Player Pts CS CR GB BB SB
St Charles 24 2 6 5 3 0
Sanjay 19 2 5 NP 3 0
Bomber 17 1 4 5 3 1
Derby 15 1 3 5 3 1
Themaclad 13 1 4 5 -3 1
B.B.B. 12 0 4 5 3 0
Beefy 11 1 4 -3 3 1
Zinman 9 1 4 NP -3 0
A.A.A. 7 0 5 NP -3 0

Well in a week when the fate of the UK with regards to Brexit was finally sorted as such, we saw our own little “referendum” with regards to the supposed sacrifice that our bottom dweller Beefy is making in his predictions. As the scorer for the PL I can now confirm that the result was a resounding 100% against Beefy’s proposal and as said scorer I can confirm that I will hereby be carrying out the deduction in points for Beefy straight away!!

Before we get to that, this weeks winner is St Charles with 24 points. A season’s best for him after scoring points on 8 of the 10 games including a CR Gamball and Bonus Ball. In 2nd place is Sanjay on 19 points, he ducked out of the Gamball although this cost him 3 points in the end his ability to score on 7 games more than made up for this!! Bomber comes in 3rd on 17 points, gaining most of his points on a CR on both scoring balls and picking up the scoreball point as well.

Derby is in 4th spot on 15 points and like Bomber scored on all his balls. Our current leader Themaclad is in 5th place on 13 points, will this cost him his lead? BBB is in 6th place on 12 points, getting no correct scores this week cost him despite a correct result on the scoring balls.

In 7th spot is Beefy with 11 points. Of course we all know what he did with his Gamball and as he got it wrong he is duly being deducted 3 points, this was cancelled out by a CR on the Bonus though. 8th spot is held by our early season leader Zinman who might see himself slip further down the table after picking up only 9 points. In last place this week is AAA, and like Zinman the lack of courage to play the Gamball cost them both 3 points, could be crucial come the end of the season!!!

One more week until the Xmas break, will there be much movement in the table and will we see any further legal challenges to the scoring system??

Cheers
SCO

   


BaggieOne 21pts 2CS 6CR 5GB 6BB 0SB
MightyBrom 21pts 1CS 7CR 5GB 6BB 0SB
Twerton 20pts 2CS 8CR 5GB -3BB 0SB
Snooty 17pts 0CS 6CR 5GB 3BB 1SB
Amelia 12pts 0CS 6CR 0GB 0BB 0SB
Stairs 10pts 0CS 3CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Lady Jane 10pts 0CS 3CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Joker 5pts 0CS 2CR 5GB -3BB 1SB

A high scoring week thanks largely to a full set of correct result predictions on the gamball, with everyone except Amelia brave enough to play it. The scoreball was rather less productive with only 2 players gaining the extra point.

BaggieOne and MightyBrom share top place with 21 points. Both got maximum points from the bonus, BaggieOne also added a second correct score while Mighty had an impressive 7 correct result predictions. Just one point further back is Twerton - 2 correct scores and an excellent 8 correct results, but he was let down by his bonus.

Snooty's good form continued - his best 3 scores of the season have come in the last 3 weeks - and his 17 points will continue his Beefy like surge (at least in Beefy's dreams) up the table.

A bit of a gap to Amelia who, like Snooty, got 6 correct results but failed to get any extra points from her balls. Stairs and Lady Jane scored a respectable 10 points despite just 3 correct predictions, both helped by the extra gamball and bonus ball points.

This week's Jeremy Corbyn is Joker - just 5 points and he will be looking anxiously over his shoulder at the players closing the gap on the promotion places.

Zin

   

Stevenage have reappointed former manager Graham Westley for his fourth spell in charge of the League Two club.

Westley, 51, takes over with the struggling Hertfordshire side in 23rd place in the fourth tier, to become Boro's third man in charge this season.

Mark Sampson was appointed as caretaker manager following previous boss Dino Maamria's sacking in September.

But Sampson, who had expected to get the job on a permanent basis, is to revert to a first-team coach role.

Former England Women manager Sampson, 37, is currently facing a charge of using racist language by the Football Association.

He had been the subject of an FA investigation since September after an allegation by a former coach at the League Two club.

"Given our current league position, this is not the time for us to experiment with managers," said chairman Phil Wallace. "I need someone I trust and I trust Graham.

"Mark has made us hard to beat, but we have not won the points needed to climb the table, so it is time to introduce someone with experience into the mix.

"I obviously have a high regard for Graham, having employed him three times before. I am banking that his maturity and evolution has continued over the four years since he was here last and we can establish a formidable partnership again."

Westley will come in and meet the Stevenage players on Monday, before next Saturday's home game with high-flying Crewe Alexandra.

But he will not officially take charge until Monday, 23 December, when he will help prepare the team for the Boxing Day home game with Forest Green.

Westley's illustrious Stevenage past
Westley first became Stevenage boss in their non-league days in January 2003, succeeding Wayne Turner.

He then returned to Broadhall Way in June 2008, taking over from Peter Taylor, before leading Boro into the Football League at the end of his second season.

Stevenage then won a second successive promotion a season later, via the play-offs, having finished sixth in League Two.

Just five months into their first season in the third tier, Westley was lured to Lancashire to manage fellow League One side Preston North End.

Stevenage finished sixth again in their first season in League One - just missing out in the play-offs this time - nine places higher than North End, who were still struggling when they sacked Westley after 13 months in charge in February 2013.

Westley returned to Stevenage a month later, in March 2013, to take over once more from the man who had replaced him, Gary Smith. He kept Boro up but could not prevent relegation back to League Two a year later. And his third spell came to an end in May 2015 after Stevenage had lost in the League Two play-off semi-finals.

Since then, he has spent eight months in League One at Peterborough United and five months at Newport, during which his side won just five times in 29 games.

His most recent managerial appointment was with National League side Barnet, winning two of 11 matches in early 2018.

So guys Merry Christmas  
And so to the important stuff  

It may have come to your attention especially those in the prediction League that I have Predicted WBA to lose every game this season

We have played 22, lost just once all because of me and my superstitions and you all have me to thank for WBA's surge to the TOP !!

So in the interest of fair play I am asking you all to be humble and help me get a Petition signed for the scorers of the Prediction League to re-instate some points that I have deliberately lost to help our great team.

All you need to do is answer below with yes Beefy or No Beefy and any Majority will then be forwarded to the three Idiots, I mean Three wise men who do the scoring in Legally giving me back my points that they already know I deserve.

There was a clause when the prediction League began that I sent to the three erm !! Wise men and stated I was going to do this all three signed and returned it to me and agreed points will be returned if WBA keep winning, it now seems the are reneging and refusing to comply  

Here in the small print are their signatures agreeing to this .....

So do you agree as members of the prediction League team to go along with my Policy of agreeing to return any points If WBA's winning steak is down to my superstition of predicting them to lose ...

Signed Bbrown, Signed ZinnyMan, Signed Sco

I'm sure all of you who are Law abiding Citizens will agree and sign below YES BEEFY

Again in the interest of fair Play I would accept around 75% of the points returned incl gamball games that's a total of 60 Points (40 Accepted)

Thanks
Beefy    

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.  

Wednesday 1st January:
Town v Stoke
Town scorers:
Stoke scorers:

Millwall v Luton Town (12:45)
Birmingham City v Wigan Athletic
Bristol City v Brentford
Fulham v Reading
Nottingham Forest v Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End v Middlesbrough
Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City
Sheffield Wednesday v Hull City
West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United (17:15)

Thursday 2nd January:
Derby County v Barnsley
Swansea City v Charlton Athletic

Bonus match:
New Years Day:
Premier League:
Arsenal v Manchester United (20:00)

Table after Matchday 21:
neonfoxinthebox = 481 pts
jjamez = 477 pts
theo_luddite = 471 pts
themaclad = 469 pts
Baggiebob(BBB) = 445 pts
Lord Snooty = 433 pts
St Charles Owl = 423 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 412 pts
ritchiebaby = 399 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 375 pts
Beefy 1965 = 372 pts

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.  

Thursday December 26th:
Middlesbrough v Town
Town scorers:
Boro scorers:

Barnsley v West Bromwich Albion
Blackburn Rovers v Birmingham City
Brentford v Swansea City
Cardiff City v Millwall
Charlton Athletic v Bristol City
Hull City v Nottingham Forest
Luton Town v Fulham
Stoke City v Sheffield Wednesday
Wigan Athletic v Derby County
Leeds United v Preston North End (17:15)
Reading v Queens Park Rangers (19:30)

Sunday 29th December:
Town v Blackburn
Town scorers:
Blackburn scorers:

Birmingham City v Leeds United
Bristol City v Luton Town
Fulham v Stoke City
Millwall v Brentford
Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic
Preston North End v Reading
Queens Park Rangers v Hull City
Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City
Swansea City v Barnsley
West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough

Monday 30th December:
Derby County v Charlton Athletic

Bonus match:
Boxing Day:
Premier League:
Leicester City v Liverpool (20:00)

Table after Matchday 20:
jjamez = 457 pts
neonfoxinthebox = 453 pts
theo_luddite = 443 pts
themaclad = 441 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 412 pts
Baggiebob(BBB) = 411 pts
Lord Snooty = 407 pts
St Charles Owl = 405 pts
ritchiebaby = 387 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 361 pts
Beefy 1965 = 350 pts

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 20th December:
Middlesbrough v Stoke City

Saturday 21st December:
Town v Nottingham Forest
Town scorers:
Forest scorers:

Cardiff City v Preston North End (12:30)
Fulham v Leeds United
Hull City v Birmingham City
Luton Town v Swansea City
Millwall v Barnsley
Queens Park Rangers v Charlton Athletic
Reading v Derby County
West Bromwich Albion v Brentford

Sunday 22nd December:
Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City (12:00)

Monday 23rd December:
Blackburn Rovers v Wigan Athletic

Bonus match:
Friday:
Scottish Premiership:
Hibernian v Rangers

Table after Matchday 19:
jjamez = 451 pts
neonfoxinthebox = 437 pts
theo_luddite = 427 pts
themaclad = 425 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 412 pts
Baggiebob(BBB) = 403 pts
St Charles Owl = 397 pts
Lord Snooty = 383 pts
ritchiebaby = 367 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 347 pts
Beefy 1965 = 338 pts

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 * Changed from -2
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  * Changed from +4
Correct Score = + 4 points
Correct Score (Bonus Ball) = +6  
Correct Score (Gamball) = +10   * Changed from +8

As you can see the incorrect scoring has not really changed apart from a wrong Bonus this will be now scored at -3 instead of -2 the reason for this are the gains on the new Gamball scoring you will make (see below) in the hope this encourages you to use it most if not all of the time.

So to the Gamball, the use of the Gamball was tactically not used in some cases last season as the gains we not considered to great compared to the losses, it's for this reason we have decided to change the scoring, The loss will stay the same at -3 but the reward will be a correct result will go up by one from 4 to 5 points and the correct score will go up by 2 from 8 to 10 points !!!
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 2018/19 PARTICIPANTS,

Premiership
                             
1/ Zinman
2/ ST Charles Owl
3/ Derby                            
4/ Bomber
5/ Sanjay
6/ Beefy                                                      
7/ AAA
8/ BBB 
9/ MattWBA
10/ MacLad                  
                           
Championship

1/ Joker
2/ Stairs
3/ MightyBrom
4/ Baggieone
5/ 4eva
6/ Amelia                          
7/ Twerton
8/ Snoots
9/ Lady Jane

                        
                             
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  

LAST PREDICTION LEAGUE UNTIL JAN 11TH 2020

Saturday 21st Dec

1/ Everton V Arsenal 12:30
2/** Aston Villa V Southampton  
3/ Norwich V Wolves
4/ Man City V Leicester City
5/ Fulham V Leeds
6/ Huddersfield V Notts Forest
7/ Hull V Birmingham
8/ WBA V Brentford
9/ Doncaster V Accrington Stanley
10/ Portsmouth V Ipswich

So Hibs and Jack Ross travel to Glesca to take on one almighty task to try and achieve any kinda positive result v a Hoops' side that does not lose at home very often. The guys have played reasonably well and arriving at Celtic Park after a great 3-1 result v the Dons that certainly "lifted spirits" even amongst the Hibs support. Hopefully Hibs defence "holds up" and IMO that depends on what kinda mood Paul Hanlon is in tomorrow afternoon. Just give it their "best shot" and see where it takes us. I'd take a draw even if it was a lucky point earned but I'm well aware Celtic will be after the 3 pts with the title race being currently "too close for comfort".

GGTTH