Stevie_J Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 The Prediction League Cup was supposed to get underway today but, whilst Latics did their part in keeping the league fixture with Rochdale to this date, with their inept performance in the second round of the FA Cup, Rochdale have spoilt the party by making their way into the fourth round. But at least that afforded me a little more time to sort out the First Round draw and to get this posted up. Therefore, the First Round of the Prediction League Cup gets underway next weekend with the home fixture against Paul Dickov's Doncaster, the same fixture Latics lost in making their FA Cup exit. The full schedule for the 2014/15 Prediction League Cup will be as follows: First Round - 10 January - Doncaster Rovers (h) First Round Replay - 17 January - Fleetwood Town (a) Second Round - 7 February - Scunthorpe United (a) Second Round Replay - 14 February - Colchester United (h) Quarter Final - 7 March - Yeovil Town (a) Quarter Final Replay - 14 March - Barnsley (h) Semi Final - 4 April - Bristol City (h) Semi Final Replay - 11 April - Sheffield United (h) Final - 25 April - Walsall (a) Final Replay - 2 May - Peterborough United (h) The rules for the Cup competition are as follows: Players will be drawn against each other and their scores for the abovementioned fixtures will dictate who progresses to the next round. In the event of a draw, there will be a replay taken from the replay fixtures listed above. In the event of another draw, the predictor with the closest attendance prediction in the replay will progress. In the very unlikely event that they remain tied, we will draw lots. So, here's the First Round draw, courtesy of two very tired boys, who struggled to maintain concentration for a round of 32 teams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Away against the Champ. Now where did I put my bus. I knew I should have watched that before I did this http://www.owtb.co.uk/index.php/topic/45158-owtb-whats-it-worth/?p=751720 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshOWTB Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I think last year was a fluke, but I'll do my best to defend my cup title this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 The first round draw: Gravity Grave v astottie laticdickovarmy v underdog aidan_latics v LaticsPete rosa v oafc21 warwickshire latics v handsy lookersstandandy v nzlatic DavidCollinge v rudemedic stevesidg v JoshOWTB 24hoursfromtulsehill v RobOAFC chickenbaltipie v Bristolatic Stevie_J v Ryan JoeP v New Blue Latics_Fanatic v Craig D Zorrro v Simoncorneyisgod Disjointed v Laticsbiffo Ex_pat v kieranmcandrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Obviously a home tie against Biffo who is just behind me in the league should be a formality, but its the cup, anything can happen, just hope the boys can transfer their league form to this tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laticsbiffo Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Obviously a home tie against Biffo who is just behind me in the league should be a formality, but its the cup, anything can happen, just hope the boys can transfer their league form to this tie. Last minute goal knocked you out old son....... i wish you had gone through though Edited January 12, 2015 by Laticsbiffo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Last minute goal knocked you out old son....... i wondeish you had gone through though The boys are gutted, good luck for the cup, hope you go on to win it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Some big scalps taken in the opening round of the cup, not least league champion David Collinge, who was beaten by rudemedic. The performance of the round came from astottie, who recorded a 10-2 win over Gravity Grave. The special one, 24hoursfromtulsehill was thrashed 6-0 by RobOAFC, whilst laticdickovarmy was put out by underdog and cup holder JoshOWTB was taken to a replay by stevesidg. There were four no-shows, three of whom get a second chance with a replay!First round results in full:Gravity Grave 2-10(ten) astottielaticdickovarmy 0-1 underdogaidan_latics 2-6 LaticsPeterosa 1-5 oafc21warwickshire latics 5-1 handsylookersstandandy 0-1 nzlaticDavidCollinge 0-2 rudemedicstevesidg 1-1 JoshOWTB24hoursfromtulsehill 0-6 RobOAFCchickenbaltipie 4-3 BristolaticStevie_J 0-0 RyanJoeP 0-1 New BlueLatics_Fanatic 0-0 Craig DZorrro 0-0 Simoncorneyisgoddisjointed 1-5 LaticsbiffoEx_pat 5-0 kieranmcandrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobOAFC Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Jabo Iberhe - what a player! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityGrave Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Destroyed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolatic Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Out in the first round. Score three away from home and still lose. Extra training this week after that performance. I want the boys to try ever so hard to climb up the League now. Good luck to Mr BaltiPie in the next round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 First round replays, to be played this coming weekend with the Fleetwood game: JoshOWTB v stevesidgRyan v Stevie_JCraig D v Latics_FanaticSimoncorneyisgod v Zorrro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Jabo Iberhe - what a player! A very poor match brought to life by a rare bit of Jabo magic. Good luck to you. Everyone knows I'm only in it for the real trophy anyway. Next year I'll probably miss out on the cup altogether because of a random short-lived tournament in Brazil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 It's disappointing when the referee costs you points, but that's football. Good luck to oafc21 in the next round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolatic Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 It's disappointing when the referee costs you points, but that's football. Good luck to oafc21 in the next round. He cost you all five? Was his name Carl Trevor Boyeson-Kettle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 He cost you all five? Was his name Carl Trevor Boyeson-Kettle? My prediction was us to win 2-1, so he must have cost me a few points playing a sodding advantage when Doncaster were offside 4 minutes into added bastard time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc21 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 It's disappointing when the referee costs you points, but that's football. Good luck to oafc21 in the next round.Thanks rosa,I would have sooner we got the 3 points,still gutted with the last second goal,That ref had a lot to answer too,But nothing ever gets said to them,Being a Oldham fan is such fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Destroyed Sorry GG.if its any consolation i've no idea how that happened and its unlikely to happen again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbaltipie Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Out in the first round. Score three away from home and still lose. Extra training this week after that performance. I want the boys to try ever so hard to climb up the League now. Good luck to Mr BaltiPie in the next round. Thank you squire, with my recent league form I may need it. I went on a cup run last year so hoping for more of the same, with a bit of luck the Chairman may even give me some funds to improve the squad and kick on in the league Hoping to meet OAFC21 as his beginners luck is bound to run out sooner or later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc21 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 It would be like Chelsea v Chaddy Fc!!!! Be careful what you wish for ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Sorry GG.if its any consolation i've no idea how that happened and its unlikely to happen again! This is far too polite. There's no place for such class round here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laticdickovarmy Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Well done Underdog I still haven't learnt from my final loss last year as I changed my attendance which would have got me 3pts On the flip side you did have 2-1 latics and I choose us to lose so deserve to exit I hope my conquer goes on to reign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdog Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Thanks laticdicovarmy And oophs....I forgot this was in place never mind I bloody well won.... Oh dear. Edited January 17, 2015 by underdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 In the first round replays, cup holder JoshOWTB saw off stevesidg at the second time of asking, with a 3-1 win. No shows from Latics_Fanatic and Ryan handed walkover victories to Craig D and some bloke called Stevie_J respectively. For the second time running, both simoncorneyisgod and Zorrro failed to field any eligible players. I hadn't really prepared for such an eventuality. I was tempted to boot them both out and either draw a replacement from the first round losers or to give a bye to their second round opponents. However, I'll give them one last chance - their replay will now be the midweek game against Rochdale. If they both fail to predict again, I'll go back to the original plan to draw a team from the first round losers to hand a lifeline to. JoshOWTB 3-1 stevesidg Ryan 0-5 Stevie_J Craig D 6-0 Latics_Fanatic Simoncorneyisgod p-p Zorrro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 In the first round replays, cup holder JoshOWTB saw off stevesidg at the second time of asking, with a 3-1 win. No shows from Latics_Fanatic and Ryan handed walkover victories to Craig D and some bloke called Stevie_J respectively. For the second time running, both simoncorneyisgod and Zorrro failed to field any eligible players. I hadn't really prepared for such an eventuality. I was tempted to boot them both out and either draw a replacement from the first round losers or to give a bye to their second round opponents. However, I'll give them one last chance - their replay will now be the midweek game against Rochdale. If they both fail to predict again, I'll go back to the original plan to draw a team from the first round losers to hand a lifeline to. JoshOWTB 3-1 stevesidg Ryan 0-5 Stevie_J Craig D 6-0 Latics_Fanatic Simoncorneyisgod p-p Zorrro 5 points Stevie where did that come from? Must have had your lads picking for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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