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

And so we move on to the next week of the competition.

This week, for the first week this season, I am thinking of awarding a bonus point for the first person to tell me what the link between these matches is - note: you'll have to be very specific to get the point, and you must post your idea at the same time as your selections for it to count.


Sheffield Wednesday v Preston
Coventry v Leeds
Doncaster v Nottingham Forest
Arsenal v Charlton
Millwall v Leicester


All predictions to be in by lunchtime on Saturday, 18th March.

Here's mine.

I'm still thinking about the link

Sheffield Wednesday 0 v 1 Preston ~ Nugent
Coventry 2 v 1 Leeds ~ McSheffrey
Doncaster 2 v 1 Nottingham Forest ~ Heffernan
Arsenal 2 v 0 Charlton ~ Henry
Millwall 0 v 0 Leicester

Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 Preston (Agyemang)
Coventry 1-1 Leeds (Adebola)
Doncaster 0-1 Nottingham Forest (Tyson)
Arsenal 2-2 Charlton (Henry)
Millwall 0-0 Leicester

I think the link is that they have all played somewhere 'up'. Sheffield Wednesday used to have a ground called Highfield, Coventry played at Highfield Road, Arsenal at Highbury, and Millwall at North Greenwich. Somehow Doncaster's ludicrously named Earth Stadium must fit that bill too.

B

Or I suppose if you're high up, you can get a 'Belle Vue'

B

That, B, is highly imaginative and puts you in pole position for the badge for the most entertaining selection or posting made during the season

It's utterly wrong, obviously. But it's very very good. Thank you

Sheffield Wednesday v Preston 0-1 (Nugent)

Coventry v Leeds 2-1 (McSheffrey)

Doncaster v Nottingham Forest 1-1 (Heffernan)

Arsenal v Charlton 2-0 (Henry)

Millwall v Leicester 1-2 (Hume)

And the connection - well not a clue really but in a blatant steal/modfication from Master B's idea I'm going to go with an Areas of Land of various types connection

Preston play at DeepDALE
Sheffiled Wednesday play at HILLsborough
Coventry used to play at HighFIELD road
Leeds play at ElLAND road
Notts Forest play at the City GROUND
Charlton play at the VALLEY
Doncaster play at the EARTH stadium (or Belle Vue GROUND)

this is where it starts getting all contrived and desperate

Millwall play at the New DEN (I suppose badgers have these as their land)
Arsenal will soon be playing in an EMIRATEs stadium (yes poor I know)

and most desperate of all

Leicester used to play at Filbert STREET

Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Preston (Agyemang)
Coventry 1-2 Leeds (Hulse)
Doncaster 2-2 Nottingham Forest (Price)
Arsenal 2-0 Charlton (Henry)
Millwall 1-2 Leicester (Gudjonsson)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/preston/4808212.stm

Ah, spot on with my research again

Personally I'm going for a miraculous recovery

I dunno, when I check out injury lists and suspension and follow what they say, the players in question get bloody picked and score

Sheffield Wednesday 0 Preston 2
Coventry 2 Leeds 2
Doncaster 1 Nottingham Forest 0 Heffernan
Arsenal 2 Charlton 1 Pires
Millwall 1 Leicester 2 Gudjonsson

All the home teams stemmed out of works teams

Sheffield Wednesday: Steel workers

Coventry: Cycle Factory

Doncaster: Railway workers

Arsenal: Worker 1886

Milwall: J.T. Morton

Sorry Arsenal should of course read Woolish Arsenal Munitions workers.

Sheffield Wednesday v Preston 2-1
Coventry v Leeds 1-2
Doncaster v Nottingham Forest 2-2
Arsenal v Charlton 2-1
Millwall v Leicester 1-0


andy


yes im back tanned and i havent a clue about the link

I think DD probably has it anyhoo - seems obvious now it's been posted

Sheff Weds 0 Preston 0
Coventry 0 Leeds 2 Blake
Doncaster 2 Forest 1 Heffernan
Arsenal 3 Charlton 0 Henry
Millwall 0 Leicester 0

SBE

I also think DD is correct but my own guess is that they have all the away teams have been paymasters for Steve Claridge at one time or another!!

Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Preston (Agyemang)
Coventry 1-1 Leeds (McSheffrey)
Doncaster 2-0 Nottingham Forest (Fortune-West)
Arsenal 3-0 Charlton (van Persie)
Millwall 1-1 Leicester(Asaba)


Sheffield Wednesday, a steel works team?

Blimey! That's going to come as a bit of a shock to the descendants of the members of the Wednesday Cricket Club. I mean these people have labouring all these years under the misapprehension that their ancestors, for a bit of variety in their lives, set up an accompanying football club to give this new 'Association Football' malarky a bit of a go. I'm sure that in the end, once the surprise wears off, that they will be delighted that Demon Drawer has set the record straight for them.

Yeah but look how many fool believed me a little research ie the other 4 can go a long way.

So why did no-one believe me?

B

Sheffield Wednesday v Preston 1-2 Agyemang
Coventry v Leeds 1-1 Adebola
Doncaster v Nottingham Forest 1-2 Lester
Arsenal v Charlton 2-1 Henry
Millwall v Leicester 1-1 May

Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Preston (Agyemang)
Coventry 2-1 Leeds (McSheffrey)
Doncaster 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Tyson)
Arsenal 3-0 Charlton (Henry)
Millwall 1-0 Leicester (May)

Sheffield Wednesday v Preston 1-2 David Nugent
Coventry v Leeds 1-1 Gary McSheffrey
Doncaster v Nottingham Forest 1-0 Paul Heffernan
Arsenal v Charlton 2-1 Thierry Henry
Millwall v Leicester 0-1 Matt Fryatt

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