The results at the weekend means that Game 3 of LMS is now down to just two players, so the prize pot of £455 is now guaranteed to be won. Therefore, it’s time to launch Game 4 – which (with just 10 full rounds of games left to play) will be the final game of this season. There is a gap now until the first round of games due to the FA Cup quarter finals this coming weekend, followed by an international break. First four rounds of games detailed at the foot of this mail. I will send a reminder the week before the competition starts.

For those that haven’t played before – you need to pick a team that you think will win their game that weekend – they win and you go through to the next round: draw or lose and you are out. Rinse and repeat for subsequent rounds until the last person is standing and takes the prize pot – you can’t pick the same team twice. Full rules can be viewed here, previous games can be viewed in the Hall of Fame. Current game can be viewed here to give you an idea how it works. Feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested – more entries = a bigger prize pot! £1485 will have been paid out this season when Game 3 concludes.

Entry remains £5 and you must send me an email (martin.grierson@gmail.com) by 7pm on Friday 31st March with your selection for Round 1. First four sets of fixtures below, to let you plan ahead (you only need to let me know Round 1 to start with though!). Make a note that Round 4 will include 2 postponed games due to the FA Cup semi finals. Payment details have not changed – payments to Martin Grierson @ Sort Code:126050 Account Number:03697698 or alternatively, you can pay by Paypal to martin.grierson@gmail.com (use friends and family option to avoid fee).

ROUND 1
Saturday 1 April 2023
Man City 12:30 Liverpool
Arsenal 15:00 Leeds
Bournemouth 15:00 Fulham
Brighton 15:00 Brentford
Crystal Palace 15:00 Leicester
Nott’m Forest 15:00 Wolves
Chelsea 17:30 Aston Villa
Sunday 2 April 2023
West Ham 14:00 Southampton
Newcastle 16:30 Man Utd
Monday 3 April 2023
Everton 20:00 Spurs

ROUND 2
Saturday 8 April 2023
Man Utd 12:30 Everton
Aston Villa 15:00 Nott’m Forest
Brentford 15:00 Newcastle
Fulham 15:00 West Ham
Leicester 15:00 Bournemouth
Spurs 15:00 Brighton
Wolves 15:00 Chelsea
Leeds 17:30 Crystal Palace
Sunday 9 April 2023
Southampton 14:00 Man City
Liverpool 16:30 Arsenal

ROUND 3
Saturday 15 April 2023
Aston Villa 12:30 Newcastle
Chelsea 15:00 Brighton
Everton 15:00 Fulham
Southampton 15:00 Crystal Palace
Spurs 15:00 Bournemouth
Wolves 15:00 Brentford
Nott’m Forest 17:30 Man Utd
Sunday 16 April 2023
West Ham 14:00 Arsenal
Man City 16:30 Leicester
Monday 17 April 2023
Leeds 20:00 Liverpool

ROUND 4
Please note that this is FA Cup semi final weekend.
Two of the three highlighted games will be rearranged.
Friday 21 April 2023
Arsenal 20:00 Southampton
Saturday 22 April 2023
Fulham 12:30 Leeds
Bournemouth 15:00 West Ham
Brentford 15:00 Aston Villa
Crystal Palace 15:00 Everton
Leicester 15:00 Wolves
Liverpool 15:00 Nott’m Forest
Man Utd 17:30 Chelsea
Sunday 23 April 2023
Newcastle 14:00 Spurs
Brighton 16:30 Man City

We were still at the last six players standing after they all made it through Round 5!! Three different teams were picked in this round.

The Saturday early kick off saw Bournemouth hosting Liverpool at the Vitality stadium – Dave Goodall, Gary Storer and Ste Wilkinson had picked the Reds but, in typical Liverpool fashion, a 1-0 win for Bournemouth sees them three drop out! In the 3pm games, Tottenham welcomed Nottingham Forest to the Tottenham stadium – Lauren Haigh and Trevor Faulkner had picked Spurs and they ease through with a 3-1 win. On Sunday afternoon, Manchester United faced Southampton at Old Trafford – Matthew Kitching had picked United but a goalless draw sees him drop out.

Down to the last two players now, which means that this game will now be won outright or shared. It also means that I can start Game 4 of the season – with 10 rounds of games left in the season, this will be the final game of the season. I’ll send a separate update out for that. 

Selections are below – a full update can be viewed here.

The planned Round 7, for the weekend of 18th March, is now skipped, due to the FA Cup Quarter Finals and three postponed games. There is then an international break on the weekend of 25th March. Deadline for Round 7 is noon on FRIDAY 31st March.

		Round 6
		11-Mar to 12-Mar
1	Dave Goodall	Liverpool
2	Gary Storer	Liverpool
3	Lauren Haigh	Tottenham
4	Matthew Kitching	Manchester United
5	Ste Wilkinson	Liverpool
6	Trevor Faulkner	Tottenham

TEAM	PICKS	%
Liverpool	3	50%
Manchester United	1	17%
Tottenham	2	33%
	6	100%

We are still at the last six players standing after they all made it through Round 5!! Three different teams have been picked in this round – one player has a chance to take the pot outright in this round. Nobody could pick Arsenal or Manchester City.

The Saturday early kick off sees Bournemouth hosting Liverpool at the Vitality stadium – Dave Goodall, Gary Storer and Ste Wilkinson have picked the Reds to continue their recent good form. In the 3pm games, Manchester United will be trying to shake off the memories of last week’s 7-0 trouncing (had to get that mentioned!) as they face Southampton at Old Trafford – Matthew Kitching has picked United, giving him an opportunity to win the pot in this round. Tottenham will be looking to bounce back from their Champions League exit as they welcome Nottingham Forest to the Tottenham stadium – Lauren Haigh and Trevor Faulkner have picked Spurs.

Selections are below – a full update can be viewed here.

The planned Round 7, for the weekend of 18th March, is now skipped, due to the FA Cup Quarter Finals and three postponed games. There is then an international break on the weekend of 25th March. Deadline for Round 7 is noon on FRIDAY 31st March.

		Round 6
		11-Mar to 12-Mar
1	Dave Goodall	Liverpool
2	Gary Storer	Liverpool
3	Lauren Haigh	Tottenham
4	Matthew Kitching	Manchester United
5	Ste Wilkinson	Liverpool
6	Trevor Faulkner	Tottenham

TEAM	PICKS	%
Liverpool	3	50%
Manchester United	1	17%
Tottenham	2	33%
	6	100%

Six players were still standing for Round 5. For different teams were picked.

Selections are below – a full update can be viewed here.

Deadline for Round 6 will be noon on FRIDAY 10th March.
The planned Round 7, for the weekend of 18th March, is almost certain to be skipped as three fixtures are now postponed, due to the FA Cup Quarter Finals – Brighton v Manchester United, Liverpool v Fulham and Manchester City v West Ham. I will keep an eye on fixtures – if at least one of these games get to be played in a midweek either side of that weekend then I will keep that round in place. However, it looks highly unlikely as Liverpool and the two Manchester clubs play in Europe the midweek before and there is an international break after the fixtures on the weekend of 18th March.

		Round 5
		4-Mar to 6-Mar
1	Dave Goodall	Chelsea
2	Gary Storer	Arsenal
3	Lauren Haigh	Arsenal
4	Matthew Kitching	Arsenal
5	Ste Wilkinson	Brighton
6	Trevor Faulkner	Brentford

TEAM	PICKS	%
Arsenal	3	50%
Brentford	1	17%
Brighton	1	17%
Chelsea	1	17%
	6	100%

We are down to the last six players still standing!! Four different teams have been picked in this round – three players have the potential to win the pot outright. Nobody could pick Manchester City.

In the Saturday 3pm games, league leaders Arsenal welcome Bournemouth to the Emirates – Gary Storer, Lauren Haigh and Matthew Kitching have picked the Gunners (who now join City in the “can’t be picked” list). Brighton face West Ham at the Amex – Ste Wilkinson has picked the Seagulls. Chelsea entertain Leeds at Stamford Bridge – Dave Goodall is hoping that the Blues finally figure out how to get the ball in the net!
We then have to wait until Monday night for the last game of this round as Brentford take on Fulham at the Gtech Community stadium – Trevor Faulkner has picked the Bees.

Selections are below – a full update can be viewed here.

Deadline for Round 6 will be noon on FRIDAY 10th March.
The planned Round 7, for the weekend of 18th March, is almost certain to be skipped as three fixtures are now postponed, due to the FA Cup Quarter Finals – Brighton v Manchester United, Liverpool v Fulham and Manchester City v West Ham. I will keep an eye on fixtures – if at least one of these games get to be played in a midweek either side of that weekend then I will keep that round in place. However, it looks highly unlikely as Liverpool and the two Manchester clubs play in Europe the midweek before and there is an international break after the fixtures on the weekend of 18th March.

		Round 5
		4-Mar to 6-Mar
1	Dave Goodall	Chelsea
2	Gary Storer	Arsenal
3	Lauren Haigh	Arsenal
4	Matthew Kitching	Arsenal
5	Ste Wilkinson	Brighton
6	Trevor Faulkner	Brentford

TEAM	PICKS	%
Arsenal	3	50%
Brentford	1	17%
Brighton	1	17%
Chelsea	1	17%
	6	100%

We were down to the last nine players for Round 4. Six different teams were picked in this round. A full update can be viewed here.

Deadline for Round 5 is noon on Friday 3rd March. Nobody can pick Manchester City. It’s likely that Round 7 will be skipped due to the FA Cup quarter finals being scheduled for that weekend. Things should be clearer after the 5th Round games are played this coming midweek.

		Round 4
		24-Feb to 26-Feb
1	Chris Grierson	Liverpool
2	Dave Goodall	Arsenal
3	Gary Storer	Tottenham
4	Graeme Tinker	Liverpool
5	Lauren Haigh	West Ham
6	Matthew Kitching	Manchester City
7	Rich Clayton	Fulham
8	Ste Wilkinson	Arsenal
9	Trevor Faulkner	Arsenal

TEAM	PICKS	%
Arsenal	3	33%
Fulham	1	11%
Liverpool	2	22%
Manchester City	1	11%
Tottenham	1	11%
West Ham	1	11%
	9	100%

Down to the last nine players standing already! Six different teams have been picked this week – giving an opportunity for 5 of the players to actually win it in this round!

A full update can be viewed here. Good luck to all nine players!

Deadline for Round 5 (if we make it!) will be noon on Friday 3rd March.

		Round 4
		24-Feb to 26-Feb
1	Chris Grierson	Liverpool
2	Dave Goodall	Arsenal
3	Gary Storer	Tottenham
4	Graeme Tinker	Liverpool
5	Lauren Haigh	West Ham
6	Matthew Kitching	Manchester City
7	Rich Clayton	Fulham
8	Ste Wilkinson	Arsenal
9	Trevor Faulkner	Arsenal

TEAM	PICKS	%
Arsenal	3	33%
Fulham	1	11%
Liverpool	2	22%
Manchester City	1	11%
Tottenham	1	11%
West Ham	1	11%
	9	100%

OK, what the hell is happening?! Another set of results resulting in 25 players dropping out and down to single figures already for the 9 players left standing!!

Deadline for Round 4 is noon on Friday 24th February and a reminder for the 9 players still standing that they can’t select Brentford, Brighton, Manchester United or Newcastle due to the Carabao Cup final next weekend. A full update can be viewed here.

		Round 3
		18-Feb to 19-Feb
1	Adele Ward	Chelsea
2	Andrew Burns	Chelsea
3	Andrew Wilkinson	Brentford
4	Anthony Donafee	Brentford
5	Chris Grierson	Manchester United
6	Daniel McCorley	Chelsea
7	Dave Brown	Chelsea
8	Dave Goodall	Manchester United
9	Dave Rogers	Chelsea
10	Gary Nelson	Chelsea
11	Gary Storer	Manchester United
12	Graeme Tinker	Tottenham
13	James Grierson	Chelsea
14	Jason Harrison	Chelsea
15	Jonny Trash	Chelsea
16	Lauren Haigh	Manchester United
17	Martin Grierson	Brentford
18	Martin McShane	Chelsea
19	Matthew Kitching	Everton
20	Michael Grierson	Wolves
21	Pat Boddy	Chelsea
22	Paul Boddy	Manchester City
23	Paul Davies	Chelsea
24	Paul Giles	Chelsea
25	Paul Maiden	Chelsea
26	Peter Carter	Chelsea
27	Ralph Dealing	Chelsea
28	Rich Clayton	Tottenham
29	Ross Milton	Manchester City
30	Ste Milton	Brentford
31	Ste Wilkinson	Tottenham
32	Steve Smith	Chelsea
33	Tony Raybould	Chelsea
34	Trevor Faulkner	Manchester United

TEAM	PICKS	%
Brentford	4	12%
Chelsea	18	53%
Everton	1	3%
Manchester City	2	6%
Manchester United	5	15%
Tottenham	3	9%
Wolves	1	3%
	34	100%

Friday 24 February 2023
Fulham 20:00 Wolves
Saturday 25 February 2023
Newcastle P:P Brighton
Everton 15:00 Aston Villa
Leeds 15:00 Southampton
Leicester 15:00 Arsenal
West Ham 15:00 Nott’m Forest
Bournemouth 17:30 Man City
Crystal Palace 19:45 Liverpool
Sunday 26 February 2023
Man Utd P:P Brentford
Spurs 13:30 Chelsea

Just three players were still standing. All three featured in two of the Saturday 3pm games – Everton and Wolves. And we had an overall winner!

A full update can be viewed here.