A warm welcome to all members old and new, as the Happy League is about to start its 22nd season. Since this time last season there are a number of new members to the site, who are posting on a regular basis. If any of you are reading this, I would like to take this opportunity to say you are all very welcome to join. It is a free to enter competition with prizes. Details of the four competions are below.
There is no need to register for the coming season, as any member who took part last season, will automatically be registered for this season. Just post your predictions to confirm your registration. For any new members thinking about joining, you can join just by posting you predictions for Week 1 on this thread.
The four competitions are:-
Happy League This is a 38 Week season. Fixtures will be 25 weeks of 6 games, and 13 of guest pick 10 games, making 280 in total. There are two divisions, with 12 members in the Premier, and all other members (including newcomers) in Division One. Three to be relegated from the Premier, and three promoted from Division One (the top two automatically, and one from the play-offs). A personalised Colchester United clock for the Premier Champion. The season will start on Saturday 10th August. For any newcomers it is 3 points for a correct score, and one point for a correct result. Fixtures can be found below.
After last seasons promotion and relegation the two leagues as they stand at the moment are (In alphabetical order):-
Happy Cup This competition is to continue in its original format as a knockout one. There will be replays for drawn games. The 1st Round would ideally have 32 members. If we fail to get this, then to have 16 members for the 2nd Round, there will be three member games where required, with the two top scorers going through. The competition will start with FA Cup 1st Round fixtures on 2nd November. The winner will get a personalised Colchester United mug. All details will be in the Happy Cup thread sometime in October.
Charity Shield This is an end of season competition, where the Premier Champion will play the Happy Cup winner in one semi-final, and the Premier runner-up will play the Division One Champion in the other semi-final. The winners to play in the final, where the winner will get a personalised shield.
U'sual Champions League The qualification for this competition will be decided on 29th December (Week 21). Last seasons winner blueeagle will qualify automatically, the other eleven qualifiers will be the highest point scorers over the two divisions on the aforementioned date. The competition will start on 4th March, when the Champions League Round Of 16 begins. The winner will get a personalised replica Champions League trophy.
A reminder of a rule, mainly for any newcomers. That is anybody failing to post their predictions four weeks in a row, will be dismissed from all Happy League competitions. There is no need for this to happen. If you are not going to be around to post your predictions any week, just let me know in advance what default score you require, e.g. all 1-0's, 2-1's etc. Anybody failing to post anything at all will receive no points for that week.
Week 1 Fixtures. Don't forget it is an early start for the seasons first games, with the deadline 12.30.
LEEDS UNITED v PORTSMOUTH (12.30)
OXFORD UNITED v NORWICH CITY (12.30)
AFC WIMBLEDON v COLCHESTER UNITED (15.00)
HARROGATE TOWN v BROMLEY (15.00)
PETERBOROUGH UNITED v HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (17.30)
STOCKPORT COUNTY v CAMBRIDGE UNITED (17.30)
Good luck everybody. [Post edited 8 Aug 22:47]
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