The Icenian Prediction League.FINAL WEEK

What's the latest on this.
Should I be looking somewhere to enter now ?

I'm just waiting for a couple of others to confirm interest and then I will be posting the first week of fixtures this Sunday for matches that are being played a week on Saturday.

Quoted from Les Brechin

I'm just waiting for a couple of others to confirm interest and then I will be posting the first week of fixtures this Sunday for matches that are being played a week on Saturday.

Cheers Les.  As a total "virgin" to this competition I wasn't sure when it started.
So was panicking that if it was tomorrow I had messed up  

Right, let's get this up and running. As the only one to express a preference wanted a league system then that's how we'll do it this time around. A new style Prediction League for the new style Fishy. I have had 24 definite replies.

The way it will work is that every player will play every other player once with 3 points being awarded for beating your opponent and 1 point for a draw. Points scored each week for and against will count as "goal difference" to determine league positions.

I will list the fixtures each week and the games to predict. To save typing out each players name every week, I have allocated a number to each player as below and will just post the 1 v 2 fixtures each week.

1) Rodley Mariner
2) Civvy At Last
3) Ponny Fan
4) Big Chris
5) Bovine
6) FishOutOfWater
7) LH
8 ) Gary Elton
9) Cmackenzie4
10) PaulGTFC
11) MyDogsThoughts
12) Pizzza
13) Brazil Nut
14) Jock Dock Tower
15) Hagrid
16) CatchOfTheDay
17) Judas Jay
18 ) Ivanosandwich
19) Sigone
20) Grimsby Pete
21) The Imperial Coroner
22) Grim Rob
23) Crusty Ole Pie
24) TheVera

A quick resume of the rules. I will list 6 games. You need to predict the correct score of each game. You can also "Nap" one score which you are most confident of. If you get the correct score of the game then you score 3 points, if you predict the correct result (i.e. home, away or draw) but get the scoreline wrong then you score 1 point. Any points scored in your "Nap" game are doubled. You must also add up the total number of goals that you have predicted in the 6 games. If you get this total spot on then you gain 2 bonus points, if you are 1 out either way then you get one bonus point. Each game will then be decided on the total points of each player to determine a win, draw or defeat and points scored for and against in each game will become the "goal difference" to determine league positions.

For the first 20 weeks (or until I think it's needed) you need to post your predictions on this thread BUT you MUST also PM me your predictions too. Although I'm sure nobody would do but this stops the abuse of the edit button which can be used at any time. For the last few weeks I will ask that predictions are PM'd only, to stop tactical predicting against near opponents.

I hope all this makes sense but if there are any queries please let me know.

I will post the first set of fixtures and games to predict later this evening.

Looking forward to the season Les - thanks for setting it all up.

Right then. Week 1 fixtures.

1 v 24
2 v 23
3 v 22
4 v 21
5 v 20
6 v 19
7 v 18
8 v 17
9 v 16
10 v 15
11 v 14
12 v 13

Games to predict.

NORWICH CITY V EVERTON
MIDDLESBOROUGH V BLACKPOOL
SHREWSBURY TOWN V SWINDON TOWN
PORTSMOUTH V MORECAMBE
GATESHEAD V BARNET
LINCOLN CITY V FOREST GREEN ROVERS

Don't forget that as well as posting on the thread you MUST PM me your predictions too.

NORWICH CITY V EVERTON                      1-2
MIDDLESBOROUGH V BLACKPOOL             1-1
SHREWSBURY TOWN V SWINDON TOWN     0-2 nap
PORTSMOUTH V MORECAMBE                    1-0
GATESHEAD V BARNET                           1-1
LINCOLN CITY V FOREST GREEN ROVERS    0-2

12 Goals

NORWICH CITY V EVERTON                         0-2

MIDDLESBOROUGH V BLACKPOOL                 2-1
SHREWSBURY TOWN V SWINDON TOWN         1-1
PORTSMOUTH V MORECAMBE                        2-0
GATESHEAD V BARNET                                   0-1
LINCOLN CITY V FOREST GREEN ROVERS         1-3 nap
14 goals  

]NORWICH CITY V EVERTON      1-1  nap                    

MIDDLESBOROUGH V BLACKPOOL   2-1
              
SHREWSBURY TOWN V SWINDON TOWN  1-0
        
PORTSMOUTH V MORECAMBE     1-1
                  
GATESHEAD V BARNET   2-1
                                  
LINCOLN CITY V FOREST GREEN ROVERS   1-3

15 goals      

NORWICH CITY V EVERTON 1-1
MIDDLESBOROUGH V BLACKPOOL 2-1
SHREWSBURY TOWN V SWINDON TOWN 1-0
PORTSMOUTH V MORECAMBE 1-1
GATESHEAD V BARNET 1-1
LINCOLN CITY V FOREST GREEN ROVERS 0-2 NAP

12 goals