Posted July 20, 2024Jul 20 With the FA Cup kicking off again in a couple of weeks, it's time for the Rolling Sweepstake to get going! 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. - However, a losing team cannot be awarded more than 5 points (new rule to avoid the fun of the early rounds where some losing teams got more points than winning ones!) - 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 next Monday (29th July). All the best!
August 2, 2024Aug 2 There are matches being played this evening. Time is running out for Pete to make the draw.
August 2, 2024Aug 2 Author Thanks for the reminder! It's been a busy week :lol: PeteFromLeeds - Cinderford Town Gloucestershire / Southern League Division One South First match vs Nailsea & Tickenham Dobbo - Bridlington Town East Riding of Yorkshire / Northern Premier League Division One East First match vs Birtley Town Mack - Binfield Berkshire / Isthmian League South Central Division First match vs Wokingham Town
August 2, 2024Aug 2 Author Houdini - Barnstaple Town Devon / Western League Premier Division First match vs Helston Athletic awardinary - Wormley Rovers Hertfordshire / Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division First match vs Heybridge Swifts DoBelieveTheHype - Athletic Newham London / Essex Senior League First match vs Chipstead
August 2, 2024Aug 2 Author King Rollo - Stone Old Alleynians Staffordshire / Midland League Premier Division First match vs Bedworth United Suedehead2 - Roffey West Sussex / Southern Combination Premier Division First match vs Deal Town hinterland - Skegness Town Lincolnshire / United Counties League Premier Division North First match vs Newark & Sherwood United Still open for sign-ups if you want a team!
August 17, 2024Aug 17 Author ^ Yes to both! I'll draw you a team from the Preliminary Round once I've posted the results to the Extra Preliminary. Extra Preliminary Round Results Cinderford Town (PeteFromLeeds) 1-2 Nailsea & Tickenham Birtley Town 3-2 Bridlington Town (Dobbo) Binfield (Mack) 3-1 Wokingham Town Barnstaple Town (Houdini) 3-3 Helston Athletic Heybridge Swifts 2-1 Wormley Rovers (awardinary) Chipstead 0-2 Athletic Newham (DoBelieveTheHype) Stone Old Alleynians (King Rollo) 2-1 Bedworth United Deal Town 4-0 Roffey (Suedehead2) Skegness Town (hinterland) 1-3 Newark and Sherwood United Replay Results Helston Athletic 0-2 Barnstaple Town (Houdini) Leaderboard Mack (Binfield) - 7pts Houdini (Barnstaple Town) - 7pts DoBelieveTheHype (Athletic Newham) - 7pts King Rollo (Stone Old Alleynians) - 6pts Dobbo (Birtley Town) - 2pts PeteFromLeeds (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 1pt awardinary(Heybridge Swifts) - 1pt hinterland (Newark and Sherwood United) - 1pt Suedehead2 (Deal Town) - 0pts
August 17, 2024Aug 17 Author Sarah - Lutterworth Town Leicestershire / United Counties League Premier Division South Next match vs Belper Town Steve201 - Aylestone Park Leicestershire / United Counties League Premier Division South Next match vs Wellingborough Town
August 17, 2024Aug 17 Author Preliminary Round Results Reading City 1-1 Nailsea & Tickenham (PeteFromLeeds) Blythe Town 0-2 Birtley Town (Dobbo) Longlevens 1-9 Binfield (Mack) Barnstaple Town (Houdini) 4-1 Falmouth Town Leverstock Green 1-1 Heybridge Swifts (awardinary) Lancing 2-4 Athletic Newham (DoBelieveTheHype) Rugby Town 3-0 Stone Old Alleynians (King Rollo) Haywards Heath Town 2-0 Deal Town (Suedehead2) Newark and Sherwood United (hinterland) 2-0 AFC Rushden and Diamonds Belper Town 3-1 Lutterworth Town (Sarah) Aylestone Park (Steve201) 0-2 Wellingborough Town Leaderboard Mack (Binfield) - 20pts Houdini (Barnstaple Town) - 15pts DoBelieveTheHype (Athletic Newham) - 14pts Dobbo (Birtley Town) - 9pts hinterland (Newark and Sherwood United) - 8pts King Rollo (Rugby Town) - 6pts PeteFromLeeds (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 3pts* awardinary (Heybridge Swifts) - 3pts* Sarah (Belper Town) - 1pt Suedehead2 (Haywards Heath Town) - 0pts Steve201 (Wellingborough Town) - 0pts * pending replay
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