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FAITHLESS CLIVE New England Rev’n 1-1 Atlanta Arsenal 2 -2 Tottenham (12:30) Fulham 1-2 Newcastle Tilbury 0-2 Grays. Hornchurch 1-2 Braintree (FAC) **** RULE 6 ALERT **** Attendance : 612 Contingency Coventry 1-2 Middlesbrough TRAITOROUS NICK New England Rev’n 1-1 Atlanta Arsenal 2 -1 Tottenham (12:30) Fulham 2-1 Newcastle Tilbury 1-2 Grays. Hornchurch 1-2 Braintree (FAC) **** RULE 6 ALERT **** Attendance : 675 Contingency Coventry 1-2 Middlesbrough

Good to see the guys who've got Tottenham as their second team are keeping the faith. Sir Colin New England Rev’n 1-1 Atlanta Arsenal 2-2 Tottenham (12:30) Fulham 1-2 Newcastle Tilbury 1-3 Grays. Hornchurch 3-1 Braintree (FAC) Attendance : 580 Contingency Coventry 1-2 Middlesbrough Jago Chintastico New England Rev’n 1-1 Atlanta Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham (12:30) Fulham 2-2 Newcastle Tilbury 1-1 Grays. Hornchurch 2-1 Braintree (FAC) Attendance : 612 Contingency Coventry 1-2 Middlesbrough

Hard fought win yesterday. Well done boys. And many thanks for all the prediction league cash. I treated the family to a very nice Indian takeaway on the proceeds. The prediction league? Well clearly the games were far too easy as we collectively managed the third highest scoring week on record. It didn’t help that the favourites all won except Lewes – and let’s face it Ricay were never gonna stay bottom for long. Well done Mojo for your first win, well done Adrian for waking up, and well done Baby Jago for sneaking the Golden Boot ahead of an impressively high scoring field. No news from The Hatted Urchin so the Queen's Dummies are officially for sale if any new joiners are mad enough eager to sign up. Just let me know, jago99@outlook.com or grab one of the supporters' association at a home game. That’ll do for now. The results: FA TROPHY DIVISION FA VASE DIVISION NEXT WEEK - by 12:30. Saturday 1st October To predict upon. New England Rev’n v Atlanta Arsenal v Tottenham (12:30) Fulham v Newcastle Tilbury v Grays. Ouch Hornchurch v Braintree (FAC) Attendance : Contingency Coventry v Middlesbrough See you Saturday for the continuing Wembley odyssey. Jago

Sir Colin Scotland 2-1 Ireland N. Ireland 2-0 Kosovo Barrow 0-1 Orient Billericay 2-2 Lewes Hornchurch 3-1 Cray Attendance : 580 Contingency Wealdstone 1-2 Southend Mysterious Nick Scotland 2-1 Ireland N. Ireland 2-0 Kosovo Barrow 1-1 Orient Billericay 0-2 Lewes Hornchurch 1-0 Cray Attendance : 445 Contingency Wealdstone 2-0 Southend Clive Alive Scotland 1-1 Ireland N. Ireland 1-0 Kosovo Barrow 1-1 Orient Billericay 2-1 Lewes Hornchurch 2-1 Cray Attendance : 612 Contingency Wealdstone 0-1 Southend JAGO Chintastico Scotland 2-0 Ireland N. Ireland 1-1 Kosovo Barrow 2-1 Orient Billericay 2-1 Lewes Hornchurch 2-0 Cray Attendance : 575 Contingency Wealdstone 2-2 Southend

Couldn’t make it yesterday but sounds like a very comfortable win. A bit like my annihilation of Urchin Yid. Normally I wouldn’t put the league table up after one week but clearly this is a special week for me. It was a very high scoring week for most, though Diamond Geezer and Urchin Queen managed to buck the trend, making His Geezership a shoo-in for this week’s Lucky B@stard award. For Mojo – don’t forget to predict on the contingency game which came into play this week (due to footballwebpages or my ineptitude, depending on your point of view). You may have drawn or won if you did. Also please put the score between the teams, not at the end, as this causes problems for my spreadsheet. Many thanks. Not much else to report in these early days, other than WAKEY WAKEY ADRIAN – you win the Fat Tom Alarm Clock award. The results: FA TROPHY PEOPLE FA VASE SQUAD Next week - by 3pm Sat 24th Sep And to predict. (Yes a right load of old tosh but my options were a tad limited) Scotland v Ireland N. Ireland v Kosovo Barrow v Orient Billericay v Lewes Hornchurch v Cray Attendance : Contingency Wealdstone v Southend That's yer lot. Good luck to the boys Tuesday night. Jago

Mysterious Nick Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 Groningen Sheff Wed 1-1 Ipswich Colchester 1-2 Grimsby Enfield Town 1-0 Bognor (League game) Maldon & T 1-3 Hornchurch (FAC) Attendance: 323 Contingency: Alloa 1-1 Montrose Cautious Clive Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 Groningen Sheff Wed 2-1 Ipswich Colchester 2-1 Grimsby Enfield Town 2-1 Bognor (League game) Maldon & T 0-2 Hornchurch (FAC) Attendance: 267 Contingency: Alloa 2-1 Montrose Colin Sparta Rotterdam 2-2 Groningen Sheff Wed 1-1 Ipswich Colchester 1-1 Grimsby Enfield Town 2-1 Bognor (League game) Maldon & T 0-2 Hornchurch (FAC) Attendance: 300 Contingency: Alloa 2-0 Montrose Jago Chintastico Sparta Rotterdam 1-0 Groningen Sheff Wed 1-1 Ipswich Colchester 1-2 Grimsby Enfield Town 1-1 Bognor (League game) Maldon & T 0-2 Hornchurch (FAC) Attendance: 321 Contingency: Alloa 2-1 Montrose

OK thanks Paul. You know what they say, never trust Footballwebpages. Too late to change now, so bring on Montrose.

Hi. It’s a restart for week One. As mentioned on the original (10 Sep) thread we will now reduce the season to 13 games (plus 2 play-off weeks) in order to complete by Christmas. Head to head fixtures remain the same. Obviously with the annual deliberate mistake now corrected (yes, UrchinYid was down to play twice and CuppaTea not at all). Many thanks to those of you who helpfully wrote in to point this out. Which is NONE of you, including the aforementioned UrchinY and Mr C. Tea. I wonder why I bother As previously noted The Hatted Urchin has not confirmed so we are currently running with 23 + The Dummy Team, who are renamed the Queen's Dummies in honour of our recently departed and all-round wonder woman, QE2. @The Hatted Urchin – just say if you want to take them over: I’ll reserve them for you for this week and next week, then they will go on “general sale” to any new wannabe managers. Normal Dummy Team rules will apply for now (see rules as pasted on original week 1 thread). And a warm welcome (again) to Mojo4687. Here we go... Week 1. Predictions by 3pm, Sat 17 September Please predict on this lot. A mildly East Anglian theme. FAC result is before extra time/pens. Sparta Rotterdam v Groningen Sheff Wed v Ipswich Colchester v Grimsby Enfield Town v Bognor (League game) Maldon & T v Hornchurch (FAC) Attendance: Contingency: Alloa v Montrose And last but certainly not least, Three cheers for the Queen. What a lady. JAGO

ALL. I'm sure it won't be a surprise that we need to cancel this week as only the Leipzig game is on. Circumstances beyond our control and all that. We will now start on 17th September instead and reduce the season to 13 weeks. It's not definite that UK games will go ahead on 17 Sep - if this becomes clear by say Monday I will include UK games - if not we will probably do 4 foreign games plus Maldon v Chins. Either way I'll wait until Monday night before posting the prediction fixtures. If anyone has other ideas let me know. Meanwhile - a moment to reflect upon Her Majesty Queen ELizabeth II. Fabulous lady. Jago

Welcome back y’all. Happy New Year. Still in the Cup The REAL season starts on Saturday and fixtures are further down. A big welcome to Mojo4687 who has been rewarded with a tough opening match against sleeping giant Lord Upminster. The Hatted Urchin has not confirmed so we are currently running with 23 + Dummy Team, who I have renamed the Hatted Dummies in his memory. @The Hatted Urchin - just say if you want to take them over: I’ll reserve them for you for this week and next, then they will go on “general sale” to any new wannabe managers. Normal "1-1" Dummy Team rules will apply for now (see rules pasted on next post). To confirm movements, promoted team managers were: Adrian “the yoyo” 83 UrchinYid Mysterious Nick, and Fat Tommy D (fluked it in the playoffs) Down went: MikeMike Mick The Bat (clearly a bad year for Michaels) Cuppa Tea, and Dinamo Urchin (though not quite sure why he was in Div 1 in the first place). Enough rambling. Here we go... Week 1. Predictions by 2:30pm, Sat 10 September. For your predicting embarrassment: Leipzig v B, Dortmund (14:30) Leicester v Villa Southampton v Brentford AFC Wimbledon v L. Orient Billericay v Hornchurch Attendance: Contingency: Enfield Town v Horsham See you at Bill and Ricay where I will have my begging bowl out. JAGO

Yes - you are more than welcome. Can you let me have a team name please Mojo, (nothing too rude). You may or may not know the rules but I will put them up again when I post the first week's fixtures We now have 23 teams so that's 12 per division (one dummy team if needed). Any more for any more? Cheers all Jago

Fabulous work everyone. Thanks for all the replies. I've also had offline confirmations from Sir Colin, Adrian, and Mysterious Nick, so that's 22 so far. Unfortunately this means Fat Tom (Jordan) and Mysterious Nick are confirmed as promoted, but we will just have to put up with them contaminating the top division with their dodgy floodlights, crumbling terraces, and poor half time burgers. This means the only existing player not confirmed is The Hatted Urchin (Gavin) who I know doesn't come on here much. I don't have his details so can someone ping him please - or drop me a note with his current email address/ mobile number (remember to check with him first please). NEW JOINERS STILL MORE THAN WELCOME. It's very simple - even Colin can manage it. Contact me at jago99@outlook.com if you don't have a login. Thanks all Jago.

Good work Dave - I meant to ask you at Bognor but such was the post-match gloom on that table I just had to go!

Hello all. Happy New Year! - yesterday’s result notwithstanding. Still - we go again on Tuesday. Anyway, despite my advancing years and increasing senility, the HFC Prediction League will rise again for 2022-23. Normal rules apply - unless anyone has a good idea for improvement. Just let me know and we can vote on it. AndyDick famously got one approved so it does happen. We need a minimum of 21 players to confirm the promotion of Mysterious Nick and Fat Tommy D (via the playoffs) – but that shouldn’t be a problem. However, please can you confirm on here thay you want to rejoin/ join in the next couple of weeks (by 31 Aug at the latest) so I can confirm the divisional make-up. The first weekend will be 10 Sep allowing the normal 14 league matches and the playoff final on Christmas Eve. Exciting for someone eh? It would normally be a week earlier but I’ve got stuff to do in early Sep. All new joiners will be accommodated – just let me know on here or to jago99@outlook.com by 31 Aug – though it would be helpful if you are happy to predict on the forum as direct predictions are a pain in the bum to handle. Due to national economic pressures I suggest this year is “pay what you want” with a minimum of £2 – and an “advisory” of £10. The average so far is £20 but that’s on a low sample (two!) so no pressure J. All monies go to the supporters’ association with optional free entry for the following year to the winners of the two Div 1 and Div 2 titles (remember we have 2 competitions each “season”; one up to Christmas, and one in Spring). Nb - all contributions are confidential between me and you. TL:DR = please confirm you want to join/rejoin, and first week will be 10th September! ALREADY CONFIRMED so no need to reply: Jago Urchin Queen Baby Jago Mr D Cool Hand Luke COYS 1961 UrchinYid Clive Mick da' Bat