Gameweek 26 saw 256 fantasy managers battle it out in the first round of the Members Paddy Power Cup. With scores spanning a range of 78 points and an incredible average score of 75, heavy defeats were the order of the round, and ties decided by the slightest of margins evoked more heartbreak than normal. To see the full list of results click here, for a brief round-up of the highs and lows of the first round read on…
We had a total of nine centurions in the round, with Mark on the end of an absolute tonking from one of them:
- Civan 103 – 52 Mike
- Dick Fran Dyke 101 – 40 Ham
- Goose 104 – 66 CROUCHINHO
- Walky Talky 100 – 75 Chuckie
- stebwfc 107 – 86 alex234
- RafaMC 108 – 47 Mark
- Aldershot Rejects 102 – 78 AliMcGlashan
- fiacloir 105 – 85 Jimmers
- xabi_14 100 – 86 n1jimmy
Although achieving the top score in the round, RafaMC didn’t inflict the heaviest defeat on poor Mark. That title goes to Cesc no Drogs who put the lowest scorer of the round, NuttyWutty, to the sword 93 – 30, putting a whopping 63 points between them. The fifth fixture on that list between stebwfc and alex234 was the highest aggregate scoring match-up of the round.
Drubbings aside, and there were six fixtures decided by just a single point. MagNanimous, biegs, Gavin, Boofstein, Dangeroussnails and Write Home, edged out bantamstu, Peter, kieran0426, Johnny Unitas, fudokung and Attila the Bum respectively.
Closer still was trisonetwo‘s 86 – 86 draw with tomcon, with the former advancing thanks to his superior overall rank.
The luckiest manager of the round is probably Geraldo1977, who squeezed into the second round with the lowest score good enough to get a win, as he saw off the aptly-named Cannon Fodder, 54 – 50.
At the other end of that spectrum, was Zizo and soulman27, who must bemused as to how they haven’t made the next round after losing 95 – 90 to Vanilla Kush F.C. and 94 – 90 to our very own Granville, respectively.
Although I think another extremely unlucky manager was Akers, who lost to pompeyfan somehow.
Congratulations to the 128 fantasy mangers progressing to the second round. The fixtures for the next stage will be announced in an article at the end of the week.
The prizes for the competition, provided by Paddy Power, are a free £150 bet for the winner, £75 for the runner-up and £50 for third place.
If you’re not with Paddy Power yet, then you can sign up via this site and get a free £20 when you register and bet £10. (All offers are only available to those aged 18 and over and are subject to Paddy Power’s terms and conditions.)
