Kieran McGeeney has called for an end to the antiquated football championship format.

The Armagh boss, who captained the Orchard County to their only Sam Maguire Cup success in 2002, points out that the current system is lopsided.

"When you have eleven counties in one province, nine in another and five or six in two others, it doesn't matter what you do, it's unbalanced," he insists in The Belfast Telegraph.

"One province is maybe perceived as a football province, another maybe as a hurling province. It doesn't matter what way you look at it, it is what it is and it has been like that for over 100 years. That's my opinion anyway."

McGeeney also believes that Saturday's Division Three final victory over Fermanagh will serve his team well in the championship, even though their Ulster opener against either Tyrone or Donegal is still six weeks away: "I believe that any day you can win in Croke Park is a good day.

"Any time you go out there again knowing that you have played on that pitch and won is a good thing. It's usually a big game and to have those winning memories is important. To be able to build that type of habit of expecting to win at Croke Park is a very positive factor."

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