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Irish football league From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1996–97 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 66th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
League details | |
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Dates | 13 October 1996 – 4 May 1997 |
Teams | 33 |
League champions | |
Winners | Kerry (16th win) |
Captain | Mike Hassett |
Manager | Páidí Ó Sé |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Cork |
Captain | Niall Cahalane |
Manager | Larry Tompkins |
Other division winners | |
Division 2 | Louth |
Division 3 | Down |
Division 4 | Offaly |
← 1995–96 1997–98 → |
The teams are in four divisions, three of 8 teams and one of 9. Each team plays all the other teams in its division once: either home or away. Teams earn 2 points for a winn and 1 for a draw. The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted, while the bottom two teams in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.[1]
Eight teams contest the NFL quarter-finals:
At the point at which the league was played, promotion and relegation was to be as follows:
After the season had finished, it was decided to move to a 'mixed-ability' league for a one-season experiment in the 1997–98 NFL season, which meant that there was no relegation or promotion in 1996–97.[2]
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