Update

Nobody in the first semi-final predicted a win for West Brom.
In the second semi-final, BigJonS and jeffersdn both predicted a win for West Brom, but neither got a correct scoreline. So it is more or less as you were.

With just 2 matches left, the current scores are;

bluenosey (6) and Anubis (4) (10) v bagpuss (10) and Rookster (6) (16)
BigJonS (6) and toffeelover (7) (13) v Spencer4 (4) and Jeffersdn (5) (9)

Is it snowing in Sunderland and Liverpool anyone?

Further update

Everybody in the first semi-final predicted a win for Sunderland with bagpuss (again!) the only one to predict 1-0. It is all over, commiserations bluenosey and Anubis - not even the snow can save you now.

Likewise, everybody in the second semi-final also predicted a win for Sunderland with BigJonS the only one to predict 1-0. Almost all over, Spencer4 and jeffersdn need 6 points from the last match and hope that BigJonS and toffeelover fail to score at all.

So, with just 1 match left, the current scores are;

bluenosey (7) and Anubis (5) (12) v bagpuss (13) and Rookster (7) (20)
BigJonS (9) and toffeelover (8) (17) v Spencer4 (5) and Jeffersdn (6) (11)

Well played Bagpuss and Rookster.

PS You doing the lottery next week, Bagpuss ? Any chance of six numbers ?

Well done Bagpuss and Rookster

And so to the final...




So both the group winners bite the dust at the semi-final stage , as bagpuss plays a stormer to cement a place in the final for bagpuss and Rookster (the highest scorers from the group phase).

Meanwhile BigJonS and yours truely squeeze through another round , at the expense of a slightly below-par Spencer4 and Jeffersdn.

It's worth noting that the final is a repeat of the week 8 fixture, where one of us managed to score as many as the other 3 combined

Anyway, enough of the kisses of death , all the best for the final chaps

Happy with that, well played. Can't win them all, especially with my partner

So a repeat of week 8 sounds good to me Toffee..... Good luck all.....

Well done for making the final, gents.


And, excellently run toffee, i think you should become the new Doubles Cup admin from now on!!

Halfway stage, I make it:

bagpuss (7) + Rookster (5) 12 v 7 BigJonS (6) + toffeelover (1)

After Newcastle beat Liverpool, we now have an extra point (I had Newcastle to win 2-1).

This now looks like a complete role reversal of week 8, thanks to toffeelover putting a jinx on himself.

Week 8 - bagpuss (3) + Rookster (1) 4 v 8 BigJonS (2) + toffeelover (6)

Current - bagpuss (7) + Rookster (6) 13 v 7 BigJonS (6) + toffeelover (1)

Still 4 matches to go for the title to be retained and maintain my undefeated record in the knockout stages of this competition. (that should reverse the jinx toffeelover).

Yep, the form horses are looking good.....

Need one last big effort BigJonS, keep the faith

Now 17-13, so getting closer

If Bolton hadn't scored their 88th minute winner, instead of trailing by 4 we'd have been leading 19-14

On such slim margins, Cups are won and lost

Latest:

bagpuss & Rookster 20-19 BigJons & toffeelover

Just the one match left, what a cup final!

WOW............

Gomes keeps the cup final alive!

Well played worthy finalists

All to play for! Nice tactics to get back into it guys & very nearly an 18 out of 18 maximum today

A tremenous comeback from BigJonS and toffeelover. Just Man Utd v Arsenal to go. For those that are not aware, I have bad memories of this match up from 2005 when I was leading TFF by a comfortable margin with just the Man Utd v Arsenal cup final to play. The only result I didn't have covered was 0-0 and the rest is history. I ended up with £5,000 instead of £50,000. What are the odds of another 0-0 stuffing me up again?

Slim to none

I think we got them running scared Toffee. We predicted their results so let just hope for a man u win by any score other than 1-0 for a comeback of all comebacks!

Enjoy supporting the UTD!

The final predictions are in and are as follows;
bagpuss Man Utd 1 Arsenal 0
Rookster Man Utd 1 Arsenal 1
BigJonS Man Utd 2 Arsenal 0
toffeelover Man Utd 3 Arsenal 1

Because bagpuss and I ahead in the tie breaker rule, one of our opponents needs to get the score spot on to win the cup... Game on.

Yep you're right - any man utd win won't do it. Come on 2-0 or 3-1

Rooney puts the knife into Toffee again

Commiserations toffeelover and BigJonS, a truly great final. Well played bagpuss

Thanks for running this toffeelover, a superbly run comp with top graphics, well done.

Here's to next season where I hope to make it 3 in a row.

Well, what a game!

Rooney's penalty miss was pivotal, if he'd scored we'd have had different winners

But he didn't, so a very well done to bagpuss and Rookster, the Doubles Cup champions for 2010!

Well played partner, you really stepped up this week, joint-scoring with Rookster for the week, we so nearly did it!

Well done guys, nice to see such a high quality final. And well played too partner - we almost did it!

Next time......

So now what do we have to keep us busy for the rest of the season? I do like the doubles games in FISO goals!

Am more than happy to continue next year TheTon

Did my form no end of good, never even got past the group stages previously

Well done to all who competed, excellent fun, see you next year!

Thanks buddy, really top job, i'm sure all will agree!!

The FG Ryder cup will start soon enough - i might be calling on you for some assistance with the graphics

Well done Bagpuss & Rookster

and cheers to ToffeeLover for running

til we meet again, folks.

Looks like we got this finished just in time

Well played Rookster. Unlucky guys, almost a great comeback. Thanks for organsing this toffeelover