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1967–68 National Football League (Ireland)

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Winners
  
Down (3rd win)

Runners-up
  
Kildare

Captain
  
Joe Lennon

Captain
  
Pa Connolly

Dates
  
October 1967 – May 1968

The 1967–68 National Football League was the 37th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Contents

Down defeated Kildare in the final.

Divisions

  • Division One: 8 teams. Split into two groups of 4.
  • Division Two: 8 teams. Split into two groups of 4.
  • Division Three: 8 teams. Split into two groups of 4.
  • Division Four: 8 teams. Split into two groups of 4.

    • The top 2 in each group progressed to the Division Semi-Finals. The winners of the Division Finals played off in the NFL semi-finals.

    Round-Robin Format

    Single Round-Robin. Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away.

    Division One (A) was to be played as a double round-robin, but this was abandoned.

    Points awarded

    2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

    Titles

    Teams in all four divisions competed for the National Football League title.

    References

    1967–68 National Football League (Ireland) Wikipedia
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