Another football season is about to begin, so it's once again time for the famous PON prediction league!

Everyone is welcome to have a go - whether you're a grizzled old campaigner with a sophisticated algorithm-based prediction supercomputer, or a complete newbie who just goes with gut feeling. The more the merrier! And this is how it works:

At least two days before every matchday I will post a thread with eight matches to predict, two each from the Championship, League One, League Two and (from late August) the Conference. You then reply with your predicted scores. The cut-off time for posting is kick-off. At the end of it all I'll then post a table with the current standings.

Scoring system: 3 points for a correct score and 1 for a correct result. So if you predict Oldham to beat Bradford 2-1 and they do, you get 3 points; if Oldham win 1-0, you get 1 point. Each round you can also choose one match as your joker - any points you win for that match are then doubled.

Simply post your predictions under this thread! The opening fixtures kick off at 3pm this coming Saturday and are:

 

Bristol City v Blackpool

Luton Town v Peterborough United

Cambridge United v Oxford United

Rotherham United v Plymouth Argyle

Sunderland v Wigan Athletic

Exeter City v Bradford City

Hartlepool United v Crawley Town

Tranmere Rovers v Walsall

Was hoping for our games to be included, oh well perhaps next season 

Match A...... 2:2....Match B.. 1:1.....Match C... 0:1...Match D... 2:1....MatchE... 2:1.... Match F.... 1:1....MatchG...1:2.. MatchH...2:0.joker...

Edited August 3, 20214 yr by gtownjohnno
Added joker match

Bristol City 0v1 Blackpool

Luton Town 2v0 Peterborough United

Cambridge United 1v1 Oxford United

Rotherham United 2v0 Plymouth Argyle joker

Sunderland 1v0 Wigan Athletic

Exeter City 2v2 Bradford City

Hartlepool United 0v3 Crawley Town

Tranmere Rovers 2v1 Walsall

Bristol City 1-1 Blackpool

Luton Town 2-2 Peterborough United

Cambridge United 1-2 Oxford United

Rotherham United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle (Joker)

Sunderland 1-1 Wigan Athletic

Exeter City 1-1 Bradford City

Hartlepool United 2-1 Crawley Town

Tranmere Rovers 0-0 Walsall

Bristol City 1-2 Blackpool

Luton Town 2-2 Peterborough United (Joker) 

Cambridge United 0-2 Oxford United

Rotherham United 0-0 Plymouth Argyle

Sunderland 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Exeter City 1-0 Bradford City

Hartlepool United 2-0 Crawley Town

Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Walsall

Bristol City 1 v 1 Blackpool

Luton Town 2 v 1 Peterborough United

Cambridge United 0 v 2 Oxford United

Rotherham United 2 v 0 Plymouth Argyle (Joker)

Sunderland 1 v 1 Wigan Athletic

Exeter City 2 v 1 Bradford City

Hartlepool United 3 v 0 Crawley Town

Tranmere Rovers 2 v 0 Walsall

Bristol City v Blackpool 0-1

Luton Town v Peterborough United 1-1

Cambridge United v Oxford United 0-2

Rotherham United v Plymouth Argyle 1-0

Sunderland v Wigan Athletic 2-0 Joker

Exeter City v Bradford City 1-1

Hartlepool United v Crawley Town 2-0

Tranmere Rovers v Walsall 2-2

Bristol City 2-1 Blackpool

Luton Town 1-1 Peterborough United

Cambridge United 0-2 Oxford United

Rotherham United 1-1 Plymouth Argyle

Sunderland 2-1 Wigan Athletic (joker)

Exeter City 2-0 Bradford City

Hartlepool United 1-2 Crawley Town

Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Walsall

It starts this Saturday! So now I'm going to be cheeky and nudge those of you who took part last season (although newbies/returnees are also very welcome):

@Dripsey3, @super_ram, @william1984, @GrannyPie, @barnet11uk, @magpiejue, @jimbob, @liampie, @CliftonMagpie, @KB1862, @Chris, @allardyces tash, @TheSkipper, @Alex, @Canadian, @weymouthPIE

Regarding the format, the object is to predict the wider Football League rather than just concentrating on Notts. As was the case for the previous two seasons, the Bananarama League will be included, but it doesn't start for another couple of weeks. To ensure that at least two divisions are always playing (and to ensure we have 46 rounds), rounds will take place on matchdays when Leagues One and Two are in action.

Bristol City 1 v Blackpool 0

Luton 2 v Peterborough 1

Cambridge 2 v Oxford 2

Rotherham 2 v Plymouth 0 jkr

Sunderland 1 v Wigan 0

Exeter 1v Bradford 1

Hartlepool 2 v Crawley 0

Trimmers 1 v Walsall 1

Bristol City 1- 2 Blackpool

Luton Town  2-2  Peterborough United Joker

Cambridge United 1 - 2 Oxford United

Rotherham United 2 - 1 Plymouth Argyll

Sunderland 1- 2 Wigan Athletic

Exeter City 2 - 2 Bradford City

Hartelpool  United 3- 1 Crawley Town

Tranmere Rovers 2- 1 Walsall

 

 

Edited August 5, 20214 yr by jimbob
A spelling mistake

Bristol City v Blackpool 2-1 

Luton Town v Peterborough United 2-1

Cambridge United v Oxford United 1-2

Rotherham United v Plymouth Argyle 2-0 (Joker)

Sunderland v Wigan Athletic 2-1

Exeter City v Bradford City 2-1

Hartlepool United v Crawley Town 2-2

Tranmere Rovers v Walsall 2-0

Bristol City 2-0 Blackpool

 

Luton Town 1-1 Peterborough United

 

Cambridge United 0-4 Oxford United

 

Rotherham United 3-1 Plymouth Argyle

 

Sunderland 2-2 Wigan Athletic

 

Exeter City 1-2 Bradford City

 

Hartlepool United 0-1 Crawley Town. Joker. 

 

Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Walsall

Bristol City v Blackpool 2-1

Luton Town v Peterborough United 0-2

Cambridge United v Oxford United 1-1

Rotherham United v Plymouth 1-2

Sunderland v Wigan Athletic 3-0

Exeter City v Bradford City 1-0

Hartlepool United v Crawley Town 2-0 JOKER

Tranmere Rovers v Walsall 1-1

A last reminder from me - it all kicks off tomorrow! 

Bristol City 1  v  2 Blackpool

Luton Town 2 v 0 Peterborough United

Cambridge United 1 v 1 Oxford United

Rotherham United 2 v 1 Plymouth Argyle

Sunderland 1 v 1 Wigan Athletic

Exeter City 0 v 1 Bradford City

Hartlepool United 1 v 1 Crawley Town

Tranmere Rovers 2 v 0 Walsall(Joker)

Bristol City 2 v 1Blackpool

Luton Town 2 v 0 Peterborough United

Cambridge United  1 v  2 Oxford United(Joker)

Rotherham United 3 v 1 Plymouth Argyle

Sunderland 2 v 0 Wigan Athletic

Exeter City 1 v 0  Bradford City

Hartlepool United 2 v 0 Crawley Town

Tranmere Rovers 2 v 0  Walsall

The results:

Bristol City 1-1 Blackpool
Luton Town 3-0 Peterborough United
Cambridge United 1-1 Oxford United
Rotherham United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle
Sunderland 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Exeter City 0-0 Bradford City
Hartlepool United 1-0 Crawley Town
Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Walsall

There wasn't a single away win among that bunch, and so there were plenty of points in our first round. @Dan is our first leader on 13 points, with @nottsnutter close behind on 12 and no less than three others on double figures!

@Dan - 13
@nottsnutter - 12
@ARLukomski, @magpiejue, @Dripsey3 - 11
@DangerousSausage - 9
@gtownjohnno - 8
@GrannyPie - 7
@4everapie - 6
@Feral Fox, @super_ram - 5
@jimbob - 4
@Megan_Elizax, @KB1862 - 2

The next round of matches is on Saturday, but I'll post the fixtures a little bit earlier than usual this time in the hope of getting one or two more on board - so probably on Monday or Tuesday. Thank you all for playing and see you then!