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  Congratulations …..
Posted by: 4evaabaggie - 10-09-2024, 01:37 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion - Replies (1)

… to Tom Fellows.

Scored for England U21’s tonight after 81 mins. First England goal, First of many.

He’s one of our own, he’s one of our own, Tom Fellows, he’s one of our own.

4 Eva a baggie

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  Middlesbrough Riverside 14/9/2024
Posted by: themaclad - 09-09-2024, 17:30 - Forum: Preston North End - Replies (2)

Middlesbrough
Riverside Stadium 14/9/2024 15.00 hrs

https://www.mfc.co.uk/

MANAGER

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NEWBIES

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HOT SHOTS

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MET BEFORE

Lost the last two up there by 4-0 so anything less than that is an improvement of sorts

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LAST TIME OUT

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OTHER GAMES

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CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS

MIMA, or Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, is a contemporary art gallery based in the centre of Middlesbrough, England. The gallery was formally launched on Sunday, 27 January 2007; since 2014, it has been part of Teesside University.[1]

Macs view

Tarmac sniffing again going North hopefull we will pass through the delights of Kirkby Stephen always love the way the road gets snagged up with coaches.
No Lindsay suspended, hopefully some good work done on the trainng ground

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  Bolton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town
Posted by: Lord Snooty - 08-09-2024, 10:00 - Forum: Huddersfield Town - Replies (33)

Bolton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town
Sky Bet League One
Saturday September 14th - 15:00 ko
at the Toughsheet Community Stadium


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Huddersfield Town travel to Horwich to the Reebok Stadium on Saturday afternoon for a 3rd Division encounter with Bolton Wanderers.

In an odd quirk of fixture planning, this will be Town's fourth away game in a row, which comes after three home games on the trot. We won the three home games and have lost the three away matches. Let's hope we can turn that statistic around and have a return to something like the form we showed in the opening game of the campaign, that magnificent victory at Peterborough.

Town will be without joint leading scorer Danny Ward as he starts his three match ban for a silly red card at Rotherham. Let's hope we can get a better referee for this one. We've had four penalties awarded against us in just the opening seven games of the season. Of course, none awarded in our favour. But we won't make it all about the refs. I'm not going to have a rant now. Wait til full time. Whistle

I'm posting this nonsense early because we're going off for a short break and so we don't have any team news of who's got injured in training this week yet. Rolleyes


Tickets:

Adults - £28
Over 65s - £23
Under 23s - £23
Under 18s - £17
Under 12s - £12

We have been allocated 2,147 tickets for this fixture in the Franking Sense South Stand Upper Tier. Pay on the Day will not be available.




A brief history of Bolton Wanderers: founded in 1874 as Christ Church FC, the club found it difficult to find a permanent home, so after four years of wandering around they were renamed Bolton Wanderers. They settled into their home at Burnden Park, which would be theirs for 102 years, in 1895. Seven years prior to that, they had been one of the twelve founding members of the Football League and despite being in it from the start, they have never won it.

They have reached the FA Cup Final seven times, the first of which was in 1894, but they lost 4-1 against Notts County at Goodison Park. Their second Final was ten years later in 1904, again they lost, beaten this time 1-0 by Manchester City at Crystal Palace.

In the 1920s they had their best ever League finishes when they twice finished in 3rd position. In 1920/21 they were behind Burnley and Man City. In 1924/25 they were behind Huddersfield Town and West Bromwich Albion.

In between those two seasons, they won the FA Cup for the first time in 1923, one of the most famous ones, known as the White Horse Final. They beat West Ham United 2-0 in the first ever match at the brand new Wembley Stadium. The first ever goal at Wembley came in the 2nd minute of the match, scored by David Jack, who would later go on to play for Herbert Chapman in the famous Arsenal team of the 1930s. Jack Smith got the second in the 2nd half.

But the game had a delayed start due to overcrowding. The official capacity was 125,000 but an estimated 300,000 turned up and spilled over onto the grass, forming a human touchline, which had to be kept off the playing area by that famous white horse.

You'd never have got that if they'd had Ticketmaster back then. Whistle

They backed up that victory with two more FA Cup Final appearances before the decade was out. In 1926 they reversed the scoreline of the 1904 Final by beating Man City 1-0, with Jack scoring again. And then in 1929 they reached their third Wembley Final, but lost 2-0 to Portsmouth.


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They were relegated in 1933, but came back up in 1935, which led to an uninterrupted spell of top flight football until 1964. That time was interrupted by the 2nd World War though and club captain Harry Goslin lost his life on the Italian front in December 1943.

More tragedy followed after the war when in 1946, 67,000 people crammed into Burnden Park for an FA Cup quarter final against Stoke City. It became the worst football tragedy to date when 33 people were crushed to death with around 400 people injured, leading the authorities to put limits on crowd sizes.

They reached the FA Cup Final again in 1953 and it was another famous one. They were 3-1 up against Blackpool with goals from Nat Lofthouse, Willie Moir and Eric Bell, but lost 4-3 in what became known as the Matthews Final as Stanley Matthews inspired an awesome comeback with Stan Mortensen getting a hat trick.

They did win the 1958 Final though. Another famous one. They beat Manchester United, shortly after the Munich Air Disaster. Lofthouse, alsoknow as the Lion of Vienna, scored both goals in a 2-0 victory. They haven't won a major trophy since.


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Their relegation in 1964 was followed by another one in 1971 as they went down to Division Three for the first time. They came back up in 1973, just as we were being relegated to Division Three ourselves for the first time.

The man who managed us to the Second Division title in 1970, Ian Greaves, then did the same for the Trotters in 1978. That promotion back to the top flight only lasted for two seasons though and by the end of the 82/83 season they were relegated back down to the Third.


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Worse was to come. They were relegated again in 1987 and had their first ever season in Division 4. They came straight back up in 3rd place behind Wolverhampton Wanderers and Cardiff City.

They won another trophy in 1989, the Sherpa Van Trophy, beating Torquay United at Wembley 4-1.

In 1990/91 they made it to the Play Offs for the first time. After beating Brentford over two legs, they played Tranmere Rovers at Wembley. They lost 1-0 in extra time.

They did get back up to the second tier though in 1993, finishing as runners up to Stoke City. And then in 1995 they were back in the top flight after winning the Play Offs. They beat Wolves 3-2 on aggregate in the semis, then had a thrilling victory over Reading in the Final. Two goals down after 12 minutes, it wasn't until 15 minutes from the end when they pulled one back through Owen Coyle. This was after Keith Branagan had saved a penalty to avoid Bolton going three down.

Fabian de Freitas then became a Bolton legend, scoring the equaliser in the 88th minute. Mixu Paatelainen gave them the lead in extra time, before de Freitas made it 4-2. Reading pulled back to 4-3 in the 119th minute to provide a frantic finish, but it was the Trotters who held out for the win and a place in what was now called the Premiership.


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That was their second trip to Wembley that season. Earlier they had reached their first ever League Cup Final. They were beaten 2-1 by Liverpool. Alan Thompson scored for the Trottskis, but Steve McManaman had had the Reds 2-0 up by then and it was Liverpool who lifted the trophy.

This all happened under the leadership of Bruce Rioch, but he left to manage Arsenal and they got relegated. Roy McFarland took over and got them back up as champions. But that was another one season stay. Three more seasons in the second tier, coming back up in 2001 through the Play Offs after beating the Baggies in the semis and then Preston North End 3-0 in the Final at the Millennium Stadium. Goals from Gareth Farrelly, Michael Ricketts and Ricardo Gardner.

During this time, they left Burnden Park and moved into the Reebok Stadium, which is a copy of our beautiful stadium, but not as nice obviously.

Back in the big time, they stayed for eleven seasons this time. In that time they got to the 2004 League Cup Final and lost 2-1 to Middlesbrough.

In 2005 they finished 6th in the PL under the management of Sam Allardyce and qualified for the UEFA Cup. They got beaten by Marseille. Two years later, they qualified again, reaching the last 16 before getting knocked out by Sporting Lisbon.

After relegation in 2012, they finished 7th in the Championship, but after that it was all struggle, eventually dropping back down to League One in 2017. That was for just one season and came back up as runners up to Sheffield United.

What followed though was more struggles. They only just avoided relegation but went down a year later. That was followed by another one and so they played in the 4th tier for only the second time in 2020/21. They came straight back up though, finishing 3rd behind Cheltenham Town and Cambridge United.

They are now in their 4th League One season since coming back up. In that time they have won the EFL Trophy, by beating Plymouth Argyle 4-0 in 2023. Our old boy Elias Kachunga scoring the third goal that day.

Last season they reached the Play Offs after finishing third. They beat Barnsley in the semis, but lost at Wembley against Oxford United by a scoreline of two goals to nil.


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The Railway End at Burnden Park





Head to Head

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Bolton lead the head to head with 46 wins to Town's 36, with 20 draws.

Our first two meetings came back to back in December 1910, our first season in the Football League. Bolton had been relegated but ended the season going straight back up as runners up to West Brom. By the time these two matches came around, Town were struggling in 18th place in the Division Two table and we lost the first game, away at Burnden Park by three goals to one. Joe Jee scored ours. A week later, the Trotters came over to Leeds Road and James Richardson got our goal in a one all draw.

Bolton's promotion to Division One and then the world going to war, meant we didn't meet up again for a few years. Strangley, it would be exactly ten years to the day that we met in back to back games again in December 1920. The first one was a goalless draw at home and then a 3-1 defeat away. Sammy Taylor (pictured below) got the Town goal in that one, his last for the club before his transfer to the Wednesday. He of course, had set the club record in the promotion campaign of the most goals scored in a season, a massive 42. Still the record.


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Our first win against them came in the next season when we beat them 3-0 at home with Ernie Islip, Jack Swann and Billy Smith grabbing the goals.

Town won the FA Cup at the end of that season in the last Final before Wembley Stadium opened. Wanderers won it next year in the first game at the brand new Wembley and on their route there, beat us in round three. It was in a replay at Bolton after a 0-0 draw at ours. A massive crowd of 61,609 squeezing in to Burnden Park for that one.

We then won the League three times in a row, but Bolton proved to be a tricky opponent. We beat them at home in 1923/24, after we had lost away. We didn't win either game in the next one and in 25/26, we got stuffed 6-1 away in December. So when they came over to Leeds Road in April, a win wasn't going to be a certainty.

It wasn't any problem though as Town won 3-0. Not only that, it was the win that confirmed another title win as we became the first team ever to become Thrice Champions. Club legends Billy Smith, Alex Jackson and Clem Stephenson scored the goals.

The two clubs met in an FA Cup semi final in 1929. Unfortunately we lost 3-1 at Anfield.

Our biggest winning margin came in 1947/48 when we won 5-1 away. Arnold Rodgers scored a hat trick in that match, with Peter Doherty and Alf Whittingham adding the others.

So after that first meeting in 1910/11, the next 26 seasons together were all in Division One. Our next Division Two meeting didn't come along until the Sixties. That was the first game of the 1964/65 season when Len White scored our goal in a 1-1 draw at Leeds Road.

We won promotion in 1970 and it would be 19 years before we met in the league again. Sadly, we'd both dropped into Division Three by then. We had five seasons together in the late 80s and early 90s and the best one I can remember of that time was a fine four-nil win at Leeds Road when Iwan Roberts opened the scoring and then Keith Edwards bagged a hat trick.


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It took a few games before we got our first win at the Reebok Stadium, but that came eventually in the 2013/14 season when a 71st minute goal from Olly Norwood gave us that taste of victory. They beat us 1-0 at ours though. And they beat us 1-0 at theirs in the next season, but after that, it's been four wins on the trot.

We won at home in the Championship in 2014/15 with goals from Jacob Butterfield and Nahki Wells. In 2015/16 we did the double over them, beating them 4-1 at home and 2-0 away.

Then the last time we met was in a 3rd round FA Cup game in 2018. Huddersfield Town of the Premier League traveled to Championship Bolton and came away with a 2-1 win. Rajiv van La Parra and Danny Williams with the goals.

Let's hope for a fifth win on the trot, at the home of the Trotters on Saturday.







Club connections:

Two ex Town players in this clip. Alan Gowling with the assist for a top class, wonder goal from Frank Worthington.







'ow to get theere an' wheere to sup: The post code for sat nav is BL6 6JW. To park in the stadium car park will cost you £8 and you can see more details here..... https://www.bwfc.co.uk/commercial/club-bolton/parking

St Gregory's Social Club on Church Street in Farnworth is not far from Junction 3 of the M61. You pass it on the way to the Bolton ground and then it's just a further ten minutes after your stop off. Why would you go there? Well, it's where they filmed the classic Peter Kay sitcom, Phoenix Nights. That's why. Tongue


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Recent form - last 6 matches:

Doncaster 2-1 Town (EFL Trophy)
Rotherham 2-1 Town
Walsall 3-2 Town (EFL Cup)
Town 1-0 Shrewsbury
Town 2-1 Stevenage
Town 3-0 Morecambe (EFL Cup)

Barrow 2-3 Bolton (EFL Trophy)
Bolton 0-2 Exeter
Shrewsbury 0-2 Bolton (EFL Cup)
Charlton 2-0 Bolton
Bolton 0-0 Wrexham
Bolton 1-1 Mansfield (won on pens) (EFL Cup)


Town are 7th in the League One table with 9 points. Bolton are 18th with 4.





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  HTAFC Prediction League 2024/25 Matchday 6
Posted by: Lord Snooty - 08-09-2024, 09:24 - Forum: Huddersfield Town - Replies (16)

2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score   Laugh (correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)
Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Badger gives you 2 points Badger

The prize for winning the league is one rep point.

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. However, if you do predict a draw and it's a match that won't be going to a replay, you can get a possible extra point by stating which of the two teams you think will eventually win.

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. Wink
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.  Rolleyes


At the end of the season, the winner of group 2 and the bottom of group 1 will swap places in what is commonly known as "promotion" and "relegation". It's something that most football fans will be familiar with, unless you're a fan of Liverpool or Arsenal or one of those other fashionable clubs.

The second placed player in group 2 will then have a play off with the player who finishes second from the bottom in group 1 to decide whether they will be going up, down or staying where they are.

We're going to have two seasons in one though, just to try and make it a bit more interesting and not so long drawn out. The first season will end on the Boxing Day fixtures, with the play offs being on the dates of the Twixtmas fixtures and the NYD fixtures.

The second season will start the following week, which is usually the FA Cup 3rd round, finishing on the last game of the League One season. Then another period of relegation/promotion play off games, taking in such fixtures as the EFL play offs, FA Cup Final, UEFA finals and such like.

Each group will have it's own set of fixtures. Both groups will have the Town games, with scorers to predict as before. Then it will be a split of League One fixtures and bonus matches, hopefully around ten, eleven or twelve games per Matchday.

The random badger is restricted to three goal scorers in any of the fixtures in your group.

Here's how that will appear at the end of the fixture list. All you have to do is fill in the blanks.......


Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***

Any of those will score two points if correct. No minus points for getting it wrong.

Postponed matches will only count if the match is re-played before the next Matchday is under way. Abandoned matches will be awarded half the points for the score at the time of abandonment, so 1 point if you have the correct result, 2 points if you have the correct score.

Substitute Badger or scorer in one of the Town games:- These will be only be allowed if you change them before the match involved has kicked off.

Prediction League Archive: https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=12830



Division One table after Matchday 5:

  1. themaclad = 104 pts
  2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 94 pts
  3. jjamez = 92 pts
  4. St Charles Owl = 90 pts
  5. SHEP_HTAFC = 86 pts
  6. Lord Snooty = 69 pts



Saturday 14th September:
Bolton v Town
Town scorers:
Bolton scorers:

Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers (12:30)
Crawley Town v Stockport County
Reading v Leyton Orient
Shrewsbury Town v Charlton Athletic
Stevenage v Barnsley

Monday 16th September:
Birmingham City v Wrexham

Tuesday 17th September:
EFL Cup 3rd round:

Blackpool v Sheffield Wednesday
Preston North End v Fulham
Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Premier League:

Southampton v Manchester United (12:30)

Sunday:
Championship:

Portsmouth v West Bromwich Albion (15:00)


Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***




Division Two table after Matchday 5:
  1. neonfoxinthebox = 114 pts
  2. Devongone = 103 pts
  3. theo_luddite = 89 pts
  4. ritchiebaby = 84 pts
  5. WakeyTerrier = 68 pts
  6. Amelia Chaffinch = 67 pts



Saturday 14th September:
Bolton v Town
Town scorers:
Bolton scorers:

Mansfield Town v Cambridge United (12:30)
Blackpool v Exeter City
Bristol Rovers v Wigan Athletic
Peterborough United v Lincoln City
Rotherham United v Burton Albion

Tuesday 17th September:
EFL Cup 3rd round:

Brentford v Leyton Orient
Manchester United v Barnsley
Stoke City v Fleetwood Town

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Scottish Premiership:

Hibernian v St. Johnstone

League Two:
Port Vale v Chesterfield

Sunday:
Premier League:

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (14:00)


Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***

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  Prediction League Fixtures - Week 4 14/15 Sept
Posted by: Zinman - 05-09-2024, 19:42 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion - Replies (13)

Gamball:
Sheff W - QPR

Others:
Fulham - West Ham
Bournemouth - Chelsea
Leeds - Burnley
Millwall - Luton
Oxford - Stoke
Swansea - Norwich
Watford - Coventry
Wolves - Newcastle
Portsmouth - WBA

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  Chesterfield Prediction League 2024/25 Match day 5
Posted by: spireitematt - 04-09-2024, 22:07 - Forum: Chesterfield - Replies (7)

Barrow 2-0 Swindon
Bradford City 3-1 Carlisle
Cheltenham1-1 Harrogate
Chesterfield 2-1 Grimsby
Colchester 2-1 Bromley
Crewe 1-0 Morecambe
Doncaster 2-1 Gillingham
MK Dons 1-2 Walsall
Newport 2-0 Port Vale
Notts County 1-0 Accrington

League Table After Match day 4

Devon - 110
Lord Snoots - 96
Dancing - 78
Amelia - 64
SaltergateBorn - 61
Spireitematt - 55
St Charles - 49
Maclad - 43

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  GOOD LUCK WALSALL
Posted by: Baggiebob(BBB) - 04-09-2024, 12:18 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion - Replies (6)

PLEASED TO SEE OUR ONLY OTHER BLACK COUNTRY TEAM WALSALL ARE 2ND IN THEIR LEAGUE AND I HOPE WILL BE PROMOTED..

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Shocked Good Luck, Blackpool...!
Posted by: drewks - 04-09-2024, 10:23 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion - Replies (2)

Confused Doh Doh
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art...4ywkr1lqdo

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  Steve Bruce
Posted by: themaclad - 04-09-2024, 09:43 - Forum: Blackpool - No Replies

League One side Blackpool have appointed Steve Bruce as their head coach on a two-year deal.

The 63-year-old had been out of work since being sacked by West Bromwich Albion in October 2022 following a nine-month spell in charge.

Bruce has managed more than 1,000 competitive matches for clubs including Birmingham City, Hull City, Aston Villa and Newcastle United.

He takes over after the Seasiders sacked Neil Critchley on 21 August following back-to-back defeats to start the campaign.

They just missed out on a play-off spot last season, finishing in eighth position, but have only taken two points from their opening four matches this term.

Bruce's long-term assistant Steve Agnew will join him at Bloomfield Road, along with coaches Richard Keogh, Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks.

"I'm delighted to be back in football and to take charge of this fantastic football club," Bruce told the club website., external

"I'd like to thank Simon, Julian and David for giving me this great opportunity. I look forward to meeting all of the staff and players in the coming days as we prepare for what we all hope will be an exciting season at Bloomfield Road."

The role is Bruce's 13th job in management since retiring as a player in 1999, and the 12th club he has managed after two spells at Wigan.

His appointment was announced moments after Blackpool beat Crewe 4-1 in the EFL Trophy.

"I'm confident that Steve's experience and leadership qualities will be a tremendous asset for Blackpool," owner Simon Sadler added.

"His organised approach coupled with his desire to build a hardworking and entertaining side is a large part of what attracted us to him.

“Additionally, Steve's ability to help grow and develop not only our playing staff but also our coaching talent was important to us.

"Alongside his assistant Steve Agnew, there is a great opportunity for two of our former players at the early stages of their coaching careers to learn from a duo who possess unrivalled qualities.

"We hope that this blend will get the very best out of our talented squad."

Bruce will have to wait until 14 September to take charge of his new side for the first time, when they face Exeter at home.

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  Prediction League Week 3 Results
Posted by: Zinman - 02-09-2024, 22:11 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion - Replies (6)

Group A

Twerton 12
A.A.A. 11
Themaclad 8
Amelia 7
Zinman 6
Minizin 1

Seems we are getting back into the sort of scoring averages we saw last season!! At least Zinman seems to be back in pre-season training finally!! Twerton once again tops the table, this time with a solid 12 points, he managed one of only 2 CSs this week and backed that up with a CR on the Bonus. AAA keeps up his good start with 11 points, he was one of only two players with positive points on the Gamball. Early league leader Themaclad is 3rd with 8 points, he also got a CR on the Bonus but not much else.

Amelia is 4th with 7 points, she was the other one who got the CR on the Gamball but couldn’t back that up with many other points. Zinman finally gets off the bottom rung in the weekly scoring with 6 points and is replaced with this weeks wooden spoon by Minizin with a miserable 1 point.

33 Themaclad
29 Twerton
28 A.A.A.
24 Minizin
21 Amelia
11 Zinman

Themaclad retains his lead but the chasing packs has all closed up. Twerton is now 2nd, a point ahead of AAA with Minizin the big faller this week in 4th. Amelia is still in touch in 5th spot and still has a healthy lead of 10 points over Zinman who is still bring up the rear.

Group B

BaggieOne 16pts
Lady Jane 13
BBB 12
Snooty 10
Stairs 8
SCO 7
Derby 7

Correct scores were scarce in a week that saw the highest number of correct result predictions - complete opposite to last week but overall scoring was at similar levels. the Oxford game proved to be this week's hardest pick with just one correct result and blowing 2 bonuses - this was my original pick for the gamball game, so the week could have been much worse.

BaggieOne sits on top this week tahnks to a full set of balls and 2 correct scores. Lady Jane's good start to the season continues with a decent 13 point return and a good ball return - she has scored on every gamball so far which may just explain her early season lead. BBB takes 3rd place with a week's high of 6 correct results though he was unable to turn asny of them into correct scores and was one of just 2 players to miss out on the bonus. Snooty is the 4th player into double figures - he only got 3 correct results but these included the gamball and bonus, showing how important it is to get those damn balls right!

Talking of which... Stairs equalled BaggieOne's correct scores/results but only scored half as many points due a wipe out on his balls. He was though able to outscore SCO and Derby both of whom scored on just 3 games but at least got their bonuses correct.

41 Lady Jane
31 Derby
30 BaggieOne
28 Stairs
26 BBB
25 Snooty
24 SCO

Another good week, and another gamball win sees Lady Jane extend her early lead to a healthy 10 points. Derby retains 2nd place but it's getting a bit crowded with just 7 points separating 6 players. Stairs is the only player not to score on the gamball while Derby and Snooty have 100% records with the bonus.

A week off for the International break, arranged so that SCO can climb into his Speedos and enjoy his holidays - yes, he has that level of influence!

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