#664182 - Sat Oct 29 2011 08:15 AM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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This year's edition of the FA Cup tipping comp runs for 7 months over 10 rounds from 12th November 2011 until 5th May 2012 (FA Cup Round 1 through to the Final). The Football Association has received entries from 763 teams for this season's FA Cup, comprising 671 non-league teams plus the 92 league teams. The league teams are the 44 teams in the FAPL and FLC, and the 48 teams in League One and League Two.- the qualifying rounds for the 671 non-league teams will be completed today and tomorrow.
- the 32 survivors from those qualifiers join the 48 teams in L1 and L2 in the First Round (equals 80 teams).
- the 20 survivors from the Second Round will join the FAPL and FLC teams in the Third Round (equals 64 teams).
- from there it's a straight knock-out through to the FA Cup Final.
Although there are 10 rounds in the tipping comp we only lodge picks on 8 occasions:- the First Round of 40 games will be split into two rounds of 16 games each by ignoring 8 games.
- the Second Round has 20 games .. 4 games are ignored.
- the Third Round of 32 games is be split into two rounds of 16 games each.
- that's 5 tipping rounds which, with the remaining 5 rounds of the FA Cup, gives us the 10 tipping rounds!
- we also have advance picks so that each round is worth 16 pts.
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The dates for each round are as follows: 1st Round : Saturday 12 November 2011
2nd Round : Saturday 3 December 2011
3rd Round : Saturday 7 January 2012
4th Round : Saturday 28 January 2012
5th Round : Saturday 18 February 2012
6th Round : Saturday 17 March 2012
7th Round : Saturday 14 April 2012
8th Round : Saturday 5 May 2012 The rules for the FA Cup tipping comp are simple (they're the same as last year): points
default
upsets
perfect picks
other bonus pts
dead-heats | one point for each correct pick .. home win, draw, away win
in other words, it's always at 90 minutes.
if you forget to pick, the away teams are all yours (ineligible for bonus pts);
but if the wooden spoon score is higher, default is the wooden spoon;
default for the semi-finals, the final and advance picks is the wooden spoon score.
you score a bonus point if you pick a game solo .. or one of two players.
one bonus point for 11+/16;
14/16 or higher receives a further bonus point (plus a knighthood from Her Majesty).
no one picks win, whoever picks a draw;
no one picks draw, whoever picks the upset win;
if you pick all home teams (or all bar one), ineligible for bonus pts.
weekly wins vs. wooden spoon countback determine podium finishes;
if they're identical, bonus pts will be used. |
This year's comp is the 10th edition of the FA Cup tipping comp. Last season's comp was won by KrivoyRog. | . | Previous winners & medallists: | | . | 2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011 | silverginger
halfbakedangi
Sypher
halfbakedangi
PaulE
LeoDaVinci
srini701
srini701
KrivoyRog | gtho4
manvinder01
treble99
Sypher
Howie72
gtho4
LeoDaVinci
paper_aero
triviapaul | Dazzy_D
Sypher
ElfTwinkle
PaulE
gtho4
Howie72
PaulE
Howie72
BxBarracuda | . |
The draw for the First Round takes place tomorrow, Sunday. If you'd like to have a go at knocking KrivoyRog off his perch, please sign-in!
Edited by gtho4 (Sat Nov 12 2011 11:11 AM)
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#664184 - Sat Oct 29 2011 08:17 AM
FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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Edited by gtho4 (Fri Nov 11 2011 05:44 AM)
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#664208 - Sat Oct 29 2011 11:58 AM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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#664212 - Sat Oct 29 2011 12:42 PM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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I'll guess as well
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#664213 - Sat Oct 29 2011 01:21 PM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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#664270 - Sat Oct 29 2011 06:24 PM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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I'll have another go
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#664343 - Sun Oct 30 2011 03:59 AM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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763 teams? I am glad that we do not have to tip 381.5 games in Round 1.  I am in, by the way.
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#664364 - Sun Oct 30 2011 07:52 AM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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#664461 - Sun Oct 30 2011 02:30 PM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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#664576 - Mon Oct 31 2011 06:11 AM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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#664617 - Mon Oct 31 2011 12:09 PM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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I'll have a bash, thanks.
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#664787 - Tue Nov 01 2011 10:06 AM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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Trying again...
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#666109 - Sun Nov 06 2011 07:13 AM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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Due to my increadible success with the premier leauge, I am optomistic at my chances here. I'm in for a go!
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#666168 - Sun Nov 06 2011 11:50 AM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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#667150 - Fri Nov 11 2011 08:30 AM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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#667421 - Sat Nov 12 2011 10:15 AM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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Ran out of time this week. Maybe the away teams will have a good showing and I'll catch up next time!
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#667726 - Sun Nov 13 2011 03:33 PM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Football Association Challenge Cup| . | Saturday 12th November
1st Round 20 of 21 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 3-5-11
16-1-30
10-3-70
17-2-10
4-1060
5-9-60
11-4-50
0-7-13
17-0-30
2-1-17
10-9-10
0-0-20
12-4-40
7-9-40
19-0-10
10-8-20 | 1-2
3-3
1-0
1-0
0-2
2-2
1-3
1-4
1-1
0-3
1-1
0-4
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1-0 | 11
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10 | Barrow v Rotherham United
AFC Bournemouth v Gillingham
Bradford City v Rochdale
Brentford v Basingstoke Town
Bury v Crawley Town
Cambridge United v Wrexham
Chesterfield v Torquay United
Crewe Alexandra v Colchester Utd
Dagenham & Redbridge v Bath City
East Thurrock Utd v Macclesfield T
Exeter City v Walsall
Halifax Town v Charlton Athletic
Hartlepool United v Stevenage
Hereford United v Yeovil Town
Leyton Orient v Bromley
Luton Town v Northampton Town |
triviapaul
triviapaul George95 ozzz2002 srini701 KrivoyRog
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dg_dave N-Bomb wwe84
dg_dave gtho4 ozzz2002
BxBarracuda George95 Howie72 srini701
BxBarracuda N-Bomb superhooppete Sypher
wwe84
. | | 155 | Cambridge United v Wrexham played Friday night and
FC Halifax Town v Charlton Athletic played Sunday
no tip lodged by ozz2002 for the first game |
Round 1a | . |
position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp
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1 1-1 triviapaul bs 10 12 1 2
1 1-1 N-Bomb bo 10 12 1 2
3 3-3 srini701 b 10 11 1 1
4 4-4 George95 9 9
4 4-4 BxBarracuda 9 9
4 4-4 superhooppete 9 9
4 4-4 Sypher 9 9
4 4-4 PaulE 9 9
9 9-9 FussBudget 8 8
9 9-9 LeoDaVinci 8 8
9 9-9 Howie72 8 8
9 9-9 rxbigdawg 8
13 13-13 wwe84 o 6 7 1
13 13-13 dg_dave o 6 7 1
13 13-13 KrivoyRog 7 7
13 13-13 trev1 7 7
13 13-13 gtho4 7 7
13 13-13 Dizart 7 7
19 19-19 ozzz2002 6 6
20 20-20 paper-aero 5 5 1
20 20-20 illiniman14 5 5 1
late starters 5
155 3 2 7
home 0 4 4
draw 0 4 4
away(default) 0 8 8
wooden spoon 0 5 5
best picks 0 10 10
perfect 0 16 16
bonus pts 0 7 7
b = bonus point for picking 10/16 or better.
x = perfect picks or near miss 13+/16.
s = bonus pt for picking result solo, or one of three.
w = bonus for picking a draw, no one picked winner.
o = no one picked draw. Bonus for picking upset win.
bp= total bonus points for the year
default is WS score if it's more than the aways
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1a +1 N-Bomb triviapaul
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1a 4-4-8 48.4% 7 10/16 N-Bomb srini701 trivipaul 5/16 illiniman14 paper_aero
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The first ever FA Cup tournament was held back in 1872. It is the oldest knock-out football tournament in the world (known as soccer to the rest of us) .. 16 years later the oldest league in the world was formed (everyone plays everyone else home and away), when The Football League was formed in 1888. The record number of entrants for the FA Cup was 656 set back way back in 1922 comp; it remained unbroken for 83 years, when 660 teams entered the 2005 comp. The record has been broken each year since .. the 763 teams in this year's comp is a new record.
The draw for each round of the entire comp is unseeded, and the balls are redrawn from the barrel for every round .. anyone can play anyone. The 671 non-league teams played through Preliminary Rounds x2 and Qualifying Rounds x4 for the 32 spots available in the First Round, alongside the 48 teams in League One and League Two. The 20 survivors from these 80 teams join the 44 FAPL and FLC teams in the Third Round, as follows:
teams
44 + 20 64 7-Jan-12 Third Round (KO from here to the final)
+ 40 40 3-Dec-11 Second Round (20 progress to Third Round)
48 + 32 80 12-Nov-11 First Round (40 progress to Second Round)
24 + 40 64 1-Nov-11 Fourth Round Qualifying* (32 progress to First Round)
+ 80 80 15-Oct-11 Third Round Qualifying (40 progress to 4RQ)
44 + 116 160 1-Oct-11 Second Round Qualifying (80 progress to 3RQ)
65 + 167 232 17-Sep-11 First Round Qualifying (116 progress to 2RQ)
130 + 204 334 3-Sep-11 Preliminary Round (167 progress to 1RQ)
408 408 20-Aug-11 Extra Preliminary Round (204 progress to PR)
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1st column = the 763 entrants and where they enter the comp
2nd column = survivors from previous round
3rd column = number of teams playing in this round
Last year's tipping comp had 18 runners; all of us except one are back for another dose. We have four runners this year: Dizart, rxbigdawg, superhooppete and wwe84. Welcome aboard! The record number of entrants for the FA Cup tipping comp was 18 set in 2004 (equalled last year). We have broken that record with 21 runners this year.
The first round of the tipping comp produced two upsets (one was picked by no-one and one was a solo pick by triviapaul), and one game was picked by everyone. Three players picked 10/16 for a bonus point, and two of them our are early season leaders: N-Bomb and triviapaul. Results for Round 1b will be posted later today.
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#667772 - Sun Nov 13 2011 05:27 PM
Re: Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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I think gtho likes building up the suspense...
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#667825 - Sun Nov 13 2011 11:17 PM
Re: Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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rxbigdawg will only be included when he lodges tips? He said he hoped he would get the away teams' score this round as he missed tipping?
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#667846 - Mon Nov 14 2011 02:25 AM
Re: Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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OK, not sure what the point is in dividing it in two though. Two write-ups, two hall of fames, two stat sheets, and all that for the price of one! N-Bomb and I are 10/16 here and 0/5 in the A-League, I guess we are using the same dart board 
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#667857 - Mon Nov 14 2011 06:13 AM
Re: Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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OK, not sure what the point is in dividing it in two though. Each round has 16 possible points this way.
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#668076 - Tue Nov 15 2011 07:44 AM
Re: Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Thanks for having my back Srini!
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