ESPNsoccernet - ExtraTime - Premier Showdown

ESPNsoccernet: ExtraTime

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
ESPNsoccernet: February 1, 12:44 PM UK
Premier Showdown - Jan 26-30

Dale Johnson's march to the title continued last time out as three correct scorelines pushed him to victory over Tommy Smyth and the ROTW.

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Those latest three points mean Dale has a lead of 21 points with only 45 left on the table. If the ROTW or Tommy are going to make a fight of it they are going to have to improve... and fast!

The next round is a little truncated with Villa's game brought forward to Saturday. Who do we have joining us? It's Tim Tabaka who is from Adelaide, Australia.

Tim tells us: 'I am 25-years-old and have supported Manchester United since my father purchased me my first top when I was five. I am currently employed as an operations manager in the hospitality industry and have three months left of my MBA before I move into sports marketing in London.

'I religiously follow Soccernet.com and I am a fan of ESPN's Press Pass.'

We're a bit worried about anyone following us religiously, but at least there's good news for Tommy and the Press Pass team!

Each week one of our readers, or an ESPNSoccernet Press Pass viewer, has the chance to challenge our two experts.

Soccernet's Premier League Editor, Dale Johnson, and Press Pass pundit Tommy Smyth take up the test.

They, along with the challenger, cast their eyes over weekend's top flight fixtures in England and predict how they think each game will turn out.

Points are then awarded as follows:
• Three points for a correct result and scoreline
• One point for a correct result

After the weekend's scores are in and the result has been worked out, the winning pundit receives three points for their season's total. Should the challenger win, the total is added to the 'Rest of the World's' tally. In the case of a draw, the points are shared between those level on points.

	Dale's prediction	Tommy says	Tim's pick	Result
Aston Villa v Blackburn	2 - 1	2 - 1	2 - 2	1 - 1
Arsenal v Newcastle	2 - 0	2 - 0	1 - 1	3 - 0
Bolton v Fulham	2 - 0	2 - 1	1 - 0	0 - 0
Middlesbrough v Wigan	0 - 0	1 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 0
Sunderland v Birmingham	2 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 1	2 - 0
Chelsea v Reading	2 - 0	2 - 1	2 - 1	1 - 0
Derby v Man City	0 - 2	0 - 2	0 - 3	1 - 1
Everton v Tottenham	1 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 4	0 - 0
West Ham v Liverpool	2 - 1	1 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 0
Man Utd v Portsmouth	3 - 1	3 - 0	3 - 2	2 - 0
POINTS TOTAL >>>	6	5	3

It was a woefully low-scoring round - but once again it's Dale who is the victor. Same old, same old...

Table after Round 24:
Dale: 41.5
Rest of the World: 17.5
Tommy: 13

You can tune in to ESPNSoccernet Press Pass every Monday and Thursday.

So do you think you can beat the best of the best? Now is your chance to find out!

Send us your picks for the weekend's fixtures, along with your name and a few details about yourself. We'll select one person each week to take on our experts for the right to be crowned the weekly winner!

Then log on to Soccernet on Monday morning to find out who's taken the points.

Submit your entry for Premier Showdown:

Name:

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Entry:	Man City v Arsenal Birmingham v Derby Blackburn v Everton Portsmouth v Chelsea Reading v Bolton Tottenham v Man Utd Wigan v West Ham Liverpool v Sunderland Newcastle v Middlesbrough Fulham v Aston Villa Remember, tell us a bit about yourself - who you support, your job, your age etc... You stand a better chance of being selected from the hundreds of entries we receive!