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

Hello, and welcome to this, the first week of our fifteenth season in business

As a special treat for you all, there are 10 games in the list for this week. All are taken from the 3rd round fixture list for the FA Cup. And I think that there is a nice mixture of bankers and banana skins for you to try your hand at.


Arsenal v Cardiff
West Brom v Reading
Wigan v Leeds
Nuneaton v Middlesborough
Ipswich v Portsmouth
Hull v Aston Villa
Watford v Bolton
Brighton v Coventry
Norwich v West Ham
Sheffield United v Colchester


All selections must be in by 12noon sharp, on Saturday 7th January.

And the best of luck to you all

Typical bias against the Scottish cup third round draw which takes place on the same weekend and produced a number of interesting ties.

Hearts v Kilmarnock
Dundee United v Aberdeen
St Johnstone v Gretna

You already get x-billions of English tax-payers money, and now you want some Scottish football matches as well? You'll be wanting the on a stick next

Arsenal 2 - 2 Cardiff (Henry)
West Brom 1 - 2 Reading (Sidwell)
Wigan 1 - 0 Leeds (McCullogh)
Nuneaton 0 - 5 Middlesborough (Mendieta)
Ipswich 0 - 2 Portsmouth (O'Neil)
Hull 0 - 6 Aston Villa (McCann)
Watford 1 - 1 Bolton (MacKay)
Brighton 3 - 2 Coventry (Butters)
Norwich 0 - 3 West Ham (Etherington)
Sheffield United 1 - 1 Colchester (Iwelumo)


and just for laughs

Hearts 3 - 1 Kilmarnock (Bednar)
Dundee United 2 - 1 Aberdeen (McIntyre)
St Johnstone 4 - 2 Gretna (Deuchar)

Arsenal v Cardiff 3-0 Henry
West Brom v Reading 1-0 Ellington
Wigan v Leeds 2-1 Roberts
Nuneaton v Middlesborough 0-3 Yakubu
Ipswich v Portsmouth 1-1 Parkin
Hull v Aston Villa 1-2 Baros
Watford v Bolton 0-2 Nolan
Brighton v Coventry 0-0
Norwich v West Ham 0-1 Harewood
Sheffield United v Colchester 2-1 Shipperley

bottletop

Arsenal v Cardiff 4-0 (Van Persie)

West Brom v Reading 1-1 (Doyle)

Wigan v Leeds 2-1 (Roberts)

Nuneaton v Middlesborough 0-3 (Yakubu)

Ipswich v Portsmouth 1-1 (Juan)

Hull v Aston Villa 0-2 (Davis)

Watford v Bolton 1-2 (Nolan)

Brighton v Coventry 2-1 (Knight)

Norwich v West Ham (McVeigh)

Sheffield United v Colchester 1-1 (Iwelumo)

Sorry, that should be

Norwich 1-0 West Ham (McVeigh)

Some interesting predictions - here's mine.

Arsenal 4 v 0 Cardiff - Bergcamp
West Brom 1 v 2 Reading - Sidwell
Wigan 2 v 1 Leeds - Roberts
Nuneaton 1 v 1 Middlesborough - Murphy
Ipswich 2 v 2 Portsmouth - Forster
Hull 1 v 1 Aston Villa - Barmby
Watford 0 v 2 Bolton - Nolan
Brighton 0 v 1 Coventry - John
Norwich 1 v 2 West Ham - Huckerby
Sheffield United 2 v 0 Colchester - Webber.

Ahhhhhh - The romance.

Ooh, new smiley alert!

They're not new

Oh, and Neil Warnock has said to the Blades fans not to turn up on Saturday and expect to see the first team playing. Just like in the League Cup he's playing the kids in the team to give them a run out.

Arsenal 3-0 Cardiff (v. Persie)
West Brom 0-2 Reading (Sidwell)
Wigan 2-1 Leeds (Roberts)
Nuneaton 0-3 Middlesborough (Hasselbaink)
Ipswich 0-1 Portsmouth (O'Neil)
Hull 1-3 Aston Villa (Angel)
Watford 1-2 Bolton (Speed)
Brighton 0-1 Coventry (McSheffrey)
Norwich 0-2 West Ham (Harewood)
Sheffield United 2-1 Colchester (Ifill)

Arsenal 4 Cardiff 0 Van Persie
West Brom 0 Reading 2 Kitson
Wigan 2 Leeds 1 Roberts
Nuneaton 0 Middlesborough 3 Hasselbaink
Ipswich 0 Portsmouth 0
Hull 0 Villa 2 Baros
Watford 1 Bolton 1 Nolan
Brighton 0 Coventry 3 Adebola
Norwich 1 West Ham 1 Ashton
Sheff Utd 2 Colchester 0 Shipperley

SBE

Arsenal 2-0 Cardiff (van Persie)
West Brom 0-1 Reading (Kitson)
Wigan 2-1 Leeds (Cresswell)
Nuneaton 0-4 Middlesborough (Queudrue)
Ipswich 0-1 Portsmouth (Silva)
Hull 0-1 Aston Villa (Davis)
Watford 2-2 Bolton (King)
Brighton 0-0 Coventry (--)
Norwich 1-2 West Ham (Ashton)
Sheffield United 1-1 Colchester (Nix)

Arsenal v Cardiff 2-0 van persie
West Brom v Reading 1-1 sidwell
Wigan v Leeds 3-2 camara
Nuneaton v Middlesborough 1-2 hasslebaink
Ipswich v Portsmouth 1-3 oneil
Hull v Aston Villa 2-3 barmby
Watford v Bolton 1-1 nolan
Brighton v Coventry 0-2 adebola
Norwich v West Ham 1-2 harewood
Sheffield United v Colchester 3-1 quinn

andy

Arsenal 3-0 Cardiff (van Persie)
West Brom 1-1 Reading (Kitson)
Wigan 2-1 Leeds (Roberts)
Nuneaton 0-3 Middlesbrough (Yakubu)
Ipswich 0-1 Portsmouth (LuaLua)
Hull 1-1 Aston Villa (Barmby)
Watford 1-1 Bolton (Henderson)
Brighton 1-0 Coventry (Butters)
Norwich 1-1 West Ham (McVeigh)
Sheffield United 1-2 Colchester (Yeates)

Arsenal v Cardiff 2 - 1 Reyes
West Brom v Reading 1 - 3 Doyle
Wigan v Leeds 0 - 1 Douglas
Nuneaton v Middlesbrough 0 - 3 Yakubu
Ipswich v Portsmouth 1 - 1 O'Neill
Hull v Aston Villa 0 - 2 Ridgewell
Watford v Bolton 1 - 3 Giannakopoulos
Brighton v Coventry 1 - 2 Hutchinson
Norwich v West Ham 2 - 1 Ashton
Sheffield United v Colchester 3 - 0 Shipperley

Arsenal 2 Cardiff 0 Reyes
West Brom 1 Reading 2 Doyle
Wigan 3 Leeds 2 Blake
Nuneaton 1 Middlesborough 4 Hasselbaink
Ipswich 1 Portsmouth 1 Magliton
Hull 2 Aston Villa 1 Barmby
Watford 2 Bolton 0 Carlisle
Brighton 0 Coventry 0
Norwich 1 West Ham 3 Zamora
Sheffield United 2 Colchester 1 Jagielka

Arsenal 2 Cardiff 0 (Van Persie)
West Brom 1 Reading 1 (Kitson)
Wigan 2 Leeds 1 (Roberts)
Nuneaton 0 Middlesborough 3 (Yakubu)
Ipswich 1 Portsmouth 2 (Taylor)
Hull 1 Aston Villa 2 (Davis)
Watford 1 Bolton 0 Carlisle (King)
Brighton 1 Coventry 1 (McShefferey)
Norwich 1 West Ham 3 (Zamora)
Sheffield United 2 Colchester 1 (Shaw)

Right, I've done all the marking. I know who the winner is this week (it isn't me, btw). I know who didn't show up. I know who has come up with the most impressive performance this week, and is in on a shout for the badge (btw Owlatron, I'm *still* waiting for you address ).

But I'm not going to tell you any of these results yet as I'm watching the end of the Luton v Liverpool game. Then I'm going to get something to eat.

See ya later

It was worth waiting for the end of it.

Though two nerve whacking games in a day. A call from a BBC journo and losing the party leader is too much for one day. I hope we're not kept in suspence too much longer.