Posted October 28, 201014 yr Time for the next round of this easy to enter game after another international break. You can now win points for your team from this game. It is all about the time when goals are scored. For each match, you need to predict the time of the first goal and the last significant goal. What is the last significant goal? It is the goal which decides who wins the match or whether it is a draw. For example, if the match finishes 3-1, the last significant goal is the winning team’s second goal. Just as an extra twist, own goals do not count. So, in the above example, if the second goal was an own goal, the winning team’s third goal is the one that counts. For the purposes of the game, the score was 2-1 not 3-1. The times of the goals and the identity of the scorer (i.e. whether or not it was an own goal) will be taken from the BBC website the day after the match. If the dubious goals committee later change the scorer, that will not affect this game. Scoring is simple. For each match, you score the difference between your prediction and the actual result. For example, assume you predict that the first goal will be scored in the 17th minute and the last significant goal will be in the 56th minute. The match finishes 1-0 with the goal (which will also be the last significant goal) in the 40th minute. Your score would be 23 + 16 = 39. If a match finishes 0-0, the correct prediction would be 0 for the first goal and 90 for the last significant goal. You cannot simply enter the same numbers for each match. There will be a winner each week with an overall winner at the end of the season (as long as it lasts that long). The winner will be decided by the player’s average score so it doesn’t matter if you miss the odd week. However, to be included in the overall competition you must enter at least ten times, including at least three times in the last five rounds of matches. Entries should be made in this thread. That may change for the last few rounds of matches. If you change your user name, please remind me of your previous name the first time you use it so that I can keep your entries together. The deadline for weekend matches (including Monday night games) will usually be noon on the Saturday. The deadline for midweek games (assuming at least eight games are scheduled) will be 7 pm on the Tuesday. These deadlines may be slightly different over Christmas / New Year. Postponed games will not count. All predictions for these games will be ignored. Any questions, please ask. As there is no early kick off the deadline is 14.45 on Saturday
October 28, 201014 yr Author This week's fixtures Saturday Arsenal v West Ham Blackburn v Chelsea Everton v Stoke Fulham v Wigan Wolves v Manchester C Manchester U v Tottenham Sunday Aston Villa v Birmingham Newcastle v Sunderland Bolton v Liverpool Monday Blackpool v West Brom
October 29, 201014 yr Arsenal v West Ham 27,52 Blackburn v Chelsea 33, 33 Everton v Stoke 47, 88 Fulham v Wigan 13, 72 Wolves v Manchester C 22, 22 Manchester U v Tottenham 34, 78 Aston Villa v Birmingham 42, 81 Newcastle v Sunderland 67, 67 Bolton v Liverpool ]71, 90 Blackpool v West Brom 39, 75
October 29, 201014 yr Hmm so if i'm only the second person to reply and no one else does so by the start of the matches tomorrow... I'm gunna be top 2. Huzzah :cheer: Arsenal v West Ham 12, 58 Blackburn v Chelsea 56, 56 Everton v Stoke 66, 79 Fulham v Wigan 22, 70 Wolves v Manchester C 29, 62 Manchester U v Tottenham 25, 78 Aston Villa v Birmingham 42, 81 Newcastle v Sunderland 30, 77 Bolton v Liverpool 0, 90 (This IS what you put for a 0-0 draw right?) Blackpool v West Brom 62, 62
October 30, 201014 yr Arsenal v West Ham 12, 33 Blackburn v Chelsea 18, 45 Everton v Stoke 33, 89 Fulham v Wigan 27, 63 Wolves v Manchester C 25, 25 Manchester U v Tottenham 17, 90 Aston Villa v Birmingham 13, 65 Newcastle v Sunderland 22, 57 Bolton v Liverpool 48, 55 Blackpool v West Brom 35, 35
October 30, 201014 yr Author Saturday Arsenal v West Ham 13, 22 Blackburn v Chelsea 16, 36 Everton v Stoke 31, 78 Fulham v Wigan 0, 90 Wolves v Manchester C 19, 34 Manchester U v Tottenham 20, 69 Sunday Aston Villa v Birmingham 23, 58 Newcastle v Sunderland 34, 82 Bolton v Liverpool 32, 66 Monday Blackpool v West Brom 23, 80
October 30, 201014 yr Saturday Arsenal v West Ham 17,17 Blackburn v Chelsea 39,39 Everton v Stoke 29,66 Fulham v Wigan 44,69 Wolves v Manchester C 33,33 Manchester U v Tottenham 27,86 Sunday Aston Villa v Birmingham 11,70 Newcastle v Sunderland 24, 71 Bolton v Liverpool 55, 62 Monday Blackpool v West Brom 44, 89
October 30, 201014 yr Saturday Arsenal v West Ham 17, 17 Blackburn v Chelsea 43, 84 Everton v Stoke 6, 51 Fulham v Wigan 0, 90 Wolves v Manchester C 22, 68 Manchester U v Tottenham 10, 75 Sunday Aston Villa v Birmingham 8, 20 Newcastle v Sunderland 50, 88 Bolton v Liverpool 72, 72 Monday Blackpool v West Brom 28, 40
October 30, 201014 yr Author Saturday Update Sorry about the lack of updates today. Virgin Media decided I could do without broadband for most of the afternoon and the Man U game ended (slightly chaotically) while I was eating a superbly prepared dinner. Not many players this week :( 1 The Viper 294 2 Shoat 346 3 Rabbit Fur Coat 372 4 Severin 390 5 Suedehead 407 6 JamesP 408
October 31, 201014 yr Author Sunday update With one game to go tomorrow The Viper leads by just eight points and there's a tie for last place. 1 The Viper 482 2 Shoat 490 3 Rabbit Fur Coat 506 4 Severin 515 5 JamesP 592 5 Suedehead 592
October 31, 201014 yr Author :( Last again, I fear the numbers hate me. There's still one more match to go :D
November 1, 201014 yr Author A dramatic end to the competition this week. Before West Brom scored a late consolation goal Mark was heading for a second successive win. However, that all changed and Shoat is this week's winner by just two points and Mark finishes third. 1 Shoat 530 2 The Viper 532 3 Rabbit Fur Coat 556 4 Severin 574 5 Suedehead 621 6 JamesP 630
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