Was just about to do this, actually. Will try and update the scoreboard now....

More power to yer elbow, Sir Kettle. Looks like I'm now following the Bromley Contingent who scraped a last-minute winner at home to Worcester.

10^7 Guests is off the mark....David Agnew props us up. Kim Casey due to increase his lead at the top.

+ = tie not decided yet.

100 points:
+Kim Casey AFC Fylde****

71 points:

willie1foot Altrincham – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB**

70 points:

Etienne Altrincham**

67 points:

Duncan Gardner Bromley – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

64 points:

Jon Metropolitan Police – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
Slackster Metropolitan Police****

61 points:

torres Ebbsfleet United
mafu Gloucester City – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

60 points:

Diable Rouge Hereford United – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

57 points:

Rogin Guiseley AFC***

54 points:

mumpo Guiseley AFC – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
+Steveeeeeeee Chelmsford City

50 points:

Ellen5 Dorchester Town**

48 points:

Baptiste Bradford Park Avenue – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

41 points:

tee rex Guiseley – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB**
Bored of Education Wrexham**

40 points:

+1974ddr Ilkeston – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
mirko bolesan Gloucester City – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB**
imp Hereford United – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB***
MarkF Arlesey Town
Kryvbas Gripper Rih Bradford Park Avenue**

37 points:

ursus arctos Altrincham – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
+ TonTon Telford
+Mulch East Thurrock United***

35 points:

Kettle Gloucester City**

34 points:

delicatemoth Kidderminster Harriers
Glass Half Empty Mansfield Town
Kevchenko13 Metropolitan Police**

31 points:

+ Big Boobs and FIRE! Gosport Borough – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
ad hoc Altrincham**
Seven Saxon Kings Dorchester Town – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB***

30 points:

+Theodore Harrogate Town – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
+frontier psychiatrist Slough Town***
Mr Nil Hastings United – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

29 points:

Amor de Cosmos Hastings United**

28 points:

Janik Dorchester Town – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB**
Alderman Barnes Bishop’s Stortford **

27 points:

Crusoe Hastings United – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

25 points:

Billy Casper Hereford United – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

23 points:

benjm Hereford United**

22 points:

Hot Orange Bishop’s Stortford – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

21 points:

RobM Hereford United – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
+Sundeporino Harrogate Town – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
Sits With Remote Gloucester City – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

20 points:

Commodore Macclesfield Town – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
Third Rate Leszno Altrincham – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
Gangster Octopus Macclesfield Town – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
+Bizarre Low Triangle Forest Green Rovers
+JReece East Thurrock United – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
+Banana Banana Yate Town
hobbes Macclesfield Town – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
+My Name Is Ian Hayes & Yeading United**
pebblethefish Arlesey Town – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

19 points:

Kingsbury Saint Bishop’s Stortford – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

18 points:

+via vicaria Gosport Borough

17 points:

+oscar mike Harrogate Town**

14 points:

Felicity, I Guess So Bradford Park Avenue – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
scratchmonkey Cambridge City

12 points:

Sean Of The Shed Barrow
+MatJ Ilkeston**

11 points:

El Tel Altrincham – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
+E10 Rifle Borehamwood
john chapman Hendon
Incadenza Bishop’s Stortford – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

10 points:

nmrfox Stockport County
+Brian Garncarz Hayes & Yeading United – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
Toby Gymshorts Altrincham – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB
10^7 Guests Bromley**

6 points:

IBN Pickthall Braintree Town

5 points:

+Antepli Ejderha Newport County

3 points:

+David Agnew Ilkeston – CAN ADOPT A NEW CLUB

Ossett Albion actually lost 4-1, so I'm now stuck with nasty BPA.

Not for long - as Kryvbas Gripper Rih already had them, you can have one of the clubs in the first round draw. But you can't choose until that draw has been made.

Getting tricky now. I can stick with Guisely and wait for Rogin and Mumpo to jump first, or I can get out before them. High-stakes chicken.

Certainly is. I am inclined to forfeit my paltry 21 points and pick anew, since there would otherwise be 4 or 5 of us riding on Gloucester City which just doesn't feel right.

I can't dump Guiseley - I picked them up in round two when they beat Bamber Bridge. I now need them to heroically go out in the second round proper to a club someone else has got, so I can immediately adopt Liverpool when the third round proper draw's made.

Back of the net!

thanks for all this Kettle

Cheers Kettle, I'll stick with Hereford, should be a spicy derby against Shrewsbury.

First Round Draw - those who can adopt a new club can do so now - earliest reply will get first dibs on that tea. Formatting it all later on....

Kidderminster Harriers v Oldham Athletic
Boreham Wood v Brentford
Chelmsford City or East Thurrock v Colchester United
Metropolitan Police v Crawley Town
Luton Town v AFC Telford United or Nuneaton Town
Portsmouth v Notts County
Bishop's Stortford v Hastings United
Fleetwood Town v Bromley
Forest Green Rovers or Dartford v Port Vale
Torquay United v Hyde or Harrogate Town
AFC Bournemouth v Dagenham & Redbridge
Morecambe v Rochdale
Swindon Town v Macclesfield Town
Cambridge City v Milton Keynes Dons
Cheltenham Town v Yate Town or Newport County
Dorchester Town v Plymouth Argyle
Coventry City v Arlesey Town
York City v AFC Wimbledon
Bury v Exeter City
Chesterfield v Hartlepool United
Doncaster Rovers v Bradford Park Avenue
Gillingham v Scunthorpe United
Aldershot Town v Hendon
Lincoln City or FC Halifax Town v Walsall
Wrexham v Alfreton Town
Southend United v Stockport County
Crewe Alexandra v Wycombe Wanderers
Bristol Rovers v Sheffield United
Hereford United v Shrewsbury Town
Mansfield Town v Slough Town or Gosport Borough
Barnet v Oxford United
Rotherham United v Stevenage
AFC Fylde or Ilkeston Town v Accrington Stanley
Gloucester City v Leyton Orient
Burton Albion v Altrincham
Guiseley v Barrow
Northampton Town v Bradford City
Preston North End v Yeovil Town
Braintree Town v Tranmere Rovers
Carlisle United v Ebbsfleet United

Just remind me- I know it's been covered earlier but I got confused- does choosing a new club cost all your points, or half, or what?

Can I nip in and take Carlisle United then?

1974ddr wrote:


I decided to forego that administrative headfuck, so no points are being lost for adopting a new club.

Wycombe Wanderers for me please Kettle, particularly in light of the rule update!

It's no longer a monster, it's either a behemoth, a dreadnought or a leviathan.

C'mon Cambridge City, oh please oh please.

I feel that there should be addendum to the rules that if you get stuck with Franchise you should be able to pick a new club because you have to have a real one.

(Assuming that nobody is going to have the chutzpah to pick them voluntarily.)

I'll have Scunthorpe United. I don't understand why. I'm trying, I really am.

Kettle wrote:


Smart move. How about having two winners - the points table, and the "fair play" prize for the highest score without switching?

Damn- I was going for Carlisle but I've been beaten to it. In that case I'll go for Sheffield United please, for no better reason than dim memories of Currie and Woodward. And a buxom young lady embracing Tony Agana on the bench one time when we were playing there.

Can I have Stevenage (Borough) please? Have they achieved much since pipping Kingsbury Town to the 85-86 Isthmian Second Division North?