Minizin 20pts 1CS 6CR 4GB 3BB 1SB
BlueB 16pts 0CS 8CR -1GB 3BB 0SB
Zinman 14pts 1CS 4CR 4GB 3BB 0SB
Derby 14pts 2CS 2CR -1GB 6BB 1SB
Stairs 12pts 1CS 4CR -1GB 3BB 0SB
B.B.B. 7pts 0CS 5CR -1GB -3BB 1SB
Lady Jane 6pts 1CS 3CR -1GB -3BB 0SB
Dingle 3pts 0CS 3CR -1GB -3BB 1SB

Another very good scoring week in the PL. This week we also saw our first 20 point haul as Minizin had an excellent week scoring on 7 games and scoring on all his balls. Blue had a large improvement on last week with 16 points and scored on a season's high 8 out of the 10 games, if he could have converted one or two of the CRs into CSs he would have had an even better week. Our Week 1 leader Zinman had another solid week with 14 points, again scoring on the Gamball and Bonus. Derby matched the 14 points and had a weks high 2 CSs including the Bonus.

Stairs was 5th again with 12 points and BBB improved to 6th place but only scored 7 points. Lady Jane struggled again this week, with 6 points this time and Dingle dropped to last place this week with just 3 points, a seasons low in the fledgling league.

34 Minizin
31 Zinman
27 Derby
25 Blue Baggie
23 Stairs
17 Dingle
16 Lady jane
12 BBB

Minizin moves to the top of the table, overtaking his elder Zinman. Derby is close behind in 3rd and Blue moves up 3 places to 4th. Stairs stays 5th, Dingle drops 3 places and Lady Jane drops into the bottom 2 with BBB still rooted to the bottom.

But as all us Owls will tell you, the league table means absolutely nothing at the moment!!

Championship

Sanjay 14pts 1CS 6CR -1GB 3BB 0SB
Twerton 14pts 1CS 3CR 8GB 3BB 1SB
AAA 11pts 0CS 5CR 0GB 3BB 0SB
Snooty 8pts 1CS 3CR -1GB 3BB 0SB
Baggie1 4pts 0CS 4CR -1GB -3BB 0SB
SCO 4pts 0CS 2CR -1GB 3BB 0SB
Themaclad 0pts 0CS 2CR -1GB -3BB 0SB

Some contrasting ball play this week. Only 1 positive gamball score, just 1 scoreball but a better return from the bonus with 5 out of 7 getting it right.

Sanjay came back into the fold and immediately hit form with a table topping 14 points from a week's high of 6 correct results. He's joined at the top by last week's leader, Twerton - in contrast to Sanjay he only got 3 predictions right but one of them was a gamball maximum and another his bonus 9 (plus the only scoreball point) - it definitely helps to get those balls right! AAA secuered 3rd place with a solid 11 points - he was the only player to avoid the gamball, saving him a point.

Snooty is 3 points further back and was the third player to get a correct score. BaggieOne got the second highest number of correct results but was also one of 2 players to miss out on all his balls so he's tied with SCO on just 4 points. That leaves Themaclad to bring up the rear failing to register a point form the week. Again it was his balls letting him down!

Twerton 29
AAA 20
Snooty 17
Sanjay 14
SCO 13
Themaclad 11
Baggie1 9

Twerton continues to head the table and has opened quite a gap considering we're only 2 weeks in. Sanjay gave everyone a week's start but immediately got into gear overtaking 3 of his rivals. But as SCO says, it's early days and as the late lamented Beefy used to say, it's a marathon not a sprint. Feel free to add your own cliches in the replies!

Gamball:
Swansea - Coventry

Others:
Fulham - Brentford
Wolves - Brighton
Spurs - Man Utd
Plymouth - Southampton
Bristol C - Birmingham
QPR - Ipswich
Sheff W - Preston
Stoke - Watford
West Ham - Chelsea

Tuesday

Fylde 2-1 Kidderminster
Bromley 0-1 Wealdstone
Dag & Red 2-1 Gateshead
Dorking 1-0 Southend
Eastleigh 2-2 Barnet
Ebbsfleet 2-0 Aldershot
Hartlepool 1-1 Maidenhead United
Oldham 1-2 Halifax
Oxford City 1-4 Chesterfield
Woking 2-0 Rochdale
York 3-2 Altrincham

Wednesday
Boreham Wood 1-1 Solihull Moors


League Table After Matchday 2

Dancing - 49
Amelia - 43
Lord Snoots - 41
St Charles - 35
SaltergateBorn - 33
Spireitematt - 28
Devon - 12

Well the countdown timer has already started for Hibs before they travel to Switzerland on Tuesday with a 3-1 advantage gained from their 1st leg UEFA CL exploits at ER Stadium. I've come to the conclusion, as previously stated months ago, that Johnson is not a trusted tactical manager who can master a solid strategy to ensure that Hibs hold this unexpected but welcome two goal advantage over our Swiss opponents. I also do not trust Hibs rear guard with a goalkeeper who I regard as an absolute liability. They are not defensively solid and Will Fish's erratic defensive form is concerning. Therefore this match is one to regard with great trepidation. One can only hope against hope that these players "show up" and are fully organised and primed by David Gray and other Hibs background staff to ensure our advantage is not threatened inside the full 90 mins of testy footie. Oh to score the 1st goal in this particular game eh!!

GGTTH

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 = 26 pts
   
2. neonfoxinthebox = 25 pts
   
3. Baggiebob(BBB) = 24 pts
   
4. jjamez = 21 pts
   
5. themaclad = 21 pts
   
6. theo_luddite = 21 pts
   

Saturday 19th August:
Middlesbrough v Town
Town scorers:
Boro scorers:

Plymouth Argyle v Southampton (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Hull City
Bristol City v Birmingham City
Leicester City v Cardiff City
Sunderland v Rotherham United
Swansea City v Coventry City

Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Friday:
Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United

Saturday:
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United (17:30)

Sunday:
West Ham United v Chelsea (16:30)

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1. Lord Snooty = 37 pts
   
2. ritchiebaby = 35 pts
   
3. SHEP_HTAFC = 31 pts
   
4. Devongone = 26 pts
   
5. Amelia Chaffinch = 23 pts
   
6. WakeyTerrier = 22 pts
   

Friday 18th August:
Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion

Saturday 19th August:
Middlesbrough v Town
Town scorers:
Boro scorers:

Queens Park Rangers v Ipswich Town
Sheffield Wednesday v Preston North End
Stoke City v Watford

Sunday 20th August:
Norwich City v Millwall (12:00)

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Premier League:
Manchester City v Newcastle United (20:00)

National League:
Chesterfield v Oldham Athletic (12:30)
FC Halifax Town v Oxford City

Sunday:
Scottish League Cup:
Hibernian v Raith Rovers (14:00)

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66419889

Too easy for Celtic today v one of the supposed better teams in the Scot Prem. One can see how Rodgers manages this kinda match effectively and it will only get better as the games continue through this footie season. Full points and looking good, but ominous from the point of view of the rest. And Kyogo ominously scores another goal, a class goal scorer at work and showing how he does it. At least 25 goals coming from him unless he suffers an unfortunate serious injury.

Stunning three nil away win at the seal sanctuary last night in their opening game of the PL2 season.I
Still got a great academy ..... Just wait for the money men from the greed league to come raiding.

CoyB

Well this is another testy Scot Prem fixture coming up two days after a Euro thriller at ER where players exertions have been greatly expended. What team does Johnson start in this match? He commented four days ago that "the players have to become accustomed to Thursday matches followed by Sunday matches". However, I beg to differ re the practise of starting the same players - totally daft in my humble opinion and most reputable footie managers playing in Euro footie choose amended and fresher line-ups to suit the circumstances. Hibs player pool not strong enough? That is indeed the case even with certain new signings in the frame. Anyway, a big Hibs away support will be travelling to Fir Park on Sunday, many of whom will be pondering on what Hibs team will show up for this match. IMO our defence needs to be bolstered. Marshall still in Hibs goal - very debatable at the moment! Up front? I'm hoping Dylan Vente makes his mark on his Scot Prem debut and I wanna see a better service to the big man from both flanks this time. Also no serious injuries please!! C'mon Hibs!

GGTTH