The OTF prediction competition

[Sean of the Shed]

Afternoon Shedders, afternoon everyone.

Can't remember who was managing my relegation escape bid last term, but anyway I've sacked him and brought in Tracy Neville. She's hoping to have a baby next year but we should be safe by then

Radical move Dunc, but if you're hovering just above the bottom three around Christmas you'll ditch her for Tony Pulis in a heartbeat.

[Guy Profumo]

First round of games for Saturday 3rd August:

Barnsley v Fulham
Reading v Sheffield Wednesday
Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City
Burton Albion v Ipswich Town
Shrewsbury Town v Portsmouth
Exeter City v Macclesfield Town
Newport County v Mansfield Town
Barnet v Yeovil Town
Boston United v Chester
Hibernian v St Mirren

All games kick off at 3pm BST. For the three point bonus predict which minute the first goal (if any) is scored in the Wigan v Cardiff game.

Standard reply anyway, I think there is genuine value in putting all of them down as home wins.



And 17th

[Sean of the Shed]

Barnsley 1-3 Fulham
Reading 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Cardiff City
Burton Albion 1-1 Ipswich Town
Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Portsmouth
Exeter City 1-1 Macclesfield Town
Newport County 2-1 Mansfield Town
Barnet 2-0 Yeovil Town
Boston United 1-2 Chester
Hibernian 3-1 St Mirren

36th

[Antepli Ejderha]

Barnsley v Fulham 1-2
Reading v Sheffield Wednesday 2-0
Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City 3-0
Burton Albion v Ipswich Town 2-2
Shrewsbury Town v Portsmouth 1-1
Exeter City v Macclesfield Town 0-0
Newport County v Mansfield Town 3-1
Barnet v Yeovil Town 2-1
Boston United v Chester 1-3
Hibernian v St Mirren 2-2

27th minute

If I'm unable to post then can pick 27-0.

[Merseybeast]

Cheers Sean.

Barnsley v Fulham 2-1
Reading v Sheffield Wednesday 0-0
Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City 1-1
Burton Albion v Ipswich Town 2-1
Shrewsbury Town v Portsmouth 1-2
Exeter City v Macclesfield Town 1-0
Newport County v Mansfield Town 1-1
Barnet v Yeovil Town 3-1
Boston United v Chester 0-1
Hibernian v St Mirren 2-1

First Goal: 56th Minute

[irony towers]

Many thanks again, Sean; this is surely what football was invented for.

Barnsley 0-2 Fulham
Reading 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Cardiff City
Burton Albion 1-2 Ipswich Town
Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Portsmouth
Exeter City 4-0 Macclesfield Town
Newport County 1-1 Mansfield Town
Barnet 2-0 Yeovil Town
Boston United 2-1 Chester
Hibernian 3-0 St Mirren

First goal 52nd minute

[jdsx]

Barnsley v Fulham 1-1

Reading v Sheffield Wednesday 1-0

Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City 1-2

Burton Albion v Ipswich Town 1-2

Shrewsbury Town v Portsmouth 1-1

Exeter City v Macclesfield Town 1-0

Newport County v Mansfield Town 1-1

Barnet v Yeovil Town 2-1

Boston United v Chester 0-1

Hibernian v St Mirren 3-0

46th Minute

If we're having 'forgot to post then x-x' scores (personally I wouldn't allow it, but I'm just sad that way), I'll have all 1-0 home wins.

Thanks as ever Sean. Just aiming to finish above those people who usually beat me in Xpert 11, really....

[Sporting]

If I forget to post it's my problem, is what I think. Some commitment is necessary in a game like this.

[Jah Womble]

Hello once again, predictors!

Barnsley 0-1 Fulham
Reading 0-3 Sheffield Wed
Wigan Ath 2-1 Cardiff C
Burton A 0-0 Ipswich T
Shrewsbury T 0-1 Portsmouth
Exeter C 2-1 Macclesfield T
Newport Co 3-1 Mansfield T
Barnet 2-2 Yeovil T
Boston Utd 0-0 Chester
Hibernian 2-0 St Mirren

First goal = 33rd minute

[Sean of the Shed]

If I forget to post it's my problem, is what I think. Some commitment is necessary in a game like this.

This is a fair comment, I think. The past agreement with Guy had never really been a bone of contention because firstly he was the only one and secondly... how can I put this politely... he didn't tend to be troubling the top half of the table, so I just went along with it.

I think Sporting has a point, though. The game requires a certain commitment, which is being arsed to log in once a week and twice at Christmas and predict ten football results. Those who do bother should have an advantage over those who don't.
If you know you that you are going to be away for any rounds then, as I have offered previously, you can arrange to contact me by text. As a result I believe the only fair decision with regard to allowing default scores is that you need to post that week if you want to use your default score like Guy does, but when you fail to post then the response has to be a resounding

[Antepli Ejderha]

This is a fair comment, I think. The past agreement with Guy had never really been a bone of contention because firstly he was the only one and secondly... how can I put this politely... he didn't tend to be troubling the top half of the table, so I just went along with it.

I think Sporting has a point, though. The game requires a certain commitment, which is being arsed to log in once a week and twice at Christmas and predict ten football results. Those who do bother should have an advantage over those who don't.
If you know you that you are going to be away for any rounds then, as I have offered previously, you can arrange to contact me by text. As a result I believe the only fair decision with regard to allowing default scores is that you need to post that week if you want to use your default score like Guy does, but when you fail to post then the response has to be a resounding

I've updated mine.

[Guy Profumo]

Ok.

That's a fair cop

[Stobart]

Thanks Sean.

Barnsley 0-1 Fulham
Reading 0-1 Sheffield Wed
Wigan Ath 1-0 Cardiff C
Burton A 2-0 Ipswich T
Shrewsbury T 1-1 Portsmouth
Exeter C 1-0 Macclesfield T
Newport Co 1-0 Mansfield T
Barnet 1-0 Yeovil T
Boston Utd 1-0 Chester
Hibernian 2-0 St Mirren

First goal = 24th minute

[Logan Mountstuart]

Barnsley 1-2 Fulham
Reading 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Cardiff City
Burton Albion 1-0 Ipswich Town
Shrewsbury Town 1-3 Portsmouth
Exeter City 3-1 Macclesfield Town
Newport County 2-1 Mansfield Tow
Barnet 2-1 Yeovil Town
Boston United 0-1 Chester
Hibernian 3-0 St Mirren

28th minute.

I heartily agree with the general conclusion above. I only managed to win last year because I bloody well posted every week. The years I've been nonchalant I finished nowhere. And every post puts the competition back at the top of the thread list.

The main thing that maintains an interest in this quirky, sedate otf competition and also justifies Sean's diligent stewardship is that you know the other taciturn bastards actually care about the competition as much as you do.

And that we're generally wise old gits who actually know a bit about football, and care a bit about the football league and non - league.

If you win this, you haven't just beaten a load of algorithm gorging spotty oiks like in other competitions.

Oh well, I've done me pep talk as a responsible champion. Challenge me and die, earthlings.

Here's to another year, and good luck everybody. And thanks again, Sean.

[longeared]

Thanks Sean. I look forward to renewing my rivalry with Logan and aim to finish within 60 points of him this year.

Barnsley 1-0 Fulham
Reading 0-5 Sheffield Wednesday
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Cardiff City
Burton Albion 2-1 Ipswich Town
Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Portsmouth
Exeter City 2-1 Sol Campbell's Macclesfield Town
Newport County 1-1 Mansfield Town
Barnet 3-0 Yeovil Town
Boston United 1-2 Chester
Hibernian 2-0 St Mirren

49th minute

[ad hoc]

We're back!

Barnsley 0-1 Fulham
Reading 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Cardiff City
Burton Albion 0-0 Ipswich Town
Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Portsmouth
Exeter City 2-0 Macclesfield Town
Newport County 1-0 Mansfield Tow
Barnet 2-1 Yeovil Town
Boston United 1-1 Chester
Hibernian 3-0 St Mirren

8th minute

[Sean of the Shed]

Latest scores:

Sporting 12
Sits 11
Guy Profumo 6+3
Stobart 9
longeared 8
jdsx 7
Merseybeast 7
ad hoc 6
irony towers 5
Jah Womble 5
Duncan Gardner 4
Logan Mountstuart 4
Antepli Ejderha 2
Sean of the Shed 2

We appear to be a few short from last season, but we are open to entries at any point during the season. Three S's at the top with Sporting leading after the first round with the top score of 12, Sits one behind in second and Stobart third along with Guy Profumo who picked up the three point bonus.

[Sean of the Shed]

Saturday's games:

West Ham United v Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth v Sheffield United
Burnley v Southampton
Crystal Palace v Everton
Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
Birmingham City v Bristol City
Southend United v Blackpool
Plymouth Argyle v Colchester United
Greenwich Borough v Canterbury City

First kick off is the West Ham United v Manchester City game at 12:30pm BST, and for the three point bonus predict the correct attendance at this game.

[irony towers]

West Ham United 1-2 Manchester City

AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Sheffield United

Burnley 1-1 Southampton

Crystal Palace 0-2 Everton

Watford 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Aston Villa

Birmingham City 1-1 Bristol City

Southend United 0-2 Blackpool

Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Colchester United

Greenwich Borough 0-2 Canterbury City

Attendance 59.937

[Sits]

West Ham United 0-2 Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth 1-0 Sheffield United
Burnley 1-0 Southampton
Crystal Palace 1-0 Everton
Watford 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Aston Villa
Birmingham City 1-0 Bristol City
Southend United 0-1 Blackpool
Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Colchester United
Greenwich Borough 0-1 Canterbury City

59,500

[Guy Profumo]

Saturday's games:

West Ham United 0 v 3 Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth 2 v 1 Sheffield United
Burnley 2 v 0 Southampton
Crystal Palace 0 v 0 Everton
Watford 2 v 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 3 v 1 Aston Villa
Birmingham City 2 v 1 Bristol City
Southend United 0 v 3 Blackpool
Plymouth Argyle 2 v 1 Colchester United
Greenwich Borough 1 v 1 Canterbury City

First kick off is the West Ham United v Manchester City game at 12:30pm BST, and for the three point bonus predict the correct attendance at this game.

60,000

[Duncan Gardner]

Saturday's games:

West Ham United 0-2 Manchester City (att 59,999)
AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Sheffield United
Burnley 1-1 Southampton
Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton
Watford 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa
Birmingham City 0-2 Bristol City
Southend United 1-2 Blackpool
Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Colchester United
Greenwich Borough 2-2 Canterbury City

Variously:

EPL Final Table

1 Citeh 2 Mousers 3 Arse 4 ManU 5 Bottomham 6 Leicester 7 Lumplard's
8 Stam 9 Wovles 10 Everton 11 Villa 12 Soton 13 Watford 14 Bournemouth
15 Burnley 16 Norwich 17 Palace 18 Brighton 19 Newcastle 20 Blunts

ECL

1 Leeds 2 Boro

32 Roo-lette starts for Derby 11

SPL

3 Aberdeen 4 Hibees 5 Jambos 6 Killie

NIPL

1 Linfailed 2 Crusaders 3 Criminville 4 Larne 5 Gurntoran 6 Ballymenahey

[Sean of the Shed]

West Ham United 0-3 Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Sheffield United
Burnley 0-1 Southampton
Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton
Watford 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa
Birmingham City 1-1 Bristol City
Southend United 0-2 Blackpool
Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Colchester United
Greenwich Borough 2-1 Canterbury City

58,959

[Antepli Ejderha]

West Ham United v Manchester City 2-4
AFC Bournemouth v Sheffield United 3-1
Burnley v Southampton 1-1
Crystal Palace v Everton 1-2
Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa 2-0
Birmingham City v Bristol City 1-2
Southend United v Blackpool 1-1
Plymouth Argyle v Colchester United 2-1
Greenwich Borough v Canterbury City 2-2

59,727

[Sporting]

West Ham United v Manchester City 0-3
AFC Bournemouth v Sheffield United 1-0
Burnley v Southampton 1-1
Crystal Palace v Everton 1-1
Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa 2-0
Birmingham City v Bristol City 1-1
Southend United v Blackpool 0-2
Plymouth Argyle v Colchester United 2-0
Greenwich Borough v Canterbury City 0-0

59,356