#1190274 - Tue Feb 20 2018 07:11 AM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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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 ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 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
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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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QF x8 picks x1 pt each addded into Round 6 |
Quarter-Finalists Manchester City 17 Chelsea 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.
- nobody has a full set of eight quarter-finalists,
- ditto the semis .. nobody has a full set of four.
- some of us have lost four quarter-finalists,
- N-Bomb has one live semi-finalist, PaulE has two,
- and the rest of us have three still alive.
- 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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Finalists x2 plus Winner lodged in Round 5
| --------- ------- ---------- ---------- | ------- ---------- ---------- | dg_dave e| Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | Dizart e| Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | ElfTwinkle o | Manch Utd Manch City | Manch City | FussBudget | Chelsea Tott Hotsp | Tott Hotsp | George95 o | Manch Utd Manch City | Manch City | gtho4 e| Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | Howie72 e| Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | illiniman14 o | Manch Utd Manch City | Manch City | LeoDaVinci | | | N-Bomb o | Manch Utd Manch City | Manch City | ozzz2002 | Chelsea Manch City | Chelsea | paper_aero e| Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | PaulE e| Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | srini701 | Chelsea Tott Hotsp | Manch City | Sypher x| Tott Hotsp Manch City | Tott Hotsp | toocool4u x| Tott Hotsp Manch City | Tott Hotsp | wwe84 | Chelsea Manch City | Manch City | | --------- ------- ---------- ---------- | ------- ---------- ---------- | 48 | 4 4 10 14 | 1 12 3 |
Finalists x2 picks x2 pts each added into Round 8 (last round) Winner x 6 pts also added into Round 8 .. being 6 pts points if they win the final, 3 pts if they're the losing finalist, 2 pts if they lost their semi-final, and 1 pt if they lost their quarter-final.
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Manchester City 14 Tottenham Hotspur 10 Chelsea 4 Manchester United 4 32
16 of 17 players lodged advance picks
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Manchester City 12 Tottenham Hotspur 3 Chelsea 1 16
16 of 17 players lodged advance picks
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- we had 16 of 17 lodge three advance picks for the final. LeoDaVinci is MIA.
- FussBudget is the only runner with a complete set of three live picks.
- his advance picks: Spurs to beat Chelsea in the FA Cup Final.
- Wigan Athletic v Manchester City 1-0 saw 14 of us lose a finalist, and 12 lose the winner.
- we haven't reached the quarters, but only four runners have a live pick for the winner!
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#1190276 - Tue Feb 20 2018 07:13 AM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Football Association Challenge Cup. | Saturday 17th February 5th Round 16 of 17 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 10-6-00 15-1-00 11-2-10 14-0-00 1-6-90 1-1-14 9-5-00 14-0-00 0-0-16 0-0-16 213-10 4-6-60 3-9-40 1-9-60 0-1-15 0-0-16 | 2-0 3-1 4-0 4-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-0 1-0 | 10 15 11 16 9 14 5 16 0 0 13 6 4 6 1 0 | HT : Brighton & Hove Albion v Coventry City FT : Brighton & Hove Albion v Coventry City HT : Chelsea v Hull City FT : Chelsea v Hull City HT : Huddersfield Town v Manchester United FT : Huddersfield Town v Manchester United HT : Leicester City v Sheffield United FT : Leicester City v Sheffield United HT : Rochdale v Tottenham Hotspur FT : Rochdale v Tottenham Hotspur HT : Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City FT : Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City HT : West Bromwich Albion v Southampton FT : West Bromwich Albion v Southampton HT : Wigan Athletic v Manchester City FT : Wigan Athletic v Manchester City | ElfTwinkle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FussBudget toocool4u . . . .. . . . Sypher FussBudget Howie72 N-Bomb ElfTwinkle srini701 toocool4u dg_dave ozzz2002 Howie72 dg_dave PaulE srini701 . | | 126 | the Leicester City v Sheffield United and Chelsea v Hull City games were played on Friday night dg_dave and illiniman14 missed these two games but receive a gimme each for the FT result Wigan Athletic v Manchester City was played on Monday night |
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position points ----- ----- ---------- TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp ----- ----- ----------hf ws 1 1 1-2 N-Bomb 60 8 68 2 6 2 2 1-3 Sypher b 56 10 67 3 4 3 4 2-8 Howie72 b 53 10 64 2 1 4 4 3 2-12 wwe84 55 7 62 1 7 5 4 2-6 ElfTwinkle 53 8 61 2 2 5 6 4-7 PaulE 52 9 61 2 7 7 4-14 ozzz2002 51 8 59 1 1 6 8 9 6-12 paper_aero 49 9 58 1 8 9 8-14 George95 49 9 58 1 4 10 14 7-14 gtho4 48 9 57 1 2 11 8 5-12 dg_dave 50 6 56 1 2 12 9 5-12 illiniman14 49 6 55 1 13 15 11-15 Dizart 46 8 54 1 2 14 9 4-14 LeoDaVinci 49 53 3 14 9 9-16 toocool4u 49 4 53 2 4 14 16 2 16 FussBudget 45 8 53 2 3 17 17 16-17 srini701 s 38 7 46 3 2 late starters 52 126 13 11 55 home 52 7 59 draw 20 5 25 away(default) 24 4 28 wooden spoon 30 4 34 best picks 61 10 71 perfect 96 16 112 bonus pts 52 3 55 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. | . | 1a +1 N-Bomb 1b +1 Sypher 2. +2 N-Bomb 3a +4 N-Bomb 3b +4 N-Bomb 4. +4 N-Bomb 5. +1 N-Bomb 6. 7. 8.
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H-x-A avge bp 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 5 7-5-4 65.6% 3 10/16 Howie72 Sypher 4/16 toocool4u 6 7 8 59-25-28 55 12 11 |
| Upsets in the FA Cup continue. On Sunday, Spurs were held to a 2-2 draw by Rochdale, who are bottom of League One, one level below the FLC. Rochdale were leading 1-0 at half time. Nobody picked either the HT or the FT result.
On Monday night we had another upset. Wigan Athletic (they're also in League One), beat the FAPL runaway leaders Manchester City 1-0 (it was 0-0 at half time). Nobody picked this upset, but srini701 jagged one of them .. he consulted his crystal ball and picked the half time result! This game was a re-run of the 2013 FA Cup Final, which was won by Wigan Athletic (who were then in the FA Premier League).
Howie72 and Sypher were last round's winner and, in an encore performance, are this round's winners! N-Bomb retains his lead, but his margin out front has been shaved from 4 pts to just one point.
New high: nobody New low : illiniman14 and LeoDaVinci
Our advance picks for the quarters, semis and final have been decimated (see post above this one). No-one has a complete set of live picks for anything and, even though we're still one round short of the quarters, only three of us have a live pick for the winner!
The draw for Round 6 took place on Monday night and, after the balls were pulled out of the barrel, we ended up with these four match-ups for the quarter-finals:
Leicester City v Chelsea Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion Sheff Wed/Swansea City v Rochdale/Tott Hotspur Wigan Athletic v Southampton
The "big three", Manch United, Chelsea and Spurs have avoided each other and should progress to the semis (which will please dg_dave, Dizart and Sypher). The 6th Round will be played in four weeks : FA Cup - 6th Round - Sat 17 March.
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#1192438 - Sun Mar 18 2018 02:02 PM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Football Association Challenge Cupquarter-finals . | Saturday 17th March 6th Round 17 of 17 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 210-50 3-3-11 14-3-00 17-0-00 1-5-11 1-0-16 411-20 6-6-50
last eight lines are advance picks
| 0-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 0-2 0-3 0-0 0-1 . | 5 3 14 17 11 16 11 5 13 17 16 5 1 17 0 9 | HT FT HT FT HT FT HT FT . | Leicester City v Chelsea Leicester City v Chelsea Manch United v Brighton & Hove Alb Manch United v Brighton & Hove Alb Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur Wigan Athletic v Southampton Wigan Athletic v Southampton Leicester CityChelsea Manchester UnitedBrighton & Hove Albion Swansea CityTottenham Hotspur Wigan AthleticSouthampton | George95 paper_aero wwe84 dg_dave Sypher Dizart gtho4 srini701 FussBudget srini701 wwe84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . illiniman14 ozzz2002 paper_aero Howie72 N-Bomb PaulE FussBudget paper_aero Howie72 LeoDaVinci N-Bomb FussBudget paper_aero wwe84 ElfTwinkle PaulE LeoDaVinci . | | 160 | | two games were played on Saturday and two on Sunday Leicester City v Chelsea finished 1-2 aet |
Round 6 . |
position points ----- ----- ---------- TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp ----- ----- ----------hf ws 1 2 1-3 Sypher b 67 11 79 3 5 2 1 1-2 N-Bomb 68 9 77 2 6 3 5 2-6 ElfTwinkle b 61 11 73 2 3 3 4 2-12 wwe84 b 62 10 73 1 8 3 5 4-7 PaulE b 61 11 73 3 6 3 2-8 Howie72 64 8 72 2 1 4 7 8 6-12 paper_aero b 58 12 71 1 2 7 7 4-14 ozzz2002 b 59 11 71 1 1 7 9 10 7-14 gtho4 b 57 10 68 1 3 10 8 8-14 George95 58 9 67 1 4 11 11 5-12 dg_dave 56 9 65 1 2 12 14 4-14 LeoDaVinci s 53 9 63 5 12 13 11-15 Dizart 54 9 63 1 2 14 12 5-14 illiniman14 55 6 61 1 1 14 14 9-16 toocool4u 53 8 61 2 4 14 14 2 16 FussBudget 53 8 61 2 3 17 17 16-17 srini701 46 9 55 3 2 late starters 60 160 15 12 63 home 59 2 61 draw 25 2 27 away(default) 28 4 32 neutral 0 advance picks 8 8 wooden spoon 34 6 40 best picks 71 12 83 perfect 112 16 128 bonus pts 55 8 63 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. | . | 1a +1 N-Bomb 1b +1 Sypher 2. +2 N-Bomb 3a +4 N-Bomb 3b +4 N-Bomb 4. +4 N-Bomb 5. +1 N-Bomb 6. +1 Sypher 7. 8.
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H-x-A avge bp 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 5 7-5-4 65.6% 3 10/16 Howie72 Sypher 4/16 toocool4u 6 2-2-4 78.4% 8 12/16 paper_aero 6/19 illiniman14 7 8 61-27-32 63 13 12 |
| paper_aero scores his first weekly win and illiniman14 his first wooden spoon.
Sypher replaces N-Bomb out front and we're back to where we were back in R2, six rounds ago. No-one else has led this comp.
The two leaders are still 4 pts ahead of the peloton of six, who are now covered by a mere 2 pts (previously 6 pts). With just two rounds left, the two semis and the final, the three medallist should emerge from these eight players. A repeat of last year's finish is unlikely: ozzz2002 went from 2nd last to 1st in the last round with a set of truly outrageous, but astute, picks.
New high: PaulE New low : illiniman14 (again)
The draw for the semi-finals took place Sunday night after the last quarter-final was played. All four semi-finalist are from the FA Premier League (2nd v 4th and 5th v 18th):
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea v Southampton
Manchester Utd will be playing in their 29th semi-final, equalling the record set by Arsenal last year. These two teams are well clear of the rest in the FA Cup winners table:
MOST FA CUP WINS - TOP TEN SF F W Arsenal 29 20 13 Manchester United 29 19 12 Tottenham Hotspur 21 9 8 Liverpool 24 14 7 Chelsea 23 12 7 Aston Villa 21 11 7 Blackburn Rovers 18 8 6 Newcastle United 17 13 6 West Brom Albion 20 10 5 Everton 26 13 5 Manchester City 12 10 5 SF = semi-final appearances F = finals played W = FA Cup wins
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17 of 17 players lodged advance picks Advance Picks : Quarter-Finalists x8 lodged in Round 4
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QF x8 picks x1 pt each addded into Round 6 |
1 2 3 4 5 6 | FAPL FLC L1 L2 NL NL2 | FA Premier League Football League Championship League One League Two National League (formerly Football Conference) NL South and NL North | non-league team = level 5 and lower (aka below Football League) The Football League added Division Three (South) and Division Three (North) in 1920 and 1921. The two regional leagues disappeared in 1958 when the Fourth Division was formed (from the bottom halves of each regional league). The FA Cup started in 1872 and the Football League was founded 16 years later in 1888. |
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#1195493 - Tue Apr 24 2018 08:20 AM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Football Association Challenge Cup. | Saturday 21st April semi-finals Round 7 . |
position points ----- ----- ---------- TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp ----- ----- ----------hf ws 1 1 1-3 Sypher 79 9 88 3 5 2 2 1-2 N-Bomb 77 9 86 2 6 3 3 2-6 ElfTwinkle b 73 10 84 2 4 4 7 4-12 paper_aero b 71 10 82 1 3 4 3 2-12 wwe84 ss 73 7 82 1 1 10 4 7 4-14 ozzz2002 b 71 10 82 1 1 8 7 3 4-7 PaulE 73 8 81 3 8 6 2-8 Howie72 72 8 80 2 1 4 9 9 7-14 gtho4 68 8 76 1 3 10 14 9-16 toocool4u bs 61 12 75 1 2 6 10 12 10-15 Dizart b 63 11 75 1 3 10 10 8-14 George95 s 67 7 75 2 5 13 11 5-13 dg_dave 65 9 74 1 2 14 12 4-14 LeoDaVinci 63 8 71 5 15 14 2 16 FussBudget 61 8 69 2 3 16 17 16-17 srini701 bs 55 10 67 3 4 17 14 5-17 illiniman14 61 5 66 1 1 late starters 00 149 16 14 74 home 61 61 draw 27 27 away(default) 32 32 neutral 0 12 12 advance picks 8 6 14 wooden spoon 40 4 44 best picks 83 12 95 perfect 128 16 144 bonus pts 63 11 74 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. | . | 1a +1 N-Bomb 1b +1 Sypher 2. +2 N-Bomb 3a +4 N-Bomb 3b +4 N-Bomb 4. +4 N-Bomb 5. +1 N-Bomb 6. +2 Sypher 7. +2 Sypher 8.
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H-x-A avge bp 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 5 7-5-4 65.6% 3 10/16 Howie72 Sypher 4/16 toocool4u 6 2-2-4 78.4% 8 12/16 paper_aero 6/16 illiniman14 7 54.8% 11 12/16 toocool4u 7/16 George95 wwe84 8 61-27-32 74 14 14 |
| toocool4u scores his first weekly win and wwe84 his first wooden spoon. The other wooden spoon went to George95.
Sypher retains his 2 pt margin back to N-Bomb. With just one round left, no-one else has led this comp.
ElfTwinkle, in 3rd place, has halved the 4 pt deficit to 2 pts and from there it's another 2 pts to a gaggle of 5 players separated by a single point .. ozzz2002, who's one of those five, is the only player with a live pick (Chelsea) for the FA Cup Final! The rest of us will be picking up crumbs with our advance picks.
The three medallist should emerge from these eight players. The rest of us are too far behind to finish on the podium. A repeat of last year's finish is unlikely: ozzz2002 went from 2nd last to 1st in the last round with a set of astute but truly outrageous picks. As he's the only one who can collect 5 pts with his advance pick, can he retain his title?
New high: paper_aero, Dizart New low : illiniman14 (again), dg_dave
Manchester United and Chelsea will be contesting the 2018 FA Cup Final. Manch Utd will be playing in their 20th FA Cup Final, equalling the record set by Arsenal last year. If they win their win-loss record will be identical to that of Arsenal. These two teams are well clear of the rest in the FA Cup winners table:
MOST FA CUP WINS - TOP TEN SF F W Arsenal 29 20 13 Manchester United 29 20 12 Tottenham Hotspur 21 9 8 Liverpool 24 14 7 Chelsea 23 13 7 Aston Villa 21 11 7 Blackburn Rovers 18 8 6 Newcastle United 17 13 6 West Brom Albion 20 10 5 Everton 26 13 5 Manchester City 12 10 5 SF = semi-final appearances F = finals played W = FA Cup wins Spurs have lost 12 of their 21 semi-final appearances and, of those twelve, eight of them are consecutive over the last three decades. They last played in an FA Cup Final in 1991, when they beat Forest 2-1 aet. They played in the following semi-finals and lost all of them: 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2017 and 2018. |
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17 of 17 players lodged advance picks c = Man City picked twice by N-Bomb |
1 2 3 4 5 6 | FAPL FLC L1 L2 NL NL2 | FA Premier League Football League Championship League One League Two National League (formerly Football Conference) NL South and NL North | non-league team = level 5 and lower (aka below Football League) The Football League added Division Three (South) and Division Three (North) in 1920 and 1921. The two regional leagues disappeared in 1958 when the Fourth Division was formed (from the bottom halves of each regional league). The FA Cup started in 1872 and The Football League was founded 16 years later in 1888. |
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#1197163 - Tue May 22 2018 09:46 AM
Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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FA CUP FINAL. | Saturday 19th May 8th Round Round 8 . |
position points ----- ----- ---------- TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp ----- ----- ----------hf ws 1 2 1-2 N-Bomb 86 8 94 3 6 2 1 1-3 Sypher 88 4 92 3 5 3 4 3-14 ozzz2002 s 82 8 91 2 1 9 4 3 2-6 ElfTwinkle 84 4 88 2 4 4 4 2-12 wwe84 82 6 88 1 1 10 6 4 4-12 paper_aero 82 4 86 1 3 7 8 2-8 Howie72 80 4 84 2 1 4 8 7 4-8 PaulE 81 0 81 1 3 8 10 8-14 George95 75 6 81 2 5 10 10 10-15 Dizart 75 2 77 1 3 11 9 7-14 gtho4 76 0 76 1 1 3 12 10 9-16 toocool4u 75 0 75 1 3 6 12 15 2 16 FussBudget 69 6 75 2 3 14 13 5-14 dg_dave 74 0 74 1 1 2 15 14 4-15 LeoDaVinci 71 0 71 5 15 16 16-17 srini701 67 4 71 3 4 17 17 5-17 illiniman14 66 2 68 1 1 late starters 00 58 17 18 75 home 61 61 draw 27 27 away(default) 32 32 neutral 12 6 18 advance picks 14 12 26 wooden spoon 44 0 44 best picks 95 8 103 perfect 144 16 160 bonus pts 74 1 75 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. | . | 1a +1 N-Bomb 1b +1 Sypher 2. +2 N-Bomb 3a +4 N-Bomb 3b +4 N-Bomb 4. +4 N-Bomb 5. +1 N-Bomb 6. +2 Sypher 7. +2 Sypher 8. +2 N-Bomb
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H-x-A avge bp 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 5 7-5-4 65.6% 3 10/16 Howie72 Sypher 4/16 toocool4u 6 2-2-4 78.4% 8 12/16 paper_aero 6/16 illiniman14 7 54.8% 11 12/16 toocool4u 7/16 George95 wwe84 8 30.9% 1 8/16 ozzz2002 N-Bomb 0/16 toocool4u dg_dave gtho4 PaulE 61-27-32 75 17 18 |
| N-Bomb and ozzz2002 scored the final weekly wins in this comp and the first three spots from the previous round are no more.
N-Bomb took the gold medal by pushing Sypher back into 2nd place and ozzz2002 pushed ElfTwinkle off the podium to take bronze.
There was just the one bonus point .. ozzz2002 was the only player to hit pay dirt with his or her advance pick! Those of us who picked draw-draw-no goals were very close .. Chelsea won the game with a penalty.
In a curious finish to the season, ozzz2002 did not pick Chelsea with his three picks. If he had stuck with his advance pick he would've scored another 6 pts with his three picks; and pushed everyone aside and won this!
Four of us finished on a wing and a prayer: we all scored zilch, nada, zero, nil, nothing and a big fat 0/16 .. ozzz2002 finished on a high and three of us finished on a low:
New high: ozzz2002 New low : PaulE, dg_dave (again), LeoDaVinci
In what was a dreary Cup Final, Manchester United failed to equal Arsenal's all-time record of 13 FA Cup wins. They finished runners-up in the League and runners-up in the FA Cup, which is the 11th time this feat has been achieved since 1889 (see list bottom right).
MOST FA CUP WINS SF F W Arsenal 29 20 13 Manchester United 29 20 12 Chelsea 23 13 8 Tottenham Hotspur 20 9 8 Liverpool 24 14 7 Aston Villa 21 11 7 Blackburn Rovers 18 8 6 Newcastle United 17 13 6 Everton 26 13 5 West Brom Albion 20 10 5 Manchester City 12 10 5
SF = semi-final appearances F = finals played W = FA Cup wins | DOUBLE WINNERS 1889 Preston North End 1897 Aston Villa 1961 Tottenham Hotspur 1971 Arsenal 1986 Liverpool 1994 Manchester United 1996 Manchester United 1998 Arsenal 1999 Manchester United 2002 Arsenal 2010 Chelsea
11 doubles by seven teams. Arsenal and Manch United have achieved this feat three times.
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CHAMPIONS WHO LOST FA CUP FINAL 1905 Newcastle United 1913 Sunderland 1957 Manchester United 1977 Liverpool 1985 Everton 1988 Liverpool 2007 Manchester United 2017 Chelsea
LOST FA CUP AND RUNNERS-UP IN LEAGUE 1928 Huddersfield Town 1932 Arsenal 1939 Wolverh Wanderers 1962 Burnley 1965 Leeds United 1970 Leeds United 1986 Everton 1995 Manchester United 2001 Arsenal 2013 Manchester City 2018 Manchester United
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srini701 is the only player to win back-to-back titles (2009 & 2010) and the only one to win this three times (he won it again in 2015).
This year's FA Cup comp was the 16th edition. The defending title holder was ozzz2002 (who came within a whisker of being the 2nd person to win back-to-back titles). Howie72 was last year's silver medallist and N-Bomb collected the bronze medal.
1. N-Bomb 2. Sypher 3. ozzz2002
Thank you linesmen and women; thank you ballboys and girls. Congratulations to the three medallists and commiserations to the rest of us!
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16 of 17 players lodged advance picks Advance Picks Finalists x2 plus winner lodged in Round 5
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------| dg_dave | Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | Dizart | Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | ElfTwinkle | Manch Utd Manch City | Manch City | FussBudget | Chelsea Tott Hotsp | Tott Hotsp | George95 | Manch Utd Manch City | Manch City | gtho4 | Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | Howie72 | Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | illiniman14 | Manch Utd Manch City | Manch City | LeoDaVinci | | | N-Bomb | Manch Utd Manch City | Manch City | ozzz2002 | Chelsea Manch City | Chelsea | paper_aero | Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | PaulE | Tott Hotsp Manch City | Manch City | srini701 | Chelsea Tott Hotsp | Manch City | Sypher | Tott Hotsp Manch City | Tott Hotsp | toocool4u | Tott Hotsp Manch City | Tott Hotsp | wwe84 | Chelsea Manch City | Manch City | |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------| 48 | 4 4 10 14 | 12 3+1 | |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
Finalists x2 picks x2 pts each added into Round 8 (last round) above. Winner x 6 pts also added into Round 8 .. being 6 pts points if they win the final, 3 pts if they're the losing finalist, 2 pts if they lost their semi-final, and 1 pt if they lost their quarter-final.
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Manchester City 14 Tottenham Hotspur 10 Chelsea 4 Manchester United 4 32
Winner
Manchester City 12 Tottenham Hotspur 3 Chelsea 1 16
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1 2 3 4 5 6 | FAPL FLC L1 L2 NL NL2 | FA Premier League Football League Championship League One League Two National League (formerly Football Conference) NL South and NL North | non-league team = level 5 and lower (aka below Football League) The Football League added Division Three (South) and Division Three (North) in 1920 and 1921. The two regional leagues disappeared in 1958 when the Fourth Division was formed (from the bottom halves of each regional league). The FA Cup started in 1872 and The Football League was founded 16 years later in 1888. |
Edited by gtho4 (Tue May 22 2018 08:21 PM) Edit Reason: typo x1
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#1197195 - Tue May 22 2018 10:08 PM
Re: Results & Standings .. FA Cup
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Interesting comp....congrats N-Bomb and ozzz2002 (and Sypher for holding on). Thanks George for another fine comp 
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