An unbelievable set of results, topped by Villa's first win at Old Trafford for 26 years (in fact, it was a great weekend for all 3 West Midlands clubs). A 1-1 strategy across the board won't win you the title, but there always a chance you might just win the £50 one week, and with 5 draws this time (including an unlikely one at Chelsea) ..well done to Sarah Jeffrey for taking that gamble. With Utd, Liverpool and Spurs all losing at home, there were also plenty of whopping minus scores (231 people score a minus this week!) and Simon Jarvis' -84 topped that list. Our leaders didn't fare too badly considering (with the exception of Dave Elston), though Robert Bradley joins them after his 147 moved him from 49th to 8th.
Interestingly, Wolves scored the quickest goal for the 2nd week running (and earnt a lovely 60 pts for 9 players) - yet they conceded the fastest goal in the 2 weeks before those! Which way will they go in Week 17? Atb, Ciro
If anyone wants to write a blurb for their own minileague during the holiday period, email it directly to me at rakison@andrew.cmu.edu. I'll paste it into your minileague during the next update. Cheers, David R.
THIS WEEK'S £50 WINNER. Well done to:
SARAH JEFFREY - 172 (Her predictions were:)
| Bonus | Home Team | | | | Away Team | Bonus | Points |
| | Birmingham | 1 | v | 1 | West Ham | | -3 |
| | Bolton | 1 | v | 1 | Man City | | 18 |
| | Burnley | 1 | v | 1 | Fulham | | 50 |
| | Chelsea | 1 | v | 1 | Everton | | 18 |
| | Hull | 1 | v | 1 | Blackburn | | 24 |
| | Liverpool | 1 | v | 1 | Arsenal | | -3 |
| | Man Utd | 1 | v | 1 | Aston Villa | | -3 |
| | Stoke | 1 | v | 1 | Wigan | 1 | 24 |
| | Sunderland | 1 | v | 1 | Portsmouth | | 50 |
| | Tottenham | 1 | v | 1 | Wolves | | -3 |
TOP 20 SCORERS
| 1 | SARAH JEFFREY | 172 |
| 2 | RICHARD MILLER | 165 |
| 3 | MATT PEARSON | 164 |
| 4 | CAROLINE MOORE | 152 |
| 5 | ROBERT BRADLEY | 147 |
| 6 | SPENCER NEWTON | 140 |
| 7 | CHRIS BLENKIN | 135 |
| 8 | ALAN GREENWOOD | 133 |
| 9 | LUCY LIVERMORE | 133 |
| 10 | KEITH GABRIEL | 130 |
| 11 | JAMES AINGER | 130 |
| 12 | MICHAEL GORDON | 126 |
| 13 | BOBBY WARDROPE | 124 |
| 14 | JOHN KEANE | 120 |
| 15 | ANDY HYDE | 120 |
| 16 | DARREN STYLES | 116 |
| 17 | TIM EVANS | 113 |
| 18 | MARTYN FRASER | 112 |
| 19 | DANIEL RAWLINGS | 109 |
| 20 | BRIAN DIXON | 108 |
THE OVERALL TOP 10
| PREV | POS | NAME | WEEK 16 | BONUS | TOTAL |
| 2 | 1 | STEVE JOHNSTON | 102 | 0 | 1646 |
| 1 | 2 | GEOFF EMBLEY | 66 | 0 | 1613 |
| 4 | 3 | PHIL WILLIAMS | 40 | 0 | 1551 |
| 8 | 4 | JASON NICHOLAS | 50 | 0 | 1530 |
| 11 | 5 | ROBIN McMURRAY | 53 | 0 | 1508 |
| 3 | 6 | PAUL CHAPMAN | -19 | 0 | 1506 |
| 18 | 7 | ADRIAN SPROSTON | 76 | 0 | 1501 |
| 49 | 8 | ROBERT BRADLEY | 147 | 60 | 1499 |
| 7 | 9 | NUGGIE SRIKANTHAPALAN | 4 | 0 | 1492 |
| 6 | 10 | DAVID CUSCHIERI | -1 | 0 | 1490 |
BONUS TEAM
Wolves, 3 mins v Spurs
# Pts won: 60
# Players correct: 9
Most Popular Choice: Spurs - 156
