Spike Bobberman Cup 1st Round results
Dec 3, 2023 19:00:29 GMT
Post by hatterinSW19 on Dec 3, 2023 19:00:29 GMT
Please find below the results of the 1st Round of the Spike Bobberman Cup. Congratulations to all those making the 2nd round, and commiserations to those dropping out of the competition at this point.
It was a fairly low-scoring round on the whole, though 3 points (for a Brentford win) was a fairly common total. Jacob Brown’s second goal in two games provided a few points and a couple of predictors even got Maupay, but otherwise scorer points were hard to come by. Top scorer of the round was Buzzhatter, with correct scores at both half-time and full-time giving him a creditable 7 points, closely followed by SPhatter with 6 (correct half-time score and full-time result plus a point for Maupay’s goal).
I normally mention the fortunes of those with a recent Cup pedigree, and to be honest, they’re not great! In something of a shock, the current cup-holder Jeros was knocked out by Braminghamrover, and the previous year’s winner Greeno goes out at this stage for the second season running. However other former winners Hovehatter and Biscot Boy both survive to fight another day.
Some quick explanatory housekeeping:-
As I’m sadly used to at this early stage of the competition, quite a number of players failed to predict in the Cup, and they have all scored 0. If up against an opponent who had scored a blank with their posted prediction, of course the opponent went through on attendance prediction. There were 3 ties in which both players failed to post, and in this case, following the precedent of previous seasons, both have been eliminated and a lucky loser (the highest scoring losing player) progresses instead. The highest losing score was 3 points and exactly three players achieved this, so they will take these places in the 2nd round. The reprieved three are Solihullhatter, Dubaihatter and Somethinggood – congratulations all of you on your lucky escapes!
Please check your score and let me know by PM of any discrepancies, objections or queries by the end of Friday next (8th December). The 2nd round will be played on our FA Cup 3rd Round tie at home to Bolton Wanderers over the weekend of 5th-8th January and the draw and predictions thread will go up around a week beforehand.
Lake 3 marshatter 0
oldbutnotgold 0 rutlandhatter 1
greeno 2 horshamhatter 3
claphamhatter 0** casselhatter 0**
**No predictions posted, neither player progresses
tophatter86 0* luton68 0
*tophatter goes through on closest attendance prediction
Devon Hatter 1 hantshatter 2
hatter81 0 bms 0*
*bms goes through on closest attendance prediction
westgatehatter 0 8two 3
braminghamrover 3 jeros 1
madhatter88888 0** thegoon 0**
**No predictions posted, neither player progresses
Ashfordhatter 4* solihullhatter 3**
*Ashfordhatter wins the tie. **Solihullhatter goes through as highest scoring loser
shatter2 1 Porto Hatter 3
buzzhatter 7* dubaihatter 3**
*buzzhatter wins the tie. **dubaihatter goes through as highest scoring loser
greenwoman 2 hatfieldhatter 0
smudger 3 flathatter 0
hatterinasia1952 4* somethinggood 3**
*hatterinasia1952 wins the tie. **somethinggood goes through as highest scoring loser
Mkhat 0 Wimbo 3
westcountryhatter 3 lozza22 0
irchesterhatter 0 biscot boy 3
hovehatter 2 mightylutonman 0
lancshatter 0 jnrsolihullhatter 5
bernardshakey 5 starhootsman 1
ickle2 2 hatter90 1
Mrs Clappers 2 hatterinSW19 5
shadylane 0 maggiechow 1
samsolihullhatter 0* manchesterhatter 0
*samsolihullhatter goes through on closest attendance prediction
tamperehatter 0 sphatter 6
Ltfcnevertooold 0** ikjp 0**
**no predictions posted, neither player progresses
Make Emile of it, Musichatter, Bloodorange and Clappers all had a bye in this round and complete the 2nd round participants
It was a fairly low-scoring round on the whole, though 3 points (for a Brentford win) was a fairly common total. Jacob Brown’s second goal in two games provided a few points and a couple of predictors even got Maupay, but otherwise scorer points were hard to come by. Top scorer of the round was Buzzhatter, with correct scores at both half-time and full-time giving him a creditable 7 points, closely followed by SPhatter with 6 (correct half-time score and full-time result plus a point for Maupay’s goal).
I normally mention the fortunes of those with a recent Cup pedigree, and to be honest, they’re not great! In something of a shock, the current cup-holder Jeros was knocked out by Braminghamrover, and the previous year’s winner Greeno goes out at this stage for the second season running. However other former winners Hovehatter and Biscot Boy both survive to fight another day.
Some quick explanatory housekeeping:-
As I’m sadly used to at this early stage of the competition, quite a number of players failed to predict in the Cup, and they have all scored 0. If up against an opponent who had scored a blank with their posted prediction, of course the opponent went through on attendance prediction. There were 3 ties in which both players failed to post, and in this case, following the precedent of previous seasons, both have been eliminated and a lucky loser (the highest scoring losing player) progresses instead. The highest losing score was 3 points and exactly three players achieved this, so they will take these places in the 2nd round. The reprieved three are Solihullhatter, Dubaihatter and Somethinggood – congratulations all of you on your lucky escapes!
Please check your score and let me know by PM of any discrepancies, objections or queries by the end of Friday next (8th December). The 2nd round will be played on our FA Cup 3rd Round tie at home to Bolton Wanderers over the weekend of 5th-8th January and the draw and predictions thread will go up around a week beforehand.
Lake 3 marshatter 0
oldbutnotgold 0 rutlandhatter 1
greeno 2 horshamhatter 3
claphamhatter 0** casselhatter 0**
**No predictions posted, neither player progresses
tophatter86 0* luton68 0
*tophatter goes through on closest attendance prediction
Devon Hatter 1 hantshatter 2
hatter81 0 bms 0*
*bms goes through on closest attendance prediction
westgatehatter 0 8two 3
braminghamrover 3 jeros 1
madhatter88888 0** thegoon 0**
**No predictions posted, neither player progresses
Ashfordhatter 4* solihullhatter 3**
*Ashfordhatter wins the tie. **Solihullhatter goes through as highest scoring loser
shatter2 1 Porto Hatter 3
buzzhatter 7* dubaihatter 3**
*buzzhatter wins the tie. **dubaihatter goes through as highest scoring loser
greenwoman 2 hatfieldhatter 0
smudger 3 flathatter 0
hatterinasia1952 4* somethinggood 3**
*hatterinasia1952 wins the tie. **somethinggood goes through as highest scoring loser
Mkhat 0 Wimbo 3
westcountryhatter 3 lozza22 0
irchesterhatter 0 biscot boy 3
hovehatter 2 mightylutonman 0
lancshatter 0 jnrsolihullhatter 5
bernardshakey 5 starhootsman 1
ickle2 2 hatter90 1
Mrs Clappers 2 hatterinSW19 5
shadylane 0 maggiechow 1
samsolihullhatter 0* manchesterhatter 0
*samsolihullhatter goes through on closest attendance prediction
tamperehatter 0 sphatter 6
Ltfcnevertooold 0** ikjp 0**
**no predictions posted, neither player progresses
Make Emile of it, Musichatter, Bloodorange and Clappers all had a bye in this round and complete the 2nd round participants
