And The Champion Is........

KYLE BRIGGS is the Champion of PREDICTASOCCER World Cup Extra 2014.
He finished 145 points clear of Runner Up, VICKY ROWBOTHAM.
Kyle takes away his title Champion certificate and £60 prize money.
Vicky Rowbotham receives a Free Entry into the 2014/15 PREDICTASOCCER LEAGUE competition.
Congratulations to both Kyle and Vicky.

Germany won 1-0 in extra time, after a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes, to become the World Champions 2014.

Thanks to all of you who took part in our competition this year and hope you will join us in 2016 for the European Championship Extra.
Until then, please join us in the PREDICTASOCCER LEAGUE and PREDICTASOCCER Super League.
For full details go to www.predictasoccer.blogspot.com

I'm Still Here (Just)

Apologies for not updating since the quarter finals, but my hard drive decided to break down at the wrong time. All of my PREDICTASOCCER LEAGUE files have been lost, so I'm battling to produce next seasons competition. Have no fear. It WILL happen.
As for the World Cup Extra, luckily I have kept the details. However, due to time restrictions, the format of the league tables and other information will look differently, but I guarantee it WILL be correct.

Quarter Finals In The Bag

The Quarter Finals have been completed and this great World Cup continues to bring us brilliant entertainment. First up were France and Germany. It was the least entertaining match of the four matches, and with just a 1-0 win. Germany went through to the Semi Finals, but who would they play?
The answer came in the next game, Brazil v Colombia. The hosts were up against a formidable opponent but came out 2-1 winners so it will be Brazil v Germany for one Semi Final.
The other one? Well, Holland and Costa Rica had to go to penalties to decide their match, with Holland coming away the victors, and then had a short wait to find out who their semi final opponents would be.
Although this Quarter Final match only had one goal in it, it was a very good game. Argentina beat Belgium 1-0 which confirmed that the second semi final will be Argentina v Holland.

As for our competition, leader KYLE BRIGGS increased his lead by gaining two maximum 50 pointers and two 25's. Also getting 2 of each was DENISE HANCOCK, which pushes her into 2nd place.

With a maximum 225 points left to play for, mathematically its anyone from the top 8 of our league table. Realistically, it's looking like KYLE BRIGGS should become champion, with the 2nd spot (free entry to 2014/15 season) up for grabs for most everyone else (except for me).

For full up to date details on our competition and the latest league table, click on the 'Points & Tables' tab and the 'Members Log' tab at the top of this website.

First Round Knock Outs Over

Yesterday saw the final matches from round One of the Knock Out section of the World Cup. And what fantastic two games we saw !

Firstly, Argentina played Switzerland, and it took Argentina until the 118th minute, inside extra time to secure a 1-0 win over Switzerland. Not the best match of the World Cup for football purists, but as a tactical match it was terrific.

The second match of the day, was Belgium v USA. On paper, Belgium looked to be the stronger side, but the USA side showed more steel and determination to not give in than any other side in this World Cup so far, Unfortunetly for the States however, the Belgians scored twice in Extra Time. No-one would have blamed the Americans if their heads had dropped at this point. However, they still didn't give up and in fact managed to score a consolation goal to make it a 2-1 win for Belgium. They now go on to play Argentina in the Quarter Finals.
VICKY ROWBOTHAM scored another 50 point maximum, along with KYLE BRIGGS.
To see who got any other points and the latest table, click on the 'Points and Tables' tab, plus the 'Members Lo'g tab.

Day 3 Of Knock Outs

Games 5 & 6 were played yesterday, with France beating Nigeria 2-0 and the Germans winning a very close game 2-1 AET against Algeria. That means all the African nations teams are now out of the World Cup.
This means France will play Germany in the Quarter-Finals.
Quite a few of you scored some maximum 50 pointers in these two games. BRANDON WOLFE got 2 to give him 100 points, whilst TRACI WOLFE, JOEL KERRIGAN, PAUL LANE, DAVID SHEPHERD, VICKY ROWBOTHAM and WAYNE STOCKS got a 50 pointer each.
To see all the points and how you are doing, click on the 'Members Log' and the 'Points and Tables' tab, where you will also see the updated league table.

It's A Knock Out

We're into the second day of the Knock Out Stages, with four matches played.

BRAZIL had to take the game to penalties against Chile, but eventually made it through to the Quarter-Finals, to face Colombia, who beat Uruguay 2-0.

Holland had to come from 1-0 down to beat Mexico 2-1, whilst Costa Rica kept their dreams alive by defeating Greece on penalties.

Of course, getting the right predictions is even more important now, as the points are increased to 25 points for the correct team OR the correct score. For both correct, it's a massive 50 points.

From these 4 knock out games, BRANDON WOLFE, KEV BARRATT, KYLE BRIGGS, VICKY ROWBOTHAM and DENISE HANCOCK, have all managed to gain one maximum 50 pointer each so far.

Group Stages Close

The Group Stages were completed yesterday with Germany and the USA qualifying from Group G, and Belgium and Algeria both qualifying from Group H.
USA pipped Portugal on goal difference, whilst Algeria qualified to the Knock Out stages for the first time in their World Cup history.
TRACI WOLFE scored three lots of maximum 10 points out of the four matches, with BRANDON WOLFE and KEV BARRATT also getting a maximum each.
to see if YOU scored any points and how it affects your league places, just click on the 'Points and tables' tab above.