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Thanks @DangerousSausagefor all your hard work this season it's been a lot of fun. Well done to @Dripsey3 a well deserved winner. Lets hope Notts and Stags can do the same in the play offs!

Took a gap year

Yes and even if I had my 21 points deduction reinstated I'd still be 1 point short,' Congratulations @Dripsey3 ,hard luck @Dan and well done all who took part, plus a big thankyou to @DangerousSausage for running the.League. I hope myself and @GrannyPie can continue next season as we ended this season

In summary, Bristol Rovers needed to beat Scunthorpe by 7 goals to clinch promotion on Saturday. They won 7-0 and pipped Northampton on goals scored. Northampton have to settle for a playoff place. This is where it gets interesting. In January, Ryan Loft moved from Scunthorpe to Bristol Rovers for an undisclosed fee. Loft didn't play against Scunthorpe. He was an unused sub. It's being reported that as part of the deal, Scunthorpe would get an extra 50K if Bristol Rovers achieved promotion. Scunthorpe have been awful all season, but last Saturday they were absolutely awful. They rolled over and played dead. The circumstances around the game will certainly raise questions about why Keith Hill felt he shouldn't play his strongest side.

Congratulations to those who took Top 3 places and everybody else for taking part, hopefully next season I wont miss any predictions and with luck improve my score (not banking on it)

Can I have a full seasons recount week to week sure I should have more than my final score.

I couldn't let a Mansfield fan win it @Dan and @super_ram did brilliant. It was a great competition. I'll do my best in the Champions League

The final results are in! AFC Bournemouth 1-0 Millwall Sheffield United 4-0 Fulham Exeter City 0-1 Port Vale Leyton Orient 0-1 Tranmere Rovers Mansfield Town 2-2 Forest Green Rovers Solihull Moors 3-1 Dagenham & Redbridge Wealdstone 2-1 King’s Lynn Yeovil Town 2-2 Boreham Wood --- This week's highest scorer is @super_ram - congrats to you! @super_ram - 10 @GrannyPie - 8 @Dripsey3, @4everapie, @gtownjohnno, @nottsnutter - 5 @Dan, @DangerousSausage, @magpiejue - 4 @barnet11uk - 3 @Megan_Elizax, @ARLukomski - 2 --- So finally we come to our final rankings. Massive congratulations to @Dripsey3, who has won the prediction league with a record 259 points! All that squeaky bum time turned out to be worth it in the end. @Dan finishes second just nine points behind, and @super_ram has seen off a late challenge from @4everapie to claim third. As for me, like Man United I'll have to make do with a Europe League spot. Dripsey3 - 259 Dan - 250 super_ram - 237 4everapie - 230 gtownjohnno - 217 DangerousSausage - 211 Megan_Elizax - 189 magpiejue - 187 ARLukomski - 185 nottsnutter - 184 jimbob - 182 GrannyPie - 181 barnet11uk - 169 Chris - 106 KB1862 - 52 liampie - 50 Joshua - 34 Feral Fox - 29 allardyces tash - 21 TheSkipper - 16 CliftonMagpie - 10 Alex - 7 Canadian - 4 --- So that's it! @Dripsey3 wins the special prize, a real hen's tooth (collection only). I hope you've all enjoyed playing, and at least occasionally revelled in the feeling of being a football genius! Thank you all for taking part, and I hope to see you all back to do it all again in August

A bit late aren't you

The results: Blackburn Rovers 0-3 AFC Bournemouth Cardiff City 1-1 Birmingham City Cambridge United 2-2 Cheltenham Town Gillingham 0-2 Rotherham United Crawley Town 0-2 Leyton Orient Northampton Town 1-1 Exeter City Bromley 4-2 Chesterfield King's Lynn 3-3 Eastleigh --- This week's winners are @Dan and @GrannyPie, who both hit double figures! @Dan, @GrannyPie - 10 @4everapie, @Megan_Elizax, @barnet11uk - 7 @super_ram, @gtownjohnno, @ARLukomski - 6 @DangerousSausage, @jimbob, @nottsnutter - 5 @Dripsey3, @magpiejue - 3 --- Going into the all-important final round, @Dripsey3's lead is narrowed but is still a healthy nine points. Will that be enough, or can @Dan pull a rabbit out of the hat? Elsewhere, @Megan_Elizax has gone up a place and @4everapie is threatening the top three: Dripsey3 - 254 Dan - 246 super_ram - 227 4everapie - 225 gtownjohnno - 212 DangerousSausage - 207 Megan_Elizax - 187 ARLukomski - 183 magpiejue - 183 jimbob - 182 nottsnutter - 179 GrannyPie - 173 barnet11uk - 166 Chris - 106 KB1862 - 52 liampie - 50 Joshua - 34 Feral Fox - 29 allardyces tash - 21 TheSkipper - 16 CliftonMagpie - 10 Alex - 7 Canadian - 4 --- The concluding round of this season's prediction league is on Saturday, so expect to see the fixtures online on Wednesday evening. Have a good week, and let the nail biting begin!

Jaros 6 exposed for all the goals, saved another from an atrocious Rawlinson back pass Chicksen 4 Exposed as well down the left flank . Too much cutting in when going forward Rawlinson 3 Football skills exposed as not good enough in a BurchnallBall game Graham 4 Not the worse of the defence but little to show in distribution DKE 4.5 Missed a great headed chance in the 2nd half. Seemingly booked for a non bookable offence and was sent off Francis 3 Wandered around, got dispossesed . Looks why Harrogate got rid Palmer 4 Poor game. Always the fulcrum but passing options limited Brunt 3 Anonymous Nemane 5.5 Should have had a penalty (looked cast iron) Rodrigues 5 Missed 2 glaring chances, the 2nd of which was set up by Sam Roberts 5 Better 1st half than 2nd. Just couldnt get into the game 2nd half Subs Sam 6 One shot which was blocked, but set up Ruben with a good pass Wootton 5 No real chances Arter 5 Took a card for the team.

In a match where, my gut feeling, Notts had towards 70% possession....our inability to defend when the opposition breaks quickly says a lot. Simple things like tracking runners, we were no where near good enough. When you look at other teams at the top of the table, their defenders are far superior to ours. We made a team containing Christian Oxlade Chamberlain look good... and we didnt really put him under any pressure. Ruben missed 2 golden chances but we had no answer to Aldershot's time wasting theatrics, some of which may be Oscar nominated. The dismissal of DKE seemed a complete farce. The referee was no where near the level required, failing to give a 2nd penalty when Namane was brought down. We are too one paced, trying to build up the pitch. We need to be looking to break quicker and use the pace of Nemane

It's not the bloody Eurovision song contest!!!!!!!

The results: AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Fulham Hull City 3-0 Reading Fleetwood Town 1-1 AFC Wimbledon Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday Bristol Rovers 0-0 Forest Green Rovers Harrogate Town 3-0 Carlisle United Boreham Wood 2-0 Bromley Grimsby Town 2-1 Torquay United --- @4everapie was this week's top scorer, while @jimbob and @Dripsey3 (who got the joker right) also scooped impressive scores! @4everapie - 12 @Dripsey3, @jimbob - 8 @magpiejue - 7 @Dan, @DangerousSausage, @barnet11uk - 6 @super_ram, @ARLukomski - 5 @GrannyPie - 4 @nottsnutter - 3 @Megan_Elizax - 2 @gtownjohnno - nul points --- @Dripsey3 has taken a big step towards the title with that joker, while @4everapie has jumped a place and is now in the running for the top three... Dripsey3 - 251 Dan - 236 super_ram - 221 4everapie - 218 gtownjohnno - 206 DangerousSausage - 202 magpiejue - 180 Megan_Elizax - 180 jimbob - 177 ARLukomski - 177 nottsnutter - 174 GrannyPie - 163 barnet11uk - 159 Chris - 106 KB1862 - 52 liampie - 50 Joshua - 34 Feral Fox - 29 allardyces tash - 21 TheSkipper - 16 CliftonMagpie - 10 Alex - 7 Canadian - 4 --- That's yer lot this week. To finish off, I'd like to remind you all that I've still got a mathematical chance of winning it this season, and I count the points You will be unsurprised to learn that the next round is on Saturday and the fixtures will be posted on Wednesday, or whenever I get round to it. Take care everyone and see you then!

So the first round of the playoffs are: Notts County vs Grimsby Town FC Halifax vs Chesterfield The NL will be delighted with Notts vs Grimsby. The attendance should be over 10K. Halifax could be a sell out as Chesterfield don't have far to travel. These could be the best playoffs in NL history. You have 4 decent sides in the first round. Any of those 4 are capable of winning promotion if things go their way. Then you have Wrexham and Solihull waiting in the wings. Obviously we hope Notts go up but I'd hate to be the one trying to predict the winners of these playoffs.

Slocombe 6.5 another clean sheet Brindley 7 Assured performance, carries the ball well when he cuts inside, on that trademark diagonal run Lacey 7 Defensive and ball at feet, comfortable Cameron 7 One particular defensive header was a stand out Richardson 6.5 If only the final ball could be delivered... DKE 6.5 Busy performance as you would come to expect Palmer 6.5 Does what it says on the tin JOB 6 A couple of good opportunities to shoot went begging Ruben 7 Well marked, protected the ball well when receiving Roberts 7.5 Won penalty, scored penalty MoTM Wootton 7 Again well marked in a good defensive Maidenhead performance

Another brilliant post ,thanks once more @Piethagoram

A very nice read.Dick Campbell seems to be a real character.Thanks for posting @Piethagoram

Arbroath are a fantastic story. I keep an eye on Scottish football and I thought they'd fade away but no, they have kept going. They were unlucky not to go up automatically. They are up against Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the semi final. The winners will most likely play St. Johnstone for a place in the Premiership. It would be one of the greatest achievements in British football if Arbroath make it to the Premiership.

Dan Mooney was their number 7, a young attacking midfielder and with 11 goals for them this season will he be on the 'radar'? I've noticed his name pop up in the NL team of the week a few times too.

Slocombe 6 A quiet afternoon, well protected. One shot by Altrincham whistled by his post Brindley 8 Always confident moving forward to create space Lacey 7.5. Motored through the game Chicksen 7 Again too many times cutting inside DKE 7 Missed a great headed chance. Busy. Palmer 7 Ticks the team over but when had an opportunity to shoot, just hasn't got it in front of goal JOB 6 Missed 2 golden chances in the first half, 2nd set up by Cal Richardson 7.5 So important the speed on the right flank. Crossed for Ruben's goal Ruben 7.5 Great headed goal and ran over to the bench to thank analysis guy Roberts 7.5 Calmly taken penalty Wootton 7.5 Took his goal brilliantly Subs Sam 7 That ball to Richardson set up his 3rd goal, purring Francis 6

One point seals a place in the playoffs for Notts. We are hanging on to the home playoff spot at the moment. Ideally we need to win this game by a couple of goals. Our home form is the 3rd best in the division. We haven't been at our best in the last 2 games. A defeat at Aldershot and a 1-0 win over a poor Dover side doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Altrincham aren't great away from home but they are dangerous opponents. It will be interesting to see how they approach the game. If they try to play, Notts will win I think. If they sit back, it will be a whole different ball game. I think it will be another 1-0 win and immediately checking how Grimsby have gotten on at home to Maidenhead. It may well come down to goal difference to see who gets the home tie.

I can only see Vincent playing in a 352 @gtownjohnno. At the moment, IB seems to be leaning towards a 4231, which means he will pick Francis over him. Vincent would only play in that formation if Ruben gets injured, or in place of JOB. The issue with 4231 is that although it makes us a better attacking side, our defence is even more suspect against a physical side without 3 CBs playing. Arter was disappointing after his first game for us, and I would not be surprised to find out that he was carrying an injury, if that was the case. I would be sending Brunt back as well to be honest as he has also been disappointing. I'm assuming that we have kept him to cover several positions.

Aldershot away has done us in again. We just can't seem to get a run going this season and it feels like a case of one step forwards and two steps back (again!) Teams will be battling like that in the play-offs and I just don't trust us to be able to match them at the minute, especially away from home and that's a big worry for me. And I get the ref obviously wasn't great but we've still got to defend much better, hopefully Cameron and Brindley coming back can give us a boost. The only bonus for us is that Chesterfield are getting worse and Grimsby couldn't beat Barent so somehow we stay 5th!

Squeakier Bum Time!!!! Blackburn Rovers v AFC Bournemouth 1-2 Cardiff City v Birmingham City 2-1 Cambridge United v Cheltenham Town 2-1 Gillingham v Rotherham United 1-2 (Joker) Crawley Town v Leyton Orient 1-1 Northampton Town v Exeter City 2-1 Bromley v Chesterfield 1-2 King's Lynn v Eastleigh 2-1

We did the classic switch off after going two up. As they say, a 2 goal lead is always the worst one to have. We were very poor for 65 minutes of the match to be honest and would probably have lost against a top half side. One thing is for sure, Dover are just going to go all out attack against us as that seems to be what they are doing now in their games, with the goals they've suddenly found. We get rattled very easily and need to learn to play the ball over the top to get away from the high press as we struggle to play through it. Other than that, a win is a win, and another three points tomorrow will see us go 5th. We need to finish no lower than 4th in order to avoid Wrexham for as long as possible, but it could be a very open playoff system this year as all teams look very capable of beating each other in a one off game.

Jaros 5.5 Can't be faulted for the goal conceded but is always liable to a mistake. Richardson 6 No so great getting into the overlap positions but have worries over defensive duties at times Rawlinson 6 Missed a free header in the 2nd half, to make the win more comfortable. A better game on the ball than usual Graham 7 A great cross field pass in the build up for our 2nd. Looking more assured than his previous Notts appearances. Sponsors MotM Chicksen 6.5 One mistake in losing the ball in an advanced position. However he does keep focus on defensive duties Palmer 6.5 Usual workmanlike performance Arter 6 made a significant mistake and was promptly hauled off Nemane 6.5 Another goal but sometimes leaves Chicksen exposed defensively Ruben 6 A quieter game but still produced a humdinger of a freekick Wootton 7.5 My MotM . Flicked goal, but held up the ball so well Roberts 6 Scoring boots not on today but was well marked Subs Francis 5.5 JOB 4 Too many mistakes, match rusty? Sam 6 A glorious pass to Cal the stand out https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/notts-county-player-ratings-vs-6990179

despite 76% possession stats