“Keep it in boom and never will we slander”:

Very tight finish this week, so tight in fact we had two peas in a pod (if the pod stretched from Wigan to Stalybridge) that couldn’t be split. Well done to Neil Birchall & Danny Ashworth 31 (5) who walk away with £10 apiece. It’s nice to share…

“The ills of the world make the situation lighter”:

…while at the other end, the sharing wasn’t of the good kind – Simon Lindquist & Ellen Fernandez 13 (0) had a week to forget…

Correct Score of the Week:

No, the 6-1 remained unpredicted – most popular score was Everton 2 Blackpool 0 – 21 of you got that!

Neil B, Martin S, Moi got the 0-0 at Tannadice, Andy C & Dave C got Leeds’s 3-2 v Donny and Paul H & Jon T got Aberdeen’s 0-0 against St Johnstone. Howard T got the 1-2 between the Canaries and the Foxes and Will O got Southampton 4 Derby Co 0. Sam A got Rangers 0 Kilmarnock 1.

However, this week’s best correct score and new best correct of the season so far, goes to Norman Lee for his inspired Hibs 0 Celtic 5.

Bet of the Week:

I’ll leave this to Nick H…

“Well that was a shocker – only managed one of the five :((“

Indeed…

Table News:

“Can I get a beep and a side order of cheerin’?”:

Nick Hogwood hits top (despite his abject failure on BotW – typical!) and goes 4 points clear of Tony S who in turn is 1 point ahead of Dave C in third.

“Should I release the lever, the lever of the clever?”:

Reda Allam stays bottom of the pile five points behind Mahli G who in turn is seven points behind Ellen F.

“We’ll be goin’ up the creek in a great big canoe”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 30 places is Neil Birchall – honourable mentions go to Stuart L (+21), Steve T (+20), Danny A (+29), Norman L (+23), Simon B (+21), Mark J B (+22), Gary B (+26), Mr 2-0 (+27), Stephen P (+29), Tony B (+20) and Andy C (+29)

“Repair the wear and tear, don’t start ’fore it starts”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 34 places is Rob Currin – dishonourable mentions go to Gary M (-23), Jack B (-20), Simon Linds (-25), Dave N (-20), Paul C (-23), Mark S (-23), Michelle F (-20) and Francesca F (-22)

PAS Cup 2012:

Second round results attached – away day specials & a draw!

PAS Champions League 2011/12:

Last 16 2nd leg fixtures attached – “home” teams, don’t forget to play your “joker”!

PAS Euro 2012:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Euro 2012 (and pay a reduced entry fee of £10 for the whole tournament!) you will have to finish in the Top 16 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is… the scouse Suarez, Alex Rossi.

PAS Champions League 2012/13:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Champions League 2012/13 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is… the ’appy ’ammer, Matt Worsfold.

And Another Thing:

Not paid yet?! Yeah, you!! If your name’s below, you really need to pay up ASAP… um, please?

Cheers,
Pab

“So you find a way to take a little with you”:

A pretty miserable week of predicting due to mad results and horrid weather. However, Nick Hogwood 32 (6) will say otherwise as he charted his way successfully past his nearest rival to the £20 prize with a lot of thanks going to Man Citeh’s 0-1 at Villa on the last game of the weekend. I suggest you stick that lot on Norwich Nick…

“We knew we only had a little while”:

A pretty miserable week of predicting due to mad results and horrid weather – “we agree!” say Reda Allam & Mahli Gupta 8(0) for obvious reasons.

Correct Score of the Week:

Another round of fine predicting? – most popular score was Reading’s 2-0 win over Coventry – 31 of us got that!

7 got the 2-0 at Goodison, 4 got Millwall’s 0-0 v Derby and 4 got AFC Bournemouth’s 0-0 away at Hartlepool. Three got the stalemate at St Mirren Park.

Sam A & Pete B got the 1-4 between Dunfermline & Rangers and Simon Linds & Alex R got Swansea 2 Norwich 3.

Dave N & Rob C got Hull City 3 Bristol City 0 and Neil T & Nick H got Villa 0 City 1.

Craig B got Leeds’ woeful result at home to Brighton.

However, this week’s best correct score, and new correct score of the season, goes to Rowan Marriott for his inspired Blackburn 3 QPR 2.

Bet of the Week:

Some things never change and Simon Lindq chose to keep it that way by electing to snub the recommended “Goal Rush” to win exactly £0. Oh dear…

Table News:

“To have it all and still want more”:

Matt Gingell hits top and goes alphabetically clear of Simon Lindq who in turn is 3 points ahead of Nick H in third.

“In the end nothing comes easy”:

Ooops! Reda Allam goes down 4 places to the bottom of the pile four points behind Mahli G who in turn is three points behind Andy C.

“In the middle keep ticking over”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 37 places is Pete Britton – honourable mentions go to Nick H (+21), Dave C (+29), Dave T (+20), Simon Linds (+34), Jason M (+30) and Isaac A (+25)

“And we go back to where we came from”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 34 places is Dan Pelgrom – dishonourable mentions go to Savan A (-21), Stuart L (-22), Olly O (-21), Louise B (-31), Paul H (-23), Andy C (-22) and Mahli G (-28)

PAS Champions League 2011/12:

The knock out stages are off and running – see CL2011-12 for full round up. It was a pretty even contest all round bar one tie and there seems to be a scant regard for “jokers” creeping in…

PAS Euro 2012:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Euro 2012 (and pay a reduced entry fee of £10 for the whole tournament!) you will have to finish in the Top 16 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is…still, new boy, Jack Buxton.

PAS Champions League 2012/13:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Champions League 2012/13 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is…Ledsonian “App King”, Steve Tagger.

And Another Thing:

Not paid yet?! Get your payment across as soon as please! The list of shame will be published next week…

Oh. If a game is postponed before you send your scoresheet in, please don’t mark it up P-P as the matrix can’t cope with letters! If you could just leave it blank (or put the score you thought it would’ve been) it’d be most appreciated…

A cautionary tale (part 743) – do not attempt to do your scoresheet when you’re dying from a hangover as a result from your first session after a month’s “detox”. Especially when a 3 year old wants “to help”. And when your missus doesn’t know how to save a Word doc… Why? Cos you’ll end up sending the wrong scores out, that’s why! As you will have seen from my last email, I included Mrs F’s scores (albeit with Frankie’s name at the bottom – don’t ask…) and didn’t realise until last night after the Villa game. Rules is rules though, and I have to take the Mr 2-0 score as part of the punishment for being a tardy fool. On the brightside though, I earned one whole extra point! And even brighter, the fact that Norwich won at Swansea, I now earn £25 for every point Norwich collect for the rest of the season – come on you yelllllllllllllllllllowwwwwwws!

Cheers,
Pab

Week 2 scoresheet should be completed by EVERYBODY!

If you’re NOT in the Champions League, this season is like any other you’ve failed to do well in!

Cheers,
Pab

ps – scorehseets back to me by 11.59 on Saturday

“Face everybody and rule”:

It was a close run thing but the 0-0 draw at Anfield was enough to scupper Matt G and give Simon Lindquist 33(6) the first (some say best!) &#pound;20 weekly prize – a great start for the Woking viking – skol!

“Forget everything and remember”:

The postponements didn’t help and it was a bit of a random week for scores (not sure how I managed 16 points!) and a gaggle of PASers felt it more random than most… getting it out the way early doors were Craig Burkert, Neil Meredith, Howard Thomas, Jon Tofeili, Sam Arora 9(0)!

Correct Score of the Week:

Not many correct scores knocking about but 25 of us got Toon 2 Villa 1 making it the most popular correct score this week – 10 got the 1-1 at DW Stadium and 17 got the 3-0 victory for Man City over Fulham. Six got St Mirren 1 Ross County 1and three got the stalemate between Boro & Palace.

Rowan M & Matt W got Coventry 2 Ipswich 3, Stuart L got Birmingham’s 0-0 with The Saints and Dave N got QPR 1 Wolves 2.

However, this week’s best correct score and therefore best correct of the season so far, goes to Tony Smith for his inspired Aberdeen 1 Queen of the South 1.

Bet of the Week:

We had varying degrees of success with this last season and we used the poll to try and make it a bit easier to get some money into the spot prize coffers… if you win a week you can try the Poll topping “Goal Rush” suggestion (pick 3, 4 & 5 matches where both teams will hit the net) or stick to last season’s 5 homes, 4 aways & 3 draws – you decide!

Remember you’re trying to add to your £20 winnings and put some money into an allotted spot prize position for those less fortunate than yourself!

We’ve set aside &#pound;3 a week from the entry fees to pay for this so let’s make sure we win it all back and then some!

Table News:

PAS Euro 2012:

First off, congratulations to Martin Stafford for submitting the best complete poll – it was a tough decision picking a winner from the reams of entries but his wit & sharp insights won the day! Martin will be granted free entry into PAS Euro 12, the lucky lucky man…

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Euro 2012 (and pay a reduced entry fee of &#pound;10 for the whole tournament!) you will have to finish in the Top 16 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is… new boy, Jack Buxton.

PAS Champions League 2012/13:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Champions League 2012/13 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is… like son, like father, Simon Buxton.

And Another Thing:

Lots of 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!

Gonna be away in future weeks? Well, from next week you’ll be able to find scoresheets up to and including Week 6 – just visit the webpage (bookmark it!), download and send over in good time!

That’s it for this week – oh, you on Twitter yet? Follow us on @PabsPAS…

Cheers,
Pab