Tuesday, January 31, 2006

 

About This Blog


LAST UPDATED : 27th June 2006

This is my blog WHEN WEDNESDAY COMES -FANTASY FOOTBALL, which at first was just me going on about how I was trying to win the Telegraph Fantasy Football game at work. But over time I've added more and more stuff to it for other Fantasy games:

It includes useful Fantasy Football links to help other players like:
I also post the following entries to help

There are links for Other football stuff like

There are links for Fantasy Cricket fans too:

Next year the 2007 Cricket world cup too!

And I post entries on anything I find interesting in the world of football. Bill Shankly had the right idea:

"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."

Please support this blog by telling your mates about it if you have a minute! The more people who check out this blog the more chance there is that I will keep on doing it.

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Friday, January 27, 2006

 

Euro 2008 Draw


Here's the draw for the 2008 European Championship

Group A Portugal, Poland, Serbia & Mont, Belgium, Finland, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan

Group B France, Italy, Ukraine, SCOTLAND, Lithuania, Georgia, Faroe Islands

Group C Greece, Turkey, Norway, Bosnia, Hungary, Moldova, Malta

Group D Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, REP OF IRELAND, WALES, Cyprus, San Marino

Group E ENGLAND, Croatia, Russia, Israel, Estonia, Macedonia, Andorra

Group F Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Latvia, Iceland, NORTHERN IRELAND, Liechtenstein

Group G Holland, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Albania, Belarus, Luxembourg

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Thursday, January 26, 2006

 

FA Cup this weekend


Its FACup games this weekend, I think I'll sub out one of my spurs players and get in another
not sure who, anyway here's the fixtures:

Saturday, 28 January 2006 FA Cup

Aston Villa v Port Vale,
Bolton v Arsenal,
Brentford v Sunderland,
Charlton v Leyton Orient,
Cheltenham v Newcastle,
Colchester v Derby,
Coventry v Middlesbrough,
Everton v Chelsea,
Leicester v Southampton,
Man City v Wigan,
Preston v Crystal Palace,
Reading v Birmingham,
Stoke v Walsall,
West Ham v Blackburn

Sunday, 29 January 2006 FA Cup
Portsmouth v Liverpool,
Wolverhampton v Man Utd

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

 

Back In the Top Ten


My team has now risen to 8th from 11th place. Nolan did the business this week, sad that Mark Fowler (Stay Up Pompey) took him out of his team on Friday! I bet he feels like a right Sven!

Dave Knowles still at the top even he too took out Nolan.

John Kirkland storms back up to 3rd with 44 points

Special Mention this week goes to Rob prentice manager of ‘No Gunners Allowed’ with a good score of 48. Can you guess what team he supports?

Richard Maxwell (Mint Tea) moves down to number 4 having an all liverpool defence will cause this problem if they concede.

Andy Clarke moves a little close to the top.

Sunny is still at 19 but always likes a mention.

1)The top 10 looks like this
2)1977,1978,1981,1984 & 2005 Thank you (23 this week) Total = 958
3)The All England Hula-hoop (28 this week) Total = 948
4)Broxy blues (44 this week) Total = 937
5)Mint tea (9 this week) Total = 936
6)Stay Up Pompey (28 this week) Total = 932
7)Outsource IT Direct (17 this week) Total = 930
8)TBU (11 this week) Total = 894
9)The Daddy Long Leg Clarets ( 39 this week) Total = 885
10)Too Good to Go Down (19 this week) Total = 883
11)Redstar Basildon (13 this week) Total = 877

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Monday, January 23, 2006

 

MOTM for 21st 22nd January 2006


Here are the Telegraphs man of the match awards for 21st and 22 of Jan 2006

Wes Brown
Tugay
Jason Roberts
Thomas Sorensen
Darren Ambrose
James Beattie
Kevin Nolan
Chris Sutton
Liam Lawrence

Remember each player gets an extra 5 points

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Friday, January 20, 2006

 

Red and Yellow Carded Players


Here’s a list of the players in the telegraph fantasy football league with the most cards and what they would have cost your team in points.

Surprisingly Rooney does not make the list despite he bad reputation he’s only had 5 yellows.

M Sissoko Liverpool 7Y 1R –19
P Neville Everton 4 Y 2 R –18
E davids Spurs 9Y 0 R –18
L Neill Blackburn 6Y 1R –17
C ronaldo Man u 6Y 1R –17
S Parker Newcastle 6Y 1R –17
M Arteta Everton 5Y 1R –15
R savage Blackburn 7Y 0R -14
P Dickov Blackburn 4Y 1R –13
E Diouf Bolton 4Y 1R -13
S Taylor Newcastle 4Y 1R -13
P Stalteria Spurs 4Y 1R -13
L McCulloch Wigan 4Y 1R -13

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

 

Match Assists for 17th January 2006


Tuesday, Jan 17 2006

Birmingham 2 Torquay 0
Goals: Jarosik, Forssell
Assist: Kilkenny, Pennant

Middlesbrough 5 Nuneaton2
Goals: Riggott,
Yakubu x2, Parnaby, Viduka
Assist: Mendieta

Reading 3 West Brom 2
Goals: Chaplow x2
Assist: Wallwork, Carter, Ellington

Leeds 3 Wigan 3
Goals: Johansson, Roberts x2
Assist: Roberts, Kavanagh x2

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

 

Liverpool team at the top


My team has now risen to 11th to 15th place. Henry didn’t get as many assists as I expected.

Dave Knowles takes the lead again.

Mike Bosley (Bozzies Babes) drops from 8th to 12th . Mike would like to say ‘This Blogs advice has really messed me up, thanks Jon’

Richard Maxwell (Mint Tea) moves to number 2 with a good 46 points.

Andy Clarke has dropped off the pace a little with just 17.

Paul sherwood moves to 7 with an impressive 68, However I’m starting to feel sorry for Sunny as He still stayed at 19 even with scoring 62 points.

The top 10 looks like this

1)1977,1978,1981,1984 & 2005 Thank you (36 this week) Total = 935
2)Mint tea (46 this week) Total = 927
3)The All England Hula-hoop (17 this week) Total = 920
4)Outsource IT Direct (43 this week) Total = 913
5)Stay Up Pompey (24 this week) Total = 904
6)Broxy blues (23 this week) Total = 893
7)TBU (68 this week) Total = 883
8) Redstar Basildon (25 this week) Total = 864
8)Too Good to Go Down (49 this week) Total = 864
10)Hannah’s heros FC (33 this week) Total = 850

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

 

Clough Quotes


With Man U Playing Burton tonight and the papers are full of comparing Nigel Clough to his dad Brian.

Clough was in my opinion a brilliant manager and here are a few of his quotes followed by one by his son.

I remember when he bought Trevor Francis and the press were asking Trevor when he would be playing. B Clough’s voice away from the cameras shouted ‘ When I pick him’ .

"I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one" - On his own success.

"If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there" - On the importance of passing the ball to feet.

"I only ever hit Roy the once. He got up so I couldn't have hit him very hard" - On dealing with Roy Keane.

"We talk about it for 20 minutes and then we decide I was right" - On dealing with players who disagree with him.

"At last England have appointed a manager who speaks English better than the players" - On the appointment of Sven-Goran Eriksson.

"I'm sure the England selectors thought if they took me on and gave me the job, I'd want to run the show. They were shrewd because that's exactly what I would have done" - On not getting the England manager's job.

"I was told I wouldn’’t be as good as Brian Clough - and most of the time it was Dad Telling me" Nigel Clough

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Monday, January 16, 2006

 

Match Assists for 14th 15th January 2006


I think these are correct according to the write up

Man City 3-1 Man United
Sinclair (Ireland)
Vassell (Sinclair, Cole)
van Nistelrooy (Giggs)
Fowler (Vassell)

Arsenal 7-0 Middlesbrough
Henry (Ljungberg)
Senderos (Reyes)
Henry (poss Reyes)
Pires (-)
Silva (Henry)
Henry (Reyes)
Hleb (poss Reyes)

Liverpool 1-0 Spurs
Kewell (Finnan)

Aston Villa 1-2 West Ham
Hendrie (Samuel)
Zamora (Konchesky)
Harewood (-)

Charlton 2-0 Birmingham
Hughes (Rommedahl)
Bent (prob Hughes)

Portsmouth 0-1 Everton
Osman (Kilbane, poss Yobo)

Blackburn 0-0 Bolton

Fulham 1-0 Newcastle
Malbranque (John)

Sunday

Wigan 0-1 West Brom
Albrechtson (Wallwork)

Sunderland 1-2 Chelsea
Lawrence (-)
Crespo (Gallas, J Cole)
Robben (-)

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MOTM for 14th 15th January 2006


Telegraph Man of the Match for 14th and 15th January 2006

SINCLAIR
KEWELL
GIVEN
CAHILL
HENRY
REID
GABBIDON
YOUNG
KUSZCZAK
K DAVIS (SUN)

Each Playet gets an extra 5 points

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Sunday, January 15, 2006

 

Henry Returns


My faith in Henry may pay dividends this weekend.

He got a hat-trick and I think 3 assists so hopefully that will lift me a few places.

Most of the teams above me dont think he is worth the 9 million price tag, but I
think if he sorts out a contract he will scored a load more goals.

I also did a couple of subs on friday, I replaced toure with the new Man U defender
Evra (bad move due to city beating them 3-1) due to the Man U replay on Tuesday
night and replaced Park with Gerrard in\midfield,
maybe a good move if Gerrard gets man of the match again.

I'll publish those tomorrow morning.

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Friday, January 13, 2006

 

Link To Us


We would really appreciate any links you can give us to
When Wednesday Comes – Fantasy Football on your site ( If you have one!).

Feel free to create a text link for this blog and copy it to your own site.

If you want me to link to your site. Leave a comment here saying what your site is and if it’s a related site then I’ll add a link on this page and maybe the side menu.

Cant say fairer than that.

Thanks for your support.

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Thursday, January 12, 2006

 

Sven is 5 Today


It is five years to the day since Sven-Goran Eriksson set foot inside FA Headquarters in Soho Square .

Sven began with five consecutive victories, the first England boss to achieve such a sequence, and the Swede has now taken the team to two World Cups and one European Championship. Three tournaments, three qualifications.

But can you guess who was in his first team selection when we beat Spain 3-0 in February 2001?

Sven's first starting XI: James: P Neville, Ferdinand, Campbell, Powell; Beckham, Butt, Scholes, Barmby; Andy Cole, Owen.

Lets hope he gets it right this year in Germany!

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

 

Premiership Weekend Fixtures


This weekends fixtures!

Saturday, 13 January 2007
Blackburn v Arsenal, 17:15
Bolton v Man City, 15:00
Charlton v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Chelsea v Wigan, 15:00
Man Utd v Aston Villa, 15:00
Sheff Utd v Portsmouth, 15:00
Watford v Liverpool, 12:45
West Ham v Fulham, 15:00

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Sunday, 14 January 2007
Everton v Reading, 13:45
Tottenham v Newcastle, 16:00

dont forget the transfer password is here on this
blog when you need it!

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Pompey Fightback


My team has now dropped down to 15th place. Toure is in the African Cup and so I’ll be subbing him out, check and make sure your players are not taking part.

Mark Fowler, manager of Stay Up Pompey moves up to 4th, he says ‘ I owe my success to this great blog’.

Mike Bosley (Bozzies Babes) moves from 13the to 8th. With an impressive 43, he’s come a long way from when he got just 1 point earlier in the season. Mike would like to say ‘This Blogs advice has really helped me, thanks Jon’

Thanks lads for those kind words.

Richard Maxwell (Mint Tea) moves to number 3.

Dave Knowles with ‘1977,1978,1981,1984 & 2005 Thank you’ is still second but there is no change at the top with Andy Clarke still out front.

A gap is forming between the top 5 and rest of the top 10.

The top 10 looks like this

1) The All England Hula-hoop (32 this week) Total = 903
2) 1977,1978,1981,1984 & 2005 Thank you (32 this week) Total = 899
3) Mint tea (37 this week) Total = 881
4) Stay Up Pompey (50 this week) Total = 880
5) Outsource IT Direct (37 this week) Total = 870
5) Broxy blues (24 this week) Total = 870
7) Redstar Basildon (56 this week) Total = 839
8) Bozzies babes (43 this week) Total = 819
9) Hannah’s heros FC (39 this week) Total = 817
10) Too Good to Go Down (31 this week) Total = 815

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

 

MOTM for 7th 8th January 2006


Here are the Man of the Match awards for the 3rd round of the FA cup played
over the weekend.

I'm not sure whether those players in the premiership will receive the extra 5 points.

January 7th

Arsenal v Cardiff: D Bergkamp (Arsenal)
Blackburn v QPR: C Bellamy (Blackburn)
Chelsea v Huddersfield: L Diarra (Chelsea)
Hull v Villa: J Milner (Villa)
Ipswich v Portsmouth: D Currie (Ipswich)
Luton v Liverpool: S Gerrard (Liverpool)
Man City v Scunthorpe: R Fowler (Man City)
Millwall v Everton: A Marshall (Millwall)
Newcastle v Mansfield: A Baptiste (Mansfield)
Norwich v West Ham: M Etherington (West Ham)
Nuneaton v Middlesbrough: G Murphy (Nuneaton)
Sheff W v Charlton: B Hughes (Charlton)
Torquay v Birmingham: J Kuffour (Torquay United)
Watford v Bolton: K Fadiga (Bolton)
West Brom v Reading: C avies (West Brom)
Wigan v Leeds: S Henchoz (Wigan)

January 8th

Fulham v Leyton Orient: C Easton (Orient)
Sunderland v Northwich: D Whitehead (Sunderland)
Burton v Man Utd: S Deeney (Burton)
Leicester v Spurs: S Hughes (Leicester)

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Monday, January 09, 2006

 

FA Cup 4th Round Draw


Full draw for ties to be played on the weekend of the 28/29 January:

Stoke City/Tamworth v Barnsley/Walsall
Cheltenham Town/Chester City v Newcastle United
Coventry v Nuneaton Borough/Middlesbrough
West Brom/Reading v Torquay/Birmingham
Portsmouth v Liverpool
Leicester v Southampton
Bolton v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Port Vale
Brentford v Sunderland
Manchester City v Wigan/Leeds
Millwall/Everton v Chelsea
Preston v Crystal Palace
West Ham v Blackburn
Colchester v Derby
Charlton v Leyton Orient
Wolves v Burton/Manchester United

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Friday, January 06, 2006

 

MOTM for 4th January 2006


Sorry for the delay but better late then never!

Here's the man of the match for the Telegraph fantasy football game for
last wednesday night

Man City v Spurs Lennon MID TOT

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Thursday, January 05, 2006

 

Sean Returns


Sean Hanna jumps from 17 to 7th position with a very impressive 136 points. A lot of people think he just talks a good game and knows nothing about football well I’m, I mean they are eating their words now!

Andy Clarke retakes the lead, and Jason lee drops to 5th and now has Mark Fowler breathing down the back of his neck, very uncomfortable!

Watch out for John Kirkland and Richard Maxwell battling it our for 3rd and MikeCalverley moves to 9th from 14th.

The top ten looks like this and the sad news is I’m at 14th.

The only good news is Sunny has dropped down to 19th so its true that every cloud has a silver lining.

1)The All England Hula-Hoop Team w=100 t=871
2)1977,1978,1981,1984 & 2005 Thank you w=77 t=867
3)Broxy Blues w=116 t=846
4)Mint Tea w=115 t=844
5)Outsource IT direct w=90 t=833
6)Stay Up Pompey w=105 t=830
7)Too Good to Go Down w=136 t=784
8)Red Star Basildon w=99 t=783
9)Crème Da La Calverley w=113 t=782
10)Hannah’s Heroes FC w=112 t=778


Now that Essien looks like he’s out for a while I replaced him with M Carrick Yesterday.

It’s the FA cup at the weekend, so lots of players may be rested. I think teams who are over 800 points now still have a chance to win it.

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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

 

MOTM for 2nd 3rd January 2006


Sorry for the dela, Here are the Man of the Match awards for the
Telegraph Fantasy football game, each player receives another 5 points

Games played on the 2nd Jan

West Brom v Aston Villa Milner AVL
West Ham v Chelsea Gudjohnsen CHE
Birmingham v Wigan Pennant BIR
Bolton v Liverpool Gerrard LIV
Everton v Charlton Cahill EVE
Fulham v Sunderland John FUL
Newcastle v Middlesbrough Clark NEW
Blackburn v Portsmouth Pedersen M BLA

Game played on the 3rd Jan

Arsenal v Man United Toure ARS

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Tuesday, January 03, 2006

 

A New Year Same Old Story


Well done to Rob ‘Score on the doors’ Prentice for getting the results out to everyone over the Xmas period. Unfortunately I was too drunk to keep posting ‘how the team was doing’. I still kept up with the password and the man of the matches so I deserve a medal for that, well done me!

The top ten looks like this and the good news is I’m back at 10th.

1)1977,1978,1981,1984 & 2005 Thank you w=27 t=817
2)The All England Hula-Hoop Team w=43 t=814
3)Outsource IT direct w=43 t=786
4)Broxy Blues w=45 t=775
5)Mint Tea w=35 t=764
6)Stay Up Pompey w=39 t=764
7)Red Star Basildon w=44 t=728
8)Hannah’s Heroes FC w=61 t=727
9)TBU w=49 t=722
10)The Daddy Long Leg Clarets w=48 t=721


Well done to Jason Lee’s second team, sorry I mean his daughters Hannah’s! For getting the top score of 61 and moving up to 8th.

Andy Clarke back at 2 is looking good, but mint tea concentrating on the Liverpool defence is starting to lose ground.

Henry has scored finally over the holidays and I’m hoping he will do the business in the coming months.

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Monday, January 02, 2006

 

MOTM for 31st December 2005


Here are the Man Of the Match awards for Daily Telegraph Fantasy Football
for games played on the 31st December.

Aston Villa v Arsenal McCann AVL
Charlton v West Ham Bent D CHA
Chelsea v Birmingham Talyor Mk BIR
Liverpool v West Brom Kuszcak WBA
Man Utd v Bolton Rooney MUN
Middlesbrough v Man City Schwarzer MID
Portsmouth v Fulham O Neil POR
Sunderland v Everton Stead SUN
Tottenham v Newcastle Carrick TOT
Wigan v Blackburn Reid BLA


Each player gets an extra 5 points and also Happy New year to you all.
I'll show how my team is doing tomorrow after my hang over has gone.

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