CC- table after 2 games - it is not going well

Not much I want to say really - but surely it won't be this expensive at the end of another 40 games....
Will Karen regret not taking Charlton or it is the luck of the Kevin striking again. (I so wish I'd bet on them)....  the bottom of the table has a familiar look apart from newbie Keith.

		10/08/2019
		Team	Pts	Owes
1	Ted	Sheff Wed	6	£        -
2	Kevin	Charlton	6	£        -
3	Dave	Leeds	4	£    1.95
4	Paula	QPR	4	£    1.95
5	Karen	West Brom	4	£    1.95
6	Jim	Derby	4	£    1.95
7	Neil	Swansea	4	£    1.95
8	Chris	Birmingham	4	£    1.95
9	Sharon	Millwall	4	£    1.95
10	Scott	Preston	3	£    6.33
11	Andy	Fulham	3	£    6.33
12	Jan	Cardiff	3	£    6.33
13	Shirley	Hull	3	£    6.33
14	Dan	Brentford	3	£    6.33
15	Anna	Barnsley	3	£    6.33
16	Kate	Wigan	3	£    6.33
17	Amy	Luton	1	£   21.92
18	Colin	Middlesbrough	1	£   21.92
19	Sue	Huddersfield	1	£   21.92
20	Mick	Nottm Forest	1	£   21.92
21	Kelly	Bristol City	1	£   21.92
22	Lyn	Reading	0	£   32.15
23	Margs	Stoke	0	£   32.15
24	Keith	Blackburn	0	£   32.15

First game down the pub , not the result required, oh well,  long time to go

CCC teams and rules and regulations for the new season 2019-2020

Hi All,
A third of us have different teams from last season, those relegated, those promoted and Anna and Andy having taken 'returning' teams.

Team	Person
Luton	Amy
Fulham	Andy
Barnsley	Anna
Birmingham	Chris
Middlesbrough	Colin
Brentford	Dan
Leeds	Dave
Cardiff	Jan
Derby	Jim
West Brom	Karen
Wigan	Kate
Blackburn	Keith
Bristol City	Kelly
Charlton	Kevin
Reading	Lyn
Stoke	Margs
Nottm Forest	Mick
Swansea	Neil
QPR	Paula
Preston	Scott
Millwall	Sharon
Hull	Shirley
Huddersfield	Sue
Sheff Wed	Ted

And what do we get from that list? that only four people have names that start with a different letter from everyone else!


Here are the rules, read them carefully.


CCC Rules re-cap

CCC ... the Championship Curry Competition Rules (in brief).

1. Everyone picks a different team from the Championship division.

 2. A team is for life, not just for one curry.  If your first choice team leaves the competition due to success or failure you will need to choose another team.  

2a. If your team had been relegated and manages the success of promotion back to the Championship, then you get first choice of taking that team back. 

2b. If your team had success and was promoted to the Premiership, you can only keep a claim for that team if you saw them play Live in the Champtionship (home or away) at a ground,not on the telly, during the season they got promoted.  

If they got promoted and you didn't see them live then you lose claim to that team.

2c.  If you do not take a team back that you had claim to at the first opportunity - you lose the claim to that team.

2d.  If you take the returning team, you lose claim to the team you sacrificed. 

3. Once anyone who had a team that was previously in the curry and returns has made their decision, then the remaining available teams are chosen with the person at the bottom choosing first, followed by next to bottom and then the one above that. Then the playoff team, 2nd place and then the winner has the last choice.  If anyone has dropped out then newbies get to choose after previous participants.

4. You don't have to do anything for most of the season, you'll be updated with the 'what's going on' but banter is definitely encouraged (actually obligatory) as is the buying of pin badges, shirts etc and wearing something your-team-related to the curry itself.  The wearing of something to identify your team is compulsory - although imaginative unofficial club outfits are welcome.

5. Near the end of the season we have to agree to a mutually convenient date for the final event of the season - the curry itself.  Two consecutive years of non-attendance means you aren't committed enough and can be thrown out the CCC.

 

6. The person(s) paying the largest part of the bill gets to choose the venue for the Curry in Horley (or Dave will organize it if you ask him nicely!).

7. The cost of the food bill will be split according to the correct percentages between all those paying. The exact right money must be used to pay for the food. Drinks and tips are not included in the cost of the Curry and are additional.

8. Seating at the curry will be by position.

9. The previous winner of the CCC trophy must decorate it suitably (team colours / badge/ pun on name etc ) and present at the curry itself.

 

10. The organizer is quite at liberty to make up a new pointless rule each season.

11. IMPORTANT: If you take the manager of another Championship team, ie. they leave their current job for your team, you have to write an apology on the blog! This does not include if your manager is sacked and then takes a new role at someone else's team.  I don't think we abided by this one last year!!!

The complicated bit - the calculation of the percentage of the bill - for which of course Margs has a spreadsheet.
The person (or joint persons) on the most number of points pay nothing for their curry.  The amount paid is calculated depending on how many points you are behind all other people in the CCC.

	Person	Points gained	behind 1st		behind 2nd		behind 3rd		Total points		% of bill		36
1st	Tom	67							0		0.0%		£0.00
2nd	Dick	65	2						2		5.4%		£1.95
3rd	Harry	61	6		4				10		27.0%		£9.73
4th	Joe	56	11		9		5		25		67.6%		£24.32
		Total							37		100.0%		£36.00
		Curry based on 4 people at £9 a head

So Tom is top and pays nothing for his curry.
Dick is 2 points behind, Harry is 6 points behind Tom and 4 behind Harry so a total of 10 points behind and Joe is 11 behind Tom, 9 behind Dick and 5 behind Harry so a total of 25.  Total number of points is 37. Dick pays 2/37 = 5.4%, Harry pays 10/37 = 27% and Joe pays 25/37 = 67.6% of the bill.

Hope that's all clear. :-) 

Final cost of curry

The season is now complete (bar the playoffs) and Kate finishes the season with a free curry.  But as far as I know if Norwich do come back down at some point Kate won't have first grabs as she didn't see them, but Kevin did see his Sheffield United so he can make a claim should they return.

Jan managed a rare win which actually saved himself £2.64 compared to the cost if Dave has won.  Jan does of course get first choice at teams after any have been reclaimed.

Here is how much you all owe.  Exact money required please and those with a cheap curry pay the tip

	05/05/2019
Position	Team		Pts	Owes
1	Norwich	Kate	94	£        -
2	Sheff Utd	Kevin	89	£    0.25
3	Leeds	Dave	83	£    0.84
4	West Brom	Karen	80	£    1.29
5	Aston Villa	Amy	76	£    2.09
6	Derby	Jim	74	£    2.58
7	Middlesbrough	Colin	73	£    2.88
8	Bristol City	Kelly	70	£    3.92
9	Nottm Forest	Mick	66	£    5.51
10	Swansea	Anna	65	£    5.96
11	Brentford	Dan	64	£    6.46
12	Sheff Wed	Ted	64	£    6.46
13	Hull	Shirley	62	£    7.65
14	Preston	Scott	61	£    8.30
15	Blackburn	Keith	60	£    8.99
16	Stoke	Margs	55	£   12.72
17	Birmingham	Chris	52	£   15.10
18	Wigan	Andy	52	£   15.10
19	QPR	Paula	51	£   15.99
20	Reading	Lyn	47	£   19.77
21	Millwall	Sharon	44	£   22.75
22	Rotherham	Neil	40	£   26.92
23	Bolton	Sue	32	£   35.66
24	Ipswich	Jan	31	£   36.81

Promotion / Relegation & not playing matches - it all happened this weekend!

So congratulations to Kate who's Norwich got promoted on Saturday - shame you didn't get to see them Kate - no claim if they sink back down.  Also promoted was Kevin's Sheffield Utd (he wisely did see them), after a weird situation today when Leeds let Aston Villa score an equalising goal after a fracas when Leeds scored when a player was injured. The rules say 'play to the whistle' and the ref did not blow up to stop the game for Villa's injured player so Leeds had every right to play on (and then they scored) rather than be kind and kick the ball out of play.  A change of rules in the future - unlikely as that could result in players feigning injury even more than they already do!  But back to today... so mathematically it may have been hard for Leeds to get automatic promotion, but it was still possible when Leeds apparently just let Villa score (not seen it yet to know quite what happened) and then that begs the question as Mick so rightly pointed out .. the bookies and betting - if you had 1-0 Leeds you'd be a little unhappy with a gifted goal, so will the bookies end up paying for 1-0 and 1-1 and then they will be grumpy instead.  Wait to see if the FA comment...

Dave, Karen and Amy are guaranteed a playoff place.  Elsewhere yesterday Jim's Derby beat Kelly's Bristol City to claim the 6th spot.  Kelly has a game in hand so could still clinch 6th if she wins both her games and Jim and Colin's Middlesborough lose their final matches or if the results go the right/wrong way Colin could take 6th.

At the expensive end of the table, Neil's Rotherham have now been confirmed as relegated along with Jan and Sue.  But naughty Sue's financial troubles caught up with her (and the new guys who wants to buys doesn't seem to want to give up the cash) so the players went on strike and refused to play against Dan's Brentford.  They have been told they have to play during this week.. watch this space.  Any points deductions etc will impact Bolton next season if they happen - so no let off there Jan.  It was a busy weekend...

Team		Pts	Owes
Norwich	Kate	91	£        -
Sheff Utd	Kevin	88	£    0.15
Leeds	Dave	83	£    0.65
West Brom	Karen	80	£    1.10
Aston Villa	Amy	76	£    1.91
Derby	Jim	70	£    3.41
Middlesbrough	Colin	70	£    3.41
Bristol City	Kelly	66	£    4.82
Sheff Wed	Ted	64	£    5.62
Nottm Forest	Mick	63	£    6.07
Swansea	Anna	63	£    6.07
Preston	Scott	61	£    7.17
Hull	Shirley	61	£    7.17
Blackburn	Keith	59	£    8.48
Brentford	Dan	58	£    9.18
Stoke	Margs	54	£   12.19
Birmingham	Chris	51	£   14.60
Wigan	Andy	49	£   16.30
QPR	Paula	48	£   17.21
Reading	Lyn	46	£   19.11
Millwall	Sharon	44	£   21.12
Rotherham	Neil	40	£   25.33
Bolton	Sue	32	£   34.16
Ipswich	Jan	28	£   38.78

CCC - only a few games left

So Norwich didn't get promoted today, but Dave has reduced his chances of automatic promotion after losing to Dan today (nice time down the pub with 1/3 of the CCC crew - except for the result).  Since I last posted Sue's Bolton have been relegated.  Not happy that I an spending more than the £11 - not sure that I will manage to get under (again!).  Amy's Villa is the inform team with Aston Villa winning 10 in a row.  Still pricey for Jan and Sue.  Info about the curry to be emailed out soon.

Team		Pts	Owes
Norwich	Kate	88	£        -
Sheff Utd	Kevin	85	£    0.16
Leeds	Dave	82	£    0.48
West Brom	Karen	77	£    1.27
Aston Villa	Amy	75	£    1.69
Derby	Jim	67	£    3.80
Middlesbrough	Colin	67	£    3.80
Bristol City	Kelly	66	£    4.17
Sheff Wed	Ted	63	£    5.44
Swansea	Anna	62	£    5.92
Nottm Forest	Mick	60	£    6.97
Preston	Scott	60	£    6.97
Hull	Shirley	60	£    6.97
Blackburn	Keith	59	£    7.66
Brentford	Dan	58	£    8.40
Stoke	Margs	53	£   12.36
Birmingham	Chris	50	£   14.90
Wigan	Andy	48	£   16.70
QPR	Paula	48	£   16.70
Reading	Lyn	46	£   18.70
Millwall	Sharon	43	£   21.88
Rotherham	Neil	40	£   25.20
Bolton	Sue	32	£   34.50
Ipswich	Jan	28	£   39.36

Bye Bye to one of the founders

A draw for Jan against Chris saw one of the founder members of the CCC, Ipswich, leave the division with relegation.  With Dave hoping for Lees promotion, could next season be the first without any of the three teams? Or will Pompey make it back up (fingers crossed).  Sue's Bolton are not doing well and if Sue's finances are similar to that of her club, she won't be able to pay for the curry - players and staff have not been paid for weeks.  It is possible that Jan might not finish bottom as they are picking up the odd point along the way. Four or five games left....

Position	Team		Pts	Owes
1	Norwich	Kate	85	£        -
2	Leeds	Dave	82	£    0.17
3	Sheff Utd	Kevin	79	£    0.50
4	West Brom	Karen	73	£    1.50
5	Aston Villa	Amy	69	£    2.39
6	Bristol City	Kelly	65	£    3.50
7	Middlesbrough	Colin	64	£    3.83
8	Derby	Jim	63	£    4.22
9	Hull	Shirley	60	£    5.55
10	Sheff Wed	Ted	59	£    6.05
11	Nottm Forest	Mick	57	£    7.17
12	Preston	Scott	57	£    7.17
13	Swansea	Anna	56	£    7.83
14	Brentford	Dan	54	£    9.28
15	Blackburn	Keith	53	£   10.05
16	Stoke	Margs	52	£   10.89
17	QPR	Paula	48	£   14.44
18	Birmingham	Chris	46	£   16.33
19	Reading	Lyn	44	£   18.33
20	Millwall	Sharon	42	£   20.44
21	Wigan	Andy	41	£   21.55
22	Rotherham	Neil	40	£   22.72
23	Bolton	Sue	32	£   32.49
24	Ipswich	Jan	28	£   37.60