the footie pool part II

[aquaphase]

So I was sitting here today coding my brains out, listening to some righteous punk and allowing my mind to wander (as I am apt to do) and began to think about the awesome World Cup pool we have going here (http://www.forkerscentral.com/WC for those of you not in the know).

My thoughts were (I know... thinking... shocking) that it would be damn easy to spin this out and just build a little Forkers footie portal to have pools for the major leagues out there. I'll drop the Premiership in there as well as next season's MLS along with any other leagues anyone else would like to take a crack at. All of the basic code is there, so it really wouldn't be too much work on my part (except the keeping up with scores for several hundred games, but I pretty much do that all the time anyway).

Would anyone be interested? I'd like to go with the same conditions we have for this one: pick the win or the draw. It seems to be both challenging and aggravating all at the same time. The only real difference is that I think I am going to try and wrap everything to just plain ol' GMT to standardize the timing (hell, I might even go to @beat time just because it's universal).

Any takers?

[roach]

i'm in. we should put money in it. make it interesting.

[sam]

Sure, I'll give it a try.

[lookout_kid]

i'd be in even though've done sooo badly at the w/c predictions

[aquaphase]

i'd be in even though've done sooo badly at the w/c predictions

practice makes perfect

[eebs]

sounds like fun - could we include some non league stuff?

[aquaphase]

sounds like fun - could we include some non league stuff?

sure. What were you thinking of?

[James]

I like stats games. Please add La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, UEFA Champs League....oh, and Champion's League! That will be awesome...

[eebs]

well this is the internet bible for non league fixtures and results:

http://www.btinternet.com/~tonykempster/

wessex prem or 1 could be a good bet, as the scores are reliably randomish (wessex 2 is a bit up in the air as some of the teams may not start the league). have to confess to some local knowledge on these ones though...

http://www.btinternet.com/~tonykempster/wess1.htm

http://www.btinternet.com/~tonykempster/wessp.htm

we could adopt this league which is a local league (below the non league)

http://www.btinternet.com/~tonykempster/york.htm

http://www.yorkleague.co.uk/

they've got some great team names too - Dringhouses,Pocklington Town, Wigginton Grasshoppers although sadly it appears that Malton Bacon Factory no longer have a team

[roach]

Wigginton Grasshoppers

My Reading beat the hell out of them last night in FIFA06.



US Open Cup?
http://www.usopencup.com/2005bracket/index_E.html

Romario is playing in one of the lower leagues for Miami FC. He's in Dallas today taking on Roma FC.

<---- old.

[sam]

...Romario is playing in one of the lower leagues for Miami FC. He's in Dallas today taking on Roma FC...

Not a bad working retirement really. Or maybe he blew his money on whatever rich Brazilians really like. I can only imagine.

[eebs]

isn't he still after a few goals to be the first player to reach a big number that i can't remember at the moment but could be 1000?

[roach]

isn't he still after a few goals to be the first player to reach a big number that i can't remember at the moment but could be 1000?

this sounds really familiar... someone on some board when he signed with miami brought it up. and the miami ladies don't hurt.

[mere1975]

The only kind of Footie Pool I like is the one that Sam got me for my birthday (or was it Christmas?) a while back.

- Mere "" 1975

[roach]

dallas roma won.
http://www.usopencup.com/home/138683.html

they play in a rec league, the players pay to play, and now they're moving on to play an MLS club. Kinda cool.