Week 17 & 18

Saturday 26th December 2009
Birmingham City v Chelsea 12:45 St. Andrews Ground
Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur 13:00 Craven Cottage
West Ham United v Portsmouth 13:00 Boleyn Ground
Burnley v Bolton Wanderers 14:00 Turf Moor
Manchester City v Stoke City 15:00 City of Mcr. Stadium
Sunderland v Everton 15:00 Stadium of Light
Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers 15:00 DW Stadium
Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers 17:30 Anfield

Sunday 27th December 2009
Arsenal v Aston Villa 13:30 Emirates Stadium
Hull City v Manchester United 16:00 Kingston Comms Stadium

Monday 28th December 2009
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham 12:45 White Hart Lane
Blackburn Rovers v Sunderland 15:00 Ewood Park
Chelsea v Fulham 15:00 Stamford Bridge
Everton v Burnley 15:00 Goodison Park
Stoke City v Birmingham City 15:00 Britannia Stadium
Wolverhampton v Manchester City 19:45 Molineux

Tuesday 29th December 2009
Aston Villa v Liverpool 19:45 Villa Park
Bolton Wanderers v Hull City 20:00 Reebok Stadium

Wednesday 30th December 2009
Portsmouth v Arsenal 19:45 Fratton Park
Man United v Wigan Athletic 20:00 Old Trafford

Congratulations to Dave

"King of the 1st Half" has been crowned, with 272 glorious points. We'll now keep a separate table for the 2nd half and an "Overall" table, because, you know we have so much free time to play with numbers.

Cheers!

Gifts will be distributed in the next week or so.

Jay

Week 16 - Last week of 1st Half

If it was close, we'd stream Europe's "The Final Countdown." But it's not. Ah well. Viva la 2nd half!

Saturday 19th December 2009
Portsmouth v Liverpool 12:45 Fratton Park
Aston Villa v Stoke City 15:00 Villa Park
Blackburn v Tottenham 15:00 Ewood Park
Fulham v Man United 15:00 Craven Cottage
Manchester City v Sunderland 15:00 City of Mcr. Stadium
Arsenal v Hull City 17:30 Emirates Stadium

Sunday 20th December 2009
Wolves v Burnley 13:30 Molineux
Everton v Birm City 15:00 Goodison Park
West Ham v Chelsea 16:00 Boleyn Ground

Monday 21st December 2009
Wigan Athletic v Bolton 20:00 DW Stadium

Week 14 & 15

Week 14 and 15 collide, sort of, in a pile of messy matches. Here they are...

Wk 14
Saturday 12th December 2009
Stoke City v Wigan Athletic 12:45 Britannia Stadium
Birmingham City v West Ham 15:00 St. Andrews Ground
Bolton Wanderers v Man City 15:00 Reebok Stadium
Burnley v Fulham 15:00 Turf Moor
Chelsea v Everton 15:00 Stamford Bridge
Hull City v Blackburn 15:00 Kingston Comms Stadium
Sunderland v Portsmouth 15:00 Stadium of Light
Tottenham v Wolverhampton 15:00 White Hart Lane
Man United v Aston Villa 17:30 Old Trafford

Sunday 13th December 2009
Liverpool v Arsenal 16:00 Anfield

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Wk 15
Tuesday 15th December 2009
Sunderland v Aston Villa 19:45 Stadium of Light
Birm City v Blackburn Rovers 20:00 St. Andrews Ground
Bolton Wanderers v West Ham 20:00 Reebok Stadium
Man United v Wolverhampton 20:00 Old Trafford

Wednesday 16th December 2009
Burnley v Arsenal 19:45 Turf Moor
Chelsea v Portsmouth 19:45 Stamford Bridge
Liverpool v Wigan Athletic 20:00 Anfield
Tottenham Hotspur v Man City 20:00 White Hart Lane

Week 13

Dear Citeh, can you perhaps eek out another draw this week?

Sincerely,
The rest of us

Saturday 5th December 2009
Portsmouth v Burnley 12:45 Fratton Park
Arsenal v Stoke City 15:00 Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa v Hull City 15:00 Villa Park
Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool 15:00 Ewood Park
West Ham United v Man United 15:00 Boleyn Ground
Wigan Athletic v Birm City 15:00 DW Stadium
Wolverhampton v Bolton 15:00 Molineux
Manchester City v Chelsea 17:30 City of Mcr. Stadium

Sunday 6th December 2009
Fulham v Sunderland 15:00 Craven Cottage
Everton v Tottenham 16:00 Goodison Park

Week 12

Lots of good stuff this week... two massive derbies on Sunday, one of which may mean the end of 'the fat Spanish waiter' if it all goes wrong. And God help us all if Spurs leap Arsenal, they'll probably release another commemorative DVD.

Saturday 28th November 2009
Blackburn Rovers v Stoke City 15:00 Ewood Park
Fulham v Bolton Wanderers 15:00 Craven Cottage
Manchester City v Hull City 15:00 City of Mcr. Stadium
Portsmouth v Manchester United 15:00 Fratton Park
West Ham United v Burnley 15:00 Boleyn Ground
Wigan Athletic v Sunderland 15:00 DW Stadium
Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Villa Park

Sunday 29th November 2009
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birm City 12:00 Molineux
Everton v Liverpool 13:30 Goodison Park
Arsenal v Chelsea 16:00 Emirates Stadium

Week 11

World Cup Qualifying will all be sorted by the time this round starts. Pity, as it means there are fewer chances for Cristiano Ronaldo to get injured. Ah well. Note the Wednesday fixtures for this week; those teams will each be playing twice.


Saturday 21st November 2009
Liverpool v Manchester City 12:45 Anfield
Birmingham City v Fulham 15:00 St. Andrews Ground
Burnley v Aston Villa 15:00 Turf Moor
Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Stamford Bridge
Hull City v West Ham United 15:00 Kingston Comms Stadium
Sunderland v Arsenal 15:00 Stadium of Light
Manchester United v Everton 17:30 Old Trafford

Sunday 22nd November 2009
Bolton Wanderers v Blackburn Rovers 13:30 Reebok Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic 15:00 White Hart Lane
Stoke City v Portsmouth 16:00 Britannia Stadium

Wednesday 25th November 2009
Hull City v Everton 19:45 Kingston Comms Stadium
Fulham v Blackburn Rovers 20:00 Craven Cottage

Week 10

Well, I guess we found out exactly how much things can change in a given week when "Nostradave-us" takes a week of hibernation. This weeks matches:


Saturday 7th November 2009
Aston Villa v Bolton 15:00 Villa Park
Blackburn Rovers v Portsmouth 15:00 Ewood Park
Manchester City v Burnley 15:00 City of Mcr. Stadium
Tottenham v Sunderland 15:00 White Hart Lane
Wolves v Arsenal 17:30 Molineux

Sunday 8th November 2009
Hull City v Stoke City 13:30 Kingston Comms Stadium
West Ham United v Everton 15:00 Boleyn Ground
Wigan Athletic v Fulham 15:00 DW Stadium
Chelsea v Man Utd 16:00 Stamford Bridge

Monday 9th November 2009
Liverpool v Birm City 20:00 Anfield

Week 10

Big one in London this Saturday... Fulham vs 'Pool. What? Ohhh that's right. Halloween. North London Derby. Yep...sounds about right. Please note the Wednesday match may delay posting of results next week, unless nobody plunks down money on Villa or West Ham.


Saturday 31st October 2009
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur 12:45 Emirates Stadium
Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea 15:00 Reebok Stadium
Burnley v Hull City 15:00 Turf Moor
Everton v Aston Villa 15:00 Goodison Park
Fulham v Liverpool 15:00 Craven Cottage
Portsmouth v Wigan Athletic 15:00 Fratton Park
Stoke City v Wolves 15:00 Britannia Stadium
Sunderland v West Ham United 15:00 Stadium of Light
Manchester United v Blackburn 17:30 Old Trafford

Sunday 1st November 2009
Birmingham v Man City 16:00 St. Andrews Ground

Wednesday 4th November 2009
West Ham v Aston Villa 19:45 Boleyn Ground

Week 9

Ever since the Mancs built that damn canal, the Scousers have had it in for them. This Sunday, it's on again!


Saturday 24th October 2009
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa 12:45 Molineux
Birmingham City v Sunderland 15:00 St. Andrews Ground
Burnley v Wigan Athletic 15:00 Turf Moor
Hull City v Portsmouth 15:00 Kingston Comms Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City 15:00 White Hart Lane
Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers 17:30 Stamford Bridge

Sunday 25th October 2009
Bolton Wanderers v Everton 13:30 Reebok Stadium
Liverpool v Manchester Utd 14:00 Anfield
Manchester City v Fulham 15:00 City of Mcr. Stadium
West Ham United v Arsenal 16:15 Boleyn Ground

Table updated

Fun week, lots of surprising points...and Jay has temporarily wrestled 2nd place from Billy. Dan had a very good week but didn't quite claw back the points he'd hoped for. Meanwhile, David keeps steaming along comfortably in front.

Week 8 Fixtures

Thank the gods that the International Break is over. That said, there are a good number of sleeper games this weekend, and I don't mean "unexpected", I mean positively nodding off.

Saturday 17th October 2009
Aston Villa v Chelsea Villa Park
Arsenal v Birmingham City Emirates Stadium
Everton v Wolves Goodison Park
Man Utd v Bolton Wanderers Old Trafford
Portsmouth v Spurs Fratton Park
Stoke City v West Ham United Britannia Stadium
Sunderland v Liverpool Stadium of Light

Sunday 18th October 2009
Blackburn Rovers v Burnley Ewood Park
Wigan Athletic v Man City DW Stadium

Monday 19th October 2009
Fulham v Hull City Craven Cottage

Fixtures for Week 7

After last week's landmines, I think it's safe to say that nobody is out of this until the bitter end. Save perhaps Dan, who needs a hug after last week.

Saturday 3rd October 2009
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur Reebok Stadium
Burnley v Birmingham City Turf Moor
Hull City v Wigan Athletic Kingston Comms Stadium
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Portsmouth Molineux
Manchester United v Sunderland Old Trafford

Sunday 4th October 2009
Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers Emirates Stadium
Everton v Stoke City Goodison Park
West Ham United v Fulham Boleyn Ground
Chelsea v Liverpool Stamford Bridge

Monday 5th October 2009
Aston Villa v Manchester City Villa Park

Fixtures for Week 6

Saturday 26th September 2009
Portsmouth v Everton Fratton Park
Birmingham City v Bolton St. Andrews
Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa Ewood Park
Liverpool v Hull City Anfield
Stoke City v Manchester United Britannia Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley White Hart Lane
Wigan Athletic v Chelsea DW Stadium
Fulham v Arsenal Craven Cottage

Sunday 27th September 2009
Sunderland v Wolves Stadium of Light

Monday 28th September 2009
Manchester City v West Ham City of Mcr. Stadium

Week 6

Coming up... and finally life seems normal again, we have Sat/Sun matches and a Monday nighter between Citeh and West Ham. Go you Irons!

Week 5: The carnage continues

Saturday 19th September
Burnley v Sunderland Turf Moor
Arsenal v Wigan Athletic Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa v Portsmouth Villa Park
Bolton Wanderers v Stoke City Reebok Stadium
Hull City v Birmingham City Kingston Comms Stadium
West Ham United v Liverpool Boleyn Ground

Sunday 20th September
Manchester United v Manchester City Old Trafford
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Fulham Molineux
Everton v Blackburn Rovers Goodison Park
Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur Stamford Bridge

Table updated

Jay has edged ahead of Dan, but other than that there was not much movement. Seems Chelsea is the "old stand by" pick and until they lose, well, who can blame a bloke for sticking with them?

Week 4 Matches

Saturday
Blackburn v Wolverhampton Wanderers Ewood Park
Liverpool v Burnley Anfield
Man City v Arsenal City of Mcr. Stadium
Portsmouth v Bolton Wanderers Fratton Park
Stoke City v Chelsea Britannia Stadium
Sunderland v Hull City Stadium of Light
Wigan Athletic v West Ham United DW Stadium
Tottenham v Manchester United White Hart Lane
Sunday
Birmingham City v Aston Villa St. Andrews Ground
Fulham v Everton Craven Cottage

Week 3 - table updated

Next week we're off for internationals and assorted cups, so no matches. Things are getting tight for Jay / Dan / Billy while Dave continues to cruise at the top. Next matchday features Spurs/United, Citeh/Arsenal, and Portsmouth/Bolton (no points for either team through three weeks or four if you're Portsmouth) so lots of entertainment ahead. (Unless you support Blackburn wherein you might as well start planning your tour of the Championship stadiums for next season.)

Week 3 August 29-30

Week 2 - Final weekend table updated

I'll post the form for Week 3 on Monday.

Week 2 Update

Well, clearly the mid-week matches were "the place to be" even though nobody had the stones to take Burnley. Those of us languishing at the bottom will have to take advantage in the days ahead...but don't look now, both Dan and David have Everton in their picks for Saturday so there could be massive points flying around in the next few hours.

Week 2 notes August 18 - 24

- Arsenal plays midweek (Tuesday) at Celtic, in case you've been under a rock and were not aware.

- Vidic is alleged to be back on the weekend (and who knew United would ever need a bit of help in back?)

- Fulham at Chelsea next weekend at the Cottage, the first massive London derby.

- Birmingham have 7 injured players and... OH SOD IT, just PICK ALREADY.

Week 1 Notes: August 15 - 16

* It's early but there are injuries... go to the PhysioRoom.com EPL injury report here.

* Arsenal plays mid-week against Celtic in the Champions League group play-in.

The Rules

Each week you choose three matches and try to acquire points based on the system below. Since there is no traditional 'winter break' in the EPL and we want to keep things interesting, we'll have a winner for the first half of the season given out the day before Boxing Day, a winner for the second half, and an Overall Winner. Prizes are TBD as of 7/19/09.

Points System

Three points are awarded for a victory if your team sits above the team they're playing in the standings. Ex: If Team A is 1st in the table and they defeat the 4th team, its three points.

Three points plus the difference in the standings are awarded if your team wins and they sit below the team they're playing in the standings. Ex: If Team A is 1st in the table and Team B is 6th in the table, and you correctly predict Team B to win, then you get 8 points (three for the victory + five for the table differential).

Draws will work the same way except they will be based on one point.
Ex: If Team A is 1st in the EPL table, you chose them to win, and they draw the 4th placed team...that is 1 point. If team B is 4th in the EPL, you choose them to win and they draw...then that is 4 points (1 for the draw + 3 for the table differential).

This encourages everyone not to just pick United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal (snooooze) and hopefully makes it interesting at the sharp end of the season when injuries, fixtures and the relegation possibilities pile up. It also gives you a bit of an edge if you know full well that every time Arsenal take the trip up the motorway to Bolton, they come back with nothing, or a draw at best.

Teams that have 0 points (ex: all teams in Week 1) revert to their final table position in the previous season. Newly promoted teams start with the number of points accumulated by the last place team in the previous campaign. Last year’s EPL standings can be found here.