Drum roll please….

Partridge In A Pear Tree:

You really have to doff your cap to Mr Jazz Sian as he IS the model of PAS consistency. Another title (fourth highest total score to boot!) and more importantly another £200 (you only need a tenner to break the magical £1k barrier – which is just mental!) spirited away courtesy of a 19 point lead at the top. Well done Jazz, I would ban you but it wouldn’t be the same without you mate!

Danny B couldn’t quite take advantage of Jazz’s worst week but was a comfortable runner-up (£150) spend it on your new house Dan!, Tony B made a fine debut in 3rd (£100) just edging out one of our loyalist mainstays Neil T in 4th (£90), Mark G had a poor week but only dropped a couple of places to 5th (£75) and picked up another tenner for “Best Correct Score of the Season”. Mark J B just about held on to 6th (£65) – lets hope he still plays when he moves to Dubai in January! My ol’ Palace mucker Dan R finished 7th (£50) and also takes “Top Grunwald Player”, which will mean nothing to most of you but a lot to him, Mark McD was just below him in 8th (£45), picked up a bonus fiver for “Highest Weekly Score” and will be pleased he’s covered his lunatic “Spurs above Arsenal” bet now (ha ha ha!), and finally we couldn’t split Jamie S & Anthony Y in 9th & 10th so we split the winnings into £37.50 each

The Grinch:

He decided to leave it to Mr 2-0 to get him out of the wooden spoon position and it nearly worked! Alas, Neil Birchall was 4 points short and now goes into the hall of infamy that no one ever remembers. The special memento is being carved and inscribed as we speak Neil, don’t use it to eat your famous pies…I would ban you but it wouldn’t be the same without you mate!

Light up, light up:

Highest climber this week is Paul Jenner up a I-was-way-behind-my-mate-but-I-mashed-his-missus jump of 10 places – fellow climbers are Wayne C (+8), Jon A (+9), Barrie R (+9), Olly O (+7) and Matt G (+9)

Pine Needles :

Falling furthest this week is Donna Edmead down a whats-happened-to-my-football-knowledge? is-it-cos-I’ve-had-a-baby-and-can’t-study-the-form-for-all-the-sleepless-nights-and-nappy-changing? drop of 11 places – fellow fallers are Mark S (-8), Nick H (-6), Dave C (-5), Lisa G (-9) and Danny B (-8)

Marmite :

Love it or hate it, he finished here after being in the money positions for most of the season but will receive a big jar of Guinness Marmite instead (it’s cruel game eh?!) – Matt Davies, get your knife at the ready and toast in the toaster… let’s hope Citeh don’t go the same way!

Spotters :

Seasonal joy for the following – 14th – Martin Stafford (£25 – at least you’ve got some money to return to after Vegas!), 17th – Anders Hoglund (£25 – will that make you rich in Sweden?), 23rd – Mark Seels (£25), 33rd – Olly Osmond (£20), 39th – Phil Cummins (£20), 46th – Craig Porter-Garthford (£20 – the first man to submit one set of scores all season and still win money!), 58th – Jon Tofeili (£20 – stay away from the bandits!) and 64th – Ben Alder (£15 – another Mr 2-0 disciple)

Cup 2007 :

This week, Richard Lee (-4) filled the last position to qualify for Lucky 13 Spring 2007 & the Big PAS Cup! (info to follow – don’t panic people!)

Thanks for taking part it’s been a pleasure and special thanks to Dave N for providing the elastic trickery and matrix type things that save more hours than you’d care to believe. Top 32 I’ll be in touch, prize winners – your money should be with you before Chrimbo and the rest of you, if you don’t make L13S08 I’ll be in touch for Euro 2008 and L13W08.

Cheers & Merry Christmas!
Pab

ps – DON’T FORGET TO SEND BACK YOUR POLL FORMS!!!

Merry Christmas!:

Possibly one of the lowest scoring weekly winners, part due to a few postponed/abandoned games, the fact that the SFA called off the Gretna – Rangers game (why??? surely that’s unfair on Gretna!) and it was another week of bizarre scores. All good though for Barrie Riding 30 (3) who managed to secure 20 of his points in his 3 correct scores! Well done Barrie, a nice end to your debut season, I’m sure Pammy will have a suggestion on where your £20 should be spent…

Bah Humbug!:

She always asks for mention in the round up, so here goes (again)… Lisa Grey 9 (0) two howlers on the bounce! I can hear Mr G sniggering from here… Oh, and Donna E 9 (0) you’re no better either – up the Villa indeed…

Correct Score of the Week:

Five (gold rings) got Everton 3-0, a box of eggs got Charlton, Anne C, Danielle F and Barrie R somehow knew Derby would score at Old Trafford but still let in four, Gareth M & Paul J got the 2-2 at Scunny (which proved a coupon buster – see below) and Will O, Steve B and myself got Southampton 4 Hull 0. No unique best score which means Mark Grey carries off a tenner for his season best prediction of Newcastle 1 Pompey 4.

Bet of the Week:

It was all going to plan as the Jamie S selections were rolling in, so wasn’t it ironic (correct me if I’m doing an Alanis here!) that our QPR supporting tipster saw his team scupper a big payout by getting a draw at Scunthorpe to deny us the last leg home win we needed. Booo! That means if you followed every tip this PAS season you would have finished £50 down. Lucky then that no one pays a blind bit of notice to this section except, um, me…

PAS Poll:

Had a few back already (cheers!) and entertaining reading they make too – keep ’em coming (it’s attached for your convenience cos I’m nice like that)

Cheers,
Pab

Remember, I’m hungover basking in the glory of winning a pound in the pub quiz (they had Belle & Sebastian in the music round!)

He’s Won Again Hasn’t He:

25 points clear with one week to go – do you want the money now Jazz? He Might Get Out Of This Y’know At least the basement battle is exciting – Neil B could still yet make the great escape…3 points, that’s all it is. 3 points…

Does Anybody Read…:

Highest climber this week is Olly Osmond up a Pab-wishes-everyone-would-send-their-scores-in-using-Olly’s-format-cos-it’s-so-much-easier jump of 12 places – fellow climbers are Mark S (+8), Will O (+11), Neil M (+6), Greg E (+10) and John W (+7)

…Up To Here & Beyond? :

Falling furthest this week is Lisa Grey down a whats-happened-to-my-football-knowledge?-is-it-cos-I-like-blinking-me-where’s-Paul-Claaaaarke?- drop of 11 places – fellow fallers are Neil T (-4), Tim B (-8), Phil C (-7) and Joanne G (-5)

Marmite :

Love it or hate it, finishing here on next week will bring a you a big jar of Guinness Marmite – Anthony Yearwood has his Star of David shaped knife at the ready and toast in the toaster…

Spotters :

Current residents are 14th – Martin S (-1), 17th – Ben McK (-2), 23rd – Simon L (-2), 33rd – Dave McS (non mover), 39th – Olly O (+12), 46th – Scott A (-1), 58th – Gary B (-3) and 64th – Ben A (non mover)

Cup 2007 :

At the end of play next week you need to be where Wayne C is (+2) to qualify for the Lucky 13 Spring 2007 & the Big PAS Cup!

Cheers,
Pab

Month Off Work:

Scotland sorted out the winner this week – Will O must have thought he’d won it when Aberdeen nailed Hibs, but he hadn’t factored in that Jamie Sellers 36 (6) had already bagged Motherwell’s 3-0 win. Well done Jamie, the penultimate £20 heading your way – gonna spend it on a ticket for Chelsea away in the Cup?

Business As Usual:

She always asks for mention in the round up, so here goes… Lisa Grey 11 (0) you are sooooo behind in the bragging rights round your house!

Correct Score of the Week:

A magnificent 7 got Motherwell, a surprising 6 got Blackburn, Dave McS & Julian F got Hearts draw with Celtic, Will O & Mark McD got Aberdeen, Mark G got Hull 2 Cardiff 2 (b*st*rd last minute goals – I hate them!) and Jon T got Plymouth’s 3-0 v Scunny. This week’s props though go to Mark Grey for his Liverpool 4 Bolton 0. Just when we thought the Trotters had turned the corner…

Bet of the Week:

Pah! Only Jamie S can save us now from being £50 down for the season…

Cheers,
Pab

I’ll keep it short n sweet as I’m broken after my trip to Seville via Madrid and several Casa de cerveza’s…

Winner :

Mark Grey 39 (5)

Loser :

Greg Edwards 11 (0)

Best Correct Score :

Bolton 1 Man Utd 0 (Mark Grey – he got Boro – Villa too!) Barrie R chipped in with Liverpool’s win at the Toon – 16 of you got Celtic and 18 got Rangers – it’s not fair…

Bet of the Week :

Man Yoo scuppered that one, so we’re £40 down. Betting expert Mark G could save the day at the 11th hour…

Table:

Jazz Sian has a 19 point lead and looks like he’ll win another title from Danny A – at the bottom Neil Birchall is making a late fightback and is only 5 points away for Danielle F.

Cheers,
Pab

Special One :

It’s looks like a formality but anything can happen (it won’t) in the beautiful game – Jazz Sian is now 20pts clear of Danny A in 2nd with 3 weeks to go.

Second Choice Steve :

It’s looks like a formality but anything can happen (it won’t) in the beautiful game – Neil Birchall is now 11pts away from Ben A in 65th with 3 weeks to go.

Fabio :

Highest climber this week is Scott Aslett up a I-never-move-anywhere-further-than-2-places-usually-oh-know-i’ve-got-a-nosebleed-now jump of 16 places to 44th – fellow climbers are Anthony Y (+13), Janine R (+8), Dave C (+11), John W (+10) and Jon T (+10)

Sam :

Falling furthest this week is Andy Chesworth (again) down a whats-happened-to-my-football-knowledge?-is-it-cos-I’m concentrating-on-my-wedding-next-year-and-getting-distracted (oops, did I just say that out loud? again? it’s gonna happen you know! why do you think he’s saving like Scrooge at the moment??) drop of 10 places to 61st – fellow fallers are Tim B (-9), Stephen P (-8), Ben H (-9) and Olly O (-8)

Marmite :

Love it or hate it, finishing here on Week 13 will bring a you a big jar of Guinness Marmite – the Mark Grey his lawyer shaped knife at the ready and toast in the toaster…

Spotters :

Current residents are 14th – Anders H (-3), 17th – Tim B (-9), 23rd – Ben McK (+4), 33rd – Dave McS (+2), 39th – Matt H (+2), 46th – Pam D (-10), 58th – Julian F (+1) and 64th – Danielle F (-2)

Cup 2007 :

At the end of Week 13 you need to be where Will O is (-2) to qualify for the Lucky 13 Spring 2007 & the Big PAS Cup!

Cheers,
Pab

Chicken Stevens :

He was run to the wire but Anthony Yearwood 45 (6) saw off the challenge of Scott A, Jon T, Janine R and Dave C to win this weeks £20. What can I say? First time for aaaaaages that Sp*rs fan has celebrated winning something – spend your sheckels wisely m’boy!

Shaky :

All whole cluster of people limped in 16 (0/1) – you know who you are, you should be ashamed.

Correct Score of the Week:

15 (eek!) got Czech – Slovakia (can you see what I did there?), 19 (eeeekerer!) got Das Germans systematic 4-0 break-up of a small weaker nation, 6 (amazingly!) got Norn Iron’s thoroughly thrilling 2-1 win v Danmark and Martin S & Jon T got Greece 5 Malta 0. This week’s accolade though goes to ever absurd Scott Aslett for his Latvia 4 Liechtenstein 1 (more for the fact that the Liechs actually scored than anything else…)

Bet of the Week :

as dire as Frank & Stevie running around aimlessly on a pitch that Hackney Marshes would have been ashamed of – yep, we lost again and now down to the tune of 35 sheets – Anthony Y, your fellow PASers need you!

Cheers,
Pab

Anthony Yearwood leads the pack on 36 points Serbia v Kazakhstan was called off due to heavy snowfall so doesn’t count (obviously!). 9 games to go on Wednesday Surely even McLaren can’t mess it up now….

Cheers,
Pab

iPhone :

Bet you thought you had a good week eh? Got around late 20’s early 30’s? Yeah me and the other 40 people I’m afraid – for once all the scores went with the form (bar the Championship cos it’s mental) so it was just a question of nailing the correct scores. Well one person who did was Tim Birtwisle 43 (6) who ran out a comfortable winner in the end thanks to Arsenal sloppiness at the end of last nights game. Old skool former Champion Tim might spend his winnings going back home to Sporston Green…

Two yoghurt pots & piece of string :

We all know people who love to talk don’t we – well I can’t wait for Dave Crisp 12 (0) to talk me through his one when we’re at the next Arsenal game…

Correct Score of the Week:

14 people simultaneously jumped up from their sofa when Shorey slotted home, 4 people got Plymouth while I waited in vain for Norwich to score, Julian F got the “most obvious 0-0 EVER!” at Bolton along with Matt H & Ben H, myself and Janine R reluctantly got Sp*rs 4-0, Howard T & Mark J B impressed even themselves with Everton’s draw at the Bridge, Howie T nailed Motherwell as well, Ben McK got Hull 3-0 and Stephen P got Charlton 3-0. Best score of the week (and some Jambos would argue, best of the season! But not me cos I’m Hibee!) goes to Paul Jenner for his Hearts 4 Aberdeen 1

Bet of the Week :

the most obvious 0-0 EVER! scuppered our bet so we’re now £30 down but have international specialist, Tim B to set us right (bet he puts England to win 2-0…)

Cheers,
Pab

I’m Brilliant :

The machine, Jazz Sian, stretches his lead to a healthy 14 points from Neil T who in turn, is a further 5 points in front of Matt D.

I’m A Spaz :

Despite doing well this week (cos Mr 2-0 did his scores) Neil Birchall is still bottom. If Neil had a sat nav and he punched in Jon T as his destination, he would be very near to hearing “you have arrived”… Well, 7 points away.

Brilliantesque :

Highest climber this week is Ben Hogwood up a just-short-of-the-cup-qualification leap of 14 places to 33rd – fellow climbers are Joanne G (+6), Ciaran McG (+11), Jon A (+10), Steve B (+7) and Karl C (+6)

Spazzy :

Falling furthest this week is Andy Chesworth down a whats-happened-to-my-football-knowledge?-is-it-cos-I’m concentrating-on-my-wedding-next-year-and-getting-distracted (oops, did I just say that out loud?) drop of 14 places to 52nd – fellow fallers are Gareth M (-9), Stephen P (-11), Pam D (-12) and Scott A (-8)

Marmite :

Love it or hate it, finishing here on Week 13 will bring a you a big jar of Guinness Marmite – the Mark Seels consortium have their knives at the ready and toast in the toaster…

Spotters :

Current residents are 14th – me! (+2), 17th – Tim B (+4), 23rd – Neil M (-4), 33rd – Ben H (+14), 39th – Mr. 2-0 (+4), 46th – Matt H (+2), 58th – Anne C (-1) and 64th – Ben A (non mover – again!)

Cup 2007 :

At the end of Week 13 you need to be where Simon L is (+1) to qualify for the Lucky 13 Spring 2007 & the Big PAS Cup!

Cheers,
Pab

Konichiwa Bitches :

In a fairly lo-scoring week it went to the wire with around a dozen in with a shout before Monday’s games – Tony B was just nudged aside by Mark J Brown & Ben Hogwood 33 (6). Bluenose Brown was cursing his own James Vaughn’s 101st minute goal as it robbed him of 3 points and an outright win. £10 each then that Browny has probably spent on 9 cheesy nudgers from Greggs and Ben, umm, I dunno, what would Ben spend £10 on?

See You Next Tuesday You Is A Punk :

Serial “crazy” score predictor Scott Aslett 10 (0) is steadily heading the way of Palace…

Correct Score of the Week:

12 disciples got the Emirates epic, 7 clock watchers got Everton, Tony B / Olly O / Anthony Y got East Anglian inbred derby and hats off to Mark Grey who managed to gauge in ineptitude of the Brazilian Bramble to come up with Newcastle 1 Portsmouth 4. Best correct score of the season so far without doubt.

Bet of the Week :

He ruffled a few feathers with his “scouse” treble and just like Liverpool’s 17 claims to a league title he failed. We go into Week 9 in the capable hands of Mark J B/Ben H to turn round the £25 deficit. Come on!

Cheers,
Pab

Fings We Noticed :

Nice to see Sir Alec’s hearing isn’t as bad as his eyesight – Arsenal getting accused of an atmosphere! Who’d have thought it! And while we’re here, let’s hope when all the “bloody foreigners” get turfed back to where they came from, it’s extended to having English-only managers too. I’m sure he’d love it back in Aberdeen… Waitrose in Cheadle is the coldest supermarket EVER! Juande Ramos is Jack Lord (ask yer dad about the Five-O kids!) Stephen Ireland is mentally ill.

Cesc :

He’s still there with a bit more breathing space from Neil T and Danny A – Jazz Sian is top by 5 points

Fernando :

He’s still there but breathing down the neck of Danielle F and Ben A – Neil Birchall is bottom by 7 points

Kolo :

Highest climber this week is Richard Lee up a just-short-of-the-top-ten leap of 22 places to 11th – fellow climbers are Mark G (+10), Janine R (+20), Barrie R (+13) and Matt G (+10)

Sami :

Falling furthest this week is Clare Nevin down a whats-happened-to-my-football-knowledge?-is-it-cos-I’m-concentrating-on-my-wedding-next-year-and-getting-distracted drop of 18 places to 49th – fellow fallers are Stephen P (-11), Greg E (-11), Will O (-13) and Michelle F (-14)

Marmite :

Love it or hate it, finishing here on Week 13 will bring a you a big jar of Guinness Marmite – Rich L has his knife at the ready and toast in the toaster…

Spotters :

Current residents are 14th – Mark S (+4), 17th – Lisa G (-2), 23rd – Stephen P (-11), 33rd – Simon L (+4), 39th – Mark F (+3), 46th – Ciaran Mc G (-8), 58th – Paul W (+4) and 64th – Ben A (non mover)

Cup 2007 :

At the end of Week 13 you need to be where Wayne C is ( -2) to qualify for the Lucky 13 Spring 2007 & the Big PAS Cup!

Cheers,
Pab

Young Guns :

You would’ve got this last night but a certain Man Yoo fan only sent his scores to my work address… anyway, this week’s winner is Rich Lee 42 (8) who must surely come under some scrutiny seeing as he plays for Watford and therefore influence last nights result – hmmm, dunno, we’ll look into it with Aidy… £20 coming your way Rich, no doubt spends for new shinpads or a Nick Cave make up kit.

Club Tottenham Ha Ha :

Bless her. My niece, Danielle Fleming, wants to play with the big boys at football and then she racks up a pure girl score of 6(0). Still not as bad as Jon A’s score a few weeks ago though…

Correct Score of the Week :

16 of you got the nailed on 3-0 that is Celtic, amazingly, 5 got Man U 4 Boro 1 and Mark S & Barrie R got Burnley 2 Southampton 3. No unique correct score this week. Rubbish really.

Bet of the Week :

Danny A stepped up and duly failed with the 7 team acca – we’re now £20 down but have Richard L to guide us to profit in Week 8. If you took my hint, you’d have got your money back with Blue Sq!

Cheers,
Pab

Thought of the Week :

Is Liverpool the only city in Britain where organised extortion is positively encouraged? Fair play though, it cost 50p to have your car “looked after” in 1983 and today it’s only a quid!

Yes, I’m a tw*t – short n sweet again I’m afraid…

Too Good:

Danny Ashworth 38 (7)

Too Bad:

Tim Birtwisle 9 (0)

Best Correct Score:

no one this week – 6 got W Ham, Phil C / Ciaran McG / Andy C got Bristol City and Nick H / Jazz S / Dave C got the Toon

Week 7 scoresheets in by 12.44 on Saturday.

It didn’t really matter that I couldn’t update earlier on time as some people still haven’t grasped sending their scoresheet to two e-dresses (all remedied on Nov 30 as we finish here at the Guardian, so it will be to my personal e-dress only then – I’ve got a new job by the way – start in Jan, Dec off – yay!) Oh, and please send your scores back as a “.doc” cos I can’t open them otherwise!

Cheers,
Pab

PS

all back to normal next week – promise

PPS

looks like we’ve got a real title battle this year as Jazz has been reeled in over the last few weeks

PPPS

Danny A – you’re on BotW duty!

I’m nodding off…

Winner:

Pam Dyson 49 (5)

Worst:

Julian Fernandez 10 (0)

Correct Score of the Week (& Season!):

Matt Davies – Slovakia 7 San Marino

Cheers,
Pab

Just got back from my hols (literally – and it was great – thanx!)- the jetlag is starting to kick in so I’ll keep it short n sweet (apologies to those expecting the usual write up…)

Winner :

Mark McDowell 53 (6)

Worst :

Phil Cummins 15 (1)

Correct Score of the Week :

Stephen Peaston – Newcastle Utd 3 Everton 2

Bet of the Week :

Lost (Blackpool & Liverpool let us down)

Cheers,
Pab

Hot :

The freak football money machine that is Jazz Sian moves increases his lead to an astounding 25 points. He may have name that sounds like a z-list Welsh female lounge act but his predicting is TOTP. Tony B, Dan R & Mark J B lead the chase in vain…

Cold :

Pieman supreme, Neil Birchall languishes 10 points adrift of Danny B who is reflecting the Chelsea model of consistency

Bubbling :

Highest climber this week is Greg Edwards up a giant stairwell of 30 places to 28th – props to Tony B (+28), Mark J B (+22) and Ben H (+24)

Tepid :

Gary Blackburne may be good at shooting clay pigeons but he’s dropped the most places this week (-22) to 27th – those to scoff at are Neil M (-14), Craig P G (-18), Mr. 2-0 (-17), Clare N (-16), Ben McK (-17) and Pam D (-17)

Marmite :

Love it or hate it, finishing here on Week 13 will bring a you a big jar of Guinness Marmite – Mark McD has his knife at the ready and toast in the toaster…

Spotters :

Current residents are 14th – Janine R (-14), 17th – Mark F (non mover (again!)), 23rd – Martin S (+11), 33rd – Simon L (non mover), 39th – Gareth M (+10), 46th – Jon T (-10), 58th – Pam D (-17) and 64th – Ben A (-10)

Cup 2007 :

At the end of Week 13 you need to be where Julian F is ( -4) to qualify for the Lucky 13 Spring 2007 & the Big PAS Cup!

Fratton Park :

He needed anything but a Villa win and my good friends at the Lane made him sweat for it! Thanks to the 2nd best defender in France last year (the first was Sagna, natch) Tony Bowley 49 (8) picks up the £20 weekly prize and posts a handsome winning score that will be hard to beat this season. Well done Mr B, I’m sure you can buy back Marlon Harewood for Forest with that fistful of cash…

Deepdale :

As uninspiring as Man Yoo grinding out another 1-0, Pam Dyson 12 (0) is hoping for better things after this current flop.

Correct Score of the Week :

Twelve monkeys got Celtic’s 3-0, six of the best got Hearts 1 – 3 at St Mirren and Stephen P & Danielle F got 8 points for Hull City 3 Ipswich Town 1. Correct score of the Week this week goes to Wayne Connolly for his inspired PNE 0 Bristol City 0. It’s not all goals goal goals y’know…

Bet of the Week :

4 out of 7 was good but not good enough when you need 7 out of 7. We go into Week 3 £10 down and looking to Tony B to recoup…

News :

Ever wondered what your fellow PASer’s look like? See that Steven Beale, that’s Mark Fawke that is!

Cheers,
Pab

Can you believe Jazz Sian got the 7-4!!

Well he didn’t – but he will finish 2nd or 3rd again this week – the man is a machine – someone stop him!

This week’s winner will either Tony Bowley or Mark J Brown

Mark needs 0-1 to Villa to win it or any Villa win to split the weekly prize.

Any other score and Tony will win his first week in his debut season.

Cheers,
Pab

Top One:

Rather ominously Jazz Sian moves to the head of the peleton early doors with a nice 13 point buffer to boot – Neil M and Dave McS head the chasing pack.

Not Sorted:

Poor Neil Birchall stays rooted to the bottom 7 points adrift of predicting car-crash that is Jon A

Up Up Up!:

Highest climber this week is (fairly obviously) Howard Thomas up a whopping 46 places to 6th – respeck is due to Craig P-G (+26), Dan R (+24), Matt H (+31) and Ben McK (+32) who all had the foresight to realise the default score would do just nicely this week. Tim B (+36) actually submitted a scoresheet.

Down Down:

Falling furthest was our celtic friend across the water Ciaran McGoldrick who managed to plunge 31 places to 56th – those also not worthy of a mention are Mark G (-20), Simon L (-21), Martin S (-20), Jon T (-27) and Phil C (-21)

Marmite:

Love it or hate it, finishing here on Week 13 will bring a you a big jar of Guinness Marmite (it was a limited edition when I bought it but now the market seems to be flooded with it!). Craig P-G has his knife at the ready and toast in the toaster…

Spotters:

Spot prizes are well worth winning eh? Current residents are 14th. Donna E (-7), 17th. Mark F (non mover), 23rd. Michelle F (-1), 33rd. Simon L (-21), 39th. Olly O (+23), 46th. Anne C (+9), 58th. Greg E (-4) and 64th. Ben H (-4)

Cup 2007:

At the end of Week 13 you need to be where Will O is ( -5) to qualify for the Lucky 13 Spring 2007 & the Big PAS Cup!

Cheers,
Pab

Class 1 (h)Omlette :

In a pig of a week for predicting scores (what’s going on in the Scottish Prem??) getting over 20 points was an achievement – when Mr 2-0 has the 4th best score you know it’s bad… So, getting 30 plus is really going some (well done Tim B and Jazz S – you’re the bridesmaid for the 2nd week on the trot!) – congrats then to Howard “Hitman Howie T” Thomas for his v impressive 36 (4) that included 13 bonus goal points. Nice. Having recently given up being a bou- I mean, “door technician”, Howie will find the £20 a welcome income cos we all know our favourite people in clubs are really poorly paid for a dangerous job and that’s why they get angry and have to put punters nose first through fire doors… Don’t hit me! don’t hit me!

Bad Egg :

I think we’ve got a new record lo-score folks – Jon Allin 5 (0) has recorded a score that even a rugby loving breeze block could better. If they could use email of course.

Correct Score of the Week:

Loads (13) got Rangers, half a dozen got WBA’s 2-3 at Scunny (yeah, that’s how weird this week was!), Danielle F, Steve B, Mark McD & Richard L got Arsenal’s 5-0 cruise v a pub team from Derby, Howard T & Scott A got Gretna 3 Dundee Utd 2 (how?) and Mark F got the Toon’s 3-1 v Bad Boy Inc… However, on his birthday, Dave Nicklin takes this week’s, and new best of the season score with Stoke City 3 Plymouth 2.

Bet of the Week :

The curse of a weekly win strikes again. I failed. Miserably. I blame Benitez (Michael Parkinson, that mad man @ Tynecastle, Helen Mirren and the hapless Mr Jol). We are now £5 down looking to Howie T to come up with 7 winning teams for Week 3.

News:

Arsenal are going to win the League.

A few bods still haven’t managed to get their money in – this week please or you’re on the “Hall of Shame”! No. Really. Don’t make me do it…

Cheers,
Pab.

The Cadbury’s Gorilla:

Dontcha just love it when a plan comes together? Sven swans in @ 16/1 to pick up the August “Manager of the Month”, City win on Sunday @ 13/8, go second making a mockery of the early prices/point spread in the Handicap/Total Points markets and Arsenal are cruising at the top and, more importantly, are 9 points clear of Sp*rs with a game in hand. Add to that a lovely little 5-0 prediction to get the ball rolling, it’s no surprise you pick up the £20 prize for Week 1. Ahhh yes, I can feel it coming in the air tonight and some of that money will be spent on a big f*ck off bar of choc (seeing as I’m on the wagon at the mo). Just to confirm then, 40 (5) tops the pile…

Rubbish Monkey:

What would you rather have? A broken metatarsal or a score of 8(0)? Neil Birchall and Emile discuss… (whilst eating a pie, natch)

Correct Score of the Week:

Loads of us got the Arsenal score (as predicted weeks ago – see below) and the Celtic score, a few less got the Sheff Utd 8 pointer and Phil C, Jon T, Donna E picked up 9 points for Watford 3 Soton 2 – lots of last minute goals in those games make it all the sweeter! However, the CSotW has to be unique, so hats off to Mark Grey who accurately guessed West Ham 3 Boro 0.

Bet of the Week:

Our reigning champ sent in his selections a bit too late to send round (and they were rubbish anyway) so we’ll kick this off in Week 2 with yours truly. We’ll make it a bit easier to follow this season too. If you win a weekly prize you’ll be asked to use your football predicting skills to win the rest some scant consolation. The idea is to advise which 7 teams to select for a £5 accumulator. I’ll be sending round my magnificent seven on Friday…

News:

Remember this from Sep 3rd? “Week 1 scoresheet will be mailed round on Monday 10th September. Cheers, Pab. PS – Week 1 features Spurs – Arsenal, I’m looking at an eight pointer…” Obviously I knew it would be 1-3 (as did four other Gooners and one Sp*rs fan – well done Johnny W!) but our favourite (betting genius) son took it one step further… “Hi Pab, I noticed you mentioned ’8’ points for the Spurs-Ars game a week or two ago in one of your emails, and I thought he could only mean 3-1. You’ve had a few of these predictions come in before so I stuck a few quid on it. I also had Spurs HT, Arsenal FT, as well as Spurs to score first and fail to win. They all came in but I’d have been glad to lose the tenner or so I put on them!!” The man is a bookie bashing legend…

A few bods still haven’t managed to get their money in – this week please or you’re on the “Hall of Shame”!

Things We Would’ve Liked To Hear This Weekend At The Match – “Oh you can freeze 500 mill, and you can freeze 500 more, Cos Thaksin’s got another billion underneath his bedroom floor, SHIN-A-WATRA! SHIN-A-WATRA!” Chant of the season so far, from Man City fans to the tune of The Proclaimers’ “500 miles”.

In that case Predict-A-Score is the cult religion – and you can call me Ron…

P-A-S is back! (forget about those silly fantasy games – this is the real deal!)

We start on weekend 15th/16th September 2007!

If you’re a newcomer (hola!) or a regular (welcome back!), check out the “Rules” – they tell you all you need to know & hopefully it will all make sense!

P-A-S rocks! Don’t take my word for it, check these testimonials…

• “I play P-A-S and I’m not mental” – K Charters
• “I put Palace to win every game. Sometimes they do. It’s all about the long game” – G Blackburn
• “I was sooooo excited and giddy about playing the legendary PAS I wet myself…” – L Gray
• “I know about football and I know PAS not only enhances your judgement for fixed odds betting it can be a considerable source of income in itself” – J Sain
• “I’m a girl and even I won a weekly prize – so two fingers up to you tw*tty boys who think you know everything!” – M Webster
• “I just threw dice for my scores and finished bottom – I don’t recommend this” – A Bennet-Dawson
• “I used to play religiously every season and now I live in Australia!” – J Fonas
• “Don’t let your heart rule your head – Rangers always win 3-0 – it’s a nailed on 7 pointer” – C O’McGoldrick

Anyway… The SPL has already kicked off, so time to start honing those footie predicting skills, watching every game on telly, swotting up on the reports in the papers, poring over the league tables and ignoring every single “tip of the week” from the pro punters – enjoy!

Cheers,
Pab

PS – remember, getting involved will seriously change your Saturday afternoons for 13 weeks and Geoff Stelling will cheer and dismay you in equal measures! Go on, you know you want to…

PPS – seen the Guardian’s “new football game”??? – wonder where they got the idea from?!