2 points for a correct result
4 points for a correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score      
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.

Friday 12th August:
Watford v Burnley

Saturday 13th August:
Town v Stoke
Town scorers:
Stoke scorers:

Cardiff City v Birmingham City (12:30)
Blackpool v Swansea City
Hull City v Norwich City
Luton Town v Preston North End
Millwall v Coventry City
Rotherham United v Reading
Sunderland v Queens Park Rangers
Wigan Athletic v Bristol City

Sunday 14th August:
Middlesbrough v Sheffield United (14:00)
Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion (15:00)

Tuesday 16th August:
Norwich v Town
Town scorers:
Norwich scorers:

Birmingham City v Watford
Bristol City v Luton Town
Burnley v Hull City
Coventry City v Wigan Athletic
Preston North End v Rotherham United
Swansea City v Millwall
Queens Park Rangers v Blackpool

Wednesday 17th August:
Stoke City v Middlesbrough
Reading v Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United v Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion v Cardiff City

Table after Matchday 2:

1. jjamez = 41 pts
   
2. Amelia Chaffinch = 35 pts
   
3. themaclad = 35 pts
   
4. ritchiebaby = 34 pts
   
5. theo_luddite = 32 pts
   
6. Baggiebob(BBB) = 27 pts
   
7. Devongone = 26 pts
   
8. SHEP_HTAFC = 25 pts
   
9. WakeyTerrier = 25 pts
   
10. Lord Snooty = 23 pts
    
11. St Charles Owl = 23 pts
    
12. neonfoxinthebox = 13 pts

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/hibs-1-hearts-1
Just back from watching a dramatic last secs equaliser by the returning Hibs prodigal son/legend, Martin Boyle, to make the final score 1-1 and boyyyyy, it was one of those late dramas at ER Stadium that really felt like a victory with all those Hertz fans convinced they'd won v a Hibs side that didn't perform that well in the second half!!!! Youan sets up Boyly and a guy/striker who knows how to score a goal, an important one at that, "bangs it home" into Gordon's goal, instantly shutting up all those away fans, and the euphoric reaction from a full house Hibs support was epic! What a transformed atmosphere and post-match, Leith hostelries absolutely "buzzing" well into the afternoon with lotsa Hibs fans in a celebratory mood. It was just too bad we never had any time left to "rub Neilson's nose in it" re some of his uppity remarks preceding this match. The result mattered esp in front of such a huge Hibs support. Well done!!

GGTTH

Well, that’s 2 points we`ll never get back.

I didn`t watch the match but I listened to it on 1866 and it seems to me that, but for an act of sublime stupidity on the part of our `keeper, we would have won this one easily; so it has unnecessarily cost us 2 points which may prove expensive come next May. (It also buggered up my prediction, but that`s another matter.) I haven`t seen a video of the incident so I don`t know whether it was intentional or not but I`ve read a few comments that suggest it appears to have been and it has to be said that he does have form.

What I`m really struggling to get my head around, however, is why the hell we continue to think it sensible to take the field without a substitute `keeper on the bench; especially when our first choice may turn out to have an IQ in single figures. I understand the argument that they`re rarely needed, but when they are and you haven`t got one it can seriously bite you on the bum. It has done twice now in a couple of years. This time it is `only` a couple of points; the last time (against County in the play-offs) it may, just possibly, have cost us promotion and a return to the EFL.

To quote the great Robert Allen Zimmerman; when will they ever learn? The answer, presumably, is blowin` in the wind somewhere around Whittington Moor.

PS My other half has just told me it was Pete Seeger who wrote it, not Bob Dylan. There you go. Another few braincells have just died, it appears.

Carlisle United midfielder Brennan Dickenson will miss most of the League Two season with an ACL injury.

The 29-year-old was hurt during training just before the start of the Blues new campaign and will spend at least eight months on the sidelines.

"He needs an ACL reconstruction," manager Paul Simpson told BBC Radio Cumbria following their 1-1 draw against Colchester.

"We're hoping the operation will happen soon so we can start his recovery."

Dickenson has made 54 appearances and scored three goals in all competitions in his two seasons at Brunton Park.

"He's a real asset, he had a great pre-season, and he was showing me that he deserved to start," Simpson added.

"But now he's got a lot of work to do and we need to help him stay strong.

"Our job is to look after him because I imagine he's having a really tough time at the moment."

Tennai Watson
Tennai Watson joined MK Dons from Reading in the summer of 2021
MK Dons defender Tennai Watson is facing a spell on the sidelines following hamstring surgery.

The 25-year-old had to go off during a pre-season friendly against Cheltenham and missed Saturday's season-opening 1-0 defeat at Cambridge United.

Watson played 36 games last season to help the Dons reach the play-offs.

"He's had surgery so he's out for a little while. It's unfortunate as he was looking strong in pre-season," said head coach Liam Manning.

"He'll get back as and when - it's important we look after him and make sure we do everything properly and not rush him back," he told BBC Three Counties Radio.

"He's such a big part of what we do."

The Dons have also lost midfielder Josh McEachran, who had to go off after 37 minutes against Cambridge with a groin injury.

He will miss the club's first home League One game of the season against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

Mike Jones???????????????????????????????????????

Could only get in Barrow's side 16 times in two seasons and he's 34????????????????????????????????????????

What's going on?

Aldershot 0-2 Solihull Moors
Altrincham 1-0 Maidstone United
Barnet 2-1 Halifax
Dag & Red 0-2 Gateshead
Dorking 0-3 Chesterfield
Notts County 2-0 Maidenhead United
Southend 1-1 Boreham Wood
Torquay 3-1 Oldham
Wealdstone 0-2 Bromley
Wrexham 1-2 Eastleigh
York 2-1 Woking
Scunthorpe 0-2 Yeovil

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST KO 3:00PM

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LAST MATCH



New season and the same old problems as we fell apart at the back in the second half. It took us only 8 mins to get on the scoresheet for the new season, Bannan found Windass who crossed for Johnson to finish well. We bossed the rest of the half and had a few chances but didn't score. Onto the second half and Pompey levelled after a cross from the right was headed in, Stockdale at fault imo. We restored our lead a few minutes later when FDB belted one in from25 yards. But Pompey levelled again soon after, a cross from the right, header saved by Stockdale but the rebound put in. A few minutes after that and Pompey were ahead, a cross from the right and a free header was put away. Thankfully FDB had his shooting boots and thundered in an equaliser after a corner fell to him. Gregory was sent off for a second yellow near the end, but we saw the game out for a point

THE MATCH



Our first away trip of the season sends us to play the Donuts. They lost like us in the playoff semi finals to Anti Football Wycombe. They have lost a few players including Scott Twine & Troy Parrott. They did sign Will Grigg as a replacement and a couple of youngsters. Liam Manning is still in charge and will hope to get the Donuts back to the playoffs this season. We won here last season when Bazza scored the goal of the season from 40 yards, something similar this Saturday would be welcome.

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 4
DONUTS 2
DRAWS 6

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                  

DONUTS          -                                       

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

ANTHONY BACKHOUSE
Michael Chard and Joe Simpson
Fourth Official : Abigail Byrne

THE TEAM

Stockdale
Heneghan Iorfa Ihikwe
Hunt Byers Bannan FDB Johnson
Smith Windass

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

2-2 Smith

ATTENDANCE

N/A

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

26

BML LEAGUE

Imre 3
Wash 1
Maddix 1
Pieowl
Wereham
SCO
Owlskev
Stateside

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Bournemouth v Aston Villa
Sheffield United v Millwall
Bolton v Wycombe
Grimsby v Northampton
Torquay v Oldham

AHDDH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

A football club is to reconsider plans to rename a stand after a sponsor, after fans pointed out it would include the name of a serial killer.

Southend United sold naming rights for the West Stand at their Roots Hall ground to estate agents Gilbert & Rose.

Now when fans want to buy a ticket, the stadium plan shows availability in the Gilbert & Rose West Stand.

The football club said it was talking to the sponsor about a "different arrangement of words".

Rose West, together with her husband Fred, murdered an unknown number of people at the couple's house in Gloucester over a 20-year period from 1967.


In a tweet, Paul Napper said: "Only Southend United could have a sponsor for the West Stand called Gilbert & Rose, inevitably leading to the Gilbert & Rose West Stand."

Iain Macintosh, from The Athletic, tweeted: "I don't think they thought this one through".

The National League side said the company was a "fantastic local estate agent" and it was looking forward to working together.

But after being alerted to the wording of the stand, the club said it would look at different phrasing.

It added that the full wording of the stand had not been added to signage within the stadium.