Teams 33 Captain Finbarr Cullen Runners-up Derry | Winners Offaly (1st win) Manager Tommy Lyons | |
Dates 19 October 1997 – 26 April 1998 | ||
The 1997–98 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 67th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
The Kerry v Cavan Round 1 game was played at the Polo Grounds, New York City, to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1947 All-Ireland Final.
Offaly won their first and only league title.
Format
The teams are in four sections, 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 win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams in each section contest the NFL quarter-finals.
References
1997–98 National Football League (Ireland) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA