PP Hall of Fame

fame

The fact that this season ultimately turned into another disappointment for PNE didn't really surprise anyone after the appointment of Frank Mcavoy left most fans feeling a little disgruntled that once again we had gone for the cheap option. It did make predicting a little easier though, as most punters knew there would be more losses and draws than wins, except for the occasional game when luck went our way. The removal of Mr Cliché (get into channels, turn draws into wins...) suggested that a new manager - promising the Brazil 1970 team - would make predicting easier once again. However, after a few impressive results, PNE returned to normality by losing games we expected to win, and winning some we should have lost, leading to the inevitable just-below-mid-table finish. We've been here many times before haven't we!

All this made the predictions competition a game of two halves, beginning with punters in the top six spots bunched together, seperated by a handful of points, but changing after December when Keith (sagwhite) and Gary (costablancawhite) began to slowly pull away from the pack, turning the competition almost into a two horse race despite the efforts of Paul (Bedford white) and Marcus (pom). Eventually it came down to the top two to fight it out, but even then nothing was simple as, with PNE's erratic form the last 8/9 games (omiting the usual spanking at Fulham), all matches seemed to offer a possible win, draw or loss, so Predictions Points were few and far between. Eventually, Keith staggered over the line, not with swashbuckling predictions of 6 pointers but with just enough one's, three's and four's to fend off the challenge of Gary in what was another low-scoring competition.

Keith had taken the lead in the 18th game and stayed top until the end of the season. He becomes the first punter to win the famous trophy three times following previous successes in 2012-13 and 2018-19, and allows Spain to continue to punch above its weight against the "big two" of England and Australia.

The remaining top six after Keith & Gary were: Steve (Tricky One), Paul (Bedford White), last years champion Mark (walrus) and former champion Mike (pneireland), and it was only the second time in the history of the competition that all the podium places were filled without a single representative from the southern hemisphere.

A modicum of salve for the wounded pride of those Downunder came in the result of the PP cup competiton, where Marcus (pom) lifted his first PP trophy after a close-fought campaign in which just a single point seperated the top four punters. Marcus now has his first title after a few close shaves and backed that up with a 7th place finish in the league competition.

And so the world-famous and much-travelled PP Trophy heads off for another year to Madrid where, after a third success in the competition, Keith can now look forward to even greater fame and fortune. Talks regarding a proposed film of his life from humble beginnings in the back streets of Deepdale to three times winner of the prestigious PP Trophy are ongoing with Warner Brothers, so watch this space!

Well played all, and thanks for taking part. Here's to the next campaign.

The PP board and the press descended on Keith's house for the trophy presentation

presentation

Let's not forget the Cup Competition winners either.

The All time PP Leaderboard.

And of course the lavish awards ceremony went off with a bang!.

Final Table Top Positions - 2021-22

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	sagwhite	46	4	17	95
2.	costablanca white	46	6	11	86
3.	Tricky One	46	6	9	82
4.	Bedford white	46	5	10	81
5.	walrus	46	4	12	79
6.	pneireland	46	4	11	79
7.	pom	43	3	14	78
8.	crusader	41	3	13	76
9.	hamiltonmachine	40	5	9	73
10.	Snow White	46	4	10	70
11.	Nobber61	46	4	8	67
12.	martin	42	5	7	66

Keith Napoleon - sagwhite

Final Table Top Positions - 2020-21

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	walrus	46	5	15	94
2.	hamiltonmachine	45	7	11	93
3.	pom	46	3	14	81
4.	pneireland	45	5	10	76
5.	Nobber61	46	2	14	71
6.	Glen-Pne	45	2	11	70
7.	martin	38	3	11	67
8.	Drongo	46	2	12	65
9.	Snow White	46	1	14	65
10.	davidmyer	46	3	7	55
11.	sagwhite	46	1	10	55
12.	costablanca white	46	0	9	49

Mark Dixon - Walrus

Final Table Top Positions - 2019-20

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	Drongo	46	7	17	116
2.	davidmyer	46	7	15	111
3.	Glen-Pne	46	5	19	106
4.	Snow White	44	6	16	103
5.	Nobber61	46	5	15	101
6.	Tricky One	44	6	14	98
7.	pom	45	5	15	97
8.	pneireland	46	3	18	89
9.	sagwhite	46	5	13	88
10.	northern light	45	2	19	88
11.	dazzla	30	6	13	85
12.	costablanca white	46	1	17	80

Trevor Whiteside - Drongo

Final Table Top Positions - 2018-19

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	sagwhite	46	6	17	108
2.	hamiltonmachine	46	8	12	101
3.	Snow White	46	4	17	91
4.	Drongo	46	2	18	89
5.	davidmyer	45	4	15	85
6.	costablanca white	46	3	14	79
7.	Egg	45	5	11	78
8.	Sparks	40	4	10	73
9.	Nobber61	46	3	13	73
10.	Milsey	45	3	13	72
11.	pom	38	2	15	72
12.	crusader	43	3	11	70

Keith Napoleon - sagwhite

Final Table Top Positions - 2017-18

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	costablanca white	46	10	10	110
2.	davidmyer	46	9	12	105
3.	Glen-Pne	44	8	12	99
4.	Bastard X	46	8	9	96
5.	sagwhite	46	7	10	95
6.	Drongo	45	4	15	95
7.	dazzla	45	7	10	94
8.	Johnno	46	4	15	90
9.	walrus	46	4	14	89
10.	Norfolk and Idea	46	3	16	86
11.	northern light	46	5	12	83
12.	Nobber61	44	3	15	82

Gary Butterworth - CostaBlancaWhite

Final Table Top Positions - 2016-17

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	davidmyer	46	5	16	100
2.	davidingram	46	3	16	94
3.	Sparks	46	5	13	91
4.	hamiltonmachine	46	7	9	90
5.	Milsey	45	6	12	87
6.	Nobber61	43	3	17	85
7.	pom	44	3	16	85
8.	Drongo	44	5	12	83
9.	Norfolk and Idea	45	2	16	83
10.	davepne	46	5	14	82
11.	walrus	46	3	13	82
12.	costablanca white	46	2	17	82

David Myer

Final Table Top Positions - 2015-16

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	northern light	45	7	16	105
2.	davidmyer	46	8	10	99
3.	Snow White	46	6	15	96
4.	KIM	45	8	9	92
5.	walrus	46	5	10	87
6.	costablanca white	46	4	13	86
7.	hamiltonmachine	46	5	11	84
8.	davidingram	46	4	10	83
9.	Glen-Pne	46	6	9	81
10.	Milsey	44	4	13	80
11.	crusader	42	3	15	80
12.	dazzla	38	3	13	80

John-Arne Skolbekken - Northern Light

Final Table Top Positions - 2014-15

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	walrus	45	8	17	124
2.	Norfolk and Idea	47	9	15	119
3.	Big G	47	8	17	118
4.	costablanca white	47	6	21	116
5.	davidingram	47	6	19	115
6.	Snow White	46	7	18	112
7.	Drongo	47	6	18	111
8.	delboy	42	6	17	109
9.	pom	47	0	26	105
10.	SteveJ	47	0	26	104
11.	davepne	47	6	18	103
12.	davidmyer	44	5	17	103

Mark Dixon - Walrus

Final Table Top Positions - 2013-14

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	pneireland	45	8	18	119
2.	Glen-Pne	47	7	20	117
3.	infidel	47	5	21	114
4.	Snow White	47	4	23	113
5.	davidmyer	47	5	20	108
6.	costablanca white	47	3	22	107
7.	Tricky One	43	6	17	103
8.	Big G	46	5	19	102
9.	Drongo	47	4	20	102
10.	delboy	47	4	20	102
11.	walrus	46	4	19	102
12.	davepne	45	4	18	100

Mike McGuckian - pneireland

Final Table Top Positions - 2012-13

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	sagwhite	47	8	11	100
2.	hamiltonmachine	47	7	12	96
3.	Glen-Pne	45	5	13	92
4.	davepne	47	6	10	86
5.	costablanca white	47	7	8	84
6.	cloud9 pne10	43	4	13	84
7.	Snow White	45	6	10	83
8.	Bastard X	47	3	14	81
9.	stevef_melb	46	7	7	80
10.	Kevin	45	4	12	80
11.	Lamb	46	2	15	80
12.	infidel	46	5	10	79

Keith Napoleon - sagwhite

Final Table Top Positions - 2011-12

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	Glen- Pne	47	5	19	104
2.	dazzla	44	7	14	97
3.	Walrus	47	6	13	97
4.	abitrich	47	7	13	95
5.	sagwhite	47	5	14	95
6.	costablanca white	47	3	18	95
7.	Kevin	45	4	14	87
8.	Drongo	47	3	16	86
9.	Freo_White	47	5	11	82
10.	HamiltonMachine	47	2	16	82
11.	SteveJ	47	3	15	79
12.	stevef_melb	43	1	16	76

Glen Botham - Glen-pne

Final Table Top Positions - 2010-11

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	TotalPete	47	7	17	111
2.	HamiltonMachine	47	5	15	97
3.	stevef_melb	47	6	12	96
4.	Drongo	47	7	11	88
5.	Sagwhite	47	4	15	88
6.	Bill	47	4	15	87
7.	Tricky One	47	4	10	86
8.	DavidMyer	47	7	8	82
9.	Glen- PNE	47	5	12	80
10.	abitrich	47	6	8	80
11.	little jo	47	3	14	76
12.	bushpne	47	1	15	67

Pete Day - totalpete

Final Table Top Positions - 2009-10

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	Mick	47	2	22	104
2.	Steve_melb_champ	41	6	16	98
3.	sagwhite	46	3	20	95
4.	HamiltonMachine	47	2	19	92
5.	Snow White	47	3	16	90
6.	abitrich	44	5	13	89
7.	costablanca white	47	5	13	89
8.	Jusufi	35	6	13	88
9.	Little Jo	42	6	12	87
10.	Moonraker White	44	2	19	87
11.	Drongo	47	2	17	84
12.	davidmyer	47	4	11	77

Mick Orr

Final Table Top Positions - 2008-09

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	steve_melb	40	6	14	96
2.	Drongo	41	5	14	92
3.	pnestevej	41	5	13	86
4.	bali north end	41	6	11	84
5.	Snow White	41	5	12	83
6.	Norfolk and Idea	41	2	17	83
7.	HamiltonMachine	41	5	13	80
8.	Dazzla	37	4	12	78
9.	sagwhite	40	6	8	78
10.	Delboy	41	4	13	77
11.	FNB66	39	2	15	76
12.	Bill	40	3	13	74

Steve_Fishwick - steve_melb

Final Table Top Positions - 2007-08

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	SteveBreck	46	6	21	84
2.	mccoist75	47	7	14	75
3.	haslandboy	47	4	17	74
4.	bali north end	46	3	20	74
5.	Steve_PNE_Melbourne	46	3	18	74
6.	Delboy	44	5	17	68
7.	markitoss	46	3	16	68
8.	sagwhite	46	3	16	66
9.	welsh.boy	36	5	16	65
10.	Norfolk and Idea	47	5	15	65
11.	lamb	47	4	15	64
12.	Drongo	47	2	16	62

SteveBreck

Final Table Top Positions - 2006-07

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	HamiltonMachine	46	9	23	89
2.	Delboy	46	8	20	82
3.	SteveBreck	44	6	19	78
4.	lamb	41	6	20	77
5.	Norfolk and chance	46	5	23	75
6.	kingkev	45	3	20	70
7.	Steve_PNE_Melbourne	46	3	19	70
8.	sagwhite	44	4	16	69
9.	Mick255	46	4	17	69
10.	glen_pne	45	2	17	67
11.	andrewjhindle	46	2	17	66
12.	Drongo	47	3	17	65

Barry Whiteley - HamiltonMachine

Final Table Top Positions - 2005-06

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	Snow White	48	9	24	100
2.	Drongo	47	8	21	91
3.	Delboy	47	6	17	81
4.	johnno	48	4	19	79
5.	Norfolk and chance	45	5	21	78
6.	Plague Pit	47	4	16	75
7.	glen_pne	47	4	18	75
8.	Steve_PNE_Melbourne	42	3	19	73
9.	Mick255	47	8	15	72
10.	HamiltonMachine	47	6	17	72
11.	sagwhite	46	3	17	70
12.	Loyalish	45	2	17	67

Barb Cooper - SnowWhite