The All New Scottish Football Predictions Competition

Dundee Utd 1 Dundee 0
Inverness CT 1 Dunfermline 1

Scorers: Henri Camara, Derek Young

Scorers: Scott Brown, Derek Young

Scorers: Craig Brewster and Dennis Wyness

Beattie, Jason Scotland

Scorer bonus results: Alan Archibald (Dundee Utd), Gary Wales (Killie)

aldo_cowpat 16
ailsa 9
Billy Dods 6
Onimo 6

Fixtures and bonus round for week 2 to be posted tomorrow.

Bonus Round: For 10 points, how many penalties will be awarded?

3 penalties, at least one for Rangers.

2 penalties.

Alex Rae ban for 5 European games - that's the rest of his life isn't it? :-P

One penalty (for Rangers, obviously)

Oh, and Brebner's sending off was a scandal btw - just thought I'd mention that to please aldo :-P

(Nae SPL show in Eng-ger-land)

(Nae SPL show in Eng-ger-land)
Trust me, this is a blessing. Surprisingly the Setanta coverage has been fairly good. Certainly as good as, if not better than, the Beeb's efforts last season.

I'm amazed, I'd have thought he was second favourite to reach all of them.

< investigates what Setanta costs >

You'd think that being a bit of a right-back in his day Bertie Vogts could get at least that position right. Gary Fucking Holt?! When the fuck did he ever play right back?

Total pish. It's so bad I've started nodding my head when Charlie Nicholas speaks.

I had to watch England in the pub (who were fucking appalling, frankly - as everyone at the bar agreed) so missed the spectacle thankfully.

All hate should be directed towards Andy Webster. He was rubbish.

Can I say in Scotland's prosecution that we did fuck all in the way of looking like scoring. Ever. Against Hungary.

Also, Marshall does have go go gadget arms (see UEFA Cup quarterfinal against Barcelona last season). They obviously don't work in rubbish weather though.

We weren't that bad in the first half, but there was no cutting edge. According to Sky-Stats-Man every Scottish striker apart from McFadden has gone more than 6 games without a goal. It's showing.

That said, should anyone get upset about losing friendlies? We haven't been beaten at home in a competitive match since England won the Euro play off in 2000. Is that a stat that says "Sack The Manager"?

No penalties

This week's now closed, cheers.

Apparently Gordon Strachan was asked on Football Focus if he would take the Scotland job and replied "I'm a Scotsman, how could I say no?"

Scores were as follows:
Dunfermline 0-1 Aberdeen (sheepfuxors in 3 Clean Sheets shocka!)
Inverness CT 1-3 Cellicfooballclub
Dundee 1-2 Motherwell
Livingston 1-1 Dundee Utd
Hearts 3-0 Killie
Rangers 4-1 Hibs

5 penalties were awarded.

Latest standings to follow after I eat my roll 'n' sausage :-)

Sat Aug 28 2004
Aberdeen v Livingston 15:00
Dundee Utd v Inverness CT 15:00
Hibernian v Dundee 15:00
Motherwell v Hearts 15:00
Sun Aug 29 2004
Celtic v Rangers 13:00
Kilmarnock v Dunfermline 15:00

Old Firm dropping points bonus doesn't apply this week.

Bonus round: How many players will be dismissed in all 6 matches (5 points)

Bonus round: State the time of first goal in the Old Firm match. Closest 3 guesses will get 7, 5, and 3 points respectively. Time of goal will be that stated in the BBC website match report.

Three sendings off (I would hazard a guess at at least one Rangers player)

First goal in Old Firm match = 17 minutes

2 Red Cards

First goal in Old Firm match = 6 minutes

Aberdeen v Livingston 1-0
Dundee Utd v Inverness CT 1-1
Hibernian v Dundee 1-2
Motherwell v Hearts 1-3
Celtic v Rangers 3-1
Kilmarnock v Dunfermline 1-0

1 Red Card.

1st Old Firm goal = 32 minutes.

Unfortunately, the ones who live in London have little chance of finding out about what's going on in the SPL - short of buying a Scottish newspaper and who wants to do that? Even in Scotland! The SPL is not an interesting league anyway.

Despite the higher level of football in the English and Spanish leagues (the only other leagues I watch) I very rarely care who wins a game. I was more into the Premiership when I lived in London so I suppose local media exposure is a factor.

short of buying a Scottish newspaper and who wants to do that?
I find the Internet is a much better source than the Scottish rags. Anyway, my 'knowledge' of what's going on in the SPL ain't exactly giving me an advantage in this predictions lark :-(
Funnily enough, I always seem to pick a paper up on days like today :-)

First goal in Old Firm match = 61 minutes

I should be pleased the Jambos lost, but I had then for a win in this.

I hate football.

Killie 1-0 Dunfermline
Celtic 1-0 Rangers

There was one red card (dodgy handball decision against Livvie).
1st Old Firm goal was timed at 85 mins - after Celtic removed all their strikers from the field for a laugh.

aldo_cowpat - 28 points - 52 total
ailsa - 19 points - 47 total
Onimo The Pish - 12 points - 32 total
Billy Dods - 0 points - 25 total (no entry this week)
Ally C - 21 points - 21 total
scotstvo - 3 points - 3 total

I counted these in a hurry coz I'm on a half day. If I've fucked it up post here or email me and I'll sort it out tonight.

Thanks to all for taking part. No SPL action this weekend but I might post up a "Just How Shite Are Scotland?" bonus round later in the week.

Entries by 9pm UK time on Friday (Spain vs Scotland on Channel 5 btw - if anyone thinks they can handle it).

Ian McGeeghan presumably to be the replacement manager...

Spalovenia 5 Scotland 2.

I mean, she's already used to sorting out a load of footballers that play like a bunch of girls)

What I would pick:
.................Gordon.................
McNamara...Pressley...Webster...Naysmith
................Severin.................
Fletcher...Ferguson...Quashie...McFadden
.................Dickov.................

Gordon, Pressley and Webster all play together at club level so should be well drilled (if Pressley's back injury keeps him out then Mackay should step in). Two full backs in full back positions. Severin doing the job he's currently doing well for the sheep (why isn't he in the squad? Is he injured?). Free role for McFadden but covering left side when we aren't in posession. Not sure about Dickov but we need someone who can hold the ball and defend from the front. Not sure about Bazza either, he was as good as a man short vs Hungary so maybe Cameron.

I bet aldo_cowpat's happy with the major Jambo contingent in the current squad.

Elvis apparently withdrawn with a back injury. Speculation at the BBC he'll be replaced by Andy Webster, although they still have Gary Caldwell in the back four, and he allegedly pulled out earlier in the week.

Talking of Jambos - I was going to post "I once nutmegged Stevie Fulton" in the people who've been on TV whom you've pwned thread, but that's hardly an achievement is it? :-)

Suggestions:
- Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
- Try different keywords.
- Try more general keywords.

Fulton, 33, said: 'Baggio had performed so well for Italy at the World Cup and at that time I'd just broken through at Celtic and was performing well."

Billy McNeil said, 'If Baggio is worth this much, how much will Fulton be worth in a few years?' '

Fulton..... "He wasn't exactly comparing like with like but his comments were exaggerated. They never bothered me, even when fans came up to me in the streets and told me I couldn't lace Baggio's boots."

'At the start it was a p*** take but now it has become a term of affection and even Killie and Hearts fans have given me the nickname.

'It has never affected me in the least. To be honest, I get more offended when people come up to me and say I don't look as fat as I do on the telly.

'That happens quite regularly and they expect me to take it as a compliment.'

I just image searched on Steve Fulton and one of the hits was Mike Peters from the Alarm :-/

http://www.soccerage.com/en/00/37699a.jpg

http://www.cmp.liv.ac.uk/gfx/people/steptoe.gif

Aye, you don't get enough fat footballers these days. I have fond memories of Andy Ritchie waiting patiently for someone else to go get him the ball so he could skelp in another free kick without even taking a run at it.

http://www.soccerage.com/en/00/47316a.jpg

http://www.ptfc.net/images/profiles/old/charnley.jpg

http://www.albionrovers.plus.com/players03-04/yardley-action.jpg

i willl say it here, i will say it many times. i wuv james mcfadden.

Spain were pish, and some dodgy refereeing (plus Reyes makes no effort to get to the ball at the penalty, he knows someone is going to foul him. Gordon should have come out and claimed.), it could have been much worse. Almost looking forward to the Slovenia game now.

Solid show from Scotland last night apart from the farce for the penalty. Looked like Gordon's ball all the way. No idea what he was thinking - after shitting it out of the challenge he RUNS AWAY FROM THE BALL to cover his front post instead of closing the cross down. Once he's in no-man's land he's got to stay out and hope his line's covered (which it was).

Jambo Cnuts eh aldo? :-P

Who told John Barnes he could make a television presenter? Watching him fill the last half hour of the show was painful. Almost as fluent as his time at the helm of The Hoop.

And was it just mine and Alba's imaginations runing riot, or did Pat Nevin actually slip in a CAMERA OBSCURA reference near the end?!

There is a NEW Sterling advert?!

TELLY presenter Dougie Donnelly has travelled back in time - to sell furniture.

The BBC frontman dresses up in historical costumes in a new advert for furniture firm Sterling.

And it gets hysterical as he woos a string of beautiful women on the firm's couches and beds.

The first section sees Dougie in film noir style, complete with a pencil moustache and braces.

In the next, based on the film Dangerous Liaisons, he is dressed in white tights, knee-length breeches and acurly, white powdered wig, with two gorgeous women vying for his attention.

The scene then changes to show him dressed in Starsky And Hutch style.

Dougie, who has not appeared in a Sterling ad for seven years, said: 'I've had a long and happy association with Sterling and the commercial was good fun.

'It was tongue-in-cheek humour which was right up my street. It is not often I get the chance to show my sense of humour on TV so this was very enjoyable.'

The advert was shot at Gosford House, near Longniddry, East Lothian, the home of the Earl of Wemyss.

Weekend Fixtures:
Sat Sep 11 2004
Celtic v Dundee 15:00
Dundee Utd v Aberdeen 15:00
Dunfermline v Motherwell 15:00
Inverness CT v Hibernian 15:00
Livingston v Kilmarnock 15:00
Sun Sep 12 2004
Hearts v Rangers 14:00

Bonus round for 10 points: How many headed goals?
Remember there's also a 3 point bonus for successfully predicting either of the Old Firm to drop points.

Entries to be posted by 2pm Saturday.

*goes back to lovingly stroking his Celtic vs Barcelona ticket*

Celtic v Dundee 2-0
Dundee Utd v Aberdeen 1-2
Dunfermline v Motherwell 0-1
Inverness CT v Hibernian 2-3
Livingston v Kilmarnock 0-2
Hearts v Rangers 0-0

4 headed goals.

My effort:

Celtic v Dundee 4-1
Dundee Utd v Aberdeen 0-1
Dunfermline v Motherwell 1-1
Inverness CT v Hibernian 0-2
Livingston v Kilmarnock 1-3
Hearts v Rangers 1-0

5 headed goals.

4 headed goals.

5 headed goals.

KNOW-nothing.

(See what I mean?)

6 Headers.

Scores for this week:
aldo_cowpat: 19 points.
Onimo: 17 points.
Ally C: 13 points
ailsa: 12 points.
scotstvo: 8 points.

Running Total:
aldo_cowpat: 71
ailsa: 59
Onimo: 49
Ally C: 34
Billy Dods: 30
scotstvo: 11

Same points as SPL games, 3 for correct result OR 5 for correct score.
For an extra 3 points: How many goals will be scored by Scots in these games?

Goals by Scots: 0

Goals by Scots: 0

1 goal by a Scot.

1 Scottish goalscorer.

1 Scot

No Scots.

2 Scottish goalscorers (Webster and Hartley for Hearts)

aldo_cowpat: 71 + 5 = 76
ailsa: 59 + 6 = 65
Onimo: 49 + 3 = 52
Ally C: 34 + 3 = 37
Billy Dods: 30 + 3 = 33
scotstvo: 11 + 5 = 16

Bonus round: How many subs will be used in total. 10 points if you're spot on, 7 points if you're 1 away and 5 points if you're 2 away.
Don't forget the European hangover bonus if you successfully predict the Old Firm to drop points on their return to domestic action.

9 subs

Maritimo? Hahaha, that's like losing to Neuchatel Xamax or something ...er...???

Yay for Hearts, by the way. Great result.

27 subs

25 subs

Sun Sep 19 2004
Hibernian v Celtic 1-1
Dunfermline v Hearts 0-2
Rangers v Inverness CT 3-1

15 subs

As I said to aldo_cowpat elsewhere, I reckon Mad Martin now deliberately lets Rangers play quite well in Old Firm matches then nicks games in the dying minutes to ensure Eck gets a bit of credit and stays in the job a wee bit longer.

Dundee v Livingston 2-2
Kilmarnock v Aberdeen 1-0 (bubble bursting time for teh sheep)
Motherwell v Dundee Utd 1-1
Hibernian v Celtic 1-1
Dunfermline v Hearts 0-2 (Davie Hay getting p45 any time soon)
Rangers v Inverness CT 3-0

27 subs

26 Subs were used.

xpost - Gerry, are you at home with TEH POX?

Counted in a hurry so let me know if anyone wants a steward's enquiry.

Hibs point may have had something to do with Mad Martin's tactic of selecting every forward who could walk without assistance *all at the same time*. Still, don't want to take anything away from any Hibee's wee moment of glory (honestly, a home point and you'd think they'd won the league).

At home on leave Al(do_cowpat). Avoided TEH POX so far but it's a three week incubation period so I may well still "look like a dalmation" as my oldest lad put it.

Bonus round: How many draws will there be in all four Scottish leagues over the weekend (rest of SFL fixtures linked from here). Same points as the subs thing: 10 for correct answer, 7 for +/-1, 5 for +/- 2.

I'll be back with some predictions later, which will be less crap that last weeks.

Aberdeen v Hibernian 2-0
Celtic v Dunfermline 4-1
Hearts v Inverness CT 3-1
Kilmarnock v Dundee Utd 1-0
Livingston v Motherwell 2-1
Dundee v Rangers 0-1

7 draws.

"I thought we could have defended better."

7 draws.

6 draws.

I'm going to comically predict dropped Rangers points every week from now on, to double the pleasure if it actually happens.

5 draws

6 draws

Dundee v Rangers 4-0

Guessing how many draws there have been would just be plain rude.

Yesterday at Parkhead I was actually kind of not wanting Celtic to score any more after it got to 3-0. Which is deeply sad.
I was shouting at my mate that we needed another goal. He said "the points are in the bag" and I'm thinking "Not my ILX points!" but thankfully wasn't sad enough to say it out loud.

Currently dying with the mother of the moher of all hangovers. Will try to work out scores after my meat+even more meat pizza arrives.

Just to join in, I was happy to drop points in the ILX league because we beat the sheep. :-P

There were four draws in total (at Falkirk, St Mirren, Dumbarton and Albion Rovers)

aldo_cowpat: 98 + 15 = 113
Onimo: 71 + 22 = 93
ailsa: 68 + 16 = 84
Billy Dods: 45 + 14 = 59
Ally C: 37 + 12 = 49
scotstvo: 32 + 0 = 32

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it READ THE RULES BEFORE QUESTIONING THE HUNGOVER GUY WHO'S MADE THE F'ING EFFORT TO COUNT FOR YOU WHILE HIS BRAIN WAS TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT OF HIS HEAD.

Ahem...

Bonus criteria reposted for clarification. Thank you.
I shall return to listening to Japanese mentalism. It calms me.

AC Milan vs Celtic (Wednesday)
Braga vs Hearts (Thursday)
Rangers vs Maritimo (Thursday)
3 points for correct result OR 5 for correct score.
For an extra 5 points: How many goals will be scored by Scots in these games?

Entries accepted until kick off time in Celtic match (1945).

That reads like shit but I think you can work it out.

AC Milan vs Celtic 2-0
Braga vs Hearts 1-1
Rangers vs Maritimo 1-0 after 90, Maritimo to go through 2-1 on aggregate.

1 Scottish goalscorer.

AC Milan vs Celtic 1-1
Braga vs Hearts 1-1
Rangers vs Maritimo 1-1
(All scores 90 mins)

1 Scottish goalscorer.

AC Milan vs Celtic 1-2 (hahahaha, aye right)
Braga vs Hearts 1-1
Rangers vs Maritimo 1-0, 1-1 (Maritimo through) after extra time

1 Scottish goalscorer.

45 mins left. I'm away to get pished.

AC Milan vs Celtic 2-0
Braga vs Hearts 1-0
Rangers vs Maritimo 2-0

No Scottish scorers.

:-(

Sunday
Dundee Utd v Celtic
Hearts v Livingston
Inverness CT v Motherwell
Rangers v Kilmarnock

Bonus round: Bonus: By surname, who will be alphabetically first and last to score? 5 points for each (Aye it's a repeat of the first one, any better ideas are welcome).

Yesterday's humble pie, sour grapes and bitter pills should hopefully be followed by some Madeira Cake tonight.

Scorer bonus: Craig Brewster, Stan Varga (since he's on a roll at the moment)

Scorer bonus: Kris Boyd, Derek Riordan

Le grand prix: Camara, Zura

Camara, Riordan.

Brewster, Wales

Hopefully I'll get the scores sorted today (after I do a bit of procrastinating in my real job) and get a bonus round of some sort out in plenty of time for the "crucial" upcoming international.

Berti refusing to select Robbie Winters because he only scores goals (23 this season) against "amateur" teams in the Norwegian Premier League - obviously not as high a level as the Everton or Man Utd reserves.

International Football Bonus Round Bonanza:
Double header coming up with Scotland playing Norway on Saturday and Moldova on Wednesday.
Bonus 1: Same as last time give me your prediction of the combined score for Scotland vs Nordova. 10 points for correct entry, 5 points if you're one goal away.
Bonus 2: Who will score the first Scottish goal in each match. 5 points for each (also 5 points if you're a pessimist/realist and correctly predict "Scottish goalscorer? You having a fucking laugh mate?").

Optimism-a-go-go!

James McFadden x2 for the goalscorer thing.

Fletcher and Thomson (do I have to be specific about which match they score first in?)

No scorer against Norway, Paul Dickov to score first against Moldova (and Gary Naysmith to get the second).

Ha! That's what you think son, 5 precious points for that :-)

Getting pissed off with this "we work hard" and "you can't fault the effort" crap. Effort and hard work are the minimum you'd expect (along with being able to give the ball to someone you know).

Pish pish pish pish pish.

Pish pish pish pish pish.

(Eddie) Mair tomorrow, possibly.

With an insane head on... under a new manager (i.e. one who understands you need to go forward to win games) Italy look there for the taking. A non-Berti side can still finish second.

I don't think Italy will win the group though.

Sat Oct 16 2004
Celtic v Hearts 15:00
Dundee v Kilmarnock 15:00
Hibernian v Dundee Utd 15:00
Inverness CT v Aberdeen 15:00
Livingston v Dunfermline 15:00

Sun Oct 17 2004
Motherwell v Rangers 14:00

10 bonus points will go to the entry closest (from their six predictions) to the total number of goals scored in the league, then 7, 5, 3, 1 points for 2nd-5th closest. In the event of a tie I'll divvy it up like (I think) they do in golf tourneys - e.g. if two people tie 2nd place they will split the total points for 2nd and 3rd = 6 each, any partial points will be rounded up.
(I hope that badly written crap makes sense)

I make that 13 goals (if I understand Gerry's "badly written crap" correctly).

Which'll be 19 goals then.

12 goals in total.

16 goals total

Celtic v Hearts 2-1
Dundee v Kilmarnock 1-0
Hibs v Dundee Utd 2-0
Invercally v Aberdeen 2-2
Livingston v Dunfermline 2-1
Motherwell v Rangers 1-2

16 goals

You would think the shame of admitting this before would stop me thinking EXACTLY THE SAME THING yesterday. But no.

Aberdeen 2-2 Motherwell
Dundee 1-2 Dunfermline
Kilmarnock 2-0 Inverness CT
Livingston 1-4 Celtic
Hearts 2-1 Hibernian
Rangers 1-1 Dundee Utd

I'm assuming there will be a bonus European round for midweek so:

Donner Shish Kebab 1 Celtic 2
Feyenoord 3 Hearts 1
Rangers 1 FC Wonkey Donkey 1

Fuck, arbitrary bonuses. I don't know what they are going to be. Argh! I'll go for one Scots scorer in the European games if that's what you're choosing again.

Since I know that Onimo has run out of ideas for bonuses for the SPL games proper, I can suggest Derek Adams and Andy Webster for first and last alphabetically, three penalties awarded, one red card, six draws in the other divisions, 25 subs and you can work the totals goals out from my suggestions.

If you decide to make up a new bonus round:

(1) shame on you
(2) I'll arbitrarily let Ally C choose my answers for me.

Please please please just be reasonable and make the bonus round one of what I have already suggested.

I will still buy vodka though.

I'll stick with the Scottish scorers bonus for the European games and go with the alphabetical first and last scorers thing for the next round of SPL games.

I may work out the latest scores some day soon...

No Scottish scorers

Aberdeen 2-1 Motherwell
Dundee 1-1 Dunfermline
Kilmarnock 4-0 Inverness CT
Livingston 0-3 Celtic
Hearts 1-2 Hibernian
Rangers 2-0 Dundee Utd

Kris Boyd, Chris Sutton

Aberdeen 0-1 Motherwell
Dundee 2-0 Dunfermline
Kilmarnock 3-0 Inverness CT
Livingston 0-5 Celtic
Hearts 1-2 Hibernian
Rangers 2-1 Dundee Utd

Henri Camara, Steven Thompson

No Scots

Aberdeen vs Motherwell 2-0
Dundee vs Dunfermline 2-1
Killie vs Invercally 1-0
Livvy vs Celtic 1-4
Hearts vs Hibs 2-0
Rangers vs Dundee Utd 3-0

Camara & Snodgrass (how can you not vote for Snodgrass?)

Look at their results, Killie are the only (probable) top 6 team they've beaten, and they aren't scoring goals. Their 0-0 with Rangers was possibly the biggest humping I've ever seen a team take without actually losing the game. I'm taking them to lose their next four games (Motherwell, Celtic, Rangers, Hearts) - by then you'll all have come round to my "Aberdeen are still actually shite even though they can defend slightly better" way of thinking.

No Scottish scorers.

Aberdeen 2-0 Motherwell
Dundee 3-1 Dunfermline
Kilmarnock 2-0 Inverness CT
Livingston 1-3 Celtic
Hearts 1-1 Hibernian
Rangers 3-0 Dundee Utd

Kris Boyd, Steven Thompson.

Wed Oct 27 2004
Celtic v Aberdeen 19:45
Dundee Utd v Hearts 19:45
Dunfermline v Rangers 19:45
Hibernian v Livingston 19:45
Inverness CT v Dundee 19:45
Motherwell v Kilmarnock 19:45

No bonus round this time, but I will possibly give out points to anyone who can be arsed working out the current scores for me :-)

Mad Martin's been bleating about Livvie having the cheek to foul Celtic players. He should take a leaf out of Arsene Wenger's book and stay cool and dignified about it...

How many extra points for doing your job for you, you lazy bastard?

Can I point out that it can't be that hard to collate the scores for six people? And that you haven't done them for a month which also included internationals and European matches? It'd surely be easier to work it out on a Monday with the sports pages in front of you? I'll do it from here on in if you want, but I'm fucked if I'm going back over the last month's scores and scorers.

When I'm finished having a wee drink for John Peel and feeling generally shitty about the world I will sort the scores okay?

Points for Euro games 29-30 September 2004

Aldo - 11
Ally C - 11
Ailsa - 6
Onimo - 3

Points for SPL fixtures 2-3 October 2004
(Bonus round scorers were Marvin Andrew and John Sutton – no-one guessed)

Ally C - 13
Onimo - 13
Billy Dods - 11
scotstvo - 10
ailsa – 8
aldo – 3

Points for Scotland vs Moldova/Norway bonus round

Aldo – 5 (no scorer vs Norway)
Onimo – 5 (for Thompson’s goal)
scotstvo – 5 (for Thompson’s goal)
ailsa - 0
Ally C - 0

Points for SPL fixtures 16-17 October 2004
There were 17 goals scored so the bonus points were as follows:
1st (Tied) - Billy Dods and Ally C (16 goals): 9 points
3rd – ailsa (19 goals): 5 points
4th – aldo (13 goals): 3 points
5th – Onimo (12 goals): 1 points

Bringing totals for round to:
Ally C – 26 points
ailsa – 18 points
Billy Dods – 17 points
aldo – 12 points
scotstvo – 12 points
Onimo – 7 points

STANDINGS FOR MATCHES UP TO AND INCLUDING 17TH OCTOBER:

aldo_cowpat: 144
Onimo: 121
ailsa: 116
Ally C: 99
Billy Dods: 87
scotstvo: 59

I’ll work out the remaining rounds tomorrow. Steward's enquiries welcome, I realise there’s a bit of room for human error when you're drinking, listening to the Peel tribute and counting at the same time.

Thanks for the offer btw ailsa, and sorry for being a tad tetchy.

Celtic were utterly utterly shit tonight. Like they have been for most of this season, but at last a team had the guts to take advantage (though if Livi had had more than one Burton O'Brien, that type of shock result might have happened on Sunday as well, I don't think 5-4 wouldn't have been past a better team against that second half defence). The same description could be applied to Willie Young - one of the poorest refereeing decisions I have seen, not that it made a difference as we could have played all night with free kicks and penalties being awarded left right and centre and still not have won). I am very scared that we will be the nul-points laughing stock of the Champions League this year.

Aberdeen fans 3 minutes into match "Are you Rangers in disguise?"
Aberdeen fans 6 minutes into match "Can we play you every week?".

Baaaaa humbug.

should actually read "one of the poorest refereeing displays I have seen".

poorest refereeing displays
Agreed, we should have had somewhere between 2 and 4 penalties to blast over the bar. Maybe he's making up for the time he gave us 3 penalties at Pittodrie (we lost that one too).
Oh, and Young must have the shortest legs in football if he's pacing out 10 yards for free kicks (I thought Young was meant to retire last year anyway?)

Or maybe not.

I quite like that almost everybody made an arse of the midweek results.

Nah, he managed to get the Celtic wall back plenty for the Aberdeen free kicks.

Tannoy announcer at the end of the 90 minutes: "The referee has added on four minutes of injury time"
Me to blokey next to me: "The referee has added on sufficient time for the sheep to get a spawny last minute equaliser".
Blokey next to me five minutes later: "I hate you"

If only :(

Technical term per Scottish Referees Handbook "Extra time added on because an Old Firm side isn't winning".

Hearts 1-1 Dundee
Dundee Utd 1-0 Dunfermline
Inverness CT 0-1 Livingston
Motherwell 1-3 Celtic
Kilmarnock 0-2 Hibernian
Rangers 2-3 Aberdeen

Now, what's the bonus round Gerry?

Sorry, was studying theology for dummies :-P

Craig "I'm not speaking to Leicester, I'm not interviewing for the Leicester job, this is all nonsense" Levein off to the Leicester then... looks like wee Robbo for teh Jambos.

Hearts 0-0 Dundee
Dundee Utd 1-1 Dunfermline
Inverness CT 1-1 Livingston
Motherwell 0-2 Celtic
Kilmarnock 0-1 Hibernian
Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen

No, you weren't, you were reading trolling by cunts. Because I was too.

Christ, that feels better.

Bayne (Caley) and Wilson (Dunf) for my bonus round.

Derek Adams and Stanislav Varga for the bonus.

Alphabetical first and last scorers again, that's the best one innit.

Because no-one ever gets it right so you don't have to add on any more points than necessary, innit? (except me getting Derek Adams the other week, obviously *gloats*)

Anyway my predictions...

Hearts 1-0 Dundee
Dundee Utd 1-0 Dunfermline
Inverness CT 1-1 Livingston
Motherwell 1-2 Celtic
Kilmarnock 2-2 Hibernian
Rangers 3-1 Aberdeen

Sine Gerry can't make his mind up, and to tie in with ailsa:

Kris Boy d and Derek Riordan

LIKE EVERY OTHER FUCKING WEEK

Levein = Cunt. I'm sure that comes as no surprise.

On the religion argument - show me you're a complete troll and lie about being a Christian like Das Boot, then come back to me you ignorant blissful wanker.

show me you're a complete troll and lie about being a Christian like Das Boot, then come back to me you ignorant blissful wanker
I am a Christian. Fluffy & nice to each other innit. But I don't go in for worshipping God or any of that shit. Come to think of it I think that makes me a Buddhist. Like Richard Gere. Or something. Did I ever tell you about torturing cats? They deserve it because they were cunts in a former life.

(Oh and btw I'm getting Brother Danielson's Soulwax mixes as your slsk seems to be fuxored)

(To everybody who doesn't work with us - I have mentioned utterly stupid cunts on another thread and we're merely replaying the argument because we have to be polite at work. Although Gerry is a cunt as well.)

You can't torture cats, they are "empathic" and exactly like humans. They even have a soul, if I believed any humans have souls, which I obviously don't because I don't believe in any "supernatural agency". Except if the majority of my friends, but in particular the one I'm extra-sycophantic to, believe otherwise.

(Again, sorry to everyone else, but you've no idea how cathartic this is.)

Essen and Varga

Boyd, Thompson.

Best thing I've read this week. Would be ever so slightly better if Dougie Donnelly was reading it at quarter to five this afternoon though.

I hope he falls flat on his arse, and Hearts sail through their UEFA qualifying group without him.

Weekend fixtures:
06 November 2004
Celtic v Kilmarnock, 15:00
Dundee v Dundee Utd, 15:00
Dunfermline v Inverness CT, 15:00
Hibernian v Motherwell, 15:00
07 November 2004
Aberdeen v Hearts, 15:00
Livingston v Rangers, 14:00

Bonus round, which teams will be first and last to score (in terms of minutes played in games)? Five points for each correct answer.

/goes back to drinking and dreading Shaktar match

Earliest goal: Killie
Latest goal: Motherwell

Earliest goal: Celtic
Latest goal: Sheepies (pissing off John Robertson a lot).

Earliest goal: Killie

Hahaha - Celtic defence in being shite shocker!

Earliest goal: Dunfermline
Latest goal: Motherwell

06 November 2004
Celtic v Kilmarnock, 15:00
Dundee v Dundee Utd, 15:00
Dunfermline v Inverness CT, 15:00
Hibernian v Motherwell, 15:00
07 November 2004
Aberdeen v Hearts, 15:00
Livingston v Rangers, 14:00

Bonus round: How many penalties will be awarded? 10 points for correct answer, 7 points for +/- 1.

Let's try that again:
13 November 2004
Aberdeen v Dunfermline, 15:00
Celtic v Inverness CT, 15:00
Dundee Utd v Livingston, 15:00
Kilmarnock v Hearts, 15:00
Motherwell v Dundee, 15:00
14 November 2004
Hibernian v Rangers, 14:00

Bonus round: How many penalties will be awarded? 10 points for correct answer, 7 points for +/- 1

3 penalties

2 penalties

1 penalty

We should all be transferring our allegiance to the Sportsound predictor anyway. You can win real prizes!

Fixtures for tomorrow:
Dundee v Hibernian, 15:00
Dunfermline v Kilmarnock, 15:00
Hearts v Motherwell, 15:00
Inverness CT v Dundee Utd, 15:00
Livingston v Aberdeen, 15:00
Rangers v Celtic, 12:30

Bonus: 5 points for correct number of yellow cards shown in Old Firm game. 5 more points for correct number of yellow cards shown in all 6 fixtures.

I'm on overtime this weekend so I'll work out the scores will I'm being paid double :-)

Do the sportsound one by all means but you risk agreeing with wee Chick...

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There will be five yellow cards in the Old Firm game, and eighteen overall in the SPL.

3 yellows in OF game, 13 total

If anyone else is still interested you've got 20 minutes to get your entries in or Old Firm scores won't count.

For the first time in a long time, possibly ever, I was totally ashamed of being a Celtic fan. Several of the players completely lost control of their emotions, reacted to the taunts and petty challenges of the Rangers players, and Martin O'Neill's actions (walking onto the pitch at the end of the match, hauling Neil Lennon with him and going over to the Celtic end to gesture at the fans) were childish, stupid and inflammatory, and basically what Bob Malcolm got hauled down the tunnel by the police during the match for. Earlier in the match, my pals and I were slagging off Malcolm for being silly in his actions - when O'Neill did it, it was like a kick in the teeth. A young player in the heat of the moment in the dug-out, maybe. A grown-up, respectable and respected manager with the world's TV on him? Come on.

Yes, the referee lost control of the game early on. Yes, Lovenkrands deserves an Oscar for going down like he'd been hit in the face with a baseball bat rather than having Thompson leaning a bit heavily on him (though Thompson was undeniably stupid and deserved to get sent off), Nacho Novo should count himself lucky that he ended up on the pitch rather than in an early bath/in hospital after his cynical fouling and stamping, and Alex Rae was as much to blame for the Camara booking as he was. But as a professional, Camara shouldn't have risen to the bait. Celtic let themselves down by rising to what was being meted out to them, Sutton was a total arse to keep handling the ball when he was already on a yellow, and for Martin O'Neill to come out on the record with the catalogue of excuses that I've just made above and a few more besides was stupid and pathetic.

Chris Sutton was banned for five games for bringing the game into disrepute, for comments made a couple of seasons ago about Dunfermline lying down and letting Rangers win the league - a game he didn't see as he was on a pitch in Kilmarnock at the time. O'Neill was at Ibrox, his team were beaten by a bunch of cynical cheats, yes, but it was their fault. They acted like schoolkids, they let themselves down, and they didn't even play very well. Why the hell can't he just realise that these things happen, the better team got the luck and won, and just admit "we got it wrong" rather than peddling the "they've all got it in for us" line that Celtic fans have been trying to shake off for years. I hope they throw the book at him (kind of).

There was lots of other stuff going on that wasn't captured on camera too, Lennon spitting on a Rangers scarf is up there in the "could cause a riot" territory.

Loads of arrests at the game and numerous incidents in the city afterwards. The papers reported a 100 strong pitched battle in merchant city when Rangers casuals attacked a pub full of Celtic supporters. The report mentioned shops being smashed up and people hitting each other with scaffolding planks of all things (I can't help picturing Charlie Chaplin spinning around completely oblivious to the people being knocked out all around him), but bizarrely "no arrests"!

Oh, and the fitba was pish.

Oh, like one set of fans don't look at what's going on around them by the other lot. Also, nice work on dulling down the flames of sectarianism with your first sentence.

As for Bob Malcolm - I'm pointing out that the imbecile who was spoken to by police after he gestured to Celtic fans from the Rangers dug out is the same imbecile who thinks it's ok to write sectarian slogans when children ask him for autographs. His 'previous' in this matter is entirely relevant. If someone with a high public profile acts in this manner I can't see what's wrong with me pulling him up on it. It's his job to dull the flames not mine. I'm sure his actions on Saturday have further endeared him with the section of fans that applauded his FTP crap or laughed it off as a "harmless bit of fun" (quoted directly from idiot I work with).

I'll pull sectarianism up wherever I see it. I've no intention of fanning the flames of hatred that ruin my beloved game, but I'm certainly not going to brush the behaviour of such idiots under the carpet (unlike the Scottish press with their "not a bigot, just an eejit" whitewashes).

O'Neill involving Neil Lennon, the one player that stands more than any other for everything that winds the knuckledraggers up, in that sort of atmosphere, was equally silly if you want to read it like that. Both incidents, very very stupid. You can read sectarian/bigoted undertones into it if you like, but the bottom line is that it's not very big and not very clever. Whoever's doing it.

Anyway, thanks to the weather, I'll get in:

Inverness CT 1-1 Dundee Utd

Didn't hear much about the Old Firm game apart from what other people have said, and have nothing to add.

I am gutted in that Gerry McNee stole my arguments on Scotsport SPL last night. How far have I fallen in my own estimation?

Both sendings off were deserved and Camara, Lennon, Novo and probably Lovenkrands should all have walked as well. The penalty was clear cut. I can't see that Celtic can claim that more major wrong decisions went against than for them. Luck is a big part of football, Rangers had it on Saturday and as a result had the game more or less won early on. It's a safe bet that if there's a collective loss of temper in a football match the team winning 2-0 aren't going to be the main culprits. Celtic have a history of legitimate grievance about refereeing decisions in OF games, but not on Saturday.

Anyway:

Barcelona - Celtic
Basle - Hearts
Rangers - Liebherr

Bonus: Number of Scottish scorers

I'll go first:

Barcelona 3-0 Celtic
Basle 1-0 Hearts
Rangers 1-0 Liebherr GAK

No Scottish scorers

Celtic 0-0
Hearts to lose 3-1
Rangers to win 2-0

No Scottish scorers.

1 Scottish scorer.

Vindication for my blind faith at last!

Basle 2-1 Hearts
Rangers 2-1 Liebherr

For what it's worth, I thought Celtic would hold Barça to a draw. Anyone?!

*waits for Rangers to collapse horribly in the last 25 minutes of their match*

Anyway, Gerry's still as busy as somebody who's really busy so he's sent me this week's predictions. He'd better not think this means I'm taking over.

Aberdeen 2 D Utd 0
Dundee 0 Celtic 2
Hibs 2 Caley 0
Killie 2 Livvie 0
'Well 2 Dunfermline 0
Rangers 2 Hearts 2

Bonus round: First and last teams to score (as in time played in matches obv) 5 points for each.

Aberdeen 2-1 D Utd
Dundee 0-1 Celtic
Hibs 3-0 Caley
Killie 2-0 Livvie
'Well 1-2 Dunfermline
Rangers 2-0 Hearts

Hibs to score first, Celtic to score last.

Livvie to be the first scorer and Hearts to be the last.

Obviously I will default the four games played already (though it should be noted that I am usually v harsh on the Caley shite and v nice to the sheep and would have obviously have predicted them to lose and win respectively, even if I wouldn't necessarily have got the score right. Can't I have sympathy bonus points or something for those, since I'm one of the few that has played religiously every week, and I even took it upon myself to post results in advance when I was going to be out of the country?)

Anyway...

Dundee 0 - 3 Celtic
Rangers 1- 1 Hearts

If I say Celtic and Celtic for first and last scorer, is that cheating since I already know the times of the goals in the games that were played today?

Gonnae give me a break I got a load of shite going on at work and a fuck load of other shite at home that I don't even want to begin to discuss. The scores aren't going anywhere. No-one's score will be lost.

I'm sorry you didn't get much notice, I forgot about this until Friday lunchtime and emailed Al as soon as I remembered (thanks to Al for posting quickly btw). I don't object to you selecting Celtic/Celtic and I'm fairly sure no-one else will.

Sorry if I'm coming across like a bit of a dick but I'm typing in a hurry and not having the best of days.

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Standings after this round:
aldo 144 + 8 = 152
Onimo 121 + 9 = 130
ailsa 116 + 6 = 122
Ally C 99 + 6 = 105
Billy Dods = 87 (no entry)
scotstvo 59 + 13 = 72
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Results were:
Aberdeen 2 Motherwell 1
Dundee 1 Dunfermline 2
Kilmarnock 2 Inverness CT 2
Livingston 2 Celtic 4
Hearts 2 Hibernian 1
Rangers 1 Dundee Utd 1
First and last scorers alphabetically were Adams (Aberdeen) and Young (Dunfermline).

ailsa
Aberdeen 2-2 Motherwell (0)
Dundee 1-2 Dunfermline (5)
Kilmarnock 2-0 Inverness CT (0)
Livingston 1-4 Celtic (3)
Hearts 2-1 Hibernian (5)
Rangers 1-1 Dundee Utd (8)
Derek Adams and Andy Webster (5)
Total 26 (!)
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Aldo
Aberdeen 2-1 Motherwell (5)
Dundee 1-1 Dunfermline (0)
Kilmarnock 4-0 Inverness CT (0)
Livingston 0-3 Celtic (3)
Hearts 1-2 Hibernian (0)
Rangers 2-0 Dundee Utd (0)
Kris Boyd, Chris Sutton (0)
Total 8
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Onimo
Aberdeen 0-1 Motherwell (0)
Dundee 2-0 Dunfermline (0)
Kilmarnock 3-0 Inverness CT (0)
Livingston 0-5 Celtic (3)
Hearts 1-2 Hibernian (0)
Rangers 2-1 Dundee Utd (0)
Henri Camara, Steven Thompson (0)
Total 3
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scotstvo
Aberdeen vs Motherwell 2-0 (3)
Dundee vs Dunfermline 2-1 (0)
Killie vs Invercally 1-0 (0)
Livvy vs Celtic 1-4 (3)
Hearts vs Hibs 2-0 (3)
Rangers vs Dundee Utd 3-0 (0)
Camara & Snodgrass (0)
Total 9
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Ally C
Aberdeen 2-0 Motherwell (3)
Dundee 3-1 Dunfermline (0)
Kilmarnock 2-0 Inverness CT (0)
Livingston 1-3 Celtic (3)
Hearts 1-1 Hibernian (0)
Rangers 3-0 Dundee Utd (0)
Kris Boyd, Steven Thompson. (0)
Total 6
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Standings after this round:
aldo 152 + 8 = 160
ailsa 122 + 26 = 148
Onimo 130 + 3 = 133
Ally C 105 + 6 = 111
Billy Dods = 87 (no entry)
scotstvo 72 + 9 = 81
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Results:
Celtic 2-3 Aberdeen
Dundee Utd 1-1 Hearts
Dunfermline 1-2 Rangers
Hibernian 2-1 Livingston
Inverness CT 2-1 Dundee
Motherwell 0-1 Kilmarnock
No bonus round
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aldo
Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen (0)
Dundee Utd 0-1 Hearts (0)
Dunfermline 1-1 Rangers (0)
Hibernian 2-0 Livingston (3)
Inverness CT 1-2 Dundee (0)
Motherwell 0-0 Kilmarnock (0)
Total 3
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Ally C
Celtic 3-1 Aberdeen (0)
Dundee Utd 0-1 Hearts (0)
Dunfermline 1-2 Rangers (5)
Hibernian 2-1 Livingston (5)
Inverness CT 0-1 Dundee (0)
Motherwell 1-1 Kilmarnock (0)
Total 10
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ailsa
Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen (0)
Dundee Utd 1-2 Hearts (0)
Dunfermline 1-1 Rangers (0)
Hibernian 2-0 Livingston (3)
Inverness CT 1-1 Dundee (0)
Motherwell 2-1 Kilmarnock (0)
Total 3
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Billy Dods
Celtic v Aberdeen 1-1 (3)
Dundee Utd v Hearts 1-0 (0)
Dunfermline v Rangers 0-2 (3)
Hibernian v Livingston 1-2 (0)
Inverness CT v Dundee 0-3 (0)
Motherwell v Kilmarnock 2-2 (0)
Total 6
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scotstvo
Celtic v Aberdeen 2-0 (0)
Dundee Utd v Hearts 0-1 (0)
Dumfermline vs Rangers 0-1 (3)
Hibs v Livvy 2-0 (3)
Invercally v Dundee 1-2 (0)
Motherwell v Killie 2-0 (0)
Total 6
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Onimo
Celtic 3-1 Aberdeen (0)
Dundee Utd 1-1 Hearts (5)
Dunfermline 0-2 Rangers (3)
Hibernian 2-0 Livingston (3)
Inverness CT 0-0 Dundee (0)
Motherwell 1-1 Kilmarnock (0)
Total 11
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Standings after this round:
aldo 160 + 3 = 163
ailsa 148 + 3 = 151
Onimo 133 + 11 = 144
Ally C 111 + 10 = 121
Billy Dods 87 + 6 = 93
scotstvo 81 + 6 = 87
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Results:
Hearts 3-0 Dundee
Dundee Utd 1-2 Dunfermline
Inverness CT 2-0 Livingston
Motherwell 2-3 Celtic
Kilmarnock 3-1 Hibernian
Rangers 5-0 Aberdeen
First and last scorers alphabetically were Bayne (ICT) and Young (Dunfermline)

Aldo
Hearts 1-1 Dundee (0)
Dundee Utd 1-0 Dunfermline (0)
Inverness CT 0-1 Livingston (0)
Motherwell 1-3 Celtic (3)
Kilmarnock 0-2 Hibernian (0)
Rangers 2-3 Aberdeen (0)
Boyd & Riordan (0)
Total 3

Onimo
Hearts 0-0 Dundee (0)
Dundee Utd 1-1 Dunfermline (0)
Inverness CT 1-1 Livingston (0)
Motherwell 0-2 Celtic (3)
Kilmarnock 0-1 Hibernian (0)
Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen (3)
Bayne and Wilson (5)
Total 11

ailsa
Hearts 1-0 Dundee (3)
Dundee Utd 1-2 Dunfermline (5)
Inverness CT 0-1 Livingston (0)
Motherwell 1-3 Celtic (3)
Kilmarnock 1-2 Hibernian (0)
Rangers 1-1 Aberdeen (0)
Derek Adams and Stanislav Varga (0)
Total 11

Billy Dods
Hearts 1-0 Dundee (3)
Dundee Utd 1-0 Dunfermline (0)
Inverness CT 1-1 Livingston (0)
Motherwell 1-2 Celtic (3)
Kilmarnock 2-2 Hibernian (0)
Rangers 3-1 Aberdeen (3)
Total 9

scotstvo
Hearts 1-1 Dundee (0)
Dundee Utd 2-0 Dunfermline (0)
Inverness CT 1-1 Livingston (0)
Motherwell 0-2 Celtic (3)
Kilmarnock 1-3 Hibernian (0)
Rangers 0-7 Aberdeen (0)
Essen and Varga (0)
Total 3

Ally C
Hearts 2-1 Dundee (3)
Dundee Utd 1-1 Dunfermline (0)
Inverness CT 0-0 Livingston (0)
Motherwell 1-2 Celtic (3)
Kilmarnock 2-2 Hibernian (0)
Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen (3)
Boyd, Thompson. (0)
Total 9
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Standings after this round:
aldo 163 + 3 = 166
ailsa 151 + 11 = 162
Onimo 144 + 11 = 155
Ally C 121 + 9 = 130
Billy Dods 93 + 9 = 102
scotstvo 87 + 3 = 90
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I was just grumpy because I though I was doing quite well, and this one week of missing out on four games could be costly. Sorry to take it out on you :)

Results:
Celtic 2-1 Kilmarnock
Dundee 1-0 Dundee Utd
Dunfermline 1-1 Inverness CT
Hibernian 1-0 Motherwell
Aberdeen 0-1 Hearts
Livingston 1-4 Rangers

Earliest goal: Dunfermline, 28 mins
Latest goal: Kilmarnock, 89 mins

Onimo
Celtic 2-1 Kilmarnock (5)
Dundee 1-0 Dundee Utd (5)
Dunfermline 2-0 Inverness CT (0)
Hibernian 2-2 Motherwell (0)
Aberdeen 1-2 Hearts (3)
Livingston 1-1 Rangers (0)
Earliest goal: Killie (0)
Latest goal: Motherwell (0)
Total 13

ailsa
Celtic 3-1 Kilmarnock (3)
Dundee 2-1 Dundee Utd (3)
Dunfermline 2-1 Inverness CT (0)
Hibernian 1-2 Motherwell (0)
Aberdeen 2-2 Hearts (0)
Livingston 1-1 Rangers (0)
Earliest goal: Celtic (0)
Latest goal: Sheepies (0)
Total 6

aldo
Celtic 3-1 Kilmarnock (3)
Dundee 1-1 Dundee Utd (0)
Dunfermline 1-0 Inverness CT (0)
Hibernian 2-2 Motherwell (0)
Aberdeen 3-2 Hearts (0)
Livingston 0-3 Rangers (3)
Earliest goal: Dunfermline (5)
Latest goal: Motherwell (0)
Total 11
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Standings after this round:
aldo 166 + 11 = 177
ailsa 162 + 6 = 168
Onimo 155 + 13 = 168
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
scotstvo 90 (no entry)
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Got my net connection back at work next week so should be back in the swing of things. If I'm struggling at any point I'll take you up on your kind offer ailsa.

Anyone read the Sunday Mail today? They've got an "Old Firm Hate" type article about a Rangers fan charged with racially abusing Bobo Balde, but they've somewhat shockingly linked it with a story about a Catholic church burning down, despite there being no evidence that the fire was even deliberately started. This from the same paper with sanctimonious columnists telling the Old Firm they need to control their behaviour in order to avoid sectarian violence.

Aberdeen 2-1 Dunfermline
Celtic 3-0 Inverness CT
Dundee Utd 1-0 Livingston
Kilmarnock 1-1 Hearts
Motherwell 3-0 Dundee
Hibernian 0-1 Rangers
There were 3 penalties awarded, two for Rangers and one against Celtic
(but I'm not paranoid enough to read anything into that :-P )

aldo
Aberdeen 2-0 Dunfermline (3)
Celtic 3-1 Inverness CT (3)
Dundee Utd 1-1 Livingston (0)
Kilmarnock 1-2 Hearts (0)
Motherwell 1-0 Dundee (3)
Hibernian 1-1 Rangers (0)
3 penalties (10)
Total 19

Onimo
Aberdeen 3-1 Dunfermline (3)
Celtic 5-0 Inverness CT (3)
Dundee Utd 0-2 Livingston (0)
Kilmarnock 0-0 Hearts (3)
Motherwell 1-1 Dundee (0)
Hibernian 0-0 Rangers (0)
2 penalties (7)
Total 16

ailsa
Aberdeen 2-0 Dunfermline (3)
Celtic 4-1 Inverness CT (3)
Dundee Utd 1-1 Livingston (0)
Kilmarnock 0-1 Hearts (0)
Motherwell 2-1 Dundee (3)
Hibernian 1-1 Rangers (0)
1 penalty (0)
Total 9

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Standings after this round:
aldo 177 + 19 = 196
Onimo 168 + 16 = 184
ailsa 168 + 9 = 177
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
scotstvo 90 (no entry)
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Results:
Dundee 1-4 Hibernian
Dunfermline 4-1 Kilmarnock
Hearts 0-1 Motherwell
Inverness CT 1-1 Dundee Utd
Livingston 0-2 Aberdeen
Rangers 2-0 Celtic

Bonus: 5 points for correct number of yellow cards shown in Old Firm game = 8 (Lovenkrands, Rae, Khisanishvilli for Rangers and Camara, Lennon, Sutton (twice) and McNamara for Celtic)
5 more points for correct number of yellow cards shown in all 6 fixtures = 15 (8 in Old Firm game, 4 in ICT game, 3 in Hearts game, none in others). Straight reds are not included because red isn't yellow.

ailsa
Dundee 2-1 Hibernian (0)
Dunfermline 0-1 Kilmarnock (0)
Hearts 2-2 Motherwell (0)
Inverness CT 1-2 Dundee Utd (0)
Livingston 1-3 Aberdeen (3)
Rangers 1-3 Celtic (0)
five yellow in the Old Firm game(0)
eighteen overall (0)
Total 3

Onimo
Dundee 0-2 Hibernian (3)
Dunfermline 0-2 Kilmarnock (0)
Hearts 1-0 Motherwell (0)
Inverness CT 1-1 Dundee Utd (5)
Livingston 0-2 Aberdeen (5)
Rangers 0-0 Celtic (0)
3 yellows in OF game (0)
13 overall (0)
Total 13

aldo
Inverness CT 1-1 Dundee Utd (5) (how does he do it?)

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Standings after this round:
aldo 196 + 5 = 201
Onimo 184 + 13 = 197
ailsa 177 + 3 = 180
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
scotstvo 90 (no entry)
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Barcelona 1-1 Celtic
Basle 1-2 Hearts
Rangers 3-0 Liebherr
2 Scottish scorers: Neilson and Wyness for Hearts

aldo
Barcelona 3-0 Celtic (0)
Basle 1-0 Hearts (0)
Rangers 1-0 Liebherr GAK (3)
No Scottish scorers (0)
Total 3

Onimo
Celtic 0-0 (3)
Hearts to lose 3-1 (0)
Rangers to win 2-0 (3)
No Scottish scorers. (0)
Total 6

Ailsa
Barcelona 1-1 Celtic (5)
Basle 2-1 Hearts (0)
Rangers 2-1 Liebherr GAK (3)
1 Scottish scorer. (0)
Total 8

scotstvo
Basle 2-1 Hearts (0)
Rangers 2-1 Liebherr (3)
Total 3
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Standings after this round:
aldo 201 + 3 = 204
Onimo 197 + 6 = 203
ailsa 180 + 8 = 188
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
scotstvo 90 + 3 = 93
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That's us up to date, let me know if anyone thinks I've messed up somewhere. The formatting went to shit when I copied them across from murkysoft Word but I'm hoping nothing went missing.

Results:
Aberdeen 1-0 Dundee Utd
Dundee 2-2 Celtic
Hibernian 2-1 Inverness CT
Kilmarnock 1-3 Livingston
Motherwell 2-1 Dunfermline
Rangers 3-2 Hearts
First goal: Livingston (7 mins)
Last goal: Rangers (81 mins)
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Onimo
Aberdeen 2 D Utd 0 (3)
Dundee 0 Celtic 2 (0)
Hibs 2 Caley 0 (3)
Killie 2 Livvie 0 (0)
'Well 2 Dunfermline 0 (3)
Rangers 2 Hearts 2 (0)
First – Celtic (0)
Last – Hearts (0)
Total 9
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aldo
Aberdeen 2-1 D Utd (3)
Dundee 0-1 Celtic (0)
Hibs 3-0 Caley (3)
Killie 2-0 Livvie (0)
'Well 1-2 Dunfermline (0)
Rangers 2-0 Hearts (3)
Hibs to score first (0)
Celtic to score last. (0)
Total 9
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Scotstvo
Aberdeen 3-0 D Utd (3)
Dundee 0-2 Celtic (0)
Hibs 2-1 Caley (5)
Killie 1-2 Livvie (3)
'Well 1-0 Dunfermline (3)
Rangers 0-1 Hearts (0)
Livvie first scorer (5)
Hearts last. (0)
Total 19
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ailsa
Dundee 0 - 3 Celtic (0)
Rangers 1- 1 Hearts (0)
Celtic first and last (0)
Keeping the peace bonus (5)
Total 5
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Standings after this round:
aldo 204 + 9 = 213
Onimo 203 + 9 = 212
ailsa 188 + 5 = 193
Ally C 130 (no entry)
scotstvo 93 + 19 = 112 (welcome to treble figures!)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
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Bet you all thought you'd be first footed before you got these scores :-P

Bonus round, 5 points for each:
How many home wins will there be in all four Scottish leagues?
How many draws will there be in all four Scottish leagues?
How many away wins will there be in all four Scottish leagues?

10 Homes
6 Draws
5 Aways

10 Homes
4 Draws
7 Aways

8 Home, 6 Draws, 7 Aways

9 Home, 5 Draws, 7 Aways

(can I pretend I had all the scores correct the weeks that aren't saved here?)

This week's fixtures:
26 December 2004
Hearts v Celtic, 14:00
27 December 2004
Aberdeen v Inverness CT, 15:00
Dundee Utd v Hibernian, 15:00
Dunfermline v Livingston, 15:00
Kilmarnock v Dundee, 15:00
Rangers v Motherwell, 15:00

Bonus: How many Scottish goal scorers will there be? 10 points for a correct answer or 5 points if you're +/- 1

(RIP Zero, a touch of class in a dismal side, I don't think we ever saw the best of him)

Three Scottish scorers.

Five Scottish scorers.

I see the Maryhill Messiah is back. Cue lots of pigeon puns in the redtops.

Seven Scottish scorers.

Anyway, I'll arbitrarily guess again:

Hearts 0-2 Celtic
Aberdeen 1-1 Invercally
Dundee Utd 2-1 Hibs
Dunfermline 8-0 Livvy
Kilmarnock 2-0 Dundee
Rangers 2-1 Motherwell

Six successful Scottish scorers

I've copied the entries so far in case we have any more vanishings.

Whatever happened to Barry Lavety?

Barry left in the summer of 2004, feeling that he couldn't combine football with his new part time job. He ended up signing for junior side Neilston, playing alongside fellow ex Saints James McGuire and Chris Kerr, and seems to be scoring every so often.. Had he kept himself on the right track, away from the drugs and car bashing, he would be playing for Scotland.

(the site also refers to him as "the ecstasy-munching, car-bashing, fish-supper-loving mature student".

If you want an E
Go and see
Barry La-vet-eee

I hope Santa brings me an upturn of fortune.

McGeady, 9,mins :-)
If only all my predictions were his good.

01 January 2005
Dundee Utd v Rangers, 15:00
Dunfermline v Dundee, 15:00
02 January 2005
Celtic v Livingston, 15:00
Hibernian v Hearts, 14:00
03 January 2005
Inverness CT v Kilmarnock, 15:00
Motherwell v Aberdeen, 15:00

Bonus Round:
How many penalties will be awarded in total? 10 points for correct answer, 5 points for +/-1.

4 penalties

three penalties

Dundee Utd 0-19 (nineteen) Rangers
Dunfermline 0-0 Dundee
Celtic 5-0 Livingston
Hibs 1-2 Hearts
Invercally 0-1 Killie
Motherwell 0-2 Aberdeen

No penalties at all whatsoever.

No I'm not. I hate Rangers for purely non-bigoted reasons. Some of my best friends, etc etc...

I feel rank today.

Either that, or someone should invent a new font to use so that you can indicate when you aren't taking someone seriously.

1 penalty. To Rangers.

Where did you get the referees list?

Arbroath v Aberdeen
Ayr v Stranraer
Berwick v Brechin
Clyde v Falkirk
East Fife v Dunfermline
Gretna v Dundee Utd
Hibernian v Dundee
Kilmarnock v Motherwell
Livingston v Morton
Montrose v Queen of South
Partick v Hearts
Raith v Alloa
Ross County v Airdrie Utd
St Mirren v Hamilton

Celtic v Rangers
Inverness CT v St Johnstone

Bonus: How many players will be sent off in all 16 matches? 10 points for correct answer, 7 points for +/-1, 5 points for +/-2.

Celtic 3-1 Rangers
Inverness CT 2-1 St Johnstone

Red cards: 3

I know you're out there! Posting on other threads behind my back!

This just in: Balde (somewhat surprisingly) NOT suspended for Old Firm tie.

Four red cards (Poo Phallus refereeing Old Firm game, Balde not suspended, what do you think?)

Red cards: 5 (two in the Old Firm game)

It's telling that none of us has taken SPL Dundee Utd to beat 3rd Div Gretna. I expect these teams to be in the same division in 2 years time.

Hartson signed his contract this morning, expect him to have put on 2 stone by Sunday.

Gerry and I had had a couple of pints in Tennents watching Celtic play on some Eastern European ploughed field. Hartson didn't travel, with a back injury. A dismal match (goalless?) and Chris Sutton was carried off with an injury that would supposedly keep him out for about a month - the Old Firm game was about a fortnight away.

I go (slightly more worse for wear than I expected to be) to Jinty's to meet some work people before we go for something to eat. Imagine my surprise when John Hartson is in there, pished, with a Welsh mate - where I find out he's been for over an hour. Jinty's doesn't have a telly. In the bogs later I strike up a conversation with him, fill him in on the game (which he knew nothing about, and didn't appear to care about either) and tell him about Sutton. "Oh, for fuck's sake" says Hartson "they'd better not be expecting me to play. I've only just managed to convince them I've got a bad back, and booked a holiday on the back of it." He then theatrically held his hands to his back, as if to try and convince me as well, in an extravagant motion that I would struggle to do with a good back. Then he phoned his agent in a panic, to get him to tell Celtic that they agreed he had a bad back.

After about six months he insisted that the headmaster of the school write to all the parents, telling them that "Mr Hartson is just a normal person, and doesn't want bothered. Please don't ask him for autographs at the school gates."

Despite the fact his wife does the school run.

And nobody had realised his kid was at the school.

So, yes, unfortunately.

On a similar tack, I think I remember hearing once that a top SPL "star" got his agent to call Slaters Menswear and ask them to shut the shop to the public as a VIP was coming to buy some clothes and didn't want the great unwashed hassling him. The staff were all very excited and immediately complied, thinking this top VIP would be like Elton John or Rod Stewart or someone, and were really unimpressed when this wank that none of them had even heard of strutted in and started throwing his weight about. Step forward Mr Ramon Vega. Tosser. (and no, I don't know if he bought a see-through skirt for himself)

"Dangerous at both ends" is a fitting description.

I can't find that famous picture either :-(

Aberdeen v Caley Thistle
Ross County/Airdrie v Clyde
QoS v Gretna/Dundee Utd
Ayr/Stranraer v St Mirren
Partick/Hearts v Kilmarnock
Alloa v Livingston/Morton
East Fife/Dunfermline v Celtic (woo, trip to Methil, woo!)
Hibs v Brechin

Celebrations all round in the Sky Sports scheduling department and I don't think.

Just think of it as an opportunity to FAP with C*l*m.

Tonight I exuded saddo Celticness by being the only person in the pub quiz to know how many league goals Brian McClair scored for Celtic. It was a "ten points if you get it right, various other points for guessing close" kind of thing where the guy setting the questions didn't think anyone would actually know the answer, and he didn't believe I didn't guess and that I actually knew.

Dundee 1-1 Inverness CT
Hearts 1-1 Dundee Utd (the McCall fightback starts here)
Kilmarnock 2-0 Motherwell
Livingston 0-3 Hibernian
Rangers 2-0 Dunfermline
Aberdeen 1-2 Celtic (winner in stoppage time)

Bonus round: when will Gerry get the scores up to date?

March 25th

Also, fuck off Ian Murray. And goodbye to Wee Tam. I always liked you.

I predict Gerry will never get the scores up to date (real answer = whenever Gerry says he'll do it by)

I'm on holiday next week, but will try to find an internet cafe to post my scores if I don't do them before I go.

Dundee 0-0 Inverness CT
Hearts 2-0 Dundee Utd
Kilmarnock 1-1 Motherwell
Livingston 0-5 Hibernian
Rangers 4-1 Dunfermline
Aberdeen 0-4 Celtic

Bonus: Gerry will get the scores up to date the day after the Scottish Cup 3rd round finally ends.

So, I wasn't far off the mark then. The flooding in Gretna should just about have died down by the end of March.

Celtic 4-0 Motherwell (Since I am several hundred miles away and my work colleague is in my seat)
Dundee 0 - 1 Hearts
Dunfermline 1-1 Dundee Utd
Hibernian 2-0 Kilmarnock
Livingston 1-0 Inverness CT
Aberdeen 1-1 Rangers

Don´t even think about a bonus round :)

Celtic 3-0 Motherwell
Dundee 1-1 Hearts
Dunfermline 3-1 Dundee Utd
Hibernian 3-0 Kilmarnock
Livingston 1-1 Inverness CT
Aberdeen 1-2 Rangers

Bonus round: how upset will ailsa be if Gerry adds a bonus round?

Very.

Celtic 5-0 Motherwell
Dundee 1-0 Hearts
Dunfermline 1-0 Dundee Utd
Hibernian 2-1 Kilmarnock
Livingston 1-0 Inverness CT
Aberdeen 2-0 Rangers

Bonus: What al said.

More than very.

And so it goes:
Celtic 2 - 0 Motherwell
Dundee 0 - 1 Hearts
Dumfermline 0 - 1 Los Árabes
Hibs 3 - 0 Killie
Livvy 0 - 1 Invercally
Dons 1 - 0 Gers

Bonus: Rowbotham (66 minutes)

29 January 2005
Dundee Utd v Dundee, 15:00
Hearts v Aberdeen, 15:00
Inverness CT v Dunfermline, 15:00
Motherwell v Hibernian, 15:00
Rangers v Livingston, 15:00
30 January 2005
Kilmarnock v Celtic, 14:00

Bonus: Timing of first and last goals, 10 points if you're +/-2 mins, 5 points for +/- 5 mins, 2 points if you're +/- 10 mins.

First goal 8 mins, last goal 90+2.

I had a good week last week, three correct scores.

First goal 5 minutes, last goal 87 minutes.

First goal 12 minutes, last goal 83 minutes.

2 mins and 88 mins

Entries for 'Well game null and void - I'm having a bad enough time keeping up without waiting for any more postponed games.

Anyway - Scottish Cup this week:

Saturday
Aberdeen v Inverness CT
Alloa v Livingston
Ayr v St Mirren
Hearts v Kilmarnock
Hibernian v Brechin
Queen of South v Dundee Utd
Ross County v Clyde

Sunday
Dunfermline v Celtic

Fixtures for teh weekend:

12 February 2005
Dundee v Motherwell, 15:00
Dunfermline v Aberdeen, 15:00
Hearts v Kilmarnock, 15:00
Livingston v Dundee Utd, 15:00
Rangers v Hibernian, 15:00
13 February 2005
Inverness CT v Celtic, 14:00

Bonus: Name the scorer of every goal you predict. 3 points for every one you get right.
e.g. if you put Caley 1 (Brewster) Celtic 2 (Hartson, Bellamy) and all three score you will get 9 points - it doesn't matter if Bellamy scores before Hartson because that would make it too much hassle to work out the scores.

Are we not doing the Motherwell-Hibs game on Tuesday?

15 February 2005
Motherwell v Hibernian, 19:45

Motherwell 1 (Foran) - 2 Hibs (Riordan, O'Connor)

Inverness CT 0-3 (Sutton, Thompson, Bellamy) Celtic

Motherwell 0-1 (O'Connor) Hibernian

Isn't it great to see Caley back at their home ground blah blah blah :-(

Also, divorce now exceedingly imminent chez Watson following Clyde's plucky win over a team who had to snowplough their way down the A9. The mister is being quite gloating (has been since the draw was made) and I don't know how he will take the indignity of watching his wife's team thrashing his team live on national telly.

Aberdeen 2-0 Livingston
Dundee Utd 0-1 Inverness CT
Hibernian 2-1 Dundee
Kilmarnock 1-1 Dunfermline
Motherwell 2-1 Hearts
Celtic 1-2 Rangers

Bonus round: what thanks will I get?

Fuck all.

Kind of redundant now but since I already copied it to the clipboard:

19 February 2005
Aberdeen v Livingston, 15:00
Dundee Utd v Inverness CT, 15:00
Hibernian v Dundee, 15:00
Kilmarnock v Dunfermline, 15:00
Motherwell v Hearts, 15:00
20 February 2005
Celtic v Rangers, 12:30

Bonus: How many different players will be shown a card (yellow or red) in all 6 fixtures. 10 points for correct answer. 5 points for +/-1. Feck all for anything else.

Bonus round: 18 players will see red or yellow.

22 cards in all.

SPL
Rangers v Kilmarnock

Bonus: Alphabetically, by surname, first and last to score. 5 points for each.

Rangers 3-0 Kilmarnock

Bonus: Bellamy, Riordan

Bonus: Adams, Wilson

Bonus scorers: Anderson, Sutton

There are SPL fixtures tomorrow (and guess what twunt arranged to be in Bristol before checking the Celtic fixtures) so:

02 March 2005
Celtic v Dundee, 19:45
Dundee Utd v Aberdeen, 19:45
Dunfermline v Motherwell, 19:45
Hearts v Rangers, 19:45
Inverness CT v Hibernian, 19:45
Livingston v Kilmarnock, 19:45

Bonus: Timing of first and last goal. 10 points for +/- 3 minutes, 5 points for +/- 10 minutes.

The Sheep are finally on the kind of form I'd been wrongly predicting at the start of the season. Looks like Jimmy's honeymoon period is well and truly over.

Bonus: 7 and 84

14, 90

(although not tonight, obviously)

(I'd have gone 1-1 for Rangers v Hearts and have been right if they hadn't added on about an hour's injury time, you know...)

Maybe you should Try Bristol Less.
After a cancelled flight, dealing with the worst airline ever and a 7 hour drive home in a hired Ford followed by a 3 hour sleep before work, I think I will be Trying Bristol Never Again.

Anyway, more football at the weekend. Tasty fixture with the Tic away to a wobbly Hibs. Bonus is the timing of the goals thing again since we didn't have a proper round midweek.

Dundee v Livingston
Dunfermline v Hearts
Kilmarnock v Aberdeen
Motherwell v Dundee Utd
Rangers v Inverness CT
Hibernian v Celtic (Sunday)

11 minutes, 81 minutes

7 minutes, 84 minutes

5 minutes, 90 minutes (the Rangers penalty for the dodgy equaliser against the Caley scumbags - hahaha, they are playing Simply the Best on the telly as I type this!!!)

Fixtures for the weekend:
12 March 2005
Aberdeen v Hibernian
Celtic v Dunfermline
Hearts v Inverness CT
Kilmarnock v Dundee Utd
Livingston v Motherwell
Dundee v Rangers

Bonus: How many penalties will be awarded? 10 points for correct answer, 5 points if you miss by 1.

Aberdeen 1 - 1 Hibs
Celtic 3 - 0 Dunfermline
Hearts 2 -1 ICT
Killie 0 - Dundee Utd 1
Livingston 1 - 2 Motherwell
Dundee 1 - 1 Rangers

3 penalties.

Aberdeen 1-1 Hibs
Celtic 6 (six) -0 Dunfermline
Hearts 2-1 Invercaleythistle
Killie 2-0 Dundee Utd (bottom of the league, McCall gets P45)
Livvie 1-1 Motherwell
Dundee 0-0 Rangers

2 pens

Aberdeen 0-2 Hibs
Celtic 3-0 Dunfermline
Hearts 2-1 Inverness
Killie 1-2 Dundee Utd
Livvy 0-1 Motherwell
Dundee 0-3 Rangers

1 penalty.

Striker denies '20 stones' claim

"I don't know where all this talk came from about my weight"

Probably because you ate every pie on your travels between Paisley and Coatbridge and, well, because you look like Jabba the Hutt.

Right, that's just downright spooky. Can I borrow you to pick my lottery numbers for me please?

I'd like to say in my defence that I didn't realise Hearts had NO TEAM* when I predicted them to win this week. The rest of my crap predictions, er, it's just because I am crap at this.

*John Robertson on Sportsound this afternoon "yes, we're OK to play the match as the school bus has just turned up with our team"

Too late to get your lottery on but for the record the numbers will be 1 7 12 14 29 45 and the bonus number will be 13.

Results:
Aberdeen 3-2 Kilmarnock
Celtic 2-1 Hibernian
Dundee Utd 0-1 Motherwell
Hearts 3-0 Dunfermline
Livingston 1-0 Dundee
Inverness CT 1-1 Rangers
There were 9 home wins, 6 draws and 6 away wins
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Onimo
Aberdeen 2-0 Kilmarnock (3)
Celtic 2-1 Hibernian (5)
Dundee Utd 1-1 Motherwell (0)
Hearts 1-1 Dunfermline (0)
Livingston 2-0 Dundee (3)
Inverness CT 1-1 Rangers (8)
10 Homes (0)
6 Draws (5)
5 Aways (0)
Total 24
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aldo_cowpat
Aberdeen 1-0 Kilmarnock (30
Celtic 1-1 Hibernian (0)
Dundee Utd 1-2 Motherwell (3)
Hearts 1-0 Dunfermline (3)
Livingston 2-0 Dundee (3)
Inverness CT 1-3 Rangers (0)
10 Homes (0)
4 Draws (0)
7 Aways (0)
Total 12
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scotstvo
Aberdeen 2-0 Kilmarnock (3)
Celtic 3-0 Hibs (3)
Dundee Utd 0-1 Motherwell (5)
Hearts 2-0 Dumfermline (3)
Livvy 0-1 Dundee (0)
Invercally 1-3 Rangers (0)
8 Home, 6 Draws, 7 Aways (0,5,0)
Total 19
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ailsa
Aberdeen 1-0 Kilmarnock (3)
Celtic 3-1 Hibs (3)
Dundee Utd 1-2 Motherwell (3)
Hearts 3-1 Dumfermline (3)
Livingston 1-2 Dundee (0)
Caley Shitstle 1-1 Rangers (8)
9 Home, 5 Draws, 7 Aways (0,0,0)
Total 20
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Standings after this round:
Onimo 212 + 24 = 236
aldo 213 + 12 =225
ailsa 193 + 20 = 213
scotstvo 112 + 19 = 131
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
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(ILX downtime - entries lost until...)

SPL Round 26-27 Dec 04
RESULTS
Hearts 0-2 Celtic
Aberdeen 0-0 Inverness CT
Dundee Utd 1-4 Hibernian
Dunfermline 0-0 Livingston
Kilmarnock 3-1 Dundee
Rangers 4-1 Motherwell
There were 4 Scottish goalscorers (Riordan, O’Connor, Boyd, Thompson)
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-- ailsa
Hearts 1-2 Celtic (3)
Aberdeen 2-2 Inverness CT (3)
Dundee Utd 1-2 Hibernian (3)
Dunfermline 0-1 Livingston (0)
Kilmarnock 0-1 Dundee (0)
Rangers 1-1 Motherwell (0)
Three Scottish scorers. (5)
TOTAL 14
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-- Onimo
Hearts 0-2 Celtic (5)
Aberdeen 2-0 Inverness CT (0)
Dundee Utd 0-1 Hibernian (3)
Dunfermline 1-0 Livingston (0)
Kilmarnock 2-0 Dundee (3)
Rangers 1-1 Motherwell (0)
Five Scottish scorers. (5)
TOTAL 16
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-- aldo_cowpat
Hearts 1-2 Celtic (3)
Aberdeen 1-0 Inverness CT (0)
Dundee Utd 1-3 Hibernian (3)
Dunfermline 1-1 Livingston (3)
Kilmarnock 1-1 Dundee (0)
Rangers 2-1 Motherwell (3)
Seven Scottish scorers. (0)
TOTAL 12
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-- scotstvo
Hearts 0-2 Celtic (5)
Aberdeen 1-1 Invercally (3)
Dundee Utd 2-1 Hibs (0)
Dunfermline 8-0 Livvy (0)
Kilmarnock 2-0 Dundee (3)
Rangers 2-1 Motherwell (3)
Six successful Scottish scorers (0)
TOTAL 14
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Standings after this round:
Onimo 236 + 16 = 252
aldo 225 + 12 = 237
ailsa 213 + 14 = 227
scotstvo 131 + 14 = 145
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
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Here endeth 2004. Please check that I've got these right as alcohol was involved in the calculating process. Only two months or so left to work out :-)

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-- aldo_cowpat
Dundee Utd 0-2 Rangers (0)
Dunfermline 1-0 Dundee (3)
Celtic 3-1 Livingston (3)
Hibernian 2-1 Hearts (0)
Inverness CT 1-1 Kilmarnock (0)
Motherwell 0-1 Aberdeen (0)
4 penalties (0)
TOTAL 6
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-- ailsa
Dundee Utd 1-1 Rangers (8)
Dunfermline 2-1 Dundee (3)
Celtic 3-0 Livingston (3)
Hibernian 2-1 Hearts (0)
Inverness CT 1-1 Kilmarnock (0)
Motherwell 1-1 Aberdeen (3)
three penalties (0)
TOTAL 17
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-- scotstvo
Dundee Utd 0-19 Rangers (0)
Dunfermline 0-0 Dundee (0)
Celtic 5-0 Livingston (3)
Hibs 1-2 Hearts (0)
Invercally 0-1 Killie (3)
Motherwell 0-2 Aberdeen (0)
No penalties at all whatsoever. (5)
TOTAL 11

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-- Onimo
Dundee Utd 1-3 Rangers (0)
Dunfermline 1-0 Dundee (3)
Celtic 3-0 Livingston (3)
Hibs 2-0 Hearts (0)
ICaleyT 1-1 Kilmarnock (0)
Motherwell 1-0 Aberdeen (0)
1 penalty. (10)
TOTAL 16

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Standings after this round:
Onimo 252 + 16 = 268
ailsa 227 + 17 = 244
aldo 237 + 6 = 243
scotstvo 145 + 11 = 156
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
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Standings after this round:
Onimo 268 + 31 = 299
ailsa 244 + 30 = 274
aldo 243 + 31 = 274
scotstvo 156 (no entry)
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
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If you say something for long enough it'll eventually come true.

I saw "Setanta SPL" last night, and by Christ the Arabs were fucking woeful on Saturday.

Anyway, I have found an error - even though it would benefit me to keep my gob shut, you've done Ailsa out of 5 points in 4-5 December for correctly predicting 9 home wins.

CORRECTION
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Standings after this round:
Onimo 268 + 31 = 299
ailsa 244 + 30 = 274 + 5 = 279 (sorry Ailsa)
aldo 243 + 31 = 274 (lucky he's not facing a cheeky cnut deduction)
scotstvo 156 (no entry)
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
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RESULTS:
Dundee 3-1 Inverness CT
Hearts 3-2 Dundee Utd
Kilmarnock 2-0 Motherwell
Livingston 0-2 Hibernian
Rangers 3-0 Dunfermline
Aberdeen 0-1 Celtic
-------------------------------

-- aldo_cowpat
Dundee 1-1 Inverness CT (0)
Hearts 1-1 Dundee Utd (0)
Kilmarnock 2-0 Motherwell (5)
Livingston 0-3 Hibernian (3)
Rangers 2-0 Dunfermline (3)
Aberdeen 1-2 Celtic (3)
TOTAL 14
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-- ailsa
Dundee 0-1 Inverness CT (0)
Hearts 1-1 Dundee Utd (0)
Kilmarnock 1-0 Motherwell (3)
Livingston 1-2 Hibernian (3)
Rangers 1-1 Dunfermline (0)
Aberdeen 0-2 Celtic (3)
TOTAL 9
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-- Onimo
Dundee 0-0 Inverness CT (0)
Hearts 2-0 Dundee Utd (3)
Kilmarnock 1-1 Motherwell (0)
Livingston 0-5 Hibernian (3)
Rangers 4-1 Dunfermline (3)
Aberdeen 0-4 Celtic (3)
TOTAL 12
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Standings after this round:
Onimo 299 + 12 = 311
ailsa 279 + 9 = 288
aldo 274 + 14 = 288
scotstvo 156 (no entry)
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
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RESULTS:
Celtic 2-0 Motherwell
Dundee 1-1 Hearts
Dunfermline 1-1 Dundee Utd
Hibernian 3-0 Kilmarnock
Livingston 1-4 Inverness CT
Aberdeen 1-2 Rangers

-- ailsa
Celtic 4-0 Motherwell (3)
Dundee 0 - 1 Hearts (0)
Dunfermline 1-1 Dundee Utd (5)
Hibernian 2-0 Kilmarnock (3)
Livingston 1-0 Inverness CT (0)
Aberdeen 1-1 Rangers (0)
TOTAL 11

-- aldo_cowpat
Celtic 3-0 Motherwell (3)
Dundee 1-1 Hearts (5)
Dunfermline 3-1 Dundee Utd (0)
Hibernian 3-0 Kilmarnock (5)
Livingston 1-1 Inverness CT (0)
Aberdeen 1-2 Rangers (5)
TOTAL 18

-- Onimo
Celtic 5-0 Motherwell (3)
Dundee 1-0 Hearts (0)
Dunfermline 1-0 Dundee Utd (0)
Hibernian 2-1 Kilmarnock (3)
Livingston 1-0 Inverness CT (0)
Aberdeen 2-0 Rangers (0)
TOTAL 6

-- scotstvo
Celtic 2 - 0 Motherwell (5)
Dundee 0 - 1 Hearts (0)
Dumfermline 0 - 1 Los Árabes (0)
Hibs 3 - 0 Killie (5)
Livvy 0 - 1 Invercally (3)
Dons 1 - 0 Gers (0)
TOTAL 13

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Standings after this round:
Onimo 311 + 6 = 317
aldo 288 + 18 = 306
ailsa 288 + 11 = 299
scotstvo 156 + 13 = 169
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
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-- aldo_cowpat
Dundee Utd 1-2 Dundee (0)
Hearts 0-2 Aberdeen (0)
Inverness CT 3-1 Dunfermline (3)
Motherwell 0-2 Hibernian (P)
Rangers 1-0 Livingston (3)
Kilmarnock 1-2 Celtic (3)
First goal 8 mins, last goal 90 (2,5)
TOTAL 16

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-- ailsa
Dundee Utd 0-1 Dundee (0)
Hearts 1-2 Aberdeen (0)
Inverness CT 2-1 Dunfermline (3)
Motherwell 1-3 Hibernian (P)
Rangers 1-1 Livingston (0)
Kilmarnock 0-3 Celtic (3)
First goal 5 mins, last goal 87 (2,10)
TOTAL 18

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-- Onimo
Dundee Utd 0-2 Dundee (0)
Hearts 1-0 Aberdeen (5)
Inverness CT 2-0 Dunfermline (5)
Motherwell 0-2 Hibernian (P)
Rangers 1-2 Livingston (0)
Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic (5)
First goal 12 mins, last goal 83 (10,10)
TOTAL 35

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-- scotstvo
Dundee Utd 2 - 1 Dundee (0)
Hearts 0-1 Aberdeen (0)
Inverness 0-2 Dunfermline (0)
Motherwell 1-3 Hibs (P)
Rangers 2-0 Livvy (3)
Kilmarnock 0-2 Celtic (3)
2 mins and 88 mins (0,5)
TOTAL 11

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Standings after this round:
Onimo 317 + 35 = 352
aldo 306 + 16 = 322
ailsa 299 + 18 = 317
scotstvo 169 + 11 = 180
Ally C 130 (no entry)
Billy Dods 102 (no entry)
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