L13 Winter 2007 : Week 2 Roundup

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Class 1 (h)Omlette :
In a pig of a week for predicting scores (what’s going on in the Scottish Prem??) getting over 20 points was an achievement – when Mr 2-0 has the 4th best score you know it’s bad… So, getting 30 plus is really going some (well done Tim B and Jazz S – you’re the bridesmaid for the 2nd week on the trot!) – congrats then to Howard “Hitman Howie T” Thomas for his v impressive 36 (4) that included 13 bonus goal points. Nice. Having recently given up being a bou- I mean, “door technician”, Howie will find the £20 a welcome income cos we all know our favourite people in clubs are really poorly paid for a dangerous job and that’s why they get angry and have to put punters nose first through fire doors… Don’t hit me! don’t hit me!
Bad Egg :
I think we’ve got a new record lo-score folks – Jon Allin 5 (0) has recorded a score that even a rugby loving breeze block could better. If they could use email of course.
Correct Score of the Week:
Loads (13) got Rangers, half a dozen got WBA’s 2-3 at Scunny (yeah, that’s how weird this week was!), Danielle F, Steve B, Mark McD & Richard L got Arsenal’s 5-0 cruise v a pub team from Derby, Howard T & Scott A got Gretna 3 Dundee Utd 2 (how?) and Mark F got the Toon’s 3-1 v Bad Boy Inc… However, on his birthday, Dave Nicklin takes this week’s, and new best of the season score with Stoke City 3 Plymouth 2.
Bet of the Week :
The curse of a weekly win strikes again. I failed. Miserably. I blame Benitez (Michael Parkinson, that mad man @ Tynecastle, Helen Mirren and the hapless Mr Jol). We are now £5 down looking to Howie T to come up with 7 winning teams for Week 3.
News:
Arsenal are going to win the League.

A few bods still haven’t managed to get their money in – this week please or you’re on the “Hall of Shame”! No. Really. Don’t make me do it…

Cheers,
Pab.

L13 Winter 2007 : Week 2 – BotW

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Bet of the Week comes courtesy of week 1 winner Pab!

Seven teams selected for a £5 accumulator…

  • Arsenal v Derby : Arsenal win @ 1-6
  • Liverpool v Birmingham : Liverpool win @ 2-9
  • Southampton v Barnsley : Southampton win @ 4-6
  • Inverness CT v Hearts : Hearts win @ 5-6
  • Bolton v Tottenham : Tottenham win @ 7-5
  • Kilmarnock v St Mirren : Kilmarnock win @ 8-13
  • Rangers v Aberdeen : Rangers win @ 3-10

Result: LOSE! -£5

L13 Winter 2007 : Week 1 Roundup

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The Cadbury’s Gorilla:
Dontcha just love it when a plan comes together? Sven swans in @ 16/1 to pick up the August “Manager of the Month”, City win on Sunday @ 13/8, go second making a mockery of the early prices/point spread in the Handicap/Total Points markets and Arsenal are cruising at the top and, more importantly, are 9 points clear of Sp*rs with a game in hand. Add to that a lovely little 5-0 prediction to get the ball rolling, it’s no surprise you pick up the £20 prize for Week 1. Ahhh yes, I can feel it coming in the air tonight and some of that money will be spent on a big f*ck off bar of choc (seeing as I’m on the wagon at the mo). Just to confirm then, 40 (5) tops the pile…
Rubbish Monkey:
What would you rather have? A broken metatarsal or a score of 8(0)? Neil Birchall and Emile discuss… (whilst eating a pie, natch)
Correct Score of the Week:
Loads of us got the Arsenal score (as predicted weeks ago – see below) and the Celtic score, a few less got the Sheff Utd 8 pointer and Phil C, Jon T, Donna E picked up 9 points for Watford 3 Soton 2 – lots of last minute goals in those games make it all the sweeter! However, the CSotW has to be unique, so hats off to Mark Grey who accurately guessed West Ham 3 Boro 0.
Bet of the Week:
Our reigning champ sent in his selections a bit too late to send round (and they were rubbish anyway) so we’ll kick this off in Week 2 with yours truly. We’ll make it a bit easier to follow this season too. If you win a weekly prize you’ll be asked to use your football predicting skills to win the rest some scant consolation. The idea is to advise which 7 teams to select for a £5 accumulator. I’ll be sending round my magnificent seven on Friday…
News:
Remember this from Sep 3rd? “Week 1 scoresheet will be mailed round on Monday 10th September. Cheers, Pab. PS – Week 1 features Spurs – Arsenal, I’m looking at an eight pointer…” Obviously I knew it would be 1-3 (as did four other Gooners and one Sp*rs fan – well done Johnny W!) but our favourite (betting genius) son took it one step further… “Hi Pab, I noticed you mentioned ’8’ points for the Spurs-Ars game a week or two ago in one of your emails, and I thought he could only mean 3-1. You’ve had a few of these predictions come in before so I stuck a few quid on it. I also had Spurs HT, Arsenal FT, as well as Spurs to score first and fail to win. They all came in but I’d have been glad to lose the tenner or so I put on them!!” The man is a bookie bashing legend…

A few bods still haven’t managed to get their money in – this week please or you’re on the “Hall of Shame”!

Things We Would’ve Liked To Hear This Weekend At The Match – “Oh you can freeze 500 mill, and you can freeze 500 more, Cos Thaksin’s got another billion underneath his bedroom floor, SHIN-A-WATRA! SHIN-A-WATRA!” Chant of the season so far, from Man City fans to the tune of The Proclaimers’ “500 miles”.

L13 Winter 2007 : Week 1 – BotW

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No BotW, booo!

Result: n/a

L13 Winter 2007 : …football is much more than a matter of life and death

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In that case Predict-A-Score is the cult religion – and you can call me Ron…

P-A-S is back! (forget about those silly fantasy games – this is the real deal!)

We start on weekend 15th/16th September 2007!

If you’re a newcomer (hola!) or a regular (welcome back!), check out the “Rules” – they tell you all you need to know & hopefully it will all make sense!

P-A-S rocks! Don’t take my word for it, check these testimonials…

  • “I play P-A-S and I’m not mental” – K Charters
  • “I put Palace to win every game. Sometimes they do. It’s all about the long game” – G Blackburn
  • “I was sooooo excited and giddy about playing the legendary PAS I wet myself…” – L Gray
  • “I know about football and I know PAS not only enhances your judgement for fixed odds betting it can be a considerable source of income in itself” – J Sain
  • “I’m a girl and even I won a weekly prize – so two fingers up to you tw*tty boys who think you know everything!” – M Webster
  • “I just threw dice for my scores and finished bottom – I don’t recommend this” – A Bennet-Dawson
  • “I used to play religiously every season and now I live in Australia!” – J Fonas
  • “Don’t let your heart rule your head – Rangers always win 3-0 – it’s a nailed on 7 pointer” – C O’McGoldrick

Anyway… The SPL has already kicked off, so time to start honing those footie predicting skills, watching every game on telly, swotting up on the reports in the papers, poring over the league tables and ignoring every single “tip of the week” from the pro punters – enjoy!

Cheers,
Pab

PS – remember, getting involved will seriously change your Saturday afternoons for 13 weeks and Geoff Stelling will cheer and dismay you in equal measures! Go on, you know you want to…

PPS – seen the Guardian’s “new football game”??? – wonder where they got the idea from?!

Spring Cup 2007 – Final Result

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It was a tense finish and no doubt Karl Chartres will raise a Heineken or four to Dirk Kuyt for his offside goal late doors as he was trailing 10-11 from Saturday…

That goal gave Karl the correct score he needed to overhaul Matt W and lift the 2007 PAS Cup – and believe me, for a Citeh fan that’s a big deal.

I’d like to say I can quote Karl saying he was “over the (blue) moon” but I can’t. Maybe I’ll get a picture of him with the lid on his head. Dunno…

Well done Karl, commiserations Matt (although the few bob you had on AC 2-1 must have softened the blow) £50 and £30 respectively winging it’s way very soon…

See you all in September!

Cheers,
Pab.

L13 Spring 2007 : Week 13 Final Standings

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Big Cup:
It only took him a year to send over a photo holding the PAS Cup, so I won’t hold my breath this time! His second “scudetto” in 3 years, Simon Lindquist 384 (51) is a worthy winner by 18 points and goes to 2nd place in the Hall of Fame “Best Total for a Season” as well.Just goes to show, you can watch non-league football and still make a mug of your “premiership” pals… well done Simon, enjoy your £125 – is that enough for a season ticket at Woking?
Carling Cup:
He’s struggled all season but apparently has a penchant for early 80’s jazz funk… lucky, as Martin Stafford 252 (25) will receive a lovely Level 42 collection to go with his wooden spoon as he finished bottom of the pile 9 points behind former PAS great, Mark Fawke.
Also Rans:
(drum roll) Greg Edwards wheels his way to 2nd place (£100) holding off your host in 3rd place (£80) who in turn just about saw off long time leader but very lackadaisical Ben Alder in 4th place (£75). Week 12 winner Ben Hogwood finishes 5th (£50) and Jazz “never write him off cos he always wins money” Sian grappled his way up to 6th place (£40). Neil Templeton just about held onto 7th place (£30) after threatening to finish in the prize positions for most of the season…
Close & A Cigar!:
Not a good week to get the worst score as Jamie Sellers dropped from £50 to, well, a £50 cigar in 8th place – nevermind, it’ll take you about 5 hours to smoke mate, long enough to erase the misery of missing out on the money!
Summer Spends:
Spot prizers are – Danny Ashworth, who has his highest finish to go with his first PAS earnings ever in 11th (£15), Andy Chesworth, another weekly winner adding to his takings in 23rd (£15), Mark Grey, compounding a miserable season with a silver lining in 32nd (£15) and Ben McKeown, can now concentrate on his wedding day plans and spend a bit more on the ring in 39th (£15) spot. Oh, and the Best Correct Score (£5) went to Mark J Brown for his Motherwell 3 Falkirk 3….
PAS Cup 2007 :
The PAS Cup Final will take place from 19th – 23rd May and be contested between Karl Chartres (9th) and Matt Worsfold (13th) – don’t worry, I will keep you all posted with developments and results… if you want to know or not. So there.
Four goals in thirty minutes :
In a week of weird scores, the predicting freaks rose to the top. Donna E was up there! Even Scott “the joker” Aslett was in for the £20 prize with two games to go! All in vain though as the underachieving Wayne Connolly 36 (7) finally came good to scoop the last weekly. Well done Wayne, use that money to bet on Arsenal winning you the League my son…
“2-0, and you f….”:
The pack chasing down the title all came a cropper this week, none more so than Jamie Sellers 11 (0). Boo, and indeed, hoo!
Correct Score of the Week:
Now here’s a cautionary tale. One scouser decided it better to try and get a rubbish score and stay on a “spot prize” position rather than pit his wits and try to actually win £20 on a Weekly. His method? Lots of 5-5’s, 17-1’s and 0-8’s. Would have worked lovely but for the goal fest in Scotland…. Mark J Brown has this week’s best correct score AND Best Correct Score of the Season with his Motherwell 3 Falkirk 3 tactical guess. Other scores of note were, Ben McK (Sunderland 3 Burnley 2 – bet that lessened the blow Ben!), John W / Jon A / Scott A (Boro 2 Spurs 3), Matt G (Stoke 3 Colchester 1), Scott A (again, Blackpool 3 Scunthorpe 1) and Will O / Jazz S (Aberdeen 3 Kilmarnock 0).
Bet Of The Week:
Ben H’s selections crashed and burned after a good start on Friday night… We finish £5 down which isn’t bad considering some of bets we’ve had!

Thanks to everyone who has taken part, parted with money and bothered to submit scores week in, week out – thanks to Dave Nicklin for the technical support and brains and thanks to all those weekly winners who got involved provided a weekly punt (even though most were rubbish!).

That’s it folks for another season, we’ll be back in September with a brand new webpage featuring new and crazy functionalities (we hope, fingers crossed!). Your job is to spread the word and get as many bods as you can involved for Lucky 13 Winter 2007…

All monies/prizes will be transferred/handed over asap.

Muchos Gracias!
Pab

L13 Spring 2007 : Week 13 – BotW

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We go into the final week on an even keel – we look to Ben Hogwood to provide a profit…

An all Championship effort this time… and a fiver on:

Sunderland, Southend and Barnsley all to win.

Will get you back £24.35.

Here’s hoping!

Result: Lost! :-( Down -£5.

L13 Spring 2007 : Week 12 Roundup

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Julio :
Simon Lindquist stays top but his lead has been cut to 10 points – will he do a Man Yoo to Greg E’s Chelsea and my, um, Liverpool?
Baptista :
Martin Stafford can see a chink of light as he closed to 11 points of the “Mr 2-0” taking Dave McS.
Is :
Week 11 winner Andy C is again the highest climber along with Neil M up 8 places to 19th and 22nd – others of note are Ben H / Pam R / Richard L all up 4 places.
Sh*t! :
Dropping down 7 places is the hapless Will O to 27th – the other of note is Clare N down 6 places.
Close But A Cigar!:

Karl C is down one place to 8th – one point off the money…
Spotters :
Dave N (-1) on 11th, Anders H (-1) on 23rd, Dan R (-1) on 32nd and Ben McK (-3) on 39th.
Messi :
Always the bridesmaid… that’ll be me (again, that’s 3 times now – grrrrr!) together with Andy C & Neil M all flanking Week 12 winner Ben Hogwood 36(7) in burnt orange and peach….well done Ben, your first PAS monies – spend it wisely!
Maradona:
He obviously didn’t even get an invite to the wedding – John Williamson 9 (0) hits an all time low that doesn’t sit well on a past champion… serves him right for being T*tt*nh*m!
Correct Score of the Week:
Few and far between again – only the randomness of Scott A could muster up bonus points – all four of them for his, admittedly very impressive, Colchester 3 Sunderland 1.
Bet Of The Week:
Hurrah! We have a winner! Andy C gets us back to evens thanks to his 5/1 four timer – we go into the last week itching for profit – Ben H come on down!

L13 Spring 2007 : Week 12 Update…

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We won on the BotW – did you get on??!

Closest week for ages with four players on 35 points going into the last couple of games… I think these perms are right, but it might be wrong!

Likeliest winner will be Ben H or me – Ben H will has a better chance of winning if Burnley spring a surprise tonight.

Neil M will win if Falkirk win 2-0 and Burnley don’t win or draw

Greg E will win if WBA win 1-3

Andy C can’t win cos he’s got exactly the same scores as me with one less correct score – chin up.com!

Cheers,
Pab