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“In Yer Face”:

It’s getting competitive folks!

For all of us…especially this week if you’re called Paul (except if you’re one that lives in Australia)

Sixteen players scored 30 points or more this week with four of them duking it out to the bitter end.

Rowan M smashed home a 5 pointer, a nine-pointer, and then a TEN pointer!

Matthew S & Paul F both benefitted from added-on-time goals at Celtic & Coventry to stake their claim to the £20 weekly prize…

But it was Paul Vinson 39 (5) who just edged it thanks to that Coventry fifth, Ipswich’s 92nd minute 3rd, and two nine-pointers including the really annoying Arseanl one (yeah, guess who had 4-0?)

Congrats Dr. V, I’m sure twenty nicker goes a fair way down at the Broadfield Stadium!

“Ooops”:

Rather aptly, 15 PASers scored fifteen points or less this week.

Alarmingly, 9 of those couldn’t register a correct score.

And,

One poor soul was all alonesome on a single digit total…

That poor soul?

Thomas Stafford 8 (0) is on the cusp of a really unwanted PAS hat-trick if he can score nine points or less next week…one point better than last week though T!

Correct Score of the Week:

Here we go…most popular score was Ipwswich’s 3-1 win over Birmingham – 28 of us got that!

Twenty five just knew Motherwell would score against Celtic for a 1-3

Six got the very annoying late consolation spoiling Arsenal 4 Newcastle 1

5 had Coventry’s merciless deconstruction of Maidstone Utd

Four will shout out loud about the humbling of Leicester by Leeds

Nick H & Kate S had their secret prayers answered by the “Saints of Nil” for the stalemate at Wem-ber-lee

Rowan M & Deepak B somehow stumbled on West Ham 4 Brentford 2 (how????)

Danny B put us all to shame by predicting Sunderland 1 Swansea City 2

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Dave Crisp for his if-you-think-this-is-impressive-you-should-see-my-Cheltenham-tips inspired, Ross County 3 Livingston 2!

Bet of the Week:

Andy Brown was on “Bet of the Week” position 45th in Week 3 so we asked him to provide a 3 team selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

It went a bit on the pitch scrappy Sheff U…

So, £0 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 45th – oh well…

El Presidente is at 33rd this week….(sort’ve – when you see the table you’ll understand my dilemma decision on this one!)

Reminder to self – I need your 3 team selection by Friday morning, please!

I will get us back on track!

Table News:

“Olympic”:

Simon Buxton goes top, 4 points ahead of Mike C who, in turn, is two points ahead of Roshan T in third…

Three crashed the Top Ten!

“Lopez”:

Thomas Stafford stays bottom, now thirteen points behind Neil C who, in turn, is two correct scores adrift of Gary M…

“Cubik”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 35 places is Paul Flaherty – honourable mentions go to Paul V (+30), Rowan M (+32), Rob C (+21), Matthew S (+29), and Paul H (+22).

“Pacific State”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 36 places is Sam Osmond – dishonourable mentions go to Will O (-33), Lee T (-23), Charlie H (-29), and Mark S (-23)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League Knockout Stages 2023/24:

PAS Cup 2024:

Full results, fixtures & results can be found here

Last Sixteen draw coming soon!

Dates for your diaries – PAS Cup Weeks

Last 16 – Week 7

Quarter Finals – Week 9

Semi Finals – Week 13

Final – the merry month of May (‘24)

PAS Euro 2024:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Euro 2024 (with benefits!) you will have to finish in the Top 24 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is, Elliot Davy!

PAS Champions League 2024-25:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Champions League 2024-25 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot are the unsplittable, John Nunns, Lily Templeton & Andy Brown!

And Another Thing:

If you haven’t watched “Kin”…

Oh, and if you’re doing Sky Super 6 you need to join our league! (No. You really do!)

PAS Sky Super 6 League (pabPAS – pin: KCTRQ3)

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

Crwoydon’s finest…

“Lucky Man”:

It was a lively Week 3 right up to, erm, Monday 9.45pm!

A tightly contested field was bunched together as 16 punters reached & breached the 30 point mark.

And, 4 went above & beyond (to the hallowed 40 point threshold) and each of them really could have won it!

It could’ve been Lee T (who must be kicking himself for missing Friday’s game!). Or maybe Justin C (who slammed in 2 x 9 pointers), or Simon B might have even nicked it (but he believed a little too much in that Palace farewell pressie!)

Ultimately it came down to a 94th minute Hudson-Odoi goal twinned with five correct scores from the last 8 games that swung it…

Charlie Harris 44 (8) must be buzzing as his beloved Trees did the trick and secured him the weekly £20 prize.

Good work Chas – like Forest, you’re back <winking emoji>

“On Your Own”:

Oooof!

Only eight failed to notch up more than 15 points this week.

Six of those suffered the ignominy of collecting zero correct scores…

Only one didn’t hit double figures.

Thomas Stafford 7 (0) spared the blushes of Neil C and put the Wigan family honour into disrepute… <fuming emoji>

Correct Score of the Week:

Impressive…most popular score was Man Yoo’s 1-2 win at Luton – 27 of youse got that!

Eighteen were all over the 0-3 to Rangers at St Johnstone

9 banked the five points on offer for the 2-2 betwixt PNE & Blackburn

Seven snaffled up the 5 points served up by Aberdeen v Hibs

4 we’re so happy for Newcastle 2-2 Bournemouth they will actually wear that ballet dress in celebration…

Four more celebrated the 4-1 smiting of Reading by Pompey

Neil O, Debbie L & Justin C quite rightly predicted Liverpool’s 1-4 thrashing of Brentford

John K just knew QPR would keep a clean sheet for a o-1 at Bristol City

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Matt Worsfold for his I-might-still-be-sulking-about-that-shellacking-from-Arsenal-last-week-but-I-can-still-do-PAS-well-good inspired, Norwich City 4 Cardiff City 1!

Bet of the Week:

Jazz Sian was on “Bet of the Week” position 60th in Week 2 so we asked him to provide a 3 team selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

We won (sort’ve)…

“An FL72 special – Ipswich, Bolton & Wrexham all to win”

Only Charlton getting a very unexpected 3-3 draw at Bolton stopped a 2nd full house in a row…

So, £2.85 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 60th – steady start…

Andy Brown is at 45th this week….

Mr B, I need your 3 team selection by Friday morning, please!

Let’s keep that streak going…

Table News:

“Sonnet”:

Mike Cass stays top, but now only 4 points ahead of Simon B who, in turn, is six points ahead of Danny A in third…

Four crashed the Top Ten!

“History“:

All change! Thomas Stafford drops 2 places to the bottom, five points behind Neil C who, in turn, is two points adrift of Gary M…

“Bitter Sweet Symphony”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 59 places is Charlie Harris – honourable mentions go to Justin C (+39), Richard H (+28), Tony M (+28), Lee T (+50), Moi (+30), and Paul F (+30).

“The Drugs Don’t Work”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 37 places is Stanley Marriott (welcome to the Big Boy league kiddo!) – dishonourable mentions go to Martin S (-20), Kate S (-25), Deepak B (-25), Nick H (-22), Damian W (-21), Rob C (-20), and Luke S (-41)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League Knockout Stages 2023/24:

PAS Cup 2024:

1st Round Proper games went ahead this week…

It. Was. Telling!

We had 9 successful jokers! 1 really successful joker! 4 hammerings! 9 away wins! And 2 “heartbreakers”!

One won their game with 17 points & one lost their game with 30 points!

Congrats to those who made it through!

Full results, fixtures & results can be found here

Last Sixteen draw coming soon!

Dates for your diaries – PAS Cup Weeks

Last 16 – Week 7

Quarter Finals – Week 9

Semi Finals – Week 13

Final – the merry month of May (‘24)

PAS Euro 2024:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Euro 2024 (with benefits!) you will have to finish in the Top 24 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot are the inseparable, Eddie Osborne & Louis Williams!

PAS Champions League 2024-25:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Champions League 2024-25 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is the young gun, Sam Osmond!

And Another Thing:

All payments have come in – yay!

What a week to miss Super 6. No. I could cry. Really…

Oh, and if you’re doing Sky Super 6 you need to join our league! (No. You really do!)

PAS Sky Super 6 League (pabPAS – pin: KCTRQ3)

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

Sixy Beast…

“You’re Pretty Good Looking”:

If you felt like you had a good chance of winning this week (yes, Frankie did her own scores this week…), unfortunately, you were probably way off the mark!

It was a stretched-out week with a whopping thirty players scoring over 30 points AND 7 punters scoring over forty points… and they were all very much on the mark!

All vying for the £20 prize right to the end…

Mark S landed 9 Toon points & new kid in town, Stanley M got an early lesson on why you should predict on every game (but TBF, he did pick up a correct score from the two games he missed!)

Sam O was another youngster to miss 2 games (but pick up 5 points) but then got robbed by Spurs & a Fernandez whilst Deepak B was praising a Fernandez and that 95th minute consolation for Inverness AND also got 5 points from 2 missed games – phew!

Still with us…

Good.

Emma T racked up 21 correct results & seven correct scores that included that 5 pointer at Inverness.

That left two out front.

Jason M amassed an incredible 23 correct results (I trust you had a big acca in Jay?!) and seven correct scores that benefitted from last gasp goals for Spurs & Ipswich Town.

However, despite being robbed by a Fernandez last night AND missing FIVE games, new kid on the block Mike Cass 47 (9) roared home courtesy of those missed games giving him the 2 correct scores that got him over the line.

Wowsers.

The self proclaimed “Darling of Darlo” is living up to the hype – game on ladies & gents. game on!

“Icky Thump”:

Meanwhile…

Four poor souls scored 15 points or less at the other end.

3 didn’t register a correct score.

Gareth Morgan 13 (0) must be feeling a bit Kanesy right now…

Correct Score of the Week:

Woe is me…most popular score was Leicester’s 1-2 win at Watford – 31 of youse got that!

Twenty eight got the 3 goal demolition of Rotherham Utd by Leeds Utd

15 got the 1-3 Hibees win over Inverness C T in the Scottish Cup

Fifteen more felt Fergie vibes when that Enzo F 94th minute goal secured a 5 pointer 1-3 at Palace

14 had Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Burnley

Thirteen got Ipswich’s last minute “Desmond” with WBA

10 were grateful for the 3-1 Mackem win over the Pilgrims

Six nailed QPR 2 Norwich City 2

6 more obviously guessed Toon would beat Forest 2-3

Five believed in Blackburn. A 3-1 kinda belief…

Darren McC & Rowan M nabbed the form book upsetting Fulham 3 Bournemouth 1

Damian W was well away with the 1-2 away win for Bristol City at Boro

However, this week’s best correct score goes to Stanley Marriott for his I-might-only-be-9-but-i’m-gonna-be-so-good-at-this-game inspired, Cardiff City 0 Preston North End 2!

Bet of the Week:

Stuart Fitzsimon was on “Bet of the Week” position 83rd in Week 1 so we asked him to provide a treble selection for the £3 “trixie” bet.

And guess what?!

So, £12.08 goes on “Bet of the Week” slot 83rd – what a start!

David Goggin & Jazz Sian are at 60th this week….The King was first out the hat, so…

J, I need your 3 team treble by Friday morning, please!

Can you follow that performance?

Bring the halcyon days back fella!

Table News:

“My Doorbell”:

All change at the top, Mike Cass goes up one place, opening up a lead of 11 points ahead of Jason M who, in turn, is two correct scores ahead of John J in third…

Six crashed the Top Ten!

“I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself“:

All change at the bottom, Gary Mitchell slides 5 places to the basement slot, two points behind Tim P who, in turn, is two points adrift of Thomas S…

“Seven Nation Army”:

Highest climber this week, up a whopping 72 places is Emma Tudor – honourable mentions go to Jason M (+39), Stanley M (+45), Ric P (+43), Deepak B (+71), Sam O (+57), Damian W (+38), Matthew M (+34) and Rob C (+25).

“The Hardest Button To Button”:

Falling furthest this week, down a whopping 54 places is Pete Britton – dishonourable mentions go to Jamie S (-35), Greg F (-41), Simon Linds (-38), Matthew S (-43), Paul F (-35), and Gareth M (-41)

Click here for further details…

PAS Champions League Knockout Stages 2023/24:

PAS Cup 2024:

Aaahhhh the magic of the Cup! 1st round is on Week 3…

Here’s the draw!

Full draw, fixtures & results can be found here

Dates for your diaries – PAS Cup Weeks

1st Round Proper – Week 3

Last 16 – Week 7

Quarter Finals – Week 9

Semi Finals – Week 13

Final – the merry month of May (‘24)

PAS Euro 2024:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Euro 2024 (with benefits!) you will have to finish in the Top 24 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is, far too many at the moment!

PAS Champions League 2024-25:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Champions League 2024-25 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot are the inseparable, Nick Hogwood & Pawan GC!

And Another Thing:

All bar a couple of payments have come in – thanks!

Those who haven’t got round to it, please do this week, otherwise…

Oh, and if you’re doing Sky Super 6 you need to join our league! (No. You really do!)

PAS Sky Super 6 League (pabPAS – pin: KCTRQ3)

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab

 Current champ Andy Fowler (trophy incoming!) will have a puzzle to distract him from defending his title…but can you take his crown?

“My Lady Of Mercy”:

We’re back! With a bang!

No, not Arsenal celebrating on the pitch – PAS!

Although, given the sharpness of this update, I could’ve waxed lyrical about “50ps/spitting/a twisted inside out Carra”, how karma works (Granit goes & I come back, and it looks like we’ll both win a title! Everyone’s happy…) and gone into the absurdness of that unnecessary thing called VAR…

But I won’t.

I’ll cut to the chase as it was all about the “hot out the blocks” points trailblazers – and, they deserve props, right?

Three PASers were 3 x flame emojis this weekend and Nick Hogwood 33 (5) nailed 2 x 5 pointers to power to victory (actually he’s probably more indebted to a certain Everton centre back…)

Martin S eschewed the charms of Mr 2-0 & put up a good fight and plucky newcomer, Mike C, who arrived with big pre-season braggadocio, was only denied a debut first outing win by young Branthwaite of Everton! Oooof!

Also, spare a thought for Roshan T who saw 8 points disappear courtesy of 94th & 91st goals in Liverpool & Burnley also denying him a weekly win – that’s a tough one to take R!

So, congrats Mr H, £20 winging its way back to you ASAP – everything else is a bonus for you this season now!

“Nothing Matters”:

Did you score 30 points + this week? Wow, we’re in awe…

Only three of you managed that, but a whopping 33 punters couldn’t manage 15 points this week  – and a more whopping 22 of those couldn’t muster a correct score!

Shocking.

Not as shocking as Kev’s new hair though, eh?

Anyway…

Everyone bar one managed to break into double digits – so feeling no joy in Week 1 is Orla McKeown 7 (0).

Miss McK, you spared Mr 2-0’s – you’re too kind young lady!

Correct Score of the Week:

Game on people…most popular score was Man City’s 1-3 win at Brentford – 30 of youse got that!

Twenty-three doffed a cap to Rangers’ 3-0 deconstruction of Livingston

5 revelled in the schadenfreude of Everton’s late late show

Simon Lindq, Danny A & John J lapped up the injury time joy of Burnley 2 Fulham 2

El Presidente & newbie Louis W celebrated like Walsall at Highbury in ’83 after that epic 3-1 lap of honor-worthy mauling of Liverpool

Paul C & Damian W got Man Utd 3 West Ham Utd 0

Danny B made us all green by happening upon Dundee 2-3 Heart of Midlothian

However, this week’s best correct score, and current Correct Score of the Season, goes to John King for his I-bet-it-was-all-Football-Factory-in-Sussex inspired, Brighton & Hove Albion 4 Crystal Palace 1!

Bet of the Week:

So, we’ve failed quite spectacularly in the last few seasons on this – actually, we’ve always failed.

But last season, we did alright. Welllllll, alright(ish)…

So!

We’re being brave and we’re gonna stick with it to see how we go!

How?

Whoever is on the “Bet of the Week” position for the following week will be asked to provide a treble selection so we can place the allocated £3 for the bet.

The winnings will stay on that slot and collected by the lucky person residing there at the end of Week 13.

Got that? No?!

OK…

The person on 83rd will make the selections for Week 2, the person on 60th in Week 2 will make the selections for Week 3,the person on 45th in Week 3 will make the selections for Week 4 and the person on 33rd in Week 4 will make the selections for Week 5 and back round again to 83rd…yeah?!

Good.

So, Stuart Fitzsimon is first up.

Fitz, I need your 3 selections by Friday please! It can be homes, aways or draws. Or a mix of all three. It doesn’t have to be football! It can be horses! Or dogs! Or fighting crickets! But not cricket…that’s a step too far!

Let’s get off to a winning start for a change.

No pressure Gooner…

Table News:

It’s Week 1 – it is what it is! Click here for the full table

Please be aware we lost a few players but we can still gain some more…

Thanks to those of you who recruited the newbies this season – love youse! (Big up Reagon K once again!)

So, if you know anyone out there who wants to get involved, put them in touch!

It’s never too late…they’ll get a, ahem, “respectable” Mr 2-0 10pts for Week 1 to boot!

PAS Champions League Knockout Stages 2023/24:

Round of 16 1st leg games kick off in Week 2!

The draw was made (we couldn’t afford Frankie’s appearance fees for a “live” What’s App draw now that shs’s a shooting star on the MCR netball scene…soz)

And…

…here is the draw!

We have a tasty Wigan v Stockport clash, The Teen Queen taking on The Champ and a Geordie at risk of an upset to a student in Leeds!

PAS Cup 2024:

Aaahhhh the magic of the Cup! 1st round is on Week 3…

The draw was made (we couldn’t afford Frankie’s appearance fees for a “live” What’s App draw now that shs’s a shooting star on the MCR netball scene…soz)

And…

…here is the draw!

We have an all Chelsea tie, a Sunderland v Man Utd Under 5s clash, an Under 5 taking on the Top Girl, Spurs v The Champ, and Moi taking a trip to Goteborg to take on min gamla kompis!

Full draw, fixtures & results can be found here

Dates for your diaries – PAS Cup Weeks

1st Round Proper – Week 3

Last 16 – Week 7

Quarter Finals – Week 9

Semi Finals – Week 13

Final – the merry month of May (‘24)

PAS Euro 2024:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Euro 2024 (with benefits!) you will have to finish in the Top 24 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot is bossman, Rowan Marriott!

PAS Champions League 2024-25:

In order to be invited to enter the PAS Champions League 2023-24 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot are the inseparable, Greg Fleming & Jamie Sellers !

And Another Thing:

A lot of the payments have come in – thanks!

Anyone who hasn’t got round to it, please do as soon as possible – don’t make me chase you!

Oh, did you see this on Guardian’s Football Daily the other day? Was this you Tricky?!

“Kev McCready has introduced a Schrödinger’s cat of complexity into goal celebrations (Friday’s letters). If the only time certain players hit the target is when they are throwing darts, then they will never hit the (goal) target and so will never throw darts and will never hit the (darts) target. Are they both throwing and not throwing darts at the same time?” – Richard Hirst.

Twitter is dead & so is Instagram – but we’ve got a What’s App group!

Wanna join?

Why?

Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.

Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.

We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…

Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!

Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])

Cheers,

Pab