THE MATCH

SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER 3:00PM KICK OFF

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LAST MATCH



In typical Wednesday fashion, which happened a lot last season, we threw points away in injury time. Not much happened in the first half apart from QPR hitting the post. Onto the 2nd half, and we started a bit brighter and were rewarded when QPR put the ball in there own work after some nice play by Bannan & Reach. Reach tested there keeper and Luongo hit the bar as we continued to be the better team. We were forced to play with 10 men for the dying embers of the game when Lees went off injured and we had made all our subs. QPR then equalized in the 96th minute when Bonne scored with a free header.

THE MATCH



Next up after the international break and to one of Monk's former teams, Birmingham. The Brummies have made an unbeaten start to the league, but have only won 1 of the 4 games, scoring only 3 and conceding only 2. They are now managed by Karanka who previously managed at Boro & Forest. They have the likes of Jutkiewicz, Hogan, Friend & Etheridge. Birmingham's problem look like being the same as ours, putting the ball in the net so probably 0-0 would be the expected result on Saturday.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                            

BRUM               -                           

THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

PETER BANKES
James Mainwaring and Timothy Wood
Fourth Official : Ross Joyce

THE TEAM

Pick eleven players that might just score and win a game, please.

Dawson
Lees Iorfa Borner
Harris Luongo Bannan Brown Penney
Paterson Windass

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Paterson

BML STANDINGS

Owlkev 2
Wereham 1
Washington 1
Maddix 1
Stateside 1

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest
AFC Bournemouth v Queens Park Rangers
Brentford v Coventry City
Luton Town v Stoke City
Middlesbrough v Reading

HHHHH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC





One for Washington

SMILIES/BALLS

 Bonus Ball
 Score Ball, Free to use Ball , play it on a game that you think both teams will score in !
 Gamball,

New Scoring System

Incorrect Result =  0 point
Incorrect Result (Bonus Ball) = -3
Incorrect Result (Gamball) = -3
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Score Ball = 1 added Point if both teams score.  !

Correct Result = +2 points
Correct Result (Bonus Ball) = +3
Correct Result (Gamball) = +5  
Correct Score = + 4 points
Correct Score (Bonus Ball) = +6  
Correct Score (Gamball) = +10  

Just a reminder you DO NOT have to play the Gamball if you dont want too, the score will then be marked normal.  


Again the third from bottom of the premiership will play off against the third in the table from the Championship to keep even more excitement going, they will have to predict through all the Playoffs and the winner obviously takes their place in the Premier League the following season  

Beefy, Bomber, Zinman & SCO  


If you do not predict,...........
If in your league everyone scores above zero you will receive Zero points,
However if in your league the person with the lowest score is below Zero (eg -4) you will score -5 and receive your first strike, Remember 3 strikes and you're out.

All scores must be in before MIDDAY SATURDAY,(For The Early Kick Off If Applicable) If the early kick off is missed the rest of your predictions must reach us by 2.45pm or none will be counted.



* NEW & UPDATED 2020/21 PARTICIPANTS,

Premiership
                           
1/ AAA
2/ Amelia
3/ BBB
4/ Bomber
5/ Derby
6/ MacLad
7/ Sanjay
8/ SCO
9/ Snoots
10/ Twerton                
                         
Championship

1/ BaggieOne
2/ Beefy
3/ DD
4/ LadyJane
5/ Joker
6/ MiniZin
7/ OneTrueBaggie
8/ Silver
9/ Somerset
10/ Stairs
11/ Zinman


                        
                             
I'm almost 100% sure Myself & the Scorers get the scores added up correctly, From time to time over the season we may get now and again get this wrong, SO IN THE EVENT OF ANY POINTS DISCREPANCIES can i ask all you guys to check your predictions and if you feel they are incorrect in anyway contact me Via PM within a week of the TABLES & SCORES being presented and they will be corrected the following week.
Anything later unless it is a Major error will NOT be corrected. It is as much your responsibility to check your scores as much as it is ours to try and score them correctly.
Beefy  

Saturday 17th Oct

1/ Everton V Liverpool 12:30
2/ Man City V Arsenal
3/ Newcastle V Man Utd
4/** Celtic V Rangers 12:30
5/ Birmingham V Sheff Wed
6/ Swansea V Huddersfield
7/ Walsall V Exeter

Sunday 18th October

8/ Sheff Utd V Fulham
9/ Spurs V West Ham
10/ Leicester V Aston Villa

Please help with the running costs if you can. 

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Thank you.

Robbie Savage has just announced on Twitter that Macclesfield have been bought by a local businessman and that he, Savage has been appointed Director of football.

Ok. So where do they start from? The very bottom alongside Bury or will they be given their allotted National League games to play?

And why are they still down as League Two on here?

http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/10770

A revamped Hibs side played poorly in the 1st half but suddenly coming to life in the second half to win it and with a "wonderful second goal" scored by Nisbet to scoop up all three pts. He'll be getting "called up" by the Scotland manager if he continues with this impressive form.

Another new challenge for Steve Clarke and his players with, no doubt, further changes to personnel due to the demanding number of fixtures played during such a short period. Robertson is suspended due to a piece of needless petulance that resulted in another yellow card being issued to him. Who comes in at LB without Tierney being available? Cooper is out injured. Therefore Andrew Considine prob asked to do another stint alongside Gallagher or Clarke gives Ryan Porteous a Scotland debut. Will he try to refresh the mid formation but try to hold the same solid "shape"? Also up front will he use "two up top" v a dangerous Czech side? A win would definitely be a godsend but it will be tough.

If you do your predictions after these specified times, they will not be accepted.

Weekend games 12 pm
Midweek games 7:30 pm

Just a reminder that you can use your on any fixture, but its not compulsory!! Get it right and you will score double points but getting it wrong will result in -2 points, so the reward and risk are there for all!!

Altrincham 0-2 Solihull Moors
Barnet 2-1 Weymouth
Dover 0-2 Aldershot
Halifax 1-1 Yeovil
Hartlepool 5-0 Bromley
King's Lynn 2-1 Boreham Wood
Sutton United 0-0 Notts County
Torquay 0-2 Chesterfield
Wealdstone 0-7 Stockport
Woking 2-1 Dag & Red

League Table After Matchday 3
Spireitematt = 36
Amelia = 34
Dancing = 34
Lord Snoots = 32
Devon = 26
St Charles = 16

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.  

Friday 16th October:
Derby County v Watford

Saturday 17th October:
Swansea v Town
Town scorers:
Swansea scorers:

Barnsley v Bristol City
Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday
Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest
AFC Bournemouth v Queens Park Rangers
Brentford v Coventry City
Luton Town v Stoke City
Middlesbrough v Reading
Rotherham United v Norwich City
Wycombe Wanderers v Millwall

Sunday 18th October:
Preston North End v Cardiff City (12:00)

Tuesday 20th October:
Town v Derby
Town scorers:
Derby scorers:

Bristol City v Middlesbrough
Coventry City v Swansea City
Millwall v Luton Town
Norwich City v Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest v Rotherham United
Reading v Wycombe Wanderers

Wednesday 21st October:
Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End
Cardiff City v AFC Bournemouth
Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford
Watford v Blackburn Rovers
Stoke City v Barnsley

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Premier League:
Everton v Liverpool (12:30)

Scottish Prem:
Celtic v Rangers (12:30)

Table after Matchday 6:

1. themaclad = 121 pts
   
2. jjamez = 109 pts
   
3. theo_luddite = 107 pts
   
4. Baggiebob(BBB) = 105 pts
   
5. Lord Snooty = 88 pts
   
6. Amelia Chaffinch = 83 pts
   
7. Beefy 1965 = 76 pts
   
8. neonfoxinthebox = 70 pts
   
9. SHEP_HTAFC = 70 pts
   
10. St Charles Owl = 66 pts
    
11. ritchiebaby = 62 pts

Soon after Celtic losing Ryan Christie to a requisite quarantine period during Scotland international duties, we now discover Nir Bitton is infected with the virus during his international stint with Israel - all preceding a crucial home confrontation v Rangers. Who's next eh!!?

National One North here we come.