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.
Teams earn 2 points for a winn and 1 for a draw.
[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] Offaly won, with Fermanagh finishing second.
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