2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score   (correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)
Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Random Badger gives you 2 points

The random badger is used for any random prediction used once in each matchday sequence. For instance, a scorer at a particular match, the number of red cards in the matches or yellow cards or own goals or owt you want really within reason, I do need to be able to check whether it's correct or not. Please don't put stuff like....."Commentator says...."  
The joker   is played for one match in each sequence and if correct you get double points. So if you've predicted 1-0 and it finishes 2-0, you get 4 pts, but if you've predicted 2-0, that's 8 pts. But if you get it wrong, it's minus 2.
Jokers and badgers are optional. You don't have to play one if you don't want.

The prize for winning the league is one rep point.

Cup games: In the event of a draw, it's half the points if you've predicted a draw when it gets to 90 mins and the full points if it's still a draw after extra time. Half the points will be awarded for correctly predicting the winner of the match if it goes to penalties. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.

Random score generator: I will be using the random score generator again for those who miss predicting, so we shouldn't get some people too far behind that after missing a couple of weeks they lose all interest, because I know it's not easy getting on here every week.
To be fair to everybody, this is going to be like, say if three people in one week miss their predictions, the first one in the table will be given all 0-0, the second one down the line will get 1-0 and the third will get 0-1 and so on, like if there's four missing the 4th will get 1-1, then 5th 2-1, 6th 1-2. and if there are so many missing, might as well pack in.
And if you miss two weeks on the trot, I'll stop until you come back on again. Not doing it for half a season like I did t'other year.  

End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.

The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point.

1. St Charles Owl = 184 pts
   
2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 170 pts
   
3. jjamez = 159 pts
   
4. neonfoxinthebox = 155 pts
   
5. theo_luddite = 144 pts
   
6. themaclad = 139 pts
   

European Championship Qualifying:
Thursday October 12th:
Cyprus v Norway

Friday October 13th:
Austria v Belgium
Republic of Ireland v Greece

Saturday October 14th:
Hungary v Serbia (19:45)

Sunday October 15th:
Wales v Croatia (19:45)

Monday October 16th:
Bosnia-Herzegovina v Portugal

Tuesday October 17th:
England v Italy
Malta v Ukraine
Northern Ireland v Slovenia

Bonus matches:
International Friendlies:
Friday:
England v Australia

Tuesday:
France v Scotland

League Two:
Saturday:
Notts County v Mansfield Town (12:30)
Wrexham v Salford City


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1. Lord Snooty = 157 pts
   
2. ritchiebaby = 141 pts
   
3. WakeyTerrier = 137 pts
   
4. SHEP_HTAFC = 129 pts
   
5. Amelia Chaffinch = 126 pts
   
6. Devongone = 120 pts
   

European Championship Qualifying:
Thursday October 12th:
Spain v Scotland

Friday October 13th:
Netherlands v France

Saturday October 14th:
Ukraine v North Macedonia (14:00)
Northern Ireland v San Marino (14:00)

Sunday October 15th:
Turkey v Latvia (19:45)

Monday October 16th:
Belgium v Sweden
Gibraltar v Republic of Ireland

Tuesday October 17th:
England v Italy

Bonus matches:
International Friendlies:
Friday:
England v Australia

Saturday:
USA v Germany (20:00)

League Two:
Saturday:
AFC Wimbledon v Bradford City
Grimsby Town v Accrington Stanley
Harrogate Town v Stockport County


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Interesting if true....
.... in a nutshell, Lai has dropped the asking price to £35m to get a deal done.

https://www.footballinsider247.com/revea...ice-drops/

Boreham Wood 0-2 Chesterfield
Ebbsfleet 2-2 Halifax
Gateshead 3-2 Altrincham
Hartlepool 1-0 Eastleigh
Kidderminster 0-2 Wealdstone
Maidenhead United 2-1 Rochdale
Oldham 3-1 Dag & Red
Oxford City 2-0 Fylde
Solihull Moors 3-1 Aldershot
Woking 1-2 Southend
York 1-1 Bromley
Dorking 2-1 Barnet

Well done to the club for this

Preston North End would like to acknowledge the unbelievable support by our fans at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday evening, consistently making yourselves heard over the home support.

We also acknowledge that many of you, just like the club directors, were caught up in the most horrific and chaotic traffic jams trying to get out of Leicester to rejoin the motorway network after the match, with many fans not arriving back in Preston until well after 2am.

Your dedication to supporting the club in these circumstances is fully recognised and on behalf of the management, the manager and all the players, we would like to say thank you.



On this one

League Two club Gillingham have sacked manager Neil Harris after a run of three games without a win.

The Gills topped the table after winning their first four league games, but four defeats in seven since then have seen the Kent club drop to eighth.

Former Millwall and Cardiff City boss Harris, 46, had been in charge at Priestfield since 31 January 2022.

A statement on the Gills website said the club have decided "to go in a different direction".

"The club will begin the process of identifying a head coach to take the team forward," the statement added.

Harris is the third EFL boss to lose his job in less than 24 hours after Sheffield Wednesday sacked Xisco Munoz and Bradford parted company with Mark Hughes on Wednesday.

Gillingham owner Brad Galinson, who took over the club in December last year, has targeted promotion to League One following a 17th-placed finish last season.

Harris' final game in charge was the 2-0 defeat at Crewe on Tuesday - a result which left the Gills one point off the automatic promotion places.

His assistant David Livermore will also depart.

Keith Millen - who has been in charge of the club's academy - will take control of first-team matters on an interim basis, with his first game at home against MK Dons on Saturday.

The 53-year-old has previously had stints managing Bristol City and Carlisle United, in 2010-11 and 2021-22 respectively.

He has also had caretaker spells in charge of the Robins (twice), Crystal Palace (three times) and MK Dons.

Analysis - 'Timing a surprise'
Matt Cole, sports editor at BBC Radio Kent

The timing of Neil Harris' departure will come as a surprise to many, even those Gillingham fans who have been less than impressed with the side's current run of form.

The Gills started this campaign under Harris with four straight league wins, and an impressive defeat of Championship side Southampton in the EFL Cup.

Indeed, since American owner Brad Galinson took over the club, the Medway team have been one of the leading performers across the top four divisions.

What may have cost Harris his job was a lack of both goals - with just nine in 11 league games - and attacking flair, and a perception that the side were unable to turn things around when going behind in games.

The Gills owner has stated previously that coming from a US sports background means he's not minded to have a quick turnaround of managers, but after saying they "wish to go in a new direction" and appoint a head coach it will be interesting to see who and what they have in mind.

Local businesswoman Michelle Harness has completed a takeover of Scunthorpe United from David Hilton.

Hilton took over in January but put the club up for sale last month and then withdrew all funding last week..

Harness worked as the club's commercial director for 15 years and was previously on the board.

BBC Radio Humberside understands talks are ongoing between the club and former owner Peter Swann to enable them to continue playing at Glanford Park.

After Hilton announced he would no longer be putting money into the club last week, they released a statement to say they would move their home games to Gainsborough Trinity's ground after this Saturday's match against Brackley.

However, Gainsborough said that this had been asserted "without their knowledge or consent".

Last week's announcement from Hilton also saw fans come together to raise over £50,000 to help cover unpaid wages.

"There are a lot of challenges and problems to overcome, but David has taken no fee for the club, and wiped all monies that he personally invested to enable this deal to happen," Harness said in a statement on the club's website.

"There is now a lot of work to do behind the scenes to get our great football club back on track, and that work starts immediately with the fantastic team we have working for us, starting with the appointment of a new board."

Scunthorpe, who were in the Championship as recently as 2011, have endured a dreadful period over the past five years.

They were relegated from League One in 2019 and then saw their 72-year spell in the Football League come to an end in 2022 after a campaign in which they won just four of 46 matches.

Worse was to come last season as they were relegated down to the sixth tier of English football.

They are fourth in National League North after 10 games, two points off the top.

fter 25 years in charge - culminating in arguably the most miserable period in the club's history - property developer Ron Martin has sold Southend United Football Club. The Shrimpers said a takeover deal was reached with a consortium led by Australian businessman Justin Rees. What did it mean to the fans attending Tuesday night's home win against Oxford City?

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'Over the moon'
Justin Rees heads the consortium that has agreed to buy Southend
IMAGE SOURCE,SOUTHEND UNITED FC
Image caption,
Justin Rees was the co-founder of Sydney-based company Eighty20 Solutions
Paul Lee was dressed at Roots Hall stadium in stereotypical Australian attire with corks dangling from his hat - a nod to the club's new custodian.

He said the takeover announcement at 16:40 BST was a huge moment for him, his wife and their daughter - all Blues fans.

"I am absolutely ecstatic," said Mr Lee, who was worried the club would be wound up in the High Court on Wednesday over its tax debt to HMRC.

"I am over the moon - no more anxiety scrolling through Instagram and Twitter every day to find out whether we'll have a club come 4 October."

He said he hoped the Shrimpers' transfer embargo would now be lifted.

The club said its HMRC debt, previously estimated at £275,000, had been paid off in full.

Nick and Emily Hardy were at Tuesday night's match with their two children
Nicky Hardy, who has been a Blues fan for more than 25 years, said the last five years had been "pure pain".

The club was relegated from the Football League in 2021 - for the first time in 101 years.

"Ron Martin has just run the club into the ground - embargos, unpaid staff, unpaid players, hopefully this is the end of it - it's great," said Mr Hardy, who said he did not know anything about the incoming owners.

"Beggars can't be choosers. I think they will be good; it's a consortium; I think a lot of local businesses are in there with interest in the club."

Mr Hardy expects the club to now redevelop the stadium, rather than sell it off as housing and relocate to Fossetts Farm - as was the plan under Mr Martin.

He was joined by his two children and wife Emily, who added: "There is still that due diligence [needed from the new owners] to do the job effectively and safely and make sure we are run properly, and not just take over and leave it."