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HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - Lord Snooty - 01-01-2024

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 Twixtmas fixtures and the NYD fixtures.

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.

Postponed matches will only count if the match is re-played before the next Matchday is under way. Abandoned matches will be awarded half the points for the score at the time of abandonment, so 1 point if you have the correct result, 2 points if you have the correct score.






Division One final table for 2023/24:
  1. St Charles Owl = 380 pts
  2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 366 pts
  3. jjamez = 334 pts
  4. themaclad = 313 pts
  5. theo_luddite = 310 pts
  6. neonfoxinthebox = 297 pts

Division One starting line up for 2024:
  1. St Charles Owl = 0 pts
  2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 0 pts
  3. jjamez = 0 pts
  4. themaclad = 0 pts
  5. Lord Snooty = 0 pts
  6. ritchiebaby = 0 pts


FA Cup 3rd round:
Thursday 4th January:

Crystal Palace v Everton

Friday 5th January:
Brentford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday 6th January:
Maidstone United v Stevenage (12:30)
Millwall v Leicester City (12:30)
Sunderland v Newcastle United (12:45)
Hull City v Birmingham City
Newport County v Eastleigh
Norwich City v Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle v Sutton United
Watford v Chesterfield
Chelsea v Preston North End (17:30)
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa (17:30)
Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City v Town (14:00)
Town scorers:
City scorers:

Peterborough United v Leeds United (14:00)
Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham (14:00)
West Bromwich Albion v Aldershot Town (14:00)

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Wednesday January 10th:

Liverpool v Fulham

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League One

Fleetwood Town v Derby County (12:30)


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




Division Two final table for 2023/24:
  1. Lord Snooty = 349 pts
  2. ritchiebaby = 313 pts
  3. WakeyTerrier = 313 pts
  4. Devongone = 298 pts
  5. Amelia Chaffinch = 280 pts
  6. SHEP_HTAFC = 270 pts

Division Two starting line up for 2024:
  1. theo_luddite = 0 pts
  2. neonfoxinthebox = 0 pts
  3. WakeyTerrier = 0 pts
  4. Devongone = 0 pts
  5. Amelia Chaffinch = 0 pts
  6. SHEP_HTAFC = 0 pts



FA Cup 3rd round:
Friday 5th January:

Fulham v Rotherham United
Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley

Saturday 6th January:
AFC Wimbledon v Ipswich Town (12:30)
Coventry City v Oxford United (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Cambridge United
Gillingham v Sheffield United
Southampton v Walsall
Stoke City v Brighton & Hove Albion
Queens Park Rangers v AFC Bournemouth
Swansea City v Morecambe (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City v Town (14:00)
Town scorers:
City scorers:

Luton Town v Bolton Wanderers (14:00)
Nottingham Forest v Blackpool (14:00)
West Ham United v Bristol City (14:00)
Arsenal v Liverpool (16:30)

Monday 8th January:
Wigan Athletic v Manchester United (20:15)

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Tuesday 9th January:

Middlesbrough v Chelsea

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
League Two:

Harrogate Town v Doncaster Rovers (13:00)

Wednesday:
National League:

Chesterfield v Gateshead


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



There will be replays in this season's 3rd round, so if you're predicting a draw, no need to put a winner down.

Edit 2: Loads of players are to be soon leaving for the Africa Cup of Nations and also the Asia Cup. Town's Yuta Nakayama is among them, but also the likes of Mo Salah and Heung-Min Son are likely to be missing for the next month or so. For a full list of players not to pick for your badgers, here's a link. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13039129/which-premier-league-players-will-miss-january-action-through-the-africa-cup-of-nations-and-the-asia-cup


RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - Lord Snooty - 01-01-2024

FA Cup 3rd round:
Thursday 4th January:
Crystal Palace 3-0 Everton

Friday 5th January:
Brentford 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday 6th January:
Maidstone United 0-3 Stevenage (12:30)
Millwall 0-3 Leicester City (12:30)
Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle United (12:45)
Hull City 2-1 Birmingham City
Newport County 2-2 Eastleigh
Norwich City 3-2 Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle 4-0 Sutton United
Watford 1-1 Chesterfield
Chelsea 3-0 Preston North End (17:30)
Middlesbrough 1-3 Aston Villa (17:30)
Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Cardiff City (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City 2-1 Town (14:00) Laugh
Town scorers: Helik
City scorers: de Bruyne, Grealish

Peterborough United 1-0 Leeds United (14:00)
Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Wrexham (14:00)
West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Aldershot Town (14:00)

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Wednesday January 10th:
Liverpool 3-1 Fulham

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League One
Fleetwood Town 1-1 Derby County (12:30)


Badger Danny Cad's lad scores for Chef Wendy
Badger Salah Diogo Jota scores for Liverpool
Badger Whittaker scores for Plymouth

Mighty have to edit Salah. He's off to the African Cup.


RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - theo_luddite - 02-01-2024

FA Cup 3rd round:
Friday 5th January:
Fulham 3v0 Rotherham United
Tottenham Hotspur 2v1 Burnley

Saturday 6th January:
AFC Wimbledon 0v2 Ipswich Town (12:30)
Coventry City 2v0 Oxford United (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers 2v1 Cambridge United
Gillingham 1v2 Sheffield United
Southampton 3v0 Walsall Laugh
Stoke City 1v2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Queens Park Rangers 1v1 AFC Bournemouth
Swansea City 2v1 Morecambe (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City 5v1 Town (14:00)
Town scorers: Rudoni
City scorers: Grealish, Alvarez, Foden, De Bruyne, Ake

Luton Town 2v1 Bolton Wanderers (14:00)
Nottingham Forest 2v1 Blackpool (14:00)
West Ham United 3v1 Bristol City (14:00)
Arsenal 2v2 Liverpool (16:30)

Monday 8th January:
Wigan Athletic 1v3 Manchester United (20:15)

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Tuesday 9th January:
Middlesbrough 1v3 Chelsea

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
League Two:
Harrogate Town 2v1 Doncaster Rovers (13:00)

Wednesday:
National League:
Chesterfield 2v1 Gateshead


Badger Chaplin scores for Ipswich
Badger Bowen scores for West Ham
Badger Elliot scores for Liverpool


RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - ritchiebaby - 02-01-2024

FA Cup 3rd round:
Thursday 4th January:
Crystal Palace 2 v 1 Everton

Friday 5th January:
Brentford 1 v 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday 6th January:
Maidstone United 0 v 2 Stevenage (12:30)
Millwall 0 v 3 Leicester City (12:30)
Sunderland 2 v 2 Newcastle United (12:45)
Hull City 2 v 0 Birmingham City
Newport County 3 v 2 Eastleigh
Norwich City 2 v 1 Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle 4 v 2 Sutton United
Watford 2 v 2 Chesterfield
Chelsea 4 v 2 Preston North End (17:30)
Middlesbrough 1 v 3 Aston Villa (17:30)
Sheffield Wednesday 1 v 1 Cardiff City (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City 6 v 1 Town (14:00)
Town scorers: Koroma
City scorers: De Bruyne, Bobb, Nunez, Lewis, Hamilton, Alvarez

Peterborough United 0 v 3 Leeds United (14:00)
Shrewsbury Town 1 v 2 Wrexham (14:00)
West Bromwich Albion 4 v 1 Aldershot Town (14:00) Laugh

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Wednesday January 10th:
Liverpool 3 v 1 Fulham

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League One
Fleetwood Town 1 v 2 Derby County (12:30)


Badger Hwang Cunha scores for Wolves
Badger Whittaker scores for Plymouth
Badger Thomas-Assante Reach scores for West Brom


RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - SHEP_HTAFC - 03-01-2024

FA Cup 3rd round:
Friday 5th January:
Fulham 4 v 0 Rotherham United
Tottenham Hotspur 2 v 1 Burnley

Saturday 6th January:
AFC Wimbledon 1 v 3 Ipswich Town (12:30)
Coventry City 3 v 0 Oxford United (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers 2 v 0 Cambridge United
Gillingham 0 v 3 Sheffield United
Southampton 4 v 0 Walsall
Stoke City 1 v 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Queens Park Rangers 1 v 3 AFC Bournemouth
Swansea City 4 v 1 Morecambe (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City 6 v 0 Town (14:00) Laugh
Town scorers:
City scorers: Grealish, Alvarez, Foden, Rhodri, De Bruyne, Silva

Luton Town 3 v 1 Bolton Wanderers (14:00)
Nottingham Forest 4 v 1 Blackpool (14:00)
West Ham United 3 v 0 Bristol City (14:00)
Arsenal 1 v 2 Liverpool (16:30)

Monday 8th January:
Wigan Athletic 2 v 3 Manchester United (20:15)

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Tuesday 9th January:
Middlesbrough 1 v 3 Chelsea

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
League Two:
Harrogate Town 2 v 1 Doncaster Rovers (13:00)

Wednesday:
National League:
Chesterfield 2 v 0 Gateshead


Badger Kulisevsky scores for Spurs
Badger Bowen scores for West Ham
Badger Jota scores for Liverpool


RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - Baggiebob(BBB) - 04-01-2024

Division One final table for 2023/24:
  1. St Charles Owl = 380 pts               :: THIS FINAL TOTAL CONFUSES ME

  2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 366 pts

  3. jjamez = 334 pts

  4. themaclad = 313 pts

  5. theo_luddite = 310 pts

  6. neonfoxinthebox = 297 pts


Division One starting line up for 2024:
  1. St Charles Owl = 0 pts

  2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 0 pts

  3. jjamez = 0 pts

  4. themaclad = 0 pts

  5. Lord Snooty = 0 pts

  6. ritchiebaby = 0 pts



FA Cup 3rd round:
Thursday 4th January:

Crystal Palace v Everton  O-1

Friday 5th January:
Brentford v Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2

Saturday 6th January:
Maidstone United v Stevenage (12:30) O-1
Millwall v Leicester City (12:30) 1-1
Sunderland v Newcastle United (12:45) O-1
Hull City v Birmingham City 1-O
Newport County v Eastleigh O-1
Norwich City v Bristol Rovers 2-O
Plymouth Argyle v Sutton United 2-O
Watford v Chesterfield 2-O
Chelsea v Preston North End (17:30) 2-O
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa (17:30) O-2 GB/JOKER
Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City (17:30) O-1

Sunday 7th January:
Man City v Town (14:00) 3-1
Town scorers: KOROMA
City scorers: BOBB - NUNEZ-GREALISH

Peterborough United v Leeds United (14:00) 1-2
Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham (14:00) 1-2
West Bromwich Albion v Aldershot Town (14:00) 2-O

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Wednesday January 10th:

Liverpool v Fulham 2-1

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League One

Fleetwood Town v Derby County (12:30) O-3


[Image: badger.jpg] *** scores for *** summerville -Leeds
[Image: badger.jpg] *** scores for *** Connelly - Hull
[Image: badger.jpg] *** scores for **
Watkins - Villa


RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - themaclad - 04-01-2024

FA Cup 3rd round:
Thursday 4th January:
Crystal Palace1 v 0Everton

Friday 5th January:
Brentford1 v 0Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday 6th January:
Maidstone United0 v 2Stevenage (12:30)
Millwall 0v1 Leicester City (12:30)
Sunderland1 v 1Newcastle United (12:45)
Hull City0 v1 Birmingham City
Newport County2 v 0Eastleigh
Norwich City2 v0 Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle 3v 0Sutton United
Watford2 v1 Chesterfield
Chelsea3 v0 Preston North End (17:30)
Middlesbrough 1v 1Aston Villa (17:30)
Sheffield Wednesday 1v1 Cardiff City (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City 4v 0Town (14:00)
Town scorers:Alvarez, De Bruyne Walker, Bobb
City scorers:

Peterborough United 2v3 Leeds United (14:00)
Shrewsbury Town0 v 1Wrexham (14:00)
West Bromwich Albion3 v 0Aldershot Town (14:00)

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Wednesday January 10th:
Liverpool2 v 0Fulham

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League One
Fleetwood Town 0v2 Derby County (12:30)


Badger Collins scores for Derby
Badger Bamford scores for Leeds
Badger Swift scores for WBA


RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - Devongone - 04-01-2024

FA Cup 3rd round:
Friday 5th January:
Fulham 1 v 0 Rotherham United
Tottenham Hotspur 4 v 2 Burnley

Saturday 6th January:
AFC Wimbledon 0 v 3 Ipswich Town (12:30)
Coventry City 1 v 2 Oxford United (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers 5 v 1 Cambridge United
Gillingham 1 v 2 Sheffield United
Southampton 2 v 0 Walsall
Stoke City 2 v 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Queens Park Rangers 0 v 3 AFC Bournemouth
Swansea City 0 v 1 Morecambe (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City 5 v 1 Town (14:00) Laugh
Town scorers: Koroma
City scorers: Bobb, Alvarez, Foden, Rodri, De Bruyne, Akanji

Luton Town 0 v 1 Bolton Wanderers (14:00)
Nottingham Forest 2 v 1 Blackpool (14:00)
West Ham United 1 v 0 Bristol City (14:00)
Arsenal 2 v 0 Liverpool (16:30)

Monday 8th January:
Wigan Athletic 1 v 3 Manchester United (20:15)

Caribou Cup Frozen Tundra semi finals 1st Arctic leg:
Tuesday 9th January:
Middlesbrough 1 v 1 Chelsea

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
League Two:
Harrogate Town 0 v 1 Doncaster Rovers (13:00)

Wednesday:
National League:
Chesterfield 1 v 1 Gateshead


Badger Sammy Smudzgsyt scores for Blackburn
Badger Dion Charles scores for Ian's Evatt Notlob
Badger Mara scores for Southampton

Equal top today, bottom come Wednesday night


RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - jjamez - 04-01-2024

FA Cup 3rd round:
Thursday 4th January:
Crystal Palace 2-1 Everton

Friday 5th January:
Brentford 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday 6th January:
Maidstone United 0-2 Stevenage (12:30)
Millwall 1-3 Leicester City (12:30)
Sunderland 1-2 Newcastle United (12:45)
Hull City 2-0 Birmingham City
Newport County 1-0 Eastleigh
Norwich City 4-0 Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Sutton United
Watford 3-0 Chesterfield
Chelsea 3-0 Preston North End (17:30)
Middlesbrough 1-2 Aston Villa (17:30)
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Cardiff City (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City 5-0Town (14:00)
Town scorers:
City scorers: de bruyne, Alvarez, bobb, Silva, stones

Peterborough United 0-3 Leeds United (14:00)
Shrewsbury Town 2-2 Wrexham (14:00)
West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Aldershot Town (14:00)

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Wednesday January 10th:
Liverpool 3-0 Fulham

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League One
Fleetwood Town 1-2 Derby County (12:30)


Badger mullin scores for wrexham
Badger isak scores for Newcastle
Badger olise scores for palace


RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 1 - St Charles Owl - 04-01-2024

FA Cup 3rd round:
Thursday 4th January:
Crystal Palace 2 v 1 Everton

Friday 5th January:
Brentford 1 v 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday 6th January:
Maidstone United 1 v 3 Stevenage (12:30)
Millwall 1 v 2 Leicester City (12:30)
Sunderland 1 v 3 Newcastle United (12:45)
Hull City 2 v 0 Birmingham City
Newport County 2 v 1 Eastleigh
Norwich City 3 v 0 Bristol Rovers Laugh
Plymouth Argyle 3 v 1 Sutton United
Watford 2 v 2 Chesterfield
Chelsea 4 v 0 Preston North End (17:30)
Middlesbrough 1 v 2 Aston Villa (17:30)
Sheffield Wednesday 2 v 1 Cardiff City (17:30)

Sunday 7th January:
Man City 4 v 2 Town (14:00)
Town scorers: Helik, Koroma
City scorers: Bobb, Grealish, Hamilton, Phillips

Peterborough United 2 v 1 Leeds United (14:00)
Shrewsbury Town 2 v 3 Wrexham (14:00)
West Bromwich Albion 3 v 1 Aldershot Town (14:00)

Carabooboo Cup semi finals 1st leg:
Wednesday January 10th:
Liverpool 3 v 1 Fulham

Bonus match:
Saturday:
League One
Fleetwood Town 1 v 3 Derby County (12:30)


Badger Lee scores for Wrexham
Badger Collins scores for Derby
Badger Isak scores for Newcastle