#832419 - Thu Oct 18 2012 12:13 AM
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This year's edition of the FA Cup tipping comp runs for 7 months over 10 rounds from Saturday 3rd November 2012 until Saturday 11th May 2013 (FA Cup Round 1 through to the Final). The Football Association has accepted entries from 758 teams for this season's FA Cup, comprising 666 non-league teams plus the 92 league teams. The league teams are the 44 teams in the FAPL (20) and FLC (24), and the 48 teams in League One and League Two (24 each).- the 4th and last qualifying round for the 666 non-league teams will be played 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 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 3 November 2012 2nd Round : Saturday 1 December 2012 3rd Round : Saturday 5 January 2013 4th Round : Saturday 26 January 2013 5th Round : Saturday 16 February 2013 6th Round : Saturday 9 March 2013 quarters 7th Round : Saturday 13 April 2013 semi-finals 8th Round : Saturday 11 May 2013 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. 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 or one of three if 20 or more runners. one bonus point for 11+/16; 14/16 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), 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 11th edition of the FA Cup tipping comp. Last season's comp was won by superhooppete. . | Previous winners & medallists: | . | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 . | silverginger halfbakedangi Sypher halfbakedangi PaulE LeoDaVinci srini701 srini701 KrivoyRog superhooppete | gtho4 manvinder01 treble99 Sypher Howie72 gtho4 LeoDaVinci paper_aero triviapaul trev1 | Dazzy_D Sypher ElfTwinkle PaulE gtho4 Howie72 PaulE Howie72 BxBarracuda illiniman14 | . |
The draw for the First Round takes place on the weekend, on Sunday 21st October. If you'd like to have a go at knocking superhooppete off his perch, please sign-in!
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#832908 - Fri Oct 19 2012 08:26 PM
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#832914 - Fri Oct 19 2012 10:32 PM
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#832985 - Sat Oct 20 2012 06:19 AM
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#832993 - Sat Oct 20 2012 07:49 AM
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#833362 - Mon Oct 22 2012 02:02 AM
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#833392 - Mon Oct 22 2012 03:24 AM
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#833438 - Mon Oct 22 2012 01:56 PM
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Here we go again!
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#835028 - Mon Oct 29 2012 01:22 AM
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#835238 - Mon Oct 29 2012 05:58 PM
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#835266 - Mon Oct 29 2012 08:35 PM
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I'll give it a go.
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#836417 - Sat Nov 03 2012 04:22 PM
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Football Association Challenge Cup. | Saturday 3rd November 1st Round 21 of 21 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 19-0-20 18-2-10 11-2-80 4-5-12 4-4-13 3-2-16 12-2-70 2-1-18 9-8-40 5-7-90 18-2-10 7-4-10 16-3-20 18-1-20 13-3-50 17-2-20 | 3-1 3-0 4-0 2-2 3-1 0-2 0-2 1-2 1-1 1-1 3-0 3-2 3-0 0-2 1-1 2-4 | 19 18 11 5 4 16 7 18 8 7 18 7 16 2 3 2 | Doncaster Rov v Bradford Park Ave Fleetwood Town v Bromley Gillingham v Scunthorpe United Guiseley v Barrow Hereford United v Shrewsbury Town Kidderminster Harriers v Oldham Ath Portsmouth v Notts County Metropolitan Police v Crawley Town Morecambe v Rochdale Northampton Town v Bradford City Preston North End v Yeovil Town Rotherham United v Stevenage Southend United v Stockport County Swindon Town v Macclesfield Town York City v AFC Wimbledon Wrexham v Alfreton Town | wwe84 ozzz2002 wwe84 dg_dave Sypher doomed dg_dave FussBudget N-Bomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gtho4 ozzz2002 FussBudget BxBarracuda KrivoyRog srini701 wwe84 ozzz2002 BxBarracuda trev1 FussBudget doomed ozzz202 . | | 161 | |
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position points ----- ----- ---------- TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp ----- ----- ----------hf ws 1 1-1 paper-aero b 10 11 1 1 1 1-1 PaulE b 10 11 1 1 3 3-3 doomed s 9 10 1 3 3-3 trev1 s 9 10 1 5 5-5 BxBarracuda s 8 9 1 5 5-5 Dizart 9 9 5 5-5 dg_dave 9 9 5 5-5 Howie72 9 9 5 5-5 illiniman14 9 9 10 10-10 ozzz2002 ss 6 8 2 10 10-10 George95 8 8 10 10-10 Sypher 8 8 13 13-13 FussBudget s 6 7 1 13 13-13 wwe84 s 6 7 1 13 13-13 N-Bomb 7 7 13 13-13 KrivoyRog 7 7 13 13-13 LeoDaVinci 7 7 13 13-13 superhooppete 7 7 13 13-13 toocool4u 7 7 20 20-20 srini701 6 6 21 21-21 gtho4 4 4 1 late starters 6 161 2 1 9 home 0 7 7 draw 0 4 4 away(default) 0 5 5 wooden spoon 0 4 4 best picks 0 10 10 perfect 0 16 16 bonus pts 0 9 9 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 | . | 1a +1 paper_aero PaulE 1b 2. 3a 3b 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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H-x-A avge bp 1a 7-4-5 47.9% 9 10/16 paper_aero PaulE 4/16 gtho4 1b . 2 . 3a . 3b . 4 . 5 6 7 8 9 2 1
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| Last year's FA Cup comp set all-time record when 21 runners lined-up at the barriers to participate; the previous record was 18 set in 2004 (equalled in the 2011 comp).
This year we again have 21 runners .. 19 are back for another dose and rxbigdawg & triviapaul are no-shows; their replacements are doomed and toocool4u.
The first round of this year's comp produced three upsets and no game was picked by everyone. Two players picked picked 10/16 for a bonus point, and they're our are early season leaders: PaulE and paper_aero .. gtho4 collected the first wooden spoon on offer with a stupendous 4/16. He failed to beat default.
Round 1b will be completed tomorrow when the last 1st Round game is played.
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#917654 - Thu Nov 15 2012 05:39 AM
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Football Association Challenge Cup. | Saturday 3rd November 1st Round 21 of 21 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 16-3-20 6-5-10 12-5-40 1-2-18 17-3-10 2-0-19 1-1-19 6-1140 0-2-17 20-0-10 18-2-10 7-8-60 21-0-00 12-7-20 5-3-13 4-2-15 | 2-1 0-2 1-2 0-2 4-0 0-3 1-2 1-0 0-0 4-2 3-0 6-1 3-0 4-1 1-0 0-2 | 16 10 4 18 17 19 19 6 2 20 18 7 21 12 5 15 | Aldershot Town v Hendon Barnet v Oxford United Bishop's Stortford v Hastings United Boreham Wood v Brentford Bournemouth v Dagenh & Redbridge Braintree Town v Tranmere Rovers Bristol Rovers v Sheffield United Bury v Exeter City Cambridge City v Milton Keynes Dons Carlisle United v Ebbsfleet United Cheltenham Town v Yate Town Chesterfield v Hartlepool United Coventry City v Arlesey Town Crewe Alexandra v Wycombe Wand Dorchester Town v Plymouth Argyle Gloucester City v Leyton Orient | toocool4u gtho4 illiniman14 doomed trev1 George95 ozzz2002 wwe84 FussBudget ozzz2002 doomed wwe84 FussBudget wwe84 George95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . doomed FussBudget ozzz2002 wwe84 dg_dave ozzz2002 wwe84 dg_dave ozzz2002 illiniman14 doomed wwe84 dg_dave ozzz2002 illiniman14 doomed srini701 | | 209 | dg_dave & illiniman14 missed the Fri night game Cambridge City v MK Dons Braintree Town v Tranmere Rovers was played on Tue 13th Nov and Gloucester City v Leyton Orient on Wed 14th |
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position points ----- ----- ---------- TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp ----- ----- ----------hf ws 1 1 1-1 PaulE xb 11 13 26 2 3 2 1 1-2 paper-aero b 11 11 23 1 2 3 13 3-13 toocool4u xb 7 13 22 1 2 3 3 3-3 doomed sb 10 10 22 3 3 5 3-5 Dizart b 9 12 22 1 3 5 3-5 illiniman14 b 9 12 22 1 7 5 5-7 BxBarracuda b 9 10 20 2 7 5 5-7 Howie72 b 9 10 20 1 7 10 7-10 Sypher b 8 11 20 1 7 13 7-13 N-Bomb b 7 12 20 1 11 13 11-13 KrivoyRog b 7 11 19 1 11 13 11-13 LeoDaVinci b 7 11 19 1 11 13 11-13 superhooppete b 7 11 19 1 14 3 3-14 trev1 10 8 18 1 15 5 5-15 dg_dave 9 8 17 15 10 10-15 George95 8 9 17 17 21 17-21 gtho4 b 4 11 16 1 1 18 13 13-18 FussBudget s 7 7 15 2 18 20 18-20 srini701 6 9 15 20 10 10-20 ozzz2002 8 6 14 2 21 13 13-21 wwe84 7 4 11 1 1 late starters 14 209 4 2 27 home 7 9 16 draw 4 1 5 away(default) 5 6 11 wooden spoon 4 4 8 best picks 10 13 23 perfect 16 16 32 bonus pts 9 18 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 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 | . | 1a +1 PaulE paper_aero 1b +3 PaulE 2. 3a 3b 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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H-x-A avge bp 1a 7-4-5 47.9% 9 10/16 PaulE paper_aero 4/16 gtho4 1b 9-1-6 62.2% 18 13/16 PaulE toocool4u 4/16 wwe84 2 . 3a . 3b . 4 . 5 6 7 8 27 4 2
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| With two games postponed because of waterlogged pitches and one game brought forward to Friday night, this Round dragged on from Friday 2nd November through to Wednesday 15th November.
PaulE is again a weekly winner and skips away from joint-leader to sole leader with a 3 point break. PaulE and doomed were the only players to keep their spot from the previous Round .. toocool4u, who also picked 13/16 games, is this week's star performer; he flew up the table from 13th to 3rd.
wwe84 collects this week's wooden spoon, and falls to the rear of the field. As was the case in the last round, the wooden spooner failed to beat default.
Between us we had a stupendous strike rate of 62.2% (average of 10/16) with a truckload of bonus points. After just two rounds of picks, everyone bar three players has scored a bonus point. The next round is three weeks away: FA Cup - 2nd Round - Sat 1 Dec.
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#917655 - Thu Nov 15 2012 05:58 AM
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You've left toocool4u off the Hall of Fame, but show 13 in the table.
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#953508 - Tue Dec 04 2012 05:56 AM
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So far 15 of the 16 games have been played. The remaining game is Barrow v Macclesfield, which has been rescheduled to next week Tuesday 11th Dec (when Second Round replays commence). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/fa-cup/fixtures
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#955125 - Wed Dec 12 2012 03:23 PM
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Frozen pitch: Barrow v Macclesfield has been postponed again. It is now scheduled for next week, Tuesday 18th December. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20590488
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#956268 - Wed Dec 19 2012 12:27 AM
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Football Association Challenge Cup. | Saturday 1st December 2nd Round 21 of 21 players lodged tips
| | correct picks | 11-5-50 3-4-14 11-1-90 11-2-80 9-8-40 20-1-00 19-1-10 16-4-10 14-3-40 15-4-20 16-2-30 6-7-80 17-2-20 5-9-70 20-1-00 18-3-00 | 3-3 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 2-1 3-0 2-3 1-1 2-1 2-1 3-1 2-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 | 5 4 1 8 8 20 19 1 3 15 16 6 17 9 20 18 | Accrington Stanley v Oxford Utd Barrow v Macclesfield Town Bury v Southend United Carlisle United v Bournemouth Cheltenham Town v Hereford Utd Coventry City v Morecambe Crawley Town v Chelmsford City Fleetwd Town v Aldershot Town Harrogate Town v Hastings Utd Luton Town v Dorchester Town Milton Keynes Dons v Wimbledon Oldham Athletic v Doncaster Rov Preston North End v Gillingham Rotherham United v Notts County Sheffield United v Port Vale Tranmere Rovers v Chesterfield | wwe84 Howie72 dg_dave srini701 trev1 George95 gtho4 illiniman14 paper-aero LeoDaVinci wwe84 George95 ozzz2002 toocool4u George95 FussBudget paper_aero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KrivoyRog gtho4 illiniman14 trev1 KrivoyRog George95 dg_dave srini701 | | 170 | MK Dons v Wimbledon was played lunchtime Sunday Cheltenham v Hereford was played on Monday night Barrow v Macclesfield was played on Tue 18th Dec |
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position points ----- ----- ---------- TW LW hi-lo LW TW bp ----- ----- ----------hf ws 1 3 1-13 toocool4u bs 22 10 34 1 4 2 1 1-2 PaulE 26 7 33 2 3 2 2 1-2 paper-aero s 23 9 33 1 3 2 3 2-3 doomed b 22 10 33 4 5 11 5-13 LeoDaVinci bs 19 11 32 1 3 6 7 5-7 Howie72 b 20 10 31 2 6 3 3-6 illiniman14 22 9 31 1 8 3 3-8 Dizart 22 7 29 1 8 7 7-13 N-Bomb 20 9 29 1 10 7 5-10 BxBarracuda 20 8 28 2 10 7 7-10 Sypher 20 8 28 1 12 14 3-14 trev1 18 9 27 1 12 15 10-15 George95 s 17 9 27 1 14 11 11-14 KrivoyRog 19 7 26 1 14 11 11-14 superhooppete 19 7 26 1 16 18 13-18 FussBudget s 15 8 24 3 17 17 17-21 gtho4 16 7 23 1 1 17 15 5-17 dg_dave 17 6 23 1 19 18 18-20 srini701 15 7 22 20 20 10-20 ozzz2002 14 6 20 1 2 21 21 13-21 wwe84 11 6 21 2 1 late starters 19 170 5 5 36 home 16 8 24 draw 5 6 11 away(default) 11 2 13 wooden spoon 8 6 14 best picks 23 11 34 perfect 32 16 48 bonus pts 27 9 36 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 | . | 1a +1 PaulE paper_aero 1b +3 PaulE 2. +1 toocool4u 3a 3b 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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H-x-A avge bp 1a 7-4-5 47.9% 9 10/16 PaulE paper_aero 4/16 gtho4 1b 9-1-6 62.2% 18 13/16 PaulE toocool4u 4/16 wwe84 2 8-6-2 50.6% 9 13/16 LeoDaVinci 6/16 wwe84 dg_dave ozzz2002 3a . 3b . 4 . 5 6 7 8 36 5 5
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| With a frozen pitch at Barrow which refused to thaw, the second round dragged on from Saturday 1st December to Tuesday 18th December.
PaulE is no longer leader .. his 3 pt lead out front has evaporated to one below zero .. toocool4u has taken over front-running duties (last week he climbed from 13th to 3rd). The first seven players are now separated by a mere 3 points .. and the first four are separated by a single solitary point!
One of those seven is LeoDaVinci, this week's winner. He scored yet another bs collection of bonus pts and flew up the table all the way from 11th to 5th. George95 scored his first bonus point, to leave just two players looking for their first.
The next round is early next year : FA Cup - 3rd Round - Sat 5 Jan.
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Edited by gtho4 (Fri Dec 28 2012 08:48 AM)
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