Inter-forum FA Cup Upsets Game (3rd Rd)

Inter-forum FA Cup Upsets Game (3rd Rd)
One-off Weekend Game

Happy new year guys and lasses! Have fun on the FA Cup Upsets game - this is now becoming a well-loved feature! For the 2nd Round we had over 120 entries, and 21 forums finally took part – amazing, but let’s beat that this time! And it’s dead easy to play, and it’s open absolutely to all …


Have a look at the paired teams for the 3rd Round on the following post - there are Premier, championship, League 1, League 2, Conference (Blue Square) Premier and even lower included on the list below. 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 at all or call a draw or win, simply guess which will be the successful 'lower tier club' or ‘minnow’ teams on the day! If you get it wrong doesn’t matter at all, you simply don’t get awarded points for that game or games – and will surely apply to all of us in some of the games.


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 (doesn’t matter if they later lose the replay, just the initial game is taken into account).
But ... bonus - if you choose a real ‘upset’ – a team from a league TWO tiers OR MORE lower than their opponents (according to the levels below) then those points are DOUBLED. 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!!

To help you, see the leagues written in after each team (in next post) to make an easier selection:
PR = premier league
CH = championship
L1 = League Division 1
L2 = League Division 2
CPr = Conference Premier
C-Lwr = lower than Conference premier level
** as an extra help, two tier (or more) differences are shown with double asterisks.


THE GAMES TO CHOOSE FROM:

Sat 5 Jan 2013
Brighton (CH) V Newcastle (PR)
Aldershot (L2) V Rotherham (L2) (prediction not valid; two teams from same league!)
Aston Villa (PR) V Ipswich (CH)
Barnsley (CH) V Burnley (CH) (prediction not valid; two teams from same league!)
** Macclesfield (CPr) V Cardiff (CH)
Blackburn (CH) V Bristol City (CH) (prediction not valid; two teams from same league!)
Bolton (CH) V Sunderland (PR)
Charlton (CH) V Huddersfield (CH) (prediction not valid; two teams from same league!)
** Crawley (L1) V Reading (PR)
Crystal Palace (CH) V Stoke (PR)
Derby (CH) V Tranmere (L1)
Fulham (PR) V Blackpool (CH)
Hull (CH) V Leyton Orient (L1)
Leeds United (CH) V Birmingham (CH) (prediction not valid; two teams from same league!)
** Leicester (CH) V Burton Albion (L2)
** Luton (CPr) V Wolves (CH)
Man City (PR) V Watford (CH)
** Middlesbrough (CH) V Hastings Utd (C-Lwr)
Millwall (CH) V Preston (L1)
Nottm Forest (CH) V Oldham (L1)
Oxford Utd (L2) V Sheff Utd (L1)
Peterborough (CH) V Norwich (PR)
QPR (PR) V West Brom (PR) (prediction not valid; two teams from same league!)
Sheff Wed (CH) V MK Dons (L1)
Southampton (PR) V Chelsea (PR) (prediction not valid; two teams from same league!)
Southend (L2) V Brentford (L1)
** Tottenham (PR) V Coventry (L1)
** Wigan (PR) V Bournemouth (L1)
West Ham (PR) V Man Utd (PR) (prediction not valid; two teams from same league!)

Sunday 6th January 2013
Swansea (PR) V Arsenal (PR) (prediction not valid; two teams from same league!)
** Mansfield (CPr) V Liverpool (PR)

Monday 7th January 2013
** Cheltenham (L2) V Everton (PR)



Honorary prizes: gold medal/s, silver medal/s, bronze medal/s and diploma/s of honour, for all those on the highest points totals. You play at both an individual level – for personal glory! – and for your forum; forums will be also be classed according to the average mark of its posters (but a minimum of 5 entries is required of each forum to make this a fair average).


How did the 2nd Round go? – the overall winner was Disorganised1 of the Coventry – Sky Blue Talk (incredible, scooping maximum points available as well!), with the runners-ups Royal Crisp (Reading - Royals Rendezvous) and Rhys Lighting 63 (Fulham – Friends of Fulham) also doing excellently. There were quite a group in the bronze position …
Top team forum boards were the Hemel Hempstead – Tudor Talk, followed by runners-up Barnet – The Beehive, 3rd Manchester City – MCFC Forum, 4th Swansea – Planet Swans and then in 5th spot my own board Royals Rendezvous.


Have fun - answers on this thread please – remember to simply name FIVE games where an upset might occur in your opinion (and please you all five options up, it’s in your and your forum’s interest!). CAREFUL closing time: 11.59am SATURDAY mid-day - that's because the Brighton v Newcastle game kicks off at 12.30 pm, and I need over half-an-hour of checking grace. Points and placings for this one-off weekend game will be published within 48 hours of the last game of the round to be played (Wednesday latest). In case of postponement, sorry, bad luck, you lose that game – but in case of abandonment we take the score at stopping moment as valid …

A complete record of everyone entering from every forum will be found here, and later every score total and break-down too: http://royalsrendezvous.co.uk/topic/9794689/1

daib0

 

My 5 choices to get the ball rolling:

** Crawley (L1) V Reading (PR)
Crystal Palace (CH) V Stoke (PR)
** Luton (CPr) V Wolves (CH)
Sheff Wed (CH) V MK Dons (L1)
Southend (L2) V Brentford (L1)

That’s all you have to do! – just copy and paste your 5 potential upsets. We’ll do the rest.
Updates will be made daily or almost daily on each forum…

 

Entry Stats by Overall Forums

A) Forums who have passed the minimum 5 entries needed to have a forum entry besides the individual scores ...

NEWCASTLE - The Toon Forum 12
BARNSLEY - Talk of the Tarn 11
BRIGHTON - North Stand Chat 9
DONCASTER - Viking Chat 8
LEICESTER - Foxes Chat 7
READING – Royals Rendezvous 7
BARNET - The Beehive 6
BLACKPOOL - Back Henry Street 5
COVENTRY - Sky Blue Talk 5


B) Entries with individual replies, but not yet 5 entries for the forum averages

MAN UTD - United Lounge 4
LEEDS UTD - LUFC Talk 4
LIVERPOOL - Kopworld 3
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD - Tudor Talk 3
STEVENAGE - Boro Chat 2
FULHAM - Friends of Fulham 2
QPR - Loft for Words 2
WEST HAM - Cockney Boys 2
CARDIFF - The Cardiff City Forum 2
DERBY - DCFC Fans Forum 1
SUNDERLAND - Black Cat Chat 1
GILLINGHAM - Gills Connect 1
HEREFORD - Bulls Banter 1
CHELSEA - Chelsea FC Forums 1
EVERTON - Toffee Talk 1
HUDDERSFIELD - Down at the Mac 1
QPR - Not 606 QPR board 1
WBA - BaggiesZone 1
CRYSTAL PALACE - Holmesdale 1
WATFORD - WFC Forums 1
WOLVES - Molineux Mix 1


C) Forums without replies yet – still a number of them!



Individual Fans

Stevenage - 1

 

If you think we'll lose to Posh you have

 

Aston Villa (PR) v Ipswich (CH)
Bolton (CH) v Sunderland (PR)
Crystal Palace (CH) v Stoke (PR)
Crawley (L1) v Reading (PR)
Man. City (PR) v Watford (CH)

 

perfect guys, thanks. Try to get to a minimum of 5 of you to have a forum average entry as well as individual efforts!!!

 

Yep, five choices ONLY - that's the gameplan ... which ones are going to be big surprises?
Are any of you worried about the Posh (?), we Royals certainly are about going to Crawley!

 

Brighton (CH) V Newcastle (PR)
Bolton (CH) V Sunderland (PR)
Crystal Palace (CH) V Stoke (PR)
Derby (CH) V Tranmere (L1)
Sheff Wed (CH) V MK Dons (L1)

 

Update - Entry Stats by Overall Forums – Wednesday evening

A) Forums who have passed the minimum 5 entries needed to have a forum entry besides the individual scores ...

NEWCASTLE - The Toon Forum 19
BRIGHTON - North Stand Chat 17
BLACKPOOL - Back Henry Street 12
BARNSLEY - Talk of the Tarn 11
READING – Royals Rendezvous 11
LEICESTER - Foxes Talk 10
LEEDS UTD - LUFC Talk 10
QPR - Not 606 QPR board 8
DONCASTER - Viking Chat 8
BARNET - The Beehive 7
DERBY - DCFC Fans Forum 7
MAN UTD - United Lounge 7
LIVERPOOL - Kopworld 7
STEVENAGE - Boro Chat 6
BURNLEY - The Longside 6
CARDIFF - The Cardiff City Forum 6
WATFORD - WFC Forums 5
MAN CITY - MCFC Forum 5
COVENTRY - Sky Blue Talk 5


B) Entries with individual replies which of course all count, but not yet 5 entries for the forum averages

EVERTON - Toffee Talk 4
CRYSTAL PALACE - Holmesdale 4
SUNDERLAND - Black Cat Chat 4
FULHAM - Friends of Fulham 4
WEST HAM - Cockney Boys 4
NOTTM FOREST - The A Block 4
WBA - BaggiesZone 3
QPR - Loft for Words 3
GILLINGHAM - Gills Connect 3
WOLVES - Molineux Mix 3
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD - Tudor Talk 3
PETERBOROUGH - The Posh Forum 3
NORWICH - Not 606 Norwich board 3 (only 2 more for 'magic' 5!!)
WIGAN - This Northern Soul 2
CHELSEA - Chelsea FC Forums 2
TOTTENHAM - Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Supporters Site 2
HEREFORD - Bulls Banter 1
HUDDERSFIELD - Down at the Mac 1

Individual Fans without a Forum connection
Stevenage – 1

TOTAL entries: 218


Next Update Friday night ...

 

Brighton (CH) V Newcastle (PR)
Peterborough (CH) V Norwich (PR)
Fulham (PR) V Blackpool (CH)
Sheff Wed (CH) V MK Dons (L1)
Southend (L2) V Brentford (L1)

 

Aston Villa (PR) V Ipswich (CH)
** Wigan (PR) V Bournemouth (L1)
Brighton (CH) V Newcastle (PR)
** Luton (CPr) V Wolves (CH)
Sheff Wed (CH) V MK Dons (L1)

 

Great, really pleased!

Thanks there to all of you. Yep, all individual entries count of course. But the only reason five became the 'forum' minimum (after trial and error) is so that there really is an average and not just one or two lucky 'dips' which could outdo a forum making great effort with maybe 20 entries in (a couple asked specifically about that)!!


Further update late, late tonight, but I know there are over 260 entries from 37 forums now - almost a national competition! Deadline is MID-DAY tomorrow (SaturdaY), anyone else much welcomed too ...

 

Update - Entry Stats by Overall Forums – Friday evening

A) Forums who have passed the minimum 5 entries needed to have a forum entry besides the individual scores ...

BRIGHTON - North Stand Chat 20
DONCASTER - Viking Chat 20
NEWCASTLE - The Toon Forum 19
BLACKPOOL - Back Henry Street 14
READING – Royals Rendezvous 13
FULHAM - Friends of Fulham 11
BARNSLEY - Talk of the Tarn 11
LEICESTER - Foxes Talk 10
LEEDS UTD - LUFC Talk 10
MAN UTD - United Lounge 10
WATFORD - WFC Forums 10
CARDIFF - The Cardiff City Forum 9
QPR - Not 606 QPR board 8
LIVERPOOL - Kopworld 8
WOLVES - Molineux Mix 7
BARNET - The Beehive 7
DERBY - DCFC Fans Forum 7
WBA - BaggiesZone 6
STEVENAGE - Boro Chat 6
BURNLEY - The Longside 6
CRYSTAL PALACE - Holmesdale 6
PETERBOROUGH - The Posh Forum 5
WEST HAM - Cockney Boys 5
EVERTON - Toffee Talk 5
SUNDERLAND - Black Cat Chat 5
NORWICH - Not 606 Norwich board 5
MAN CITY - MCFC Forum 5
COVENTRY - Sky Blue Talk 5
WIGAN - This Northern Soul 5


B) Entries with individual replies which of course all count, but not yet 5 entries for the forum averages

NOTTM FOREST - The A Block 4
QPR - Loft for Words 3
GILLINGHAM - Gills Connect 3
TOTTENHAM - Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Supporters Site 3
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD - Tudor Talk 3
CHELSEA - Chelsea FC Forums 2
HEREFORD - Bulls Banter 2
HUDDERSFIELD - Down at the Mac 1

Individual Fans or those without Forum invite connection
Stevenage – 1
Liverpool – 1


TOTAL entries: 276

Deadline for entries: 12.00 noon TOMORROW (Saturday). Remember that the first cup game - Brighton v Newcastle kicks-off at 12.30pm, so no asking me please to accept late entries!!

 

Aston Villa (PR) v Ipswich (CH)
Bolton (CH) v Sunderlad (PR)
Fulham (PR) v Blackpool (CH)
**Luton (CPr) v Wolves (CH)
Sheff Weds (CH) v MK Dons (L1)

 

Hi again,


Here are the individual results for the Not 606 Norwich board forum, which I am able to forward now as no-one there has decided to include games which are scheduled for today or Monday. However, on many other forums, a number of entries have put faith on some of the games still coming up, so I won’t be able to give you any ‘NATIONAL’ results until after the Monday night game!


Fatter than Fleck – 12 POINTS [Norwich Forum Gold Medal]
Aston Villa (PR) V Ipswich (CH) ---
** Wigan (PR) V Bournemouth (L1) (Draw - 1 POINT, doubled for greater tier difference = 2 pts)
Brighton (CH) V Newcastle (PR) (Brighton win 2-0, so 3 POINTS)
** Luton (CPr) V Wolves (CH) (Luton win 1-0, so 3 POINTS, doubled for greater tier difference = 6 pts)
Sheff Wed (CH) V MK Dons (L1) (Draw = 1 POINT)


Dazz19 – 9 POINTS [Norwich Forum Silver Medal]
Aston Villa (PR) v Ipswich (CH) ---
Bolton (CH) v Sunderlad (PR) (Draw = 1 POINT)
Fulham (PR) v Blackpool (CH) (Draw = 1 POINT)
**Luton (CPr) v Wolves (CH) (Luton win 1-0, so 3 POINTS, doubled for greater tier difference = 6 pts)
Sheff Weds (CH) v MK Dons (L1) (Draw = 1 POINT)


Chinacanary – 6 POINTS [Norwich Forum Bronze Medal (shared)]
Brighton (CH) V Newcastle (PR) (Brighton win 2-0, so 3 POINTS)
Bolton (CH) V Sunderland (PR) (Draw = 1 POINT)
Crystal Palace (CH) V Stoke (PR) (Draw = 1 POINT)
Derby (CH) V Tranmere (L1) ---
Sheff Wed (CH) V MK Dons (L1) (Draw = 1 POINT)


wi-exile – 6 POINTS[Norwich Forum Bronze Medal (shared)]
Brighton (CH) V Newcastle (PR) (Brighton win 2-0, so 3 POINTS)
Peterborough (CH) V Norwich (PR) ---
Fulham (PR) V Blackpool (CH) (Draw = 1 POINT)
Sheff Wed (CH) V MK Dons (L1) (Draw = 1 POINT)
Southend (L2) V Brentford (L1) (Draw = 1 POINT)


Maestro (moderator) – 5 POINTS
Brighton (CH) V Newcastle (PR) (Brighton win 2-0, so 3 POINTS)
Aston Villa (PR) V Ipswich (CH) ---
Crystal Palace (CH) V Stoke (PR) (Draw = 1 POINT)
Peterborough (CH) V Norwich (PR) ---
Southend (L2) V Brentford (L1) (Draw = 1 POINT)


Canary_dave (moderator) – 2 POINTS
Aston Villa (PR) v Ipswich (CH) ---
Bolton (CH) v Sunderland (PR) (Draw = 1 POINT)
Crystal Palace (CH) v Stoke (PR) (Draw = 1 POINT)
Crawley (L1) v Reading (PR) ---
Man. City (PR) v Watford (CH) ---



FORUM AVERAGE 6.66


Well done to the best predictors, but thanks to everyone for participating, tune in here for the final news – there are many, many other scores on other forums!

Daib0/David