#1178228 - Tue Oct 17 2017 06:45 PM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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The FA Cup, which started in 1872, is the world's oldest football knock-out competition .. season 2018 is the 137th edition. The preliminary qualifying rounds started in mid-August. The Football Association has accepted entries from 737 teams for this season's FA Cup, comprising 645 non-league teams plus the 92 league teams. The all-time record field is 763 teams, which was set in 2012. The 92 league teams are the 44 in the FAPL (20) and FLC (24), plus the 48 teams in League One and League Two (24 each).- the 4th and last qualifying round for the 645 non-league teams
was played last weekend Saturday 14th October.
- the 32 survivors from the qualifiers progress to the First Round
where they join the 48 teams in L1 and L2 (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 final in May.
This year's FA Cup tipping comp will run for a bit over 6½ months over 10 rounds from Saturday 4th November 2017 until Saturday 19th May 2018 (First Round 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, gives us 10 tipping rounds.
- we also have advance picks thrown in so that all 10 rounds are worth 16 pts each.
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The dates for each round in this year's comp are as follows: 1st Round : Saturday 4 November 2017
2nd Round : Saturday 2 December 2017
3rd Round : Saturday 6 January 2018
4th Round : Saturday 27 January 2018
5th Round : Saturday 17 February 2018
6th Round : Saturday 17 March 2018 quarters
7th Round : Saturday 21 April 2018 semi-finals
8th Round : Saturday 19 May 2018 FA Cup Final 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; penalty-shootout lotteries are ignored.
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 ws score. 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 if we
have 10+ runners; or one of three if we have 18 or more runners.
one bonus point for 10+/16;
13/16 or higher receives a further bonus point (plus a knighthood from HM).
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 (or all bar two R1 to R4), ineligible
for bonus pts.
weekly wins vs. wooden spoon countback determine podium finishes; if they
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This year's comp is the 16th edition of the FA Cup tipping comp. Last season's comp was won by ozzz2002 whose one and only weekly win was in the last round when, with some outrageous but astute picks, he went from 2nd last to first! .. srini701 is the only person to win this three times and the only person to retain his title (when he won it in 2009 and 2010). He's had three podium finishes in this comp, all gold. Howie72 and PaulE hold the record for most podium finishes with four each (none were gold for Howie72 and two were gold for PaulE). | . | Previous winners & medallists: | | . | 2003
2004
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2006
2007
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017. | silverginger
halfbakedangi
Sypher
halfbakedangi
PaulE
LeoDaVinci
srini701
srini701
KrivoyRog
superhooppete
PaulE
KrivoyRog
srini701
N-Bomb
ozzz2002 | gtho4
manvinder01
treble99
Sypher
Howie72
gtho4
LeoDaVinci
paper_aero
triviapaul
trev1
George95
dg_dave
dg_dave
Sypher
Howie72 | Dazzy_D
Sypher
ElfTwinkle
PaulE
gtho4
Howie72
PaulE
Howie72
BxBarracuda
illiniman14
illiniman14
PaulE
paper_aero
paper_aero
N-Bomb | . |
The draw for the First Round took place earlier this week on Monday 16th October at 7:10pm local time. The tipping thread for the First Round will be posted later in the week. If you'd like to have a go at this year's comp, please sign-in and have a go!
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#1178229 - Tue Oct 17 2017 06:45 PM
FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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#1178234 - Tue Oct 17 2017 07:39 PM
Re: FA Cup .. sign-up sheet
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#1178251 - Tue Oct 17 2017 09:34 PM
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Back for another year...and maybe I can snag a gold this time...lol.
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#1178703 - Sat Oct 21 2017 12:40 AM
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#1179030 - Wed Oct 25 2017 09:15 AM
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I'm in too.
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#1180682 - Thu Nov 09 2017 07:57 AM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Football Association Challenge Cup| . | Saturday 4th November
1st Round 17 of 17 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 17-0-00
1-4-12
16-0-10
410-30
14-3-00
14-1-20
17-0-00
1-4-12
0-1-16
10-3-30
8-5-40
13-2-20
13-2-20
11-2-40
10-5-20
9-3-50 | 3-1
2-1
2-0
3-2
2-4
0-1
2-0
2-1
2-6
1-0
0-6
2-0
2-1
1-0
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9 | Blackburn Rovers v Barnet
Boreham Wood v Blackpool
Bradford City v Chesterfield
Carlisle United v Oldham Athletic
Cheltenham Town v Maidstone Utd
Colchester United v Oxford City
Coventry City v Maidenhead United
Crewe Alexandra v Rotherham Utd
Ebbsfleet United v Doncaster Rovers
Forest Green Rovers v Macclesfield T
Gainsborough Trinity v Slough Town
Gateshead v Chelmsford City
Gillingham v Leyton Orient
Hereford v Telford United
Luton Town v Portsmouth
Morecambe v Hartlepool United |
N-Bomb
dg_dave
wwe84 dg_dave FussBudget ozzz2002
wwe84 LeoDaVinci FussBudget
wwe84 ozzz2002
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wwe84
George95
dg_dave LeoDaVinci srini701 illiniman14
dg_dave LeoDaVinci ozzz2002 toocool4u
dg_dave FussBudget srini701 wwe84
. | | 144 | wwe84 did not lodge a pick for Forest Green Rovers v Macclesfield Town
Coventry City v Maidenhead United was reschedule to Sunday |
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position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp
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1 1-1 N-Bomb bs 0 11 12 1 2
2 2-2 wwe84 wss 0 8 11 3
2 2 2 FussBudget b 0 10 11 1
2 2-2 Howie72 b 0 10 11 1
2 2-2 Sypher b 0 10 11 1
6 6-6 LeoDaVinci w 0 8 9 1
6 6-6 ozzz2002 s 0 8 9 1
6 6-6 illiniman14 0 9 9
6 6-6 paper-aero 0 9 9
6 6-6 PaulE 0 9 9
6 6-6 ElfTwinkle 0 9 9
12 12-12 George95 b 0 7 8 1
12 12-12 Dizart 0 8 8
12 12-12 dg_dave 0 8 8
12 12-12 gtho4 0 8 8
16 16-16 srini701 0 6 6 1
16 16-16 toocool4u 0 6 6 1
late starters 8
144 1 2 11
home 0 12 12
draw 0 - 0
away(default) 0 4 4
wooden spoon 0 6 6
best picks 0 11 11
perfect 0 16 16
bonus pts 0 11 11
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 two.
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.
ineligible for bonus pts if picks are all home or all bar one (or all bar two for R1 to R4).
default is WS score last two rounds (semis and final) and for advance picks.
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1a +1 N-Bomb
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1a 12- -4 52.9% 11 11/16 N-Bomb 6/16 srini701 toocool4u
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Last year's FA Cup comp had a field of 18 runners. This year there were 17 runners at the gate when the starter fired his gun. All of us returned for another dose apart from nasty_liar.
Two games were picked by everyone and we hit pay dirt with both. Nobody picked the loss at home by Cheltenham Town, who play in League Two (the 4th tier of English football), to the non-league team Maidstone. Three players scored a bonus point for picking a draw.
There were three other upsets: non-league Boreham Wood beat Blackpool (League One). N-Bomb picked this and scored a bonus point; Crewe Alexandra of League Two beat League One team Rotherham Utd (wwe84); plus League Two team Colchester Utd lost at home to non-league Oxford City (wwe84 and ozzz2002).
The 16 games in finished 12 home and 4 away. There were no draws, not one. N-Bomb picked zero draws and duly scored the win with 11/16 for a bonus point .. another three players also collected a bonus point for picking 10+/16 (FussBudget, Sypher and Howie72). Last year nobody was able to reach double digits with correct picks in the first round. This year we had four.
srini701 and toocool4u collected the first wooden spoons for the season with 6/16.
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Edit Reason: fix typo
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#1180910 - Sat Nov 11 2017 07:43 AM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Football Association Challenge Cup| . | Saturday 4th November
1st Round 17 of 17 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 14-1-20
17-0-00
1-2-14
16-1-00
0-2-15
4-8-50
3-7-70
16-0-10
13-2-20
16-0-10
14-2-10
0-3-14
16-1-00
16-1-00
10-5-20
1-4-12 | 1-0
3-1
1-5
3-1
0-0
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1 | Cambridge United v Sutton United
Charlton Athletic v Truro City
Dartford v Swindon Town
Exeter City v Heybridge Swifts
Guiseley v Accrington Stanley
Newport County v Walsall
Northampton Town v Scunthorpe Utd
Peterborough Utd v Tranmere Rovers
Plymouth Argyle v Grimsby Town
Rochdale v Bromley
Shrewsbury Town v Aldershot Town
Solihull Moors v Wycombe Wand
Stevenage v Nantwich Town
Wigan Athletic v Crawley Town
Wimbledon v Lincoln City
Yeovil Town v Southend United | FussBudget toocool4u srini701
George95 wwe84 N-Bomb
FussBudget
LeoDaVinci toocool4u
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George95
dg_dave
ozzz2002 wwe84 srini701
FussBudget wwe84 toocool4u
FussBudget
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ozzz2002 . | | 174 | |
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position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp
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1 2 1-2 Sypher b 11 12 24 1 2
2 1 1-2 N-Bomb b 12 10 23 1 3
2 2 2-2 Howie72 b 11 11 23 2
4 6 4-6 ElfTwinkle b 9 12 22 1 1
4 6 4-6 LeoDaVinci bs 9 11 22 3
4 6 4-6 ozzz2002 bs 9 11 22 3
7 12 7-12 gtho4 b 8 12 21 1 1
7 6 6-7 illiniman14 b 9 11 21 1
7 6 6-7 paper-aero b 9 11 21 1
7 6 6-7 PaulE b 9 11 21 1
11 2 2-11 wwe84 11 8 19 3
11 12 11-12 Dizart b 8 10 19 1
11 12 11-12 dg_dave b 8 10 19 1
14 12 12-14 George95 w 8 9 18 2
14 2 2 14 FussBudget 11 7 18 1 1
16 16 16-16 toocool4u s 6 9 16 1 1
17 16 16-17 srini701 6 9 15 1
late starters 19
174 4 3 27
home 12 11 23
draw 0 3 3
away(default) 4 2 6
wooden spoon 6 7 13
best picks 11 12 23
perfect 16 16 32
bonus pts 11 16 27
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 two.
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.
ineligible for bonus pts if picks are all home or all bar one (or all bar two for R1 to R4).
default is WS score last two rounds (semis and final) and for advance picks.
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1a +1 N-Bomb
1b +1 Sypher
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1a 12- -4 52.9% 11 11/16 N-Bomb 6/16 srini701 toocool4u
1b 11-3-2 64.0 16 12/16 ElfTwinkle gtho4 Sypher 7/16 FussBudget
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Another round where most games were played according to the script .. 12 of 17 picked 10+/16 and each scored a bonus pt. That column now has only one blank after just two rounds of picks.
We had three winners and only one wooden spoon ... and an almost perfect game of musical chairs. No-one kept their spot from the previous round apart from toocool4u in 16th place.
Sypher has replaced N-bomb at the top of the pile. The first ten are separated by a mere 3 pts .. and 4 pts separate the remaining seven runners.
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Edit Reason: fix typo from R1 plus add error
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#1180930 - Sat Nov 11 2017 10:40 AM
Re: Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Poor srini...he doesn't have a bonus point.  And ElfTwinkle didn't get a Spoon in Week 1...she had 9. Toocool4u desn't show a Spoon, yet got one in Week 1.
Edited by dg_dave (Sat Nov 11 2017 10:42 AM)
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#1183404 - Tue Dec 05 2017 05:01 AM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Football Association Challenge Cup| . | Saturday 2nd December
2nd Round 17 of 17 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 17-0-00
12-2-30
14-3-00
2-4-11
15-1-10
3-6-80
2-0-15
9-5-30
16-1-00
15-1-10
10-5-20
12-4-10
16-0-10
2-0-15
5-4-80
3-7-70 | 3-3
3-1
3-0
3-0
1-1
3-3
0-5
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4-1
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1-1
2-0
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3 | Blackb Rovers v Crewe Alexandra
Bradford City v Plymouth Argyle
Coventry City v Boreham Wood
Doncaster Rov v Scunthorpe Utd
Fleetwood Town v Hereford
Forest Green Rovers v Exeter City
Gateshead v Luton Town
Gillingham v Carlisle United
Mansfield Town v Guiseley
Milton Keynes Dons v Maidstone
Newport County v Cambridge Utd
Port Vale v Yeovil Town
Shrewsbury Town v Morecambe
Slough Town v Rochdale
Stevenage v Swindon Town
Wimbledon v Charlton Athletic |
illiniman14 toocool4u wwe84
N-Bomb dg_dave
gtho4
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Howie72 srini701
ozzz2002
FussBudget gtho4
ozzz2002
FussBudget gtho4
N-Bomb srini701 Sypher . | | 139 | Slough Town v Rochdale was played on Monday night |
Round 2 | . |
position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp
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1 2 1-2 N-Bomb bs 23 11 36 2 5
2 4 4-6 ElfTwinkle b 22 11 34 2 2
3 1 1-3 Sypher 24 9 33 1 2
4 2 2-4 Howie72 23 8 31 2
5 4 4-6 LeoDaVinci 22 8 30 3
5 7 5-7 illiniman14 21 9 30 1
5 7 5-7 PaulE 21 9 30 1
8 7 7-12 gtho4 s 21 7 29 1 2
8 14 8-14 George95 b 18 10 29 3
8 7 6-8 paper_aero 21 8 29 1
11 11 11-12 dg_dave s 19 8 28 2
12 11 2-12 wwe84 19 8 27 3
12 11 11-12 Dizart 19 8 27 1
14 4 4-14 ozzz2002 22 4 26 1 3
15 14 2 15 FussBudget 18 6 24 1 1
16 16 16-16 toocool4u 16 7 23 1 1
16 17 16-17 srini701 15 8 23 1
late starters 25
139 6 4 33
home 23 9 32
draw 3 5 8
away(default) 6 2 8
wooden spoon 13 4 17
best picks 23 11 34
perfect 32 16 48
bonus pts 27 6 33
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 two.
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.
ineligible for bonus pts if picks are all home or all bar one (or all bar two for R1 to R4).
default is WS score last two rounds (semis and final) and for advance picks.
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1a +1 N-Bomb
1b +1 Sypher
2. +2 N-Bomb
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1a 12- -4 52.9% 11 11/16 N-Bomb 6/16 srini701 toocool4u
1b 11-3-2 64.0% 16 12/16 ElfTwinkle gtho4 Sypher 7/16 FussBudget
2 9-5-2 51.1% 6 11/16 ElfTwinkle N-Bomb 4/16 ozzz2002
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Sypher steps aside for the two winners, N-Bomb and ElfTwinkle, and drops back from 1st to 3rd place. These three have put 2 pts between themselves and the rest of the field.
Howie72 in 4th place is now 5 pts behind the leader .. the next 5 points cover 11 players (out of a field of 17). To complete the symmetry, the three at the rear of the field are separated by a single point.
In the previous round no-one kept their spot from the previous round apart from toocool4u in 16th place. This round was again an almost perfect game of musical chairs: no-one kept their spot from the previous round apart from toocool4u in 16th place (again) and dg_dave in 11th place.
The draw for the 3rd Round took place last night in London and, for the sixth time in the last 125 years, we have a Merseyside derby in the FA Cup: Liverpool v Everton. Liverpool have failed to beat Everton in their previous five meetings at Anfield in the FA Cup, or in their only League Cup tie at Anfield:25 Jan 1902 Liverpool v Everton x 2-2 FA Cup
04 Feb 1905 Liverpool v Everton x 1-1 FA Cup
25 Mar 1950 Liverpool v Everton L 0-2 FA Cup
28 Oct 1987 Liverpool v Everton L 0-1 League Cup
17 Feb 1991 Liverpool v Everton x 0-0 FA Cup
25 Jan 2009 Liverpool v Everton x 1-1 FA Cup Everton were formed in 1878 (foundation member of Football League in 1888). Liverpool began in 1892 (joined Second Division in 1893). The games in the Third Round will be posted next week, when the six Second Round replays decide who joins the 58 teams that are through: FA Cup - 3rd Round - Sat 6 Jan. Please note that the FA will probably bring one or two games forward to Friday night.
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#1186833 - Sat Jan 06 2018 06:04 PM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Football Association Challenge Cup| . | Saturday 6th January
3rd Round 16 of 17 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 16-0-00
11-4-10
6-6-40
1-4-11
13-2-10
14-1-10
14-2-00
1-2-13
3-1-12
12-3-10
0-3-13
0-0-16
5-5-60
14-0-10
15-0-10
15-0-00 | 1-3
1-0
0-1
1-2
2-2
0-1
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Birmingham City v Burton Albion
Blackburn Rovers v Hull City
Bolton Wand v Huddersfield Town
Bournemouth v Wigan Athletic
Brentford v Notts County
Cardiff City v Mansfield Town
Carlisle United v Sheff Wednesday
Coventry City v Stoke City
Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale
Exeter City v West Bromwich Alb
Fleetwood Town v Leicester City
Fulham v Southampton
Liverpool v Everton
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
Manchester United v Derby County |
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ozzz2002 toocxol4u PaulE Sypher
ozzz2002 wwe84
ozzz2002
ozzz2002 toocool4u
Dizart wwe84
N-Bomb
FussBudget Geworge95 wwe84
Fussbudget illiniman14
ozzz2002
. | | 101 | Liverpool v Everton and Manch Utd v Derby were played on Friday night
illiniman14 missed these but received a gimme for Manchester United |
Round 3a | . |
position points
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1 1 1-2 N-Bomb s 36 7 44 2 6
2 2 2-6 ElfTwinkle 34 6 40 2 2
2 3 1-3 Sypher 33 7 40 1 2
4 12 2-12 wwe84 ss 27 9 38 1 5
4 14 4-14 ozzz2002 sss 26 9 38 1 1 6
4 5 4-7 PaulE 30 8 38 1
7 5 4-7 LeoDaVinci 30 37 3
8 8 7-12 gtho4 29 6 35 1 2
8 11 8-12 dg_dave 28 7 35 2
8 8 6-8 paper_aero 29 6 35 1
8 5 5-8 illiniman14 30 5 35 1
8 4 2-8 Howie72 31 4 35 1 2
13 12 11-13 Dizart s 27 6 34 2
14 8 8-14 George95 29 4 33 1 3
15 16 15-16 toocool4u s 23 8 32 1 2
16 16 16-17 srini701 23 5 28 1
16 15 2 16 FussBudget 24 4 28 2 1
late starters 31
101 8 7 41
home 32 5 37
draw 8 4 12
away(default) 8 7 15
wooden spoon 17 4 21
best picks 34 9 43
perfect 48 16 64
bonus pts 33 8 41
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 two.
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.
ineligible for bonus pts if picks are all home or all bar one (or all bar two for R1 to R4).
default is WS score last two rounds (semis and final) and for advance picks.
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1a +1 N-Bomb
1b +1 Sypher
2. +2 N-Bomb
3a +4 N-Bomb
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1a 12- -4 52.9% 11 11/16 N-Bomb 6/16 srini701 toocool4u
1b 11-3-2 64.0% 16 12/16 ElfTwinkle gtho4 Sypher 7/16 FussBudget
2 9-5-2 51.1% 6 11/16 ElfTwinkle N-Bomb 4/16 ozzz2002
3a 5-4-7 52.6% 8 9/16 ozzz2002 wwe84 4/16 FussBudget George95 Howie72
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Once again, the FA Cup continues to generate upsets in the THird Round, when the FAPL & FLC teams enter the comp. No-one reached double digits for correct pricks. Two games were picked by no-one, and five games were picked by one or two.
ozzz2002 & wwe84 were this round's winners with 9/16 (their first for the season). They both did it the hard way: ozzz2002 with three solo picks and wwe84 with two. The three wooden spooners scored 4/16. Dizart, N-Bomb and toocol4u were the other three bonus points.
N-Bomb extends hi lead out front to 4 points. The next six are separated by a mere 3 pts. Ditto the next eight: they're 2 pts in arrears and are also separated by a mere 3 pts. From there there's a gap of 4 pts to the two tail-enders.
For the sixth time in the last 125 years, we had a Merseyside derby in the FA Cup: Liverpool v Everton. Liverpool have failed to beat Everton in their previous five meetings in the FA Cup, or in their only League Cup tie, at Anfield. They beat Everton
2-1 to end this 125-year streak.
Round 3b: the remainder of the Third Round will be completed on Monday night.
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#1186835 - Sat Jan 06 2018 06:33 PM
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No-one reached double digits for correct pricks. Pardon me? 
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#1186907 - Sun Jan 07 2018 10:29 PM
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lol,
it was the spell checker, trust me! I don't trust spell checkers. See here and here.
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#1187020 - Tue Jan 09 2018 05:49 PM
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Football Association Challenge Cup| . | Saturday 6th January
3rd Round 16 of 17 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 8-5-30
4-9-30
16-0-00
12-3-10
16-0-00
0-0-16
0-0-16
0-0-16
15-1-00
1-2-13
1-7-80
16-0-00
13-1-20
13-2-10
3-3-10
3-3-10 | 2-1
0-1
4-1
4-1
3-1
2-1
0-0
4-2
0-1
0-0
0-0
3-0
3-0
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3 | Brighton & Hove Alb v Crystal Pal
Ipswich Town v Sheffield United
Manchester City v Burnley
Millwall v Barnsley
Newcastle United v Luton Town
Newport County v Leeds United
Norwich City v Chelsea
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Queens Park Rangers v MK Dons
Shrewsbury Town v West Ham Utd
Stevenage v Reading
Tottenham Hotspur v Wimbledon
Watford v Bristol City
Wolverh Wanderers v Swansea City
Wycombe Wand v Preston N End
Yeovil Town v Bradford City |
N-Bomb dg_dave ozzz2002
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wwe84 toocool4u ozzz2002 FussBudget
wwe84
George95 FussBudget
George95 srini701 ozzz2002
wwe84 toocool4u
wwe84 dg_dave FussBudget . | | 108 | Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace was played on Monday night |
Round 3b | . |
position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp
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1 1 1-2 N-Bomb 44 8 52 2 6
2 4 2-12 wwe84 ws 38 8 48 1 7
3 2 2-6 ElfTwinkle 40 6 46 2 2
3 2 1-3 Sypher 40 6 46 1 2
5 8 5-12 dg_dave 35 9 44 1 2
5 4 4-14 ozzz2002 38 6 44 1 1 6
5 4 4-7 PaulE 38 6 44 1
8 8 2-8 Howie72 35 8 43 1 2
9 8 7-12 gtho4 35 7 42 1 2
9 7 4-9 LeoDaVinci 37 42 3
9 8 5-9 illiniman14 35 7 42 1
12 8 6-12 paper_aero 35 6 41 1
12 14 8-14 George95 s 33 7 41 1 4
14 15 14-16 toocool4u s 32 7 40 1 3
15 13 11-15 Dizart 34 5 39 1 2
16 16 2 16 FussBudget s 28 7 36 2 2
17 16 16-17 srini701 28 5 33 2
late starters 38
108 9 9 46
home 37 9 46
draw 12 4 16
away(default) 15 3 18
wooden spoon 21 5 26
best picks 43 9 52
perfect 64 16 80
bonus pts 41 5 46
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 two.
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.
ineligible for bonus pts if picks are all home or all bar one (or all bar two for R1 to R4).
default is WS score last two rounds (semis and final) and for advance picks.
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1a +1 N-Bomb
1b +1 Sypher
2. +2 N-Bomb
3a +4 N-Bomb
3b +4 N-Bomb
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1a 12- -4 52.9% 11 11/16 N-Bomb 6/16 srini701 toocool4u
1b 11-3-2 64.0% 16 12/16 ElfTwinkle gtho4 Sypher 7/16 FussBudget
2 9-5-2 51.1% 6 11/16 ElfTwinkle N-Bomb 4/16 ozzz2002
3a 5-4-7 52.6% 8 9/16 ozzz2002 wwe84 4/16 FussBudget George95 Howie72
3b 9-4-3 56.2% 5 9/16 dg_dave 5/16 srini701 Dizart
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The upsets continued in the other half of the Third Round - once again no-one reached double digits for correct picks. Four games were picked by no-one! .. and four were picked by two or three.
dg_dave was this round's winner (his first for the season). He climbs up into 5th place, a new high for the season. The two wooden spooners scored 5/16. Dizart collected his first spoon and srini701 his second.
New highs: dg_dave, toocool4u
New lows : LeoDaVinci, illiniman14, paper_aero, Dizart
N-Bomb maintains his 4 pt lead out front. The six behind him are separated by 4 points (up from 3 pts). Ditto the next eight: they're also separated by 4 pts.
That completes the first half of this comp. We have 5 rounds left in which to catch the leader and the next two, for a spot on the podium.
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#1188656 - Tue Jan 30 2018 05:57 AM
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Advance Picks : Semi-Finalists x4
lodged in Round 4 ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
dg_dave Chelsea Man City Man Utd T Hotsp
Dizart Chelsea Man City Man Utd T Hotsp
ElfTwinkle Man City Man Utd T Hotsp Liverp
FussBudget Chelsea Man City T Hotsp Liverp
George95 Chelsea Man City Man Utd Southm
gtho4 Chelsea Man City Man Utd Liverp
Howie72 Man City Man Utd T Hotsp Liverp
illiniman14 Chelsea Man City Liverp Leic C
LeoDaVinci Man City Man Utd T Hotsp Liverp
N-Bomb Chelsea Man City Liverp
ozzz2002 Man City Man Utd T Hotsp Leic C
paper_aero Chelsea Man City Man Utd Liverp
PaulE Chelsea Man City T Hotsp Liverp
srini701 Chelsea Man City T Hotsp Leic C
Sypher Chelsea Man City Man Utd T Hotsp
toocool4u Chelsea Man City T Hotsp Liverp
wwe84 Chelsea Man City Man Utd T Hotsp
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67c 13 17 11 12 10 3 1
Semi-Finalists x4 picks x1 pt each addded into Round 7 (2nd last round) | Semi-Finalists
Manchester City 17
Chelsea 13
Tottenham Hotspur 12
Manchester United 11
Liverpool 10
Leicester City 3
Southampton 1
67c
17 of 17 players lodged
advance picks
c = Man City picked twice by N-Bomb |
Advance Picks : Quarter-Finalists x8
lodged in Round 4
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dg_dave Chelsea Man City Man Utd T Hotsp Sheff U Hudd T Leic C Sh Wed
Dizart Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Millw WHU Leic C
ElfTwinkle Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp BHA Leic C Southm
FussBudget Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Sheff U Hudd T BHA
George95 Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Sheff U Leic C Southm
gtho4 Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Midd Leic C Southm
Howie72 Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Millw Sheff U Southm
illiniman14 Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Midd Sheff U Leic C
LeoDaVinci Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Midd Hudd T Swansea
N-Bomb Chelsea Man City Liverp T Hotsp Sheff U Hudd T Leic C
ozzz2002 Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Leic C Southm N For
paper_aero Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp WHU BHA Southm
PaulE Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp WHU BHA Leic C
srini701 Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Midd Leic C Southm
Sypher Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp WHU Leic C Southm
toocool4u Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp Millw Leic C Hull C
wwe84 Chelsea Man City Liverp Man Utd T Hotsp BHA Leic C Southm
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135c 17 17 16 16 17 4+3 6 4+4 5 13 9 1+1+1+1
QF x8 picks x1 pt each addded into Round 6 |
Quarter-Finalists
Chelsea 17
Manchester City 17
Tottenham Hotspur 17
Manchester United 16
Liverpool 16
Leicester City 13
Southampton 9
Sheffield United 6
Brighton & Hove Alb 5
Huddersfield Town 4
Middlesbrough 4
West Ham United 4
Millwall 3
Hull City 1
Nottingham Forest 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1
Swansea City 1
135c
17 of 17 players lodged
advance picks
c = Man City picked twice by N-Bomb | . . |
- 17 of 17 players lodged advance picks,
- which means we had a full set of picks, no MIAs.
- Four games ended in a draw but, at the moment,
- dg_dave is the only player with a full set of eight quarter-finalists.
- He was the lone ranger, the only one who didn't pick Liverpool.
- The remainder have lost one .. and some of us have lost two of them.
- 10 players have lost one of their semi-finalists,
- leaving just seven with a full set of four.
- semi-finals: of the 68 advance picks lodged 57 are still live.
- quarters: 136 advance picks lodged 120 are still live.
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#1188657 - Tue Jan 30 2018 05:58 AM
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Football Association Challenge Cup| . | Saturday 27th January
4th Round 17 of 17 players lodged tips
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16-0-10
15-2-00
4-7-60
16-1-00
9-6-20
17-0-00
7-5-50
0-1-16
1-3-13
0-2-15
13-2-10
12-3-20
12-3-20
3-7-70
0-0-16 | 0-2
3-0
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2-1
2-3
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17 | Cardiff City v Manchester City
Chelsea v Newcastle United
Huddersfield Town v Birmingham City
Hull City v Nottingham Forest
Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion
Middlesbro v Brighton & Hove Alb
Millwall v Rochdale
Milton Keynes Dons v Coventry City
Newport Co v Tottenham Hotspur
Notts County v Swansea City
Peterborough Utd v Leicester City
Sheffield Wednesday v Reading
Sheffield United v Preston Nth End
Southampton v Watford
Wigan Athletic v West Ham United
Yeovil Town v Manchester United | srini701
ozzz2002
Howie72 toocool4u
srini701
PaulE Sypher
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FussBudget
ozzz2002 illiniman14 George95
FussBudget srini701
Howie72 wwe84 N-Bomb
. | | 121 | Sheff Wednesday v Preston North End and Yeovil Town v Manch United played Friday night
dg_dave missed these two games but received a gimme for the Manchester United win
Cardiff City v Manchester City and Chelsea v Newcastle United were played Sunday |
Round 4 | . |
position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp
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1 1 1-2 N-Bomb 52 8 60 2 6
2 3 1-3 Sypher s 46 9 56 2 3
3 2 2-12 wwe84 48 7 55 1 7
4 3 2-6 ElfTwinkle 46 7 53 2 2
4 8 2-8 Howie72 s 43 9 53 1 1 3
6 5 4-7 PaulE s 44 7 52 2
7 5 4-14 ozzz2002 44 7 51 1 1 6
8 5 5-12 dg_dave 44 6 50 1 2
9 9 4-9 LeoDaVinci 42 7 49 3
9 9 5-9 illiniman14 42 7 49 1
9 12 6-12 paper_aero 41 8 49 1
9 14 9-16 toocool4u s 40 8 49 1 4
9 12 8-14 George95 41 8 49 1 4
14 9 7-14 gtho4 42 6 48 1 2
15 15 11-15 Dizart 39 7 46 1 2
16 16 2 16 FussBudget s 36 6 45 2 3
17 17 16-17 srini701 w 33 4 38 3 1
late starters 38
121 11 10 52
home 46 6 52
draw 16 4 20
away(default) 18 6 24
wooden spoon 26 4 30
best picks 52 9 61
perfect 80 16 96
bonus pts 46 6 52
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 two.
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.
ineligible for bonus pts if picks are all home or all bar one (or all bar two for R1 to R4).
default is WS score last two rounds (semis and final) and for advance picks.
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1a +1 N-Bomb
1b +1 Sypher
2. +2 N-Bomb
3a +4 N-Bomb
3b +4 N-Bomb
4. +4 N-Bomb
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1a 12- -4 52.9% 11 11/16 N-Bomb 6/16 srini701 toocool4u
1b 11-3-2 64.0% 16 12/16 ElfTwinkle gtho4 Sypher 7/16 FussBudget
2 9-5-2 51.1% 6 11/16 ElfTwinkle N-Bomb 4/16 ozzz2002
3a 5-4-7 52.6% 8 9/16 ozzz2002 wwe84 4/16 FussBudget George95 Howie72
3b 9-4-3 56.2% 5 9/16 dg_dave 5/16 srini701 Dizart
4 6-4-6 44.5% 6 9/16 Howie72 Sypher 4/16 srini701
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The upsets continue. Once again no-one reached double digits for correct picks. Two games were picked by no-one and five were picked by just one, two or three players.
Howie72 and Sypher were this round's winner (for Howie72 it was his first for the season) .. srini701 collected back-to-back wooden spoons.
New high: toocool4u (again)
New low : gtho4
N-Bomb maintains his 4 pt lead out front. The six behind him are separated by 5 points (up from 4 pts last week and 3 pts the week before). The next eight are separated by 4 pts (no change).
Our advance picks for the quarters and semis are in the post above this one .. dg_dave is the only player with a complete set of both (he didn't choose Liverpool). Four games have gone to a reply, which may see more advance picks disappear. The draw for Round 5 sees these match-ups:
BHA v Coventry City
Chelsea v Hull City
Hudd/Birm v Manch Utd
Leicester v Sheff United
Millw/Rochd v Newp/Spurs
Sh Wed v Notts/Swansea
WBA v Southampton
Wigan v Manchester City
The 5th Round will be played mid-February. The last game will be a re-run of the 2013 FA Cup Final, which was won by Wigan Athletic (who were then in the FA Premier League). Wigan have been relegated, twice in the intervening years, and now play in League One, one level below the FLC.
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#1188724 - Wed Jan 31 2018 09:27 AM
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33 + 4 + 1 is 38
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