The Final Countdown

This is it then - the final week of the 1st half of the season and a couple of people are going to be getting paid next week (well, maybe the week after, seeing as I'm off to Vegas tomorrow!)

It looks like Ashley is well set to take the spoils for 1st place and a £60 prize, but there is a queue of 5 players within about £1.20 of each other right behind so the destination of the £25 runners up prize is anyone's guess.

Best of luck everyone, and remember even those of us languishing at the bottom still have a chance of some dosh as we reset the scores for the 2nd half as of next week.

12 Wags of Christmas

Merry Christmas Footy Nappers!

It would seem that the festivities have got the better of most of us as this must be the lowest turnout of the year so far, despite the extra couple of days before the kick off.

Anyway, everything should be updated in the sheet on the left now and a bit further down you will find the latest table.

It's pretty tight around 2nd place at the moment with only New Year weekend left after this week before the Top 2 prizes are decided for the 1st Half.  Good luck to those in contention!

Still a recommended tip today though, despite the lack of entries:

Sunderland v Everton (Home Win @ 6/4)

Bagles is Back!

After a dozen weeks on the sidelines, Pete has decided that the rest of us have enough of a head start and has returned with an 11/5 winner to put a few places between himself and the foot of the table.

However he is still well off Ashley who had another cracking result on the weekend with 5/1 Wigan to reclaim his spot at the top of the table and put himself in great shape for the 1st Half prize money.

Here is the latest table:



I can't remember if I send round confirmed prizes or not by email, but have added a new section to the spreadsheet to detail them - £60 & £25 for the Top 2 places come year end.

There are now just 3 sets of fixtures left in the 1st Half of the competition:

• 17th/18th December
• 26th/27th December
• 31st December/1st January

We won't be covering the fixtures on Wednesday 21st December, and the first set of matches for the 2nd Half will take place on the weekend of 7th/8th January.

Liverpool v Balotelli

The main man is back in action this weekend against Liverpool so will be interesting to see if him and Man City can keep up their awesome form.  I was surprised that only Ashley picked the away win for that match, and we wouldn't want to be betting against him at the moment.

Just the one recommended tip this week, although this is more due to desperate lowly players rather than real sense of confidence I feel:

Chelsea v Wolves (Away Win @ 16/1)


Oh and here's the latest table.  Think I've finally found a neat way of embedding these into the page.



Footy Naps Selection Form - Week 16

Everyone's a little bit racist

Poor old John Terry can't do anything right can he?  I thought it was consensus these days that everyone's a little bit racist so it's not such a big deal any more.  As least he didn't compound the error like Blatter and find a random black man to hug.

Anyhow, back to the naps where Ashley got yet another winner to start fading into the distance, while Chris (& Jo) moved up to 2nd place in pursuit.

I did update the spreadsheet on Monday this week so hopefully you noticed you could check your scores right after the weekend this time, although I am struggling to get a proper post up more than once a week.

One more recommended tip this week picked by two players:

Wigan v Blackburn (Home Win @ 8/5)

And here is the table at the end of Week 14:





Footy Naps Selection Form - Week 15

England v Spain

I think it shows how lacklustre our international football team has become that I had forgotten all about playing the World and European champions until someone reminded me yesterday.

Bit gutting really as I'm told you could get odds against on Spain earlier in the week which sounds massive - even 10/11 still looks pretty tasty and a couple of you agree by picking it as your tip this week (and hence it becomes another of our Recommended Tips):

England v Spain (Away Win @ 10/11)

The weekly no shows seem to be increasing so give the absconders a nudge of you see them.  While it makes winning an easier proposition, it's more fun when there is plenty of healthy competition.

Below is the latest table - with Ashley still riding high:




Footy Naps Selection Form - Week 14

Glory Hunters

So, the one man show in North London managed to spring an upset on Chelsea and reward a couple of our wily contingent with a rather tasty 5/1 win last week.  Phil was so pleased with himself he's decided to put his feet up and have a week off!

So we arrive at Week 13 with the top clubs playing the minnows and everyone seems to have got a bit excited by the double digit odds and have pushed the boat out this week to try and leapfrog Ashley in one big effort.  Ever heard the one about the hare and the tortoise?

Arsenal was one of the recommendations last week, and we have one more this time around:

Fulham v Spurs (Away Win @ 11/8)


Footy Naps Selection Form - Week 13