h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Noooo! Don't go to Burnley! Or anywhere else where they still point at aeroplanes!

Before the results go up, I have a little admin work to get out of the way.

In the first request for a Pools Panel Pick this season, Master B gets the following:

Sunderland 1-1 Crystal Palace
West Ham 2-1 Reading
Nottingham Forest 3-1 Sheffield United
Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Luton Town
Yeovil 0-0 York City
with no scorer points.

Making a total of five for the week.


And in a late development, we have a new addition to the fold. Stand up and take a bow Lord Smooth

In the spirit of generosity unbounded, I have decided to allow his Lordship Pools Panel selections for the first four weeks of the season - yes I *know* I had said 'two or three' before, but heck, I was feeling generous

So here goes...

Week 1:
Portsmouth 1-1 Aston Villa
Leicester City 0-0 Southampton
Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Wolves
Manchester United 0-2 Bolton Wanderers
Arsenal 1-1 Everton

Week 2:
Chel$ea 2-1 Leicester City
Everton 2-4 Fulham
Tottenham 1-1 Leeds
Wolves 1-0 Charlton Athletic
Bradford City 0-1 Gillingham

Week 3:
Bolton 1-0 Charlton Athletic
Wolves 3-1 Portsmouth
Middlesborough 1-0 Leeds
Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
Millwall 0-0 Crystal Palace

Week4:
Macedonia 2-1 England
Italy 2-2 Wales
Eire 4-0 Russia
Scotland 0-1 Faroe Islands
Holland 1-1 Austria

Plus one scorer point, means that he starts the campaign with 10 points in the bag

An average to good scoring week for most, with a couple of absolute mares mixed in for good luck. The only trouble is the crap scores come from those who were in the chasing pack, whilst the good scores come from (now ex) mid table palayers. This all means that the table has tightened up, but that our 'smoking man', who got a good score, increases his lead...!

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The Results:

Sunderland 2-1 Crystal Palace (KYLE, Johnson, Stewart)

West Ham 1-0 Reading (DAILLY )

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Sheffield United (HAREWOOD, Ndlovu, Reid)

Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Luton Town (McSHEFFREY - what a name to conjure with , Evans, Friio)

Yeovil 3-0 York City (JACKSON, Pluck, Stansfield)

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The Points:

creachy - 7 points (West Ham result; Scabs result; Plymouth result & scorer)

Egon - 6 points (Sunderland result; West Ham result; Plymouth result)

GreyDesk - 8 points (Sunderland result; West Ham result; Plymouth result; Yeovil result)

Kiltedjedi - 11 points (Sunderland result, score & scorer; Scabs scorer & 1st scorer; Plymouth result & score; Yeovil result)

loosehead - 5 points (Sunderland result & scorer; West Ham result)

Master B - 5 points (West Ham result; Scabs result & score)

Number Six - 10 points (Sunderland result, score & scorer; Scabs result; Plymouth result; Yeovil result)

OB1 Knordic - 8 points (Sunderland result & scorer; West Ham result; Plymouth result & scorer; Yeovil result)

Ormondroyd - 5 points (Sunderland result & scorer; Yeovil result)

Otto Fisch - 3 points (Plymouth scorer; Yeovil result)

robin - 9 points (Sunderland result, score & scorer; West Ham result; Plymouth result & score)

spook - 2 points (West Ham result)

summerbayexile - 8 points (Scabs result, scorer & 1st scorer; Plymouth result, score & scorer)

The Snockerty Friddle - 6 points (Sunderland result & score; Plymouth result & scorer)

Uncle Heavy - 10 points (Sunderland result, score & scorer; West Ham result; Plymouth result; Yeovil result)

Lord Smooth - 4 points (Sunderland scorer; Scabs result; Plymouth scorer)

owlatron, Tonto & werekitty - MIA (again)


Which makes Kiltedjedi this weeks winner with 11 points - YAY!!!

yoevil were 2-0 up til the very end. that cost me the weekly winner position

(Feeds sugar lumps to his absolute mare . Watches Number Six vanishing into the distance. Feels hot breath of chasing pack on back of his neck. )

Er, I think I'm in need of a good week this week...

another average score out by one goal on most games though