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FA Cup Upsets Game – Round Three; One-off Weekend Game (Jan 2016)
Topic Started: 5 Jan 2016, 07:24 PM (1,616 Views)
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FA Cup Upsets Game – Round Three
One-off Weekend Game



Here’s a fun competition, and it’s a one-off game, so make a prediction and then sit back and enjoy! It’s been done a dozen times now, so we know it works. It’s a game orientated to a few special friendly forums, namely:
Reading - Royals Rendezvous
Blackpool - Back Henry Street
Peterborough – The Posh Forum
Sunderland – Black Cat Chat
Newcastle – Toon Forum
Watford – WFC Forums
WBA – Baggies Zone
Leeds – LUFC Talk
Liverpool – Talk the Reds
Bournemouth - CourtOffside


How do I play, you’ll ask?! Well, have a look at the teams on the FA Cup Round THREE programme below - there are Premier, Championship, League 1, League 2, and National Conference teams included on the list. I'd like to invite you to call for FIVE matches where you see a possible upset on the cards! By upset, it must obviously be a lower league side winning (or at least drawing) against a higher league side. You haven't got to give any score, simply guess the match of the successful 'smaller clubs' or ‘minnow’ teams! If you get it wrong doesn’t matter at all, you don’t get awarded points for that particular game or games – and that will surely apply to all of us.

So … how do you get points?
If in your selected games a lower league side does indeed win you have 3 points. If the lower league side force a replay then it is 1 point (note - doesn’t matter if they later lose the replay). But ... bonus - if you choose an real ‘upset’ (win/draw) – a team from a league TWO tiers OR MORE lower their opponents then those points are DOUBLED.

To help you, use the asterisks by the games list to make an easy-peasy selection:
one asterisk (*) = one tier difference /
two asterisks (**) = two or more tier differences /
Meanwhile “ --- ” on the list of matches means this prediction is not valid, don’t include these options as it’s no cup upset if teams are from the same tier league!
This is the real betting man's stuff - the more you risk with tier difference the more points you get, but there again, an upset is much less likely!! So you need to weigh things up!!


THIRD ROUND DRAW

Friday 8th January 2016
** Exeter v Liverpool

Saturday 9th January 2016
** Wycombe v Aston Villa
--- Arsenal v Sunderland
* Birmingham v Bournemouth
* Brentford v Walsall
--- Bury v Bradford
* Colchester v Charlton
** Doncaster v Stoke
** Eastleigh v Bolton
** Everton v Dag & Red
** Hartlepool v Derby
--- Huddersfield v Reading
--- Hull v Brighton
** Ipswich v Portsmouth
--- Leeds v Rotherham
--- Middlesbrough v Burnley
** Newport v Blackburn
** Northampton v MK Dons
--- Norwich v Man City
--- Nottm Forest v QPR
* Peterborough v Preston
--- Sheff Wed v Fulham
--- Southampton v Crystal Palace
--- Watford v Newcastle
* West Brom v Bristol City
* West Ham v Wolves
** Man Utd v Sheff Utd


Sunday 10th January 2016
** Oxford Utd v Swansea
--- Carlisle v Yeovil
** Chelsea v Scunthorpe
--- Tottenham v Leicester
* Cardiff v Shrewsbury





Have fun - answers on this thread please - CAREFUL closing time BEFORE KICK-OFF of the first Friday match [8th January]
Points and the placings for this comp will appear on this thread within a couple of days after the last match for this round has been played … I’ll give both the complete points for your forum, and the top dozen overall positions on all forums together for even more prestigious bragging rights!

Good luck!

daib0
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Wolfy
10 Jan 2016, 09:23 PM
Zip
10 Jan 2016, 09:13 PM
If Newport beat Blackburn I've been robbed. For shame on you young David.
Blame the weather. :P :D
Robbed Wolfy. Robbed
If Newport win the rearranged game I will be travelling to Spain to search out the geezer playing the cello.
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Zip
10 Jan 2016, 09:27 PM
Wolfy
10 Jan 2016, 09:23 PM
Zip
10 Jan 2016, 09:13 PM
If Newport beat Blackburn I've been robbed. For shame on you young David.
Blame the weather. :P :D
Robbed Wolfy. Robbed
If Newport win the rearranged game I will be travelling to Spain to search out the geezer playing the cello.
Beware - I hear he's an excellent bowman... ;)




:$ Sorry, just had to fiddle with this one a bit... string you along
Edited by Owlish52, 11 Jan 2016, 12:17 PM.
"It could have been worse with Hillary..." - Owlish52
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daib0
10 Jan 2016, 09:02 PM

Here goes for the final results!!

Firstly I am going to put each person on your forum in order of excellence with the full punctuations …
OUR FORUM - Winning selections and all others, in order



GOLD –

mason1871rfc – 13 points
** Wycombe v Aston Villa--TWO POINTS
** Eastleigh v Bolton--TWO POINTS
**Peterborough v Preston---THREE POINTS
** Man Utd v Sheff Utd-----0
** Oxford Utd v Swansea---SIX POINTS


SILVER - shared

Foxxinator – 12 points
Wycombe v Aston Villa--TWO POINTS
Ipswich v Portsmouth--TWO POINTS
Peterborough v Preston---THREE POINTS
Northampton v MK Dons--TWO POINTS
Brentford v Walsall ---THREE POINTS

daib0 - 12 points
** Wycombe v Aston Villa--TWO POINTS
* Colchester v Charlton---THREE POINTS
** Eastleigh v Bolton--TWO POINTS
** Northampton v MK Dons --TWO POINTS
* Peterborough v Preston---THREE POINTS



BRONZE - shared


Darlington – 10 points
* Brentford v Walsall---THREE POINTS
** Eastleigh v Bolton--TWO POINTS
** Northampton v MK Dons--TWO POINTS
* West Ham v Wolves-----0
* Cardiff v Shrewsbury ---THREE POINTS

Tilehurstsouthbank – 10 points
** Wycombe v Aston Villa--TWO POINTS
* Birmingham v Bournemouth-----0
** Ipswich v Portsmouth--TWO POINTS
** Man Utd v Sheff Utd-----0
** Oxford Utd v Swansea---SIX POINTS


And …

Zip – 9 points
** Wycombe v Aston Villa--TWO POINTS
** Newport v Blackburn POSTPONED, VOID
** Eastleigh v Bolton--TWO POINTS
** Northampton v MK Dons--TWO POINTS
**Peterborough v Preston---THREE POINTS


Wolfy – 9 points
* Birmingham v Bournemouth-----0
* Brentford v Walsall---THREE POINTS
* Peterborough v Preston---THREE POINTS
* West Ham v Wolves-----0
* Cardiff v Shrewsbury---THREE POINTS

Number 13 – 9 points
**Exeter vs Liverpool --TWO POINTS
**Eastleigh vs Bolton Wanderers--TWO POINTS
**Northampton Town vs MK Dons--TWO POINTS
*West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers-----0
*Cardiff City vs Shrewsbury Town---THREE POINTS

Owlish52 – 8 points
** Wycombe v Aston Villa--TWO POINTS
** Doncaster v Stoke-----0
** Eastleigh v Bolton--TWO POINTS
** Ipswich v Portsmouth--TWO POINTS
** Northampton v MK Dons--TWO POINTS

Clyde 1998 – 7 points
** Wycombe v Aston Villa--TWO POINTS
* Birmingham v Bournemouth-----0
** Northampton v MK Dons--TWO POINTS
* Peterborough v Preston---THREE POINTS
* West Ham v Wolves -----0

Webster – 2 points
** Wycombe v Aston Villa--TWO POINTS
** Doncaster v Stoke-----0
** Everton v Dag & Red-----0
** Man Utd v Sheff Utd-----0
** Chelsea v Scunthorpe-----0

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OVERALL INTER-FORUM RESULTS – THE TOP PLACINGS


Simply Alphabetical when on same points ...

ashman (Peterborough) – 16 points
Feliuk (Watford) – 16 points
kennymc (Bounemouth) – 16 points
stressed_eric (Blackpool) – 16 points
The Voice of Reason (Watford) – 16 points
wfc4ever (Watford) – 16 points
jon_e_lee (Watford) – 15 points
LAsouthcoast (Leeds) -14 points
NottinghamWhite (Leeds) – 14 points
platform3 (Peterborough) – 14 points
UEA_Hornet (Watford) – 14 points
mason1871rfc (Reading) – 13 points
Mr Russell (Leeds) – 13 points
Sheepy (Leeds) – 13 points
SmokinPool (Blackpool) – 13 points
Becs (Sunderland)– 12 points
daib0 (Reading) - 12 points
dlw10 (Leeds) – 12 points
Foxxinator (Reading) – 12 points
Godfather (Watford) – 12 points
Heisen (Newcastle) – 12 points
Hornpete (Watford) – 12 points
Little Ape (West Brom) – 12 points
thetruth1953 (Blackpool) – 12 points
Selby White (Leeds) – 12 points
Suffolkposh (Peterborough) – 12 points
The Pozzman (Watford) – 12 points
TJR (Newcastle) – 12 points
Tufty (Sunderland) – 12 points




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see you all in Round 4 !! :D
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