Do something nice in ’17…

“★”: It was an intriguing battle at the top for pretty much the whole season given the sibling rivalry that fuelled the fire, but ultimately it was forgone conclusion as the weeks rolled on what with the relentless posting of high end scores by our new champion!

He started down in 26th, climbed to 14th, then up to 13th a week later –  the push into the Top Ten at number four was done by Week 4…

Once ensconced, it was at the summit all the way – only to drop in Week 7 to the hellish depths of third! (God, imagine…27th was a pipe dream for me!)

However, a recovery back up to the top slot was cemented in Week 9 and there he stayed. And how he stayed!

A phenomenal performance it has to said that came with a first – the 400 point barrier was breached!

Tony B’s long standing record points tally was smashed up (scant consolation T, but you still have the most correct scores!) and I think this new one is here forever!

So, doff your caps & give congrats to Tony Morris 415 (58) – he’s a winner!

Tony ended on a massive 35 point lead over another legend of the PAS game, Jazz Sian in second place (can Jazz stop Tony doing the double in the PAS Cup?). Be afraid people, the King is back and he finished 9 points ahead of newbie Ian Harrison in joint third place (great debut Ian – hut hut!) along with PAS Board member and, ahem, looker afterer of the back end, Dan Hogwood. Dan has been vetted, patted down and interrogated by Dave N and myself and, erm, we’re happy he didn’t nick anything…

Just four points further behind, Jamie Sellers & Jason Morris couldn’t be separated as they reflect the feel good buzz that’s abound in Brighton & Manchester at the moment (i’m sure Tony will go easy on you Jay?!) finishing in joint fourth spot with The Syndicate puppet master, Mark Seels scooping 7th place just another 2 points shy.

Have you talked your boys through your CL qualification Seelsy??!

Old skooler & leading lady Clare Templeton chipped in at 8th just one point behind, and only another point back, Lee Ford finished in ninth, cocking a snook at that “difficult second season” syndrome.

PAS old boy, Charlie Harris did see the forest from the trees and pip squeaked into 10th by the virtue of 2 correct scores (much to the chagrin of Norman L no doubt)

“Laughing Gnome”: Just eight places separated our record breaking champion from Gary Blackburne 243 (20) in Week 1! The Eagle never really recovered from there, slipping to 59th, 82nd and 92nd in consecutive weeks hitting bottom in Week 5.

A brief respite to the heady heights of 93rd (that’s second bottom to you & me) for three weeks couldn’t be sustained as a return to the basement slot from Week 9 meant my best mate takes the wooden spoon.

I cannot wait to present it to him (yes, this is the what it’s come to – schadenfreude!)

Ross B & Rob C made gallant efforts over the season to save Gary’s blushes but to no avail – good lads!

Now, will Palace go the same way Gee?!

Spot Prizers

OK, YOU have finished on these positions and you HAVE won those prizes!

Norman Lee on 11th, Jack Buxton on 12th, Tony Davenport/George Triantafillou on 17th, Simon Buxton/Paul Henshaw on 24th, Rich Lee on 27th, Rowan Marriott on 31st, Ric Pardoe on 33rd, Arthur Harrison/Kate Slee 39th, Andy Chesworth on 42nd, Chris Birch on 49th, Chris Dixon on 51st, Peter Morley/Simon Lindsay on 57th, Richard Hirst on 65th, Will Oppong on 66th, Sam Arora on 71st, Bill Pasterfield on 78th, Riten Patel/Mr 2-0 on 83rd, Paul Vinson on 89th, Ross Butcher on 92nd & Rob Currin on 93rd.

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

*** all prize money will be winging its way over this weekend (less your PAS Lucky 13 Spring ’17 entry fee) – promise! ***

PAS Champions League 2016/17 Group Stages

Matchday 6 games concluded the groups. Like, duh…

Lots of drama right to the very end as SIX groups were decided on “goal difference” – look away now if you don’t want to know your fate…

Anders H & Debbie L  might as well have given up the points so dire were the minus “goal difference” columns, Dave C was also in arrears and paid the price but you have to feel for Euro champ Howard T & Olly O who went out by a mere 4 goals deficit.

However the real heartbreak must lay with Scott Harrison who bowed out by just 2 goals in the tightest group of the lot!

So, congrats to the qualifiers, especially Danny Ashworth who amassed the biggest points haul and must fancy himself for a June appearance in the Final. One to be avoided then in the Last 16 draw eh?

Oh, the draw has been made and can be found here

PAS Cup 2017

Congratulations to Mark J Brown for sneaking the last spot (rules, entry fee details & scoresheets coming soon!)

The Top 32 have qualified and the First round proper will take place on w/e January 28th

The draw has been made and can be found here

Other little bits 

Mark Seels picked up an additional £10 for getting the Best Weekly Score of the Season and another new record tally to boot –  64 (8)

Richard Hughes picked up £9 for getting the Best Correct Score of the Season by guessing – Inverness C T 3 Hearts 3.

And Another Thing

See that banner at the top of this update?

He may be a West ‘Am slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag but he’s doing good things in 2017 – check this out and if you can, give him some support!

Plaudits

Thanks again to all for taking time and bothering to enter, 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 techky stuff to enable another great (relatively glitch free!) season…check the new “feel” on the site! Apparently it’s absolutely mint now for mobile users…nope, me neither.

See you in a few weeks!

Cheers,
Pab

“A Ray Of Sunshine”: 

You can tell it’s the holiday season – people put down crazy scores, crazy scores come in. Mr 2-0 is oversubscribed as people “forget” or drift off into an alcoholic abyss with little chance of predicting succour. Form goes out the window (ahem) & “coupon busters” are celebrated by bookies across the country. So how do you combat this perennial problem?

Don’t ask me, I got marginally more than Mr 2-0 this week (actually I did well this week and feel it’s getting personal on the amount of scores I miss out on by one goal…)

Maybe Jon Tofeili 46 (6) can tell us how he came up on the blindside to swipe the last weekly £20 from a pair of old skooler’s hands?

My money’s on the fact he knew the fast improving Mancs would concede to the reviled Mackems (he is a Geordie!) in the last minute and earn him 5 very valuable points…or it could’ve been that he lucked out on Liverpool 4 Stoke 1?

“Bad Boys”: 

It’s Christmas, there are crazy scores expected and there’s last minute shopping to be done. Why bother doing your scores?

Tony Davenport & Patricia Fernandez 15 (0) are wondering just that….

Correct Score of the Week:

A decent smattering of correct scores this week….most popular score was Huddersfield’s 2-1 win over Nottm Forest – 21 of youse got that!

Twenty one got the 3 goal demolition of Hamilton by Celtic

20 got the correctly over-hyped 3-0 at Stamford Bridge

Thirteen got Hull 0 Man City 3

11 got the thrilling Brighton 3 QPR 0

Eight got the very annoying last minute spoiling Man Utd 3 Sunderland 1 and 8 more got the 1-3 Granite City win over Motherwell

Four nailed Brentford 2 Cardiff 2

4 obviously guessed Liverpool would beat Stoke 4-1

Four made us all green by happening upon Wolves 3-2 Bristol City

Mark S & Jon T just knew Norwich would score against Reading for a 3-1

David G was all over the awayday 0-2 special to the Cottagers

Bry D believed in Everton. A 0-2 kinda belief…

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Matt Worsfold for his would-you-Adam-and-believe-it-inspired, Preston North End 1 Leeds 4!

Bet of the Week:

So, the “system” spat out 3 draws that were the most popular among the 93 of you who entered predictions and guess what?!

We lost! Again. Ahhh well…

50.8% Rotherham V Wigan – after a 3 goal start….

47.7% Southampton V Spurs – looked good after 2 minutes…

44.6% Leicester V Everton – those masks didn’t work then…

So, £0 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 65th leaving the total at little Brucie bonus £8.32…

Table News:

“Club Tropicana“: 

One crashed the Top Ten and highest climber this week, up a whopping 17 places is Tony Bowley – honourable mentions go to Dan P (+12), Jon T (+14), David G (+11) Howard T (+16), Matt W (+15) and Sam A (+11)

“Nothing Looks The Same In The Light“: 

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 21 places is Patricia Fernandez – dishonourable mentions go to Debbie L (-15), Neil M (-11), Simon Linds (-11), Peter M (-13), Neil T (-11) and Tony D (-11)

Full season update is imminent once I can work out what day it is and when i’m due back work etc.

I’d give it til the weekend if I were you! Whenever that is…

PAS Cup 2017:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2017 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is…yeah right, like i’m gonna tell you that now! Patience is a virtue mes amigos…

PAS Champions League 2016/17 Group Stages:

Matchday 6 games went ahead this week and concluded the Group stages

We had 11 successful jokers! 4 hammerings! 1 heartbreaker! 2 close game! Someone won their games with 21 points and one lost their’s with 35 points! Unbelievable Geoff…

Matchday 6 results & final tables can be found here

But not yet obv…

And Another Thing:

Thankyou for taking part in another fab season – we couldn’t do it without you!

Please come back soon. Very soon! Actually it will be early February – fear not, you’ll be getting a constant stream of reminders!

Special thanks to Dan & Dave once again for all their tireless work behind the scenes – they’ve made our online dream reality AND they are currently working on a few things that will really tickle your fancies! You’ve been warned!

Twitter is dead, long live Instagram!

Take some interesting pics & remember to add #pabpas so you we can see your pic on the site!

Some away game pics would be good this season. Or some pics of away fans. Or home fans. Or just the match. Or players you’ve met. Anything actually. Food? Beers? Lovely vistas??!

Cheers,

Pab

“yeah, yeah, yeah Brains…no strings on me though bruv!”

“The Broad Majestic Shannon”: 

Me: “Frankie, you need to do your scores”

Frankie: “Ohhhhh, but it’s boring!”

Me: “Yeah well, you still need to do them”

Frankie: “do I have to?”

Me: “Yes, it costs me £20 a season for you do this…”

Frankie: “But it’s boring!”

Me: “Look, the first games kick off in an hour…you like football!”

Frankie: “Hmmmmm, can I just watch this first?”

Me: “No, do them now now then it’s done”

Frankie: “But it’s boring!”

Me: “Look, i’ve done you a scoresheet that shows the league position of each team so you don’t have to ask me every single time “where are they daddy?””

Frankie: “Okaaaaay”

Me: “Hmmmm, you’re putting all the better teams to win and the ones near each other in the league to draw – and a lot of low scores too”

Frankie: “Well, that’s what I think!”

Me: “…your scoresheet looks like binary code – hahaha”

Frankie: “There! Done! Can I watch the telly now?!”

Suffice to say I got 20 points this week and she got a magnificent 35 points with 6 correct scores – me told then.

However, spoiling a Christmas miracle of our youngest ever weekly winner was the Grinchness of Alex Taylor 37 (6) who has either the West Ham woodwork or ex-Gooner Kyle Bartley’s 89th minute winner to thank that enabled him to (hot)chip in to take the £20 prize.

Well done Alexis, Christmas has come early mate!

“Dirty Old Town”: One Christmas present was early this year – Mr 2-0 10 (0) crawled home all bah humbug-like dragging down the 14 PASers that have obliviously clocked off early for the festivities with him. Ho ho ho….

Correct Score of the Week:

Lots of clever clog people this week….most popular score was Brighton’s 1-2 win at Birmingham City – 32 of us got that!

Twelve got the Fulham – Derby five point 2-2

7 more nailed Stoke 2 Leicester 2

Simon Lindq, Howard T & Nick H got the thrilling Blackburn 2 Reading 3

Patricia F & Tony M obviously guessed Southampton would beat Bournemouth 1-3

John K was all over the 0-2 to the Hatters

Patricia F (again! well done mum!) got Celtic 2 Dundee 1

Frankie F got the 0-1 Reds win over the Blues in Liverpool

John K (again!) believed in Ross County. A 2-1 kinda belief…

Norman L got the 0-2 Wolves win over Forest

Jazz S got the correctly over-hyped 0-1 at Selhurst Park

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Ben McKeown for his Mick-McCarthy-Is-A-Mackem-But-I’m-Not-Miopic inspired, Wigan 2 Ipswich 3!

Bet of the Week:

So, the “system” spat out 3 draws that were the most popular among the 93 of you who entered predictions and guess what?!

We lost! And how….

55% Man City V Arsenal – Ozil – really?

47.5% Wigan V Ipswich – looked good til the 88th minute…

46.25% Bournemouth V Southampton – very disappointing Eddie…

So, £0 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 45th leaving the total at a avoid at all costs £0…

Table News:

“If I Should Fall From Grace With God“: 

Tony Morris looks like he will be crowned Champion next week as he has a 35 point lead (will he break the current highest tally of 393? will he break the 400 point barrier??!) over Jason M who in turn is 6 points ahead of Ian H in third.

Tony D & Lee F crashed the Top Ten

“Body Of An American“: 

Gary Blackburne looks like he will be presented with the wooden spoon as he is stuck to the bottom 19 points behind Martin S who in turn is one correct score off Rob C…

“Fiesta“:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 19 places is Patricia Fernandez – honourable mentions go to Alex T (+12), Andy F (+14), Rowan M (+13), Olly O (+18), Ben McK (+17), Scott H (+11) and Francesca F (+11).

“Rainy Night In Soho“:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 17 places is Sam Craig – dishonourable mentions go to Anders H (-14), Neil M (-12), Kate S (-12), Chris B (-11) and Mark F (-11).

Click here for further details…

PAS Cup 2016:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2017 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is…the ginger ninja, Richard Hughes!

PAS Champions League 2016/17 Group Stages:

Matchday 6 next week – the final group games of the season…

The fixtures & all previous results can be found here

Full fixture list can be found here

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 6 – Week 13

And Another Thing:

Just in case you don’t subscribe to Popbitch…

> Chelsea booted  <<
Sorry = the hardest word

Chelsea are now 10 games
unbeaten in the league. This
time last year, they were
hovering around the relegation
zone and about to sack manager
Jose Mourinho.

There’s lots of speculation
about why it went so wrong,
but there’s one interesting
explanation leaking out of
the club. Remember the Eva
Carneiro incident? Shortly
afterwards Mourinho apparently
asked captain John Terry to
get the players in early for
training so that he could
apologise.

Something must have changed
his mind overnight though as
he didn’t end up making any
apology. He never regained
the dressing room after that.

Old Jokes Home:
Some say putting helium in
animals is wrong.

I say whatever floats your goat.

Twitter is dead, long live Instagram!

Take some interesting pics & remember to add #pabpas so you we can see your pic on the site!

Some away game pics would be good this season. Or some pics of away fans. Or home fans. Or just the match. Or players you’ve met. Anything actually. Food? Beers? Lovely vistas??!

Cheers,

Pab

Don’t look back… “the Syndicate” get told.

“Souvenir”: 

Siblings eh?

I nutmegged my bruv in training once and as i skipped away (yep, i was like Anders Limpar in my day…) with a cheeky “nuts” side remark for good measure, he duly turned and chopped me down from behind in the neanderthal fashion of , say,  a Burnley utility player. One who gets the occasional run out against “good teams”…

Suffice to say, I planted his face into the snow covered training area quick style. Cos that’s how younger bruvvers learn to to mess with the hierarchy and know their place.

It’s alleged that Rhodri Giggs did a similar thing back in in 1987 and look what happened there….brutal!

Ex-red carpet striding film star Jason M is going to have to come up with quite a reply now as the latest round of PAS table topping sibling rivalry took a new twist where the “Syndicate” baiting (“Please do not include me in THEIR syndicate. I never have been and never want to be…”) brother Tony Morris 40 (6) smashed in a withering tally (only 8 other people scored over 30 points this week) to really cement his dominance on & off the “pitch”.

Smart work Anthony, £20 to have all to yourself is winging its way over.

The rest of the PAS community wait with bated breath to see what happens next…

“Maid Of Orleans”: 

Not sure if Peter M has any siblings but limping home with 9 points is sure to muster some sort of cat calling (well, it does in my house…)

It compares not one jot to the level of ribbing Sam Craig 5 (0) surely has coming her way though!

Correct Score of the Week:

Remember Nitro Deluxe? Well, this week was more brutal than that….most popular score was Cardiff’s 1-1 draw Ipswich Town – 24 of youse got that!

24 also got the thrilling Arsenal 3 Stoke 1

6 got Celtic’s 1-4 demolition of Partick Thistle

Four got the dull-all at Fir Park

4 more got the bore draw between Dundee & Ross County

Brett A & Tony M got the two-two in Liverpol. The wrong side of Liverpool…

Simon B just knew Norwich would score against Barnsley for a 2-1

Martin S got Aberdeen 0 St Johnstone 0. Then wept a little as he thought of those poor souls who were actually there…

However, this week’s best correct score for the second week running goes to Dave Crisp for his We-Are-The-Mods! inspired, PNE 3 Blackburn 2!

Bet of the Week:

So, the “system” spat out 3 draws that were the most popular among the 93 of you who entered predictions and guess what?!

We won! whoop, whoop!

43.42% – Swansea v Sunderland – nil-nil written all over it….well, it was supposed to have finished like that!

39.47% – Ipswich v Cardiff – innit!

39.47% – Dundee v Ross County – bagged!

So, £7.35 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 33rd leaving the total at a tasty £15.00…

Table News:

“Motion & Heart“: 

Tony Morris looks like he really does aim to stay top for the duration (that all time top score is seriously under threat too!) opening up a staggering 34 point lead over Jason M who in turn is 5 points ahead of Jazz S in third.

Pete B crashes the Top Ten

“Gravity Never Failed“: 

Gary Blackburne is still stuck to the bottom 6 points behind Paul V who in turn is five points off Martin S…

“Of All The Things We’ve Made“:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 18 places is Olly Osmond – honourable mentions go to Neil H (+14), Dave C (+10), Bry D (+10), Will O (+13), Arthur H (+13), Alex T (+11) and Tony D (+10).

“Navigation“:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 25 places is Sam Craig – dishonourable mentions go to Ben McK (-10), John J (-10), Gareth M (-10), Debbie L (-14), Peter M (-15), Richard Hu (-11) and Jerry S (-10).

Click here for further details…

PAS Cup 2016:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2017 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is…the stubborn Stockport stalwart, Ric Pardoe!

PAS Champions League 2016/17 Group Stages:

Matchday 5 games went ahead this week…

The drama continues to unfold –

We had 11 successful jokers! 8 hammerings! 2 heartbreakers! 1 close game! Two won their games with 17 points and 2 lost their’s with 24 points!

Congrats to Kate S & Danny A who will join James L in the knockout stages and commiserations to Julian F, Jamie S & Richard Hi who, like Rob C, will defintely not be joining them.

Everything to play for in all the groups (bar Group C). It’s soooooo exciting…oh, and that CL legend? He’s hanging in there!

Matchday 6 fixtures, MD 5 results & tables can be found here

Full fixture list can be found here

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 6 – Week 13

And Another Thing:

Just in case you don’t subscribe to Popbitch…
RIP Greg Lake, who once wrote to
the Guardian to answer a reader’s
letter about Christmas songs:
http://bit.ly/2gZHtEa

Twitter is dead, long live Instagram!

Take some interesting pics & remember to add #pabpas so you we can see your pic on the site!

Some away game pics would be good this season. Or some pics of away fans. Or home fans. Or just the match. Or players you’ve met. Anything actually. Food? Beers? Lovely vistas??!

Cheers,

Pab

Still Bored?
RIP Greg Lake, who once wrote to
the Guardian to answer a reader’s
letter about Christmas songs:
http://bit.ly/2gZHtEa

No. Chase ME! I was a playa in Melbourne…

“She Owns The World”: 

In what turned out to be a peach of a week for most with outstanding correct scores, twenty three bods clocked up 30 points or more (but so did Mr 2-0, so by default…) Our Ocker in the outback, George T, did his “Best” to claim the week’s win but fell short to a Cockney (I use the term loosely for the benefit of our friends in the north) exiled in the Scouseland (I use the term loosely for the benefit of our friends in the south).

Yep, up popped Mark Fawke 38 (7) to take the spoils and snatch the £20 for the 2nd time this season. “The Chase” star, The Beast, probably has Middlesbro’s Gaston Ramirez to thank for his winning goal v Hull (but probably more so that Leighton Baines spot kick conversion in the 89th minute) for the 4  points to take our Mr F one point ahead of pack.

Well done Fawkesy, the landlords of the Wirral will be fighting over your custom for the inevitable lock-in celebration…make sure you do it before 2pm on Sunday though eh?! You could be drowning your sorrows sunshine…

“Morning Clouds”: 

In what turned out to be a b*tch of a week for most getting correct scores, seven bods (yep, moi included…) clocked up no correct scores at all! Imagine if you didn’t even manage double digits??! Imagine if that was you Ross B!

Actually, it was you Eddie Osborne 7 (0)

Correct Score of the Week:

I’m really really not feeling PAS….can we change it to Predict-A-Result? Anyway,  most popular score was Hamilton’s 1-1 draw with Partick Thistle – 37 of youse got that!

Chris D, Simon B & Stuart F got the thrilling if bizarre, Nottm Forest 2 Newcastle 1

Andy C, Ric P & Sam C just knew City would score against Chelsea for a 1-3

Ric P (again!) & Dave C nailed Ross Co 2 Hearts 2

Nick H & Ryan G made us all green by happening upon WBA 3-1 Watford

My mum saw her typo come good on the game at QPR

However, this week’s best correct score for the second week running goes to Francesca Fernandez for her I-superimposed-last-week’s-scores-onto-this-week-and-look-what-happened inspired, Cardiff 0 Brighton 0!

Bet of the Week:

So, the “system” spat out 3 draws that were the most popular among the 93 of you who entered predictions and guess what?!

We lost! Again. Rubbish….

60.53% Man City v Chelsea – what was the ginger fella doing???!

48.68% Bristol City v Ipswich Town – Mick! Do one mate….

48.68% Hamilton v Partick – in like Flynn!

So, £0 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 11th leaving the total at £8.91…

Table News:

“Alone At Last“: 

Tony Morris (he NOT of the syndicate and very much a lone wolf!) stays top continuing to play Noel to Jason M’s Liam but now nine points ahead!

Jason M is in turn now 14 points ahead of Jazz S in third. Hmmmmm, a peleton headed by “The PAS Legend”TM. Think I know what happens next…

Charlie H & Jerry S crash the Top Ten

“The Snowfalls“: 

Gary Blackburne stays stuck to the bottom 7 points behind Paul V who in turn is seven points off Martin S…

“Pop Or Not“:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping(?) 14 places is Simon Buxton – honourable mentions go to George T (+11), Mark F (+12), Chris B (+12), Neil M (+10) and Chris D (+11).

“Feels Like Something’s Changing“:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 15 places is Tom Storer – dishonourable mentions go to Norman L (-11), David G (-10), Andy F (-10), Yours Truly (-12), James C (-13), Ben McK (-12) and Paul C (-13).

Click here for further details…

PAS Cup 2016:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2017 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is…Stockport stalwart, Ric Pardoe!

PAS Champions League 2016/17 Group Stages:

Matchday 5 next week…

The fixtures & all previous results can be found here

Full fixture list can be found here

Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks

Matchday 5 – Week 11

Matchday 6 – Week 13

And Another Thing:

Just in case you don’t subscribe to Popbitch…

“Old Jokes Home:
I just bought a Jehovah’s Witness
advent calendar.

Every time you open a door
someone tells you to fuck off.”

Twitter is dead, long live Instagram!

Take some interesting pics & remember to add #pabpas so you we can see your pic on the site!

Some away game pics would be good this season. Or some pics of away fans. Or home fans. Or just the match. Or players you’ve met. Anything actually. Food? Beers? Lovely vistas??!

Cheers,

Pab