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

And so to the final week of this summer's competition.

As a bit of a celebration for what has been rather a long hard slog, I thought I'd give you double rations this week.

10 games, 9 Premiership teams and every single one of the 20 teams plays somewhere in the UK. So there are no excuses for just guessing this week


Crystal Palace v Chel$ki
Sheffield United v Middlesborough
Celtic v Arsenal
Walsall v Aston Villa
Plymouth Argyle v West Bromwich Albion
Motherwell v Fulham
Bournemouth v Leicester City
Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers
Burnley v Birmingham City
Dunfirmline v Portsmouth


Closing date 12noon Saturday, 2nd August

Off you go then

Crystal Palace 1 - 7 Chelski (Hasselbaink)
Sheffield United 2 - 3 Middlesborough
Celtic 3 - 1 Arsenal (Larsson)
Walsall 1 - 3 Aston Vila
Plymouth Argyle 0 - 0 WBA
Motherwell 0 - 2 Fulham
Bournemouth 1 - 1 Leicester
Wigan Athletic 1 - 4 Blackburn Rovers
Burnley 2 - 2 Birmingham City
Dunfermline 0 - 1 Portsmouth

i know it is pretty pointless me starting now but hey, i am bored and though i'd get some practice in before next season.

Palace 1 v 2 Millionaires Row (Duff)
Blades 2 v 2 Boro (Ndlovu)
Celtic 1 v 2 Arsenal (henry)
Walsall 2 v 1 Villa (Merson)
Plymouth 0 v 0 WBA
Motherwell 1 v 0 Fulham (mcfadden)
Bournemouth 0 v 0 Leicester
Wigan 1 v 3 Blackburn (de vos)
Burnley 0 v 6 Birmingham (Dunn)
Dunfermline 1 v 0 Portsmouth (Crawford)

Two predictions for Argyle 0 West Brom 0... is it just coincidence, or are you both aware of Argyle's longstanding strikers-scoring-goals problem???

that and WBA have always been famous for banging the goals in recently (was going to go for a 1-0 to the baggies but I couldn't think of a player likely to score)

I'll sort out a summary of the Argyle squad shortly, for those yet to make their picks...

Will people need to put the Plymouth players names down if they are just going to type Plymouth Argyle 0 (Unless they are going for an OG)

Hey we got new player Welcome aboard there creachy. I'll add you into the table.


Just for information folks, the SheffU game is a testamonial match for Simon Tracey. So it is probably going to be a bit of a kick about rather than a serious match.

in that case

Sheffield Utd 2 - 1 Middlesborough

Right - inspired by Master B's effort on Scunny, here's my Argyle squad summary attached to my Edited Guide entry on Argyle - click here:
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It was based on something I originally sent upstairs to Match of the Day a couple of years ago when we played Whitby in the Cup - Tony Gubba used a lot of it in his opening 30 seconds, so it can't be all bad...

Crystal Palace 0-3 Chel$ea (Gudjohnsen)
Sheffield United 3-2 Middlesbrough (Kabba)
Celtic 2-2 Arsenal (Bergkamp)
Walsall 1-4 Aston Villa (Vassell)
Plymouth Argyle 0-2 West Bromwich Albion (Dobie)
Motherwell 0-2 Fulham (Saha)
Bournemouth 1-3 Leicester City (Dickov)
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Blackburn Rovers (Liddell)
Burnley 1-3 Birmingham City (John)
Dunfermline 2-3 Portsmouth (Todorov)

good morning all,

Crystal Palace 1 - 3 Chelsea (Duff)
Sheff utd 2 - 1 Middlesborough
Celtic 2 - 1 Arsenal (henry)
walsall 0 - 3 Aston Villa (Allback)
Plymouth 0 - 0 West brom
Motherwell 0 - Fulham 1 (Cark)
bournemoth 1 - liecester 1 (scowcroft)
wigan 0 - blackburn 2 (cole)
burnley 1 - birmingham 2 (savage)
dunfirmline 0 - portsmoth 1

good luck everyone

Crystal Palace 0-2 Chel$ki (Geremi)
Sheffield United 5-4 Middlesborough (Lester)
Celtic 0-1 Arsenal (Pires)
Walsall 1-1 Aston Villa (Leitao)
Plymouth Argyle 0-1 West Bromwich Albion (Roberts)
Motherwell 1-0 Fulham (McFadden)
Bournemouth 1-3 Leicester City (Scowcroft)
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Blackburn Rovers (Jansen)
Burnley 2-0 Birmingham City (Moore)
Dunfirmline 0-0 Portsmouth (--)

Crystal Palace 0-7 Chel$ki (Hasselbauink)
Sheffield United 6-2 Middlesborough (Asaba)
Celtic 1-2 Arsenal (Larsson)
Walsall 0-4 Aston Villa (Vassell)
Plymouth Argyle 3-2 West Bromwich Albion (Roberts)
Motherwell 2-3 Fulham (Sava)
Bournemouth 2-2 Leicester City (Ferdinand)
Wigan Athletic 0-5 Blackburn Rovers (Yorke)
Burnley 2-3 Birmingham City (Dunn)
Dunfirmline 3-4 Portsmouth (Yakubu)

Crystal Palace 1-3 Chel$ki (Jarrel 'Jimmy Floyd' Hasselbaink)
Sheffield United 4-2 Middlesborough (Christie - Malcolm, not Julie)
Celtic 2-2 Arsenal (Tel Henry, as he's known hereabouts)
Walsall 2-1 Aston Villa (The Merse)
Argyle 2-1 West Bromwich Albion ('Chuck' Norris)
Motherwell 2-2 Fulham (McFadden - have I spelt that right?)
Bournemouth 1-3 Leicester City (veteran journeyman Craig Hignett)
Wigan Athletic 2-1 Blackburn Rovers (Roberts)
Burnley 1-1 Birmingham City (Moore)
Dunfermline 2-3 Portsmouth (Todorov)

Interestingly, or more 'interesting-lite' perhaps, Dunfermline are nicknamed 'The Pars'. This stands for 'Plymouth Argyle Rosyth Supporters' - yet no-one knows why this came about...

I wonder whether the fact that the Nationwide League sides are one week further into their pre-season (i.e. one week fitter) than the Premiershi* mob will equalise the skill gap? We shall see...

Crystal Palace 0 Chel$ki 2 (Gudjonsenn)
Sheffield United 2 Middlesborough 0 (Asaba)
Celtic 3 Arsenal 1 (Henry)
Walsall 1 Aston Villa 1 (Crouch)
Plymouth Argyle 0 West Bromwich Albion 2 (Hulse)
Motherwell 0 Fulham 1 (Boa Morte)
Bournemouth 1 Leicester City 2 (Izzet)
Wigan Athletic 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 (Yorke)
Burnley 0 Birmingham City 1 (Dugarry)
Dunfirmline 0 Portsmouth 1 (Sheringham)

* does quick body count *


Hmm... Master B seems to be MIA this week

He's got about 45 minutes to post a selection, or his wish for a fourth week with zero points will come true

I've not seen him on line today - maybe he's off doing something in real life

Argyle 0 West Brom 0 - Creachy and Kiltedjedi, I take my hat off to you.

As for everyone else except Egon, well...