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

English Premier League: Man U
Scottish Premier League: Celtic
English Division One: Sheffield United
English Division Two: Tranmere
English Division Three: Hull
English FA Cup: Everton
Scottish FA Cup: Aberdeen
English Carling Cup: Everton
Champions League: Real Madrid
UEFA Cup: Manchester City
Italian Serie A: Inter
Spanish Primera Liga: Real Madrid
German Bundesliga: Bayern
Dutch Eredivisie: Ajax
French Ligue 1: PSG

How did you find this? I haven't advertised it yet. In fact I hadn't fully come to a decision as to whether to run the thing anyway.

you link to it on your "football stuff" page, which uis where I go to find the VSC link.

Oh right, I'd forgotten that I'd done that.

Right I suppose it's time I launched this darn thing properly.

Below is your pick list for you to make your selections of who's going to what in the assorted football competitions this year.


1) English Premier League
2) Scottish Premier League
3) English Division One
4) English Division Two
5) English Division Three
6) English FA Cup
7) Scottish FA Cup
8) English Carling Cup
9) Champions League
10) UEFA Cup
11) Italian Serie A
12) Spanish Primera Liga
13) German Bundesliga
14) Dutch Eredivisie
15) French Ligue 1


Closing date, hmm... lets have the 18th September. Picked for no other reason than it's the birthday of my first ever girlfriend, Kate

Awww...how sweet. Both the ex-girlfriend and the running of a competition sympathetic with my incompetence, that is. Here goes, then:

English Premier League: Chelski
Scottish Premier League: Rangers
English Division One: I'll kick myself for saying it, but Sheff Utd.
English Division Two: The other team from Sheffield, what are they called now?
English Division Three: Oxford
English FA Cup: Arsenal
Scottish FA Cup: Rangers
English Carling Cup: Man City
Champions League: Inter Milan
UEFA Cup: Trabzonspor
Italian Serie A: AC Milan
Spanish Primera Liga: Real Madrid
German Bundesliga: Werder Bremen
Dutch Eredivisie: PVC Eindhoven
French Ligue 1: Marseille

Wot! No League of Wales?

B

English PL Chelsea
Scottish PL Rangers
English div 1 Reading
English Div 2 Sheff weds
English div 3 Hull
English FA cup Man City
Scottish FA Cup Hearts (C'mon ye Jambo's let the Heart rule the head here)
Carling Cup Newcastle
Champions League Real Madrid
Uefa cup Liverpool
Serie A Juventus
Primera Liga Real Madrid
Bundesliga Bayern Munich
Dutch Ajax
French Auxerre

Jambo? Isn't that a type of bacon?

And don't get me started on Hull...

B

English Premier League - Liverpool
Scottish Premier League - Rangers
English Division One - Sheffield United
English Division Two - Chesterfield
English Division Three - Hull
English FA Cup - Man Utd
Scottish FA Cup - Celtic
English Carling Cup - Chelsea
Champions League - Real Madrid
UEFA Cup - Liverpool
Italian Serie A - Juventus
Spanish Primera Liga - Real Madrid
German Bundesliga - Bayern Munich
Dutch Eredivisie - Ajax
French Ligue 1 - Marseille

spook

1) English Premier League - Red Scum
2) Scottish Premier League - Celtic
3) English Division One - West Ham
4) English Division Two - QPR
5) English Division Three - Hull
6) English FA Cup - Chelsea
7) Scottish FA Cup - Rangers
8) English Carling Cup - Chelsea
9) Champions League - Real Madrid
10) UEFA Cup - Newcastle
11) Italian Serie A - AC Milan
12) Spanish Primera Liga - Real Madrid
13) German Bundesliga - Bayern Munich
14) Dutch Eredivisie - Feyenord
15) French Ligue 1 - PSG

Look, you idiots. Hull aren't going to win anything, on account of being terminally sh*te. They've got a spanking new stadium and a bit of dosh, but they had all that last season and still finished tenth.

B

When you say 'red scum', do you mean Liverpool, ManUre or Arsenal? I suspect I know the answer, mind!

English prem : Liverpool
Scottish prem: Celtic
English div 1 : west ham
div 2 : QPR
div 3 : York
FA cup: southampton (for me sister, after last year they better (he he he))
scottish FA cup: Rangers
carling cup: everton
champions league: inter milan
UEFA : man U
Italian: AC milan
Spanish: Real Madrid
German: Bayern
Dutch: Ajax
French: PSG

1) English Premier League: Manchester United (unfortunately)
2) Scottish Premier League: Rangers (ditto)
3) English Division One: West Bromwich
4) English Division Two: QPR
5) English Division Three: Yeovil
6) English FA Cup: Arsenal
7) Scottish FA Cup: Rangers
8) English Carling Cup: Chelsea
9) Champions League: Real Madrid
10) UEFA Cup: Barcelona
11) Italian Serie A: Juventus
12) Spanish Primera Liga: Real Madrid
13) German Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
14) Dutch Eredivisie: Ajax
15) French Ligue 1: Marseille

And the joint winners are spook and Robin.

Well done chaps

Do you think the fact that no-one got more than three points out of fifteen shows that we're crap, that football's unpredictable, or both?

I'd say it's the unpredictable nature of football. Last time around Ormy got five out of eleven.

I'd like to put my tuppence in for the crapness, myself.

B

For you, I'm certain that we can make an exception