Flag Football
Flag Football is a Non-Contact Coed/Mixed version of American Football Similar to Tag Rugby, where players wear a flag attached to their waist which must be pulled off in order to tackle them. Scoring is as American Football, although under current rules there is no kicking, and is played on a smaller field with 5 players (In the Irish Flag Football League of the 1990s there were seven players per team and kicking was allowed.
Irish Flag Football League & Blitzes
The first Flag Football Leagues in Ireland were in Northern Ireland in the mid-1980s. Then in 1991 members of the Dublin Tornadoes American Football Team started a league in Dublin to grow the game. The league became the Irish Flag Football League with addition of teams in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and lasted until 2000.
From the mid-1980s to 2000, there were two separate development bodies under the IAFA/AFAI: The Northern Ireland American Football Association & Irish council of American Football (Republic of Ireland) charged with developing Flag Football, Junior Football & 8-a-side DV8 Football.
Flag Football was restarted in 2001 as a series of Challenge Games held Nationally. This grew into a National Series of Blitzes, with approximately four Bowls held annually until the formation of the second Irish Flag Football League in 2007, this time a National one. It lasted two seasons before the blitz system was re-introduced. All of these iterations of Flag Football Leagues and Tournaments were under numerous Irish Flag Football Association banners.
In 2014 the Irish American Football association took over the running of Flag Football, and the Irish Flag Football League was re-instated, with the League named the Emerald Bowl Conference. A second level, the Glas (Green) Bowl Conference is being introduced in 2019.
Irish Flag Football League & Blitzes (Standings)
IFFL
Irish Flag Football League & Blitzes (Bowls & Finals)
Irish Flag Football Association Logo
Irish Flag Football League | Emerald Bowls 2015-2018
Irish Flag Football Association | Bowl Finals 2009-2014
Irish Council of American Football | Irish Flag Football Association | League Finals 1992-2000
Irish International Flag Football Challenges (Finals):
Irish-American Flag Football Classic 2010-2014
Anglo-Irish Flag Football Challenge 1997-2005
Irish Flag Football League (Decade / Era Overviews):
The Final Standings & Playoff Results at a glance: Decade / Era Overviews:
Irish Flag Football League (Decade / Era Final Tables & Playoffs Overviews)
Irish Flag Football League Emerald Bowl Conference 2014-2019
Irish Flag Football Association | Irish Flag Football League 2007-2008
Irish Flag Football League (Results)
IFFL
Irish Flag Football League (Level 1)(Results)
AFI Flag Premier Division (2020-Present):
IFFL Emerald Bowl Conference (2014-2019):
IFFA Irish Flag Football League (2007-2008):
Irish Flag Football League (Level 2)
As well as organising the Emerald Bowl Conference in 2014-15, the Irish Flag Football Association continued to run Blitzes and Tournaments. In 2019, these unofficial 2nd Levels became a full second division: the Glas (Green) Bowl Conference.
AFI Flag Division One (2020-Present):
IAFA Glas Bowl Conference (2019):
Provincial Flag Football Leagues & Blitzes
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Provincial Flag Football Leagues
IFFA Dublin Flag Football League (1991-2000):
IAFA Flag Football League (1985-1990):
NIAFA Flag Football League:
Irish Flag Football Tournaments, Blitzes & Scrimmages
IFFA Flag Football Blitzes (2014-Present):
IAFA Indoor Flag Football Tournaments (2014):
IAFFA Tournaments (2009-2014):
IFFA Tournaments (2001-2007)
Irish Flag Football Association (Box-Scores & Match Reports):
Irish Flag Football Association; Anglo-Irish Flag Football Challenge
Box-Scores & Match Reports for each game, arranged on a season-by-season basis:
IFFA Challenge Matches (Box-Scores & Match Reports):
Anglo-Irish Flag Football Challenge (Box-Scores & Match Reports):