We've had some tight finishes to the end of the Predictions season in the past, but this could be the closest yet. With just 3 weeks to go, Matthew Jenns and Nick Scraggs both post very good scores, and are now tied for first place! The reason Matt still leads is down to our own version of goal difference, namely the number of SPOT ON predictions so far. Matt has 56 to Nick's 50. But surely it won't come down to that? In a very high scoring week generally, Andy Leck has now slipped further behind and he, Laura and Paul are going to have to post a big score in Week 36 to have a chance now. The place money goes down to 7th for all those in the chasing pack, and that is still a lot of you!
About once a season, someone manages to get a clean sweep of correct predictions, and this is that week! Well done to Marc Farey, who wins the week with a great score of 247, consisting of 10 correct predictions. 7 of those (at Blackburn, Arsenal and Wigan) were spot on. You can always see how the winner won by checking the "Weekly Winner" link to the right. So that's £50 to Marc, though ironically the money would have gone to Ant McPartlin (227) if he had gone with his boys and chosen them for the bonus team! (see below)
BONUS TEAM: In that case it could only be Newcastle, in 4 mins v Sunderland. I'm pretty impressed that a whopping 48 of you went for them and each picked up an extra 28 pts each. It won't surprise you to learn that the most popular choice was West Ham, with 68 of you choosing them to score first v Derby (next week it's Derby v Arsenal so we might get a record number!)
PREDICTIONS CUP: Week 35 saw the Quarter Final stage, and each produced a pretty conclusive victory. So well done to Peter, Philip, Dan and Olly, who will meet in the semi finals in week 37.
| ROUND 6 - Week 33 | PTS | SEMI FINALS - Week 37 | PTS | FINAL - Week 38 |
| PETER BARRETT | 222 | PETER BARRETT | | |
| DOM MILLER | 75 | |||
| PHILIP COX | 120 | PHILIP COX | V | |
| RICHARD OWEN | 46 | |||
| DAN SKIPP | 145 | DAN SKIPP | | |
| STEVE BAILEY | 52 | |||
| ROB CRUTCHLEY | 141 | OLIVER HOLLAND | V | |
| OLIVER HOLLAND | 203 |
AND FINALLY: Last week I asked if anyone could tell me how the Premiership would look if it was made up of the 20 biggest clubs in the Country based purely on size of the City or town they were from (with only one allowed from each City). Undeterred by the fact that no-one actually tried to answer, here's who would be in it! A couple of these are very surprising!
| The Alternative Premiership! |
| Arsenal |
| Aston Villa |
| Bolton Wanderers |
| Bradford City |
| Bristol City |
| Cardiff City |
| Coventry City |
| Doncaster |
| Hull City |
| Leeds Utd |
| Leicester City |
| Liverpool |
| Manchester Utd |
| Newcastle Utd |
| Nottingham Forest |
| Sheffield Utd |
| Stockport County |
| Sunderland |
| Walsall |
| Wigan Athletic |
