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

millers 1 blunts 3 ..QUINN
palace 1 blackburn 1 ..JOHNSON
everton 1 liverpool 1..GERRAD
man city 1 spurs 2 ..KEANE
newcastle 4 pompy 1..BELLAMY
norwich 2 bolton 1..HUCKERBY
saints 0 boro 2..VIDUKA
baggies 1 charlton 2..EUELL
gunners 2 chelsea 1...HENRY
villa 1 bham 2..HESKEY

GD,,Whens nxt game ? as im off to canaries monday

This is it for this year. The next season will start in early January. I'll be posting links for the competition page around the place shortly - ie when I've pulled me finger out and actually finished the damn thing.

Where abouts in the Canaries are you going?

puerto rico,,,i cant wait !!..have u been ??

That's on Gran Canaria isn't it?

I went to Tenerife this sort of time of year a couple of years back. I had a great time, the warm weather was a real boost after the wind and rain and dullness of England. Highly recommended

I print off the matches - scan through the thread, in case there's been any changes, cancellations, or inside info revealed, work out my scores - on the printed page, then cut and paste simebody else's and modify then to match what I want.

Last season I tried doing it mainly by 'gut feeling' and did not do very well, this season was going well until I started skimping on research.

And its your fault GD - you started throwing in games from leagues that required research.

Here we go ..

Rotherham 1 - 2 Sheffield Utd - Quinn

Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Blackburn - Bothroyd

Everton 2 - 1 Liverpool - DrunknDisorderly (Mr Ferguson)

Man City 2 - 1 Spurs - Keane

Newcastle 2 - 0 Portsmouth - Kluivert

Norwich 0 - 2 Bolton - 2 - Nolan

Southampton 1 - 0 Middlesboro - Crouch

West Brom 0 - 1 Charlton - Euell

Arsenal 1 - 0 Chelsea - Pires

Aston Villa 2 - 0 Birmiongham - Solano

And so the end is near..........

Just got to say that it's a great little game you run here GD. Not only does it put all that football knowledge, that my girlfriend said would never come in handy, to good use but it also gives something to do when I'm at work.

Good luck to the guys battling out for top spot, 5th place will do me, I just hope I don't do an Ipswich and get relegated next season.

Rotherham v Sheffield United 1-1 (Gray)
Crystal Palace v Blackburn 1-0 (Johnson)
Everton v Liverpool 1-2 (Baros)
Man City v Tottenham 2-1 (Shaun Wright Philips)
Newcastle v Portsmouth 3-0 (Kluivert)
Norwich v Bolton 2-2 (Davies)
Southampton v Middlesborough 2-2 (Hasselbaink)
West Brom v Charlton 1-1 (Euell)
Arsenal v Chelsea 1-0 (Pires)
Aston Villa v Birmingham 2-0 (Solano)

Yakus.

Well, I've already had the best possible news this weekend: my team are out of administration.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/4086281.stm

And, as you can see, I'm pinning my bid for the mat partly on the hope that some other strugglers may begin doing well:.

Here goes:

Rotherham 0-2 Sheffield United (Gray)
Crystal Palace 1-0 Blackburn (Johnson)
Everton 2-1 Liverpool (Ferguson)
Manchester City 3-1 Tottenham (Fowler)
Newcastle 2-0 Portsmouth (Bellamy)
Norwich 1-0 Bolton (Huckerby)
Southampton 2-1 Middlesbrough (Phillips)
West Bromwich 0-1 Charlton (Murphy)
Arsenal 0-1 Chelsea (Lampard)
Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham (Solano)

I require Chelsea to begin a losing streak before Jan 8th...

B

Why, B?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4068443.stm

B

Ah, right. You're hoping for a really *catastrophic* Chelsea loss of form.

I'm holding out for any loss of form whatsoever...

I believe any in-form team can beat any out-of-form team. Whenever. And seeing that Scunthorpe seem to be avoiding their usual Christmas slump...

B

Bloody 'ell, it's close....
just had a quick scan and I think (I could be wrong) it's neck and neck between Riot and Orm on 126,
It's going right down to the wire this time....

As usual, I am so far doing very poorly.

B

My predictions have turned into a disaster area after looking really good at about quarter past 4 - Bolton and Southampton, both threw it away.

After a long slog back down the M1 from an exciting, if ultimately disappointing game against Rotherham, I thought I'd take a look at how the top end of the table is stacking out with 2 games left to play.

It's official, it is now a three horse race for the title. Demon Drawer has crashed & burned this week. He has slipped to fourth place and is ten points off the lead. Even a pair of full houses wouldn't help, as those above him would take points in that scenario.

Bottletop, despite losing ground in the first 8 matches, can still win. To do so would require full houses in the last two matches and neither Ormy or riotact to pick up additonal scorer points. Under that scenario he would be tied with riotact at the top of the table. There would also be a tie on the head-to-head list, and so if this occurs there will be two winners of the league, and two mousemats awarded.

Ormondroyd's position is interesting. He has pulled back one point on riotact so far this round. Of their predictions for the last two matches, they have the same results, but different scorelines; and one first scorer in common. In the event of a tie on points, Ormondroyd will be the winner as he is well ahead on the head-to-head count.

So there you go. It's all still to play for

What a mixture of restuls. My head said go for an Everton win, guess I should havelistened to that like I did my Livingston defeat earlier in the season. Ah well I just have to maintain the presure for the last two weeks next season.

dd