FA cup prediction comp

Anyone fancy trying to predict the FA cup results this week?

No prizes, just a chance to wear a smug grin for a day or so and be the "supertipster" for a couple of weeks.

Just predict the score of the following matches, points awarded as follows ......

Correct result (ie predict 2 - 1 home win actual score 3 - 0 home win) 3 pts
Correct goals home team 1pt
Correct goals away team 1pt
Correct "spread" (ie: away win by 2 goals) 1pt
Correct result + or - 1 goal 1pt
Bonus for being cleaver a*se and predicting perfect score with 5 or more goals 1pt

The above points scoreing has been developed over 4 seasons, and found to give the best possible chance to everyone.

Saturday, 2 January 2010
Accrington Stanley v Gillingham, R3, 15:00
Aston Villa v Blackburn, R3, 15:00
Blackpool v Ipswich, R3, 15:00
Bolton v Lincoln City, R3, 15:00
Brentford v Doncaster, R3, 15:00
Bristol City v Cardiff, R3, 12:30
Everton v Carlisle, R3, 15:00
Fulham v Swindon, R3, 15:00
Huddersfield v West Brom, R3, 15:00
Leicester v Swansea, R3, 15:00
MK Dons v Burnley, R3, 15:00
Middlesbrough v Man City, R3, 15:00
Millwall v Derby, R3, 15:00
Nottm Forest v Birmingham, R3, 15:00
Plymouth v Newcastle, R3, 15:00
Portsmouth v Coventry, R3, 15:00
Preston v Colchester, R3, 15:00
Reading v Liverpool, R3, 17:15
Scunthorpe v Barnsley, R3, 15:00
Sheff Wed v Crystal Palace, R3, 15:00
Southampton v Luton, R3, 15:00
Stoke v York, R3, 15:00
Sunderland v Barrow, R3, 15:00
Torquay v Brighton, R3, 15:00
Tottenham v Peterborough, R3, 15:00
Wigan v Hull, R3, 15:00
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Chelsea v Watford, R3, 15:00
Man Utd v Leeds United, R3, 13:00
Notts County v Forest Green, R3, 15:00
Sheff Utd v QPR, R3, 15:00
Tranmere v Wolverhampton, R3, 18:15
West Ham v Arsenal, R3, 16:15

Have you lot been in Thailand too long ....... scared to have a go in case you get it wrong and lose face, or are you too bloomin' lazy to type all the names out? Copy and paste mine and change the scores to suit

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham, 1 -3
Aston Villa v Blackburn,2 -0
Blackpool v Ipswich,2 - 1
Bolton v Lincoln City, 2 - 0
Brentford v Doncaster, 1 - 1
Bristol City v Cardiff,1 - 1
Everton v Carlisle, 4 - 1
Fulham v Swindon,3 - 0
Huddersfield v West Brom, 2 - 1
Leicester v Swansea,1 - 1
MK Dons v Burnley, 1 - 2
Middlesbrough v Man City,0 - 5
Millwall v Derby, 1 - 1
Nottm Forest v Birmingham, 1 - 1
Plymouth v Newcastle,1 - 2
Portsmouth v Coventry,1 - 1
Preston v Colchester,2 - 1
Reading v Liverpool,1 - 2
Scunthorpe v Barnsley,1 - 1
Sheff Wed v Crystal Palace,1 - 0
Southampton v Luton, 6 - 0
Stoke v York, 7 - 1
Sunderland v Barrow,5 - 0
Torquay v Brighton, 2 - 1
Tottenham v Peterborough,3 - 0
Wigan v Hull, 2 - 0

Chelsea v Watford,3 - 0
Man Utd v Leeds United,4 - 1
Notts County v Forest Green,2 - 1
Sheff Utd v QPR,2 - 0
Tranmere v Wolverhampton,1 - 1

Arrr Go On Go On Go On....i'll have a go statts..

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham, 1 - 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn, 2 -0
Blackpool v Ipswich, 2 - 1
Bolton v Lincoln City, 2 - 0
Brentford v Doncaster, 1 - 1
Bristol City v Cardiff, 1 - 2

Everton v Carlisle, 3 - 0
Fulham v Swindon, 3 - 0
Huddersfield v West Brom, 1- 2
Leicester v Swansea, 1 - 1
MK Dons v Burnley, 0 - 2
Middlesbrough v Man City, 0 - 3

Millwall v Derby, 1 - 1
Nottm Forest v Birmingham, 0-2
Plymouth v Newcastle, 0- 2
Portsmouth v Coventry, 1 - 1
Preston v Colchester, 0- 1
Reading v Liverpool, 0 - 2

Scunthorpe v Barnsley, 1 - 1
Sheff Wed v Crystal Palace, 1 - 1
Southampton v Luton, 2- 0
Stoke v York, 2-0
Sunderland v Barrow, 3-0
Torquay v Brighton, 2 - 1
Tottenham v Peterborough, 2 - 0
Wigan v Hull, 2-2

Chelsea v Watford, 3 - 0
Man Utd v Leeds United, 2-0
Notts County v Forest Green, 2 - 0
Sheff Utd v QPR, 1-1
Tranmere v Wolverhampton, 0-2

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham, 1 - 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn, 2 -0
Blackpool v Ipswich, 1 - 1
Bolton v Lincoln City, 3 - 0
Brentford v Doncaster, 1 - 0
Bristol City v Cardiff, 1 - 1

Everton v Carlisle, 2 - 0
Fulham v Swindon, 2 - 0
Huddersfield v West Brom, 1- 1
Leicester v Swansea, 1 - 1
MK Dons v Burnley, 1 - 2
Middlesbrough v Man City, 0 - 2

Millwall v Derby, 1 - 1
Nottm Forest v Birmingham, 0-0
Plymouth v Newcastle, 0- 1
Portsmouth v Coventry, 2 - 0
Preston v Colchester, 1- 0
Reading v Liverpool, 0 - 1

Scunthorpe v Barnsley, 1 - 1
Sheff Wed v Crystal Palace, 1 - 0
Southampton v Luton, 1- 0
Stoke v York, 3-0
Sunderland v Barrow, 4-0
Torquay v Brighton, 1 - 1
Tottenham v Peterborough, 3 - 0
Wigan v Hull, 1-1

Chelsea v Watford, 2 - 0
Man Utd v Leeds United, 2-0
Notts County v Forest Green, 3 - 0
Sheff Utd v QPR, 1-0
Tranmere v Wolverhampton, 0-1
West Ham v Arsenal, 0-1

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham, P-P (2-2 when played)
Aston Villa v Blackburn,2 -0
Blackpool v Ipswich,2 - 1
Bolton v Lincoln City, 3-1
Brentford v Doncaster, 1 - 1
Bristol City v Cardiff,1 - 1
Everton v Carlisle, 2-2
Fulham v Swindon,1-0
Huddersfield v West Brom, 2-2
Leicester v Swansea,2-1
MK Dons v Burnley, 2-1
Middlesbrough v Man City,1-4
Millwall v Derby, 3-1
Nottm Forest v Birmingham, 1 - 1
Plymouth v Newcastle,5-0
Portsmouth v Coventry,0-1
Preston v Colchester,1-2
Reading v Liverpool,0-4
Scunthorpe v Barnsley,2-2
Sheff Wed v Crystal Palace,1-1
Southampton v Luton, 2-0
Stoke v York 3-1
Sunderland v Barrow,3-0
Torquay v Brighton, 1-0
Tottenham v Peterborough,2-0
Wigan v Hull, 3-2

Chelsea v Watford,0-1
Man Utd v Leeds United,2-1
Notts County v Forest Green,P-P(4-0 when played)
Sheff Utd v QPR,2-1
Tranmere v Wolverhampton,P-P(1-3 when played)

Accrington Stanley 1 v Gillingham 1
Aston Villa 1 v Blackburn 0
Blackpool 1 v Ipswich 1
Bolton 2 v Lincoln City 0
Brentford 2 v Doncaster 1
Bristol City 1 v Cardiff 1
Everton 2 v Carlisle 0
Fulham 2 v Swindon 0
Huddersfield 1 v West Brom 1
Leicester 1 v Swansea 1
Middlesbrough 0 v Man City 2
Millwall 1 v Derby 1
MK Dons 1 v Burnley 1
Nottm Forest 1 v Birmingham 2
Plymouth 0 v Newcastle 1
Portsmouth 1 v Coventry 0
Preston 1 v Colchester 1
Reading 0 v Liverpool 3
Scunthorpe 1 v Barnsley 1
Sheff Wed 2 v Crystal Palace 1
Southampton 2 v Luton 0
Stoke 2 v York 0
Sunderland 2 v Barrow 0
Torquay 1 v Brighton 1
Tottenham 2 v Peterborough 0
Wigan 1 v Hull 0
Chelsea 4 v Watford 0
Man Utd 2 v Leeds United 0
Notts County 2 v Forest Green 0
Sheff Utd 1 v QPR 1
Tranmere 1 v Wolverhampton 2
West Ham 0 v Arsenal 2

I am sorry that so many of mine predict no result & a replay.
Just feel that many teams, having reached round 3, will be more concerned about not losing than winning.

Sorry BM & Zid, I missed out West Ham v Arsenal on my predictions ........ 1 - 3

I'll go back to the bottom of the class again !!

stattointhailand wrote:Sorry BM & Zid, I missed out West Ham v Arsenal on my predictions ........ 1 - 3

I'll go back to the bottom of the class again !!

Damm, thought I'd pulled a fast one on the two of you.

A Late Entry.....(Due to Clerical Error)

West Ham v Arsenal....2-3

First lot or results.....Colchester was a shocker..

i would like to see stoke do well

And Galee gets off to a flyer ........ points after first round of matches:-
Galee 84, Statto 77, BM 74, BH 62, Zid 61

Blinkin eck, Statto, that's impressive. Thought it was going to take me hours to work that out.

West Ham 1 Arsenal 2
Relying on Watford to take me off last place.

I got well and truly caught out by so many fielding "fringe" players. I expected some of the "big boys" to give a run out to their squad guys if they were playing lower ranked teams, but I didn't expect the likes of Newcastle to play what was virtually their RESERVES away to a team in the same league. Just goes to show that the appeal of the Cup is fast going the same way as the appeal of the League Cup.
I can only assume the likes of Colchester(fighting for automatic promotion back to the Championship), and Newcastle (not wanting to pick up injuries that might hinder their fight for promotion), now consider the FA Cup as an unwelcome distraction rather than a "chance of glory".
Just shows how the game is now "ruled by money", and the "magic" has now gone.
Years ago a "giant killing" was a "Giant Killing", not a win against similar quality players who you had played a pre-season friendly against as a Manchester Utd X1 or Arsenal X1 whilst the "Superstars" were still sunning themselves on some beach half way round the world.