Football Championship Predictions- All salute Champion Farrandeelin

[GAABoardMod5]

Since the League competition was reasonably successful, let's see who can topple David McKeown in the white-hot Championship contest.

The Championship Competition will be run week by week.  Since there must be a result on the day in every game except the All-Ireland final, contestants must pick the team that advances. 

Pick the winning team correctly and you get 1 point.  A bonus point is available for getting the margin of victory correct, within a 3-point band.  Band 1 is 1-3 points, so if you pick 1, 2 or 3 point margin, you get the bonus point.  Band 2 is 4-6 points; Band 3 is 7-9 points, and so on upward in 3-point increments.
 
Contestants need only pick the margin of victory in points, as was in the League competition.  I'll translate it to bands as I input the selections.  So a pick that reads "Tyrone by 2" and if Tyrone win by 1,2 or 3 you get the bonus point in addition to the 1 point for getting the winning team correct.  There is no additional bonus for getting the margin exactly right.

Extra time is not considered here...if Tyrone win by 2 after 70 minutes or after extra time, the margin of victory is 2.  The only difference is for a game that is decided by penalties: the winning team is deemed to have a 1 point winning margin, no matter how many penalties are taken.

The Tailteann Cup will also be included in the competition. 

I foresee a maximum of 14 weeks in the championship season and for ease of viewing, here is the announced schedule (although there may be schedule changes along the way):

Week 1
Saturday 16 April
Ulster SFC preliminary round: Fermanagh v Tyrone
Sunday 17 April
Connacht SFC quarter-finals: London v Leitrim; New York v Sligo

Week 2
Saturday 23 April
Ulster SFC quarter-final: Antrim v Cavan
Sunday 24 April
Connacht SFC quarter-final: Mayo v Galway
Leinster SFC round 1: Laois v Wicklow; Louth v Carlow; Offaly v Wexford
Ulster SFC quarter-final: Donegal v Armagh

Week 3
Saturday 30 April
Leinster SFC quarter-final: Dublin v Offaly/Wexford; Westmeath v Longford
Ulster SFC quarter-final: Monaghan v Down
Sunday 1 May
Connacht SFC semi-final: Roscommon v New York/Sligo
Leinster SFC q-finals: Kildare v Louth/Carlow; Meath v Laois/Wicklow;
Munster SFC quarter-finals: Clare v Limerick; Waterford v Tipperary
Ulster SFC quarter-final: Derry v Fermanagh/Tyrone

Week 4
Saturday 7 May
Munster SFC semi-final: Cork v Kerry
Sunday 8 May
Connacht SFC semi-final: London/Leitrim v Galway/Mayo
Ulster SFC semi-final: Donegal/Armagh v Antrim/Cavan

Week 5
Sunday 15 May
Leinster SFC semi-finals: TBD
Munster SFC semi-final: Tipperary/Waterford v Clare/Limerick
Ulster SFC semi-final: Monaghan/Down v Fermanagh/Tyrone/Derry

Week 6
Saturday 21/Sunday 22 May
All-Ireland SFC preliminary round (If required); Tailteann Cup preliminary round (If required)

Week 7
Saturday 28 May
Leinster SFC final: Munster SFC final
Sunday 29 May
Connacht SFC final; Ulster SFC final
Saturday 28/Sunday 29 May
Tailteann Cup round 1

Week 8
Saturday 4/Sunday 5 June
All-Ireland SFC round 1; Tailteann Cup quarter-finals

Week 9
Saturday 11/Sunday 12 June
All-Ireland SFC round 2

Week 10
Sunday 19 June
Tailteann Cup semi-finals

Week 11
Saturday 25/Sunday 26 June
All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals

Week 12
Saturday 9 July
Tailteann Cup final
Saturday 9/Sunday 10 July
All-Ireland SFC semi-finals: Connacht* v Ulster*; Leinster* v Munster* 
*the provincial champions or the team that defeats them in the quarter-final

Week 13
Sunday 24 July
All-Ireland SFC final

Week 14
Saturday 6 August
All-Ireland SFC final replay (if required)

[GAABoardMod5]

Might as well get started early, Week 1 entries close on Friday, 15 April at Midnight.

Week 1 has 3 games:

Saturday 16 April: Ulster SFC preliminary round:

Fermanagh v Tyrone

Sunday 17 April: Connacht SFC quarter-finals:

London v Leitrim

New York v Sligo

[David McKeown]

Not to be one to criticise but is band 1 not really 4 choices. 0-3 rather than 1-3 if a penalty win counts as a 1 point win. I meant to say this during the league but didn't want to look like I was interfering. Also forgot to pick 1 point wins that day because I am an idiot

[Taylor]

Not to be one to criticise but is band 1 not really 4 choices. 0-3 rather than 1-3 if a penalty win counts as a 1 point win. I meant to say this during the league but didn't want to look like I was interfering. Also forgot to pick 1 point wins that day because I am an idiot

Wins one competition and wants to call the shots.

You can see how a bit of success can go to some peoples head

[GAABoardMod5]

Not to be one to criticise but is band 1 not really 4 choices. 0-3 rather than 1-3 if a penalty win counts as a 1 point win. I meant to say this during the league but didn't want to look like I was interfering. Also forgot to pick 1 point wins that day because I am an idiot

Show me a team that won a game by 0 and then we'll talk.

[Armagh18]

Week 1
Saturday 16 April
Ulster SFC preliminary round: Fermanagh v Tyrone Tyrone by 12
Sunday 17 April
Connacht SFC quarter-finals: London v Leitrim; London by 2
New York v Sligo Sligo By 8

Thanks mod 5 for organising this, will be an extra bit of craic throughout the summer!

[JoG2]

Not to be one to criticise but is band 1 not really 4 choices. 0-3 rather than 1-3 if a penalty win counts as a 1 point win. I meant to say this during the league but didn't want to look like I was interfering. Also forgot to pick 1 point wins that day because I am an idiot

Show me a team that won a game by 0 and then we'll talk.

The organiser and the champ at loggerheads and the Championship hasn't thrown in. One more poster joins in and we have a melee

[trueblue1234]

Not to be one to criticise but is band 1 not really 4 choices. 0-3 rather than 1-3 if a penalty win counts as a 1 point win. I meant to say this during the league but didn't want to look like I was interfering. Also forgot to pick 1 point wins that day because I am an idiot

Show me a team that won a game by 0 and then we'll talk.

The organiser and the champ at loggerheads and the Championship hasn't thrown in. One more poster joins in and we have a melee

Your third man in. Straight red!!

[seafoid]

So what will we do in August ?

[Armagh18]

Not to be one to criticise but is band 1 not really 4 choices. 0-3 rather than 1-3 if a penalty win counts as a 1 point win. I meant to say this during the league but didn't want to look like I was interfering. Also forgot to pick 1 point wins that day because I am an idiot

Show me a team that won a game by 0 and then we'll talk.

The organiser and the champ at loggerheads and the Championship hasn't thrown in. One more poster joins in and we have a melee

Your third man in. Straight red!!

You've been cited and one match ban for contributing to a melee

[seafoid]

Week 1
Saturday 16 April
Ulster SFC preliminary round: Fermanagh v Tyrone
Throne by 5

Sunday 17 April
Connacht SFC quarter-finals: London v Leitrim;
Leitrim by 1

New York v Sligo
Sligo by 4

[Armagh18]

So what will we do in August ?

Club league/championships of course? The proper stuff!

[Rossfan]

Fair play Mod 5.
Hope I can improve on my League outcome....I just about made the  Sam.

[bigarsedkeeper]

Week 1
Saturday 16 April
Ulster SFC preliminary round: Fermanagh v Tyrone Tyrone by 10
Sunday 17 April
Connacht SFC quarter-finals: London v Leitrim; London by 1
New York v Sligo Sligo By 10

[cloneman]

Week 1
Saturday 16 April
Ulster SFC preliminary round: Fermanagh v Tyrone Tyrone by 6
Sunday 17 April
Connacht SFC quarter-finals: London v Leitrim; London by 2
New York v Sligo Sligo By 5