Posted July 31, 20231 yr It's that time of the year again! (thanks King Rollo for the nudge ^_^) Everyone who signs up will be assigned a team taking part in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup. You will then get points based on the team you are assigned, however if your team is knocked out, you will be assigned the team which beat your team. This means that everyone who enters will be able to accumulate points right up until the Final. Here's how the points system will work: - If your team wins, you will be awarded 5 points, plus the final goal difference of the match (excluding penalty shoot-outs) - If your team loses, you will be awarded the number of goals scored by your team as points - In the event of a replay, the losing team will recieve the sum of the goals scored in both games, plus one additional point. - A losing team will also recieve an extra point if the game goes to extra time, and two extra points if the game goes to penalties. - If one team wins by default (e.g. a walkover) the 'winning' team will be awarded 5 points and the 'losing' team nothing. - Every person taking part will have a 'swap card' which they can play once throughout the tournament. When a player plays the swap card, instead of recieving points for their allocated team, they will recieve the points of their team's opponents. Play your 'swap card' by replying in this thread before the round you'd like to play it! If you miss the deadline for the first round then you can still participate and I will allocate you a team participating in whichever round you join in, however obviously you won't have any points from the first round. Comment in here if you'd like to take part and I'll do the draw this Thursday. All the best!
August 3, 20231 yr Author Let the draw commence! PeteFromLeeds - Broadfields United London / Combined Counties League Premier Division North First match: Snodland Town (5th August) Dobbo - Bedfont Sports London / Combined Counties League Premier Division North First match: Corinthian (5th August) awardinary - Dunstable Town Bedfordshire / Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division First match: Milton Keynes Irish (5th August)
August 3, 20231 yr Author King Rollo - Pagham Sussex / Southern Combination Premier Division First match: East Grinstead Town (5th August) Houdini - New Salamis London / Isthmian League North Division First match: Redbridge (5th August) coi - Tooting & Mitcham United London / Combined Counties League Premier Division South First match: Athletic Newham (5th August)
August 3, 20231 yr Author Y'all Starlight - Avro Greater Manchester / Northern Premier League Division One West First match: Emley (6th August) Mack - Bideford Devon / Southern League Division One South First match: Wellington (5th August) LewisGT - Saltdean United Brighton / Southern Combination Premier Division First match: Badshot Lea (5th August) Steve201 - Crawley Green Bedfordshire / Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division First match: West Essex (5th August) Still plenty of room for anyone who wants to take part!
August 10, 20231 yr Author Extra Preliminary Round Results Broadfields United (PeteFromLeeds) 0-4 Snodland Town Corinthian 3-4 Bedfont Sports (Dobbo) Milton Keynes Irish 3-1 Dunstable Town (awardinary) Pagham (King Rollo) 0-4 East Grinstead Town Redbridge 2-2 New Salamis (Houdini) Athletic Newham 3-3 Tooting & Mitcham United (coi) Emley 0-2 Avro (Y'all Starlight) Wellington 0-2 Bideford (Mack) Saltdean United (LewisGT) 2-4 Badshot Lea West Essex 3-2 Crawley Green (Steve201) Replay Results New Salamis (Houdini) 3-1 Redbridge Tooting & Mitcham United (coi) 2-4 Athletic Newham Leaderboard 7 - Houdini (New Salamis) 7 - Mack (Bideford) 7 - Y'all Starlight (Avro) 6 - coi (Athletic Newham) 6 - Dobbo (Bedfont Sports) 2 - LewisGT (Badshot Lea) 2 - Steve201 (West Essex) 1 - awardinary (Milton Keynes Irish) 0 - King Rollo (East Grinstead Town) 0 - PeteFromLeeds (Snodland Town) Not a great start pour moi!
August 10, 20231 yr Author Preliminary Round Fixtures Snodland Town (PeteFromLeeds) vs Chertsey Town Bedfont Sports (Dobbo) vs Herne Bay TBC vs Milton Keynes Irish (awardinary) East Grinstead Town (King Rollo) vs Hythe Town Grays Athletic vs New Salamis (Houdini) Athletic Newham (coi) vs Westfield Lower Breck vs Avro (Y'all Starlight) Bideford (Mack) vs Helston Athletic Badshot Lea (LewisGT) vs Lancing Maldon & Tiptree vs West Essex (Steve201) Flackwell Heath (Sarah) vs Cirencester Town Corinthian Casuals (Suedehead2) vs Uxbridge 'Swap Card' still available: PeteFromLeeds, Dobbo, awardinary, King Rollo, Houdini, coi, Y'all Starlight, Mack, LewisGT, Steve201, Sarah, Suedehead2 And if anyone wants to sign up now before the next round you're still more than welcome - it's definitely still all to play for at this stage!
August 10, 20231 yr So in this format it's better to draw the first game then win or even lose the second rather than just winning the first. More time to rack up goals.
August 10, 20231 yr Author So in this format it's better to draw the first game then win or even lose the second rather than just winning the first. More time to rack up goals. The number of goals itself is only counted when a team loses (points for a win is always 5 + goal difference) so the only time a draw is 'advantageous' is in anomalies like this where a team scores lots of goals over multiple matches but still loses - which is certainly quite an odd one to account for! I think this is the first time ever a losing team has gained more than five points :o
August 11, 20231 yr The number of goals itself is only counted when a team loses (points for a win is always 5 + goal difference) so the only time a draw is 'advantageous' is in anomalies like this where a team scores lots of goals over multiple matches but still loses - which is certainly quite an odd one to account for! I think this is the first time ever a losing team has gained more than five points :o When I saw myself that high up the leaderboard despite my team losing, my first thought was "is this an error?" :lol: Definitely been fortunate with the amount of goals in that draw and the replay too. If anyone had been given Sporting Bengal United they would be finding themselves top of the leaderboard so far despite losing in this round! They had a 4-4 draw with Stansfeld before their replay ended 1-1 and they lost on penalties, which I think would give them 8 points.
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