Merry Christmas!:

He bided his time, let the others collect their weekly wins and then struck at the optimum time – step up stormin’ Norman Lee finishing top of the pile after the closest finish we’ve had in years. Well done Norman, buy yourself a Suarez tee-shirt with your winnings…!

Mr Lee had a 6 point lead over the old stalwart Jamie Sellers in second place, who finishes two points above the amazing debutant that is Paul Vinson in third place. Shaun Backhouse was knocked off his perch into fourth place ahead of Paul Carter who will be a ’appy ’Ammer finishing 5th on 329 points one place and two points above Scott Harrison in 6th.

Sam Arora smashed his brother by ending up in seventh place 3 points above Paul Henshaw in eighth, who in turn finishes 1 point above our Ellen Fernandez in ninth.

Neil Templeton finishes in 10th place, thanks to 4 correct scores (from the unlucky Rich L) and nets the last of the “big prizes”

Happy New Year?:

The battle of the bottom to and fro’d and will no doubt it will please someone called Nick… Ben Hogwood takes the wooden spoon this season 6 points adrift of Mark J B – oh dear. Let’s hope Norwich don’t do the same in 2012!

Spot Prizers:

OK, it’s Week 13, you HAVE won these prizes!

It’s nice to share, Just as well as Simon Lindsay & Steve Tagger are at 13th (£12.50 each), saving some syndicate face, Richard Hirst is at 22nd (£20), Howard Thomas is top Eagle at 27th (£20), Matt Worsfold is at 31st (£20) softening the blow of his mobile texting bill, Neil Meredith is at 34th (£20) and pays for his CL entry, Tony Smith is at 38th (£20) but will he put it towards attending the home of football on Jan 9?, Mark Grey is feeling like Sheikh at 44th (£20), Rob Currin is on the 54th (£20) smug in the knowledge he’s the lowest placed CL qualifier, Louise Briggs & Rowan Marriott are on 61st (£10 each) like a City United, Stephen Street on 68th (£30) is this season’s villain & hate figure and Mark J Brown is at 73rd but in Dubai so I’ll keep it (only joking again lah!)

Bet of the Week:

At least we had a couple of winners this season! Still not really working as it should hence the plea on the PAS Poll (send yours in now!)… Rich Lee finished on 11th and picked up zip for his troubles! Martin Stafford can take some consolation finishing on 33rd between Cup qualification and £20, by picking up a “Lady”, Danny Ashworth on 49th has £3.50 to go towards his £20 entry fee as he marches on in the Champions League and the Missus in 71st can only take satisfaction in besting our daughter by one place as there’s no money here either!

Thanks to all who dared to win especially Sean P & Paul C!

PAS Cup 2012:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2011 (and pay £20 for this & entry to PAS L13 Spring 12) you had to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Sneaking the last spot is… Neil Osborne

PAS Champions League 2011/12:

I waited a long long time for this to happen, qualified for it and then spectacularly imploded losing all 6 matches (see also Will O & Ben H!)!

So, through gritted teeth, congrats to Group winners (A) Olly Osmond, (B) Richard Hirst, (C) Danny Ashworth, (D) Clare Templeton, (E) Norman Lee (perfect 6 out of 6 record!), (F) Rob Currin, (G) Scott Harrison and (H) Jamie Sellers (perfect 6 out of 6 record!).

A big well done also to runners-up (A) Tony Morris, (B) Josh Hirst (knocking out current League champ Shaun B by 4 correct scores!), (C) Neil Meredith, (D) Neil Templeton, (E) Jazz Sian (knocking out Tony B & Mahli G by 1 correct score and 3 correct scores respectively in a humdinger of a group!), (F) Jamie Tofeili, (G) Dave Nicklin (knocking out Pete B by 3 correct scores!) and (H) Rich Lee (knocking out Mark F by 6 correct scores!).

You’ve all qualified for the knock out stages where PAS Lucky 13 Spring 12 will cost you £20 irrespective of where you finished this campaign – the draw will take place on New Years Day once I’ve secured the services of The Kaiser & Marcello Salas now that JT & Luis Suarez are no longer available…

And Another Thing:

The other little bits…

Shaun Backhouse picked up an additional £10 for getting the Best Weekly Score of the Season (for the second consecutive season!) – 49(8)

Stephen Peaston picks up £7 for Best Correct Score of the Season – Man City 5 Norwich City 1

Thanks again to all for taking time and bothering to enter – and a final big thank you to Dave N for providing all the behind the scenes techky stuff to enable another great season…

We’ll see the Top 32 in January for the PAS Cup & Lucky 13 Spring 11 and those game enough to take on the “cream” – the rest of you (that don’t want to play), we’ll see you in September – remember, spread the word and get all your mates involved for next season!

Cheers,
Pab

PS – wondering what the weekly “tracks” were? Wonder no more… Make a playlist!

Week 1

“The Look” – Metronomy

Week 2

“You Know What I Mean” – Cults

Week 3

“Ashes To Ashes” – Warpaint

Week 4

“Cornflake Girl” – Tori Amos

Week 5

“Elephant Stone (Mint Royale Mix)” – Stone Roses

Week 6

“Raconte-Moi Une Histoire” – M83

Week 7

“I’m Not In Love” – Crystal Castles feat Robert Smith

Week 8

“Starchild” – Level 42

Week 9

“Open Your Heart” – The Human League

Week 10

“Nothing But Green Lights” – Tom Vek

Week 11

“Same Old Scene” – Roxy Music

Week 12

“Private Life” – Red or Dread

Thanks to all who took part – round up and table attached…

All prize winners will have their monies paid over very soon – congrats!

The famous PAS Poll will be having a short hiatus as the “Great PAS Data Loss” fiasco has wiped all the prep I did for it and it took me ages (boo hoo!) – I’ll be telling you what’s what anyway so look out for that you lucky lot!

I will be conducting a poll for research into where we go next with PAS so it’ll be appreciated if you could all take part.

Have a great Christmas and I’ll be in touch very soon about PAS Lucky 13 Spring 11 & the PAS Cup…

Cheers,
Pab

Merry Christmas!:

Despite the voided final week, you have to say he deserved his title – step up Shaun Backhouse finishing top of the pile after leading the way for most of the season. Well done Shaun, buy yourself out of that syndicate with your winnings…! Mr B had a 12 point lead over new boy Tony Morris in second place (a fine debut sir!), who finishes sixteen points above the seemingly perennial bronze medallist Neil Osbourne in third place. Andrew Darbyshire rocked up in fourth place just ahead of Charlie Harris who will be a Happy Notts boy finishing 5th on 279 points one place and one point above the charmed Neil Templeton in 6th. Dave Crisp ended up in seventh place 4 points above Mark Seels in eighth, who in turn finishes 3 points above our Cov-boy Matt Gingell in ninth. Howard Thomas finishes in 10th place, thanks to 3 correct scores and nets the last of the “big prizes”

Happy New Year?:

The battle royale didn’t get the finale it deserved but no doubt it will please someone called Sam… Savan Arora takes the wooden spoon (and a fiver!) this season!

Spot Prizers:

OK, it’s Week 13, you HAVE won these prizes! Neil Meredith is on the memories (maybe he can download some 1990 footage and reminisce at leisure over winning a League title…) at 11th, night watchman Danny Ashworth is at 13th (£25), saving some sibling rivalry face, Jason Morris is at 21st (£22.50), Stuart Longworth is on the BotW 23rd (£0 – boo! good debut though), Nick Hogwood is top Hogwood at 33rd (£15), Jessica Hirst is on the BotW 42nd (£3 – yay!), Andy Chesworth is at 43rd (£12.50) softening the blow of one week not sending in what turned out to be week winning scores, Gary Blackburne is at 52nd (£12.50) and can afford another Palace season ticket, Mark J Brown is at 57th (£10) but in Dubai so I’ll keep it (only joking lah!), Mark Shakespeare is cleaning up at 63rd (£24) and Neil Birchall is on the BotW 65th (£0 – boo!)

PAS Cup 2010:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2011 you had to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play (well 12 actually). Sneaking the last spot is…Sam Arora (and won’t he tell Savan about it!)

And Another Thing:

The other little bits…

Shaun B & Andrew D picked up an additional £2.50 for getting the Best Weekly Score of the Season – 47(9). Stephen Street picks up £7.50 for Best Correct Score of the Season – PNE 4 Palace 3.

Thanks again to all for taking time and bothering to enter – and a final big thank you to Dave N for providing all the behind the scenes techky stuff to enable another great season…

We’ll see the Top 32 in January for the PAS Cup & Lucky 13 Spring 11 and those game enough to take on the “cream” – the rest of you (that don’t want to play), we’ll see you in September – remember, spread the word and get all your mates involved for next season!

Cheers,
Pab

PS – Wondering what the weekly “tracks” were? Wonder no more…make a playlist!

Week 1

Odyssey – “Native New Yorker”

Week 2

The Wonderstuff – “Piece Of Sky”

Week 3

Band Of Horses – “Factory”

Week 4

Peter, Bjorn & John – “Up Against The Wall”

Week 5

Sh*t Robot – “Take ’Em Up”

Week 6

Young MC – “I Come Off (Southern Comfort Mix)”

Week 7

Arcade Fire – “We Used To Wait”

Week 8

U2 – “Like a Song”

Week 9

Crowded House – “Weather With You”

Week 10

Catatonia – “Dead From The Waste Down”

Week 11

Jenny & Jonny – “Big Wave”

Week 12

Broken Bells – “The Ghost Inside”

“I’m carving them up through the dust in your town”:

It’s not tricky, it’s a family affair! Mum rocked up in 3rd, li’l sis was second and big bruv came top of the pile! Josh Hirst 31 (6) enhances his boy wonder status by taking this week’s £20. Well done Josh, be nice and give Jess some money, she was only two points behind you! Anyone else as depressed as me that two little kids are leading the way and putting us to shame??

“'Cause solid currency’s the hardest to land”:

Not a great week! An even worse week for Tony Smith 6 (0). I used to knock around with a Tony Smith, he’s a West Ham fan – how apt…

Correct Score of the Week:

You get a great start – and then nothing…. – most popular score was Bolton 2 Big Sam’s Ex-Team 1 – 20 of you got that! Sam A, Me & Neil T got Inverness Cally’s 1-1 against Rangers, 9 got the 0-0 between Fulham and The Black Cats, 13 got West Ham 1 Man City 3, Rob C & Scott A got Burnley 2-3 Leeds Utd, 6 got the 5 pointer 0-0 involving Reading and Coventry and Cat J & Josh H got the 0-0 between Crystal Palace & Hull City… Sam A/Jess H/Gareth M got the 1-0 at Molineux and Mark Sh & Debbie J got (grrr!) Man Utd 1 Arsenal 0. However, this week’s best correct score goes to Dave Nicklin for his inspired Everton 0 Wigan Athletic 0.

Bet of the Week:

Smashed early doors at QPR – we’re looking for The Kid to deliver (not that I, ahem, encourage 10 year olds to bet of course…)

Table News:

“Did it all for that dollar”:

Going into the final week, Shaun Backhouse stays top, now a catchable 12 points ahead of Tony M with Neil O a further 12 points behind in third. Howard T moves into the Top Ten intent on making money to buy more protein & creatine from maximuscle.com…

“Just like a whiskey bottle drained on the floor”:

Savan Arora stays bottom, now 5 points behind of Neil B. Cat J is five points further up as the battle royale at the foot of the table has got good again!

“You ever wonder why they had to move on”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 17 places is Jessica Hirst – honourable mentions go to Danny A (+9), Josh H (+11), Pete B (+12) and Louise B (+14).

“Don’t turn into one of them”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 13 places is Jamie Sellers – dishonourable mentions go to Pab (-7), Tony S (-11), Jez H (-9) and Frankie F (-12).

PAS Cup 2011:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2011(and pay a reduced entry fee!) you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is… the Good Doctor’s nemesis, Sam Arora.

And Another Thing:

The famous PAS Poll is on its way – get involved!

Cheers,
Pab

Hola!

There were only 13 games out of 31 played this week (including tonight) so we fell short by two games…

After much hand-wringing, ummming and ahhhing, head in hands, hands covering eyes, gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair, the PAS Board (cum Pools Panel) decided “rules is rules” and Week 13 is officially void with no plans to try and schedule an additional week to complete a thirteen week season (if this had happened in Week 8 we would have had a 12 week season anyway – so it’s very unfortunate that it happened in the final week).

So, those who were in favourable positions on Week 12, you have Jack Frost, Frosty the Snowman, Mother Nature et al to thank for bringing you good fortune! The rest of us can only wonder and growl further at the inclement weather.

Week 13’s £20 prize will now carry over to Week 1 of PAS Lucky 13 Spring 11 – so all the more reason to get involved eh?!

Full round up asap…

Cheers,
Pab