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HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - Lord Snooty - 27-07-2023
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score
Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Random Badger gives you 2 points
The random badger
is used for any random prediction used once in each matchday sequence. For instance, a scorer at a particular match, the number of red cards in the matches or yellow cards or own goals or owt you want really within reason, I do need to be able to check whether it's correct or not. Please don't put stuff like....."Commentator says...." 
The joker
is played for one match in each sequence and if correct you get double points. So if you've predicted 1-0 and it finishes 2-0, you get 4 pts, but if you've predicted 2-0, that's 8 pts. But if you get it wrong, it's minus 2.Jokers and badgers are optional. You don't have to play one if you don't want.
The prize for winning the league is one rep point.
Cup games: In the event of a draw, it's half the points if you've predicted a draw when it gets to 90 mins and the full points if it's still a draw after extra time. Half the points will be awarded for correctly predicting the winner of the match if it goes to penalties. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.
Random score generator: I will be using the random score generator again for those who miss predicting, so we shouldn't get some people too far behind that after missing a couple of weeks they lose all interest, because I know it's not easy getting on here every week.
To be fair to everybody, this is going to be like, say if three people in one week miss their predictions, the first one in the table will be given all 0-0, the second one down the line will get 1-0 and the third will get 0-1 and so on, like if there's four missing the 4th will get 1-1, then 5th 2-1, 6th 1-2. and if there are so many missing, might as well pack in.
And if you miss two weeks on the trot, I'll stop until you come back on again. Not doing it for half a season like I did t'other year.
End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.
The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point.
So we have a new format for this season, which I put forward as an idea at the end of last season. Nobody offered any objections so here it is explained......
Firstly, I thought it was getting a bit boring towards the end with the league format as it was with the champion being so far ahead and everybody else not much to play for apart from the push for a play off spot, which was a bit of an anticlimax anyway. The most exciting bit was the tussle for 8th, 9th and 10th positions with Shep, Ritchie and Amelia.
So I'm splitting the group up into two groups with the top six from last season in the top group and the bottom six in group 2. At the end of the season, the winner of group 2 and the bottom of group 1 will swap places in what is commonly known as "promotion" and "relegation". It's something that most football fans will be familiar with, unless you're a fan of Liverpool or Arsenal or one of those other fashionable clubs.
The second placed player in group 2 will then have a play off with the player who finishes second from the bottom in group 1 to decide whether they will be going up, down or staying where they are.
We're going to have two seasons in one though, just to try and make it a bit more interesting and not so long drawn out. The first season will end on the Boxing Day fixtures, with the play offs being on the dates of the New Years Day games and the FA Cup 3rd round weekend.
The second season will start the following week, finishing on the last game of the Championship season. Then another period of relegation/promotion play off games, taking in such fixtures as the EFL play offs, FA Cup Final, UEFA finals and such like.
Each group will have it's own set of fixtures. Both groups will have the Town games, with scorers to predict as before. Then it will be a split of Championship fixtures and bonus matches. And not as many fixtures to go at. Hopefully around ten, eleven or twelve games per Matchday.
The rest of the rules will be the same as before apart from the
which will still be in use, but I'm going to get arsey about it. Sometimes in the past, I've been able to just award two points immediately because it was such a nailed on thing to happen. Not accusing anyone of cheating. Far from it. I didn't put any boundaries on it, so anything was alright. So now I'm restricting it to three goal scorers in any of the games in your group. Sorry to all our more adventurous badgerers.Here's how that will appear at the end of the fixture list. All you have to do is fill in the blanks.......
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***Any of those will score two points if correct. No minus points for getting it wrong.
The joker
will still be the same as before, ie doubling your points for a correct prediction or minus 2 for getting it wrong.Division One:
- jjamez
- Baggiebob(BBB)
- themaclad
- theo_luddite
- St Charles Owl
- neonfoxinthebox
Friday 4th August:
Sheffield Wednesday v Southampton
Saturday 5th August:
Plymouth v Town
Town scorers:
Plymouth scorers:
Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion
Bristol City v Preston North End
Stoke City v Rotherham United
Sunday 6th August:
Sunderland v Ipswich Town (17:00)
Carabooboo Cup rd1:
Tuesday 8th August:
Town v Middlesbrough (19:00)
Town scorers:
Boro scorers:
Derby County v Blackpool
Harrogate Town v Carlisle United
Wrexham v Wigan Athletic
Millwall v Reading
Wednesday 9th August:
Burton Albion v Leicester City
Bonus match:
Sunday 6th August:
Community Shield:
Manchester City v Arsenal (16:00)
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***Division Two:
- Lord Snooty
- ritchiebaby
- SHEP_HTAFC
- Amelia Chaffinch
- Devongone
- WakeyTerrier
Saturday 5th August:
Plymouth v Town
Town scorers:
Plymouth scorers:
Middlesbrough v Millwall
Norwich City v Hull City
Swansea City v Birmingham City
Watford v Queens Park Rangers
Sunday 6th August:
Leicester City v Coventry City (12:00)
Leeds United v Cardiff City (14:30)
Carabooboo Cup rd1:
Tuesday 8th August:
Town v Middlesbrough (19:00)
Town scorers:
Boro scorers:
Accrington Stanley v Bradford City
Notts County v Lincoln City
Sheffield Wednesday v Stockport County
Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion
Bonus match:
Sunday 6th August:
Community Shield:
Manchester City v Arsenal (16:00)
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - themaclad - 27-07-2023
Message received and possibly understood
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - Lord Snooty - 27-07-2023
Does go on a bit.
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - ritchiebaby - 27-07-2023
Think I've got it, Snooty. Time will tell. Well done on your explanations, though. Reminds me a bit of your mammoth match threads!
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - WakeyTerrier - 28-07-2023
Nice and early for this one
Saturday 5th August:
Plymouth v Town 2-1
Town scorers: Koroma
Plymouth scorers: Mumba, Whittaker
Middlesbrough v Millwall 2-1
Norwich City v Hull City 0-1
Swansea City v Birmingham City 0-1
Watford v Queens Park Rangers 0-0
Sunday 6th August:
Leicester City v Coventry City (12:00) 2-0
Leeds United v Cardiff City (14:30) 1-0
Carabooboo Cup rd1:
Tuesday 8th August:
Town v Middlesbrough (19:00) 2-2
Town scorers: Ward, Diarra
Boro scorers: Crooks x2
Accrington Stanley v Bradford City 2-1
Notts County v Lincoln City 1-2
Sheffield Wednesday v Stockport County 0-1
Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion 1-2
Bonus match:
Sunday 6th August:
Community Shield:
Manchester City v Arsenal (16:00) 2-2
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - theo_luddite - 28-07-2023
Let's get the party started
Division One:
jjamez
Baggiebob(BBB)
themaclad
theo_luddite
St Charles Owl
neonfoxinthebox
Friday 4th August:
Sheffield Wednesday 1v1 Southampton
Saturday 5th August:
Plymouth 2v2 Town
Town scorers: Rudoni, Ward
Plymouth scorers: Hardie, Whittaker
Blackburn Rovers 1v2 West Bromwich Albion
Bristol City 1v2 Preston North End
Stoke City 2v0 Rotherham United
Sunday 6th August:
Sunderland 1v0 Ipswich Town (17:00)
Carabooboo Cup rd1:
Tuesday 8th August:
Town 2v0 Middlesbrough (19:00)
Town scorers: Harratt, Hudlin
Boro scorers:
Derby County 1v0 Blackpool
Harrogate Town 2v1 Carlisle United
Wrexham 3v2 Wigan Athletic
Millwall 1v0 Reading
Wednesday 9th August:
Burton Albion 1v3 Leicester City
(watch Burton bite me on the arse)
Bonus match:
Sunday 6th August:
Community Shield:
Manchester City 2v1 Arsenal (16:00)
Foden scores for Man City Haaland scores for Man City Smith Rowe scores for Arsenal
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - St Charles Owl - 28-07-2023
Friday 4th August:
Sheffield Wednesday 2 v 1 Southampton
Saturday 5th August:
Plymouth 2 v 1 Town
Town scorers: Koroma
Plymouth scorers: Whittaker, Mumba
Blackburn Rovers 2 v 1 West Bromwich Albion
Bristol City 1 v 1 Preston North End
Stoke City 3 v 1 Rotherham United
Sunday 6th August:
Sunderland 2 v 2 Ipswich Town (17:00)
Carabooboo Cup rd1:
Tuesday 8th August:
Town 1 v 3 Middlesbrough (19:00)
Town scorers: Koroma
Boro scorers: Akpom, Crookes, Van den Berg
Derby County 2 v 1 Blackpool
Harrogate Town 0 v 2 Carlisle United
Wrexham 3 v 0 Wigan Athletic
Millwall 2 v 0 Reading
Wednesday 9th August:
Burton Albion 1 v 4 Leicester City
Bonus match:
Sunday 6th August:
Community Shield:
Manchester City 1 v 2 Arsenal (16:00)
Windass scores for SWFC Akpom scores for Middlesbrough Chaplin scores for Ipswich
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - Lord Snooty - 29-07-2023
Spireitematt's Chesterfield Prediction League is now up and running if any of you feel that you're not getting enough predictioning in.
https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?pid=254217#pid254217
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - neonfoxinthebox - 30-07-2023
Friday 4th August:
Sheffield Wednesday v Southampton 1-2
Saturday 5th August:
Plymouth v Town 1-2
Town scorers: Ward Rudoni
Plymouth scorers: Hardie
Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion 1-1
Bristol City v Preston North End 1-0
Stoke City v Rotherham United 2-1 ?
Sunday 6th August:
Sunderland v Ipswich Town (17:00) 2-1
Carabooboo Cup rd1:
Tuesday 8th August:
Town v Middlesbrough (19:00) 1-1
Town scorers: Ward
Boro scorers: Akpom
Derby County v Blackpool 2-1
Harrogate Town v Carlisle United 1-1
Wrexham v Wigan Athletic 1-0
Millwall v Reading 2-0
Wednesday 9th August:
Burton Albion v Leicester City 0-2
Bonus match:
Sunday 6th August:
Community Shield:
Manchester City v Arsenal (16:00) 2-2
Adams southampton
Sargent Norwich
Campbell Stoke
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 1 - Lord Snooty - 31-07-2023
Saturday 5th August:
Plymouth 1-2 Town
Town scorers: Ward, Koroma
Plymouth scorers: Edwards
Middlesbrough 1-1 Millwall
Norwich City 0-2 Hull City
Swansea City 2-1 Birmingham City
Watford 3-0 Queens Park Rangers
Sunday 6th August:
Leicester City 4-0 Coventry City (12:00)
Leeds United 1-1 Cardiff City (14:30)
Carabooboo Cup rd1:
Tuesday 8th August:
Town 1-0 Middlesbrough (19:00)
Town scorers: Pearson
Boro scorers:
Accrington Stanley 2-1 Bradford City
Notts County 1-2 Lincoln City
Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Stockport County
Stoke City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
Bonus match:
Sunday 6th August:
Community Shield:
Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal (16:00)
Haaland scores for Man City Vardy scores for Leicester Grant scores for Cardiff