UPDATES JUNE 26th - JULY 3rd
I'm on holiday now, so apologies... updates may be a bit less timely even during 'normal UK hours', and will certainly be less detailed until back home on July 4th.
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DAY 19 - MONDAY JUNE 29th
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NETHERLANDS 1 MOROCCO 1 (Morocco win on penalties)
5 points for Ryan Keenan regained the ground he’d lost during the day in the Overall League on leader Neil Mullen. Ryan in fact gains 2 points for the day and the gap is now 2. Randoms lead the way in the Knockout Stage League with Paul Willingham out in front. Richard Hancy in 4th is top predicting manager, Richard also up six places to 4th in the Overall League having already predicted three of the four correct scores.
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GERMANY 1 PARAGUAY 1 (Paraguay win on penalties)
Well only one team predicted a draw at all, and yes it was 1-1, making it worth the maximum possible 11 points for Paul Willingham's The Shockers. Paul also selected Paraguay to progress for the extra 2 points. However, having scored -12 points to date, The Shockers stay bottom - though they are now out of the negatives for the competition, with 1 point in total. That said, Shockers climb from 104th to 14th in the Knockout Stage League. Oh and guess who's top of the Knockout Stage Leaague? Oh dear, it's Paul Willingham with his random entry Randomonium. Having scored 26 points in the entire Group Stage, Randomonium are on 21 points so far in the Knockouts. Not surprisingly, the top eight in the Knockout Stage League have been randomising their scores and all collected at least 7 in this match. Not to worry - you cannae win anything with randoms.
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BRAZIL 2 JAPAN 1
At the risk of repeating myself too often... another injury time goal changes everything. 2-1 was the most popular predicted score and 5 points come in for 32 managers. They include Neil Mullen, who goes back ahead in the race for most corrected scores with his thirteenth. It's 3 more points than Neil's three nearest challengers - The Mullenator are back to 7 points clear.
Four of the 12 managers who picked up maximum points in the first Round of 32 match did so again. Those four therefore lead the way in the Knockout Stage League with 11 points apiece. Ben Brown, Gary Pearson, Jimmy Jazz and Richard Hancy. Will one of them make it three from three with Germany vs Paraguay?
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Day 18 - 12 set the pace in Knockout Stage League
Day 17 - Group Stage Champion and League winners announced
Day 16 - Martha Rees, Graham Spicer, Ken Hargreaves share Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen 4 points ahead.
Day 15 - Mark Rees hits 27 points in a day. Neil Mullen still top - by a single point.
Day 14 - David Elliston Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen’s lead chopped to 2 points.
Day 13 - Éva Willingham takes Manager of the Day with randoms. Neil Mullen now 10 points ahead.
Day 12 - Neil Mullen pulls clear. Robert Metzger takes Manager of the Day.
Day 11 - Wycliffe Osei is Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen stays top.
Day 10 - On-fire Norah Ettaouchi takes Manager of the Day. Neil Mullen back on top.
Day 9 - Jeff Norton crashes the party.
Day 8 - Jeff Norton, William Montague, Mara Adler share MotD. Neil's fourth day top.
Day 7 - Andrew Nyanchoka takes Manager of the Day. Neil still in front.
Day 6 - Richard Hancy and Scott Abercrombie share MotD trophy, Neil Mullen stays top
Day 5 - Zoltán Vidák takes Manager of the Day with randoms, Neil Mullen goes top
Day 4 - Roisin Guargena goes top, shares MotD with Chris Bounds and Stephen Wraige
Day 3 - Paula Wilhelm takes Manager of the Day, Steven Jewell hits 8-pointer
Day 2 - 13 share Manager of the Day as Nick and John go clear
Day 1 - six set the pace with two from two
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