I’m a bit long in the tooth, but Graham Moore was one of my Charlton heroes from the late '60s and early '70s. I once asked him the worst thing about football. Without hesitation, as his surname began with ‘M’, he told me it was irritating to be stuck halfway down the list of Welsh internationals, with Ivor Allchurch always on top. Another hero, Jim Melrose, had the same gripe - halfway down the all-time top-tier scorers for the same reason. Zach Mitchell, meanwhile, another M, was more cheerful; his Z forename shoots him to the top in reverse sorting if you use forenames. So this year’s Prediction League will honour M surnames and other mid-alphabet letters. A brown envelope recently arrived at the Executive Floor of CL Tower from certain Prediction Leaguers ‘persuading’ me to help the 'M' competitors. The Prediction League Results Sorting Committee met and unanimously decided: results will be sorted from M to A, then N to Z. There may be howls and name-calling from the likes of @AFKABartram and @cafcwill, who may have been expecting sorting by alphabetical order this season after last season's reverse sorting, but deep down they’ll know it’s only fair.
With this in mind, let's look at Week 1's results. And, what a week! This week would have ranked as the second-highest scoring week over the whole of last season, although a lot of points were won thanks to Wrexham falling apart at Southampton in the dying minutes. Clearly, there has been much activity in the transfer market by
@JustFloydRoad,
@ForeverAddickted,
@ecclesaddick,
@robbyefe and
@stonemuse as they all started the season with a bang and an excellent 7 points. Not far behind, with an impressive 6 points were
@Mendonca In Asdas,
@Coveredendchoir,
@Addickted2U,
@StrikerFirmani and
@swordfish. Sadly, 11 competitors are already out of the running, with only one remaining to avoid the dreaded Noughty Step. Finally, hats off to the 7 competitors who correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Charlton over Watford. Indeed, confidence is in the air with three-quarters of those predicting the Charlton game expecting nothing less than a win.
Finally, finally, a big welcome to our 30 newbies or returners to the Prediction League. Good luck in the Prediction League and Cups.
It's a shortened Mini-Statbank until the Prediction League gets going, but here are some of the usual bits and bobs.
This week's mini-statbankGraveyard prediction of the week: Crystal Palace 2 Liverpool 2 (0 correct scores, 0 correct results, 53 wrong predictions)
Easy peasy prediction of the week: Southampton 2 Wrexham 1 (17 correct scores, 33 correct results, 6 wrong predictions)
Bonus point winners: @killerandflash - Oxford United v Portsmouth 0-1
Unfancied fixture of the week: Exeter City 4 Blackpool 1 (6 predictions - 0 correct scores, 2 correct results, 4 wrong predictions)
Competitor in the same position as Charlton: @Blackheathen (7th)
Division Leaders: Premier League - @JustFloydRoad ,
Championship - @LeeValliant ,
League One - @flyingkiwiDK ,
League Two - @moutuakilla ,
National - @Starinnaddick ,
National South - @Buglehorn This week's scores
JustFloydRoad ... 7
ForeverAddickted ... 7
ecclesaddick ... 7
robbyefe ... 7
stonemuse ... 7
Mendonca In Asdas ... 6
Coveredendchoir ... 6
Addickted2U ... 6
StrikerFirmani ... 6
swordfish ... 6
Jonniesta ... 5
Follower Fred ... 5
charscot ... 5
BR7_addick ... 5
RC_CAFC ... 5
throughthickandthin ... 5
ThreadKiller ... 5
MrLargo ... 4
lindos480 ... 4
Leeds_Addick ... 4
LeeValliant ... 4
killerandflash ... 4
Joshb2000 ... 4
Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch ... 4
Dansk_Red ... 4
closet_addick ... 4
Blackheathen ... 4
blackpool72 ... 4
Bill_Stumps ... 4
Bridgeboy ... 4
Addick Addict ... 4
NelsonsFU ... 4
North Lower Neil ... 4
philcafc ... 4
Pedro45 ... 4
RaplhMilne ... 4
SaySomething ... 4
thai malaysia addick ... 4
thecat ... 4
Webbja77 ... 4
1905 ... 4
MrOneLung ... 3
mrbligh ... 3
IdleHans ... 3
flyingkiwiDK ... 3
fat man on a moped ... 3
eaststandmike ... 3
clive ... 3
Chicken_Skins ... 3
Chris_from_Sidcup ... 3
cafcwill ... 3
Covered End ... 3
Big William ... 3
Big_Bob ... 3
Bangkokaddick ... 3
AFKABartram ... 3
addix ... 3
Seabros ... 3
scabbyhorse ... 3
Scott ... 3
stockportaddick ... 3
timken ... 3
The Red Robin ... 3
Tavern ... 3
WHAddick ... 3
56yearsofdreams ... 3
meldrew66 ... 2
Macronate ... 2
moutuakilla ... 2
LenGlover ... 2
lancashire lad ... 2
Low_Ears ... 2
Killarahales ... 2
ken_shabby ... 2
jose ... 2
GeorgeE ... 2
GRAY9 ... 2
fattmatt ... 2
Elthamaddick ... 2
eddieaddick ... 2
Dazzler21 ... 2
DyerConsequences ... 2
charente addick ... 2
cafcpolo ... 2
Billyboy ... 2
Beardface ... 2
bellz2002 ... 2
AddicksAddict ... 2
redlanered ... 2
sirjohnhumphrey ... 2
Sillybilly ... 2
soapboxsam ... 2
Starinnaddick ... 2
Tutt-Tutt ... 2
WestSussexAddick ... 2
Watameire ... 2
Len\'s_little_girl ... 1
Laddick01 ... 1
Kap10 ... 1
Karim_myBagheri ... 1
jdsd42 ... 1
jakecafc ... 1
Italian_Addick ... 1
Hopeful Harriet ... 1
fenaddick ... 1
Frankie_de_Toro ... 1
dajavouslagan ... 1
Dannoo_86 ... 1
Charlton_Stu ... 1
Chippycafc ... 1
ChicagoAddick ... 1
covered_end_junior ... 1
Curbsgoldenera ... 1
Bedsaddick ... 1
barstool ... 1
Bods64 ... 1
Buglehorn ... 1
AlF ... 1
alan dugdale ... 1
Addick_in_Exile ... 1
Arsenetatters ... 1
Nicholas ... 1
No.1 in South London ... 1
NorthheathAddick ... 1
Pessimist Pete ... 1
PaddyP17 ... 1
Paddy Powell ... 1
Rossman92 ... 1
Sonicstud85 ... 1
stackitsteve ... 1
Swerve ... 1
theeenorth ... 1
Taxi_Lad ... 1
Uboat ... 1
Viewfinder ... 1
Valley11 ... 1
johnnybev1987 ... 0
ellisaddick ... 0
CL_Phantom ... 0
BertieB ... 0
Bournemouth Addick ... 0
oohaahmortimer ... 0
Rudders22 ... 0
sholland ... 0
Saulc23 ... 0
T_C_E ... 0
walshiesleftfoot ... 0
Comments
Premier League
1 JustFloydRoad … 7
2 ForeverAddickted … 7
3 ecclesaddick … 7
4 robbyefe … 7
5 stonemuse … 7
6 Mendonca In Asdas … 6
7 Coveredendchoir … 6
8 Addickted2U … 6
9 StrikerFirmani … 6
10 swordfish … 6
11 Jonniesta … 5
12 Follower Fred … 5
13 charscot … 5
14 BR7_addick … 5
15 RC_CAFC … 5
16 ThreadKiller … 5
17 throughthickandthin … 5
18 MrLargo … 4
19 lindos480 … 4
20 Leeds_Addick … 4
Championship
1 LeeValliant … 4
2 killerandflash … 4
3 Joshb2000 … 4
4 Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch … 4
5 Dansk_Red … 4
6 closet_addick … 4
7 Blackheathen … 4
8 blackpool72 … 4
9 Bill_Stumps … 4
10 Bridgeboy … 4
11 Addick Addict … 4
12 NelsonsFU … 4
13 North Lower Neil … 4
14 philcafc … 4
15 Pedro45 … 4
16 RaplhMilne … 4
17 SaySomething … 4
18 thai malaysia addick … 4
19 thecat … 4
20 Webbja77 … 4
21 1905 … 4
22 mrbligh … 3
23 MrOneLung … 3
24 IdleHans … 3
League One
1 flyingkiwiDK … 3
2 fat man on a moped … 3
3 eaststandmike … 3
4 clive … 3
5 Chicken_Skins … 3
6 Chris_from_Sidcup … 3
7 cafcwill … 3
8 Covered End … 3
9 Big William … 3
10 Big_Bob … 3
11 Bangkokaddick … 3
12 AFKABartram … 3
13 addix … 3
14 Seabros … 3
15 scabbyhorse … 3
16 Scott … 3
17 stockportaddick … 3
18 timken … 3
19 The Red Robin … 3
20 Tavern … 3
21 WHAddick … 3
22 56yearsofdreams … 3
23 meldrew66 … 2
24 Macronate … 2
League Two
1 moutuakilla … 2
2 LenGlover … 2
3 lancashire lad … 2
4 Low_Ears … 2
5 Killarahales … 2
6 ken_shabby … 2
7 jose … 2
8 GeorgeE … 2
9 GRAY9 … 2
10 fattmatt … 2
11 Elthamaddick … 2
12 eddieaddick … 2
13 Dazzler21 … 2
14 DyerConsequences … 2
15 charente addick … 2
16 cafcpolo … 2
17 Billyboy … 2
18 Beardface … 2
19 bellz2002 … 2
20 AddicksAddict … 2
21 redlanered … 2
22 Sillybilly … 2
23 sirjohnhumphrey … 2
24 soapboxsam … 2
National League
1 Starinnaddick … 2
2 Tutt-Tutt … 2
3 WestSussexAddick … 2
4 Watameire … 2
5 Len\'s_little_girl … 1
6 Laddick01 … 1
7 Kap10 … 1
8 Karim_myBagheri … 1
9 jdsd42 … 1
10 jakecafc … 1
11 Italian_Addick … 1
12 Hopeful Harriet … 1
13 fenaddick … 1
14 Frankie_de_Toro … 1
15 dajavouslagan … 1
16 Dannoo_86 … 1
17 Charlton_Stu … 1
18 ChicagoAddick … 1
19 Chippycafc … 1
20 covered_end_junior … 1
21 Curbsgoldenera … 1
22 Bedsaddick … 1
23 barstool … 1
24 Bods64 … 1
National League South
1 Buglehorn … 1
2 alan dugdale … 1
3 AlF … 1
4 Addick_in_Exile … 1
5 Arsenetatters … 1
6 Nicholas … 1
7 No.1 in South London … 1
8 NorthheathAddick … 1
9 Pessimist Pete … 1
10 Paddy Powell … 1
11 PaddyP17 … 1
12 Rossman92 … 1
13 Sonicstud85 … 1
14 stackitsteve … 1
15 Swerve … 1
16 theeenorth … 1
17 Taxi_Lad … 1
18 Uboat … 1
19 Viewfinder … 1
20 Valley11 … 1
21 johnnybev1987 … 0
22 ellisaddick … 0
23 CL_Phantom … 0
24 BertieB … 0
Couple of jumpers as goalposts in Charlton Park
1 Bournemouth Addick 0
2 oohaahmortimer 0
3 Rudders22 0
4 sholland 0
5 Saulc23 0
6 T_C_E 0
7 walshiesleftfoot 0
Annoyed that Norwich let me down by conceding that late goal to Millwall. They should be publicly tarred and feathered for that.
Ipswich Birmingham was always going to be close.
A friend said to me after our game 'Last-minute winner? Couldn't write a better script' , I then replied 'Dude it is Nathan Jones' (Harvey Knipps with that celebration seems like he has a messiah complex that we have to keep an eye on).
My fault came when I trust Peterborough to score a goal 😔
lost a place in the championship due to this new 'Rule'
Absolutely nothing will convince me these rules every year are not set to personally penalise me! Lol