1. IT ALL BEGINS HERE

19 AUG:
As you may know, this tipping comp is still in its early stages and lessons are being learned as we progress.
Firstly from the weekend just passed, we had 1 game on the Sunday and 1 on the Monday. In looking back at the scores on Sunday morning, and reviewing the possible outcomes of the last two games, there was not much scope to alter the scorelines with only 2 games to play. The Burnley - Chelsea game in particular was all but a dead rubber with 19 players all tipping the same outcome.

So to try to make the comp a bit more interesting, there will be a positive effort to have all games played out on Saturday and Sunday, and reduce the Monday games.This will come into effect from week 3.
As for week 2, we will carry on as per initial plan.

So, to the results.
Your results as below, and the actual match results are in the sidebar (may not appear on handhelds).

@MattGoss_	3	-	2	@ASpeedingCar
@Footy_Maths	4	-	2	@DemP_9
@BrotherAmos	2	-	2	@TheMattBungard
@Wal13Freo	2	-	4	@BenCuzzupe
@Amul82	2	-	4	@Hcdc93
@Hardsy05	4	-	5	@SgtButane
@LaurenceRosen	4	-	4	@Andrewm_81
@J_Foreigner	4	-	2	@Sjhross
@Harri_Chas_17	3	-	4	@NaylorMichael
@Ethan_Meldrum	1	-	1	@TheTipsGuru

I have also put the FMICL League Table in the sidebar. Please let me know if you want it here too.



16 AUG:
OK folks - it all starts in earnest tonight.
Thanks all for submitting your tips... it all went so smoothly for a first up effort.

Your tips are below, matched against your opponents.
Note that you are identified by the first 4 letters of your twitter handle (ie. 'Matt' is @MattGoss_ not @TheMattBungard, who is 'TheM').

HOME	AWAY	Matt	ASpe	Foot	DemP	Brot	TheM	Wal1	BenC	Amul	Hcdc
Burnley	Chelsea	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Man Utd	Swansea	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
West Br	Sunderl	D	A	D	A	D	H	D	D	D	D
West Ha	Tottenh	D	A	A	D	D	D	D	A	H	A
Bolton	Forest	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Reading	Ipswich	H	A	H	H	D	H	D	H	D	D
Bordeau	Monaco	A	A	A	A	A	A	D	D	D	H

HOME	AWAY	Hard	SgtB	Laur	Andr	J_Fo	Sjhr	Harr	Nayl	Etha	TheT
Burnley	Chelsea	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	D	H
Man Utd	Swansea	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	D
West Br	Sunderl	A	D	D	H	D	A	H	D	H	H
West Ha	Tottenh	A	A	A	D	A	D	A	A	D	A
Bolton	Forest	D	D	A	D	D	H	A	H	A	A
Reading	Ipswich	H	H	H	H	A	D	H	H	H	D
Bordeau	Monaco	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	D	D	D

Only 1 game has one tip different (Hardsy and the Sarge), but most are having 3 different tips... nice!

For comparison, the voting was:

HOME	AWAY		H	D	A		KEY
Burnley	Chelsea		1	1	18		16>
Man Utd	Swansea		19	1	0
West Br	Sunderl		5	11	4		13-16
West Ha	Tottenh		1	8	11
Bolton	Forest		6	4	10		4-7
Reading	Ipswich		12	6	2
Bordeau	Monaco		3	6	11		<4

Good luck!I look to tweet interim scores tomorrow, before finalizing the official numbers when all games are complete.


9 AUG:
OK Folks, lets get this tipping competition started...

Here is how it works... I will post games to be tipped here, and you will DM the tips to @FMIChamps twitter account (for the short term... maybe longer) before a deadline.

The opening round is the weekend of 16 AUGUST, so I would like tips before Midnight 15th August.

The 7 games to be tipped (amended down from 9) are:

R	M	HOME		AWAY
1	1	Burnley	v	Chelsea
	2	Man Utd	v	Swansea
	3	West Brom	v	Sunderland
	4	West Ham	v	Tottenham
	5	Bolton	v	Forest
	6	Reading	v	Ipswich
	7	Bordeaux	v	Monaco

1A, 2H, 3D.... etc.So all I need from you is (for example) a DM that says:

Simple?

Note the above EPL games have been drawn randomly, but other games were 'selected' by my good self. Will be looking to hand pick big matches (derbies etc) from Euro leagues... mix it up a bit!

The full FIXTURE will be is published soon, (once I confirm a 20th player... if no -one wants the spot by Monday midnight we are playing a bye!) and you will know who you are playing head to head against. The link now leads to an interim fixture (note @20 as vacant player slot).

This weeks match-ups (interim pending a 20th player are)...

MATCH WEEK 1			15 Aug
1	@MattGoss_	v	@ASpeedingCar
1	@Footy_Maths	v	@DemP_9
1	@BrotherAmos	v	@TheMattBungard
1	@Wal13Freo	v	@BenCuzzupe
1	@Amul82	v	@hcdc93
1	@Hardsy05	v	@SgtButane
1	@LaurenceRosen	v	@Andrewm_81
1	@J_Foreigner	v	@Sjhross
1	@Harri_Chas_17	v	@NaylorMichael
1	@Ethan_Meldrum	v	@TheTipsGuru

A blog post will be for that whole round - starting with games to be tipped, then updated with everyone's tips post deadline, the results after the round is complete. (You FMITL'ers will know the drill, and hopefully you can help the newbies!!)

A league table will also be listed.

A bit more detail is in the RULES page too... have a read! Let me know if i missed anything or haven't for-seen issues yet.

REMEMBER... this is a slowly evolving competition... hope you can cut me some slack while I am still in the formatting etc stages... all the spreadsheets etc take time to build and make look good to the eye.

Also... I have asked about your preferred team, just for interest, and also to create a playing roster in club colours, as per below.

	@Footy_Maths				@MattGoss_
	@Amul82				@Hcdc93
	@BenCuzzupe				@TheTipsGuru
	@Sjhross				@Wal13Freo
	@LaurenceRosen				@Ethan_Meldrum
	@Hardsy05				@DemP_9
	@BrotherAmos				@NaylorMichael
	@Harri_Chas_17				@Andrewm_81
	@J_Foreigner				@SgtButane
	@ASpeedingCar				@TheMattBungard

Also, might be worth you all following each others twitter accounts... just for banter, help and if any ideas to improve come up.

PS... I still need colours advice from @TheTipsGuru, but most of you should* be able to know who supports who from that collection (And yes, I am in my 'non-aligned' corporate colours).
I must say I am really happy with the diversity up there... only 3 players chose the same club... and no Man Utd!