00 pm (UTC+0)
				Referee: Barry Judge

Division 4 Round 6[edit]

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Antrim	2-15 (21) – (13) 1-10	Wicklow	Glenavy
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	London	0-7 (7) – (15) 2-9	Waterford	McGovern Park, Ruislip
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Wexford	0-14 (14) – (13) 1-10	Limerick	Wexford Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Round 6	Derry	2-16 (22) – (15) 1-12	Leitrim	Celtic Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Division 4 Round 7[edit]

23 March 2019 (2019 -03-23) Round 7	Derry	3-21 (30) – (28) 4-16	Wexford	Bellaghy
4:00 pm

24 March 2019 (2019 -03-24) Round 7	Wicklow	0-8 (8) – (6) 0-6	London	Aughrim County Ground
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)

24 March 2019 (2019 -03-24) Round 7	Limerick	1-11 (14) – (18) 2-12	Antrim	Newcastlewest
13:00 (UTC+0)

24 March 2019 (2019 -03-24) Round 7	Leitrim	1-20 (23) – (15) 2-9	Waterford	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Division 4 Final[edit]

TG4

30 March 2019
3:00 pm
Final

Report

Derry	0-20 (20) – (16) 0-16	Leitrim

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,465

League statistics[edit]

All scores correct as of 16 April 2019^[12]

Top scorer: Overall[edit]

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Ger Egan	Westmeath	3-50	59	8	7.4
2	Seán O'Shea	Kerry	1-55	58	8	7.2
3	Evan O'Carroll	Laois	1-41	44	8	5.5
4	Jonathan Bealin	Wexford	0-42	42	7	6
5	Conor McManus	Monaghan	0-41	41	7	5.9
6	Ryan O'Rourke	Leitrim	4-28	40	7	5.7
7	Dean Rock	Dublin	2-32	38	7	5.4
8	Mickey Newman	Meath	1-33	36	8	4.5
8	Conor Sweeney	Tipperary	2-30	36	7	5.1
10	David Tubridy	Clare	3-26	35	7	5
11	Donal O'Hare	Down	4-22	34	7	4.9
12	Peter Harte	Tyrone	3-24	33	7	4.7
13	Bernard Allen	Offaly	0-31	31	7	4.4
14	Ryan Murray	Antrim	3-21	30	6	5

Top scorer: Single game[edit]

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Ryan O'Rourke	Leitrim	2-07	13	Wexford
2	Seán O'Shea	Kerry	0-12	12	Cavan
2	Conor Sweeney	Tipperary	1-09	12	Clare
4	Shane McGuigan	Derry	2-05	11	Leitrim
4	Donal O'Hare	Down	3-02	11	Longford
6	Jonathan Bealin	Wexford	0-10	10	Derry
	David Tubridy	Clare	1-07	10	Armagh
	David Tubridy	Clare	1-07	10	Cork
	Ger Egan	Westmeath	1-07	10	Laois
10	Ryan Bell	Derry	0-09	9	Wexford
	Dean Rock	Dublin	0-09	9	Cavan
	Ger Egan	Westmeath	0-09	9	Carlow
	Ger Egan	Westmeath	0-09	9	Laois
	Ger Egan	Westmeath	0-09	9	Longford
	Ross Munnelly	Laois	1-06	9	Louth
	Niall McNamee	Offaly	1-06	9	Sligo
	Peter Harte	Tyrone	1-06	9	Monaghan
	Ryan Burns	Louth	2-03	9	Laois

Scoring events[edit]

Widest winning margin: 15
- Louth 5-16 – 0-16 Sligo (Division 3)
Most goals in a match: 7
- Derry 3-21 – 4-16 Wexford (Division 4)
Most points in a match: 37
- Derry 3-21 – 4-16 Wexford (Division 4)
Most goals by one team in a match: 5
- Louth 5-16 – 0-16 Sligo (Division 3)
- Wexford 0-12 – 5-04 Waterford (Division 4)
Most goals without winning: 4
- Derry 3-21 – 4-16 Wexford (Division 4)
Highest aggregate score: 58 points
- Derry 3-21 – 4-16 Wexford (Division 4)
Lowest aggregate score: 14 points
- Fermanagh 0-08 – 0-06 Kildare (Division 2)
- Wicklow 0-08 – 0-06 London (Division 4)

References[edit]

^ "GAA, RTE and eir sport announce new broadcast agreement". www.hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "How the 2019 National Football League divisions will look".
^ Ryan, Eoin (31 March 2019). "Second-half goal blitz secures League title for Mayo".
^ "GAA agrees to trial a number of proposed rule changes in 2019 Football League". BBC Sport. 24 November 2018.
^ "Experimental Rules" (PDF). antrim.gaa.ie. Antrim GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
^ "Joe Brolly: 'Treat the disease, not the symptoms'". Independent.ie. Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ ""The managers have the GAA by the throat"". www.hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "GPA members oppose three of the five proposed football rule changes". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ "Gavin unhappy with league being used to experiment". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "Experimental rule changes proposed for Gaelic Football". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^ "New rules passed at Special Congress". www.hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ "Results". Hogan Stand. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

External links[edit]

Results Archive – Hoganstand.com

[table_hth_WES0.64679603308756-12] Westmeath, Laois and Down are ranked by score difference.

[1] "GAA, RTE and eir sport announce new broadcast agreement". www.hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[2] "How the 2019 National Football League divisions will look".

[3] Ryan, Eoin (31 March 2019). "Second-half goal blitz secures League title for Mayo".

[4] "GAA agrees to trial a number of proposed rule changes in 2019 Football League". BBC Sport. 24 November 2018.

[5] "Experimental Rules" (PDF). antrim.gaa.ie. Antrim GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

[6] "Joe Brolly: 'Treat the disease, not the symptoms'". Independent.ie. Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[7] ""The managers have the GAA by the throat"". www.hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[8] "GPA members oppose three of the five proposed football rule changes". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[9] "Gavin unhappy with league being used to experiment". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[10] "Experimental rule changes proposed for Gaelic Football". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[11] "New rules passed at Special Congress". www.hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[13] "Results". Hogan Stand. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

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