2017/18 Prediction League; Game 36 v Newport (away)

[Leylandii]

Newport 0 Accrington Stanley 2, please

[Lord Stiffupperlip]

Newport 1 -Stanley 2 please

[football19]

3-1 to Acci please

[nige b]

2-0 to Stanley please chaps

[andyd]

Newport 0-3 Stanley.

[Chimer]

No Impact On Prediction League As The Glorious Run Comes To An End

Quite clearly, back in March, when our first little run of wins had just been stopped by Barnet , we weren't quite as confident as we have since become . Basically, you did better if you put a prediction in before the original game was called off and forgot to change it for the rearranged date (or have stopped playing in the interim). Because the promotion hangover finally kicked in , 3 days later than many thought it would . And to think we used to like that Padraig Amond ......

Resulting in just one maxi, which went to Dav007, and 3 points for Accybeme, both for early forecasts . One point for Cashman, Kiwi and Monkey Hanger for Billy's late consolation, one for Stevie R for thinking we'd concede 2 , nowt for the rest of us .......

Dav in 27th was too far adrift of Chrisr in 26th to move up. Accybeme did make progress, from 22nd to 19th. Single points did nothing for Kiwi (25th) or Stevie (18th), but for MH one was enough to climb over NigeB and MikeA into 11th. And amongst the elite , Cashy's singleton slipped him by AccyMad (not Accy Mad) and Div3North into 7th, but was not enough to keep his title hopes alive . The possibles are now down to 6.

An attempt at sowing confusion by the Welsh was spotted by your correspondent, alert to the difference a space can make. But I don't know whether Accy Mad from Newport, who joined the game this time forecasting a Stanley win, and thus cemented himself to the foot of our table, is actually the same entity as ncfc1, who won a point back in November.

So, roll on the Imps. Their manager's been nice about us, but will they give us the point they need after beating us twice during the slump, in the Checkatrade (which they eventually won) and the league? No, they won't give us 1 , we'll just take 3 , and the title .

On Stanley On!!