Counties football teams could face prospect of playing 19 games across 24 weeks in 2023

HECTIC: The 19 games in 24 weeks scenario is more of a reality for the Ulster counties. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Eight counties face the extreme possibility of playing 19 football league and championship games in the space of 24 weeks in 2023.

That’s the prospect for a county that reaches a league final, is drawn in a provincial preliminary round, reaches that final and then progresses to an All-Ireland final via the preliminary quarter-finals.