Gaelic football competition
The 1998–99 National Football League , known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football LeagueNational Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland .
Cork beat Dublin in the final.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] 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]
The top 16 teams are drawn into sections 1A and 1B. The other 17 teams are drawn into sections 2A and 2B. Each team plays all the other teams in its section once: either home or away. Teams earn 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
Titles
Teams in both divisions competed for the National Football League title.
Knockout stage qualifiers
Eight teams qualify for the NFL quarter-finals:
The top three teams in each of sections 1A and 1B
The first-placed teams in each of sections 2A and 2B[ 5]
Division One (A): bottom 2 teams demoted to Division Two
Division One (B): bottom 2 teams demoted to Division Two
Division Two (A): top 2 teams promoted to Division One.
Division Two (B): top 2 teams promoted to Division One.
Group stage
Division One
Final standings
Group A
Team
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
Aver
Pts
Notes
Armagh
7
5
1
1
11-68
6-67
1.188
11 Advance to Knockout stage
Cork
7
4
1
2
7-65
4-64
1.132
9
Dublin
7
3
2
2
4-90
4-69
1.259
8
Tyrone
7
3
2
2
3-67
4-60
1.056
8
Galway
7
3
1
3
8-78
5-76
1.121
7
Donegal
7
3
0
4
4-70
3-64
1.123
6
Offaly
7
2
2
3
5-59
5-62
0.961
6 Relegated to Division Two of the 1999–2000 NFL
Leitrim
7
0
1
6
6-47
17-82
0.489
1
Group B
Team
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
Aver
Pts
Notes
Meath
7
4
1
2
8-56
1-41
1.818
9 Advance to Knockout stage
Kildare
7
4
1
2
3-61
2-58
1.094
9
Derry
7
3
2
2
4-62
3-51
1.233
8
Mayo
7
3
2
2
8-58
9-46
1.123
8
Clare
7
3
1
3
6-51
2-55
1.131
7
Down
7
3
1
3
5-55
6-67
0.824
7
Monaghan
7
3
1
3
1-57
6-63
0.741
7 Relegated to Division Two of the 1999–2000 NFL
Laois
7
0
1
6
2-48
6-67
0.593
1
[ 6]
Division two
Final standings
Group A
Team
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
Aver
Pts
Notes
Kerry
8
7
0
1
10-97
3-54
2.016
14 Advance to Knockout stage; Promoted to Division One of the 1999–2000 NFL
Roscommon
8
7
0
1
12-85
2-58
1.891
14 Promoted to Division One of the 1999–2000 NFL
Westmeath
8
6
0
2
15-89
5-64
1.696
12
Wicklow
8
6
0
2
7-84
2-64
1.500
12
Louth
8
4
0
4
7-82
6-56
1.392
8
Antrim
8
2
0
6
7-79
9-86
0.885
4
Limerick
8
2
0
6
6-60
10-83
0.690
4
London
8
2
0
6
2-64
10-79
0.642
4
Kilkenny
8
0
0
8
2-24
21-120
0.164
0
Group B
Team
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
Aver
Pts
Notes
Sligo
7
5
1
1
7-71
4-55
1.373
11 Advance to Knockout stage; Promoted to Division One of the 1999–2000 NFL
Fermanagh
7
4
2
1
7-71
2-62
1.353
10 Promoted to Division One of the 1999–2000 NFL
Carlow
7
5
0
2
7-67
7-59
1.100
10
Wexford
7
4
0
3
8-72
5-68
1.157
8
Cavan
7
4
0
3
7-77
9-70
1.010
8
Longford
7
3
0
4
8-71
9-80
0.888
6
Tipperary
7
1
1
5
7-62
6-68
0.965
3
Waterford
7
0
0
7
4-51
13-80
0.529
0
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
References