L13 Spring 2008 : Week 3 Roundup

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.


L13 Spring 2008 : Week 3 – BotW

Currently £20 to the good, Week 2 winner Jon T looks to add on, he’s even over ruling his heart!

Here we go… ARSENAL, MAN UTD, WEST BROM, CELTIC, RANGERS, &mpa; EAST FIFE – Bet365 gives odds of about 6/1

Keegan has to win sooner or later but although I don’t like betting against the Toon, I just can’t see anything else but a Man U win by at least 2 goals – Good Luck!

Result: LOSE! +£15


Spring Cup 2008 : Round 2 Results

Congrats to the winners, now into the QF’s and guaranteed money!

You have to feel for Anders H who went out with the 3rd highest score and marvel at Mark McD who went through with the 4th worst score…

Back to the League next week and from now on EVERYONE will send in a scoresheet EVERY week.

Cheers,

Pab.


L13 Spring 2008 : Week 2 Roundup

“…best team in the land and all the world”:
It went to the wire but Jon Tofeili 41 (7) will be the only person smiling on Tyneside this week as he just shaded Mark J B by a point. Well done JT, I promise your £20 winnings won’t be as late as your payment ; )
Joey:
More misery in Geordieland as Ben McKeown 17 (1) notched up another black n white striped nightmare…
Correct Score of the Week:
Nine of you got Spurs’ canter at Derby, Anthony Y/Stephen P/Mark G got the stalemate at Sheff Utd and Jon A & Danny A earnt 9 points each with QPR’s 2-3 win at St Mary’s. However, correct score of the week goes to Julian F for his “yep, with hindsight it was sooooo obvious” Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0.
Bet of the Week:
Mark F was first up and eventually sent his Forest/Egypt/Arsenal treble through (to the wrong e-dress!!!) so we’ll, ahem, scrap my selections and say we’re £20 to the good, which is typical as no one got a chance to lump on…
Table News:
You’ll see from the table you can now see if you went up or down each week and it saves me typing out an elaborate, witty, well thought out email every week that no one reads (lucky you eh?!)… Our man in Dubai is top and our man from Wigan is bottom…

Cheers,
Pab.


L13 Spring 2008 : Week 2 – BotW Update!

Week 1 winner Mark F’s bet of the week…

Keepin’ it simple: Forest / Egypt / Arsenal win treble

Bon chance!
Pab

Result: WIN! +£20


L13 Spring 2008 : Week 2 – BotW

No sign of Week 1 winner Mark F’s bet of the week


L13 Spring 2008 : Week 1 Roundup

“…give him the ball, and he will score!”:
In a truly horrendous week getting 20 or over was some achievement (I mean, even Mr. 2-0 managed it… Yeah, that bad) so lets doff our caps to Mark Fawke 41 (6) who managed to guess his way to the first £20 of the new season. Well done Drazic, £20 towards a League Cup Final ticket? Ooops, sorry, my mistake – you haven’t even been to White Hart Lane let alone Wemberlee…
Rugby:
Organising this can sometimes be a chore especially when you don’t win every week or get 10 (0) – fortunately my misery wasn’t fully compounded as Neil Templeton 9 (0)managed to predict even worserer (yessssss, I know that’s not a word but it sounds better doesn’t it – it’ll make him feel really bad ha ha ha…)
Correct Score of the Week:
Half a dozen of you got the City’s first home defeat of the season, a magnifique seven got the Scousers annoying 3-0 win, Neil M & Mark McD got Colchester 2 Sheff U 2 and, you can see how he won now, Mark Fawke got QPR 3-0 v Bristol City and Watford’s 3-0 against Wolves – who cares what’s the best, it’s not gonna last is it…
Bet of the Week:
Mr Fawke is first up with his selections – we’ll make it a bit easier(realistic?) this season – give us a treble to bet a fiver on Mark!
FYI:
You’ll see from the table you’ll need to finish in the Top 16 to qualify for Euro 08 – it’ll be a fiver in (there’s some prize money already there!) and you’ll be “allocated“ a team each that may earn you more points – all fun, and even the “outsiders” can get a piece of the action for a mere tenner…

Cheers,
Pab.


Spring Cup 2008 : Round 1 Result

Congrats to those who progressed to Round Two on Feb 16/17 – As predicted I crashed and burnt at the first hurdle for the 57th year in a row – Woe is me… :-(

Cheers,
Pab.


Spring Cup 2008 : Just to clarify…

If you are in the Cup (you can tell by the draw if you are – i.e. if your name is in the draw that means you are playing!) you are also in the league (PASL13S08) which starts for 13 weeks on w/e Feb 2nd – total cost of entry £20

If you are NOT in the Cup (you can tell by the draw if you are – i.e. if your name is NOT in the draw that means you are NOT playing!) you are ONLY in the league (PASL13S08) which starts for 13 weeks on w/e Feb 2nd – total cost of entry £25

So, to sum up, the CUP scoresheet being sent on Tuesday night should be filled in and sent back by the deadline by players in the CUP ONLY!!!

End of lesson. Goodnight. Have a nice weekend before the madness starts next week, an enjoyable madness I think you’ll agree…

Cheers,
Pab.

PS – poll is being put together this weekend – promise!


Spring Cup 2008 : Round 1 Draw

This will be for the Top 32 only so all you extra players, no need to get excited! The league starts the week after when everyone is involved…

Cup players, anything you don’t understand drop me a line and I’ll explain r e al l y s l o w l y…

Danny Ashworth (2)     v Janine Ryan (22)
Dave McSherry (31) v Jamie Sellers (9)
Neil Meredith (27) v Will Oppong (13)
Gareth Morgan (16) v Nick Hogwood (30)
Tony Bowley (3) v Pab (15)
Ciaran McGoldrick (20) v Mark J Brown (6)
Anthony Yearwood (10) v Barrie Riding (28)
Simon Lindquist (19) v Matt Davies (11)
Richard Lee (32) v Mark McDowell (8)
Martin Stafford (14) v Mark Grey (5)
Greg Edwards (29) v Jazz Sian (1)
Mark Seels (23) v Neil Templeton (4)
Howard Thomas (12) v Tim Birtwisle (21)
Ben McKeown (18) v Wayne Connolly (24)
Anders Hoglund (17) v Stephen Peaston (26)
Jon Allin (25) v Dan Rayner (7)

(number) = finished in Lucky 13 Winter 2007

Tony B got the dream draw as I always go out in the 1st round and Greg E drew the short straw.

Cheers,
Pab.