CCC - fixtures this weekend

Friday 14th September

Dan	v	Ted
Jane	v	Paula

Saturday 15th September

Barnsley	v	Lyn
Margs	v	Scott
Kelly	v	Shirley
Anna	v	Peterborough

Andy	v	Jon
Amy	v	Millwall
Colin	v	Jan
Mick	v	Chris

Match of the Day:

Keith

v

Dave

both on 7 points can either of them steel all three points and make a break for the top.


Sunday 16th September

Sue

v

Pete

or (Para)lympic sweepstake - how would we fair in that...

If we had taken the challenge of the Paralympic sweep stake we would have drawn teams again in-line with the Beijing medal table, although actually Asta's Kazakhstan was the only country not represented at the Paralympics.  With two days to go how are you all fairing in the medal table?

Position	Who	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Points
8	Amy	Brazil	15	12	6	75
9	Dave B	Poland	12	11	7	65
14	Jan	Cuba	8	5	2	36
17	Pete	Spain	6	16	12	62
21	Christine	Canada	5	14	8	51
22	Kate	New Zealand	5	5	4	29
23	Ted	Belarus	5	1	3	20
27	Shirley	Finland	4	1	1	15
29	Gillian	Switzerland	3	5	2	21
30	Sue	Mexico	3	4	10	27
33	Dan	Norway	3	2	2	15
34	Rich	Thailand	3	1	2	13
37	James	Hungary	2	6	6	24
38	Jane	Azerbaijan	2	4	3	17
40	Andy	Slovakia	2	1	2	10
41	Jon	Kenya	2	1	1	9
42	Lisa	Czech Republic	1	6	3	18
43	Maddy	Turkey	1	4	4	15
45	Lyn	Romania	1	1	0	5
49	Chris	Denmark	1	0	4	7
51	Mick	Jamaica	1	0	0	3
59	Margs	Argentina	0	1	4	6
61	Tess	Bulgaria	0	1	1	3
65	Keith	Ethiopia	0	1	0	2
65	Dave H	Slovenia	0	1	0	2
65	Anna	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	2
72	Darren	Indonesia	0	0	1	1

Not showing on the table are:
Kev - Georgia - entered a powerlifter and swimmer
Kelly - Mongolia - entered 1 x judo, 2 x archery, shooting and athletics
Colin - North Korea - one swimmer entered
Paula - Zimbabwe - entered tennis and athletics
Whilst James is nowhere to be seen, there would have been familiar names fighting for the prizes of most medals of each colour.

Gold

Amy	Brazil	15
Dave B	Poland	12

Silver

Pete	Spain	16
Christine	Canada	14

Bronze

Pete	Spain	12
Sue	Mexico	10

Points

Amy	Brazil	75
Dave B	Poland	65
Pete	Spain	62

This does of course also give me the opportunity to add a few photos.. (author's rights).

Still supporting Argentina - Baldassarr in the Men's Shot Put F11/12

and Gold Medal Ceremony for David Weir for Men's 5000m T54








Anyone else with photos they want to share from what has been a great games? Christine and Darren have been to a lot - catch up with their visits on Christine's blog.. you'll need to go back a few posts http://www.christinesgoldfish.blogspot.co.uk/

CCC - no fixtures but what if this was the Euro sweepstake..?

So no fixtures for the Championship this weekend as there are Internationals going on.  But how would things look if we were doing the Euros sweepstake...

Longest surname of a goal scorer

Shirley    Blackburn Rovers            Kazim-Richards          14 characters
Dan        Brighton & Hove Albion   Mackail-Smith           13 characters
Keith      Cardiff City                       Whittingham              11 characters

Most yellow cards..

Who            Team                       yellow cards
Mick           Nottingham Forest     10
Ted             Sheffield Wed               9
Margs         Bolton                          9
Dave           Leeds United                8


Latest goal that changes the result

             Team Latest Goal time
Ted       Sheffield Wed.             94 v Birmingham (penalty) - Chris
Scott     Watford                       93 v Palace - Paula
Andy     Huddersfield Town    93 v Notts forest - Mick
Chris     Birmingham                 93 v Charlton - Jane
Jan        Ipswich Town             90 v Watford - Scott
Keith     Cardiff City                90  v Huddersfield - Andy

Has to be said - Ted is the King of the late goals having scored 3 in 90+ minutes already this season.

CCC - Match Reports & updates

Lyn's Blackpool lost her 100% record as Pete's Leciester clinched the win and halved his bill with a 54th minute penalty.  Shirley's 'Team of the Week' Blackburn maintained second spot after leading 2-0 away at Dave's Leeds until Dave stormed 3-2 ahead only to be pegged back to 3-3 and the two shared the points.  Amy's Hull showed no mercy to Margs' Bolton winning 3-1.  Having taken an early lead Andy' Huddersfield was ahead away at Jan's Ipswich but needed a 80th minute strike to gain a share of the points after the home team scored a brace to level at 2-2. If he had scored his late penalty Andy would have taken all three points.  Despite being down to 10 men Barnsley inflicted a 1-0 defeat on visitor Kelly's Bristol City, whilst Colin's Middlesborough suffered a similar fate with a 3-1 score line at Millwall. 

Paula's Crystal Palace achieved their first win of the season as Glenn Murray scored scored the quickest goal of the day in the 1st minute and another late on to seal a 2-1 victory over Ted and Chris got his first win of the season with a 1-0 scoreline at home to Peterborough. 

Featuring your team on the blog is a lucky omen as Jon's Derby proved as five players got their name on the scoresheet in his 5-1 win over Scott. Scott - you may have noticed Jon was pleased! It was Derby's first home win in five months but presumably that includes May, June and July when hardly any matches were played. 

Mick also featured Notts Forest along with a fine photo of him in his new shirt.  There was obviously much banter in the Sheppard household but Mick survived a late scare (scoring an own goal in 88th minute) and won the pride of the house beating Jane's Charlton 2-1. We all know what they had for dinner that night - and if you don't or don't understand why you need to go back and check out all the comments on the posts. 

The other Match of the Day featured Anna hosting Dan and Dan's Brighton showed no sympathy to Anna's Burnley winning 3-1 (scoring one own goal wasn't enough to help Anna out) and consigning her to the lower end of the table and joint largest proportion of the bill! 

In the Sunday match Keith's Whittingham scored a hatrick to give his Cardiff team a 3-1 win over Sue.

	Team	Pts	Who	Pence in the pound
1	Blackpool	9	Lyn	0p
2	Blackburn	8	Shirley	0.2p
3	Nottm Forest	8	Mick	0.2p
4	Brighton	7	Dan	1p
5	Cardiff	7	Keith	1p
6	Hull	7	Amy	1p
7	Leeds United	7	Dave	1p
8	Sheff Wed	7	Ted	1p
9	Bristol City	6	Kelly	3p
10	Leicester	6	Pete	3p
11	Middlesbrough	6	Colin	3p
12	Watford	6	Scott	3p
13	Charlton	5	Jane	5.9p
14	Derby	5	Jim	5.9p
15	Huddersfield	5	Andy	5.9p
16	Ipswich	5	Jan	5.9p
17	Birmingham	4	Chris	9.9p
18	Bolton	4	Margs	9.9p
19	Wolves	4	Sue	9.9p
20	Burnley	3	Anna	14.6p
21	Crystal Palace	3	Paula	14.6p

For sale.  Haddock going cheap, see Jane for details.

5-1!!!!!

5-1!!!!!

Sorry, Scott, couldn't resist that.