Football County Rankings and knock-out competition.

[Ball Hopper]

Rules: Add total league points, with double for Div 1A and 1B; 2 points for losing league semi-final, 4 points for losing league final, 5 points for winning league.  3 points for provincial championship win, 5 points for provincial win.  2 points for every qualifier win.  5 points for quarter-final win, 7 for semi-final win, 10 for Sam.   

Maybe the 2005 season numbers should be reduced by some multiplier to give the more recent campaigns more weight.                                          
Next post will have competition draws.                        
                        
      2005    2005    2006    2006    2007        Total
      League   Champ.   League   Champ.   League      
1   Kerry   20   23   23   30   18      114
2   Mayo   22   5   24   23   28      102
3   Tyrone   22   30   18   2   14      86
4   Armagh   29   19   12   11   12      83
5   Galway   12   11   21   6   22      72
6   Dublin   16   14   14   16   12      72
7   Laois   12   8   22   9   18      69
8   Donegal   8   2   16   8   31      65
9   Derry   15   7   16   5   18      61
10   Cork   12   10   12   13   12      59
11   Kildare   16   6   12   2   22      58
12   Meath   16   4   12   7   11      50
13   Wexford   23   3   6   5   11      48
14   Monaghan   15   6   6   2   14      43
15   W'stmeath   6   2   12   8   12      40
16   Cavan   10   7   10   0   12      39
17   Down   16   2   16   3   2      39
18   Offaly   10   3   10   9   6      38
19   Louth   5   4   17   0   10      36
20   Ferman'gh   14   0   12   7   0      33
21   Rosc'mon   6   3   10   3   10      32
22   Limerick   8   2   13   3   6      32
23   Longford   9   0   6   6   8      29
24   Sligo   4   6   6   4   7      27
25   Leitrim   7   3   6   0   8      24
26   Clare   5   5   6   2   6      24
27   Carlow   7   2   4   3   2      18
28   Antrim   8   0   4   0   4      16
29   Wicklow   5   0   2   0   6      13
30   Tipperary   0   0   8   0   3      11
31   Waterford   2   0   4   0   2      8
32   London   0   0   0   0   2      2

[Ball Hopper]

Easier to Read with just the final totals:

1   Kerry   114
2   Mayo   102
3   Tyrone   86
4   Armagh   83
5   Galway   72
6   Dublin   72
7   Laois   69
8   Donegal   65
9   Derry   61
10   Cork   59
11   Kildare   58
12   Meath   50
13   Wexford   48
14   Monaghan   43
15   W'stmeath   40
16   Cavan   39
17   Down   39
18   Offaly   38
19   Louth   36
20   Ferman'gh   33
21   Rosc'mon   32
22   Limerick   32
23   Longford   29
24   Sligo   27
25   Leitrim   24
26   Clare   24
27   Carlow   18
28   Antrim   16
29   Wicklow   13
30   Tipperary   11
31   Waterford   8
32   London   2

[Ball Hopper]

So our championship will have the seedings dictate the match-ups.  For ease of reading I have grouped the games into pairs, with each pair of games producing a quarter-finalist.


1 Kerry v 32 London
16 Cavan v 17 Down

8 Donegal v 25 Leitrim
9 Derry v 24 Sligo

5 Galway v 28 Antrim
12 Meath v 21 Roscommon

13 Wexford v 20 Fermanagh
4 Armagh v 29 Wicklow

3 Tyrone v 30 Tipperary
14 Monaghan v 19 Louth

6 Dublin v 27 Carlow
11 Kildare v 22 Limerick

7 Laois v 26 Clare
10 Cork v 23 Longford

15 Westmeath v 18 Offaly
2 Mayo v 31 Waterford

[Ball Hopper]

So let's hear your quarter-final picks for starters. 

Should the 8 quarter-finalists be Div 1 in the League for the following year? 

Should the 24 non-qf teams play off for their provincial titles up to the final or semi-final (depending on how many qf teams from each province) in some way during July and August?  Maybe semi-finalists exempt from provincial fixtures?

Losers of Rd 1 play in Tommy Murphy?

Best schedule for games...Rd 1 and Rd 2 in May?

Some interesting clashes in Rd 1 and Rd 2...the local rivalries not really done away with, are they?

Good pubtalk, if nothing else.

BH

[Ball Hopper]

With no 16 Cavan playing No 17 Down, the most evenly matched teams...is it a surprise that a draw was the result?

Although the formbook got turned upside down with 23 Longford taking out 15 Westmeath.

[Bod Mor]

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