“Pants…”

“It Must Be Love”:

“Embarrassment”:

Following Mr 2-0 is futile – he’ll just mug you off.

Ask Chris B, Sheb R & Andy S.

However, sometimes futility is just the shortcut to the disaster.

Just ask Norman Lee, Debbie Lee & Bruce L Chris Dixon 12 (0)

Correct Score of the Week:

You lot did good this week…most popular score was Millwall’s 1-1 draw at Birmingham – 37 of youse got that!

Twelve got Kilmarnock’s “Desmond” with Hibs

11 banked the five-point 2-2 betwixt Norwich & Arsenal

Eight nailed Man Utd 2 Aston Villa 2

7 just knew Ross County would score against Celtic for a 1-4

Five got the dull-all at the Almondvale Stadium

5 more thrilled at the thrilling Spurs 3 Bournemouth 2

Howard T & Jon V (welcome!) got the 1-3 Owls win over Charlton

Frankie F & John K doffed a cap to Leeds Utd’s 4-0 deconstruction of Boro

John K & Angelo H got the four goal demolition of St Johnstone

Nick H & Ric P said “Look at me! Yes! Me!” for their Rangers 5-0 Hearts

Julian F was well away with the 1-3 away win for Reading at Wigan

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Glynn Fairhurst for his I-put-down-my-pie-and-pea-wet-for-this inspired, PNE 0 WBA 1!

Bet of the Week:

Anders Hoglund was on “Bet of the Week” position 11th in Week 9 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

He failed! Very unlucky though…

Southampton to beat Watford – yep

Burnley to draw with Palace – nope

Hibs to beat Kilmarnock – nope (93rd minute equaliser!!)

So, £0 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 11th keeping it on £4.39 for the season – meh…

Nick Hogwood is at 33rd this week….

Nicholas, I need your 3 team treble by Friday, please!

Table News:

“One Step Beyond”:

Jason Morris remains top, now 2 points ahead of Nick H who in turn is three correct scores ahead of the ominous Pete B in third…

Four crashed the Top Ten.

“Grey Day”:

Jamie Fairhurst remains bottom, four points behind Norman L, who in turn is 6 points adrift of Tim P…

“One Better Day”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 25 places is Howard Thomas – honourable mentions go to Sam O (+17), Olly O (+13), Richard H (+15), Greg F (+13), John K (+20) and Clare T (+16)

“Night Boat To Cairo”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 14 places is Sheb Rehman – dishonourable mentions go to Chris D (-12), Reagon K (-13), Pete H (-13), Craig W (-12), Chris B (-12) and Charlie H (-13)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League 2019/20 Knockout Stages:

Matchday 5 Group games went ahead this week…

It. Was. Telling!

We had 11 successful jokers! 4 hammerings! 3 heartbreakers! 2 correct score heartbreakers! 3 close games! 8 away wins!

One won their game with 18 points & one lost their game with 34 points! (poor Frankie!)

It’s now or never for some!

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 6 – Week 12

Full fixtures & results can be found here

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is the ubiquitous…Howard Thomas!

And Another Thing:

A word from the tech team…

– a brief warning message will be displayed if you exceed the “blanket scoring” threshold

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

“Never a dull (all) moment…”

“Winter Beats”:

After last week’s “epic-ness”, you could be excused for expecting a slump.

Nah, mate.

You lot we’re proper on it again!

Thirty seven scored 30 points or more and of them, eight smashed into the forties.

Gary B put up a valiant effort (a bit like Palace at the weekend) but just couldn’t cope with our weekly winner’s last minute luck skills!

Neil Osborne 55 (8) piled it on with last minute gains from Celtic & Stoke, topped off with Raheem’s latest offside protecting a 2-1 correct score.

Witchcraft at it’s worst best.

£20 in the bag Neil – I might leave that til the last minute to send over…  ; )

“You Burn”:

A bad week for 23 punters who scored 19 points or less this week.

Particularly bad for David G who didn’t get a single correct score.

Really bad, however, for this triumvirate of underachievers…

Yep, that’s you Dave Crisp, Sam Arora & Dave Nicklin 13 (0)

Quite literally from the sublime to the ridiculous in less than a week!

Correct Score of the Week:

Whoa!…most popular score was Fulham’s 2-1 win over QPR– 32 of us got that!

Thirty one got the very annoying last minute spoiling Celtic 4 Livingston 0

14 just knew Hamilton would score against Rangers for a 1-3

Nine landed on the two-two in south east London. The wrong side of south east London btw…

8 thrilled at the thrilling Blackburn 3 Barnsley 2

Five were grateful for the 3-1 Hibees win over Motherwell

Rob C & Bry D nailed Middlesbrough 2 Hull City 2

Andy C celebrated the bore draw between Bristol City & Nottingham Forest

Bijay L made us all green by happening upon Kilmarnock 3-0 Hearts

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Gary Blackburne for his I-don’t-usually-put-this-much-effort-in inspired, West Ham 2 Spurs 3!

Bet of the Week:

Shezan J was on “Bet of the Week” position 65th in Week 8 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

He forgot! (so did I to be fair)

So, £3 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 65th bringing it to £3.00 – result!

Anders Hoglund is at 11th this week….

Anders, I need your 3 team treble by Friday, please!

Table News:

“Hearts”:

Jason Morris remains top, now only 1 point ahead of Pete B who in turn is four points ahead of Kate S in third…

Three crashed the Top Ten.

“Denial”:

Jamie Fairhurst remains bottom, five points behind Frankie F, who in turn is 5 correct scores adrift of her nan, Patricia F…

“Faith”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 41 places is newcomer Matthew Murphy – honourable mentions go to Gary B (+24), Paul V (+23), Ryan G (+22), Paul S (+21) and Craig W (+20)

“Wired”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 22 places are Sam Arora & Alex Taylor – dishonourable mentions go to Dave C (-21), Paul C (-19), Mr 2-0 (-19), Debbie L (-19), Mike K (-18) and Dave N (-18)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League 2019/20 Knockout Stages:

Matchday 5 next week…

If you’re at “home” – don’t forget to play your “joker”!

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 5 – Week 10

Matchday 6 – Week 12

Full fixtures & results can be found here

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot are son & father…Sam & Olly Osmond! Bless….

And Another Thing:

A word from the tech team…

“When you are editing your predictions, it is recommended that after modifying a Home or Away score that you press the tab key (on mobile tap ‘outside’ of the input box).

This should ensure that your change is saved, and you should see a brief ‘Saved!’ message displayed to confirm this.

When you have completed all your updates, it is also recommended that you then click on the ‘Back’ button at the bottom of the page – then open the prediction week again to confirm that your edits are all saved.”

A word from me…

Sausage fingers is a real thing – beware!

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

“Wha’ g’wan sistren!”

“Everything Flows”:

Unprecedented scenes!

After much wailing & gnashing of teeth on the PAS What’s App group (you really need to join in btw!) about the vagaries of “International Week”, it really produced a corker. Not even literally. Actually, actually!

So here goes – it was the…

“The Cabbage”:

It really wasn’t a week to be rubbish!

6 people scored 20 points or less!

Clare T limped in with 20 (0)

Mr 2-0 and his followers could only manage 19 (1) – there’s a lesson in there ain’t there!

Spare a thought for Chris D though, he got the unenviable, quite unbelievable score of 25 (0)!!!

Correct Score of the Week:

Man, you missed out…most popular score was Ireland’s dead cert 1-1 draw with Denmark– 37 of us got that!

Thirty three were all over the 4-o to the Germans

20 got Sweden 3 Whale Killing B*st*rds 0

Eighteen had Croatia’s 3-1 win over Slovakia

18 more were well away with the 0-4 away win for Eng-er-land

Sixteen made us all green by happening upon Holland 5-0 Estonia

14 got 6 goal demolition of Gibraltar by Denmark

Ten had Spain’s merciless dismantling of Malta

9 were grateful for the 3-1 Scottish win over Kazahkstan

7 just knew San Marino would score against Kazahkstan for a 1-3

5 got the o-3 Azzuri win over Bosnia

Another five quite rightly predicted Spain’s 5-0 thrashing of Romania

4 thrilled at the thrilling Portugal 6 Lithuania 0

Sam C, Greg F & Brett D got the dull-all at St James’s Park

Richard H, Rowan M & Ric P doffed a cap to Belgium’s 1-4 routing of Russia

Paul C, George T & Karina H (welcome!) believed in Swindon. A 2-3 kinda belief…

Matt W, Rob C & Hira Y said “Look at me! Me! Yes! Me!” for their England 7 Montenegro 0

Martin S nabbed the form book upsetting Forest Green 0 Plymouth 1

Eddie O somehow stumbled on France 2 Moldova 1

However, this week’s best correct score goes to James Challinor for his I-knew-Norn-Iron-Nil-would-deliver inspired, Northern Ireland 0 Holland 0!

Bet of the Week:

Olly O was on “Bet of the Week” position 45th in Week 7 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

He veered from tradition a la Rob C & Julian F…but failed!

B(oth) T(eams) T(o) S(core)

Azerbaijan v Wales – ouch!
Cyprus v Scotland – ooooh!
Northern Ireland vs Holland – ouch!

So, £0 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 45th leaving it on £2.35 – better than nowt I spose…

Shezan Juma is at 65th this week….

Mr J, I need your 3 team treble by Friday, please!

Table News:

“Star Sign”:

Jason Morris moves up 1 place to go top, 5 points ahead of defending champion Pete B who in turn is two points ahead of KateS in third…

Five crashed the Top Ten.

“I Don’t Know”:

Jamie Fairhurst slips 1 place to rock bottom, five points behind Patricia F, who in turn is 8 points adrift of Paul H…

“Sparky’s Dream”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 43 places are Brett Dean & Ric Pardoe – honourable mentions go to Dave C (+34), Julian F (+25), Scott H (+28), Richard H (+21), Charlie H (+25), Martin S (+31) and Karina H (+21)

“What You Do To Me”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 37 places is Sheb Rahman – dishonourable mentions go to Alex R (-24), Harry H (-21), Chris B (-31), Mr 2-0 (-31), Jazz S (-21), Peter M (-25) and Neil T (-23)

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PAS Champions League 2019/20 Knockout Stages:

Matchday 4 Group games went ahead this week…

It. Was. Eventful!

We had 15 successful jokers! 2 really successful jokers! 9 hammerings! 2 heartbreakers! 1 correct score heartbreaker (poor Frankie!)! 9 away wins!

Three won their game with 32 points & one lost their game with 57 points!

All to play for!

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 5 – Week 10

Matchday 6 – Week 12

Full fixtures & results can be found here

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is the regal…Arthur Harrison!

And Another Thing:

A word from the tech team…

“When you are editing your predictions, it is recommended that after modifying a Home or Away score that you press the tab key (on mobile tap ‘outside’ of the input box).

This should ensure that your change is saved, and you should see a brief ‘Saved!’ message displayed to confirm this.

When you have completed all your updates, it is also recommended that you then click on the ‘Back’ button at the bottom of the page – then open the prediction week again to confirm that your edits are all saved.”

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

“What’chu talkin‘ ‘bout, Willis?”

“Jump N Shout”:

I’ll keep it brief, we’ve got an International Week looming….

Eighteen happy souls managed 30 points or more this week but only one managed to get in the haughty forties.

From the peleton, Scott H put in a big shout heading the way in the final sprint, courtesy of a five pointer from Aberdeen.

And he looked set to win when Villa scored in the 92nd minute on Sunday afternoon.

What he didn’t know, however,  that Jack Buxton 42 (7) also had that last-minute gift!

That was followed up with a Rangers correct score to secure the weekly £20 prize!

Unlucky Mr H, you got jacked mate!

“Where’s Your Head At”:

Did you suffer like me?

28 scored twenty points or less.

No one dipped so low as single digits though.

But, 5 got zero correct scores.

The worst?

James Challinor & Andy Smith 11 (0).

As Frankie F will tell you, a bit like Wembley at night in the cold and rain – freezing, queuing for aaaages, walking miles & getting soaked after seeing a missed penalty and a last-minute defeat…

Correct Score of the Week:

At least my nosebleed has stopped…most popular score was Villa’s 2-1 defeat at Wolves– 30 of youse got that!

Fourteen had PNE’s 3-1 win over Huddersfield

12 just knew Brighton would score against Man Yoo for a 3-1

Eleven nailed Sheffield Wednesday 2 Swansea City 2

10 got the 1-3 Granite City win over Ross County

Eight (scousers. red ones.) thrilled at the thrilling Liverpool 3 Man City 1

5 got QPR’s “Desmond” with Middlesbrough

Alex R & Jon V (welcome!) landed on the two-two in Kilmarnock.

Shezan J said “Look at me! Yes! Me!” for his Sunderland 1-1 Gillingham

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Bry Derbyshire for his I-can-tell-youse-what-to-do-with-your-pies inspired, Wigan 0 Brentford 3!

Bet of the Week:

Julian F was on “Bet of the Week” position 33rd in Week 6 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

He veered from tradition a la Rob C…and had a result!

B(oth) T(eams) T(o) S(core)

PNE v Huddersfield – caught!

Cardiff v Bristol City – dropped!

Wolves v Villa – caught! Just…

So, £2.37 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 33rd taking it to £9.96 – nice…

Neil Critchlow, Olly Osmond & Danny Norbury are at 45th this week….Olly was out the hat first!

Mr O, I need your 3 team treble by Friday, please!

Table News:

“Fly Life”:

Kate Slee moves up 1 place to go top, 7 points ahead of Jason M who in turn is six points ahead of Jerry S in third as we turn for home…

Four crashed the Top Ten.

“Red Alert”:

Patricia Fernandez slips 3 places to the bottom, five points behind Jamie F, who in turn is 1 point adrift of John J…

“Always Be There”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 33 places is Jack Buxton – honourable mentions go to Nick H (+15), Simon T (+20), Gareth M (+19), Chris D (+18), Scott H (+29), Shezan J (+19) and Ryan G (+21)

“Same Old Show”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 24 places is Lee Ford – dishonourable mentions go to Stuart F (-22), Stephen P (-15), Julian F (-22) and Mark J B (-18)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League 2019/20 Knockout Stages:

Matchday 4 next week…

If you’re at “home” – don’t forget to play your “joker”!

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 4 – Week 8

Matchday 5 – Week 10

Matchday 6 – Week 12

Full fixtures & results can be found here

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is ol’…Nick Woodward!

And Another Thing:

A word from the tech team…

“When you are editing your predictions, it is recommended that after modifying a Home or Away score that you press the tab key (on mobile tap ‘outside’ of the input box).

This should ensure that your change is saved, and you should see a brief ‘Saved!’ message displayed to confirm this.

When you have completed all your updates, it is also recommended that you then click on the ‘Back’ button at the bottom of the page – then open the prediction week again to confirm that your edits are all saved.”

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

RIP football…

“Pump It Up”:

Considering how volatile the current footballing climate is, it’s wonder why we bother with all this eh?

If you get a correct score these days, cherish it, as it could so easily have slipped from your grasp…

Sermon over.

We had a quarter of the field notching up 30 points or more this week, with a fabulous five hitting the hallowed forty points mark.

Jason M, Andy K and Anders H all lay strong claims to the weekly £20.

What they didn’t bargain for though was a literal bookending brace of last minute correct scores stealing the show.

It’s taken him a while to acclimatise from 15 team accas on a Saturday morning in Ladbrokes to the elite sophistication that is Predict-A-Score, but Greg Fleming 46 (8) can thank Barnsley on Friday night and most satisfyingly, Everton’s late late show on Sunday afternoon for his win.

Well done nephew, I bet that’s twenty pounds you’ll shed in no time at all!

“Accidents Will Happen”:

What was I saying about those hard to get correct scores?

Amazingly, only one person failed to register one this week (is this a first Stats Dept?)

And, un-amazingly, they finished bottom.

Eddie Osborne 12 (0), that was you.

Correct Score of the Week:

I really missed out this week…most popular score was Nottingham Forest’s 1-2 win at Luton– 29 of youse got that!

Twenty one were all over the Scottish League Cup 3-0 to the Teddy Bears

9 we’re so happy for Hamilton 2-2 Ross County they will actually wear that ballet dress…

Seven banked the five point  2-2 betwixt Barnsley & Bristol City

Greg F & Reagon K believed in Bournemouth. A 1-0 kinda belief…

John K & Greg F (again!) got the 3-0 Granite City win over Kilmarnock

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Stephen Peaston for his Geordies-love-a-canny-awayday-in-London inspired, West Ham 2 Newcastle 3!

Bet of the Week:

Rob C was on “Bet of the Week” position 11th in Week 5 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

He veered from the tradish…and had a result!

B(oth) T(eams) T(o) S(core)

Wigan v Swansea – oh yes!

Cheltenham v Forest Green – oh yes!

Charlton v PNE – oh no!

So, £2.16 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 11th taking it to £4.39 – steady.

Julian Fernandez is at 33rd this week….

Bruv, I need your 3 team treble by Friday please!

Table News:

“High Fidelity”:

Jason Morris moves up 7 places to go top, 1 point ahead of Kate S who in turn is two points ahead of James C in third…

Two crashed the Top Ten.

“(I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea”:

John Jennings stays anchored to the bottom, now five points behind Tim P, who in turn is 1 point adrift of Jamie F…

“Good Year For The Roses”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 44 places is the reborn Greg Fleming – honourable mentions go to Andy K (+38), Anders H (+30), Rich L (+26), Nick H (+22), Olly O (+21) and Danny N (+21)

“I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 20 places were Neil Critchlow, Stephen Peaston, Tony Morris & Alex Rossi – dishonourable mentions go to Debbie L (-19), Howard T (-18), Eddie O (-18) and Ric P (-16)

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PAS Champions League 2019/20 Knockout Stages:

Matchday 3 Group games went ahead this week…

It. Was. Interesting!

We had 15 successful jokers! 2 really successful jokers! 5 hammerings! 3 heartbreakers! 7 away wins! And, 1 draw!

Three won their game with 25 points & one lost their game with 31 points!

Not early doors any more people…

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 4 – Week 8

Matchday 5 – Week 10

Matchday 6 – Week 12

Full fixtures & results can be found here

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is our man in the Middle East…Mark J Brown!

And Another Thing:

A word from the tech team…

“When you are editing your predictions, it is recommended that after modifying a Home or Away score that you press the tab key (on mobile tap ‘outside’ of the input box).

This should ensure that your change is saved, and you should see a brief ‘Saved!’ message displayed to confirm this.

When you have completed all your updates, it is also recommended that you then click on the ‘Back’ button at the bottom of the page – then open the prediction week again to confirm that your edits are all saved.”

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

“…a handful of good games in three years.” Innit, Wrighty…

“Boing!”:

Well, that was some week eh?! I did plan to rant & rail but I think it’s all been said already so I’ll rise above it all like the good host I am…

In a week where we only had 29 games due to adverse weather, it proved a sticky for most.

Only seven people managed 30 points or more and all seven were in with a shout for the £20 prize right to the end.

Kate S went close again, Hira Y got a proper nosebleed in rarified heights, Rob C didn’t leave it to Mr 2-0, Neil O reminded us he’s still in the building and What’s App sensation Pete H added to the “new-boy” wave of good predicting.

Steve M had Arsenal’s “draw” to go sooooooooooooo close!

Unfortunately for him, debutant Tom Morley 34 (6) had Rangers to thank for coming from behind to earn him what proved the decisive correct score.

Well done Tom, winnings coming your way very soon – make sure you invest it wisely young man!

“Brassneck”:

If you weren’t stuck in the middle this week, you were stuck in the mire.

15 punters ended up with less than fifteen points.

14 did not record a correct score!

Wow!

Only two finished out of a double-digit return though…

Sam Arora & Brett Dean 9(0) crossed the line of shame together…

Bless!

Correct Score of the Week:

So, did you get VAR’d then? …most popular score was Wolves’s 1-1 draw at Newcastle – 27 of youse got that!

Twenty were all over the 3-0 to the Citizens

7 just knew Man Yoo would miss two pens for a 1-3

Five revelled in the schadenfreude of Arsenal’s late late VAR show

4 celebrated the bore draw between Watford & Bournemouth

Danny A, Darren McC & Mike K got Ross County’s “Desmond” at Hibs

Nick H, Paul C & Jamie F (welcome!) thrilled at the thrilling PNE 3 Blackburn 2

Rob C & Bry D landed on the two-two in the Black Country. The wrong side of the Black Country…

Eddie O nabbed the form book upsetting Shrewsbury 1 Sunderland 0

Neil T got the dull-all at the Almondvale Stadium

Kate S said successful prayers to the “Saints of Nil” for the stalemate at Hillsborough

Bry D (again!) was well away with the 1-3 away win for Brentford

Kate S (again!) turned up Boro 0 Fulham 0. Then sobbed a little bit as she thought of those poor souls who were actually there.

Joe M had Celtic’s merciless deconstruction of Aberdeen

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Alex Rossi for his day-doo-doh-don’t-day-doh inspired, St Johnstone 3 Hamilton 2!

Bet of the Week:

Greg F was on “Bet of the Week” position 65th in Week 4 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

He failed!

Bournemouth to win at Watford – X

Millwall to beat Stoke – tick

Salford to beat Scunthorpe – X

So, £0 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 65th – scratchy.

Rob Currin is at 11th this week….

Roberto, I need your 3 team treble by Friday please!

Let’s get this show back on the road…

Table News:

“Kennedy”:

Kate Slee moves up 1 place to go 10 points ahead of James C who in turn is two points ahead of Mike K in third…

Two crashed the Top Ten.

“Anyone Can Make A Mistake”:

John Jennings goes down three places to last spot, one correct score behind Norman L, who in turn is 3 points adrift of Paul H…

“Silver Shorts”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 34 places is new boy Tom Morley – honourable mentions go to Steve M (+20), Neil O (+19), Hira Y (+24), Bry D (+24) and Joe M (+21)

“Dalliance”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 30 places is Gary Blackburne – dishonourable mentions go to Greg F (-25), Karina H (-21), Brett D (-24), Sam A (-26), Stuart F (-26), Stephen P (-25) and Julian F (-26)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League 2019/20 Knockout Stages:

Matchday 3 next week…

If you’re at “home” – don’t forget to play your “joker”!

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 3 – Week 6

Matchday 4 – Week 8

Matchday 5 – Week 10

Matchday 6 – Week 12

Full fixtures & results can be found here

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot are the unsplittable…Sheb Rehman & Tony Morris!

And Another Thing:

VAR. I have no words…

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

“Ooooh, you are awful…”

“Everything Goes My Way”:

Did you see how well Theo Walcott played on Saturday?!

Only taken him 14 years to kick start his potential then…

And, gallingly, it seemed to inspire those around him.

Gilfi for one.

His 92nd goal early on Saturday ultimately compounded my miserable weekend of sport.

Ireland got unceremoniously dumped out of the World Cup to start it and Arsenal whimpered into submission in Sheffield to end it.

Oh, and I didn’t win the weekly £20 prize either. By a correct score just to rub it in.

Just when you need Everton not to score and Man City to surely add a third at Palace…

Young debutant Sam O put in a good shout as did James C, but in a week where only 6 players got over 30 points, Kate Slee 34 (7) put good use to her “manager” not observing the PAS “technical area” to slip past the post first…

Bravo Pete Kate, the girl done good!

“The Upsetter”:

With correct scores at a premium, a quarter of the field failed to register more than fifteen points this week.

So, a collective shocker then.

Seven didn’t get a much-coveted four pointer and 4 players didn’t even reach double figures!

Bry D, Jason M and Paul H can all thank Patricia Fernandez 7 (0) for sparing their blushes…

Correct Score of the Week:

I bloomin’ hate last minute goals …most popular score was Villa’s thrilling last minute 2-1 win over Brighton – 29 of us got that!

Eight revelled in the schadenfreude of Arsenal’s poor poor showing in Sheffield

6 banked the five point 2-2 betwixt Blackburn & Huddersfield

Matt W, Mike K & Nick W made us all green by happening upon Hull 2-3 QPR

Howard T & Sam O (welcome!) got the 0-3 Granite City win at Motherwell

Will O got the one-all at Tynecastle

Tim P doffed a cap to Luton’s 3-0 deconstruction of Brizzle City

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Mike Krasnowski for his whatever-Scottish-hammering-Aussies-get-I-can-do-better inspired, Celtic 6 Ross County 0!

Bet of the Week:

Jazz S was on “Bet of the Week” position 45th in Week 3 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

He delivered – this is going well this season!

Leicester to beat Burnley – yay (thanks VAR!)

Wolves to beat Southampton – nay (Who is Danny Ings anyway?)

WBA to beat Boro – yay (adios Jonthano!)

So, £2.35 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 45th –  foundation…

Harry H, Alex T & Greg F are 65th this week….but Greg Fleming was out the hat first!

Gregor, I need your 3 team treble by Friday please!

Can we get a clean sweep?

Table News:

“The Look”:

James Challinor moves up 3 places to go 1 point ahead of Kate S who in turn is eight points ahead of El Presidente in third (yes, me!!!)

Four crashed the Top Ten.

“Heartbreaker”:

All change in basecamp! Paul Henshaw sinks fours places to rock bottom, five points behind Jamie F, who in turn is 2 correct scores adrift of my mum…

“Salted Caramel Ice Cream”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 40 places is new boy Sam Osmond – honourable mentions go to Predictz (+39), Gary B (+30), Dave N (+28), Will O (+25), Matt W (+24), Shezan J (+23), Nick W (+21) Richard H (+19) and Rob C (+18)

“Hang Me Out To Dry”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 30 places is Bry Derbyshire – dishonourable mentions go to Alex T (-25), Karina H (-22), Ben H (-21), Clare T (-19), Andy S (-19), Danny N (-19), Scott H (-19) and Ric P (-19)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League 2019/20 Knockout Stages:

Matchday 2 Group games went ahead this week…

It. Was. Carnage!

We had 7 successful jokers! 4 hammerings! 4 close games! 3 heartbreakers! And, 10 away wins!

Someone won their game with 12 points & someone lost their game with 24 points!

Still early doors people…

Full fixtures & results can be found here

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 3 – Week 6

Matchday 4 – Week 8

Matchday 5 – Week 10

Matchday 6 – Week 12

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is a jaunty newbie….Matthew Murphy!

And Another Thing:

Unai.

What are you doing amigo?

Granit? Kolasniac? Luiz? Sokratis? Not to mention that disaster called Pepe! Who agreed to pay £72m for him? Was it a typo on £7.2? Can we send him back under the trade description act? He’s making Gervinho look like Garrincha

Come on senor, get Hector, Keiran, Rob, Lucas & Laca on from the start and kick start the season, si?

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

“…..”

“Just A Girl”:

Dontcha just love an International week?!

The latest perennial ” feast or famine” instalment proved to be as divisive as expected with thirteen players galloping to 40 points or more in Week 3.

But, the £20 was up for grabs right up to the last day – and what a day that was!

Julian F nearly fluked his way to a weekly win under the hallucinogenic visions of man flu, the current league champion began his march to the top, one of our own here at PAS Towers benefitted from some choice last minute action, Neil T had a super, erm, SunTuesday with 3 correct scores in a row and George T rallied superbly after missing the first four games…

Alas, if you get a 13 point start in the first game then you’re pretty much nailed on the to win the week right?

Wrong!

Well – 3 of the 4 who got that epic 9-0 scoreline fell by the wayside, but Jason Morris 53 (6) stormed home by getting his own 3 out of 4 correct scores on the final day benefitting fully from two last minute goals to boot!

Well done Jay, no doubt you’re the toast of “The Syndicate”!

“Don’t Speak”:

Feeding off scraps at the Bulgaria end of the week were 12 lost souls who failed to reach the heady heights of twenty points.

Seven of those were bereft of a correct score…in an International week – eeeek!

Arch point refuser this week was Richard Lee 16 (0).

At least Tran-me-air won though, eh Rich?

Correct Score of the Week:

If you weren’t in it, you really weren’t in it…most popular score was Slovakia’s 1-1 draw with Wales– 35 of us got that!

Twenty two were all over the 0-3 to Germany in Estonia

18 got the very annoying last minute spoiling Liechtenstein 0 Italy 5

Seventeen got A Seleção’s 3 goal demolition of Luxembourg

12 just knew Norn Iron would score against Holland for a 3-1

Nine quite rightly predicted Sweden’s 0-4 thrashing of Malta

4 secretly said prayers the “Saints of Nil” for the stalemate in Georgia, and they listened…

4 said “Me! Me! Look at me! Yes! Me!” for their ridiculous Belgium 9 San Marino 0

Julian F nailed France 1 Turkey 1

Mark J B nabbed the form book upsetting Coventry 0 Tranmere 1

James C saw his typo come good on the game in Prague starring England

However, this week’s best correct score goes to George Triantafillou for his I-live-in-an-upside-down-world-so-this-is-normal inspired, Scotland 6 San Marino 0!

Bet of the Week:

David G was on “Bet of the Week” position 33rd in Week 2 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

He did the business – not quite the ultimate, but fair play…

Rochdale to beat Accrington – in (the total football paid off!)

Pompey to draw with Gillingham – in (proper dull all that one…)

Southend to draw with AFC Wimbledon – out (ooops!)

So, £7.59 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 33rd –  solid…

King Jazz Sian is 45th this week….

J, I need your 3 team treble by Friday please!

First one in with a full house??

Table News:

“Hella Good”:

Jason Morris moves up 24 places to go 4 points ahead of George T who in turn is three points ahead of Neil T in third.

Five crashed the Top Ten.

“Underneath It All”:

Jamie Fairhurst is still bottom, two points behind Shezan J, who in turn is 1 point adrift of Rich L…

“Hey Baby”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 51 places is Sam Arora – honourable mentions go to Dan H (+39), Pete B (+38), Stuart F (+43), Angelo H (+47), Tony M (+33), Ric P (+45), Alex T (+38), Mark J B (+30), Justin C (+37) and Neil O (+45)

“Spiderwebs”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 46 places is Richard Hirst – dishonourable mentions go to Paul V (-33), Patricia F (-35), Debbie L (-29), Andy F (-40), Eddie O (-39), Jack B (-41), Simon Lindq (-38) and Alex R (-28)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League 2019/20 Knockout Stages:

Matchday 2 this week – fixtures can be found here

If you’re at “home” – don’t forget to play your “joker”!

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 2 – Week 4

Matchday 3 – Week 6

Matchday 4 – Week 8

Matchday 5 – Week 10

Matchday 6 – Week 12

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is the man at the Beeb…Chris Birch!

And Another Thing:

All but two of the payments are in – muchos gracias personas.

One thing I learnt this week is, NEVER EVER trust an old spreadsheet that you haven’t “double checked” in a while.

Yep, I found out that I’ve been subsidising the PAS prize money coffers to the tune of £300 a season for God knows how long cos I’m an idiot who just thought “well, it’s an expensive world, of course I’m a bit skint…”

Life lesson kids, life lesson… <monkey head in hands emoji> x 1,000

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

“Oi! Mercury 2008! Mon coude est meilleur que…attendez, nonnnnnnn?!!”

“What Love”:

After last week’s shenanigans it had to be a better week eh? Well, for me, no!

Yes, I did manage to not forget to do my scores.

But then Mr 2-0 decide to put in a barnstormer of a week and carried Chris B, Rob C & Anders H to the brink of an unprecedented triptych weekly win.

And, I then watched in abject horror as Liverpool and Palace stole two correct score draws from under my nose in last-minute controversies.

Woe is me.

I’m sure there were plenty of others with similar stories, but I’m just feeling a bit sorry for myself, it’s been a long week…    : (

So, around 18 people were in with a shout of nabbing the £20 prize (38 punters scored 20 points or more this week – which is good but also a bit rubbish) but it was my weekend drinking partner that managed to steal the accolade by way of that Liverpool penalty and the fact he had Stoke down to win. And win 1-2 to boot!

Alex Rossi 35 (6) has Week 2 forever next to his name now winning a poor week at a decent stretch.

Congrats mi Wool amigo, don’t be wasting that dosh on wine, women & song now will you…

“Come Save Me”:

We’ve got 100 real people playing this season (well done us!) but it would seem, with volume, comes complacency!

Two thirds couldn’t manage more than 19 points this week as correct scores were even more elusive than usual.

16 players registered “zero” in the column marked “CS” – eeeek!

However, (weirdly?) single-digit scores were attributed to only one.

Norman Lee 7 (0) you really are all alone this week…

Correct Score of the Week:

If you got even one this week…most popular score was Birmingham’s Friday night 89th minute 2-1 defeat of Boro– 19 of youse got that!

Twelve turned up Watford 0 Sheff Utd 0. Then sobbed a little bit as he thought of those poor souls who were actually there.

5 nailed Fulham 2 Charlton 2

Alex R, Stephen P & Debbie L somehow stumbled on Swansea 1 Stoke 2 (how????)

Richard H, David G & Alex R (again) landed on the two-two in the Highlands. Yep, that’s in Scotland…

Matt W, Ben H & David G (again) quite rightly predicted Rangers 5-0 thrashing of Hamilton

Mike K & Sam O thrilled at the thrilling Southampton 1 Chelsea 4

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Julian Fernandez for his VAR-is-well-cool-despite-what-my-bruv-says inspired, West Ham 1 Crystal Palace 2!

Bet of the Week:

We didn’t change it up!

Neil T was on “Bet of the Week” position 11th in Week 1 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

He did the doo! Kinda.

Solid start from the Belfast Boy…

Fulham to beat Charlton – cross (not quite sure how that didn’t happen though)

Sheff Wednesday to beat Wigan – tick (in Monk we trust…)

PNE to beat Barnsley – tick (whoomp, there it is!)

So, £2.12 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 11th –  building…

So, Andy F & David G are in joint 33rd, but David Goggin was 1st out the hat.

Dave, I need your 3 team treble by Friday please!

No pressure matey…

Table News:

“Let Her Go”:

Kate Slee moves up 2 places to go 1 point ahead of Dave C who in turn is one point ahead of Ben McK in third.

Four crashed the Top Ten.

“Man I Need”:

Jamie Fairhurst remains rooted to the bottom of the pile one point behind then inseparable Norman L & Glynn F…

“The Throw”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 54 places is Rob Currin – honourable mentions go to Alex R (+48), Mr 2-0 (+39), Chris B (+41), Anders H (+48), Moi (+37), George T (+43) and Julian F (+52)

“Uncertainty”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 40 places is Joe Massey – dishonourable mentions go to Norman L (-28), Paul D (-35), Tim P (-29), Nick W (-29), Stuart F (-38), Rowan M (-38), Clare T (-38), Patricia F (-28), Neil C (-36) and Mark S (-28)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League 2019/20 Knockout Stages:

Matchday 1 Group games went ahead this week…

It. Was. Erm. Exciting?

We had 5 successful jokers! 1 really successful joker! 4 hammerings! 1 heartbreaker! And, 6 away wins!

Two won their game with 15 points & 2 lost theirs with 22 points!

Early doors people, early doors…

Full fixtures & results can be found here

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 2 – Week 4

Matchday 3 – Week 6

Matchday 4 – Week 8

Matchday 5 – Week 10

Matchday 6 – Week 12

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is …Andy Fowler & David Goggin!

And Another Thing:

A lot of the payments have come in – thanks! Anyone who hasn’t got round to it, please do as soon as possible – don’t make me chase you!

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

“Oi! Mercury! Our Dave is better than your Dave…”

“Streatham”:

Oh man! It was a proper Funky Friday eh? The chaos of a new functionality not quite hitting the ground running had us in tailspin here at PAS HQ – and then some.

Dan was sunning himself in warmer climes and Dave was 5 pints deep in a big night out when it all kicked off (if you’re on our What’s App group – and why wouldn’t you be? – you saw the drama unfold blow by blow!).

Moi? I’ve no clue with tech stuff. I was frantically searching drawers for magic markers and planning how I could document & print out over 100 scoresheets! Basically, we were at Def Con 1 and I was that close to pushing the button marked “abandon week”…

Dan queued at passport control. I sobbed at the thought of losing players new & old just when it looked like we’d broke the 100 entrants barrier…then Dave did his stuff half cut in the night and hungover in the morning and the day, weekend – football! – was saved! Hooray for Dave – absolute star!

So apologies for the lateness of this update – i’ve been in shock. And in pubs…cos the upshot of all that drama was that I forgot to do my Saturday 3pm scores! Would you Adam & believe it?!

Anyway, as per usual, quite a lot of you clearly knew what I didn’t.

Best of the bunch?

Our own Streatham boy, Dave Crisp 41 (7) soul danced in front of the debutant Brett D, “Top Girl” Kate S & stalwart Simon Lindq courtesy of nailing one of only two stalemates in Week 1!

Those late late weekender nights did you no harm at all Crispy son!

If you got 30 points or more this week, you were one of 20 – I doff my cap, you jammy…

So, congrats to Mr C, £20 winging it’s way back to you ASAP – always the best week to win innit!

“Thiago Silva”:

Did you score more than Mr 2-0 this week?

Wow, I’m in awe…

55 of us couldn’t manage that this week.

Shocking.

Not as shocking as Sp*rs though eh?! <smiley face>

Four players didn’t manage a correct score and 4 couldn’t muster up a measly 15 points!

One “newbie” feeling more “Sp*rsy” than others though is Jamie Fairhurst 11 (0).

A woeful debut sees him at the bottom of the pile in the opening week – but he did have the just as hapless newcomer Glynn F for company though…

Like father like son eh J?!

Correct Score of the Week:

It’s gonna be one of those season’s again…most popular score was Man City’s 1-3 win at Everton – 29 of youse got that!

Twenty one got Bournemouth’s “Desmond” with West Ham

17 banked the five point  2-2 betwixt Hull & Cardiff

Nine more we’re so happy for Villa 2-2 Burnley they will actually wear that ballet dress…

4 got the dull-all at St Mirren Park

Dave C, Kate S & Andy F celebrated the bore draw between Kilmarnock & Ross County

Neil O & Greg F just knew Barnsley would score against Brentford for a 1-3

Neil C & Tim P obviously guessed Derby would beat Birmingham 3-2

Eddie O was well away with the 1-2 away win for Luton

New boy Matthew M made us all green by happening upon Sheff Utd 0-1 Liverpool

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Ben McKeown for his Friday-night-last-minute-9-pointer-thriller inspired, Stoke 2 Nottm Forest 3! 

Bet of the Week:

So, we’ve failed quite spectacularly in the last few seasons on this – actually, we’ve always failed.

So!

This year, we’re being brave and we’re gonna stick with it to see, with hope, how we go! Again…

How?

Whoever is on the “Bet of the Week” position for the following week will be asked to provide a treble selection so we can place the allocated £3 for the bet.

The winnings will stay on that slot and collected by the lucky person residing there at the end of Week 13.

Got that? No?!

OK…

The person on 11th will make the selections for Week 2, the person on 33rd in Week 2 will make the selections for Week 3,the person on 45th in Week 3 will make the selections for Week 4 and the person on 65th in Week 4 will make the selections for Week 5 and back round again to 11th…yeah?!

Good.

So, Steve M, Neil T, Mark S & Neil C are all in joint 11th, but Neil Templeton was 1st out the hat.

Neilster, I need your 3 team treble by Friday please! No pressure son…

Table News:

It’s Week 1 – it is what it is! Click here for the full table.

Please be aware we may lose some players but we may gain some – so if you know anyone out there who wants to get involved, put them in touch! It’s never too late…and we’re soooooo close to that magical 100 player benchmark, so go get ’em people!

PAS Champions League Group Stages 2019/20:

Starts next week! Matchday 1 fixtures can be found here

If you’re at “home” – don’t forget to play your “joker”!

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 1 – Week 2

Matchday 2 – Week 4

Matchday 3 – Week 6

Matchday 4 – Week 8

Matchday 5 – Week 10

Matchday 6 – Week 12

PAS Cup 2020:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2020 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is …quite a few people actually!

And Another Thing:

A lot of the payments have come in – thanks! Anyone who hasn’t got round to it, please do as soon as possible – don’t make me chase you!

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab