PAS Lucky 13 Winter ’16 Final table round up!

2birch1bangerlong-1

Do something nice in ’17…

 

 

”: It was an intriguing battle at the top for pretty much the whole season given the sibling rivalry that fuelled the fire, but ultimately it was forgone conclusion as the weeks rolled on what with the relentless posting of high end scores by our new champion!

 

He started down in 26th, climbed to 14th, then up to 13th a week later –  the push into the Top Ten at number four was done by Week 4…

 

Once ensconced, it was at the summit all the way – only to drop in Week 7 to the hellish depths of third! (God, imagine…27th was a pipe dream for me!)

 

However, a recovery back up to the top slot was cemented in Week 9 and there he stayed. And how he stayed!

A phenomenal performance it has to said that came with a first – the 400 point barrier was breached!

Tony B’s long standing record points tally was smashed up (scant consolation T, but you still have the most correct scores!) and I think this new one is here forever!

So, doff your caps & give congrats to Tony Morris 415 (58) – he’s a winner!

 

 

Tony ended on a massive 35 point lead over another legend of the PAS game, Jazz Sian in second place (can Jazz stop Tony doing the double in the PAS Cup?). Be afraid people, the King is back and he finished 9 points ahead of newbie Ian Harrison in joint third place (great debut Ian – hut hut!) along with PAS Board member and, ahem, looker afterer of the back end, Dan Hogwood. Dan has been vetted, patted down and interrogated by Dave N and myself and, erm, we’re happy he didn’t nick anything…

 

Just four points further behind, Jamie Sellers & Jason Morris couldn’t be separated as they reflect the feel good buzz that’s abound in Brighton & Manchester at the moment (i’m sure Tony will go easy on you Jay?!) finishing in joint fourth spot with The Syndicate puppet master, Mark Seels scooping 7th place just another 2 points shy.

 

Have you talked your boys through your CL qualification Seelsy??!

 

Old skooler & leading lady Clare Templeton chipped in at 8th just one point behind, and only another point back, Lee Ford finished in ninth, cocking a snook at that “difficult second season” syndrome.

 

PAS old boy, Charlie Harris did see the forest from the trees and pip squeaked into 10th by the virtue of 2 correct scores (much to the chagrin of Norman L no doubt)

 

 

Laughing Gnome: Just eight places separated our record breaking champion from Gary Blackburne 243 (20) in Week 1! The Eagle never really recovered from there, slipping to 59th, 82nd and 92nd in consecutive weeks hitting bottom in Week 5.

 

A brief respite to the heady heights of 93rd (that’s second bottom to you & me) for three weeks couldn’t be sustained as a return to the basement slot from Week 9 meant my best mate takes the wooden spoon.

 

I cannot wait to present it to him (yes, this is the what it’s come to – schadenfreude!)

Ross B & Rob C made gallant efforts over the season to save Gary’s blushes but to no avail – good lads!

 

Now, will Palace go the same way Gee?!

 

Spot Prizers

OK, YOU have finished on these positions and you HAVE won those prizes!

 

Norman Lee on 11th, Jack Buxton on 12th, Tony Davenport/George Triantafillou on 17th, Simon Buxton/Paul Henshaw on 24th, Rich Lee on 27th, Rowan Marriott on 31st, Ric Pardoe on 33rd, Arthur Harrison/Kate Slee 39th, Andy Chesworth on 42nd, Chris Birch on 49th, Chris Dixon on 51st, Peter Morley/Simon Lindsay on 57th, Richard Hirst on 65th, Will Oppong on 66th, Sam Arora on 71st, Bill Pasterfield on 78th, Riten Patel/Mr 2-0 on 83rd, Paul Vinson on 89th, Ross Butcher on 92nd & Rob Currin on 93rd.

 

click here to view the full table & to see how much you won!

 

*** all prize money will be winging its way over this weekend (less your PAS Lucky 13 Spring ’17 entry fee) – promise! ***

 

PAS Champions League 2016/17 Group Stages

Matchday 6 games concluded the groups. Like, duh…

 

Lots of drama right to the very end as SIX groups were decided on “goal difference” – look away now if you don’t want to know your fate…

 

Anders H & Debbie L  might as well have given up the points so dire were the minus “goal difference” columns, Dave C was also in arrears and paid the price but you have to feel for Euro champ Howard T & Olly O who went out by a mere 4 goals deficit.

 

However the real heartbreak must lay with Scott Harrison who bowed out by just 2 goals in the tightest group of the lot!

 

So, congrats to the qualifiers, especially Danny Ashworth who amassed the biggest points haul and must fancy himself for a June appearance in the Final. One to be avoided then in the Last 16 draw eh?

 

Oh, the draw has been made and can be found here

 

 

PAS Cup 2017

Congratulations to Mark J Brown for sneaking the last spot (rules, entry fee details & scoresheets coming soon!)

 

The Top 32 have qualified and the First round proper will take place on w/e January 28th

 

The draw has been made and can be found here

 

Other little bits 

 

Mark Seels picked up an additional £10 for getting the Best Weekly Score of the Season and another new record tally to boot –  64 (8)

 

Richard Hughes picked up £9 for getting the Best Correct Score of the Season by guessing – Inverness C T 3 Hearts 3.

 

 

 

And Another Thing

See that banner at the top of this update?

He may be a West ‘Am slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag but he’s doing good things in 2017 – check this out and if you can, give him some support!

 

 

“As some of you may know, in July next year me and my little brother (I say little, he is a few inches taller than me, the b*stard) will be setting off from Goodwood and travelling 10,000 miles in an old Fiat van across the globe as part of the Mongol Rally. And we are hoping to raise money for charity along the way
 – full details here.
To get the fundraising off and running, I am going to host a charity quiz night at the Star on Wednesday 11th Jan – you can grab a space for your team here. Already confirmed are our special (celebratory) guest presenter and my 84 year old Nan plus some amazing raffle prizes. We really hope to make the most of this opportunity and raise as much as we can for two phenomenal organisations.
Also check out the sponsorship opportunities for our team on the Just Giving page. All amazing (if I do say so myself) and all cost significantly less than a Arsenal season ticket!
So there it is, that’s our story. If you want, follow us on twitter @2birch1banger and Instagram 2birch1banger” – Chris B

 

Plaudits

Thanks again to all for taking time and bothering to enter, we couldn’t do it without you!

 

And a final big thank you to Dave N & Dan H for providing all the behind the scenes techky stuff to enable another great (relatively glitch free!) season…check the new “feel” on the site! Apparently it’s absolutely mint now for mobile users…nope, me neither.

 

See you in a few weeks!

 

 

Cheers,
Pab


PAS Lucky 13 Winter ’16 Final table round up!

2birch1bangerlong-1

Do something nice in ’17…

 

 

”: It was an intriguing battle at the top for pretty much the whole season given the sibling rivalry that fuelled the fire, but ultimately it was forgone conclusion as the weeks rolled on what with the relentless posting of high end scores by our new champion!

 

He started down in 26th, climbed to 14th, then up to 13th a week later –  the push into the Top Ten at number four was done by Week 4…

 

Once ensconced, it was at the summit all the way – only to drop in Week 7 to the hellish depths of third! (God, imagine…27th was a pipe dream for me!)

 

However, a recovery back up to the top slot was cemented in Week 9 and there he stayed. And how he stayed!

A phenomenal performance it has to said that came with a first – the 400 point barrier was breached!

Tony B’s long standing record points tally was smashed up (scant consolation T, but you still have the most correct scores!) and I think this new one is here forever!

So, doff your caps & give congrats to Tony Morris 415 (58) – he’s a winner!

 

 

Tony ended on a massive 35 point lead over another legend of the PAS game, Jazz Sian in second place (can Jazz stop Tony doing the double in the PAS Cup?). Be afraid people, the King is back and he finished 9 points ahead of newbie Ian Harrison in joint third place (great debut Ian – hut hut!) along with PAS Board member and, ahem, looker afterer of the back end, Dan Hogwood. Dan has been vetted, patted down and interrogated by Dave N and myself and, erm, we’re happy he didn’t nick anything…

 

Just four points further behind, Jamie Sellers & Jason Morris couldn’t be separated as they reflect the feel good buzz that’s abound in Brighton & Manchester at the moment (i’m sure Tony will go easy on you Jay?!) finishing in joint fourth spot with The Syndicate puppet master, Mark Seels scooping 7th place just another 2 points shy.

 

Have you talked your boys through your CL qualification Seelsy??!

 

Old skooler & leading lady Clare Templeton chipped in at 8th just one point behind, and only another point back, Lee Ford finished in ninth, cocking a snook at that “difficult second season” syndrome.

 

PAS old boy, Charlie Harris did see the forest from the trees and pip squeaked into 10th by the virtue of 2 correct scores (much to the chagrin of Norman L no doubt)

 

 

Laughing Gnome: Just eight places separated our record breaking champion from Gary Blackburne 243 (20) in Week 1! The Eagle never really recovered from there, slipping to 59th, 82nd and 92nd in consecutive weeks hitting bottom in Week 5.

 

A brief respite to the heady heights of 93rd (that’s second bottom to you & me) for three weeks couldn’t be sustained as a return to the basement slot from Week 9 meant my best mate takes the wooden spoon.

 

I cannot wait to present it to him (yes, this is the what it’s come to – schadenfreude!)

Ross B & Rob C made gallant efforts over the season to save Gary’s blushes but to no avail – good lads!

 

Now, will Palace go the same way Gee?!

 

Spot Prizers

OK, YOU have finished on these positions and you HAVE won those prizes!

 

Norman Lee on 11th, Jack Buxton on 12th, Tony Davenport/George Triantafillou on 17th, Simon Buxton/Paul Henshaw on 24th, Rich Lee on 27th, Rowan Marriott on 31st, Ric Pardoe on 33rd, Arthur Harrison/Kate Slee 39th, Andy Chesworth on 42nd, Chris Birch on 49th, Chris Dixon on 51st, Peter Morley/Simon Lindsay on 57th, Richard Hirst on 65th, Will Oppong on 66th, Sam Arora on 71st, Bill Pasterfield on 78th, Riten Patel/Mr 2-0 on 83rd, Paul Vinson on 89th, Ross Butcher on 92nd & Rob Currin on 93rd.

 

click here to view the full table & to see how much you won!

 

*** all prize money will be winging its way over this weekend (less your PAS Lucky 13 Spring ’17 entry fee) – promise! ***

 

PAS Champions League 2016/17 Group Stages

Matchday 6 games concluded the groups. Like, duh…

 

Lots of drama right to the very end as SIX groups were decided on “goal difference” – look away now if you don’t want to know your fate…

 

Anders H & Debbie L  might as well have given up the points so dire were the minus “goal difference” columns, Dave C was also in arrears and paid the price but you have to feel for Euro champ Howard T & Olly O who went out by a mere 4 goals deficit.

 

However the real heartbreak must lay with Scott Harrison who bowed out by just 2 goals in the tightest group of the lot!

 

So, congrats to the qualifiers, especially Danny Ashworth who amassed the biggest points haul and must fancy himself for a June appearance in the Final. One to be avoided then in the Last 16 draw eh?

 

Oh, the draw has been made and can be found here

 

 

PAS Cup 2017

Congratulations to Mark J Brown for sneaking the last spot (rules, entry fee details & scoresheets coming soon!)

 

The Top 32 have qualified and the First round proper will take place on w/e January 28th

 

The draw has been made and can be found here

 

Other little bits 

 

Mark Seels picked up an additional £10 for getting the Best Weekly Score of the Season and another new record tally to boot –  64 (8)

 

Richard Hughes picked up £9 for getting the Best Correct Score of the Season by guessing – Inverness C T 3 Hearts 3.

 

 

 

And Another Thing

See that banner at the top of this update?

He may be a West ‘Am slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag but he’s doing good things in 2017 – check this out and if you can, give him some support!

 

 

“As some of you may know, in July next year me and my little brother (I say little, he is a few inches taller than me, the b*stard) will be setting off from Goodwood and travelling 10,000 miles in an old Fiat van across the globe as part of the Mongol Rally. And we are hoping to raise money for charity along the way
 – full details here.
To get the fundraising off and running, I am going to host a charity quiz night at the Star on Wednesday 11th Jan – you can grab a space for your team here. Already confirmed are our special (celebratory) guest presenter and my 84 year old Nan plus some amazing raffle prizes. We really hope to make the most of this opportunity and raise as much as we can for two phenomenal organisations.
Also check out the sponsorship opportunities for our team on the Just Giving page. All amazing (if I do say so myself) and all cost significantly less than a Arsenal season ticket!
So there it is, that’s our story. If you want, follow us on twitter @2birch1banger and Instagram 2birch1banger” – Chris B

 

Plaudits

Thanks again to all for taking time and bothering to enter, we couldn’t do it without you!

 

And a final big thank you to Dave N & Dan H for providing all the behind the scenes techky stuff to enable another great (relatively glitch free!) season…check the new “feel” on the site! Apparently it’s absolutely mint now for mobile users…nope, me neither.

 

See you in a few weeks!

 

 

Cheers,
Pab


PAS Lucky 13 Winter ’16 Week 13 round up

A Ray Of Sunshine”: 

You can tell it’s the holiday season – people put down crazy scores, crazy scores come in. Mr 2-0 is oversubscribed as people “forget” or drift off into an alcoholic abyss with little chance of predicting succour. Form goes out the window (ahem) & “coupon busters” are celebrated by bookies across the country. So how do you combat this perennial problem?

Don’t ask me, I got marginally more than Mr 2-0 this week (actually I did well this week and feel it’s getting personal on the amount of scores I miss out on by one goal…)

Maybe Jon Tofeili 46 (6) can tell us how he came up on the blindside to swipe the last weekly £20 from a pair of old skooler’s hands?

My money’s on the fact he knew the fast improving Mancs would concede to the reviled Mackems (he is a Geordie!) in the last minute and earn him 5 very valuable points…or it could’ve been that he lucked out on Liverpool 4 Stoke 1?

 

 

Bad Boys”: 

It’s Christmas, there are crazy scores expected and there’s last minute shopping to be done. Why bother doing your scores?

Tony Davenport & Patricia Fernandez 15 (0) are wondering just that….

 

 

 

Correct Score of the Week:

A decent smattering of correct scores this week….most popular score was Huddersfield’s 2-1 win over Nottm Forest – 21 of youse got that!

Twenty one got the 3 goal demolition of Hamilton by Celtic

20 got the correctly over-hyped 3-0 at Stamford Bridge

Thirteen got Hull 0 Man City 3

11 got the thrilling Brighton 3 QPR 0

Eight got the very annoying last minute spoiling Man Utd 3 Sunderland 1 and 8 more got the 1-3 Granite City win over Motherwell

Four nailed Brentford 2 Cardiff 2

4 obviously guessed Liverpool would beat Stoke 4-1

Four made us all green by happening upon Wolves 3-2 Bristol City

Mark S & Jon T just knew Norwich would score against Reading for a 3-1

David G was all over the awayday 0-2 special to the Cottagers

Bry D believed in Everton. A 0-2 kinda belief…

 

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Matt Worsfold for his would-you-Adam-and-believe-it-inspired, Preston North End 1 Leeds 4!

 

 

 

Bet of the Week:

So, the “system” spat out 3 draws that were the most popular among the 93 of you who entered predictions and guess what?!

We lost! Again. Ahhh well…

50.8% Rotherham V Wigan – after a 3 goal start….

47.7% Southampton V Spurs – looked good after 2 minutes…

44.6% Leicester V Everton – those masks didn’t work then…

So, £0 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 65th leaving the total at little Brucie bonus £8.32

 

 

 

Table News:

Club Tropicana“: 

One crashed the Top Ten and highest climber this week, up a whopping 17 places is Tony Bowley – honourable mentions go to Dan P (+12), Jon T (+14), David G (+11) Howard T (+16), Matt W (+15) and Sam A (+11)

 

 

 

Nothing Looks The Same In The Light“: 

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 21 places is Patricia Fernandez – dishonourable mentions go to Debbie L (-15), Neil M (-11), Simon Linds (-11), Peter M (-13), Neil T (-11) and Tony D (-11)

 

Full season update is imminent once I can work out what day it is and when i’m due back work etc.

I’d give it til the weekend if I were you! Whenever that is…

 

 

 

PAS Cup 2017:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2017 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is…yeah right, like i’m gonna tell you that now! Patience is a virtue mes amigos…

 

 

 

PAS Champions League 2016/17 Group Stages:

Matchday 6 games went ahead this week and concluded the Group stages

We had 11 successful jokers! 4 hammerings! 1 heartbreaker! 2 close game! Someone won their games with 21 points and one lost their’s with 35 points! Unbelievable Geoff…

 

Matchday 6 results & final tables can be found here

 

But not yet obv…

 

 

 

And Another Thing:

Thankyou for taking part in another fab season – we couldn’t do it without you!

Please come back soon. Very soon! Actually it will be early February – fear not, you’ll be getting a constant stream of reminders!

Special thanks to Dan & Dave once again for all their tireless work behind the scenes – they’ve made our online dream reality AND they are currently working on a few things that will really tickle your fancies! You’ve been warned!

 

 

 

 

Twitter is dead, long live Instagram!

Take some interesting pics & remember to add #pabpas so you we can see your pic on the site!

Some away game pics would be good this season. Or some pics of away fans. Or home fans. Or just the match. Or players you’ve met. Anything actually. Food? Beers? Lovely vistas??!

 

 

Cheers,

Pab


PAS Lucky 13 Winter ’16 Week 13 round up

A Ray Of Sunshine”: 

You can tell it’s the holiday season – people put down crazy scores, crazy scores come in. Mr 2-0 is oversubscribed as people “forget” or drift off into an alcoholic abyss with little chance of predicting succour. Form goes out the window (ahem) & “coupon busters” are celebrated by bookies across the country. So how do you combat this perennial problem?

Don’t ask me, I got marginally more than Mr 2-0 this week (actually I did well this week and feel it’s getting personal on the amount of scores I miss out on by one goal…)

Maybe Jon Tofeili 46 (6) can tell us how he came up on the blindside to swipe the last weekly £20 from a pair of old skooler’s hands?

My money’s on the fact he knew the fast improving Mancs would concede to the reviled Mackems (he is a Geordie!) in the last minute and earn him 5 very valuable points…or it could’ve been that he lucked out on Liverpool 4 Stoke 1?

 

 

Bad Boys”: 

It’s Christmas, there are crazy scores expected and there’s last minute shopping to be done. Why bother doing your scores?

Tony Davenport & Patricia Fernandez 15 (0) are wondering just that….

 

 

 

Correct Score of the Week:

A decent smattering of correct scores this week….most popular score was Huddersfield’s 2-1 win over Nottm Forest – 21 of youse got that!

Twenty one got the 3 goal demolition of Hamilton by Celtic

20 got the correctly over-hyped 3-0 at Stamford Bridge

Thirteen got Hull 0 Man City 3

11 got the thrilling Brighton 3 QPR 0

Eight got the very annoying last minute spoiling Man Utd 3 Sunderland 1 and 8 more got the 1-3 Granite City win over Motherwell

Four nailed Brentford 2 Cardiff 2

4 obviously guessed Liverpool would beat Stoke 4-1

Four made us all green by happening upon Wolves 3-2 Bristol City

Mark S & Jon T just knew Norwich would score against Reading for a 3-1

David G was all over the awayday 0-2 special to the Cottagers

Bry D believed in Everton. A 0-2 kinda belief…

 

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Matt Worsfold for his would-you-Adam-and-believe-it-inspired, Preston North End 1 Leeds 4!

 

 

 

Bet of the Week:

So, the “system” spat out 3 draws that were the most popular among the 93 of you who entered predictions and guess what?!

We lost! Again. Ahhh well…

50.8% Rotherham V Wigan – after a 3 goal start….

47.7% Southampton V Spurs – looked good after 2 minutes…

44.6% Leicester V Everton – those masks didn’t work then…

So, £0 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 65th leaving the total at little Brucie bonus £8.32

 

 

 

Table News:

Club Tropicana“: 

One crashed the Top Ten and highest climber this week, up a whopping 17 places is Tony Bowley – honourable mentions go to Dan P (+12), Jon T (+14), David G (+11) Howard T (+16), Matt W (+15) and Sam A (+11)

 

 

 

Nothing Looks The Same In The Light“: 

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 21 places is Patricia Fernandez – dishonourable mentions go to Debbie L (-15), Neil M (-11), Simon Linds (-11), Peter M (-13), Neil T (-11) and Tony D (-11)

 

Full season update is imminent once I can work out what day it is and when i’m due back work etc.

I’d give it til the weekend if I were you! Whenever that is…

 

 

 

PAS Cup 2017:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Cup 2017 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is…yeah right, like i’m gonna tell you that now! Patience is a virtue mes amigos…

 

 

 

PAS Champions League 2016/17 Group Stages:

Matchday 6 games went ahead this week and concluded the Group stages

We had 11 successful jokers! 4 hammerings! 1 heartbreaker! 2 close game! Someone won their games with 21 points and one lost their’s with 35 points! Unbelievable Geoff…

 

Matchday 6 results & final tables can be found here

 

But not yet obv…

 

 

 

And Another Thing:

Thankyou for taking part in another fab season – we couldn’t do it without you!

Please come back soon. Very soon! Actually it will be early February – fear not, you’ll be getting a constant stream of reminders!

Special thanks to Dan & Dave once again for all their tireless work behind the scenes – they’ve made our online dream reality AND they are currently working on a few things that will really tickle your fancies! You’ve been warned!

 

 

 

 

Twitter is dead, long live Instagram!

Take some interesting pics & remember to add #pabpas so you we can see your pic on the site!

Some away game pics would be good this season. Or some pics of away fans. Or home fans. Or just the match. Or players you’ve met. Anything actually. Food? Beers? Lovely vistas??!

 

 

Cheers,

Pab