The W.I.L.D.ers League

[Boogie]

Bump - anyone else want to enter or edit their entries before kick-off on Saturday when entries will close?

[slappy]

1 Bradford
2 Gillingham
3 Oxford Utd
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4 Rotherham
5 Chesterfield
6 Northampton
7 Bury
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8 Shrewsbury
9 Port Vale
10 Aldershot
11 Wycombe
12 Crewe
13 Burton
14 Stevenage
15 Morecambe
16 Lincoln
17 Hereford
18 Stockport
19 Cheltenham
20 Macclesfield
21 Torquay
22 Accrington
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23 Barnet
24 Southend
Tiebreak BURTON

[Dartford Ox]

I am a bit worried Dartford Ox has three relegation places!

Aaargh - Thank you for that - edited.

At the time of entering I didn't think Southend would last the day - let alone the season - and suddenly stuck them at the bottom.

[JoeyBeauchamp]

We've had Oxford slappy - available (I think) are: Burton, Hereford, Southend, Stockport, Aldershot, Macclesfield, Cheltenham, Accrington and Barnet

[Boogie]

OK entries closed at 3pm. Thanks to all who have entered. A nice number but not too many for me to cope with!

Remember: Editing = disqualification.

I'll try and come up with a monthly reporting format.

[Boogie]

First table as at today:-

Bspitles 25
Boogie 8
Snake 4
DartOx 3
AColi 1
Slappy 1
Yankee Clipper 0
Wishful Thinker -1
Big Crom -2
Sackcloth -2
GY -3
Mooro -3
Hog -4
Joey B -4
Swiss -5
Malcnl -5
Boris -7
YF Dan -8

BSpitles has Port Vale top plus Crewe and Aldershot in the right place.

I have Cheltenham, Stockport and Rotherham in the right place.

Only Hog has Oxford correct at 9th.

Lots of minus 1 points with the table still being a bit toppsy turvy notably Bradford and Torquay.

I hope the speadsheet I have is working. If contestants could please look at their own scores and PM me if they think it is wrong that will act as a check.

Good luck for the rest of the season.

[Boogie]

Holloween Nightmare Update:-

Sackcloth 14
Big Crom 8
Joey B 4
Wishful Thinker 4
GY 2
Boris 0
AColi -1
Yankee Clipper -1
DartOx -2
Malcnl -2
Swiss -3
Slappy -5
Bspitles -7
Snake -7
Boogie -8
Hog -8
YF Dan -11
Mooro -11

Sackcloth ahead due to having Port Vale second, Barnet at the bottom and Lincoln in the right place.

Big Crom, Wishful and Joey B also have Barnet at the bottom.

GY has Crewe in the right place. Boris and I have Wycombe 6th.

BSpit plummets as Port Vale knocked off top spot. Dart Ox correctly has them 2nd.

MalcNL has Bury right, Swiss has Accrington and Stockport. Yankee Clipper has Southend and that's it for correct positions.

We all lose -1 for having Oxford in the wrong half of the table.

[Boogie]

Monthly update:-

Previous score in brackets. Teams in correct positions follow names

Bspitles 6 (-7) Port Vale back on top
Slappy 6 (-5) Barnet, Burton
Boris 6 (0) Burton, Southend

Mooro 5 (-11) Burton, Lincoln, Wycombe

DartOx 4 (-2) Burton

Malcnl 2 (-2) Bury, Southend
Snake 2 (-7) Barnet, Stockport

Yankee Clipper 0 (-1) Wycombe

Big Crom -1 ( 8 Wycombe

AColi -2 (-1) Barnet

GY -4 (2) Crewe

Boogie -7 ( -8 Burton
Swiss -7 (-3) Morecambe

Joey B -8 (4)
Sackcloth -8 (14)
Wishful Thinker -8 (4)

Hog -9 ( -8

YF Dan -11 (-11)

We all still have a point deducted for having Oxford in the wrong half of the table.

[Boogie]

Post NYD update (left it after Macca due to lack of matches in December although that would have given us all an extra point for Ox being briefly in the right half of the table):-

Previous score in brackets. Teams in correct positions follow names.

All change. Generally, except for me and a few others, we are getting better with teams getting into their expected half of the table (e.g Gillingham, Bradford, Stevenage). Snake storms into the lead.

Snake 18 (2) Wycombe, Stockport, Stevenage, Barnet

Joey B 8 (- 8 Rotherham, Burton
God Y 8 (-4) Rotherham, Burton, Crewe

Sackcloth 7 (- 8 Lincoln, Aldershot

A Coli 5 (-2) Barnet, Rotherham
Yankee 5 (0) Torquay

Slappy 4 (6) Barnet

Wishful 3 (- 8 Burton

Big Spit 1(6) Bury
Swiss 1 (-7) Morecambe

Dart Ox 0 (4) Barnet

MalcNL -1 (2) Rotherham
Mooro -1 (5) Rotherham

Boris -4 (6)

Hog -5 (-9)
YF Dan -5 (-11)

Big Crom -6 (-1)

Boogie -8 (-7)

Aplogies for the mispost earlier. Started the update then Wife smoked out the downstairs of the house with the wood burner and I had to move quick pressing post in error!.

[Snake]

Personally, IÔÇÖd like to see anything between a five to ten year summary of points gained in Frank's Hat League before I go and celebrate my mid-season (and temporary) position at the top of the equivalent of the JPT, but IÔÇÖm still confident of Us finishing 7th, and then anything could happen...

[Boogie]

Table as at end of Jan

Snake demoted, YF Dan bounces one way and GY the other whilst I crawl off the bottom.

Hog as one of the least optimistic entrants has OUFC right in 9th until at least tomorrow night.

Slappy 14 (4) Shrews, Macca, Barnet

YF Dan 11 (-5) Stockport (10 points), Rotherham

Snake 8 (18 Shrews, Barnet

A Coli 7 (5) Barnet

Yankee 6 (5) Shots

Wishful 3 (3 Port Vale

Joey B 2 ( 8
Sackcloth 2 ( 7 Macca

Big Spit 1(1) Bury
Boris 1 (-4) Macca
Hog 1 (-5) OUFC
Mooro 1 (-1) Lincoln
Swiss 1 (1) Wycombe

Dart Ox -1 (0) Barnet

Boogie -3 (-8 Rotherham

MalcNL -4 (-1)

God Y -5 (8

Big Crom -6 (-6)

Disappointing at this stage of the season that no-one has done better than four teams in the right place but noticeable how the near misses are increasing making big swings likely next time. Having said that, I suspect that YF Dan will hang onto his 10 points for Stockport being rock bottom.

[Boogie]

First of all apologies for no update for the past two months but here is the table ready for the run in with quite a few teams falling into place for Snake and Slappy who he leaps over into the lead. They are the two to beat.

Apart from a couple of dark horses who have a lot of near misses, we are all dragged down by having many teams in the wrong half (all of us Stevenage!). My consolation is that I am the only contestant predicting Accrington Stanley in the top half of the table!

Snake 21 ( 8 Aldershot, Barnet, Hereford, Lincoln, P.Vale

Slappy 18 ( 18 Barnet, Crewe, P.Vale, Southend

YF Dan 5 (11) Gillingham, Stockport (10 points)
A Coli 5 (5) Barnet, Crewe

Boris 4 (1) Hereford, Morecambe
Yankee 4 (6) Hereford
Swiss 4 (1) Bury, Wycombe

Dart Ox 3 (-1) Barnet, Crewe

Hog 2 (1) Hereford
Malc NL 2 (-4) Chelts, Hereford

Big Spit 0 No teams in right place but could be a dark horse as few in the wrong half!
Joey B 0 (2) ditto!!

Sackcloth -1 (2) Rotherham

Big Crom -3 (-6) Lincoln
Mooro -3 (1) Crewe

GY -4 (-5) Aldershot

Boogie -5 (-3) Chelts

Wishful -6 (3

My thanks to Mr Wishful.

[Snake]

Personally, I’d like to see anything between a five to ten year summary of points gained in Frank's Hat League before I go and celebrate my mid-season (and temporary) position at the top of the equivalent of the JPT, but I’m still confident of Us finishing 7th, and then anything could happen...

Still asking Frank, and still confident of Us finishing 7th.

[Boogie]

The two games to go update:-

Oh dear, only 14 correct predictions out of a possible 432!

(Xnm) = Near misses are a team one place out. Watch out for Big Spit and Sackcloth with 5 each!

Yankee 9 (4) Aldershot, Cheltenham (3nm)

Snake 8 ( 21 Barnet, Wycombe (4nm)

YF Dan 7 (5) Gillingham, Stockport (10 points) (0nm)

Slappy 4 ( 18 Barnet, Morecambe (2nm)

Wishful 1 (-6) Cheltenham (3nm)

A Coli -1 (5) Barnet (1nm)

Malc NL -1 (2) OXFORD (2nm)

Dart Ox -3 (3) Barnet (2nm)

Hog -3 (2) Cheltenham (1nm)

Joey B -4 (0) (2nm)

GY -4 (-4) Hereford (1nm)

Boris -6 (4) (3nm)

Big Spit -6 (0) (5nm)

Sackcloth -6 (-1) (5nm)

Big Crom -6 (-3) (2nm)

Boogie -8 (-5) (1nm)

Mooro -8 (-3) (2nm)

Swiss -8 (4) (4nm)

[Boogie]

OK, one to go:-

Sackcloth has indeed surged up the table (his 1 remaining near miss is Burton) and Yankee Clipper is knocked down but he has 5 near misses. Charges also from A Coli and Dart Ox.

Snake back on top with no near misses and with his 5 points for Port Vale vulnerable. Crewe's position could decide the outcome as A Coli ,Slappy and DartOx have 5 for them but one place down and they lose 6 (- 1 point for half of the table) and Snake would gain a point.

Slappy's near miss is Cheltenham, amongst several who could get Cheltenham back in place when the fat lady sings.

Slightly better with 22 correct predictions out of a possible 432...

(Xnm) = Near misses are a team one place out.

Snake 11 ( 8 Barnet, Port Vale, Wycombe (0nm)

Slappy 10 ( 4 Barnet, Crewe, Port Vale (1nm)

Dart Ox 9 (-3) Barnet, Crewe, Macca (0nm)

Sackcloth 9 (-6) Hereford, Lincoln, Rotherham (1nm)

A Coli 8 (-1) Barnet, Crewe, Morecambe (0nm)

Yankee Clipper 4 (9) Aldershot (5nm)

YF Dan 3 (7) Morecambe, Stockport (10 points) (0nm)

Joey B 1 (-4) Morecambe (1nm)

Big Spit -1 (-6) Macca (2nm)

Wishful -1 (1) Hereford (2nm)

Swiss -3 ( -8 Macca (2nm)

Boris -4 (-6) (2nm)

Mooro -5 ( -8 Crewe (1nm)

Big Crom -8 (-6) (1nm)

Malc NL -8 (-1) (2nm)

GY -9 (-4) (2nm)

Boogie -10 ( -8 (1nm)

Hog -10 (-3) (1nm)

Thank you Hog.