As most of you have already gathered from Barney's reaction above, the penultimate round saw yet another change at the top of the Premier League. It's still far from over, though. However, we are now down to just two candidates, as redman1974 drops out after his second defeat to Ndeyanka in just ten days. Buck Pete, meanwhile, rose to the challenge in a Barneyesque manner, picking up three points with the day's best entry. Barney himself kept an eye on two possible opponents, but failed to outscore either. And while lady luck decided that he would draw against HoinkDoink rather than lose to BoRed, he will still rue the dreaded home advantage rule that cost him the full points. This draw was enough to keep HoinkDoink hanging on until the final day of the season, but MelwoodBoy and redforlife have now secured safety.
Official attendance: 43210 (
http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/matches/2015-2016/epl.html/liverpool-vs-chelsea)
43210 / 2 = 21605 remainder 0
remainder + 1 = 1, so we use Round 1 (i.e. Round 31 before renumbering) of the fixtures at
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=315652.msg13930915#msg13930915Premier League scores:
carraggeriise v Yorkshire-Red 14-16
fivein05 v KeegansPerm 0-16
HoinkDoink v Barneylfc 15-15
MelwoodBoy v Mivi 15-11
Ndeyanka v redman1974 18-16
Phil M v Kopite1971 0-14 (Kopite1971 draws with the minimum home score)
RJH v BoRed 16-16
rushyman v Buck Pete 16-19
tylerjnorton v redforlife 15-12
Ycuzz v ollyfrom.tv 14-16
Standings (gf, ga, gd, pts, name (missed entries)):
570 474 +096 72 Buck Pete
600 499 +101 71 Barneylfc
568 512 +056 67 redman1974
575 502 +073 63 Ndeyanka
576 526 +050 62 Kopite1971
599 543 +056 57 KeegansPerm
538 524 +014 56 tylerjnorton (2)
502 490 +012 55 Yorkshire-Red (5)
559 508 +051 53 BoRed
561 478 +083 51 RJH
533 544 -011 50 ollyfrom.tv (1)
533 539 -006 48 rushyman (1)
495 549 -054 47 MelwoodBoy (4)
544 509 +035 46 Ycuzz
469 518 -049 46 Phil M (6)
537 514 +023 43 redforlife
516 510 +006 43 Mivi (1)
558 536 +022 40 HoinkDoink
457 521 -064 36 carraggeriise (4) R
000 492 -492 00 fivein05 (37) R
The fixture list has now been updated and the remaining rounds renumbered:
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=315652.msg13930915#msg13930915Since there is now just one set of fixtures left to be played, the fixtures for the final round of matches are now known:
Barneylfc v BoRed
carraggeriise v KeegansPerm
HoinkDoink v ollyfrom.tv
Mivi v Buck Pete
Ndeyanka v rushyman
Phil M v fivein05
redforlife v Yorkshire-Red
RJH v MelwoodBoy
tylerjnorton v redman1974
Ycuzz v Kopite1971
As I said above, redforlife is now safe from relegation, as he prevails on head-to-head both against HoinkDoink and in a three-way tie against HoinkDoink and Mivi. However, while HoinkDoink would win on the head-to-head record against Mivi, he would be relegated in a three-way tie. In short, for HoinkDoink to survive, he must win, Mivi must lose, and redforlife must avoid defeat.
At the top of the table, Barney won both his games against Buck Pete, so Pete will need to match whatever Barney does on the final day to clinch the title. If Pete wins, the title is his, if he draws, Barney needs a win, and if he loses, Barney needs a draw.
And to spice things up, Buck Pete faces Mivi on the final day, while Barney faces the (still) reigning champion, so I guess it's safe to say there won't be any match-fixing going on.
