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.


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.

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.  

Saturday May 1st:
Town v Coventry
Town scorers:
Coventry scorers:

Birmingham City v Cardiff City
Brentford v Watford
Luton Town v Middlesbrough
Millwall v Bristol City
Norwich City v Reading
Preston North End v Barnsley
Rotherham United v Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest
Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers
Swansea City v Derby County
Wycombe Wanderers v AFC Bournemouth

Tuesday 4th May:
Luton Town v Rotherham United (19:00)

Bonus matches:
Sunday:
Scottish Prem:
Rangers v Celtic (12:00)

Premier League:
Manchester United v Liverpool (16:30)

Table after Matchday 34:

1. Baggiebob(BBB) = 896 pts
   
2. jjamez = 865 pts
   
3. St Charles Owl = 838 pts
   
4. theo_luddite = 834 pts
   
5. themaclad = 825 pts
   
6. Lord Snooty = 804 pts
   
7. SHEP_HTAFC = 768 pts
   
8. ritchiebaby = 758 pts
   
9. neonfoxinthebox = 755 pts
   
10. Amelia Chaffinch = 656 pts
    
11. Beefy 1965 = 356 pts

So it comes to pass that Rangers are toppled by Saint Johnstone in a pk decider, this time in a Scottish Cup QF at Ibronx - another failure by this bogusly named "invincibles" team!! And that means they have still not won a domestic cup (one of the two major cups, League or Scottish, in Scot footie) under their RFC title when they were re-formed after GRFC becoming insolvent. No media or ref to "bail them out" this time!!

FC Halifax Town 2-0 Woking
King's Lynn Town 0-4 Stockport County
Sutton United 0-1 Barnet
Torquay United 2-1 Aldershot Town
Yeovil Town 2-2 Solihull Moors
Bromley 0-2 Chesterfield
Eastleigh 1-0 Notts County
Maidenhead United 3-1 Weymouth

League Table After Matchday 47
Lord Snoots = 456
Amelia = 408
Spireitematt = 380
Devon = 340
Dancing = 336
St Charles = 314

The "steel men" stand in the way of Hibs reaching another Scottish Cup semi-final in a match that IMO Hibs should win but they need to be "up for it" as the MFC players will be similarly motivated to possibly reach a cup final with Celtic eliminated in the last round. As a form guide, Hibs played very well in their midweek match but only in the 1st half while Motherwell were "mince" v the Accies. I reckon the only reason they won their match was because they were up against 10 players for about an hour. They could still only score one goal! However, this is a one-off cup tie and I'd expect Hibs to focus on their game plan v a team that has a strong physical element to their style of play and has accumulated a decent points total under their manager, Graham Alexander. I can see Hibs losing this if they don't match up to the desire and commitment of their opponents. As usual, my biggest concern is that Hibs create lotsa scoring opps and scorn all of them while our opponents take theirs due to some defensive lapse by Hibs. Our defence and defensive mid set up must be rock solid, all part of competently winning a cup tie like this one. Choose wisely Jack!

GGTTH

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 24TH APRIL 3:00PM

v

LAST MATCH



Well we live to fight another day as we saw off Blackburn. Windass was the goal-scorer as we ran out 1-0 winners. Both teams had one or two  chances before Windass gave us the lead as he finished from about 10 yards. Lees headed over & Reach and Windass had chances to extend the lead but it remained 1-0. We continued to have chances in the 2nd half but couldn't find the 2nd goal. Would we get punished like we did against Bristol, this time we managed to hold on and our unlikely survival continues for another game.

THE MATCH



Next up Middlesbrough at the Riverside, and our favourite manager Warnock, who has the chance to send us down. Boro's season has fell away after challenging for a playoff spot earlier in the season and sit in mid-table obscurity. Colin will have have his players fired up for this, with the chance to send his least favourite team down to Pub League if we lose and Derby win. We won here 1-4 last season, cant see that happening this season, with these clowns.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                                        

MIDD                -                                                         

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

JARRED GILLETT
Philip Dermott and Paul Hodskinson
Fourth Official : Michael Salisbury

THE TEAM

532 again.

Westwood
Palmer Lees Borner Urhoghide Reach
Paterson Bannan Hutch
Windass Rhodes

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

2-1 Windass

BML STANDINGS

Owlkev 13
Stateside 13
Washington 10
Pei 7
SCO 7
Imre 7
Wereham 6
Maddix 4

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Barnsley v Rotherham United
Blackburn Rovers v Huddersfield Town
Cardiff City v Wycombe Wanderers
Coventry City v Preston North End
Derby County v Birmingham City

HHHHH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

LAST TIME OUT

STOKE CITY 2 COVENTRY CITY 3

FORM GUIDE

CITY 16 PNE 11

You can almost smell the suntan lotion in this one, we are safe and City need a point, as the two sides meet at St Andrews in City's penultimate game at their neutral home ground before they return home to the Ricoh next season.
If City stay up which almost cerainly they will it will be a tremendous done by Manager Mark Robins given the liited resources that they have.
This will be the fourth different ground in about the last 20 years that we have played City in, Highfield Road, The Ricoh, Sixfields and St Andrews they are apparently in negotiations to move to another groubd in Coventry so hopefully sooner rather than later their Nomadic wanderings will end.

History of Coventry City F.C.


Coventry City playing at Highfield Road Stadium in 1982.
Coventry City Football Club is an English association football club based in Coventry in the Midlands. The club was founded in 1883 as Singers F.C. by Willie Stanley, an employee of cycle firm Singer Motors. In 1898, the name was changed to Coventry City. The club first joined the Football League after World War I and in 1938, the club missed out on promotion to the First Division by one point.

Since the 1960s, the club has been nicknamed 'the Sky Blues' owing to the colour of their kit introduced by manager Jimmy Hill. Arriving in 1961, Hill and club chairman Derrick Robins led a revival of the club's fortunes which culminated in promotion to Division One in 1967. During their promotion season, the club went 25 games undefeated and reportedly attracted a crowd of over 50,000 spectators for a match with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The city remained in the top tier of English football for over 30 years, winning the 1987 FA Cup under John Sillett, and in 1992, they became founding members of the Premier League. At the end of the 2000–01 season, they were relegated to the FL Championship. Since then, the club has been relegated twice more, experienced a change of ownership and, between 2013 and 2014, was temporarily forced to groundshare with Northampton Town.[1][2] and now at St Andrews, Birmingham

FAMOUS COVENTRY PERSON

Ernest Gold CB DSO OBE FRS[1] (24 July 1881 – 30 January 1976) was a British meteorologist.[2][3][4]

He was born at Berkswell, near Coventry and educated at Mason University College (which later became the University of Birmingham)[5] and St John's College, Cambridge.[6]


Gold set up the first operational (military) meteorological service and demonstrated the vital role of meteorologists to the military hierarchy. He was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the DSO and OBE and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Gold oversaw not only the creation of an operational weather service but also the development of international aviation services, becoming President of the Commission for Synoptic Weather Information of the International Meteorological Organization (now the World Meteorological Organization).

In 1919 he became Deputy Director of the Meteorological Office.[7]

He was President of the Royal Meteorological Society for 1934–35.[8]

https://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/forums/co...al-chat.7/

FRANKIE SAYS

it will be the exact same squad as players to pick from. DJ at the moment, he has had a reoccurence in the calf which has been uncomfortable for him. I don't want to rush him and I want to make sure he is 100% .

I'm a positive person, a lot of them are young guys doing their best for Preston North End. Some of the stuff I've been told in the last day or two leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth. I don't do social media. Let's give them the credit they deserve. They had a bad 15 minutes against Brentford, I take responsibility for that. Cut the negatives; let them go and play and enjoy it.

The camararderie within this group is really, really good and the team spirit is too. We need to look what everyone brings to the group. People thrive on negativity and try to bring individuals down - it isn't going to work. I'm sure we'll do alright going forward, we've got a good group.

Iverson's a great kid, loves the environment and atmosphere here. His performances have been fantastic.

The most difficult part is leaving boys out because they give everything in training. You can't please everybody but it's doing it in the right manner and professionally. You can only pick 11 players and you need a squad.
Coventry
They've changed their system a little bit and are a lot more direct than in the past. Recently, they have been on a good run and credit to them, they have done extremely well. It'll be a tough game for us but we will go with the same mindset.

There were a few things, I just needed to say it and I know in life that there is always someone trying to drag you down. I'm a positive person and I want the guys in this camp to froget any negativity and be positive. We've done well and set ourselves a good platform. Let's kick on and see where we finish - I have every faith and trust in them, they are good players.

Most pleasing thing so far?
The pleasing thing is that they've done what I thought they could. I believed in them. I had no doubts they would go and compete and do well. They have got themselves out of a precarious position. I'm delighted for them.

McAvoy on Bayliss
He's done well, he's a good boy, he's had a lot of knocks and has been here a long time. Saturday might be his chance, we just need to wait and see. He's there, in my thoughts and always has been.

Aldershot Town 3-0 Wealdstone
Altrincham 1-1 Barnet
Boreham Wood 0-1 Stockport County
FC Halifax Town 2-0 Bromley
King's Lynn Town 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Maidenhead United 3-1 Woking
Solihull Moors 0-2 Yeovil Town
Torquay United 2-0 Notts County
Wrexham 1-2 Chesterfield
Eastleigh 2-1 Sutton United


League Table After Matchday 46
Lord Snoots = 452
Amelia = 402
Spireitematt = 372
Dancing = 328
Devon = 334
St Charles = 302

Premier League

Player Pts CS CR GB BB SB
Amelia 11 1 4 -3 3 1
B.B.B. 10 2 1 -3 6 1
Bomber 9 1 3 -3 3 1
Twerton 8 1 3 -3 3 0
St Charles 5 1 1 -3 3 1
Snooty 5 2 1 -3 -3 1
A.A.A. 3 1 1 NP -3 0
Derby 2 1 2 -3 -3 0
Themaclad 2 0 2 -3 3 0
Sanjay -6 0 0 -3 -3 0

Well what a week we have had in the football world!!  Aside from the traitorous threats from Zinman regarding his Superficial League proposals (see below), there have been some extraordinary events going on!!  First of those is Amelia acting like she thinks she is in the Top 6!!  She managed to have a table topping week with 11 points!!  Secondly BBB continues his march to the title but like Everton has released a statement saying he will not be joining the Superficial League even though he wasn't invited!!  Third we have Bomber who continues to surprise us with his climb up the table just like West Ham!!

Fourth we have Twerton doing his best impression of Arsenal, poor season with the occasional blip.  St Charles was invited into the Superficial League but like Spurs he only has a couple of good cup runs in his history to justify his involvement but he will go along with whatever his bigger brothers tell him to do.  Lord Snooty exemplifies the ambition of most of the teams in the PL, he just wants to stay above the relegation spots!!  AAA acts like a Top 6 side by always playing his B team on the Gamball games, no risk of anything special but a ready made excuse when he gets it wrong.

Derby and Themaclad were copying Fulham and WBA and were both busy on the phones trying to encourage others to take the jump to Zin's League but only because this might give them a chance of not being relegated back down to the poverty of the Championship!!  The best impression of the week though goes to Sanjay who drew a complete blank and a maximum negative points haul of -6, he is definitely the Sheffield Utd of this prediction league!!

BBB - 303
St Charles - 243
Sanjay - 240
Bomber - 237
AAA - 221
Lord Snooty - 219
Amelia - 204
Derby - 200
Themaclad - 179
Twerton - 162

BBB is now racing away with the title, but right behind him its all hotting up for the run in.  St Charles has overtaken Sanjay and claimed 2nd place and Bomber's fine form now sees him only 3 points behind Sanjay and 6 points behind SCO!!  Amelia's good week sees her go back above Derby in the battle for the relegation PO spot.  Still plenty to be decided this season.

Cheers
SCO


Championship

Silver      10pts 2CS 4CR -3GB 3BB 0SB
LadyJane  9pts 2CS 5CR -3GB -3BB 1SB
Somerset  8pts 1CS 2CR 0GB 3BB 1SB
Minizin      7pts 1CS 3CR -3GB 3BB 1SB
DD           6pts 1CS 3CR -3GB 3BB 0SB
Zinman     5pts 0CS 3CR -3GB 3BB 1SB
Joker        2pts 0CS 2CR -3GB 3BB 0SB
Stairs        0pts 1CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
BaggieOne -1pt 0CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 1SB

I have a major announcement to make.
In my position as the most successful predictor in the history of this competition (3 or 4? titles speaks for itself), I have decided to create a Global Super Prediction League which will consist of me and other similarly talented individuals (ok, it's a very short list). I have approached a major US bank to discuss funding and hope soon to reveal further details. Cynics may claim that I'm doing this simply because I have little chance of promotion and this is the only way I can ensure winning anything. This is entirely untrue, instead I will ensure that any funds received are shared with you minnows (lets say 99.9% to me and a few crumbs for everyone else) so that everybody is better off. As a reward for my great recent history (well, it's better than Tottenham's)  I will be awarded 10 bonus points every week and will be immune from relegation. Seems fair to me.

Clearly on the basis of this week's scores, nobody from the Championship is likely to be invited! Unusually most players chose to play the gamball and all of us regretted it. Bonuses were somewhat kinder and we were all thankful for Sunday's more predictable results - up to Saturday night the total score from all 9 players was just 6 points!

Silver takes the week's top spot as the only player to scrape into double figures thanks to 2 correct scores from his 4 successful predictions. Lady Jane was the week's best predictor with 5 correct results but lost out on both her gamball and bonus to leave her in second place. Somerset claims third thanks to being the only person to avoid the gamball - just 2 correct predictions but in a tough week that was enough for a decent place.

Minizin hasn't exactly set the world alight in recent weeks but still nobody seems able to attack his overall top spot. Just 7 points but still enough to secure 4th spot. DD and Zinman had very average weeks to sit in mid-table, Joker struggled with just 2 correct predictions but was saved from an even wosres score by one of them being his bonus. Stairs at least got a correct score but misses on his gamball and bonus means he needn't have bothered, nil points, zero, didn't bother the scorer.....but he did better than BaggieOne who is this week's minus man to damage his promotion prospects.

Minizin 269
Silver 247
Zinman 239
BaggieOne 236
Stairs 231
Somerset 223
Joker 215
DD 210
Lady Jane 200

The only change this week sees BaggieOne drop from equal 2nd to 4th, with Silver now sitting alone in the second promotion place and that selfish ***** Zinman, who clearly has no regard for the great history and traditions of this league, moving up to 3rd. Minizin has his feet up, confident of promotion based on nobody else appearing bothered to challenge him.
At the bottom, Lady Jane continues to slowly close the gap on those above her with both DD and Joker potentially in danger of finishing bottom - something Joker is very used to!

Zin