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2020-21 EPL Prediction Contest

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Ok, I'll set this up again. I'll also get around to tabulation last season's winner at some point. Your choices:

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Fulham
Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Sheffield United
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Comment with SPOILERS below and I'll get it all compiled. (Or maybe I'll outsource it.) Submissions due by September 18.

Also, I've traditionally participated in a head-to-head Fantasy Premier League for $20 that recently dissolved, so I'm trying to create a replacement. If anyone wants to play (it'll only be for $20 if we get enough entries), let me know and I'll shoot you the league code. It's run on the Premier League website and will use the $100.0 salary cap, so you'll just need to create a team and join the league by this Friday.

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2019-20 EPL Prediction Contests

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Ok, I'll set this up again. Congrats to hungry joe for winning last season! Your choices:

AFC Bournemouth
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Sheffield United
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
Watford
West Ham United
Wolves

Comment with SPOILERS below and I'll get it all compiled. (Or maybe I'll outsource it.) You got till next August 18 to get it in.

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2018-19 EPL Prediction Contest

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Looks like Mags isn't around to get this set up, so I'll throw this together and figure out how to do a spreadsheet later (or rely upon a spreadsheet maestro like DG or spooky).

Anyway, for your choices

AFC Bournemouth
Arsenal
Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley
Cardiff City
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Fulham
Huddersfield Town
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
Watford
West Ham United
Wolves

Comment with SPOILERS below and I'll get it all compiled. (Or maybe I'll outsource it.) You got till next Saturdayish to get it in.

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2017-18 EPL Prediction Contest

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This year's spreadsheet

For your choices

AFC Bournemouth
Arsenal
Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Southampton
Stoke City
Swansea City
Tottenham Hotspur
Watford
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United

Comment with SPOILERS below and I'll get it all compiled. You got till MOndayish to get it in.

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The Ghosts of Dos a Cero

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This past Friday night was USA-Mexico in Columbus, Ohio. A few years ago, I would have circled this on my calendar and looked into tickets (thought the threat of actually going never did materialize). These days, I didn't even know it was happening until (last) Monday lunchtime. How did I - the proud owner of a 2004 #23 Eddie Pope USMNT jersey that's done service through 3 World Cups - fall away from a sport that I used to so passionately follow? Continue reading The Ghosts of Dos a Cero →

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2015-16 EPL Prediction Contest

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It's that time of year again. Here are your past champions:

YearChampion
2011 HomerDome (18 pts)
2012 MagUidhir (19 pts)
2013 Philo (21 pts)
2014 Philo (32 pts)

This year will crown our 2015* Champion. Can Philo go for a three-peat? Will nibbish finally break through and unseat him? Someone else? Who knows!

*Years are based on the day of the first fixture of the season.

And a reminder on scoring:

  • 3 points for correctly predicting the finishing place of a team in the final league table
  • 1 point for being +/- one position in the final leage table
  • A bonus point for correctly picking the league champion
  • One bonus point for each relegated team correctly predicted, up to three total. (Position doesn't affect this. If you pick them 18th, and they finish 20th, still a bonus point cuz they're going down)

Continue reading 2015-16 EPL Prediction Contest →

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EPL 2014-15 WGOM Contests

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FANTASY LEAGUE

If you want in the fantasy league, click here and then look for league ID 392381-385243

PREDICTION CONTEST

Here are the 20 teams in the EPL this season. Copy/paste them, and then re-arrange them into the order you think the table will finish this year. Put a spoiler around your comment and submit. I'll compile the spreadsheet in the upcoming days.

Leicester City
Stoke City
Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Liverpool
Queens Park Rangers
Swansea City
Manchester City
Crystal Palace
Burnley
Sunderland
Everton
Newcastle United
West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion
Manchester United
Hull City
Arsenal
Southampton

Reminder of the scoring:

  • Correctly put the team in the spot they finish = 3 points
  • Correctly put the team +/- one spot they finish = 1 point
  • Correctly picking the champion = 1 point
  • Correctly picking a relegated team = 1 point/correct pick (3 max. possible)