“Pep Talk”:

So, who won?

Well, I think you all guessed…

Letting the “this-is-how-to-win-a-league-title” weekly performances do the talking “on the pitch” and opting to stay away from our What’s App group (erm, the rest of youse are all on that aren’t you?!) paid dividends (yet again!) despite missing out on giving it pelters to the “bottlers”, as is the want of everyone on there…<shakes fist & sobs>

And, it was another pretty close, compacted & competitive season.

Whilst Citeh smoothly glided (glode?) their way to the Treble with their robotic belief & consistency in the real world, our champion pretty much emulated Mikel’s “Process” (but actually delivered) in the PAS victory!

A few players kinda threatened to win it, but…nah!

No one got really got that close in the end to a tally that now goes in, with a bullet, as the 14th “best winning score” ever!

To be perfectly frank, it really was an almost perfect campaign…

Our “Spring” champ started the season off at an easy 23rd, before jumping to 1st in Week 2 with a 43 points season high (and weekly win)

And there they remained for the duration…

Jeepers!

Any dips?

No.

Well, bar Week 8, when it was a season low of 15 points…

Week 12 was all about putting any challengers to the sword with a 32 point haul.

 

Now as a fully fledged PAS pro, all challengers were brushed aside with remarkable performance of concentrated consistency!

 

So, lords, ladies & gents, please be upstanding and doff your caps to Dan Wayman 367 (51) – He. Is. A. Winner! Again!!

 

That’s back to back League wins – a first in PAS history!

Bravo Mr W, you’re frightening everyone now…

 

Danny Boy won by a comprehensive 11 points from the “surprise package” Paul Henshaw in second place.

The “Top Syndicator” finished one point ahead of, the much improved, Peter Morley, in third spot.

Charlie Harris was a further four points behind, for yet another Top Ten finish, in the not-too-shabby 4th berth, with Francesca Fernandez 4 points shy in 5th – proudly flying the “Best In Clan” banner by using her wooden spoon from last year to stir up some startling form that also won her £20 from me in a bet about being “Top Girl of the Season” (yes, it really was misery maximus for me!)

Neil Meredith was 5 points behind in sixth spot. How “Liverpoolsy” of you Neil…

Just one correct score further back, Neil Osborne can reflect on a fine season, (2 x weekly wins!), finishing in seventh whilst in eighth place (only 1 point back), was a Spurs fan with something to shout about, Simon Lindsay. And, five points behind him in 9th, was the ever-improving Andy Kelly!

Relieved Evertonian Andy Fowler was just edged out by 2 correct scores, but grabbed 10th spot – courtesy of a single point – from Citizen Andy Chesworth (the casbah was rocked!)

 

 

“Arteta Process”: 

Only 19 points, but 72 places, separated our new champion from our wooden spoon champion, Patricia Fernandez 241 (29) in Week 1!

Mothers, eh?!

Awkward…

 

Starting in 95th, my mum never really recovered.

Like a role model to consistent rubbish scoring, she stayed at 95th in Week 2, then…

Week 3 it was down to the Bottom.

And there she stayed with a season performance like an inverted Dan Wayman.

A ray of hope in Week 11, a season high of 31 points, came to nothing as securing the wooden spoon for a 4th time was already done.

Howard T, John J, Paul V, Lily T and a dazed & confused, hopelessly lost Tony M made gallant efforts over the season to save Tricia’s blushes, but…

 

 

Spot Prizers

Ok, YOU have finished on these positions AND you HAVE WON those prizes!

 

Jasper Marriott on 13th, Kate Slee on 17th, Richard Hirst on 23rd, Orla McKeown on 27th, Rowan Marriott on 33rd, Sam Osmond on 39th, Max Morgan on 42nd, Mr 2-0 on 45th, Stephen Harrison on 57th, Bijay Lama on 60th, Hira Yonzan on 65th, Greg Fleming & Nick Hogwood on 71st, Dilip Adhikari on 83rd, Dom Webber on 89th and John Jennings on 93rd…

Small victories kids – lap it up!

Click here to view the full table & to see how much you won!

 

*** all prize money will be winging its way over later this week – promise! Look out for that Monzo link notification on email/text/WA!***

 

 

PAS Champions League 2022/23:

The final between Ben Hogwood & Matthew Murphy concluded with “Part Two” on June 10th 2023…

Ben Hogwood 55 (12) – 33 (6) Matthew Murphy

Ben Hogwood 36 (6) – 27 (4) Matthew Murphy – Part One

Ben Hogwood 19 (6) – 6 (2) Matthew Murphy – Part Two

 

Congrats to our new CL Cup holder – Ben, you are the Man City of PAS!

 

PAS Cup 2022:

The final between Mark Seels & Matthew Murphy concluded on May 29th 2022…

Jack Buxton 55 (12) – 49 (11) Simon Buxton

Jack Buxton 37 (6) – 38 (6) Simon Buxton – Part One

Jack Buxton 18 (6) – 11 (5) Simon Buxton – Part Two

 

Congrats to our new Cup holder – Jack, you are the Man City of PAS!

 

 

PAS Champions League 2023/24 Group Stages

Congratulations to Stockport’s finest, Ric Pardoe, for sneaking the last spot (by one point!) for entry to PAS Champions League 2023/24 Group Stages.

 

The Top 32 have qualified and the big draw will take place when the real CL one does…

 

 

 

Other little bits 

 

Deepak Bogati picks up £10 for getting the Best Weekly Score of the Season on International Week (Week 7) –  50 (8)

 

My mum picked up £5 for getting the Best Correct Score of the Season – Liverpool 3 Nottingham Forest 2!

 

 

Plaudits

Thanks again to all for taking time and bothering to play, we couldn’t do it without you!

And a final big thank you to Dave N & Dan H for providing all the behind-the-scenes tech stuff to enable another great (relatively glitch-free!) season…

 

See you in August PASers.

 

Cheers, and enjoy your summer…

 

Oooh, this popped up on the Guardian’s Fiver Football Daily…

 

“If Manchester City win the Champions League final 5-1, will the match be known as the InterCity 125?” – Richard Hirst.

 

And,

look at this from Sky Super 6!

come and have a go next season…I was always better at the smaller football games   : )

 

Pab