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
Only one joker per round of games

Knockout stages:
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.

So now we are playing player against player instead of a league system. You may choose up to 3 scorers for each team from now on, even if you're predicting a 0-0 draw. You can, if you want to, predict that one of the players will score them all and you would score two points for each goal that person scores.

I've added another item. You can score one point for the half time score. You only get the point though if you get it spot on. No points for predicting 1-0 to the Engerland if it's 2-0

In case of a draw, the player who ranked highest in the group stage will be the winner.

The semis will be

Minizin v St Charles Owl

and

theo_luddite v jjamez

Tuesday 6th July (20:00):
Italy v Spain
H-T score
Italy scorers:
Spain scorers:

Wednesday 7th July (20:00):
Denmark v England
H-T score
Denmark scorers:
England scorers:

... when your teammate scores a goal, of course.

I'm in no position to judge but the signing of Stefan Payne excites me not at all. He's been everywhere and he's only scored goals in impressive numbers for two clubs - Hornchurch and Dover.

I just have to trust Mr Rowe on this one. He knows the non-league scene.

His past record will have nothing to do with it once he gets out on the pitch.

Here’s the full list of squad numbers:

2. Pipa
3. Harry Toffolo
4. Matty Pearson
5. Álex Vallejo
6. Jonathan Hogg
7. Juninho Bacuna
8. Lewis O’Brien
9. Jordan Rhodes
10. Josh Koroma
11. Rolando Aarons
12. Reece Brown
14. Josh Ruffels
15. Scott High
16. Sorba Thomas
17. Kieran Phillips
18. Isaac Mbenza
19. Duane Holmes
20. Ollie Turton
21. Lee Nicholls
22. Fraizer Campbell
23. Naby Sarr
25. Danny Ward
26. Levi Colwill
27. Romoney Crichlow
28. Danny Grant
29. Aaron Rowe
30. Ben Jackson
31. Ryan Schofield
33. Josh Austerfield
34. Matty Daly
35. Rarmani Edmonds-Green
41. Giosue Bellagambi

So we don't have a number 1. And we don't have a Richard Keogh.

Reece Brown has a number. Looks like he may be staying around this season.

And we haven't retired the number 26 shirt.  

With all the plundering of Barnsley going on, is our new kit being launched. I am not sure what I think about it, not stripes but a stripe and at £92 for the shirt, shorts and socks, I think I may pass this year. What do others think of it?

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/hi...t-unveiled

I don't normally get embroiled in Hibs new footie kit presentations, but I must say I find this away shirt to be so bland and unimaginative, IMO one of the worst I've seen in the past few years. Am I being too critical re this shirt???? I perceive such a distinct lack of colour and good design. The final product could be so much better than this one!!

So, we’ve sold (and moved out of) the house in Derbyshire and I’m currently living in our Motorhome in Dingwall right next to the Ross County Ground. The missus joins me later in the month when she finishes teaching the school term down in England. Looks like we can move into the new house near Alness on the Cromarty Firth on the 9th July. Whilst I’ll still support the beloved baggies from afar I’m currently trying to decide which of the local teams will get the benefit of my attendance. The house is more or less equidistant from Cali Thistle and Ross County but as County’s nickname is The Staggies I think they will probably get my vote.

Now does anyone know how to change my user name to Staggie Baggie?

You poor sods


Hollywood-owned Wrexham have named Phil Parkinson as their new manager.

The National League side have been seeking a new manager since parting ways with Dean Keates on 30 May.

Parkinson, a former Bradford, Bolton and Sunderland boss, has signed a 12-month rolling contract.

"Once the plans of the chairmen were explained to me, the decision to join Wrexham was very easy. Wrexham are an EFL club in all but the one thing that matters, league status," he said.

"We have a very clear objective with the work starting immediately."

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Parkinson is the only manager to take an English fourth-tier club to the final of a major cup competition at Wembley, leading Bradford City of League Two to the 2013 League Cup final, where they were beaten by Swansea City.

The 53-year old, who also managed Hull City and Charlton before joining Bradford, subsequently enjoyed success with Bolton, with whom he won promotion in 2017. In total, he has been promoted three times as a manager.

Parkinson will be joined at the Racecourse Ground by long-serving assistant manager Steve Parkin, with further additions to the backroom staff to be announced, and says he is looking forward to shaping the squad.

"The club didn't need selling to me, it sold itself and I wanted to be part of the journey this club is about to embark upon," he added.

"We have a lot to do to be ready for 21 August and in the next seven weeks the aim is to add quality players to the existing squad, and create an environment and culture which gives us the best possible chance of promotion."

Owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney said they felt Parkinson was the strongest candidate for the role.

"The process put in place by Les Reed, Shaun Harvey, Humphrey Ker and Fleur Robinson was thorough, and we were presented with any number of good options, all of whom would have been very credible managers for the club," they said.

"We'd like to thank all those that applied for the role but once we knew Phil was interested, he was our man and we got him.

"Phil has an immediate objective of gaining promotion but is conscious of our ambitions for the club and embraced each element of our vision."

Parkinson should be in familiar surroundings joining a club that is also shooting a behind-the-scenes documentary, having previously managed Sunderland, who were the subject of a Netflix documentary, Sunderland 'Til I Die.

The takeover of Wrexham by Hollywood stars Reynolds and McElhenney is to be the subject of a documentary series called Welcome to Wrexham.

The documentary will follow the duo's "crash course in football club ownership", according to the National League club's website.

US-based FX Entertainment has placed a two-season order for the access-all-areas programme.

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
Only one joker per round of games

Knockout stages:
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.

So now we are playing player against player instead of a league system. You may choose up to 3 scorers for each team from now on, even if you're predicting a 0-0 draw. You can, if you want to, predict that one of the players will score them all and you would score two points for each goal that person scores.

In case of a draw, the player who ranked highest in the group stage will be the winner.

Minizin v themaclad

theo_luddite v Baggie_One

Devongone v jjamez

St Charles Owl v ritchiebaby

Friday July 2nd:
Spain v Switzerland (17:00)
Spain scorers:
Switzerland scorers:

Italy v Belgium (20:00)
Italy scorers:
Belgium scorers:

Saturday 3rd July:
Denmark v Czech Republic (17:00)
Denmark scorers:
Czech Republic scorers:

England v Ukraine (20:00)
England scorers:
Ukraine scorers:

The semis will be

Minizin or themaclad v St Charles Owl or ritchiebaby

and

theo_luddite or Baggie_One v Devongone or jjamez

Barnsley have appointed Markus Schopp from Austrian side TSV Hartberg as their new head coach on a three-year contract.

The 47-year-old former Sturm Graz and Austria midfielder joins the Tykes having previously led Hartberg to the Europa League qualifying round in 2020.

He replaces Valerien Ismael, who joined West Bromwich Albion on 24 June.

"It's great to come to a country where football is so big, so traditional, especially South Yorkshire," he said.

"There are so many clubs and they are so famous and Barnsley, for me, is one of those teams.

"I will help Barnsley get to where they have been in the last year, I will do everything for that.

"I appreciate this opportunity a lot and I look forward to getting to work, meeting the team and coaching staff, and seeing the supporters back in the stadium soon."

Schopp is Barnsley's third managerial appointment from Austrian football, with Ismael and Gerhard Struber previously joining from the Austrian Bundesliga.

Having ended his football career with Red Bull Salzburg and a loan spell at MLS side New York Red Bulls, Schopp went on to begin his coaching career within Red Bull's football set-up.

Following a spell with Sturm Graz as a coach, he went on to join Hartberg in 2018 and spent three years with the club, guiding them to a seventh-placed finish last season.

Barnsley co-chairman Paul Conway said: "He has had a remarkable career as a player and has been phenomenal growing Hartberg in the Austrian Bundesliga on a small budget.

"I am sure all in the town of Barnsley and our 11,000 seasonal members can't wait for the season to start."