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We currently have 25 members, when 32 would be ideal for a knockout competition. So to get the numbers down to 16 for the 2nd Round I have decided the fairest way (rather than have byes) to achieve this is to have a straight knockout of 2 games of 2 members, and 7 games of 3 members, with the two highest scorers going through to the next round.
There will be replays for drawn games. The tie-breaker rule will apply for any replays. Each round will take place at the same time as the FA Cup, and will contain 10 fixtures from that competition. Any replays will be 10 matches from the following Saturday's League games.
There will be fresh draw for each round, and here is the draw for the 1st Round, made by Mrs mfb.
Jorash63 v Sector4
concordman v RSCOSWORTH
Two highest scorers to go through from these games
thrillseeker v basher2010 v Tropical_Us
ghughes11 v unitedwhites v BFG
Daniel v blueeagle v gerry_us
noah4x4 v Moor_Pinot v Lewis_1
Blue4U2 v Madeira163 v mfb_cufc
wessex_exile v Colukev v oxfcolu
durham_exile v bwildered v burnsieespana
1st Round Fixtures If any matches are postponed, then games will be settled on the ones remaining.
BRACKLEY TOWN v BRAINTREE TOWN CARLISLE UNITED v WIGAN ATHLETIC EXETER CITY v BARNET GILLINGHAM v BLACKPOOL MAIDENHEAD UNITED v CRAWLEY TOWN PORT VALE v BARNSLEY SOUTHEND UNITED v CHARLTON ATHLETIC SWINDON TOWN v COLCHESTER UNITED WALSALL v BOLTON WANDERERS WOKING v CAMBRIDGE UNITED
WYCOMBE WANDERERS 3 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 1 Ex-U's trialist Richard Kone came on as a 61st minute sub, and 11 minutes later he had scored a hat-trick, as Wycombe came from behind to beat 10-man Peterborough. Nobody got this spot-on, but 12 did have the outcome, with 11 going for a 2-1 in what was the weeks most predicted score.
MILLWALL 1 DERBY COUNTY 1 Derby picked up their first away point of the Championship season with their only shot on target, but were denied victory in a dramatic late finish when Millwall substitute Mihailo Ivanovic rescued a point. A cool 4 had this spot-on, and another 2 got the outcome.
CAMBRIDGE UNITED 2 WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 Cambridge finally picked up a first league win of the season, after Wigan had not conceded in their previous six league games. Nobody got this spot-on, though 3 did have the outcome. 18 predicted a win for Wigan.
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1 STOCKPORT COUNTY 1 Charlton came from behind to secure a draw with 10-man Stockport, who remain undefeated away. 3 had this spot-on, and 2 more got the outcome.
LINCOLN CITY 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY 3 League One leaders Birmingham overcame conceding a goal in the first minute to get back to winning ways. Well done to Colukev for being the only one to get this spot-on, and a further 17 had the outcome.
MANSFIELD TOWN 0 STEVENAGE 1 Stevenage halted Mansfield’s impressive five-game winning streak with a goal from Jake Young. No points for anyone from this game, with 21 predicting a win for Mansfield.
ROTHERHAM UNITED 0 WREXHAM 1 Paul Mullin's goal 16 seconds into his return to the starting line-up was enough to give Wrexham victory. Only 2 got this spot-on, and another 7 had the outcome.
COLCHESTER UNITED 1 CHELTENHAM TOWN 2 Jordan Thomas scored his first ever league goals as Cheltenham claimed their first League Two away win of the season. Yet another game this week with no 3 pointer, and only basher2010 and Jorash63 got the outcome.
NOTTS COUNTY 1 AFC WIMBLEDON 0 Matthew Platt’s second-half goal was enough to earn Notts County victory. Only mfb_cufc got this spot-on, and a further 9 had the outcome.
AFC BOURNEMOUTH 2 ARSENAL 0 Bournemouth ended 10-man Arsenal's unbeaten start to the season after William Saliba was shown the first red card of his career. No points for anyone from this game, with everyone predicting a win for Arsenal.
Lyle Taylor's clubs had a reasonable day with 4 wins 2 draws and 2 defeats, but the overall results were very disappointing again, with five games failing to have a 3 pointer, and the other five only producing 11 between them. It gave us the worst 10 game week since Week 34 in the 2022/23 season. In being the only one to get two 3 pointers, the Charlton 1-1 and the good Birmingham 3-1 prediction,Colukev is the weeks top scorer, by also having the Wrexham and Notts County outcomes, to give him an excellent 8 points. Best of those to get one 3 pointer was thrillseeker, who had the Wrexham 1-0, and four outcomes, to give him a very decent 7 points.
Happy Cup Details for the 1st Round will be on a separate thread sometime in the week ahead.
In the Premier Having the Millwall 1-1 spot-on enabled blueeagle to increase his lead by a point. Three outcomes was enough for basher2010 to remain in the other Charity Shield place, as the top six remained the same as last week. In the bottom half Sector4 moved up a place after having the Millwall 1-1 spot-on, and Daniel moved up a couple of places, and out of the relegation zone again, as he got the Charlton 1-1 spot-on. He is replaced once again by ghughes11, as they have shared that tenth place between them for last six weeks. By firing a blank, burnsieespana missed an opportunity to get off the bottom, as he fails to take advantage of an unfortunate missed week from concordman.
In Division One A decent week for durham_exile, that included having the Wrexham 1-0 spot-on, keeps him top for the third week running. Three outcomes were enough for noah4x4 to remain in the other automatic spot. A decent week for wessex_exile, after he got the Millwall 1-1 spot-on, moves him up four places to third. In such a tight league, Lewis_1 only needed four outcomes to also move up four places to fourth. Three outcomes for Tropical_Us, and he remains fifth. A bit of a roller coaster ride for Madeira163 over the last few weeks, moving up or down by a lot, and he occupies the final play-off place, after moving down this week. Up a couple of places, and within a point of the top six, is gerry_us, after he got the Millwall 1-1 spot-on. As he still keeps his record of more 3 pointers and less outcomes than anyone in Division One. Just one point in the last two weeks means bwildered drops out of the top six for the first time this season, but remains within a point of getting back there. As does Blue4U2, after he dropped out once again. At the bottom, the top scoring performance from Colukev moved him a couple of places. and he is replaced once again by Moor_Pinot.
THE TABLES (77 out of 280 played) (Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 12 Fixtures This is now a 7 game week to make up for the postponed fixture in Week 10.
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE v PRESTON NORTH END SUNDERLAND v OXFORD UNITED HUDDERSFIELD TOWN v EXETER CITY NORTHAMPTON TOWN v CRAWLEY TOWN SHREWSBURY TOWN v BARNSLEY BRADFORD CITY v DONCASTER ROVERS BROMLEY v BARROW
WYCOMBE WANDERERS 3 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 1 Ex-U's trialist Richard Kone came on as a 61st minute sub, and 11 minutes later he had scored a hat-trick, as Wycombe came from behind to beat 10-man Peterborough. Nobody got this spot-on, but 12 did have the outcome, with 11 going for a 2-1 in what was the weeks most predicted score.
WYCOMBE WANDERERS 2 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 1 MILLWALL 2 DERBY COUNTY 1 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 0 WIGAN ATHLETIC 1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1 STOCKPORT COUNTY 0 LINCOLN CITY 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 MANSFIELD TOWN 2 STEVENAGE 0 ROTHERHAM UNITED 1 WREXHAM 0 COLCHESTER UNITED 2 CHELTENHAM TOWN 0 NOTTS COUNTY 1 AFC WIMBLEDON 0 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0 ARSENAL 2
CRAWLEY TOWN 3 SHREWSBURY TOWN 5 Doubles from John Marquis and George Lloyd helped Shrewsbury secure their second League One win of the season, as 10-man Crawley suffered a fifth successive league defeat for the first time in 19 months. Nobody got this spot-on, but 4 did have the outcome. 17 predicted a win for Crawley, with 10 going for a 2-1 in what was equally the weeks most predicted score.
PETERBOROUGH UNITED 3 ROTHERHAM UNITED 3 Peterborough produced a fine comeback to come from 3-1 down to draw. Again nobody had this spot-on, and only gerry_us and Daniel got the outcome. 20 predicted a win for Peterborough, with 10 going for a 2-1 in what was the weeks other most predicted score.
STOCKPORT COUNTY v WYCOMBE WANDERERS POSTPONED Due to Stockport having three players selected for International duty.
BARROW 0 MORECAMBE 1 Morecambe snatched a dramatic first League Two win of the season thanks to in-form Ben Tollitt’s fifth goal this season. A final game this week with no 3 pointer, and only basher2010 and wessex_exile had the outcome. 19 predicted a win for Barrow.
CHELTENHAM TOWN 2 SWINDON TOWN 3 Swindon survived a late scare, after being 3-0 up, to claim their first away success of the season. Well done to Blue4U2 for being the only one to get this spot-on, and another 5 had the outcome.
HARROGATE TOWN 1 NEWPORT COUNTY 0 Harrogate ended a run of three games without victory in all competitions, thanks to goal from Toby Sims. A cool 4 had this spot-on, and a further 8 got the outcome.
DI-SAS-TER. We lost the Stockport game after a late call from the BBC website, and most members probably wished the other 5 had been postponed as well, after a dreadful set of results lead to 7 members failing to trouble the scorers. With Harrogate responsible for 20 of the weeks mere 36 total points, not surprisingly this was the worst week of the season so far. The five 3 pointers were shared out, and it was mfb_cufc, who got the Harrogate 1-0, and the Shrewsbury and Swindon outcomes, to make him the weeks top scorer, with a solid 5 points. Week 12 will now be a 7 game one to make up for the postponed game this week.
In the Premier Just the Harrogate outcome for blueeagle, but on such a low scoring week, his lead was never going to be affected. In the context of the week basher2010 did well to have three outcomes, and move 2 points nearer the top. The top scoring effort from mfb_cufc moved him up a place to third. The only other upward move in this division came from Sector4, as he got the Harrogate 1-0 spot-on to move up three places, and out of the bottom three. He is replaced by concordman, who drops back there again. Things couldn't be closer though, with only 4 points separating those in the bottom half.
In Division One Despite firing a blank, durham_exile remains top for the second week running, but only on the most 3 pointer rule from noah4x4, who moved up a place into the other automatic spot, after having the Harrogate 1-0 spot-on. The final member to get that Harrogate 1-0 spot-on was Madeira163, and by also having the Swindon outcome, moved up four places to third. With one point between them, bwildered and Tropical_Us drop to fourth and fifth, but only on the tie-beak rules. After getting that good Swindon 3-2 prediction, Blue4U2 moves up three places into the final play-off spot, but only on the tie-break rules from wessex_exile and Lewis_1. At the bottom, having the Swindon outcome was enough to get Jorash63 off the wooden spoon position.
THE TABLES (67 out of 280 played) (Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 11 Fixtures 10 games picked by this weeks guest wessex_exile. He has gone for a themed selection, in honour of our own Lyle ‘more clubs than Tiger Woods’ Taylor. Of the ten current members of the 92 that Lyle has played for, eight are playing on Saturday so their matches have been selected. To make up the remaining two, not counting non-league, Scottish and international appearances, Lyle has scored two hat-tricks in his English professional career. Those were for AFC Wimbledon and Charlton Athletic against Rotherham (who he nearly signed for) and Mansfield Town respectively, so Saturday’s games for those two will make up the ten matches to predict. Don't forget it is an early start with the deadline 12.30.
WYCOMBE WANDERERS v PETERBOROUGH UNITED (12.30) MILLWALL v DERBY COUNTY CAMBRIDGE UNITED v WIGAN ATHLETIC CHARLTON ATHLETIC v STOCKPORT COUNTY LINCOLN CITY v BIRMINGHAM CITY MANSFIELD TOWN v STEVENAGE ROTHERHAM UNITED v WREXHAM COLCHESTER UNITED v CHELTENHAM TOWN NOTTS COUNTY v AFC WIMBLEDON AFC BOURNEMOUTH v ARSENAL (17.30)
CRAWLEY TOWN 0 SHREWSBURY TOWN 1 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 1 ROTHERHAM UNITED 0 BARROW 2 MORECAMBE 0 CHELTENHAM TOWN 1 SWINDON TOWN 2 HARROGATE TOWN 1 NEWPORT COUNTY 0
U's side to face Leyton Orient: Smith, Goodliffe, Hunt, Egbo, Woodyard, Payne, Hopper, Gordon, Anderson, Scully, Tovide
U's subs are Edwards, Kelleher, Read, Thompson, Bendle, Sasere, Chamberlain
Tom Hopper skippers the U's side tonight
U’s are without Lyle Taylor, Aaron Donnelly and Jamie McDonnell who are away on international duty while Owura Edwards and Teddy Bishop are still sidelined due to injury and Matt Macey and Ellis Iandolo are rested
BRENTFORD 5 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 3 Brentford capitalised on a dreadful defensive performance from Wolves to claim their first Premier League victory since August and leave Gary O’Neil’s side still searching for their first top-flight win of the season. Nobody got this spot-on, but 20 did have the outcome, with a massive 15 going for a 2-1 in what was the weeks most predicted score.
LEICESTER CITY 1 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0 A goal from Facundo Buonanotte sealed Leicester's first Premier League win of the season. A cool 4 had this spot-on, and further 6 got the outcome.
DERBY COUNTY 2 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 0 Derby scored twice in two second-half minutes as they ended a three-game losing streak with a dominant win. Well done to gerry_us for being the only one to get this spot-on, and another 18 had the outcome.
SHEFFIELD UNITED 2 LUTON TOWN 0 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi scored twice on his 22nd birthday as United moved up to second in the Championship with this victory. A great 8 had this spot-on, and a further 15 got the outcome.
ROTHERHAM UNITED 2 READING 1 Rotherham made it back-to-back wins in League One after coming from behind to see off 10-man Reading, who scored with their only shot on target. Only 2 got this spot-on, and another 11 had this spot-on.
MILTON KEYNES DONS 1 TRANMERE ROVERS 1 Regan Hendry got a 91st minute equaliser to help Tranmere earn a point. Well done to unitedwhites for being the only one to have this spot-on, and only burnsieespana got the outcome. 21 predicted a win for MK Dons.
It was a case of hold the front page this week. I was just getting ready to say what an incredible week this was, with all the home teams winning, and then Tranmere get an added time equaliser, to spoil it. Despite there still being five wins for the host, 3 pointers were not easy to find, with Sheff Utd getting half of the 16 in total. Amazingly those spot-ons were shared out with 16 members having one each. With four outcomes each, and only that Tranmere equaliser stopping them having a full house, the top performers were mfb_cufc, who got the Sheff Utd 2-0, RSCOSWORTH, who had the Rotherham 2-1, and noah4x4, who got the Leicester 1-0, to give them all a decent 7 points.
How is the season going? After those five homes this week, 30 (48.39%) of the seasons 62 games have finished that way. 19 (30.64%) have ended as aways, with the other 13 (20.97%) being drawn. The top result is still surprisingly the 2-0 with 10. Two more than the 1-1 in second. The top result for an away is the 0-2 with 5. We have yet to have any game finish 2-2, 3-1 or 1-3. With the extra added time in games last season, the average goals per game was up. So far this season the 403 fixtures in the four English leagues have produced 1061 goals, at 2 63 per game. That average is down on last season, and although it is early times with our random picked fixtures, the average is down even more, with only 148 goals (2.38 per game) from our 62 fixtures.
In the Premier Another decent week for blueeagle, that included having the Sheff Utd 2-0 spot-on, gives him a record for the number of points after Week 9. His 66 is one more than noah4x4 got in the 2019/20 season. He also increased his lead by a point from basher2010, who had the Rotherham 2-1 spot-on in his solid week. A good five outcomes for thrillseeker, who was another to miss out on a full house, thanks to that late Tranmere goal, keeps him third, on the first to post rule from mfb_cufc. It is status quo for RSCOSWORTH despite his top scoring performance, and also for oxfcolu, who had the Leicester 1-0 spot-on in his decent week. The first change in this division has unitedwhites moving up a place. A more significant change saw concordman move up a couple of places, and out of the relegation zone for the first time since Week 1, after he got the Sheff Utd 2-0 spot-on. He is replaced by Sector4, who drops to the bottom three again after last being there in Week 3. A decent week for burnsieespana, that included having the Sheff Utd 2-0 spot-on, moves him ever closer to safety.
In Division One The lead changes for the sixth time in this league, as the decent week for durham_exile, who got the Leicester 1-0 spot-on, moves him back to the summit again, after he spent a week there in Week 4. Three outcomes for bwildered, means last weeks leader has to settle for the other automatic spot. The top scoring performance from noah4x4 moves him up three places to a season high third. Four outcomes for Tropical_Us couldn't stop him dropping to his lowest position this season in fourth. Remaining fifth is wessex_exile, after he had the Sheff Utd 2-0 spot-on. A decent week for Lewis_1, that included getting the Sheff Utd 2-0 spot-on, moved him up a couple of places into the final play-off spot. After his leap to stardom last week, Madeira163 drops back this week, but is still within a point of the play-offs. After that good Derby 2-0 prediction, gerry_us has now incredibly got more 3 pointers than anyone in this league, but less outcomes than anyone. But he remains well in contention, just two points to within the play-offs. As does Blue4U2, after he had the Leicester 1-0 spot-on. The final member to have the Sheff Utd 2-0 spot-on was Moor_Pinot, and his decent week takes him off the bottom, where he is replaced by Jorash63.
THE TABLES (62 out of 280 played) (Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 10 Fixtures Time for another International break, so it 6 games from the limited number of fixtures in League's 1 & 2.
CRAWLEY TOWN v SHREWSBURY TOWN PETERBOROUGH UNITED v ROTHERHAM UNITED STOCKPORT COUNTY v WYCOMBE WANDERERS POSTPONED Due to Stockport having three players selected for International duty.
BARROW v MORECAMBE CHELTENHAM TOWN v SWINDON TOWN HARROGATE TOWN v NEWPORT COUNTY
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