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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.

DatesOctober 1982 – 24 April 1983
WinnersDown (4th win)
CaptainMark Turley
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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
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Down defeated Armagh in the final.[1][2]

Group stage

Division One

Table

More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Division Two

Play-Off

30 April 1983 For 6th Place Cavan 1-9 — 1-8 Wicklow Pairc Tailteann, Navan[4]
Referee: P Kavanagh Meath

Table

More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Division Three

Table

More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Division Four

Table

More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

More information Down, 1-9 – 0-4 ...
Down1-9 – 0-4Kildare
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Attendance: 15,123

More information Armagh, 2-8 – 1-7 ...
Armagh2-8 – 1-7Meath
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Attendance: 15,123

Finals

More information Down, 1-8 – 0-8 ...
Down1-8 – 0-8Armagh
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Attendance: 24,500[8]
Referee: Weeshie Fogarty (Kerry)[9]

National League Cup

Semi-finals

More information Westmeath, 1-8 – 0-5 ...
Westmeath1-8 – 0-5Wexford
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More information Louth, 2-10 – 1-5 ...
Louth2-10 – 1-5Carlow
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Final

More information Westmeath, 1-08 - 1-07 ...
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)
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Referee: P. Kavanagh (Meath)
GK1Matt Scally (Athlone) (c)
RCB2Michael McEnroe (Athlone)
FB3Padraic McGowan (Athlone)
LCB4Pat Murray (Moate All-Whites)
RHB5Eddie Tynan (Shandonagh)
CHB6Michael Lowry (St Malachy's)
LHB7Michael Fagan (Mullingar Shamrocks)
MF8Tommy McCormack (Maryland)
MF9Christy Flanagan (Tang)
RHF10Séamus Coyne (Milltownpass)
CHF11Willie Lowry (St Malachy's)
LHF12Rory Fahy (Athlone)
RCF13Pat Brady (St Mary's Rochfortbridge)
FF14Frank Tone (Rosemount)
LCF15Michael Greene (Mullingar Shamrocks)
Substitutes:
16Michael Clarke (Mullingar Shamrocks) for Brady
17Séamus Conroy (The Downs) 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

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