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

After our succesful little jaunt around the snow-bound cities of Europe. It is now time to return to more familiar surroundings


Bolton v Wigan
Everton v Man City
West Brom v Blackburn
Newcastle v Portsmouth
Leeds v QPR


All selections to be by lunchtime on Saturday, 4th February

Anyone on this thread to whom Newcastle is a 'familiar surround'?

Bolton 0-0 Wigan
Everton 0-2 Man City (Vassell)
West Brom 0-3 Blackburn (Kuqi)
Newcastle 1-0 Portsmouth (Solano)
Leeds 2-1 QPR (Cook)

B

My Granny was from South Shields

I think you should put that as the 'add-on' bit of your nickname.

B

Newcastle County Down is reasonable familair territory to me.

And I was born in the potteries so Newcastle-under-Lyme is around them there parts...

(not that I remember being there or anything mind )

Bolton v Wigan 2-1 (Giannakopoulos)

Everton v Man City 1-1 (Cole)

West Brom v Blackburn 0-2 (Bentley)

Newcastle v Portsmouth 0-0

Leeds v QPR 3-1 (Healy)

Bolton 3 - 1 Wigan (Borgetti)
Everton 2 - 1 Man City (Vassel)
West Brom 1 - 1 Blackburn (Zamora)
Newcastle 1 - 0 Portsmouth (Shearer...will he finally get THAT goal?)
Leeds 2 - 0 QPR (Cresswell)

Bolton 1-0 Wigan (Giannakopoulos)
Everton 1-1 Man City (Cole)
West Brom 1-3 Blackburn (Bentley)
Newcastle 0- 0 Portsmouth
Leeds 2-0 QPR (Healy)

Bolton v Wigan 2 - 1 Giannakopoulos
Everton v Man City 1 - 1 A Cole
West Brom v Blackburn 1 - 2 Pedersen
Newcastle v Portsmouth 1 - 0 Shearer
Leeds v QPR 3 - 1 Hulse

Could have sworn I saw Zamora score for West HAM the other night?

Newcastle's a fairly familiar surrounding for me- when I lived in Sunderland it had the closest cinema.

Bolton 2-1 Wigan (Stelios)
Everton 1-0 Man City (McFadden)
West Brom 1-3 Blackburn (bentley)
Newcastle 0-2 Portsmouth (Todorov)
Leeds 2-1 QPR (Healy)

Bolton v Wigan 1-2<mellor)
Everton v Man City 2-2(beattie)
West Brom v Blackburn 2-1(ellington)
Newcastle v Portsmouth 1-1(chopra)
Leeds v QPR 3-1(hulse)


andy

Bolton 1 Wigan 0 Nolan
Everton 0 Man City 0
West Brom 0 Blackburn 4 Bentley
Newcastle 0 Portsmouth 0
Leeds 3 QPR 1 Healy

SBE - Who worked at Wallsend for 4 weeks back in the 80s!!

Bolton v Wigan 1-2(mellor)
Everton v Man City 2-2(beattie)
West Brom v Blackburn 2-1(ellington)
Newcastle v Portsmouth 1-1(chopra)
Leeds v QPR 3-1(hulse)

andy

Bolton 1-0 Wigan (Giannakopolos)
Everton 1-0 Manchester City (Osman)
West Bromwich 0-2 Blackburn (Pedersen)
Newcastle 2-0 Portsmouth (Shearer)
Leeds 2-1 QPR (Cresswell)

Bolton 0-0 Wigan (--)
Everton 1-1 Man City (Cole)
West Brom 0-2 Blackburn (Kuqi <spit&gt
Newcastle 0-1 Portsmouth (O'Neil)
Leeds 0-1 QPR (Ainsworth)

Ah. Kuqispit. What you encounter after eating too many biscuits.

B

Mark Lawrenson's 'Weekly Joke' predictions:

Bolton 1-0 Wigan
Everton 2-0 Man City
West Brom 1-2 Blackburn
Newcastle 1-1 Portsmouth

1 out of 4 for Lawro, methinks.

B

There is a village in County Durham that bears my real surname...

Bolton 2 v 0 Wigan ~ Nolan
Everton 1 v 1 Man City ~ Vassell
West Brom 0 v 1 Blackburn ~ Pedersen
Newcastle 3 v 0 Portsmouth ~ Shearer
Leeds 2 v 0 QPR ~ Hulse