Welcome to Game 3 of the season! We have 91 players in this game – including a couple of new players – so a prize pot of £455 for this game. Nine different teams have been picked in this round – two of them in the same game so we are guaranteed to lose someone in the 1st round!
This game starts with a Friday night game as there is a west London derby as Chelsea play Fulham at Stamford Bridge – Andrew Carter, Jenny Rothwell and Neil Metcalf have picked the loadsamoney club.
On Saturday, in the lunch time game, Everton will be hoping for a new manager bounce as they face the league leaders Arsenal at Goodison Park – Allan Jones, Kenny Rogers and Shaun Magee are keeping faith in the Gunners though! In the 3pm games, a Midlands derby sees Aston Villa entertain Leicester at Villa Park – Billy Mackintosh, Lee Abbott, Linda Beaumont and Owen Donnelly have picked Villa. Brentford welcome Southampton to the Gtech Community stadium – eight players have picked the Bees but John Munro fancies the Saints, meaning someone will exit after this game. Brighton face Bournemouth at the Amex – thirty-nine players have picked the Seagulls. I was hoping common sense would prevail and no-one would pick Liverpool but Steve Rogers has picked the Reds to beat Wolves at Anfield! Manchester United host Crystal Palace at Old Trafford – twenty-four players have picked United to win this one. In the tea-time game, Newcastle will be in a buoyant mood after getting to the cup final as they take on West Ham at St James’ Park – eight players have picked the Magpies.
Deadline for Round 2 will be noon on FRIDAY 10th February. A note around Round 4 – the Carabao Cup final is now confirmed as Manchester United v Newcastle United so their games are now postponed for that round. Bear that in mind when making your picks for Rounds 2 & 3 (assuming you get through!) as you won’t be able to pick either of them teams in Round 4, along with their opponents – Brentford and Brighton (unless they rearrange them for the following midweek). A full update can be viewed here.
| Round 1 | ||
| 3-Feb to 5-Feb | ||
| 1 | Adam Dealing | Newcastle United |
| 2 | Adele Ward | Manchester United |
| 3 | Alfie Robinson | Manchester United |
| 4 | Allan Jones | Arsenal |
| 5 | Andrew Carter | Chelsea |
| 6 | Andrew Wilkinson | Brighton |
| 7 | Andrew Burns | Brighton |
| 8 | Anthony Donafee | Brighton |
| 9 | Becci Morton | Newcastle United |
| 10 | Ben Donafee | Brighton |
| 11 | Bill Murphy | Newcastle United |
| 12 | Billy Mackintosh | Aston Villa |
| 13 | Cameron Green | Brighton |
| 14 | Carl Jackson Snr | Brighton |
| 15 | Chris Grierson | Brighton |
| 16 | Chris Mowles | Manchester United |
| 17 | Clark Goodison | Brentford |
| 18 | Craig Milton | Newcastle United |
| 19 | Dan Milton | Brighton |
| 20 | Daniel McCorley | Brighton |
| 21 | Dave Brown | Manchester United |
| 22 | Dave Goodall | Brighton |
| 23 | Dave Nicholls | Brighton |
| 24 | Dave Rogers | Brighton |
| 25 | Dave Weston | Newcastle United |
| 26 | David Mackintosh | Brighton |
| 27 | Emma Ainsworth | Newcastle United |
| 28 | Ewan White | Brighton |
| 29 | Gary Nelson | Brighton |
| 30 | Gary Storer | Brentford |
| 31 | Gerry Doherty | Brighton |
| 32 | Graeme Tinker | Manchester United |
| 33 | Ian O’Brien | Brighton |
| 34 | Jack Horsler | Brentford |
| 35 | Jackie Milton | Brighton |
| 36 | James Grierson | Brighton |
| 37 | Janet Carr | Brighton |
| 38 | Jason Harrison | Manchester United |
| 39 | Jenny Rothwell | Chelsea |
| 40 | Joel Wilkinson | Manchester United |
| 41 | Joey O’Brien | Manchester United |
| 42 | John Lamming | Brighton |
| 43 | John Munro | Southampton |
| 44 | John Roberts | Manchester United |
| 45 | Jonny Trash | Brighton |
| 46 | Ken Nelson | Brentford |
| 47 | Kenny Rogers | Arsenal |
| 48 | Kevin Robinson | Newcastle United |
| 49 | Lauren Haigh | Brighton |
| 50 | Lee Abbott | Aston Villa |
| 51 | Lewis Donnelly | Brentford |
| 52 | Linda Beaumont | Aston Villa |
| 53 | Lisa Mensah | Brighton |
| 54 | Lynn Storer | Brighton |
| 55 | Martin Grierson | Manchester United |
| 56 | Martin McShane | Manchester United |
| 57 | Matthew Kitching | Brentford |
| 58 | Melvin Pool | Manchester United |
| 59 | Michael Grierson | Brighton |
| 60 | Michael Thomas | Manchester United |
| 61 | Neil Metcalf | Chelsea |
| 62 | Neil Taggart | Brighton |
| 63 | Owen Donnelly | Aston Villa |
| 64 | Pat Boddy | Brighton |
| 65 | Paul Allman | Brighton |
| 66 | Paul Barlow | Brentford |
| 67 | Paul Boddy | Manchester United |
| 68 | Paul Davies | Brighton |
| 69 | Paul Giles | Manchester United |
| 70 | Paul Hallett | Manchester United |
| 71 | Paul Maiden | Brighton |
| 72 | Pauline Jackson | Manchester United |
| 73 | Peter Carroll | Brighton |
| 74 | Peter Carter | Manchester United |
| 75 | Phil Haigh | Newcastle United |
| 76 | Ralph Dealing | Brighton |
| 77 | Rich Clayton | Brentford |
| 78 | Robin Horsler | Brighton |
| 79 | Ross Milton | Brighton |
| 80 | Sean Woodward | Manchester United |
| 81 | Shaun Magee | Arsenal |
| 82 | Ste Milton | Brighton |
| 83 | Ste Wilkinson | Manchester United |
| 84 | Steve Rogers | Liverpool |
| 85 | Steve Smith | Manchester United |
| 86 | Steve Watson | Brighton |
| 87 | Stuart Davies | Brighton |
| 88 | Tony Raybould | Manchester United |
| 89 | Tracy Newman | Manchester United |
| 90 | Trevor Faulkner | Brighton |
| 91 | Zara Turner | Manchester United |
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