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

And we're back on home soil for this week's list

As promised a couple of weeks ago, there is a bonus point available with this round.

One extra point will be awarded to the first player to post the connection between these games along with their predictions for the week.

Coventry v Brighton
Luton v Blackpool
Manfield v Grimsby
Wigan v West Ham
Wrexham v Bournemouth

The closing time for all predictions to be in is 12noon on Saturday, 2nd April.

Some intriguing fixtures here...

Coventry 0-0 Brighton
Luton 2-1 Blackpool (Brkovic)
Mansfield 1-0 Grimsby (Murray)
Wigan 3-3 West Ham (Harewood)
Wrexham 0-2 Bournemouth (Hayter)

B

Coventry v Brighton 2-1(knight)
Luton v Blackpool 3-1 (howard)
Mansfield v Grimsby 3-1(barker)
Wigan v West Ham3-2 (Ellington)
Wrexham v Bournemouth 1-1(hayter)

andy

Is this - http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=41016 - evidence of sponsorship being taken to a new level, or of drug abuse in League Two?

Coventry 2-1 Brighton (McSheffrey)
Luton 4-1 Blackpool (Howard)
Mansfield 3-2 Grimsby (Larkin)
Wigan 3-1 West Ham (Ellington)
Wrexham 1-3 Bournemouth (Hayter)

Coventry 2-1 Brighton (Benjamin)
Luton 2-0 Blackpool (Nicholls)
Mansfield 1-1 Grimsby (Barker)
Wigan 2-1 West Ham (Roberts)
Wrexham 1-1 Bournemouth (Sam)

sprout

Week thirteen predictions, on All Fools Day...

Coventry 1-0 Brighton - McSheffrey
Luton 2-0 Blackpool - Howard
Manfield 1-1 Grimsby - Larkin
Wigan 1-0 West Ham - Ellington
Wrexham 1-2 Bournemouth - Hayter

Bottletop

Coventry 0-1 Brighton (Knight)
Luton 3-0 Blackpool (Brkovic)
Mansfield 1-1 Grimsby (Parkinson)
Wigan 3-2 West Ham (McCulloch)
Wrexham 0-2 Bournemouth (Hayter)

... and as for the link, I have no real idea. I wondered whether there was a link between the managers of some of the teams, but I can't think what it is...

How odd, I thought that the link would be absolutely obvious

I guess if you're all going to be as dense as this, then I had better make the link for the next round a little easier.

me, I think I've got it!

The link is piers: at Brighton, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Cleethorpes (where Grimsby play) and, of course, that Wigan Pier that George Orwell wote about.

Coventry 1-1 Brighton (Jorgensen)
Luton 3-1 Blackpool (Nicholls)
Manfield 1-0 Grimsby (Barker)
Wigan 2-0 West Ham (Roberts)
Wrexham 2-1 Bournemouth (Sam)

Please excuse the typos. I meant 'wrote about' and 'Mansfield', of course.

You're excused. I was trying to get somewhere with hidden words again. This time it's a dark tale of violence committed by a MU defender after someone racially abused his new hairpiece...

Vent right on black man. Grim wig. Wes wrex mouth.

B

Coventry 1 Brighton 0 Stern John
Luton 3 Blackpool 0 Brkovic (surely this time he'll score)
Mansfield 1 Grimsby 1 Larkin
Wigan 3 West Ham 2 Ellington
Wrexham 0 Bournemouth 3 Steve Fletcher

The link is Brighton, Blackpool, Grimsby, Wigan and Bournemouth all have piers.

Grimsby certainly doesn't. It'd be Cleethorpes you'd be wanting. But Ormy already said that.

B

Coventry 1-0 Brighton (John)
Luton 1-2 Blackpool (Murphy)
Mansfield 2-2 Grimsby (Larkin)
Wigan 4-1 West Ham (Roberts)
Wrexham 0-2 Bournemouth (Hayter)

And once again I can't enter the bonus point competition

I'd thought about the pier idea, but Grimsby was the stumbling block for me.

Coventry 3 - 1 Brighton - Shaun Goater (Feeeeeeeeeed The Goat)

Luton 3 - 1 Blackpool - Steve Howard

Mansfield 2 - 0 Grimsby - Richard Barker

Wigan 1 - 0 West Ham - Nathan Ellington

Wrexham 0 - 1 Bournemouth - James Hayter

However as I'm still needing points I'll go for a book title connection - Brighton Rock, The Rules of Luton (Arthur Hailey was born in Luton), Mansfield Park, The Road to Wigan Pier(100 years since the birth of George Orwell), and one about Wrexham or Bournemouth, neither of which I can think of....

cov 2 brighton 0....MCSHEFFRY
luton 3 blackpool 2...SOUTHERN
mansfield 1 grimsby 2...GRITTON
wigan 3 w.ham 1...ELLINGTON
wrexham 2 bournmth 1...UGARTE

connection is linked to the police ?

The deadline has passed with only 11 entries! Are some people still on an Easter break or have they conceded defeat?

Coventry v Brighton 1-0 (John)
Luton v Blackpool 2-0 (Howard)
Mansfield v Grimsby 1-1 (Barker)
Wigan v West Ham 2-1 (Ellington)
Wrexham v Bournemouth 1-2 (Hayter)

Am I too late? Had loads going on this morning, knew i should have posted yesterday? Any chance GD