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HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - Lord Snooty - 27-11-2023
2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score
(correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)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.
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. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.
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.
End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.
The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point.
So we have a new format for this season, which I put forward as an idea at the end of last season. Nobody offered any objections so here it is explained......
Firstly, I thought it was getting a bit boring towards the end with the league format as it was with the champion being so far ahead and everybody else not much to play for apart from the push for a play off spot, which was a bit of an anticlimax anyway. The most exciting bit was the tussle for 8th, 9th and 10th positions with Shep, Ritchie and Amelia.
So I'm splitting the group up into two groups with the top six from last season in the top group and the bottom six in group 2. 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 New Years Day games and the FA Cup 3rd round weekend.
The second season will start the following week, finishing on the last game of the Championship 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 Championship fixtures and bonus matches. And not as many fixtures to go at. Hopefully around ten, eleven or twelve games per Matchday.
The rest of the rules will be the same as before apart from the
which will still be in use, but I'm going to get arsey about it. Sometimes in the past, I've been able to just award two points immediately because it was such a nailed on thing to happen. Not accusing anyone of cheating. Far from it. I didn't put any boundaries on it, so anything was alright. So now I'm restricting it to three goal scorers in any of the games in your group. Sorry to all our more adventurous badgerers.Here's how that will appear at the end of the fixture list. All you have to do is fill in the blanks.......
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***Any of those will score two points if correct. No minus points for getting it wrong.
The joker
will still be the same as before, ie doubling your points for a correct prediction or minus 2 for getting it wrong.Division One table after Matchday 17:
- St Charles Owl = 334 pts
- Baggiebob(BBB) = 322 pts
- jjamez = 299 pts
- themaclad = 285 pts
- neonfoxinthebox = 275 pts
- theo_luddite = 274 pts
Friday 1st Decemember:
Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 2nd December:
Swansea v Town
Town scorers:
Swansea scorers:
West Bromwich Albion v Leicester City (12:30)
Leeds United v Middlesbrough
Millwall v Sunderland
Plymouth Argyle v Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday v Blackburn Rovers
Bonus matches:
FA Cup round 2:
Saturday:
Cambridge United v Fleetwood Town
Crewe Alexandra v Bristol Rovers
Gillingham v Charlton Athletic
Sunday:
Wrexham v Yeovil Town (15:45)
Premier League:
Saturday:
Burnley v Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest v Everton (17:30)
Sunday:
West Ham United v Crystal Palace (14:00)
Scottish Premiership:
Saturday:
Livingston v Ross County
Motherwell v Dundee
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***Division Two table after Matchday 17:
- Lord Snooty = 309 pts
- ritchiebaby = 275 pts
- WakeyTerrier = 271 pts
- Devongone = 250 pts
- Amelia Chaffinch = 236 pts
- SHEP_HTAFC = 224 pts
Saturday 2nd December:
Swansea v Town
Town scorers:
Swansea scorers:
Birmingham City v Rotherham United
Hull City v Watford
Ipswich Town v Coventry City
Southampton v Cardiff City
Sunday 3rd December:
Bristol City v Norwich City (13:30)
Bonus matches:
FA Cup round 2:
Friday:
Notts County v Shrewsbury Town
York City v Wigan Athletic
Saturday:
Alfreton Town v Walsall (12:30)
Maidstone United v Barrow
Stevenage v Port Vale
Sunday:
Chesterfield v Leyton Orient (14:00)
Premier League:
Saturday:
Brentford v Luton Town
Newcastle United v Manchester United (20:00)
Scottish Premiership:
Sunday:
St Johnstone v Celtic (12:00)
Hibernian v Aberdeen (15:00)
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - WakeyTerrier - 27-11-2023
Saturday 2nd December:
Swansea v Town 0-0
Town scorers:
Swansea scorers:
Birmingham City v Rotherham United 2-0
Hull City v Watford 2-1
Ipswich Town v Coventry City 1-1
Southampton v Cardiff City 2-1
Sunday 3rd December:
Bristol City v Norwich City (13:30) 2-1
Bonus matches:
FA Cup round 2:
Friday:
Notts County v Shrewsbury Town 3-2
York City v Wigan Athletic 1-3
Saturday:
Alfreton Town v Walsall (12:30)1-0
Maidstone United v Barrow 1-0
Stevenage v Port Vale 2-2
Sunday:
Chesterfield v Leyton Orient (14:00) 2-1
Premier League:
Saturday:
Brentford v Luton Town 2-0
Newcastle United v Manchester United (20:00)2-2
Scottish Premiership:
Sunday:
St Johnstone v Celtic (12:00) 0-3
Hibernian v Aberdeen (15:00) 2-2
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - WakeyTerrier - 29-11-2023
I’m away again for a couple of weeks at the end of the weekend so can you please put me down as the following sequence of results in my absence
2-1
1-2
2-1
1-2
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - Lord Snooty - 29-11-2023
Roadie's soundcheck.
One-two. Two-one.
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - themaclad - 30-11-2023
Friday 1st Decemember:
Preston North End1 v1 Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 2nd December:
Swansea 0v1 Town
Town scorers:Ward
Swansea scorers:
West Bromwich Albion1 v0 Leicester City (12:30)
Leeds United 2 v 0Middlesbrough
Millwall 1v2 Sunderland
Plymouth Argyle2 v1 Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday0 v2 Blackburn Rovers
Bonus matches:
FA Cup round 2:
Saturday:
Cambridge United1 v1 Fleetwood Town
Crewe Alexandra2 v1 Bristol Rovers
Gillingham0 v 1Charlton Athletic
Sunday:
Wrexham4 v0 Yeovil Town (15:45)
Premier League:
Saturday:
Burnley1 v 1Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest1 v1 Everton (17:30)
Sunday:
West Ham United 2v 0Crystal Palace (14:00)
Scottish Premiership:
Saturday:
Livingston1 v0 Ross County
Motherwell2 v1 Dundee
Badger Mullen scores for Wrexham
Badger Dykes scores for QPR
Badger Archer scores for Sheff U
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - theo_luddite - 30-11-2023
Friday 1st Decemember:
Preston North End 2v2 Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 2nd December:
Swansea 2v2 Town
Town scorers: Kasumu, Koroma
Swansea scorers: Yates, Paterson
West Bromwich Albion 2v2 Leicester City (12:30)
Leeds United 2v1 Middlesbrough
Millwall 2v2 Sunderland
Plymouth Argyle 1v0 Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday 1v2 Blackburn Rovers
Bonus matches:
FA Cup round 2:
Saturday:
Cambridge United 1v1 Fleetwood Town
Crewe Alexandra 2v1 Bristol Rovers
Gillingham 1v2 Charlton Athletic
Sunday:
Wrexham 3v2 Yeovil Town (15:45)
Premier League:
Saturday:
Burnley 1v0 Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest 2v2 Everton (17:30)
Sunday:
West Ham United 2v1 Crystal Palace (14:00)
Scottish Premiership:
Saturday:
Livingston 2v2 Ross County
Motherwell 1v1 Dundee
Szmodics scores for Blackburn Holmes scores for PNE Swift scores for WBA
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - theo_luddite - 30-11-2023
I see Cambridge have parted company with Head Coach Mark Bonner just in time for Saturday's FA Cup tie.
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - neonfoxinthebox - 30-11-2023
Friday 1st Decemember:
Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers 3-1
Saturday 2nd December:
Swansea v Town 1-1
Town scorers: Koroma
Swansea scorers: Patterson
West Bromwich Albion v Leicester City (12:30) 1-1
Leeds United v Middlesbrough 1-1
Millwall v Sunderland 1-2
Plymouth Argyle v Stoke City 2-2
Sheffield Wednesday v Blackburn Rovers
0-2
Bonus matches:
FA Cup round 2:
Saturday:
Cambridge United v Fleetwood Town 1-0
Crewe Alexandra v Bristol Rovers 2-1
Gillingham v Charlton Athletic 2-2
Sunday:
Wrexham v Yeovil Town (15:45) 3-1 laugh
Premier League:
Saturday:
Burnley v Sheffield United 1-1
Nottingham Forest v Everton (17:30)
1-2
Sunday:
West Ham United v Crystal Palace (14:00)
2-0
Scottish Premiership:
Saturday:
Livingston v Ross County 1-1
Motherwell v Dundee 2-1
Badger Clarke scores for Sunderland
Badger bowen scores for West ham
Badger Wallace scores for Millwall
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - SHEP_HTAFC - 01-12-2023
Saturday 2nd December:
Swansea 1 v 2 Town
Town scorers: Helik, Koroma
Swansea scorers: Yates
Birmingham City 1 v 1 Rotherham United
Hull City 1 v 2 Watford
Ipswich Town 2 v 1 Coventry City
Southampton 3 v 1 Cardiff City
Sunday 3rd December:
Bristol City 1 v 2 Norwich City (13:30)
Bonus matches:
FA Cup round 2:
Friday:
Notts County 2 v 1 Shrewsbury Town
York City 1 v 2 Wigan Athletic
Saturday:
Alfreton Town 0 v 2 Walsall (12:30)
Maidstone United 2 v 0 Barrow
Stevenage 2 v 1 Port Vale
Sunday:
Chesterfield 1 v 3 Leyton Orient (14:00)
Premier League:
Saturday:
Brentford 3 v 0 Luton Town
Newcastle United 3 v 2 Manchester United (20:00)
Scottish Premiership:
Sunday:
St Johnstone 0 v 2 Celtic (12:00)
Hibernian 1 v 0 Aberdeen (15:00)
Fernandez scores for Man Utd Joelinton scores for Newcastle Forest scores for Celtic
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 18 - St Charles Owl - 01-12-2023
Friday 1st Decemember:
Preston North End 2 v 1 Queens Park Rangers
Saturday 2nd December:
Swansea 3 v 2 Town
Town scorers: Helik, Burgzorg
Swansea scorers: Grimes, Lowe, Yates
West Bromwich Albion 1 v 2 Leicester City (12:30)
Leeds United 3 v 1 Middlesbrough
Millwall 2 v 1 Sunderland
Plymouth Argyle 2 v 2 Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday 2 v 1 Blackburn Rovers
Bonus matches:
FA Cup round 2:
Saturday:
Cambridge United 2 v 1 Fleetwood Town
Crewe Alexandra 2 v 1 Bristol Rovers
Gillingham 1 v 2 Charlton Athletic
Sunday:
Wrexham 3 v 1 Yeovil Town (15:45)
Premier League:
Saturday:
Burnley 2 v 1 Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest 2 v 1 Everton (17:30)
Sunday:
West Ham United 2 v 2 Crystal Palace (14:00)
Scottish Premiership:
Saturday:
Livingston 1 v 3 Ross County
Motherwell 1 v 2 Dundee
Badger Baker-Richardson scores for Crewe
Badger Lee scores for Wrexham
Badger McCowan scores for Dundee