First fixture prediction

[Wings of a Sparrow 1,412]

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Oooohhh! Get you!

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To Gary

[DanielHammond 0]

Im gonna say Ipswich away lol

[Morisons Prozac 0]

It won''t be Leeds or QPR as apparently they are playing each other first game. I''m gonna go for Donny away and if so 2-1 win [;)]

[Boyo 0]

Pompey Home [Y]

Does anyone know how they do this?  Pulled out of a hat, or thought of very carefully by lots of people sitting round a big table?

[Webbo118 0]

Is this a bit like guessing the first lottery number? Think of a team and post.

[city till i die 0]

preston - home

scum - away

scum - home

[city till i die 0]

preston - home

binners - away

pomey - home.

[Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB 1,021]

Leeds at home

[Brendo 0]

So, what time is it? 9 or 10? Either way, I can see them when I get up. [:)]

[Jim Smith 2,314]

Watford at home.

[SnakepitCanary 0]

It''s not going go be Coventry or Cardiff as Coventry''s regional paper have already announced they are playing Cardiff first game.

I''m going for Pompey away.

[NCFC_Shaun 0]

[quote user="Colchester Canary"]Not that you asked about Boxing Day - but we are bound to get either Millwall, Palace or Watford![/quote]

 

Why! Why do we always get Palace on boxing day!

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[quote user="Colchester Canary"]Not that you asked about Boxing Day - but we are bound to get either Millwall, Palace or Watford![/quote]

 

Why! Why do we always get Palace on boxing day!

[/quote]Because the fixture computer is actually a bloke with a spreadsheet who has to think pragmatically about how to get people there and back as conveniently as possible for all games on a bank holiday.

[Wings of a Sparrow 1,412]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html

Been posted before but a really interesting read about the thought behind the fixture list.