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An all Scottish affair this week...


Hibernian v Aberdeen
Kilmarnock v Hearts
Livingston v Partick Thistle
Dunfermline v Celtic
Inverness CT v St.Johnstone


Selections to be in by 12noon, Saturday 3rd May.

And best of luck to you all

Interesting idea, GD! Why the all-Scots line-up?

It's because they've entered into their split table silly season phase, and I thought that that was worthy of our support

Heads Up Folks!!!

The next competition has already started

The playoffs for promotion out of the Conference League and into the Football League proper start this week. On Thursday evening to be precise...


Pop over here - A999561 - and get your name down on the signup sheet, and your selections in for the 1st and 2nd legs

Hibernian 2 v Aberdeen 1
Kilmarnock 1 v Hearts 2
Livingston 2 v Partick Thistle 1
Dunfermline 1 v Celtic 2
Inverness CT 2 v St.Johnstone 1

Notes that Unc's distain for the 'lower leagues' extends north of the border

Ooh, I like silly season in Scotland, ever since I was playing Championship Manager and managed to miss the cut with rangers.

Hibernian 5-3 Aberdeen (Darren mackie)
Kilmarnock 0-4 Hearts (Scott Severin)
Livingston 3-1 Partick Thistle (Guillermo Amor)
Dunfermline 0-7 Celtic (Henrik Larsson)
Inverness CT 3-0 St.Johnstone (dennis Wyness)

no time for posting results, i'll be back in aouple of days. i hate this computerit is sooooo slow

Hibernian 2-1 Aberdeen (Murray)
Kilmarnock 0-1 Hearts (Pressley)
Livingston 0-0 Partick Thistle
Dunfermline 0-3 Celtic (Larsson)
Inverness CT 0-0 St.Johnstone

Can I have a pools panel please GD? A bit busy this week.

B

Hibernian 1-1 Aberdeen (Sheerin)
Kilmarnock 1-2 (Stamp)
Livingston 0-0 Partick
Dunfermline 1-4 Celtic (Larsson)
Inverness CT 2-0 St. Johnstone (Ritchie)

An inadvertently heartless posting...

That should, of course, read:

Kilmarnock 1-2 Hearts (Stamp)

And here was me thinking you were backing Phil Stamp to beat Kilmarnock 2-1 single-handedly.

Well I never Master B, you seem to have changed your tune...


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I think I'm going to have a big benny in a minute.

Fact of the matter is, like UH, I couldn't give a stuff about Scottish football. And I am also rather busy.

Not that I can get a lot of benefit from the points, however, being stuck in lower mid-table.

B

"... mid-table"? An interesting take on the definition of mid there


Anyway, the big computer has deemed the following to be your picks, Master B.

* drum roll *

Hibernian 0-0 Aberdeen
Kilmarnock 1-0 Hearts
Livingston 1-1 Partick Thistle
Dunfermline 1-1 Celtic
Inverness CT 2-1 St.Johnstone

Hibernian 1-1 Aberdeen (O'Connor)
Kilmarnock 2-0 Hearts (McSwegan)
Livingston 1-0 Partick Thistle (Zarate)
Dunfermline 0-4 Celtic (Hartson)
Inverness CT 1-1 St.Johnstone (Ritchie)

Hibernian 2 v Aberdeen 2 McManus
Kilmarnock 1 v Hearts 1 Kirk
Livingston 1 v Partick Thistle 1 Burns
Dunfermline 0 v Celtic 3 Hartson
Inverness CT v St.Johnstone 1-1 Ritchie

Don't understand how this split league business works. It's still either Celtic or Rangers that win, innit?

Sprout

Ahem.

As the man who attempted to explain the Duckworth/Lewis method in cricket, allow me to atempt the Scottish silly season:

12 teams. They play each other *three* times, making thirty-three games each, yes?

At this point, the top six are split off into the "championship group", while the bottom six split into the "relegation group". Each team carries forwards it's points from the first 33 games, and proceeds top play the other five teams in their group once more.

Now, even if top of the relegation group (lets call them team A) get more points than the bottom team in the promotion group (team B), then team A will still only finish seventh, with team B finishing sixth, as team B have had more difficiult games (Rangers and Celtic for example)- so, basiocaly, the top six after 33 games remain the top six, the bottom six remain the bottom six, but they all play another five games to determine exact placings.

Get it?

Aha - I see now. Still think they might has well have split the league into the 'top two' and 'the rest' as there seems to be about as much suspense in a Rangers-Kilmarnock as there is in a Rangers-Motherwell...

Sprout