’Appy ’Arry (Betfair sting):

As reported yesterday, any score bar 3-4 to Pompey would ensure Jazz Sian 38(6) his second weekly win of the season and continue his uncanny knack of winning money every season he’s been involved in PAS (do you know how much it hurts me giving Sp*rs fans our money??!). Well done Jazz, £20 to add to your PAS millions…

Un’appy ’Arry (Not fair penalty):

There’s never a good week to score the lowest, but getting the lowest score on the penultimate week is particularly not good. Mindy Norris 10(0) you should know better…

Correct Score Of The Week:

A handful got Sp*rs right and a trio got Sheff Utd’s 3-0. Clare N more or less cemented top slot with her Celtic 3-2 v Hibs, but this weeks correct score is MINE! Yep, I called Killy 2 Gers 3 and it’s taken a lo t not to take the “Best Correct Score of the Season” from Stephen “Toon” Peaston just out of spite. Grrrrr!

Bet Of The Week:

The Mackem was wrong and the Eagle was right – haven’t a clue what odds Toon were but I’m sure they we’re aggressive… if you’ve been following the tips you will be sitting pretty about £50-odd up. Up for the final week is Mr Sian and he owes us, doesn’t he kids?

Fairy:

With a 12 point buffer, Clare Nevin has it all to lose now in her bid to become “1st Girl Winner At A Football Game”. Male pride now rests on the shoulders of John W or a wonder week from those occupying 3rd to 6th place.

Bucket:

I’d like to say that a girl was propping up the table but Kim Anthon isn’t. A girl that is. Male pride now rests on the shoulders of Pam R who is falling fast and only 7 points from the wooden spoon slot.

Lights:

Highest climber is, surprise surprise, Jazz Sian, up 10 places to 3rd. Other over-acheivers of note are Neil T (+9) on 10th, Danny A (+8) on 32nd, Ahmed A (+7) on 34th and Jim B (+6) on 43rd.

Baubles:

Furthest faller is, surprise surprise, Mindy Norris, down 9 places to 38th. Other under-acheivers of note are Darryl M (-4) on 12th, Dan McG (-4) on 14th, Tapiwa M (-5) on 19th and Richard L (-5) on 26th.

Chocolate Prizes:

Karl C stays where he is on 17th, Jamie S (-2) on 27th and Damian D (+1) on 42nd. You need to finish next week where Danny A is at the moment (32nd), to qualify for an invitation to the Cup competition in 2006.

Cheers,
Pab.

If Pompey win, ahem, 3-4 tonight then my brother Julian F will take the weekly spoils – if they don’t then Jazz S will pick up his 2nd weekly prize of the season…

Cheers,
Pab.

JCB Song:

As pointed out yesterday, a West Ham win gave Joanne Gracie & Gary Blackburne 43(6) a share of the spoils this week, so a tenner each to youse two. That should cheer up a sad Mackem (a bit) and get a few more Palace Private Bar premium lagers for the Eagle. Well done – the weeks conclusion hasn’t excited me as much since I heard the rumours Thierry was off to Barca and the Arse then might buy someone who can provide a “Plan B” option so we can compete against the likes of Bolton…

Chico Time:

More woe for the Wigan Manc – Martin Stafford limps in with a Pompey like 14(0).

Correct Score Of The Week:

If you didn’t get Man Yoo’s 3-0 your name is probably Martin or Jim or Mr 2-0…quite a few of you got Mansfield and Reading too, and a few less of us got the Celtic score right. Jazz S and Phil B got Coventry’s 3-1 v Plymouth. No one got Man City and if someone got Bolton, sorry, I didn’t bother to look… Stephen P still heads up the “Best Correct Score” with two weeks to run.

Bet Of The Week:

The rather “safe” (nee boring) single bet on Palace didn’t come off (I didn’t go near it, did you?) but if you have been following all the tips you’d still be about £60 up. Gary B gets to redeem himself and Joanne G can chip in too (will she back Sunderpants actually winning??!) for Week 12.

News:

Looks like the rules will have to revised for future seasons of PAS as we’ve had a few cases of “blanket scoring” occuring this season. The idea of this is to actual predict the scores based on knowledge, guessing, luck or in some cases, a pair of dice (or is that die?). Playing the “numbers game” is not in the spirit of the game and will eventually render it null and void if it’s not nipped in the bud – so there, you’ve been warned! Oh yeah, I’m back in the employed (real) world as of next week (14th) but I will continue to run PAS off this e-dress. However, I will probably send “reminders” from work so i will furnish you with my work e-dress as and when so I can build up a distribution list.

Top 5’s Of The Year:

Keep the lists for top 5 singles and albums coming in please, we’ve got a nice little range so far – final lists on Week 13

Week 11 Table

Clare N is still “Girl On Top” but her lead is now down to 7 points ahead of John W in second – big movers into the Top 10 are Gary B up 9 to 6th and Matt W up 9 to 7th. Highest climber is Joanne G up 11 places to 28th – biggest faller is Week 9 winner Olly O down 10 places to 39th – other fallers of note are Tapiwa M (down 9 to 14th)Wayne C (down 7 to 16th) and Dave N (down 7 to 34th) – Karl C holds his position on Spot Prize 17th, the missus is down 2 to Spot Prize 27th and Phil B is up 6 to Spot Prize 42nd – Fred R is down 4 places to the Cup Qualification place on 32nd…

Cheers,
Pab.

Four in the running for this weeks £20…

Week 10 winner Gary Blackburne needs any Brum win except 3-0 to land another weekly prize.

Joanne Gracie needs any West Ham win to share the weekly with Gary B and a 0-4 result to win it.

John McSherry needs a 1-1 draw to share the spoils with Gary B.

Matt Worsfold’s dubious blanket scoring could work for him if Birmingham win 3-0…

Later,
Pab.

Festive 5’s

Keep the lists coming in (top 5 singles and top 5 albums of the year) – glad to see I’m not the only one rating the Girls Aloud single (pop genius), Bloc Party and Babyshambles

My selections in full next week… bet ya can’t wait!

Have a good weekend,
Pab.

Sorry it’s late (stuck in Gatwick last night cos MCR airport was closed…) – I’ll make it short and sweet…

Winner:

Gary Blackburne 38(6) wins a week after 15 years of trying! FYI – there were 135 pts up for grabs this week.

Loser:

Andy Bowkett 11 (1)

Bet of the Week:

Rubbish Olly!

Correct Score of the Week:

Nowt this week as two or more people got Arsenal, Burnley, Livingston and Hibs.

Briefly – you can work out your average score this week!

Top 4 are pulling away but a good 20 players still have a realistic chance of breaking the Top Ten…

Cheers,
Pab.

Dougie Freedman:

Simon L and and Steve T will be cursing the fog at St Andrews as it robbed them of catching this weeks winner, Olly Osmond 41 (5). Well done Olly, gonna spend the twenty on voting for ya bruv in the jungle??!

Seaweed:

A week’s a long time in PAS eh? One week you win a weekly prize and the next you’re propping up the rest with a woeful score of 8(0). Yes, you Jamie Sellers – and you live in Brighton. Not a good weekend…

Correct Score of the Week:

Most Manc lovers came up trumps on the 1-3 at Charlton, loads got Reading, a choice few got Chelsea, a few more had Liverpool. Pam D and Matt W got Celtic and amazingly, Simon L AND Neil T got the famous Palace 2-3 win. Jazz S got Plymouth’s 3-1 but this weeks props go to Danny Bushell for his Boro 3 Fulham 2 (and I had 4-2, grrrrrr…)

Bet of the Week:

I think you can tell by Jamie’s score that his bet didn’t come in! Luckily I backed Wolves on Friday so made my money back! Next up giving us tips is Olly O.

News:

All scoresheets seemed to get thru ok, so that’s all good – quite a few of you didn’t bother this week though – don’t give up! You can still fluke a weekly even if you’re doing rubbish in the league!!

Week 9 table

Swiss:

Doubling her points lead at the top to twelve is Clare Nevin. Not sure if we’ve ever had a girl champion. Mindy N, can you confirm?

Turk:

He didn’t submit any scores this week and now Kim Anthon is three points from safety…

Aussies:

No surprises that Olly O is this weeks highest climber (+16), along for the rise up are Simon L (+8), Simon S (+8), Matt W (+10), Andy B (+10) and Danny A (+8)

Uruguayans:

No surprises that Jamie S is this weeks biggest faller (-12), along for the slip down are Ben H (-8), Me (-7), Tim B (-8), Ahmed A (-8), Neil B (-9) and Ben McK (-7)

Prize Places:

Simon S is up eight to 17th, Tim B is down eight to 27th,Mr 2-0 is down one to 42nd and Scott A is down six to 32nd – where you need to be come Week 13 to get an invite to the Cup comp in 2006.

Cheers,
Pab.

Little Mickey:

Only a few weeks ago I got a complaint on how “lucky” other players must be cos they’re probably putting “5-2 down for everything…” Well, it just goes to show, if you can pick out the “traditional” scores you can win a week. Well done Jamie Sellers 43 (8), you’ll have someone sneering at you now! £20 to get that Bircham barnet perhaps?!

Taxi For Crespo:

And just to add weight to the arguement for putting some research into doing your scores, up rocks Pam Riding 9(0)

Correct Score of the Week:

Quite a few to be had this week (if predicted all 29 matches correctly, you would have amassed 172 points!). You have to feel for Gary B who had Brazil down for seven, and they got eight with a last minute goal. Chin up son! Popular “bonus” scores were Grimsby v Macc Town and Alloa v Morton. One person got Poland and that same person got the England score right too! Stephen Peaston is now in posession of the “Best Correct Score of the Season”. Some consolation for just missing out on the weekly prize I suppose…

Bet of the Week:

We missed out on about £50 last week via John W’s tips – we’re you on this week? You should have been! Clare N came up trumps (on both fronts if you swapped Bulgaria for Spain) despite Mexico v Chile not being played (does anyone know why? FYI – all scores were void on this game for PAS). Soooo, if you put a fiver on like my good self, you would have got back around £32.88. Nice one Clare – Jamie S you’ve got a tough act to follow mate…

News:

Still a few probs with the Guardian massive getting scores in – I can only suggest you send thru to the Gmail address as back up or start mailing back via your personal e-mail accounts. Dave N is working on it though and hopefully it will all be good very soon (i.e. if the G get a decent server..!) I’m off to Londinium this weekend so the last reminder you’ll get this week will be Friday morning – so don’t forget!

Week 8 table

Numero Uno :

She knows how to back a winner but Clare Nevin has now had her lead at the top cut to 4 points by Stephen P who is well clear in 2nd.

Middle Order :

Highest climber this week is Greg Edwards up 12 places to 30th. Honourable mentions to Jamie S (+10), Dan B (+7), Steve T (+7), Scott A (+7) and Ben McK (+8)

Tail Enders :

The big dropper this week is Dave Nicklin down 13 places to 27th. Dishonourable mentions to Neil B (-9), Simon S (-8), Olly O (-7) and Pam R (-9).

Last Man :

Only one point from avoiding embarassment now, Kim Anthon is hot on the heels of John McS and Jim B.

Spot Prizing:

Simon L at 17th (-5), Dave N at 27th (-13) and Phil B at 42nd (+2)

Cup Cut Off :

After Week 13 you need to be where Matt W (=) is at present on 32nd spot to be invited to play in the Cup 2006.

Cheers,
Pab.