Imutual FA Cup Competition 2022

[pieman]

I started doing an FA Cup competition many years ago, before my work got to busy and our dear departed friend Kev Chess very kindly took over.

I did wonder whether to leave it this year, but I know that a lot of people have enjoyed participating in the past so thought I would run it again this year.

Hopefully Richard will step in and offer some prizes to winners of each round and overall etc.

I won't be eligible for prizes.

I have made a couple of changes this year, which will hopefully make it easier for people who do not know a lot about football to take part.

I have put down all the fixtures and the fixture number (1 -32), you simply have to pick 3 DIFFERENT numbers (ie the fixture) and put down H (home) if you want the first team in the fixture, or A (away) if you want the second team in the fixture


eg

A) 1H

B) 3A

C) 17H


No Jokers at this stage

You also need to make a 4th DIFFERENT pick for the team you think will win overall - again just the fixture number and H or A

Categories are

A) A team that is going to win (3 points)

B) A team that is going to score most goals (1 point per goal scored - in 90 minutes)

C) A team that is going to let in the most goals (1 point for every let in - in 90 minutes)

D) The team you think is going to win overall (15 points if they win the cup, 10 points if they get to the final)

Any questions please ask

All selections for this round must be made before 8pm Friday Jan 7th

Friday 7 January 2022 Third Round Proper

Kick Off No.
20:00 20 Swindon Town VS Manchester City

Saturday 8 January 2022 Third Round Proper

Kick Off No.
12:15 13 Mansfield Town VS Middlesbrough

12:30 8 Coventry City VS Derby County

12:30 9 Burnley VS Huddersfield Town

12:30 14 Hartlepool United VS Blackpool

12:30 16 Bristol City VS Fulham

12:45 18 Millwall VS Crystal Palace

15:00 1 Boreham Wood VS AFC Wimbledon

15:00 10 West Bromwich Albion VS Brighton & Hove Albion

15:00 11 Kidderminster Harriers VS Reading

15:00 12 Leicester City VS Watford

15:00 19 Port Vale VS Brentford

15:00 21 Wigan Athletic VS Blackburn Rovers

15:00 26 Newcastle United VS Cambridge United

15:00 27 Barnsley VS Barrow AFC

15:00 28 Peterborough United VS Bristol Rovers

15:00 30 Queens Park Rangers VS Rotherham United

17:30 4 Swansea City VS Southampton

17:30 5 Chelsea VS Chesterfield

17:30 15 Hull City VS Everton

17:30 23 Birmingham City VS Plymouth Argyle

17:45 2 Yeovil Town VS AFC Bournemouth

Sunday 9 January 2022 Third Round Proper

Kick Off No.
12:30 22 Luton Town VS Harrogate Town

14:00 3 Stoke City VS Leyton Orient

14:00 6 Liverpool VS Shrewsbury Town

14:00 7 Cardiff City VS Preston North End

14:00 17 Tottenham Hotspur VS Morecambe

14:00 25 Wolverhampton Wanderers VS Sheffield United

14:00 29 West Ham United VS Leeds United AFC

14:00 31 Charlton Athletic VS Norwich City

17:10 32 Nottingham Forest VS Arsenal

Monday 10 January 2022 Third Round Proper

Kick Off No.
19:55 24 Manchester United VS Aston Villa

[pieman]

Hopefully a few people will enter

Just a reminder

All entries by 8pm Friday

ie just under 3.5 days!!

[aupt]

A) 5H

B)20A

C) 20H

D) Liverpool


Many thanks pieman for organising this competition

[pieman]

Thanks Aupt for being the first entrant

Unfortunately you need to pick 4 DIFFERENT fixtures ....

[Beachboy]

I plan to enter, just need time to look properly at the fixtures.

Thanks for organising pieman.

[Scroggie]

A) 15A

B) 6H

C) 20H

D) Leicester City

[swissman]

I take it that if my selection of overall winner (D) is knocked out earlier on in round 3 or 4 etc. I can select a replacement from those still in the competition? Is that in the rules? What happens to matches called off late due to Covid-19?

a) 2A
b) 17H
c) 6A
d) Manchester City

[poland71]

My selections are:
A. 5H
B. 20A
C. 17A
D. Chelsea

[pieman]

To answer swissman's questions

If your pick to win gets knocked out - You CAN NOT pick another team.

With this being the FA Cup - any matches called off will be rearranged at a later date (unless the FA decide otherwise)

In the event that the fixture can not take place, The FA will decide a winner of the match and people will only get points for that fixture, if it does not take place, if they have correctly picked the winner of the fixture.

[swissman]

Thanks pieman for the update.
So when the fourth round is announced, we then select new matches for A) B) and C) and our selection in D) whether still in the competition or already knocked out, gets carried forward