L13 Spring 2008 : Week 7 – BotW

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From scratch then this week on ’Bet of the Week’ – 2 punters, 2 bets @ £2.50 each.

First up – Nick Hogwood…

My five to win are: Aston villa, Hull City, Stoke City, Rangers and Celtic – not sure what odds this gives you….

Just about 10/1 Nick… next, Wayne Connolly…

Bet is 5 Homes – Man Utd, Chelsea Barnsley, Tottenham and Rangers – approx 22/1 (Skybet)’, I got 23/1 on Paddy Power but I’m hoping Chelsea let me down naturally…

Have an eggciting weekend!
Pab

Result: LOSE! -£5

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 6 – Review

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“There Was Something In The Air That Night”:
You can tell it was another bizarre week (or was it?) cos Mr 2-0 scored exactly the same as some people who actually bothered to submit scores (i.e. me! Grrrrr!) – so, top of the bizarros this week were another pairing – stand up Nick Hogwood & Wayne Connolly 37 (6) – you is winners! Of £10 each! A lite bite @ Delia’s and a Roman stab vest the priority purchases then?
RVP:
Ahhh, bless! Our fave girl from Cymru (after Charlotte, natch) always asks for a mention and it always ends up here – nevermind, Lisa Grey 12(0) has got the grand slam to soften the blow…
Correct Score of the Week :
9 got QPR, 8 got Aberdeen, 2 groups of 3 continued in the invigorated thrill of getting a 0-0, the Fernandez brothers & Jon A got Dundee Utd and Rich L got a very commendable Darlo 3 Grimsby 2. However, top dog Will Oppong has this week’s best score with Fulham 1 Everton 0
Bet of the Week:
Dave N has officially wiped out our profit – starting from scratch in Week 7 will be Nick & Wayne…
Table News:
Will O stays top and doubles his lead to a Jazz-esque 14 point lead. Unsurprisingly, Nick H climbs highest and Lisa G falls furthest. Mr. 2-0 (ahem) is where you’ve got to be for automatic Euro 2008 involvement and Anthony Y swaps places with Martin S at the bottom (albeit alphabetical!)

Cheers,
Pab.

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 6 – BotW

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Bet of the Week comes from the North East for the 2nd week in a row – over to you Mr Nicklin…

Man Ure, Arsenal, Liverpool, West Brom, Ross County, Leeds, Peterborough – this is a bit rushed, and all betting sites are banned from work so I have no idea what the return would be on these, fingers crossed… about as likely as a Newcastle win…

Have a good weekend

I can tell you that little lot will come in at around 15/1

Bon chance!
Pab

Result: LOSE! £0

Spring 2008 : Cup QF & L13 Week 5 – Review

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The Romance Of The Cup:
Well well well, he’s the first to get a “double” this season – Dave Nicklin 28(5) just edged out Mr 2-0 and his 9 mates to take another £20. Well done Dave, but that’s 3 out of 5 weeks won by the PAS board – people will start to talk…
One Wheeled Bike:
He’s employing a maverick scoring system and it’s not paying off! Anthony Yearwood 7(0) completes his own double at the other end – he doesn’t care though, Spurs are good again apparantly!
Correct Score of the Week:
Bleak week. 10 of you got the only real one that was predictable (Liverpool 3 Toon 0) and everyone missed out on the W Ham banker again! Dave N gets this week’s props for his Blackpool 2 Southampton 2…
Bet of the Week:
…and despite his winning week, he can’t deliver us a winning bet! Nevermind, he gets another go and hopefully he’ll put some effort in to improve on our £5 in the black.
Table News:
Will O stays top opening up a 7 point lead. Steve T is this week’s biggest improver on the back of Mr 2-0 and Lisa G is where you got to be for automatic Euro 2008 involvement. Julian F couldn’t care less falling furthest as his kness have gone all trembly cos he’s on his way to Wemberlee, and one of our two Wiganers is now bottom. Yes, that’s you Martin S!
Cup Results:
Would you Adam & believe it! Two players went through courtesy of the increasingly annoying Mr 2-0 and one player got through on 14 points! Big up Mark McD though who smoothed an impressive path through with 14 “Joker” points – that’s the way to do it!
Cup Draw :
Mark McDowell (8) v Mark J Brown (6)
Neil Meredith (27) v Matt Davies (11)
Semi-finalists please note everyone gets to play a “Joker” in this round

Cheers,
Pab.

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 5 – BotW

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£10 up – we hand over to Dave Nicklin who gets the full fiver as Will hasn’t got back to me yet…

Can’t think of a decent BotW, so I’ll go for my standard “banker” list: Man Ure, Loonypool, Chelsea, Rangers, Swansea – All to win, more money down the drain, probably…

Ahhhh, that Geordie optimism!

Cheers!
Pab

Result: LOSE! +£5

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 4 – Review

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European Glory:
You already know dontcha! Gretna was called off again (thanks Neil T/Jazz S) so the spoils are shared between Will Oppong & Dave Nicklin 39 (6). Will will probably put the tenner towards a girdle for his “dodgy” back and Dave will probably start the “Kelvin Koogan Out Now – We Will Pay Money!” campaign…
Another Potless Season:
Mr 2-0 had an Elm Street (at last – ha!) but even worse, John Williamson 9 (0) managed to score the same but actually submitted scores. Like his team, after the Lord Mayors show…
Correct Score of the Week:
A bumper week had by most – 5 got the Arse, 9 got Man Yoo, 5 got the Baggies, 6 got the Teddy Bears, 4 got the Scousers and 4 more got the other Scousers. Will O and Jamie S got a commendable Falkirk 0 Motherwell 0, Neil T and Dave N got a jammy Darlo 3 Brentford 1 and Julian F kept up his speciality 0-0 spotting with Man City-Wigan. (drum roll please) As you probably noticed and groaned when it came in, I had West Ham 0 Chelsea 4 and therefore am best in show. Never underestimate a wounded animal even if it’s fat…
Bet of the Week:
…unfortunately I couldn’t deliver on the money front – both bets were well short so I hand over to Will & Gra, Dave, to improve on our showing profit of £10.
Table News:
Will O goes clear at the top closely followed by Danny A and Mark F. Dave N makes a spectacular splash into the Top Ten and Ben H benchmarks where you have to be to be invited into the European Championships. Neil T, Andy C and Tony B make great strides up and Jon T, Neil M and Greg E go impressively the other way. Anthony Y hauls his carcass off the bottom only to be replaced by another of his ilk in John W. Mr 2-0 and his cronies fell way more than any other. So there.

Cheers,
Pab.

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 4 – Update

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Sleep – dontcha just love it!

The Big Apple was sweet – I have calf muscles made of steel and big bags full of shopping and under my eyes – anyway… Week 4 will conclude tonight as Gretna v Dundee Utd was moved(?) from Saturday for some reason which is just as well as it’s a very close week at the top!

A Gretna win will see the weekly prize shared, a draw will give it to Will O and an away win will sway it Dave N’s way. Oh, Mr 2-0 is having a mare btw so if you didn’t submit any scores, then you is a fool…

The Week 5 scoresheet is also the PAS Cup Quarter Finals – attention now kids – EVERYONE has to fill this in and send it back (got that Greg?!)

The Cup draw has been made – “home” boys don’t forget your “joker” (it can be any of the 30 games) and please be double aware, these scores count towards the league as well but any bonus “joker” points do not.

Now for the light entertainment…

NYC – the facts

  1. When it’s cold, it’s cold. Northface never made more sense…
  2. Homefries and eggs for breakfast is the bomb!
  3. The streets of Manhattan are really clean – looks like that “real rain” finally came Travis..
  4. US telly should be renamed US ads with bits of programmes in between
  5. Saks is the best dept store if you like expensive things served by gay people.
  6. Schezuan International the best Chinese in town has gone! I shed a tear…
  7. Lombardi’s the best pizza in the world has changed from a homely little restaurant in 2001 to a full on “chain” style eaterie 5 times the size. I wept, but the food is still gorgeous.
  8. The “Soup Nazi” is real.
  9. The “Top of the Rock” (Rockafeller Centre) is officially better than the Empire State – don’t go up when it’s really windy and cold though cos the very top bit is “open” – whoo, scary!
  10. There’s hardly any fat annoying loud people in NYC but they’re really rude to make up for it
  11. The food is fab – from any hotdog stand to the top notch eateries
  12. If Duane Reade isn’t one of the richest peole in NY I’ll be amazed – don’t ever arrange to meet “by Duane Reade’s on the corner” – there’s about 15 million of them.
  13. Mr Starbuck is running close second..
  14. If you’re going to buy electrical stuff from the numerous discount stores do your RRP homework first – I didn’t and I’m sure I’ve been done over even though he gave me “like, a 50% discount…”
  15. You cannot get the football scores off the telly
  16. Virgin is still called Virgin
  17. If you have been clubbing for a while and want to see what the (NYC) kids are into, go into Abercrombie & Fitch – it’s dark (the shutters are all down – it looks closed from the outside), loud (I’m talking house at “club” volume!) and full of the young & beautiful (about 5 sales people per customer all chatting to each other, posing and not really working). It’s really disorientating and you can’t really see the clothes, which is just as well cos the latest “distressed” line is a bit rubbish..
  18. You could really eat and drink like a king in the deli’s
  19. Flying business class (we got upgraded on the way out!) makes premium economy seem like standing on one leg in economy. I may quit flying now while I’m ahead..
  20. If you haven’t been, go!

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 4 – BotW

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Bet of the Week – £15 up – I’ll go for a split bet to make it interesting…

£4 acca on Arsenal / Man U / Chelsea / WBA / Man C / Liverpool – should be odds of around 18/1

£1 treble on Spurs / Palace / Motherwell – should be odds of 13/1

Good luck y’all!
Pab

Result: LOSE! +£10

Spring Cup 2008 : QF Draw

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Jamie Sellers (9)  v Matt Davies (11)
Mark McDowell (8)  v Nick Hogwood (30)
Neil Meredith (27) v Jazz Sian (1)
Mark Seels (23)    v Mark J Brown (6)

(number) = finished in Lucky 13 Winter 2007

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 3 Roundup

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The Dignified Croatian:
In a week that saw my team possible blow up in all competitions for the secod time in two seasons, a welcome restbite was winning the £20 weekly prize – my fellow Gooner may well be feeling like the world is against him as he lost out by one point (I’ll buy you a pint at the Boro game Anders!) $40 for me to spend in NYC then, more of which later…
Wenger & Gallas:
He will claim to care less, but Anthony Yearwood 12 (0) put in an old skool Spurs-like performance
Correct Score of the Week:
Seven of us got Plymouth’s 3-1 mauling of Burnley and that was it really! CSotW goes to Martin S for his Dundee Utd 0 Falkirk 0
Bet of the Week:
We stand at £15 thanks to a dodgy penalty and the Championship throwing up yet another freak result at the Hawthorns – me next!
Table News:
Mark Fawke tops the table from the two Jon’s, I get the highest climber award and land in 10th – Anders H, Howard T and Greg E make significant moves whilst Wayne C goes the wrong way the most followed by Gareth M, Andy C, Dave N and Tim B. Anthony Yearwood goes bottom and I can only laugh while he’s still Carling Cup giddy…

Cheers,
Pab.