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HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - Lord Snooty - 17-03-2024
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 Twixtmas fixtures and the NYD fixtures.
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.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
:- These will be only be allowed if you change them before the match involved has kicked off.Division One table after Matchday 11:
- Lord Snooty = 247 pts
- St Charles Owl = 244 pts
- Baggiebob(BBB) = 232 pts
- jjamez = 232 pts
- themaclad = 216 pts
- ritchiebaby = 201 pts
It's internationals week again, which means there's a Thursday game. This is a knockout game now, which will require a winner on the night, so here's the usual reminder to put a winner down if you're predicting a draw.
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales v Finland
International friendlies:
Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands v Scotland
Romania v Northern Ireland
Saturday 23rd March:
Republic of Ireland v Belgium (17:00)
England v Brazil (19:00)
France v Germany (20:00)
Tuesday 26th March:
England v Belgium
Germany v Netherlands
Republic of Ireland v Switzerland
Scotland v Northern Ireland
Spain v Brazil (20:30)
Proper football:
Saturday:
League Two:
Harrogate Town v Bradford City (13:00)
Stockport County v Milton Keynes Dons (17:15)
National League:
FC Halifax Town v Ebbsfleet United
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***Division Two table after Matchday 11:
- theo_luddite = 229 pts
- neonfoxinthebox = 228 pts
- Devongone = 223 pts
- SHEP_HTAFC = 209 pts
- WakeyTerrier = 164 pts
- Amelia Chaffinch = 163 pts
It's internationals week again, which means there's a Thursday game. This is a knockout game now, which will require a winner on the night, so here's the usual reminder to put a winner down if you're predicting a draw.
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales v Finland
International friendlies:
Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands v Scotland
Romania v Northern Ireland
Saturday 23rd March:
Republic of Ireland v Belgium (17:00)
England v Brazil (19:00)
France v Germany (20:00)
Tuesday 26th March:
England v Belgium
Germany v Netherlands
Republic of Ireland v Switzerland
Scotland v Northern Ireland
Spain v Brazil (20:30)
Proper football:
Saturday:
League One:
Burton Albion v Port Vale
League Two:
Mansfield Town v Colchester United (12:30)
National League:
Chesterfield v Boreham Wood
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - theo_luddite - 18-03-2024
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales 2v1 Finland
International friendlies:
Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands 1v1 Scotland
Romania 2v1 Northern Ireland
Saturday 23rd March:
Republic of Ireland 1v3 Belgium (17:00)
England 2v2 Brazil (19:00)
France 2v1 Germany (20:00)
Tuesday 26th March:
England 2v2 Belgium
Germany 1v1 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 2v2 Switzerland
Scotland 2v1 Northern Ireland
Spain 2v1 Brazil (20:30)
Proper football:
Proper football:
Saturday:
League One:
Burton Albion 2v1 Port Vale
League Two:
Mansfield Town 3v0 Colchester United (12:30)
National League:
Chesterfield 3v0 Boreham Wood
Rashford scores for England Lukaku scores for Belgium Mbappe scores for France
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - SHEP_HTAFC - 19-03-2024
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales 3 v 1 Finland
International friendlies:
Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands 3 v 1 Scotland
Romania 2 v 0 Northern Ireland
Saturday 23rd March:
Republic of Ireland 1 v 4 Belgium (17:00)
England 2 v 1 Brazil (19:00)
France 2 v 1 Germany (20:00)
Tuesday 26th March:
England 3 v 2 Belgium
Germany 2 v 2 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 2 v 1 Switzerland
Scotland 3 v 0 Northern Ireland
Spain 2 v 2 Brazil (20:30)
Proper football:
Saturday:
League One:
Burton Albion 2 v 3 Port Vale
League Two:
Mansfield Town 2 v 0 Colchester United (12:30)
National League:
Chesterfield 2 v 0 Boreham Wood
Rice scores for England Lukaku scores for Belgium Shankland scores for Scotland
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - WakeyTerrier - 19-03-2024
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales v Finland 1-0
International friendlies:
Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands v Scotland 2-0
Romania v Northern Ireland 2-1
Saturday 23rd March:
Republic of Ireland v Belgium (17:00) 0-2
England v Brazil (19:00) 1-1
France v Germany (20:00) 2-1
Tuesday 26th March:
England v Belgium 1-2
Germany v Netherlands 1-1
Republic of Ireland v Switzerland 2-2
Scotland v Northern Ireland 2-1
Spain v Brazil (20:30) 1-2
Proper football:
Saturday:
League One:
Burton Albion v Port Vale 2-0
League Two:
Mansfield Town v Colchester United (12:30) 3-0
National League:
Chesterfield v Boreham Wood 2-1
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - ritchiebaby - 20-03-2024
Calling in from a land down under! (after about 5 attempts)
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales 2 v 1 Finland
International friendlies:
Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands 3 v 2 Scotland
Romania 1 v 1 Northern Ireland - Romania to win
Rest to follow when I get home.
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - themaclad - 20-03-2024
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales 2v1 Finland
International friendlies:
Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands 2v1 Scotland
Romania1 v 0Northern Ireland
Saturday 23rd March:
Republic of Ireland0 v1 Belgium (17:00)
England1 v 1Brazil (19:00)
France 2v 1Germany (20:00)
Tuesday 26th March:
England 1v1 Belgium
Germany2 v 1Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 1v1 Switzerland
Scotland2 v 0Northern Ireland
Spain2 v 1Brazil (20:30)
Proper football:
Saturday:
League Two:
Harrogate Town 1v 0Bradford City (13:00)
Stockport County1 v 1Milton Keynes Dons (17:15)
National League:
FC Halifax Town2 v1 Ebbsfleet United
Madden scores for Stockport
Cook scores for Bradford C
Moore scres for Wales
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - Lord Snooty - 20-03-2024
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales 1-0 Finland
International friendlies:
Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands 3-1 Scotland
Romania 2-1 Northern Ireland
Saturday 23rd March:
Republic of Ireland 0-2 Belgium (17:00)
England 1-1 Brazil (19:00)
France 2-0 Germany (20:00)
Tuesday 26th March:
England 0-1 Belgium
Germany 2-1 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 1-0 Switzerland
Scotland 3-1 Northern Ireland
Spain 2-2 Brazil (20:30)
Proper football:
Saturday:
League Two:
Harrogate Town 2-2 Bradford City (13:00)
Stockport County 3-1 Milton Keynes Dons (17:15)
National League:
FC Halifax Town 2-0 Ebbsfleet United
Foden scores for England De Bruyne scores for Belgium Daly scores for Harrogate
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - Baggiebob(BBB) - 20-03-2024
Division One table after Matchday 11:
- Lord Snooty = 247 pts
- St Charles Owl = 244 pts
- Baggiebob(BBB) = 232 pts
- jjamez = 232 pts
- themaclad = 216 pts
- ritchiebaby = 201 pts
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales v Finland 3-1
International friendlies: Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands v Scotland 1-O
Romania v Northern Ireland 1-O
Saturday 23rd March:
Republic of Ireland v Belgium (17:00) O-3 JOKER/MB
England v Brazil (19:00) 1-O
France v Germany (20:00) 2-O
Tuesday 26th March:
England v Belgium 1-1 england to win on penalties
Germany v Netherlands O-1
Republic of Ireland v Switzerland O-1
Scotland v Northern Ireland 1-O
Spain v Brazil (20:30) O-1
Proper football: Saturday: League Two:
Harrogate Town v Bradford City (13:00) 2-1
Stockport County v Milton Keynes Dons (17:15) O-1
National League:
FC Halifax Town v Ebbsfleet United 3-2
*** scores for *** KA///NE Now WATKINS - ENGLAND or if he doesn't play TONEY *** scores for *** MBAPPE - FRANCE *** scores for *** MOORE - WALESIF ANY PLAYER NOT PLAYING - I CHOSE FODEN -ENGLAND TO REPLACE HIM.
Can't say i've ever liked International week, as i don't follow foreign teams.
Welcome back Ritchie. We didn't know you were down under jumping after kangaroos?
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - Lord Snooty - 20-03-2024
Can I just remind y'all that it's only the Wales v Finland game that's a knockout game. You don't need to put penalty shoot out winners on friendly matches.
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 12 - international break. - jjamez - 21-03-2024
European Championship qualifying:
Thursday March 21st:
Wales 2-1 Finland
International friendlies:
Friday 22nd March:
Netherlands 3-0 Scotland
Romania 2-1 Northern Ireland
Saturday 23rd March:
Republic of Ireland 0-2 Belgium (17:00)
England 2-1 Brazil (19:00)
France 1-0 Germany (20:00)
Tuesday 26th March:
England 2-1 Belgium
Germany 2-1 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 1-0 Switzerland
Scotland 3-1 Northern Ireland
Spain 3-2 Brazil (20:30)
Proper football:
Saturday:
League Two:
Harrogate Town 2-1 Bradford City (13:00)
Stockport County 1-0 Milton Keynes Dons (17:15)
National League:
FC Halifax Town 2-1 Ebbsfleet United
Badger kane scores for england
Badger lukaku scores for Belgium
Badger jesus scores for brazil