*NEW * The "Blackpool" Sweepstake Season 11: The Dirty Leeds one * NEW *

[forestfan]

Brentford or Barnsley would be new, given one of them’s never been in the top flight I think, and the other last was in 1998...

[Shaggy365]

Just realised I need Leeds to win their final 3 games. Having played 4 of the 'Big 6' in their last 5 games and getting 2 wins & 2 draws, and their other match against Brighton was a defeat. Their final 3 games are against Burnley, Southampton & West Brom. I'm guessing less than 3 points from these 3.

[morganb]

Leeds are on the magical 50 points

Still in the running:

59 Shaggy365
...
54 Malrom
53 Hogmeister
52 jimmy ching
51 forestfan
50 Johnners

[murf]

A new bingo call?

Dirty Gerty..... number 30

Dirty Leeds.... number 50

[murf]

Leeds currently wrecking their averageness.

Before today - 15 wins, 15 defeats, Goal Difference = 0. Borrrriinnnnngggg zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

With 3 games left they can maintain mind numbing, dull, averageness with 1 win, 1 defeat and 1 draw... leaving them on Malrom's 54 or 3 draws for Hogmeister's 53.

A win today (1 up as I type) puts them on 53, taking our list of potential winners down from 6 to 3.

59 Shaggy365
...
54 Malrom
53 Hogmeister
52 jimmy ching
51 forestfan
50 Johnners

[GregsEggs]

Leeds have now got as many points as the other two promoted teams combined with 2 pretty easy games to go

[forestfan]

Leeds have now got as many points as the other two promoted teams combined with 2 pretty easy games to go

Europe’s still not out of the question, though they’d need a fair bit of help from elsewhere.

[blahblah]

If the same 3 come up, we could guess their aggregate points?

[forestfan]

If the same 3 come up, we could guess their aggregate points?

Well, we seemingly didn’t do Bournemouth before, so it’s probably their turn, if they do go up.

In fact, none of the play-off contenders have been the subject of this competition before!

[jimmy ching]

We've been Shagging all season. What a joy.

[forestfan]

Who were the last promoted team to register 59 points? Us in ‘94-‘95?

[blahblah]

Who were the last promoted team to register 59 points? Us in ‘94-‘95?

When did we finish 5th?

[murf]

That is some prediction Shaggy. 5 more than anybody else and spot on.

A deserved win if ever there was one.

See you all in August for The Blackpool Sweepstake Season 12: The ............ One

[forestfan]

Well, if we’re not doing repeats, next Saturday will determine the identity of next season’s team...

[Shaggy365]

Well, if we’re not doing repeats, next Saturday will determine the identity of next season’s team...

I'll keep quiet at this point in the proceedings. I believe it was my suggestion to have Leeds as this year's Blackpool, and then by some freakish miracle to win. All sounds like a bit of a conspiracy to me.

Thanks for running murf, and I shall look forward to next season's competition.

[Hogmeister]

Well done Shaggy, and thanks for running murf.

[murf]

Big day today. The (probably) biggest game in football (ever) kicks off, 3pm at Wembley.

The Blackpool Sweepstake Play Off Final, Brentford v Swansea for the right to be the ONE in this competition next season.

If that is not enough riding on a single game then there is also the secondary prize of a place in the Premier League plus on top of that a little cup which brings an estimated total value to the winner of the game of £178m.

[morganb]

Unless I misheard him, Pontus Jansson, captain of Brentford and ex-Leeds, just said in his interview on Sky that first and foremost the team wanted to win to be the next side to compete in the Blackpool Sweepstake.

Edit: Ian Holloway was on TalkSport reminiscing about the original Sweepstake season.

[forestfan]

Brentford still waiting for their moment…

[jimmy ching]

Talking about Blackpool. There's a rumour they might surprise a few this season.