As a teenager, my father tried to deal with three potential vices that could lead me astray. He had mixed success. He was successful with smoking as he smoked a foul-smelling pipe that successfully put me off smoking for life. As for drinking, he regularly offered me Forest Brown Ale when I was 13 or 14, which for those old enough to remember, tasted awful and was nearly undrinkable. It took me a while to realise that there were other types of beer to drink, so he was partially successful. When it came to gambling, he had a more liberal view, so it seemed. "Never bet on Charlton" was his regular and only advice. I have rarely strayed to this day. 48 Lifers, though, would have benefitted from my father's wisdom this week as only one of 49 predictors choosing the Gillingham - Charlton game got a return in the Prediction League. Over-optimism seemed to be abound.
The average number of points scored in the Prediction League this week was vastly better than the previous two weeks as more games went to form even if the scores were unpredictable in some cases. Top of the pile this week were
@Blackheathen and
@ChicagoAddick who both scored a handsome 6 points, causing
@Blackheathen to surge to the top of table with 22 points. Amid of cries of "fix",
@thai malaysia addick moves into second place with
@RaplhMilne on the same number of points, two behind
@Blackheathen. It's still early days though with two points separating most divisions in the league tables.
This week's mini-statbankGraveyard prediction of the week: Luton Town 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 (0 correct scores, 0 correct results, 6 wrong predictions)
Easy peasy prediction of the week: Preston North End 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (2 correct scores, 12 correct results, 2 wrong predictions)
Unfancied fixture of the week: Coventry City 0 Birmingham City 0 (3 predictions - 0 correct scores, 2 correct results, 1 wrong prediction
Competitor in the same position as Charlton: @ParkinsonOut (5th)
Longest streak of scoring 2+ each week - 5 weeks: @blackheathenLongest streak of scoring 1 or less each week - 7 weeks: @Bournemouth Addick,
@rananegra Formguide - best over last 4 weeks: @Blackheathen 16,
@Nicholas 12,
@thai malaysia addick 12,
@Algarveaddick 11,
@Hopeful Harriet 11,
@oohaahmortimer 11,
@stackitsteve 11
Best prediction of the week: @Blackheathen - Gillingham 1 Charlton 1 (49 predictions, 1 correct score, 0 correct results, 48 wrong predictions)
Division Leaders: Premier League - @Blackheathen ,
Championship - @BR7_addick ,
League One - @Addickted2U ,
League Two - @dajavouslagan ,
National - @Johnnysummers5 ,
National South - @Carl Leaburn ,
Jumpers as goalposts in Charlton Park - @Rossman92 This week's scores on the doors were:
ChicagoAddick ... 6
Blackheathen ... 6
Viewfinder ... 4
theeenorth ... 4
thai malaysia addick ... 4
Saulc23 ... 4
paulbaconsarnie ... 4
oohaahmortimer ... 4
Nicholas ... 4
Chizz ... 4
Chef_addick ... 4
CAFCspooney ... 4
Big_Bob ... 4
Tavern ... 3
redlanered ... 3
moutuakilla ... 3
LenGlover ... 3
lancashire lad ... 3
killerandflash ... 3
GoOnYouHaddocks ... 3
CL_Phantom ... 3
cafcwill ... 3
Bangkokaddick ... 3
Badger ... 3
Algarveaddick ... 3
Webbja77 ... 2
walshiesleftfoot ... 2
T_C_E ... 2
stonemuse ... 2
Starinnaddick ... 2
Sillybilly ... 2
SheffieldRed ... 2
seth plum ... 2
sarge1g ... 2
Rossman92 ... 2
orpingtonRED ... 2
MrOneLung ... 2
Macronate ... 2
Killarahales ... 2
IdleHans ... 2
Hamlet ... 2
eaststandmike ... 2
Dansk_Red ... 2
creepyaddick ... 2
covered_end_junior ... 2
Covered End ... 2
Chris_from_Sidcup ... 2
Chippycafc ... 2
chezzafromcharlton ... 2
charscot ... 2
cblock ... 2
Buglehorn ... 2
blackpool72 ... 2
barstool ... 2
Alex Wright ... 2
Addick Addict ... 2
56yearsofdreams ... 2
WestSussexAddick ... 1
Tutt-Tutt ... 1
tommo ... 1
ThreadKiller ... 1
Taxi_Lad ... 1
Swerve ... 1
StrikerFirmani ... 1
stackitsteve ... 1
siblers ... 1
sholland ... 1
Seabros ... 1
SaySomething ... 1
Redmidland ... 1
RedChaser ... 1
RaplhMilne ... 1
philcafc ... 1
Pedro45 ... 1
ParkinsonOut ... 1
PaddyP17 ... 1
Paddy Powell ... 1
North Lower Neil ... 1
No.1 in South London ... 1
MrLargo ... 1
Miserableoldgit ... 1
Low_Ears ... 1
Lewis Coaches ... 1
Karim_myBagheri ... 1
Johnnysummers5 ... 1
johnnybev1987 ... 1
Hornchurch ... 1
Hopeful Harriet ... 1
flyingkiwiDK ... 1
DoctorCharlton ... 1
dajavouslagan ... 1
croydonaddick ... 1
clive ... 1
CHG ... 1
Carl Leaburn ... 1
cafckev ... 1
BR7_addick ... 1
Bournemouth Addick ... 1
BertieB ... 1
Bedsaddick ... 1
Beardface ... 1
addix ... 1
Addickted ... 1
Addick_in_Exile ... 1
vff ... 0
throughthickandthin ... 0
Sonicstud85 ... 0
robroy ... 0
rananegra ... 0
Pessimist Pete ... 0
NorthheathAddick ... 0
mrbligh ... 0
meldrew66 ... 0
jakecafc ... 0
foresthillred ... 0
Dippenhall ... 0
Dazzler21 ... 0
Charlton_Stu ... 0
carly burn ... 0
cafc375 ... 0
c4fcdenmark ... 0
Bill_Stumps ... 0
AFKABartram ... 0
Comments
Premier League
1 Blackheathen … 24
2 thai malaysia addick … 22
3 RaplhMilne … 22
4 Lewis Coaches … 22
5 Starinnaddick … 21
6 philcafc … 21
7 Nicholas … 21
8 barstool … 20
9 Macronate … 19
10 lancashire lad … 19
11 Big_Bob … 19
12 AFKABartram … 19
13 theeenorth … 18
14 Tavern … 18
15 redlanered … 18
16 orpingtonRED … 18
17 MrOneLung … 18
18 mrbligh … 18
19 Hopeful Harriet … 18
20 ChicagoAddick … 18
Championship
1 BR7_addick … 18
2 Algarveaddick … 18
3 56yearsofdreams … 18
4 siblers … 17
5 SaySomething … 17
6 Saulc23 … 17
7 Pedro45 … 17
8 Paddy Powell … 17
9 No.1 in South London … 17
10 moutuakilla … 17
11 Miserableoldgit … 17
12 Taxi_Lad … 16
13 StrikerFirmani … 16
14 stackitsteve … 16
15 RedChaser … 16
16 QatarNapsy … 16
17 paulbaconsarnie … 16
18 jakecafc … 16
19 IdleHans … 16
20 Hornchurch … 16
21 flyingkiwiDK … 16
22 eaststandmike … 16
23 Chris_from_Sidcup … 16
24 Chef_addick … 16
League One
1 Addickted2U … 16
2 Addick_in_Exile … 16
3 Swerve … 15
4 sarge1g … 15
5 ParkinsonOut … 15
6 PaddyP17 … 15
7 oohaahmortimer … 15
8 Hamlet … 15
9 cblock … 15
10 throughthickandthin … 14
11 T_C_E … 14
12 SheffieldRed … 14
13 Killarahales … 14
14 covered_end_junior … 14
15 clive … 14
16 Chizz … 14
17 c4fcdenmark … 14
18 Viewfinder … 13
19 vff … 13
20 Tutt-Tutt … 13
21 ThreadKiller … 13
22 Seabros … 13
23 killerandflash … 13
24 GoOnYouHaddocks … 13
League Two
1 dajavouslagan … 13
2 Covered End … 13
3 CL_Phantom … 13
4 Bournemouth Addick … 13
5 Bangkokaddick … 13
6 Badger … 13
7 addix … 13
8 WestSussexAddick … 12
9 robroy … 12
10 Redmidland … 12
11 KentishAddick … 12
12 foresthillred … 12
13 Dippenhall … 12
14 croydonaddick … 12
15 charscot … 12
16 cafcwill … 12
17 cafc375 … 12
18 Alex Wright … 12
19 Sonicstud85 … 11
20 sholland … 11
21 SeaBayRed … 11
22 Pessimist Pete … 11
23 meldrew66 … 11
24 kafka … 11
National League
1 Johnnysummers5 … 11
2 fmaddick … 11
3 DoctorCharlton … 11
4 Chippycafc … 11
5 Webbja77 … 10
6 seth plum … 10
7 objectivecafc … 10
8 MrLargo … 10
9 Low_Ears … 10
10 Len\'s_little_girl … 10
11 Elthamaddick … 10
12 Dansk_Red … 10
13 Dannoo_86 … 10
14 creepyaddick … 10
15 chezzafromcharlton … 10
16 Charlton_Stu … 10
17 carly burn … 10
18 cafckev … 10
19 BertieB … 10
20 Beardface … 10
21 stonemuse … 9
22 LenGlover … 9
23 johnnybev1987 … 9
24 charltonnick … 9
National League South
1 Carl Leaburn … 9
2 CAFCspooney … 9
3 blackpool72 … 9
4 walshiesleftfoot … 8
5 Sillybilly … 8
6 North Lower Neil … 8
7 magic1999 … 8
8 Karim_myBagheri … 8
9 Dazzler21 … 8
10 charltonkeston … 8
11 Buglehorn … 8
12 Bill_Stumps … 8
13 Bedsaddick … 8
14 Addickted … 8
15 Addick Addict … 8
16 tommo … 7
17 rananegra … 7
18 NorthheathAddick … 7
19 Leggie … 7
20 follett … 7
21 cookierules … 7
22 CHG … 7
23 cafc_harry … 7
24 Addickted4life … 7
Couple of jumpers as goalposts in Charlton Park
1 Rossman92 6
2 O-Randy-Hunt 6
3 maddferrett 6
4 bobmunro 5
5 Rossman92 4
Sacking form that.
11 points in last 2 weeks 🥴
opposite form to Charlton
Hangs head in shame.