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
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
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
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
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.
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