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Post by Panda on Aug 8, 2014 20:32:58 GMT 1
Welcome to this season's FA Cup Predicta! Many thanks to Andy for hosting this for the last few years. I've taken it back over this season and as longer-serving posters may know, I like to do something a bit different with it. I used to run it as a knockout competition. This year, it's sticking more to traditional "Predicta" rules except unlike the TV and radio, we're going from the very start baby!
Yes, this season, FA Cup Predicta is starting from the very first preliminary round, or as I like to call it, Round 1.
The rules are the same as normal - 10 matches, you predict home win, away win or draw and give a weighting of 10-1 for each game. Get it right and you are awarded points equivalent to the weighting multiplied by 10. Get it wrong and you lose the same number of points as your weighting. As there may be a bit of guesswork involved in the early stages and with the increased number of rounds meaning it's more likely people may miss one or two, all scores will be halved during the qualifying rounds (first six rounds). Once we get to the "proper" stages (Round 7) full points will be awarded.
Got all that?
Right, let's get started!
FINAL =============================== Aston Villa v Arsenal (Sat 30 May, 17:30)
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Post by o on Aug 8, 2014 22:20:49 GMT 1
Diss Town is coming up a ghost town! Nice one, glad to see it back! Disappointed no Knaresborough town though
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Post by Panda on Aug 8, 2014 23:15:55 GMT 1
There's 184 matches in this round so I just picked 10 at random. Might be a bit more "selective" in future rounds...
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Post by Paddy on Aug 9, 2014 11:36:22 GMT 1
Diss Town is good by me . Maybe one of the furthest trips in the round, Holbeach is the other side of Kings Lynn.
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2014 20:24:38 GMT 1
Ashington's trip to Holker Old Boys will take some beating in terms of distance.
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Post by Shireblogger on Aug 10, 2014 8:00:24 GMT 1
Maybe one of the furthest trips in the round, Holbeach is the other side of Kings Lynn. Looks like an average journey to me. Google Maps says 63 miles. Just taking the 10 fixtures listed by MrH, we have:- St Austell to Bishop Sutton : 147 miles North Shields to Pontefract : 104 miles Ash to Ardley : 77 miles Winsford to Athersley : 65 miles So, Holbeach to Kings Lynn ranks at 5th of 10 in this random sample.
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Post by Paddy on Aug 10, 2014 19:11:30 GMT 1
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Post by rewardman on Aug 10, 2014 19:15:46 GMT 1
ROUND 1 - Saturday August 16th =============================== H10 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries H5 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation A9 Rocester v Stafford Town D2 Clipstone v Harrowby United A8 Diss Town v Holbeach United H4 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted D1 Ardley United v Ash United A7 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers H3 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick H6 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by o on Aug 10, 2014 22:09:28 GMT 1
H10 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries H9 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation A4 Rocester v Stafford Town D2 Clipstone v Harrowby United H3 Diss Town v Holbeach United H8 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted H7 Ardley United v Ash United H6 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers D1 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick H5 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by Sam on Aug 13, 2014 11:07:56 GMT 1
H10 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries A9 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation D8 Rocester v Stafford Town H7 Clipstone v Harrowby United H6 Diss Town v Holbeach United A5 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted H4 Ardley United v Ash United D3 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers H2 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick H1 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by wonderwall on Aug 13, 2014 15:54:27 GMT 1
ROUND 1 - Saturday August 16t========================== H10 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries H2 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation A9 Rocester v Stafford Town A5 Clipstone v Harrowby United H1 Diss Town v Holbeach United H3 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted D4 Ardley United v Ash United H7 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers H8 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick A6 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by Panda on Aug 13, 2014 23:52:58 GMT 1
H10 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries H5 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation H4 Rocester v Stafford Town A3 Clipstone v Harrowby United A8 Diss Town v Holbeach United D2 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted H9 Ardley United v Ash United A7 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers A1 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick H6 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Aug 14, 2014 11:31:10 GMT 1
right here we go
H9 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries H4 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation D1 Rocester v Stafford Town A2 Clipstone v Harrowby United A6 Diss Town v Holbeach United H5 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted H10 Ardley United v Ash United A7 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers D3 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick H8 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by raliverpool on Aug 14, 2014 20:50:01 GMT 1
ROUND 1 - Saturday August 16th H10 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries H4 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation6/5H A6 Rocester v Stafford Town H3 Clipstone v Harrowby United A8 Diss Town v Holbeach United A5 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted H9 Ardley United v Ash United H7 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers H1 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick H2 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton ^ If David Moyes is replaced by Louis Van Gaal (above) then you know I have actually attempted some "research" into my predictions and have changed these set of Homers (doh) between now and Saturday lunchtime!
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Post by smokeyb on Aug 14, 2014 22:41:55 GMT 1
H10 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries H4 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation D1 Rocester v Stafford Town A2 Clipstone v Harrowby United A6 Diss Town v Holbeach United H7 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted H8 Ardley United v Ash United A5 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers H3 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick H9 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by Earl Purple on Aug 15, 2014 0:19:38 GMT 1
I am totally clueless, this is a total wild guess prediction.
ROUND 1 - Saturday August 16th =============================== 6 H North Shields v Pontefract Collieries 5 H Winsford United v Athersley Recreation 8 A Rocester v Stafford Town 2 A Clipstone v Harrowby United 1 D Diss Town v Holbeach United 7 H Ashford Town v Berkhamsted 4 A Ardley United v Ash United 10 H Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers 9 H Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick 3 A St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by Paddy on Aug 15, 2014 12:12:50 GMT 1
H9 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries
H8 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation
H6 Rocester v Stafford Town
H4 Clipstone v Harrowby United
A7 Diss Town v Holbeach United
H3 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted
H1 Ardley United v Ash United
H2 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers
H10 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick
H5 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by Shireblogger on Aug 15, 2014 17:08:06 GMT 1
ROUND 1 - Saturday August 16th =============================== H6 : North Shields v Pontefract Collieries A4 : Winsford United v Athersley Recreation A8 : Rocester v Stafford Town H1 : Clipstone v Harrowby United A5 : Diss Town v Holbeach United A9 : Ashford Town v Berkhamsted H10 : Ardley United v Ash United H7 : Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers H2 : Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick H3 : St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by Robin on Aug 15, 2014 17:43:00 GMT 1
HW10 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries HW5 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation HW4 Rocester v Stafford Town AW3 Clipstone v Harrowby United AW8 Diss Town v Holbeach United D2 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted HW9 Ardley United v Ash United AW7 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers AW1 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick HW6 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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Post by suedehead on Aug 15, 2014 20:15:58 GMT 1
Right, I've consulted the weather forecasts, looked at the likely line-ups and assessed each player's weight etc., sent up drones to have a look at each home ground, borne in mind the difference in altitude between the home and away team's grounds, looked at each referee's tendency to give out red and yellow cards and come up with these predictions.
A4 North Shields v Pontefract Collieries D6 Winsford United v Athersley Recreation H8 Rocester v Stafford Town H3 Clipstone v Harrowby United H10 Diss Town v Holbeach United A1 Ashford Town v Berkhamsted A7 Ardley United v Ash United H5 Erith Town v St. Francis Rangers A9 Shoreham v Crawley Down Gatwick H2 St. Austell v Bishop Sutton
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