The tweaks of the Main Competition to the Premier League only rounds, has opened up the options for the Cup Competition to step into the void left empty and meaningless as the Cup Rounds are excluded from the revamped competition 😳 Last time this competition expanded to take in games from Cup Competitions abroad, especially in the Final Rounds where we tracked the show pieces from across Europe. This time it's going to start with a bumper FA Cup first round proper (how beli

Just when I was thinking of letting the Cricket have a season off, I go and spot that in the next 9/10 months, we take on the Aussies 14 (FOURTEEN) times across the three formats. Apologies, for some that should read we take on the Poms 14 (FOURTEEN) times. And then when you delve into it, that's not all. There's some big series (serieses, seriess, what is the plural for series) against South Africa and New Zealand as well, in amongst 34 (count them), games over the winter an

The Essential Details The truth of the matter is, I don't really understand American Football. I know that the Premier League in the UK is getting closer and closer to it, with set plays, and defensive blocking on corners becoming a real thing (thanks Arsenal), and it probably won't be too long before 4 quarters becomes the norm, and then you can bring defensive players on for corners you're defending, and offensive players on for corners your attacking, but, as things stand

This is an update from the original post way back in July '24, explaining the above, well hopefully explaining the above. And. I'm going to use the First Game of the Premier League as an example to highlight what the hell I'm going on about, and how points are awarded for guessing correctly, or wrongly, and then ‘Banking’ on it Strap in. Let's start with what points are on offer every game. A win for a team is worth 10 points PLUS the margin of the win A loss carries a penal

Meet up number four, time to go on tour. A number of you keep suggesting a trip further afield, and so, here's a suggestion for a trip in May 2027. Actually, for me it will be closer afield (is that a thing), as I'm suggesting a weekend in Bordeaux. Now, my experience tells me that organising something for you all in the UK is a little like trying to herd cats, feral ones, to get you to do what you need to do when I need you to do it is close on impossible, so why go and mak

For the second time we’ve had a player lead from Round 1, and stay there all the way to the end to claim the Title. Back in the 20/21 Season it was done by RonalDeanio, and now, that feat has been repeated by No Trophy Wife. I asked No Trophy Wife for their thoughts on the win, and how they went about assessing the predictions each match, and she confided in me that she "actually hadn’t a clue, and just went with instinct and didn’t think about it when deciding if it would

The Essential Details This blog post won't provide flowery explanations about how the various competitions work. Instead, it focuses on the key details regarding points and rules. It's a reminder of how everything operates, and you might find it worth your time to read through, although in truth, I’ve mainly put it in a document to remind me of what was going on in my head when I built this 😳🙄. But, there really could be benefit in you working through! So here goes. The co

After the inaugural season in 2024 when We Are Checking was top of the pile, we followed up with last year, and Haas Ta La Vista winning, whilst behind them both times, was Wax MeStrapOn Racing , Last year was dominated by the Hills. No not Graham and Damon, Simon and Nick. Wax MyStrapOn Racing and Haas Ta La Vista ruled the roost throughout the 2025 Campaign, swapping the lead position on a number of occasions, until the latter hit this ‘ALL BLUE’ weekend in Race 21 (ev

This is an update from the original post way back in July '24, explaining the above, well hopefully explaining the above. And. I'm going to use a World Cup '26 example to highlight what the hell I'm going on about, and how points are awarded for guessing correctly, or wrongly, and then ‘Banking’ on it Strap in. Let's start with what points are on offer every game. A win for a team is worth 10 points PLUS the margin of the win A loss carries a penalty of the margin of the los