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HTAFC Prediction League 2025/26 Matchday 1
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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 players for 2025/26:
  1. Baggiebob(BBB) = 0 pts
  2. neonfoxinthebox = 0 pts
  3. Lord Snooty = 0 pts
  4. jjamez = 0 pts
  5. ritchiebaby = 0 pts
  6. SHEP_HTAFC = 0 pts


Saturday 2nd August:
Town v Leyton Orient
Town scorers:
Orient scorers:

Cardiff City v Peterborough United (12:30)
Blackpool v Stevenage
Bradford City v Wycombe Wanderers
Burton Albion v Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers v Exeter City
Lincoln City v Reading
Plymouth Argyle v Barnsley
Rotherham United v Port Vale
Wigan Athletic v Northampton Town

Sunday 3rd August:
Stockport County v Bolton Wanderers (12:00)

Bonus match;
Sunday:
Scottish Premiership:

Dundee v Hibernian (15:00)

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




Division Two players for 2025/26:
  1. St Charles Owl = 0 pts
  2. themaclad = 0 pts
  3. theo_luddite = 0 pts
  4. Devongone = 0 pts
  5. WakeyTerrier = 0 pts
  6. Amelia Chaffinch = 0 pts


Friday 1st August:
Luton Town v AFC Wimbledon (20:00)

Saturday 2nd August:
Town v Leyton Orient
Town scorers:
Orient scorers:

Blackpool v Stevenage
Bradford City v Wycombe Wanderers
Burton Albion v Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers v Exeter City
Lincoln City v Reading
Plymouth Argyle v Barnsley
Rotherham United v Port Vale
Wigan Athletic v Northampton Town

Sunday 3rd August:
Stockport County v Bolton Wanderers (12:00)

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League Two:

Chesterfield v Barrow

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



Anybody who wants to join in will be welcome. You'll have to start in Division Two though. It's easy to play, just predicting football results.
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Stairs is recruiting for the Baggies Prediction League if any of you are interested.
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Saturday 2nd August:
Town 0-2 Leyton Orient Laugh
Town scorers:
Orient scorers: REG, Koroma

Cardiff City 1-1 Peterborough United (12:30)
Blackpool 2-0 Stevenage
Bradford City 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Burton Albion 1-1 Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Exeter City
Lincoln City 3-0 Reading
Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Barnsley
Rotherham United 2-1 Port Vale
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Northampton Town

Sunday 3rd August:
Stockport County 2-1 Bolton Wanderers (12:00)

Bonus match;
Sunday:
Scottish Premiership:
Dundee 2-2 Hibernian (15:00)

Badger Koroma scores for Clapton Orient
Badger Cook scores for Billy Bantam's chicken pluckers
Badger Boyle scores for the Hibees
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Friday 1st August:
Luton Town 2v 1AFC Wimbledon (20:00)

Saturday 2nd August:
Town1 v 0Leyton Orient
Town scorers: May
Orient scorers:

Blackpool2 v0 Stevenage
Bradford City1 v1 Wycombe Wanderers
Burton Albion 1v0 Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers1 v1 Exeter City
Lincoln City0 v1 Reading
Plymouth Argyle0 v1 Barnsley
Rotherham United2 v 1Port Vale Big Grin
Wigan Athletic2 v0 Northampton Town

Sunday 3rd August:
Stockport County 1 v1 Bolton Wanderers (12:00)

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League Two:
Chesterfield 2v1 Barrow

Fletcher scores for Blackpool
McGoldrick scores for Barnsley
May scores for Huddersfield
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Saturday 2nd August:
Town 1-1 Leyton Orient
Town scorers: may
Orient scorers: koroma

Cardiff City 2-0 Peterborough United (12:30)
Blackpool 3-1 Stevenage
Bradford City 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Burton Albion 1-1 Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Exeter City
Lincoln City 2-1 Reading
Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Barnsley
Rotherham United 1-0 Port Vale
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Northampton Town

Sunday 3rd August:
Stockport County 2-1 Bolton Wanderers (12:00)

Bonus match;
Sunday:
Scottish Premiership:
Dundee 1-1 Hibernian (15:00)

Badger lowe scores for stockport
Badger kone scores for wycombe
Badger fletcher scores for blackpool
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Saturday 2nd August:
Town 2 v 1 Leyton Orient
Town scorers: May, Larsson
Orient scorers: Koroma

Cardiff City 3 v 2 Peterborough United (12:30)
Blackpool 1 v 1 Stevenage
Bradford City 1 v 2 Wycombe Wanderers
Burton Albion 1 v 0 Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers 1 v 1 Exeter City
Lincoln City 3 v 1 Reading
Plymouth Argyle 1 v 1 Barnsley
Rotherham United 2 v 1 Port Vale
Wigan Athletic 2 v 0 Northampton Town

Sunday 3rd August:
Stockport County 1 v 1 Bolton Wanderers (12:00)

Bonus match;
Sunday:
Scottish Premiership:
Dundee 2 v 3 Hibernian (15:00)

Badger Boyle scores for Hibs
Badger Mills scores for Peterborough
Badger Chambers scores for Cardiff
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Saturday 2nd August:
Town v Leyton Orient 2-0
Town scorers: May Taylor
Orient scorers:

Cardiff City v Peterborough United (12:30) 2-1
Blackpool v Stevenage 2-0 laugh
Bradford City v Wycombe Wanderers 1-1
Burton Albion v Mansfield Town 1-1
Doncaster Rovers v Exeter City 2-0
Lincoln City v Reading 1-2
Plymouth Argyle v Barnsley 2-1
Rotherham United v Port Vale 1-1
Wigan Athletic v Northampton Town 2-0

Sunday 3rd August:
Stockport County v Bolton Wanderers (12:00) 2-2

Bonus match;
Sunday:
Scottish Premiership:
Dundee v Hibernian (15:00) 1-2

Badger May scores for Town
Badger Mullin scores for Wigan
Badger pearson scores for Donny
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Friday 1st August:
Luton Town 2v1 AFC Wimbledon (20:00)

Saturday 2nd August:
Town 2v2 Leyton Orient
Town scorers: May, Lapado
Orient scorers: Koroma, Edmonds Green

Blackpool 2v1 Stevenage
Bradford City 1v1 Wycombe Wanderers
Burton Albion 1v1 Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers 2v2 Exeter City
Lincoln City 1v0 Reading
Plymouth Argyle 2v3 Barnsley
Rotherham United 2v1 Port Vale
Wigan Athletic 2v1 Northampton Town

Sunday 3rd August:
Stockport County 2v1 Bolton Wanderers (12:00)

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League Two:
Chesterfield 3v2 Barrow

Badger May scores for Town
Badger Molyneux scores for Donny
Badger Russell scores for Barnsley
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