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

And now to one of my favourite times of the footballing season: the FA Cup

All five of this week's (and I know I haven't markeed last week's yet, I'll be doing tomorrow, OK) come from the first round of this great competition.


Burton Albion v Tamworth
Huddersfield v Blackpool
Rushden & Diamonds v Yeovil
Mansfield v Accrington Stanley
Wrexham v Stevenage


All predictions to be in by lunchtime on Saturday, 11th November.

Burton Albion 2 v Tamworth 0 Clare
Huddersfield Town 2 v Blackpool 1 Taylor Fletcher
Rushden & Diamonds 0 v Yeovil 2 Wayne Gray(strange to think Yeovil might be on the other end of giant killing after all this time)
Mansfield Town 1 v Accrington Stanley 1 Barker
Wrexham 1 v Stevenage Borough 2 Morrison

Burton Albion 1-0 Tamworth (Daryl Clare)
Huddersfield 2-1 Blackpool (Gary Taylor-Fletcher)
Rushden & Diamonds 0-1 Yeovil (Marcus Stewart)
Mansfield 1-0 Accrington Stanley (Danny Reet)
Wrexham 1-1 Stevenage (Chris Llewellyn)

Burton Albion 1-0 Tamworth clare
Huddersfield 2-1 Blackpool taylor-fletcher
Rushden & Diamonds 0-1 Yeovil gray
Mansfield 2-0 Accrington Stanley reet
Wrexham 2-1 Stevenage llewellyn

*remembers to post this week*

Burton Albion 3-0 Tamworth (Ducros)
Huddersfield 2-2 Blackpool (Taylor-Fletcher)
Rushden & Diamonds 0-2 Yeovil (Terry)
Mansfield 0-3 Accrington Stanley (Mullin)
Wrexham 0-1 Stevenage (Morison)

Burton Albion v Tamworth 1-0 (Clare)

Huddersfield v Blackpool 0-2 (Vernon)

Rushden & Diamonds v Yeovil 0-2 (Stewart)

Mansfield v Accrington Stanley 2-1 (Barker)

Wrexham v Stevenage 2-0 (Mark Jones)

Burton Albion 1-0 Tamworth (Clare)
Huddersfield 1-1 Blackpool (Taylor-Fletcher)
Rushden & Diamonds 0-2 Yeovil (Davies)
Mansfield 1-0 Accrington Stanley (Barker)
Wrexham 1-0 Stevenage (Mark Jones)

I see a deadly devious plan here to ensure I never catch up. Make your predictions the same as mine and we always score the same!

Shame on you.

In punishment I shall make absurd predictions from now on to ensure we both plummet from the top of the table!

Orcus if you get 5 full house Ormy can only manage one. On the other hand the same applies in reverse.

Also if either of you get 5 full houses this week I'll eat my hat covered in tabasco sauce.

I note the , Orcus, but seriously - not guilty.

As is my usual custom, I worked out my predictions early in the week, then checked the Friday team news to make sure none of my projected scorers were injured or suspended before posting (changing my Huddersfield scorer today as a result). As DD has pointed out, we've only made precisely the same prediction on the Burton-Tamworth game, and we're not the only ones who think Burton will just nick it and Clare looks the likeliest candidate to get the only goal.

As a matter of fact, I did completely agree with you on another game - but I noticed how similar my forecasts were to yours and changed my Mansfield-Accrington scoreline so that it *wasn't* the same as yours! I want to have a chance of stretching my lead over you!

It was a definite don't worry. last season I came to the conclusion that myself and riotact have a very similar system for our predictions as we made very similar predictions (entirely independently) on quite a number of occasions.

First time I've noticed a similarity between us two though
*raises an eyebrow dramatically*


*looks forward to DD's hat being eaten*

"I'll eat my hat covered in tabasco sauce."

A fiery bowler?

B

Burton Albion 3-0 Tamworth (Clare)
Huddersfield 2-1 Blackpool (Taylor-Fletcher)
Rushden & Diamonds 0-1 Yeovil (Terry)
Mansfield 2-1 Accrington Stanley (Reet)
Wrexham 0-0 Stevenage

Burton Albion 1-0 Tamworth Webster
Huddersfield 1-0 Blackpool Beckett
Rushden & Diamonds 1-0 Yeovil Jackson
Mansfield 2-1 Accrington Stanley Barker
Wrexham 1-0 Stevenage Jones

Bottletop

Burton Albion 2 v 1 Tamworth Ducros = One of my work colleagues will be at this match.
Huddersfield 1 v 2 Blackpool - Morrell
Rushden & Diamonds 2 v 0 Yeovil - Rigby
Mansfield 1 v 0 Accrington Stanley - Birchall
Wrexham 2 v 3 Stevenage - Thorpe

I must be mad - I've picked 2 ex-Coventry players, and the brother of another.

If anyone's still to make their picks, I should point out - in my humble position as the closest thing the BBC's got to a Yeovil Town correspondent - that Marcus Stewart is forbidden to play in the Cup competitions by his current owners...

Yet I'm not going to Rushden

Burton Albion 2-1 Tamworth (Daryl Clare)
Huddersfield 2-1 Blackpool (Andrew Booth)
Rushden & Diamonds 1-2 Yeovil Town (There's only one Chrissy Cohen)
Mansfield Town 1 v 0 Accrington Stanley (Richie Barker)
Wrexham 1-2 Stevenage Borough (Tony Thorpe)

Bugger. Forgot to do my predictions. Can I have a pools panel please GD.

It's still 'lunchtime', right?

Burton Albion 2-1 Tamworth (Clare)
Huddersfield 0-3 Blackpool (Morrell)
Rushden & Diamonds 1-1 Yeovil (Kelly)
Mansfield 0-0 Accrington Stanley
Wrexham 1-2 Stevenage (Nurse)

All first-scorers this week are linked to ex-girlfriends of mine in one way or another.

B