31st August – 1st September

25 players are still standing for Round 10. Six different teams have been picked in this round – two of them in the same game so we are gauranteed to lose at least one player. This is the last round before an international break —no one could pick Manchester City, Newcastle or Tottenham.

On Saturday, in the 3pm games, Brentford face Southampton at the Gtech Community stadium – 7 players have picked the Bees.Ipswich entertain Fulham at Portman Road – Tony Smith is the first player to take a risk on one of the promoted teams, whilst Josh Wignall and Sandra Emmett have picked the Cottagers – at least one of these will be dropping out! Leicester entertain Aston Villa at the Walkers stadium – Steve Smith has picked Villa. Nottingham Forest take on Wolves at the City Ground – Dave Phillips, Joey O’Brien and Lisa Mensah have picked Forest.
On Sunday, Chelsea have a London derby as Crystal Palace visit Stamford Bridge – 11 players have picked Chelsea. Steve Smith and Tony Smith are the only players to have a chance of winning the pot in this round.

Round 11 is after the international break. Deadline for Round 4 will be Friday 13th September at 12pm. Looking slightly ahead, I am away on holiday from 16th September – I will be on a cruise so will only have a phone signal at limited times (and I am too tight to pay for the ship’s wi-fi!!) so Rounds 12 & 13 will have earlier than usual deadlines – Thursdays at 12pm and I won’t have time to nudge people for their picks like I normally try and do. You have been warned!!. A full update can be viewed here.

		ROUND 10
		31-AUG to 1-SEP
1	Chris Grierson	Chelsea
2	Chris Mowles	Brentford
3	Dan Milton	Chelsea
4	Dave Brown	Brentford
5	Dave Nicholls	Chelsea
6	Dave Phillips	Nottingham Forest
7	David Hayhoe	Brentford
8	Ewan White	Chelsea
9	Gerry Doherty	Brentford
10	Jack Horsler	Chelsea
11	Jackie Milton	Brentford
12	James Murphy	Chelsea
13	Joey O’Brien	Nottingham Forest
14	Josh Wignall	Fulham
15	Kevin Robinson	Brentford
16	Lauren Haigh	Chelsea
17	Lisa Mensah	Nottingham Forest
18	Martin Grierson	Brentford
19	Martin McShane	Chelsea
20	Michael Thomas	Chelsea
21	Olly Woodward	Chelsea
22	Pauline Jackson	Chelsea
23	Sandra Emmett	Fulham
24	Steve Smith	Aston Villa
25	Tony Smith	Ipswich Town

TEAM	PICKS	%
Aston Villa	1	4%
Brentford	7	28%
Chelsea	11	44%
Fulham	2	8%
Ipswich Town	1	4%
Nottingham Forest	3	12%
	25	100%

ROUND 10
Saturday 31 August 2024
Arsenal 12:30 Brighton
Brentford 15:00 Southampton
Everton 15:00 Bournemouth
Ipswich 15:00 Fulham
Leicester 15:00 Aston Villa
Nott’m Forest 15:00 Wolves
West Ham 17:30 Man City
Sunday 1 September 2024
Chelsea 13:30 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 13:30 Spurs
Man Utd 16:00 Liverpool