Player Pts CS CR GB BB SB
Sanjay 29 4 2 10 6 1
B.B.B. 23 3 3 5 6 0
Bomber 22 1 6 5 6 1
St Charles 22 2 3 10 3 1
A.A.A. 15 1 4 10 -3 0
Themaclad 15 1 2 10 3 0
Beefy 14 0 5 5 3 0
Derby 11 0 6 -3 3 1
Zinman 0 0 0 0 0 0

Excellent scoring week for most in the PL this week, at total of 151 points scored is I think a high for the season so far!!

Leading the way this week with a fantastic score of 29 points is Sanjay. He got 4 correct scores and as this included the Gamball and Bonus it really boosted his points. In 2nd place is BBB with 23 points, like Sanjay he scored points on 6 games and scored a perfect Bonus Ball and a correct result on the Gamball. Joint 3rd place is Bomber and St Charles on 22 points. Bomber managed to score on 7 of the games, including a CS on the Bonus and a CR on the Gamball. SCO scored on half the games and got a maximum on the Gamball, first of the season I think!!

Joint 5th place is AAA and Themaclad on 15 points. AAA for the first time this season played his Gamball, and promptly got it spot on, unfortunately he didn't get anything on the Bonus so this kept his score down. Themaclad actually scored on the fewest games of anyone this week but picked up a perfect Gamball and a CR on the Bonus, those balls make a difference even if they are the only thing you get right!!!

Beefy comes in 7th on 14 points, a decent week for him but he lost ground to most others due to the high scoring!! He did manage a CR on both the Gamball and Bonus but not much else kept his score down. Derby is in 8th on 11 points, he was the only player not to score positive points on the Gamball and this obviously hurt his score and standing. Bringing up the rear the week is Zinman, he has gone missing and didn't post this week so ends up with a big fat zero - hope he is ok!!!

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The Premiership had it's very own game of musical chairs with it's positions in this weeks table, only the bottom 2 places staying the same, and even they made up some ground on those closest to them.

BBB, with the help of a seasons best tally takes over at the top and becomes our 3rd pole sitter of the season as he wrestled top spot from Themaclad who'd occupied that position for the past 6 weeks, though the lead is just a slender half a dozen points.

Another former table topper made a move back towards the top as Sanjay not only recorded a personal best for himself but also a best for both divisions as he moved into 3rd within five points of the top 2. He overtook and edged out a 2 point lead over AAA who was helped by nailing his maiden Gamball of the season. Will he quit while he's ahead or be tempted to dabble again for those precious points after the international break?.

Bombers 22 point haul was 19 more than he'd managed in the previous 3 weeks scores and helped him climb a couple of places into 5th, while Zinmans no show not only cost him a few valuable points, but also 3 places dropping to 6th and just a point clear of the relegation play off spot that Derby dropped into.

St Charles didn't improve his position but did record a seasons best to gain some valuable ground to get out of the relegation spots as did Beefy who recorded his own personal best, admittedly only 14, but 2 season best weeks on the trot will no doubt have him believing that he's finding his form, and isn't the forlorn hope he's looked so far this season.

Bomber


Player        Pts CR CS GB BB SB
Mightybrom 22  8   2  NA  3   1
Twerton      20  6   2   5   3    0
Joker          19  6   0   5   3    1
Lady Jane   13  2   1  10   3    0
BaggieOne  10  6   1  -3   3    0
Amelia        10  4   1  NA  NA  NA
Stairs           8  5   2   -3   -3  0
Snooty         7 4    2   -3   -3  1

Mightybrom tops the pile this week thanks to an impressive 8 correct results, 2 of which were spot on, amassing 22 points which, if he’d had greater conviction could have been 25 had he gambled with the Gamball, like Twerton did, gaining a quarter of his 20 point haul on the dreaded feature gall.

Joker continued his consistent season back in 3rd scoring points on all the feature balls without managing to double any of them up with correct scores, but still enough to keep him at the right end of the table, while the Gamball and BB saved Lady Jane as her 13 points came from just those 2 balls with none of the other 8 games securing her any points.

BaggieOne & Amelia both managed double figures via differing routes, while our 2 basement boys in the league did little to suggest their fortunes are about to change with both missing out and losing 6 points apiece on the Gamball and BB.

Bomber

   

Top of the league where he’s been since week 4 and extending his lead to a hefty 21 points is Twerton, who continues to post consistent scores week after week making him the overall top scorer across the 2 leagues.

BaggieOne holds on to 2nd but now has to share that spot with Joker, who gains a place from last week and is so far showing no signs that he’s going to return to his bad old ways of propping up both leagues in the last couple of seasons.

Mightybrom posted a seasons best which left him just a couple of points off 2nd and heading into the international break right in contention to muster an attack on the top 3.

The gap back to Lady Jane in 5th is a dozen points but could have been a lot more without her skill/luck in grabbing 13 points with the 2 feature balls this week, while Amelia has to accumulate her points through straight predictions, opting not to gamble on the bonus points up for grabs, though in her own way, she’s managed to top the 100 mark for the season so far.

Stairs is still just about in touch 15 points back in 7th after another stuttering week, while Snooty kept up his 100% record with the bonus ball (incorrect that is), costing him 36 points already this season as he sits bottom 35 points adrift.

Bomber

http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/10409

Hibs announce that JR is appointed on a three and a half year contract and both parties making formal statements re future aspirations etc. Good luck to him and lets all hope for a long period of stability and success under JR's stewardship.

Leyton Orient have sacked manager Carl Fletcher after just 29 days in charge of the League Two club.

Fletcher succeeded Ross Embleton, who had been in interim charge after Justin Edinburgh's death in June.

Former Wales midfielder Fletcher, 39, had agreed a contract with Orient until the summer of 2021 on 16 October.

The O's, who are 16th in the fourth tier, were knocked out of the FA Cup by eighth-tier Maldon & Tiptree United in the first round on Sunday.

They failed to win any games with Fletcher in the dugout - he was an observer when Orient beat Grimsby 4-0 three days after his appointment.

Embleton will again take control of first-team affairs, along with Danny Webb and club captain Jobi McAnuff.

"It's unfortunate for the club that we have parted company with Carl after such a short time, particularly as we are a club that tries to preserve stability," chairman Nigel Travis said in a statement.

"However, we felt this was in the best interests of all parties and we thank him for his hard work and wish him every success in the future."

Carlisle United have sacked manager Steven Pressley after 10 months in charge of the League Two club.

The Cumbrians are 19th in the fourth tier, but have won two of their past three games in all competitions.

The 46-year-old leaves after Tuesday's 3-1 Leasing.com Trophy loss at Morecambe, having beaten non-league Dulwich Hamlet in the FA Cup on Friday and Macclesfield Town the week before.

The club's remaining coaches will take charge of the first team temporarily.

"Steven has given his all and has worked tirelessly since the day he joined us," chairman Andrew Jenkins said in a statement.

"We understand the challenges and have supported him throughout, but we haven't seen the evidence of progress we expected or needed to see.

"This is not something we can allow to continue, so sadly it is time to change, move on and look forward."

The former Coventry City, Fleetwood Town and Falkirk boss succeeded John Sheridan when he left to become Chesterfield manager with the side sixth in League Two, three points off the automatic promotion places.

Carlisle finished the season in 11th place, three points away from the play-off spots, as they won just four league games between February and the end of the season.

Pressley rebuilt the squad over the summer as 14 players left, while he made 10 new signings and brought in five loan players.

But the new-look squad has struggled this in 2019-20, losing 12 of their 23 matches in all competitions and registering just five wins in the league.

Pressley's side have won just one league game since the end of September.

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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!!

Barnet 0-1 Stockport County
Boreham Wood 2-2 Maidenhead United
Bromley 1-2 Harrogate Town
Chesterfield 3-0 Chorley
Dagenham & Redbridge 2-1 Aldershot Town
Ebbsfleet United 0-1 Hartlepool United
Notts County 1-2 Barrow
Solihull Moors 3-0 AFC Fylde
Torquay United 2-0 Sutton United
Woking 0-3 FC Halifax Town
Yeovil Town 3-1 Dover Athletic

League Table after Matchday 20
Amelia = 302
Dancing = 256
Lord Snoots = 230
Theo = 226
SaltergateBorn = 224
St Charles = 208
Spireitematt = 204
Devon = 98

Well this is a "dead rubber" of a Euro footie group match and, HEY PRESTO, the injury withdrawals are well timed again with McTominay, Robertson and Fraser all deemed to be unavailable for this game. I wonder how many of them will play for their clubs after this international break??? Steve Clarke requires to piece together and prepare an accountable team and subs for a crucial play off period next year. This usual disappointing scenario does not help at all TBF although it was good to see Hibs' Ryan Porteous being called up and hopefully earning his 1st cap after a sterling Euro campaign with the Scotland U21s!!!

so i see old Warnock has left Cardiff
the rest of the football world will be heaving a sigh of relief
unless they happen to need a manager
please Warnock...RETIRE

Cardiff City have parted company with manager Neil Warnock.

The 70-year-old was in the final year of his contract at Cardiff City Stadium and has said he would not carry on beyond the end of this season.

Warnock was appointed in October 2016 and after Sunday's loss to Bristol City leaves with Cardiff 14th in the Championship, seven points off the play-offs.

Ricky has been called up for the Grenada international squad despite being mostly sub for Hemel Hempstead.

Amazingly Hemel Hempstead thus have enough international calls to put off their game on Saturday.

Nathan Smith looked good for Dulwich against Carlisle …………. by the way. He'd still be good enough for us.

I also note Joe Wheatley was Darlington's MOM at Walsall - I've kept hoping we'd have the sense to sign him to improve our midfield. And Garritty scored and played well again for Warrington …. I'm pretty sure he could make the step up from Matlock's level to ours.