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Once again the Championship season for PNE spluttered briefly to give us all hope of an exciting finale, before fizzling out to its more realistic end. However, the renowned Preston Predictions competition once again delivered a nail-biting, final-whistle finish.

Everyone turned up for another season expecting to see, as promised, some "Total Football", but this is PNE, so they slightly altered the concept of the Dutch masters to "Total Hoofball" with a string of 0-0 scorelines in the first few games, which virtually removed any expectation anyone had of this being the season! In fact, after twelve games PNE had a record of 4 goals scored and 4 goals conceded-- hardly the stuff of world beaters, but we did win three of those games, albeit by three 1-0 scorelines (well we don't want to get carried away with all that goal-scoring nonsense now do we?)

So we went with the usual system of win one, lose one and draw one, and mid table mediocrity seemed nailed on for another season. That is, until the January transfer window when PNE did something unusual-- they actually signed a striker who knew where the opposition goal was and, also strangely, understood the concept that his job was to put the ball in said goal. Things improved and, as if by magic, with five games to go we were on the same points as sixth placed Millwall. However, just when the optimism grew, PNE returned to form and collected just one point from the next twelve and slid back to mid table! Of course all this made the Predictions Competition a little more interesting.

With all the early season 0-0 draws, it might have been expected that PP points would be hard to come by, especially the sought-after six points, but no! Step forward Steve (Tricky One) who amassed forty points from the first twelve games, thereby taking a twelve point lead. Mind you, anyone who goes into a new season with optimism but can then predict a 0-0 against the mighty Wigan deserves all the points they get. So Steve started off with that six points from the first game and it seemed he was destined to go on to eternal fame and glory. However, just then Mark (Walrus) came up with a run that left Steve, after his alarming slump, four points behind him in third place after game twenty-six. At this stage, two-time champion Mark was the bookies favourite, having been here before and done the business, but he then proceeded to do a "PNE" and, from a promising position, managed to cock things up completely and was consequently out of the running by game thirty-five.

This left David with a comfortable lead ahead of Steve, and things looked sewn up, but then David announced that his must be a record after predicting twelve correct results on the trot. This incurred the wrath of the PP Gods, who showed David a yellow card for “being too cocky”, and he then tried for a different award-- that of blowing the biggest advantage ever in PP history with ten games left, allowing Steve to chip away at the lead. David wobbled and Steve came up with the goods, and going into the last game found himself just one point behind. Alas, it was not to be for Steve, and after both predicted the same score in the final round, David was declared champion for a second time after his win in 2016-17. So it was hard luck on Steve who put in a great season of predictions and only missed out by one point.

So once again the PP Competition went down to the last match, and none of the four who finished in the play-off places were guaranteed a top six spot until the very last day. They were, in order, Mark (Walrus), Barb (Snow White), Glen (Glenpne), Mark (WorcesterWhite) and John-Arne took the cup competition. So congratulations to the above and well played on keeping interest going until the last whistle of the season. Let’s have more of the same in the next campaign please.

And so, after last year's disastrous performance by the Aussies, the world- famous and much-travelled trophy heads off Downunder for another year, and pride has now been restored, especially as David's win leaves Australia as outright leader of the international contest with six championships. England are in second place with five, so it’s all to play for again next year.

We hope, by the start of next season, to have the new software up and running. With a bit of luck this should solve the problems we have been experiencing recently with the system now being so old and decrepit. The new site should even have some extra goodies not available until now, so we hope you all come back for the new season.

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

The PP board descended on David's boat for drinkies & nibbles, eventually remembering to present the trophy

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 - 2022-23

Pos	Name	P	CS	CR	Pts

1.	davidmyer	46	8	16	110
2.	Tricky One	46	9	13	109
3.	walrus	46	6	11	87
4.	Snow White	46	3	16	86
5.	glenpne	44	8	8	85
6.	WorcesterWhite	41	5	12	83
7.	pneireland	45	4	14	83
8.	costablanca white	46	6	8	82
9.	Drongo	46	4	12	75
10.	pom	45	4	11	73
11.	hamiltonmachine	45	5	7	72
12.	Bedford white	45	3	12	71

David Myer

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