# Another (last) Attempt at an English football prediction contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-last-attempt-at-an-english-football-prediction-contest/122446 "2002-08-05T15:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-last-attempt-at-an-english-football-prediction-contest/122446/1 "2002-08-05T15:46:27Z")
I tried to set one of these up a while ago but I was a bit underwhelmed by the response, so here’s another try. I will wangle an England related prize out of supporters direct for the lucky winner. Firstly the Premiership. Place the teams in the order that they will finish in the league. THis scores as 5 points for a completely right answer and 2points for one place out and 1 point for 2 places out. These are the teams: (alphabetically) Woolwich Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea woodworm Everton Fulham Leeds Liverpool Man City Manyoo Middlesbrough Newcastle Southampton Sunderland Spurs West Brom Pest Ham Next Questions: (10pts each) Who will be the top scorer in the league? Who will be top scorer in all competitions? Which team will score most goals? Which Team will conced most goals? Which team will pick up most red cards? Which team will head the fairplay league? Who will Be top at the end of September? Who will be top On Christmas day? January 2nd? Easter Sunday? Which manager will part company from his club first? How many managers will lose/quit their jobs? England: Here are the forthcoming Euro qualifiers during the season. Correct score 10pts, correct result (win/lose draw) 5pts Saturday 12th October 2002 Slovakia v England Venue, Stadióne SK Slovan Bratislava Wednesday 16th October 2002 England v Macedonia Venue, TBC Saturday 29rd March 2003 Liechtenstein v England Venue, TBC Wednesday 2nd April 2003 England v Turkey Venue, TBC How many England players in total will play in these games? Europe: Who will win the Champions league? How many english clubs will make the last eight? Entries have to be in before the first League matches kick off. ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-last-attempt-at-an-english-football-prediction-contest/122446/2 "2002-08-05T21:00:34Z")
Wow, that’s really a lot to answer, and I’m a Yank, but i’m going to give it a try. Premiership: 1. Man U 2. Arsenal 3. Liverpool 4. Newcastle 5. Leeds 6. Chelsea 7. Tottenham 8. Aston Villa 9. Charlton 10. Everton 11. West Ham 12. Sunderland 13. Fulham 14. Bolton Wanderers 15. Man City 16. Middlesbrough 17. Soton 18. Blackburn 19. West Brom 20. Birmingham City Who will be the top scorer in the league? Ruud van Nistelrooy Who will be top scorer in all competitions? Thierry Henry Which team will score most goals? Man U Which Team will conced most goals? Birmingham City Which team will pick up most red cards? Arsenal again Which team will head the fairplay league? Everton Who will Be top at the end of September? Leeds Who will be top On Christmas day? Man U January 2nd? Arsenal Easter Sunday? Man U Which manager will part company from his club first? Sam Allardyce How many managers will lose/quit their jobs? 3 England: Here are the forthcoming Euro qualifiers during the season. Correct score 10pts, correct result (win/lose draw) 5pts Saturday 12th October 2002 Slovakia v England 0-2 Wednesday 16th October 2002 England v Macedonia 1-3 Saturday 29rd March 2003 Liechtenstein v England 0-5 Wednesday 2nd April 2003 England v Turkey 1-1 How many England players in total will play in these games? 15 Europe: Who will win the Champions league? Arsenal How many english clubs will make the last eight? 2 I’ve got Arsenal take a Champion’s League and FA Cup double. ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-last-attempt-at-an-english-football-prediction-contest/122446/3 "2002-08-05T21:02:07Z")
Please change that England Macedonia score around. England 3 - Macedonia 1 ---
**Author:** ![Jojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-last-attempt-at-an-english-football-prediction-contest/122446/4 "2002-08-05T22:45:49Z")
United will win all the points. Yes, that’s right, ALL the points. All the other teams will finish the season on zero points. Last season just made us angry. Ruud Van Nistleroy la la la la la Oh and Real Madrid, you can’t [sign Ronaldo](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2002/08/03/ronaldo.real_ap/). You can’t have Figo, Zidane _and_ Ronaldo, no fair. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-last-attempt-at-an-english-football-prediction-contest/122446/5 "2002-08-05T23:10:19Z")
1. Man Utd 2. Liverpool 3. Newcastle (optimistic Geordie checking in :)) 4. Arsenal 5. Chelsea 6. West Ham 7. Leeds 8. Blackburn (if they keep Duff, can I change it if they don’t?) 9. Everton 10. Middlesbrough 11. Aston Villa (looks like they’re going to lose Vassell, and useless midfield) 12. Man City 13. Sunderland 14. Charlton 15. Fulham 16. Tottenham (Tim Sherwood knows what he’s talking about) 17. Bolton 18. Birmingham 19. Southampton 20. West Brom Who will be the top scorer in the league? Van Nistelrooy Who will be top scorer in all competitions? _Huh?_ Henry Which team will score most goals? Manchester United Which Team will conced most goals? West Brom Which team will pick up most red cards? Southampton–dirty buggers! Which team will head the fairplay league? Spurs Who will Be top at the end of September? Man United Who will be top On Christmas day? Man United–they’ll be several points clear by then January 2nd? Man United Easter Sunday? Man United Which manager will part company from his club first? Glenn Hoddle How many managers will lose/quit their jobs? 9 England: Here are the forthcoming Euro qualifiers during the season. Correct score 10pts, correct result (win/lose draw) 5pts Saturday 12th October 2002 Slovakia 1 - 1 England Venue, Stadióne SK Slovan Bratislava Wednesday 16th October 2002 England 2 - 0 Macedonia Venue, TBC Saturday 29rd March 2003 Liechtenstein 0 - 6 England Venue, TBC Wednesday 2nd April 2003 England 1 - 2 Turkey Venue, TBC How many England players in total will play in these games? 22 Europe: Who will win the Champions league? AS Roma How many english clubs will make the last eight? 2 (Hopefully Newcastle will be one!) Entries have to be in before the first League matches kick off.