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Lincolnshire Individual SCORECAST LEAGUE 2005-2006 season Run in conjunction with Lincs Racing, Artillery Row, Boston The Lincolnshire Individual Scorecast League is a football predictions competition run this season as a fund-raising venture for Boston Cricket Club. Entrants listed below have completed forms before the start of the 2005-2006 football season and points are accumulated on the basis of FIVE for an exactly correct scoreline prediction or THREE if only the correct result (home, away or draw) is indicated. Additional regular bonus points are added during the season (details featured below). Overall end-of-season prizes will be as follows: CHAMPION, £150; RUNNER-UP £100; THIRD £60; FOURTH £30. There will also be a bonus prize fund of £60 to be shared by entrants finishing the competition on exactly 85 points.
BONUS SECTIONS	Pts	TEAM(S)
First Premiership team to score a penalty (goal times to decide based on full weekend programme)	5	Arsenal
First team to score six goals in one league match	5	Swansea (v Bristol City)
First team with a player to score four goals in one league match	5	None
Team to go longest without a home league win from the start of the season	5	Sunderland
Number of non-league teams to reach the third round of the FA Cup	5	Four
Team to have the longest unbeaten away league record from the start of the season	5	Reading
Team to be at the top of the Conference at midnight, December 31, 2005	5	Accrington Stanley
Teams to be bottom of Premiership, Championship, League One and League Two at midnight on December 31, 2005	10 each	Sunderland, Crewe Alexandra, Milton Keynes, Stockport
Team to win the LDV Vans Trophy	5	Swansea
FA Cup finalists	10 each	Liverpool and West Ham
Carling Cup finalists	10 each	Manchester Utd and Wigan Athletic
Top three finishers in Premiership, Championship, League One and League Two	10 each	Premiership: 1 Chelsea, 2 Man Utd, 3 Liverpool Championship: 1 Reading, 2 Sheff Utd, 3 Watford League One: 1 Southend, 2 Colchester, 3 Brentford League Two: 1 Carlisle, 2 Northampton, 3 Orient
Final summary: The 2005-2006 season of Scorecast League action is now complete. And, subject to final recheck and ratification, top honours are heading for sports reporter Duncan Browne of the Boston Standard who has amazed his pals and associates alike by somehow scrambling back to the top of the pile, largely on the strength of bagging 40 bonus points from his end-of-season predictions. John Morris and Linda Page will share the second placed spoils while John Shelson has secured fourth place. Six contestants share the bonus prize for finishing on 85 points (see pink section in table below). Leigh Starbuck was the only competitor to list the word “none” against the sub-section for the first team to have one player scoring four goals in a match and thus stood alone as a five-point recipient here. The only person not to collect any points from the multitude of divisional final placings was Jean Rose of Boston who, judging by her choices, must have mis-read the category as “list the bottom three teams!” But, it’s all part of the fun of Scorecasting. Watch out for next season’s competition. And in the meantime, don’t forget the deadline for World Cup Scorecast entries is fast approaching — it’s June 8. Sheets are now available and are being distributed. Anyone wanting entry forms posting can email their full postal details to the bostoncricketclub@fsmail.net address.
Complete results round-up: August: Barnet 1, Bristol Rovers 1; Plymouth 3, Watford 3; Leicester 0, Ipswich 0; Stockport 1, Notts County 1.   September: Carlisle 2, Macclesfield 0; MK Dons 1, Swansea 3 (re-arranged); Fulham 1, West Ham 2; Nottingham Forest 3, Bristol City 1 (re-arranged); Stoke 1, Wolves 3; Huddersfield 1, Tranmere 0.  October: Port Vale 3 Walsall 2; Blackpool 1, Colchester 2; Brighton 1, Cardiff 2; Rushden 3, Shrewsbury 0; Scunthorpe 4, Oldham 2. November: Manchester United 1, Chelsea 0; Bradford City 0, Barnsley 0; Southampton 3, Leeds 4; Luton 4, Crewe 1; Bury 0, Cheltenham 1. December: Sheff Utd 1, Sheff Weds 0; Newcastle 1, Arsenal 0; Rochdale 2, Leyton Orient 4; Northampton 1, Mansfield 0; Everton 1, Liverpool 3. January: QPR 1, Burnley 1; Yeovil 2, Hartlepool 0; Reading 2, Coventry 0; Oxford 0, Darlington 2; Grimsby 1, Peterborough 2. February: Wrexham 2, Wycombe 0; Sunderland 1, Tottenham 1; Millwall 1, Hull 1; Doncaster 2, Gillingham 0; Rotherham 0, Chesterfield 4. March: Chester 1, Torquay 1 (re-arranged); Charlton 2, Middlesbrough 1; Boston United 2, Lincoln City 1; Derby 2, Crystal Palace 1. April: Bournemouth 1, Southend 1; Preston 2, Norwich 0; Aston Villa 3, Birmingham 1; West Brom 0, Bolton 0; Swindon 1, Brentford 3; Wigan 1, Portsmouth 2. May: Blackburn 2, Man City 0.

Final Scorecast League positions (updated May 7) including all bonus sections FINAL POSITIONS BELOW HAVE BEEN RECHECKED AND RATIFIED
Pos	Entrant	Pld	Bon	Pts	Pos	Entrant	Pld	Bon	Pts
1	Browne D	46	60	146	167	Anderson S	46	35	91
=2	Morris John	46	67	143	168	Chapman P (Lincoln)	46	32	91
=2	Page L	46	70	143	169	Dunham S	46	40	91
4	Shelson J	46	60	136	170	Pearson M	46	40	91
5	Dickinson L	46	55	135	171	Reeson K	46	35	91
6	Coote G R	46	75	132	172	Black J	46	35	90
7	Dodson G 2	46	65	132	173	Gray S	46	30	90
8	Priestley R	46	55	130	174	Hasler T	46	35	90
9	Menzies E	46	60	129	175	Higgins A	46	35	90
10	Miller T	46	35	127	176	Hilton M	46	35	90
11	Newton A	46	50	127	177	Hird A	46	30	90
12	Pickering L	46	60	126	178	Holmes N	46	45	90
13	Todd G R	46	50	126	179	Lambert D	46	30	90
14	Hird R	46	55	125	180	Starbuck L	46	35	90
15	Cooper D	46	50	124	181	Waterson P	46	30	90
16	Hilton C	46	50	122	182	Burdass L	46	22	89
17	Blissett M	46	45	119	183	Daulton Jackie	46	30	89
18	Clark A F	46	40	119	184	Davies S	46	32	89
19	Bavin P A	46	45	118	185	Day M	46	35	89
20	Gibbons D	46	60	118	186	Gray Chris	46	40	89
21	Spencer N	46	55	118	187	Hilton S	46	40	89
22	Beck J	46	55	117	188	Ingamells N	46	30	89
23	Coleman R	46	60	117	189	Mountain N	46	25	89
24	Elkington L	46	54	116	190	Tansley A	46	45	89
25	Wright P	46	45	116	191	Day N	46	25	88
26	Barnes J	46	37	115	192	Gibbons K	46	30	88
27	Dorr A	46	40