Pretty even scores but from only 6 games that's to be expected. Everyone got a 2-point joker but I doubt we deserve pats on the back for picking Bolton v Forest Green and Ipswich v Morecambe. Such "certainties" do go wrong but not tonight. No change in the league table positions: There are 8 games on Saturday, the first of which kicks off at 12:30. Oxford play on Saturday but then have another game, against Barnsley, on Wednesday. If you want to include that with your Saturday forecast, please do so, but I'm going to treat that Wednesday match as being separate for scoring purposes. I didn't envisage teams playing twice in the same round of fixtures and although I don't think that would cause a problem, I'm not risking it. Also, call me pedantic, but I want Oxford's Saturday result before predicting what they might do on Wednesday!
Sat 28th Jan Charlton...1-2...Bolton Burton A...1-0...Oxford Cheltenham...1-0...Port Vale Lincoln...1-0...Cambridge MK Dons...1-2...Exeter Morecambe...0-1...Bristol R Peterborough...1-1...Portsmouth Shrewsbury...2-0...FG Rovers.....(joker) Wed 1st Feb. Oxford...1-1...Barnsley
Sat 28th Charlton 1-2 Bolton Burton 1-1Oxford Cheltenham 1-1 Port Vale Lincoln 1-0 Cambridge MK Dons 1-1 Exeter Morecambe 1-2 Bristol Peterborough 1-0 Portsmouth Shrewsbury 3-1 FG (Joker) Wed. Oxford 1-2 Burnley
Sat 28th Charlton 1 v 1 Bolton Burton 1 v 1 Oxford Cheltenham 1 v 1 Port Vale Lincoln 2 v 1 Cambridge MK Dons 1 v 2 Exeter Morecambe 2 v 2 Bristol Peterborough 2 v 1 Portsmouth Shrewsbury 2 v 1 FGR (J) Wed. Oxford 1 v 1 Barnsley
Charlton...1-0...Bolton Burton A...1-2...Oxford Cheltenham...1-1...Port Vale Lincoln...2-0...Cambridge JOKER MK Dons...2-0...Exeter Morecambe...2-1...Bristol R Peterborough...3-1...Portsmouth Shrewsbury...2-0...FG Rovers.... Oxford...2-0...Barnsley
Charlton 2 - 0 Bolton Burton 1 - 2 Oxford Cheltenham 1 - 1 Port Vale Lincoln 2 - 0 Cambridge {joker} MK Dons 1 - 2 Exeter Morecambe 1 - 1 Bristol Rov Peterborough 2 - 2 Portsmouth Shrewsbury 3 - 0 FG Rovers Oxford 1 - 0 Barnsley
Sat 28th Charlton 1 v 0 Bolton Burton 1 v 2 Oxford Cheltenham 1 v 1 Port Vale Lincoln 2 v 0 Cambridge Joker MK Dons 1 v 1 Exeter Morecambe 0 v 2 Bristol Rovers Peterborough 2 v 0 Portsmouth Shrewsbury 2 v 0 FGR Weds Oxford 2 v 1 Barnsley
Charlton 1 -1 Bolton Burton 2 - 1 Oxford Cheltenham 2 - 1 Port Vale Lincoln 2 - 1 Cambridge MK Dons 2 - 1 Exeter Morecambe 2 - 1 Bristol Rov Peterborough 2 - 1 Portsmouth Joker Shrewsbury 1 - 1 FGR Oxford 0 - 1 Barnsley
Ah, a joker with curly brackets... very posh. Lincoln and Shrewsbury are the favourites but Lyndhurst has gone solo on Peterborough to beat Portsmouth. It seems odd to say it, but those two are not really on our radar at the moment.
Morecambe 5 Bristol Rovers 1. Hmmm. Lyndhurst's solo choice of Peterborough v Portsmouth paid off with 6 points. Well judged that man. Mustyfrog got the Shrewsbury score spot on too within a total of 11 points, which was matched by... me. If I knew how that had happened, I'd do it again next week, but it still leaves me propping up the rest. No changes in league position. I think I have scores from all of you for the one game on Wednesday. Then we repeat the process: there's a full card on Saturday, including Argyle's trip to Sheffield Wednesday with 3,200 fans. Port Vale then host Accrington on Tuesday: it's up to you whether you bundle up your forecasts for that game with Saturday's but I will be treating it as a separate round of one.
Phew........The Shrewsbury joker nearly came completely unstuck for four of us......who would expected to rely on an 94th and 98th minute double for Shrewsbury to beat FG Rovers.