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HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - Lord Snooty - 24-09-2023

2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score   Laugh (correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)
Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Random Badger gives you 2 points Badger

The random badger 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...."  Rolleyes
The joker  Laugh 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. Wink
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.  Rolleyes

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. Whistle

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.  Whistle

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 Badger 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.......


Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***

Any of those will score two points if correct. No minus points for getting it wrong.

The joker  Laugh will still be the same as before, ie doubling your points for a correct prediction or minus 2 for getting it wrong.


Division One table after Matchday 8:
  1. St Charles Owl = 150 pts
  2. neonfoxinthebox = 135 pts
  3. Baggiebob(BBB) = 124 pts
  4. jjamez = 123 pts
  5. theo_luddite = 112 pts
  6. themaclad = 111 pts


Saturday 30th September:
Town v Ipswich
Town scorers:
Ipswich scorers:

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham v Town
Town scorers:
Birmingham scorers:

Ipswich Town v Hull City
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City
Plymouth Argyle v Millwall
Stoke City v Southampton
West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield Wednesday

Wednesday 4th October:
Coventry City v Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United v Queens Park Rangers
Leicester City v Preston North End
Sunderland v Watford
Swansea City v Norwich City
Rotherham United v Bristol City (20:00)

Bonus matches:
Champions League:
Tuesday:
Lens v Arsenal

Wednesday:
Celtic v Lazio
Newcastle United v Paris Saint Germain


Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***



Division Two table after Matchday 8:
  1. Lord Snooty = 139 pts
  2. ritchiebaby = 115 pts
  3. SHEP_HTAFC = 109 pts
  4. Amelia Chaffinch = 100 pts
  5. WakeyTerrier = 97 pts
  6. Devongone = 92 pts



Friday 29th September:
Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland

Saturday 30th September:
Town v Ipswich
Town scorers:
Ipswich scorers:

Southampton v Leeds United (12:30)
Bristol City v Stoke City
Cardiff City v Rotherham United
Hull City v Plymouth Argyle
Millwall v Swansea City
Norwich City v Birmingham City
Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion
Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City
Watford v Middlesbrough

Sunday 1st October:
Blackburn Rovers v Leicester City (12:00)

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham v Town
Town scorers:
Birmingham scorers:

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Scottish Premiership:
Hibernian v Dundee

National League:
Maidenhead United v Chesterfield

Champions League:
Tuesday:
Manchester United v Galatasaray


Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***

RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - Amelia Chaffinch - 24-09-2023

In reply to your PM, Snoots, I'm sat next to you.

RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - Lord Snooty - 24-09-2023

(24-09-2023, 18:36)Amelia Chaffinch Wrote: In reply to your PM, Snoots, I'm sat next to you.

Yes. But you never listen to a word I say. Whistle

RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - Devongone - 24-09-2023

But if she started she might not want to sit next to you ...........

RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - Amelia Chaffinch - 25-09-2023

Friday 29th September:
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Sunderland

Saturday 30th September:
Town 3-2 Ipswich
Town scorers: Koroma, Hudlin, BorgZorg or whatever.
Ipswich scorers:

Southampton 2-0 Leeds United (12:30)
Bristol City 1-2 Stoke City
Cardiff City 2-1 Rotherham United
Hull City 1-2 Plymouth Argyle
Millwall 2-1 Swansea City
Norwich City 2-2 Birmingham City
Preston North End 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Coventry City
Watford 2-0 Middlesbrough

Sunday 1st October:
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leicester City (12:00)

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham 2-2 Town
Town scorers: Yuto, Rudoni
Birmingham scorers:

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Scottish Premiership:
Hibernian 3-2 Dundee

National League:
Maidenhead United 1-3 Chesterfield

Champions League:
Tuesday:
Manchester United 2-1 Galatasaray

RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - theo_luddite - 28-09-2023

Good one Devon Thumb up Laugh

Saturday 30th September:
Town 2v2 Ipswich
Town scorers: Rudoni, Thomas
Ipswich scorers: Broadhead, Hirst

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham 2v2 Town
Town scorers: Koroma, Hudlin
Birmingham scorers: Stansfield, Jutkiewicz

Ipswich Town 2v1 Hull City
Middlesbrough 1v0 Cardiff City
Plymouth Argyle 1v2 Millwall
Stoke City 2v0 Southampton
West Bromwich Albion 4v1 Sheffield Wednesday

Wednesday 4th October:
Coventry City 2v2 Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United 2v0 Queens Park Rangers
Leicester City 2v1 Preston North End
Sunderland 3v1 Watford
Swansea City 1v3 Norwich City
Rotherham United 2v1 Bristol City (20:00)

Bonus matches:
Champions League:
Tuesday:
Lens 0v1 Arsenal

Wednesday:
Celtic 1v2 Lazio
Newcastle United 2v2 Paris Saint Germain


Badger Rudoni scores for Town
Badger Broadhead scores for Ipswich
Badger McAteer scores for Leicester

RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - SHEP_HTAFC - 28-09-2023

Friday 29th September:
Sheffield Wednesday 1 v 3 Sunderland

Saturday 30th September:
Town 1 v 3 Ipswich
Town scorers: Burgzorg
Ipswich scorers: Hirst, Clarke, Broadhead

Southampton 2 v 2 Leeds United (12:30)
Bristol City 1 v 1 Stoke City
Cardiff City 2 v 1 Rotherham United
Hull City 4 v 3 Plymouth Argyle
Millwall 1 v 0 Swansea City
Norwich City 2 v 1 Birmingham City
Preston North End 1 v 2 West Bromwich Albion
Queens Park Rangers 1 v 1 Coventry City
Watford 2 v 0 Middlesbrough

Sunday 1st October:
Blackburn Rovers 2 v 3 Leicester City (12:00)

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham 1 v 2 Town
Town scorers: Koroma, Rudoni
Birmingham scorers: Stansfield

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Scottish Premiership:
Hibernian 2 v 1 Dundee

National League:
Maidenhead United 1 v 1 Chesterfield

Champions League:
Tuesday:
Manchester United 4 v 0 Galatasaray


Badger Martial scores for Man Ure
Badger Vardy scores for Leicester
Badger Fernandes scores for Man Ure

Snoots....I am away on Tue to Thailand for a month....think my predictions will be haphazard.....If I miss any can you put me down for all 2-1 home wins please.

RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - ritchiebaby - 28-09-2023

Friday 29th September:
Sheffield Wednesday 1 v 3 Sunderland

Saturday 30th September:
Town 1 v 2 Ipswich
Town scorers: Hudlin
Ipswich scorers: Hutchinson, Ladapo

Southampton 0 v 2 Leeds United (12:30)
Bristol City 2 v 1 Stoke City
Cardiff City 3 v 1 Rotherham United
Hull City 2 v 2 Plymouth Argyle
Millwall 2 v 1 Swansea City
Norwich City 2 v 1 Birmingham City
Preston North End 2 v 0 West Bromwich Albion
Queens Park Rangers 1 v 1 Coventry City
Watford 2 v 2 Middlesbrough

Sunday 1st October:
Blackburn Rovers 1 v 3 Leicester City (12:00)

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham 1 v 1 Town
Town scorers: Helik
Birmingham scorers: Jutkiewicz

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Scottish Premiership:
Hibernian 3 v 2 Dundee

National League:
Maidenhead United 1 v 3 Chesterfield

Champions League:
Tuesday:
Manchester United 3 v 1 Galatasaray

Badger Clarke scores for Sunderland
Badger Le Fondre scores for Hibs
Badger Fernandes scores for Man Utd

RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - themaclad - 28-09-2023

Saturday 30th September:
Town1 v 2 Ipswich
Town scorers:Rudon1
Ipswich scorers:Burns Broadhurst

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham1 v0 Town
Town scorers:
Birmingham scorers:Stansfield

Ipswich Town2 v0 Hull City
Middlesbrough2 v 1Cardiff City
Plymouth Argyle 1v0 Millwall
Stoke City1 v 1Southampton
West Bromwich Albion2 v0 Sheffield Wednesday

Wednesday 4th October:
Coventry City1 v1 Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United2 v 0Queens Park Rangers
Leicester City2 v1 Preston North End
Sunderland1 v 0Watford
Swansea City1 v1 Norwich City
Rotherham United1 v0 Bristol City (20:00)

Bonus matches:
Champions League:
Tuesday:
Lens 0v 2Arsenal Big Grin

Wednesday:
Celtic 0v 1Lazio
Newcastle United1 v1 Paris Saint Germain

Badger Saka for Arsenal
Badger Piroe for Leeds
Badger Hugill for Rotherham

RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 9 - WakeyTerrier - 28-09-2023

Friday 29th September:
Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland 1-2

Saturday 30th September:
Town v Ipswich 2-2
Town scorers: Rudoni and Thomas
Ipswich scorers: Hirstx2

Southampton v Leeds United (12:30) 1-3
Bristol City v Stoke City 2-2
Cardiff City v Rotherham United 2-0
Hull City v Plymouth Argyle 2-0
Millwall v Swansea City 1-2
Norwich City v Birmingham City 2-0
Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion 2-1
Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City 1-1
Watford v Middlesbrough 1-2

Sunday 1st October:
Blackburn Rovers v Leicester City (12:00) 1-2

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham v Town 1-2
Town scorers: Koroma and Pearson
Birmingham scorers:???

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Scottish Premiership:
Hibernian v Dundee 2-2

National League:
Maidenhead United v Chesterfield 1-3

Champions League:
Tuesday:
Manchester United v Galatasaray 2-0