Merry Christmas!:

Despite the voided final week, you have to say he deserved his title – step up Shaun Backhouse finishing top of the pile after leading the way for most of the season. Well done Shaun, buy yourself out of that syndicate with your winnings…! Mr B had a 12 point lead over new boy Tony Morris in second place (a fine debut sir!), who finishes sixteen points above the seemingly perennial bronze medallist Neil Osbourne in third place. Andrew Darbyshire rocked up in fourth place just ahead of Charlie Harris who will be a Happy Notts boy finishing 5th on 279 points one place and one point above the charmed Neil Templeton in 6th. Dave Crisp ended up in seventh place 4 points above Mark Seels in eighth, who in turn finishes 3 points above our Cov-boy Matt Gingell in ninth. Howard Thomas finishes in 10th place, thanks to 3 correct scores and nets the last of the “big prizes”

Happy New Year?:

The battle royale didn’t get the finale it deserved but no doubt it will please someone called Sam… Savan Arora takes the wooden spoon (and a fiver!) this season!

Spot Prizers:

OK, it’s Week 13, you HAVE won these prizes! Neil Meredith is on the memories (maybe he can download some 1990 footage and reminisce at leisure over winning a League title…) at 11th, night watchman Danny Ashworth is at 13th (£25), saving some sibling rivalry face, Jason Morris is at 21st (£22.50), Stuart Longworth is on the BotW 23rd (£0 – boo! good debut though), Nick Hogwood is top Hogwood at 33rd (£15), Jessica Hirst is on the BotW 42nd (£3 – yay!), Andy Chesworth is at 43rd (£12.50) softening the blow of one week not sending in what turned out to be week winning scores, Gary Blackburne is at 52nd (£12.50) and can afford another Palace season ticket, Mark J Brown is at 57th (£10) but in Dubai so I’ll keep it (only joking lah!), Mark Shakespeare is cleaning up at 63rd (£24) and Neil Birchall is on the BotW 65th (£0 – boo!)

PAS Cup 2010:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2011 you had to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play (well 12 actually). Sneaking the last spot is…Sam Arora (and won’t he tell Savan about it!)

And Another Thing:

The other little bits…

Shaun B & Andrew D picked up an additional £2.50 for getting the Best Weekly Score of the Season – 47(9). Stephen Street picks up £7.50 for Best Correct Score of the Season – PNE 4 Palace 3.

Thanks again to all for taking time and bothering to enter – and a final big thank you to Dave N for providing all the behind the scenes techky stuff to enable another great season…

We’ll see the Top 32 in January for the PAS Cup & Lucky 13 Spring 11 and those game enough to take on the “cream” – the rest of you (that don’t want to play), we’ll see you in September – remember, spread the word and get all your mates involved for next season!

Cheers,
Pab

PS – Wondering what the weekly “tracks” were? Wonder no more…make a playlist!

Week 1

Odyssey – “Native New Yorker”

Week 2

The Wonderstuff – “Piece Of Sky”

Week 3

Band Of Horses – “Factory”

Week 4

Peter, Bjorn & John – “Up Against The Wall”

Week 5

Sh*t Robot – “Take ’Em Up”

Week 6

Young MC – “I Come Off (Southern Comfort Mix)”

Week 7

Arcade Fire – “We Used To Wait”

Week 8

U2 – “Like a Song”

Week 9

Crowded House – “Weather With You”

Week 10

Catatonia – “Dead From The Waste Down”

Week 11

Jenny & Jonny – “Big Wave”

Week 12

Broken Bells – “The Ghost Inside”

Thanks to all who took part – round up and table attached…

All prize winners will have their monies paid over very soon – congrats!

The famous PAS Poll will be having a short hiatus as the “Great PAS Data Loss” fiasco has wiped all the prep I did for it and it took me ages (boo hoo!) – I’ll be telling you what’s what anyway so look out for that you lucky lot!

I will be conducting a poll for research into where we go next with PAS so it’ll be appreciated if you could all take part.

Have a great Christmas and I’ll be in touch very soon about PAS Lucky 13 Spring 11 & the PAS Cup…

Cheers,
Pab

“I’m carving them up through the dust in your town”:

It’s not tricky, it’s a family affair! Mum rocked up in 3rd, li’l sis was second and big bruv came top of the pile! Josh Hirst 31 (6) enhances his boy wonder status by taking this week’s £20. Well done Josh, be nice and give Jess some money, she was only two points behind you! Anyone else as depressed as me that two little kids are leading the way and putting us to shame??

“'Cause solid currency’s the hardest to land”:

Not a great week! An even worse week for Tony Smith 6 (0). I used to knock around with a Tony Smith, he’s a West Ham fan – how apt…

Correct Score of the Week:

You get a great start – and then nothing…. – most popular score was Bolton 2 Big Sam’s Ex-Team 1 – 20 of you got that! Sam A, Me & Neil T got Inverness Cally’s 1-1 against Rangers, 9 got the 0-0 between Fulham and The Black Cats, 13 got West Ham 1 Man City 3, Rob C & Scott A got Burnley 2-3 Leeds Utd, 6 got the 5 pointer 0-0 involving Reading and Coventry and Cat J & Josh H got the 0-0 between Crystal Palace & Hull City… Sam A/Jess H/Gareth M got the 1-0 at Molineux and Mark Sh & Debbie J got (grrr!) Man Utd 1 Arsenal 0. However, this week’s best correct score goes to Dave Nicklin for his inspired Everton 0 Wigan Athletic 0.

Bet of the Week:

Smashed early doors at QPR – we’re looking for The Kid to deliver (not that I, ahem, encourage 10 year olds to bet of course…)

Table News:

“Did it all for that dollar”:

Going into the final week, Shaun Backhouse stays top, now a catchable 12 points ahead of Tony M with Neil O a further 12 points behind in third. Howard T moves into the Top Ten intent on making money to buy more protein & creatine from maximuscle.com…

“Just like a whiskey bottle drained on the floor”:

Savan Arora stays bottom, now 5 points behind of Neil B. Cat J is five points further up as the battle royale at the foot of the table has got good again!

“You ever wonder why they had to move on”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 17 places is Jessica Hirst – honourable mentions go to Danny A (+9), Josh H (+11), Pete B (+12) and Louise B (+14).

“Don’t turn into one of them”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 13 places is Jamie Sellers – dishonourable mentions go to Pab (-7), Tony S (-11), Jez H (-9) and Frankie F (-12).

PAS Cup 2011:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2011(and pay a reduced entry fee!) you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is… the Good Doctor’s nemesis, Sam Arora.

And Another Thing:

The famous PAS Poll is on its way – get involved!

Cheers,
Pab

Hola!

There were only 13 games out of 31 played this week (including tonight) so we fell short by two games…

After much hand-wringing, ummming and ahhhing, head in hands, hands covering eyes, gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair, the PAS Board (cum Pools Panel) decided “rules is rules” and Week 13 is officially void with no plans to try and schedule an additional week to complete a thirteen week season (if this had happened in Week 8 we would have had a 12 week season anyway – so it’s very unfortunate that it happened in the final week).

So, those who were in favourable positions on Week 12, you have Jack Frost, Frosty the Snowman, Mother Nature et al to thank for bringing you good fortune! The rest of us can only wonder and growl further at the inclement weather.

Week 13’s £20 prize will now carry over to Week 1 of PAS Lucky 13 Spring 11 – so all the more reason to get involved eh?!

Full round up asap…

Cheers,
Pab

“All the things I take”:

You did well to get double figures this week, and to get more than double that is quite an achievement! So, well done to Julian Fernandez 22 (4) in fluking this week’s £20 – a timely prize that he will no doubt turn into Yen for his forthcoming grand holiday… I dunno, one week my missus, then my bruvver, what next? Frankie winning a week??!

“And the books don’t lie”:

And neither does the matrix! (well, sometimes it does when we don’t put the scores in properly…) Hanging their heads in (sorta) shame are Sam Arora & Josh Hirst 5(0)…

Correct Score of the Week:

Surprisingly good predicting this week…. – most popular score was Birmingham 1 Spurs 1 – 20 of you got that! Rob C & Vim G got Swansea’s 1-3 against Ipswich, Mark J B & Julian F got the 1-1 between Chelsea and The Toffees, 4 got Derby 1 Norwich City 2, Dave C got Blackburn 3-0 Wolves, Mark J B got the 5 pointer 3-0 involving Millwall and Scunthorpe and Louise B got the 1-1 between Cardiff & Preston… Julian F got the 3-1 at The Hawthorns. However, this week’s best correct score goes to Jason Morris for his inspired Watford 3 Leicester City 2.

Bet of the Week:

Nope, another loser which means BotW spot prize slot 23rd will be worthless – boo!

Table News:

“And you save your money in good faith”:

Shaun Backhouse stays top, now a big 18 points ahead of Tony M with Neil O a further 15 points behind in third. Neil T moves into the Top Ten intent on making money just to wave it in my face along with his Dream Team prize money and wager off me – grrrrrrr……

“And my blues, they won’t go away”:

Savan Arora is off the bottom, now 4 points ahead of Catriona Johnstone. Neil B is five points further up as the battle royale at the foot of the table looks like it’s down to these three…

“And your dreams don’t lie”:

Highest climbers this week, up a whopping 12 places is Tony Smith – honourable mentions go to Neil T (+6), Julian F (+6), Danny A (+5), Anders H (+5), Rob C (+5) and Jamie S (+8).

“But lately, have they seen our faces?”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 9 places is Josh Hirst – dishonourable mentions go to Paul H (-6), Sam A (-8), Matt W (-5) and Sean P (-6).

PAS Cup 2011:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2011 (and pay a reduced entry fee!) you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is…our Black Star, Will Oppong.

And Another Thing:

We. Are. Top. Of. The. League……how did that happen??!

Cheers,
Pab