This will be the eighth season I have been running this competition. The past 7 seasons have seen 34 games played with a total of £11,765 paid out in prize money. For those that haven’t played before you pay £5 entry fee and have to pick a team that you think will win their game in a given round of games – if they win, you progress to the next round (lose or draw and you are out!). You can’t pick the same team more than once – the last man standing takes the prize pot. A full set of rules can be viewed here, previous games and winners can be viewed here. Deadline for entering the opening game is Friday 11th August at 7pm.
Send your entry fee across and drop me an email with your pick for Round 1 before the deadline (details at the foot of this post). Any queries, drop me a message. The first four rounds of fixtures are below – you can plan ahead a bit more by checking the Premier League fixtures page.

ROUND 1
Friday 11 August 2023
Burnley 20:00 Man City
Saturday 12 August 2023
Arsenal 12:30 Nott’m Forest
Bournemouth 15:00 West Ham
Brighton 15:00 Luton
Everton 15:00 Fulham
Sheffield Utd 15:00 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 17:30 Aston Villa
Sunday 13 August 2023
Brentford 14:00 Spurs
Chelsea 16:30 Liverpool
Monday 14 August 2023
Man Utd 20:00 Wolves

ROUND 2
Saturday 19 August 2023
Fulham 15:00 Brentford
Liverpool 15:00 Bournemouth
Luton P:P Burnley
Wolves 15:00 Brighton
Spurs 17:30 Man Utd
Man City 20:00 Newcastle
Sunday 20 August 2023
Aston Villa 14:00 Everton
West Ham 16:30 Chelsea
Monday 21 August 2023
Crystal Palace 20:00 Arsenal

ROUND 3
Saturday 26 August 2023
Bournemouth 12:30 Spurs
Arsenal 15:00 Fulham
Brentford 15:00 Crystal Palace
Everton 15:00 Wolves
Man Utd 15:00 Nott’m Forest
Brighton 17:30 West Ham
Sunday 27 August 2023
Burnley 14:00 Aston Villa
Sheffield Utd 14:00 Man City
Newcastle 16:30 Liverpool

ROUND 4
Friday 1 September 2023
Luton 20:00 West Ham
Saturday 2 September 2023
Sheffield Utd 12:30 Everton
Brentford 15:00 Bournemouth
Burnley 15:00 Spurs
Chelsea 15:00 Nott’m Forest
Man City 15:00 Fulham
Brighton 17:30 Newcastle
Sunday 3 September 2023
Crystal Palace 14:00 Wolves
Liverpool 14:00 Aston Villa 
Arsenal 16:30 Man Utd

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We are down to the last four players for Round 9. Three different teams have been picked in this round. Nobody could pick Arsenal, Liverpool, either Manchester club, Nottingham Forest or Newcastle. A full update can be viewed here. The first game of this round is the Saturday lunch time game as Tottenham take on Brentford at the Tottenham stadium – Sean Woodward has picked Spurs. On Sunday afternoon, West Ham will be in jubilant mood after reaching the Europa Conference League final as they welcome Leeds to the London stadium – Graeme Tinker has picked the Hammers. Brighton have a south coast derby against already relegated Southampton at the Amex – James Grierson and Stuart Davies were the only players left who could pick Brighton – and they both have! Sean and Graeme both have a chance to win the pot outright in this round. Good luck to all four players!
Assuming we get through this round, deadline for Round 10 (which is the final round of the season) is noon on FRIDAY 26th May. A reminder that the pot must be won by the end of the season – if more than one player is still standing when the season is complete then the pot will be shared.

		Round 9
		20-May to 22-May
1	Graeme Tinker	West Ham
2	James Grierson	Brighton
3	Sean Woodward	Tottenham
4	Stuart Davies	Brighton

TEAM	PICKS	%
Brighton	2	50%
Tottenham	1	25%
West Ham	1	25%
	4	100%

Only just remembered to do this!!

We were down to the last 8 players. Results below and a full update can be viewed here. https://griolfc.sport.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022_game4_round8a.pdf

93		Round 8
		13-May to 15-May
1	Chris Mowles	Chelsea
2	Graeme Tinker	Manchester United
3	James Grierson	Manchester United
4	Janet Carr	Chelsea
5	Lisa Mensah	Chelsea
6	Peter Carroll	Chelsea
7	Sean Woodward	Manchester United
8	Stuart Davies	Manchester United

TEAM	PICKS	%
Chelsea	4	50%
Manchester United	4	50%
	8	100%

ROUND 9

Saturday 20 May

Spurs 12:30 Brentford

Bournemouth 15:00 Man Utd

Fulham 15:00 Crystal Palace

Liverpool 15:00 Aston Villa

Wolves 15:00 Everton

Nott’m Forest 17:30 Arsenal

Sunday 21 May .

West Ham 13:30 Leeds

Brighton 14:00 Southampton

Man City 16:00 Chelsea

Monday 22nd May

Newcastle 20:00 Leicester

Round 7 is complete, with some more casualties. Just three rounds of games left to play!

Deadline for Round 8 is noon on Friday 12th May – nobody can pick Arsenal, Liverpool or Manchester City. A full update can be viewed here: https://griolfc.sport.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022_game4_round7a.pdf

		Round 7
		6-May to 8-May
1	Andrew Wilkinson	Brighton
2	Carl Jackson	Brighton
3	Chris Mowles	Nottingham Forest
4	Graeme Tinker	Nottingham Forest
5	James Grierson	Nottingham Forest
6	Janet Carr	Fulham
7	Lisa Mensah	Fulham
8	Martin McShane	Manchester United
9	Neil Taggart	Brighton
10	Peter Carroll	Tottenham
11	Robin Horsler	Brighton
12	Sean Woodward	Nottingham Forest
13	Stuart Davies	Nottingham Forest

TEAM	PICKS	%
Brighton	4	31%
Fulham	2	15%
Manchester United	1	8%
Nottingham Forest	5	38%
Tottenham	1	8%
	13	100%

ROUND 8

Saturday 13th May

Leeds 12:30 Newcastle

Aston Villa 15:00 Spurs

Chelsea 15:00 Nott’m Forest

Crystal Palace 15:00 Bournemouth

Man Utd 15:00 Wolves

Southampton 15:00 Fulham

Sunday 14th May

Brentford 14:00 West Ham

Everton 14:00 Man City

Arsenal 16:30 Brighton

Monday 15th May

Leicester 20:00 Liverpool

13 players still standing for Round 7 – all entries are in. Martin McShane and Peter Carroll both have a chance to win the pot if results were to go their way. 
Picks are details below – a full update can be viewed here.
Deadline for Round 8 is noon on FRIDAY 13th May.

		Round 7
		6-May to 8-May
1	Andrew Wilkinson	Brighton
2	Carl Jackson	Brighton
3	Chris Mowles	Nottingham Forest
4	Graeme Tinker	Nottingham Forest
5	James Grierson	Nottingham Forest
6	Janet Carr	Fulham
7	Lisa Mensah	Fulham
8	Martin McShane	Manchester United
9	Neil Taggart	Brighton
10	Peter Carroll	Tottenham
11	Robin Horsler	Brighton
12	Sean Woodward	Nottingham Forest
13	Stuart Davies	Nottingham Forest

TEAM	PICKS	%
Brighton	4	31%
Fulham	2	15%
Manchester United	1	8%
Nottingham Forest	5	38%
Tottenham	1	8%
	13	100%

Round 6 is now complete. 

Deadline for Round 7 is noon on Friday 5th May. Nobody can pick Arsenal or Manchester City. Fixtures at the foot of this update. A full update can been viewed here: https://griolfc.sport.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022_game4_round6a.pdf

		Round 6
		29-Apr to 2-May
1	Andrew Wilkinson	Brentford
2	Carl Jackson	Manchester City
3	Chris Mowles	Newcastle United
4	Damian Walsh	Leicester City
5	Graeme Tinker	Brighton
6	James Grierson	Newcastle United
7	Janet Carr	Brighton
8	Lisa Mensah	Newcastle United
9	Martin McShane	Brentford
10	Neil Taggart	Manchester City
11	Peter Carroll	Brentford
12	Robin Horsler	Newcastle United
13	Sean Woodward	Brighton
14	Stuart Davies	Brentford

TEAM	PICKS	%
Brentford	4	29%
Brighton	3	21%
Leicester City	1	7%
Manchester City	2	14%
Newcastle United	4	29%
	14	100%

ROUND 7

Saturday 6th May

Bournemouth 15:00 Chelsea

Man City 15:00 Leeds

Spurs 15:00 Crystal Palace

Wolves 15:00 Aston Villa

Liverpool 17:30 Brentford

Sunday 7th May

Newcastle 16:30 Arsenal

West Ham 19:00 Man Utd

Monday 8 May 2023

Fulham 15:00 Leicester

Brighton 17:30 Everton

Nott’m Forest 20:00 Southampton