7th-8th October
26 players were still standing for Round 8 – the last one before another international break. Six different teams were picked this week (one of them by default).
The Saturday lunchtime game kicked off the action in this round as Tottenham
welcomed Luton to the Tottenham Stadium – six players were hoping Spurs could
manage to win this without VAR cock-ups and a 1-0 (with 10 men) saw them
through. In the 3pm games, Everton hosted Bournemouth at Goodison Park – Andrew
Emmett, Craig Milton, Dave Rogers and Michael Thomas were hoping that the Blues
could bounce back from last week’s defeat and they certainly did with a 3-0 win.
Fulham played Sheffield United at Craven Cottage – seven players had picked the
Cottagers and they progress with a 3-1 win. Manchester United took on Brentford
at Old Trafford – Andrew Carter, Becci Morton, Gerry Doherty, Paul Hallet and
Stuart Davies had picked United and were heading out until Scott McTominay
scored 2 injury time goals to win 2-1. In the tea-time game, Crystal Palace
faced Nottingham Forest at Selhurst Park – Adam Dealing and Paul Maiden had
picked the Eagles but a goalless draw sees them drop out.
On Sunday, there was a Midlands Derby as Wolves entertained Aston Villa at
Molineux – Pauline Jackson had picked Villa to triumph, no selection was
submitted from Dave Hegarty so he got Villa by default but a 1-1 draw meant they
dropped out.
In total, 4 players drop out, leaving 22 players still standing. There is an international break next week.
Deadline for Round 9 is
noon
on
Friday 20th October.
A full update can be viewed
here, which shows previous rounds and players that have dropped out.
| Round 8 | ||
| 7-Oct to 8-Oct | ||
| 1 | Adam Dealing | Crystal Palace |
| 2 | Albert Au | Fulham |
| 3 | Andrew Carter | Manchester United |
| 4 | Andrew Crosson | Fulham |
| 5 | Andrew Emmett | Everton |
| 6 | Becci Morton | Manchester United |
| 7 | Carl Jackson | Tottenham |
| 8 | Chris Mowles | Fulham |
| 9 | Craig Milton | Everton |
| 10 | Damian Walsh | Fulham |
| 11 | Dave Rogers | Everton |
| 12 | David Hegarty | Aston Villa |
| 13 | Gerry Doherty | Manchester United |
| 14 | Graeme Tinker | Tottenham |
| 15 | John Roberts | Tottenham |
| 16 | Jonny Trash | Fulham |
| 17 | Lauren Haigh | Fulham |
| 18 | Michael Thomas | Everton |
| 19 | Paul Allman | Tottenham |
| 20 | Paul Hallett | Manchester United |
| 21 | Paul Maiden | Crystal Palace |
| 22 | Pauline Jackson | Aston Villa |
| 23 | Ralph Dealing | Tottenham |
| 24 | Ross Milton | Fulham |
| 25 | Stuart Davies | Manchester United |
| 26 | Vikki Darby | Tottenham |
| TEAM | PICKS | % |
| Aston Villa | 2 | 4% |
| Crystal Palace | 2 | 8% |
| Everton | 4 | 15% |
| Fulham | 7 | 27% |
| Manchester United | 5 | 15% |
| Tottenham | 6 | 23% |
| 26 | 100% |
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