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This is the first round of games for the first week of this, our new and shiny eighteenth season of the Official h2g2 Fantasy Football League


Blackburn v Middlesbrough
Chelsea v Fulham
Man Uted v Reading
Sheffield United v Arsenal
Tottenham v Liverpool


All predictions to be in by 3pm on Saturday, 30th December

Blackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough ('Offside' McCarthy)
Chelsea 2-0 Fulham (Shevchenko)
Man Uted 3-1 Reading (Saha)
Sheffield United 0-0 Arsenal
Tottenham 2-0 Liverpool (Berbatov)

B

Blackburn 1-2 Middlesbrough Mccarthy
Chelsea 3-1 Fulham Drogba
Man Uted 3-0 Reading Saha
Sheffield United 0-1 Arsenal Adebayor
Tottenham 1-2 Liverpool Gerrard

Ah.I see we have to predict the unpredictable boro eh? Ok

Blackburn 1 v 1 Middlesbrough (B.McCarthy)
Chelsea 3 v 0 Fulham (F.Lampard)
Man Utd 4 v 0 Reading (L.Saha)
Sheffield United 0 v 1 Arsenal (E.Adebayor)
Tottenham 1 v 1 Liverpool (R.Keane)

I shall return to this later.

Blackburn 0-0 Middlesbrough
Chelsea 4-0 Fulham (Drogba)
Man Utd 2-1 Reading (Rooney)
Sheffield United 2-1 Arsenal (Adabayor)
Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool (Berbatov)

Blackburn 1 Middlesbrough 0 Benni McCarthy
Chelski 2 Fulham 1 Didier Drogba (earning DD a full house)
Man Ure 2 Reading 0 Cristiano Ronaldo
Sheffield United 0 Arsenal 3 Robin van Persie
Tottenham 1 Liverpool 2 Steven Gerrard

Blackburn 1-0 Middlesbrough (McCarthy)
Chelsea 3-1 Fulham (Drogba)
Man Utd 3-1 Reading (Saha)
Sheffield United 1-2 Arsenal (Henry)
Tottenham 1-1 Liverpool (Defoe)

OK. After the crushing disappointment of being overtaken in the last week of Season 17, let's see if I can get off to a good start this time around...

Blackburn 2-1 Middlesbrough (Benedict McCarthy)
Chelsea 3-0 Fulham (Didier Drogba)
Manchester United 3-1 Reading (Cristiano Ronaldo)
Sheffield United 1-2 Arsenal (Robin van Persie)
Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool (Jermain Defoe)

You'd think Blackburn only had one striker, wouldn't you?

B

Blackburn 0 v 0 Middlesbrough
Chelsea 3 v 0 Fulham ~ Drogba
Man Uted 2 v 0 Reading ~ Scholes
Sheffield United 0 v 2 Arsenal ~ Silva
Tottenham 2 v 1 Liverpool ~ Berbatov

Let's try something different

Blackburn 3-0 Middlesbrough (Morten Gamst Pedersen)
Chelsea 2-2 Fulham (Brian McBride)
Man Utd 1-2 Reading (Seol Ki-Hyeon, and no that's not a typo)
Sheffield United 0-3 Arsenal (Emmanuel Adebayor)
Tottenham 0-2 Liverpool (Dirk Kuyt)

Well I can't do much worse than last time can I?

Blackburn 0-0 Middlesbrough
Chelsea 2-1 Fulham (Didier Drogba)
Man Utd 3-0 Reading (Cristiano Ronaldo)
Sheffield United 1-4 Arsenal (Robin Van Persie)
Tottenham 1-1 Liverpool (Jermaine Defoe)

Oh shite, well that was a good start to a season defence.

Could have sworn this didn't start till the new year

Hard luck, old chap.

And on a more sporting note - well done to me[Andy]g for correctly forecasting Chelsea 2, Fulham 2.

Good start Ormy, Full House.

I got the score right but the wrong way round in the Boro match so can i still have it?

And the Arsenal match?

The good thing about the Arsenal match is that it should ensure Mr Desk coming back home in a good mood. Well done them Blades!

I don't think I've got a full house, Mega, although I did get four points from the Blackburn-'Boro game (McCarthy didn't get the *first* goal). But I am very happy with my start. By my arithmetic, I'm currently second behind my fellow Liberal Democrat, Demon Drawer. Good work DD!