1998–99 National Football League (Ireland)
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The 1998–99 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 68th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Quick Facts League details, Dates ...
League details | |
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Dates | 1 November 1998 – 9 May 1999 |
Teams | 33 |
League champions | |
Winners | Cork (5th win) |
Captain | Philip Clifford |
Manager | Larry Tompkins |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Dublin |
Captain | Dessie Farrell |
Manager | Tommy Carr |
Other division winners | |
Division 2A | Kerry |
Division 2B | Sligo |
← 1997–98 |
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Cork beat Dublin in the final.[1][2][3] The tournament introduced yellow and red cards to Gaelic football for the first time. It also had an experimental rule forbidding goalkeepers from handpassing the ball — this latter rule was not continued.[4]