Tipster Team Knockout Cup Dec 07 - May 08

[Sweet FOs]

TIPSTER TEAM KNOCKOUT CUP

Right here goes, came up with idea of having a knockout cup competition between tipster teams. I want to keep it as simple as possible, in fact you don’t have to do anything. It may encourage a bit more banter amongst teams, more individual team threads and perhaps a different approach ie more team bets, working together. Then again it might not, well see.

The fairest and easiest way to do it is by using the final November team table. This includes all teams that qualified by having and using at least 5 members in that month. Apologies if you didn’t make it for whatever reason but the vast majority of the regular teams are there. If it’s successful we can begin the comp again once the winners have been decided, so your turn may still come. This amounts to 73 teams, odd number problem straight away, so Chalie AGL who finished in 1st place will get a bye to the next round.

So 72 teams will battle it out in KO style by being matched up against one another.2nd plays 73rd, 3rd plays 72nd, 4th plays 71st and so on all the way to 37th v 38th.See below for your opponents in Round 1.December is the starting month, so we are under way already.

To win your match you simply have to total more money than your opponents, qualify by using at least 5 members. In the event of a whole team not placing any bets and finishing on £0 your opponents will win regardless of their total (otherwise a team could win the comp by finishing on £0 each round and not taking part). In the unlikely event of a tie the leading individual profit wise from each team will triumph.

When the final profit table for December is posted I will work out all the winners and the process will be repeated for Round 2. Chale AGL will begin as position 1 and will play the lowest profit winners (above the 4 exclusions – read on).64 teams to start with would have been ideal, 32 for R2, 16 for R3, 8 for QF, 4 for Semis, 2 for the final. We have 72 teams, making 36 winners, 4 teams have got to go, so the 4 lowest profit making winners in Round 1 are out. This gives us our 32 teams to carry on Round 2 in the true FA Cup knockout way.

It seems a lot more complicated than it actually is, due to the odd high number. Basically the final monthly team table will do all the work for us by creating the draw for each round. All you have to do is tip as normal, keep an eye on you opponents and work as a team to win your match and proceed to the next round. Any way to summarise things before my head explodes.

ROUND 1 - 72 TEAMS - 36 MATCHES - DECEMBER

ROUND 2 - 32 TEAMS - 16 MATCHES - JANUARY

ROUND 3 - 16 TEAMS - 8 MATCHES - FEBRUARY

ROUND 4 (QF) - 8 TEAMS – 4 MATCHES – MARCH **

ROUND 5 (SF) – 4 TEAMS – 2 MATCHES – APRIL

ROUND 6 (FINAL) – 2 TEAMS - MAY

** Subject to change
NOVEMBER TABLE AND ROUND 1 DRAW

1. BYE Chalie AGL 6 £9,215
2. v73 Tapuz Winners 5 £8,225
3. v72 Blueturtles 5 £4,096
4. v71 Medakovic 8 £2,876
5. v70 BF Billybobs 7 £1,602
6. v69 Kicking King 7 £1,422
7. v68 13th January Boy 10 £1,296
8. v67 Down Under 13 £1,169
9. v66 Not A Clue 12 £777
10. v65 TIPical 7 £562
11. v64 Playstation 12 £406
12. v63 Emma Mong 6 £326
13. v62 ALL THINGS IRISH 19 £224
14. v61 Macedonian Ohrid 11 £50
15. v60 Dream_Team 5 (£51)
16. v59 The Motivators 10 (£130)
17. v58 Hollands 5 (£243)
18. v57 UKFF Tipsters 8 (£292)
19. v56 Football4Profit 7 (£312)
20. v55 King Of The Kop 11 (£440)
21. v54 EliteTips 6 (£489)
22. v53 HRVATSKA 7 (£728)
23. v52 Moyes 4 England 8 (£761)
24. v51 West End Mob 6 (£955)
25. v50 Norfolk N Chance 5 (£1,000)
26. v49 Poker Crew 8 (£1,106)
27. v48 Benfica 11 (£1,150)
28. v47 LISBON 5 (£1,154)
29. v46 Cheltenham Boys 11 (£1,219)
30. v45 AZERTYUIOP12345 6 (£1,260)
31. v44 NUI GALWAY 11 (£1,262)
32. v43 Sportdaq Talk 11 (£1,436)
33. v42 Goxy 9 (£1,472)
34. v41 Brainless Battle 6 (£1,502)
35. v40 Sidwell Reunited 7 (£1,515)
36. v39 1234 10 (£1,559)
37. v38 Romanian Team 8 (£1,572)
38. Portugal 5 (£1,597)
39. BornToBeKing 6 (£1,630)
40. Return Of The 7 7 (£1,658)
41. Ay Ems Fancies 11 (£1,658)
42. Beat The Bookies 21 (£1,847)
43. NorfolkChance 6 (£1,879)
44. Magners Annon 6 (£1,923)
45. AB`s Elite 5 (£2,023)
46. Tay Bags 7 (£2,024)
47. Black Beauty 13 (£2,059)
48. FremantleMedia 6 (£2,083)
49. Bilderberg 6 (£2,122)
50. The Kippers 8 (£2,124)
51. Villans 7 (£2,134)
52. The Pacifics 11 (£2,164)
53. Valley Boys 6 (£2,170)
54. Sportorbita 9 (£2,216)
55. Uruguay 6 (£2,219)
56. Up The Steaks 10 (£2,223)
57. Mrs Peabodys 9 (£2,239)
58. Top Tips 11 (£2,279)
59. Ex Nylon Works 5 (£2,301)
60. ALL AUSTRALIAN 9 (£2,349)
61. Bankers 12 (£2,377)
62. Winners Alright 13 (£2,398)
63. Team EBA 9 (£2,484)
64. At The Post 8 (£2,492)
65. The Bada Bings 6 (£2,745)
66. Birkenhead Prem 6 (£2,763)
67. OutOfPaper 9 (£2,841)
68. Shrewsbury Boys 6 (£2,854)
69. Flash Bundy 6 (£2,954)
70. Pleven 5 (£3,031)
71. Mr Kringlebine 7 (£3,061)
72. Bundys Betters 5 (£3,150)
73. AT Dream 5 (£3,444)
Teams not listed above did not have sufficient qualifying members to count


As I stated before I want to keep this simple, any feedback is always appreciated but I think this is the best way to do it. Alterations will be considered if there is a next time, hopefully there will be. One thing which I would like all players to vote on in the above poll is how to end the competition. The interest for many will vanish in the first few months leaving only a handful of teams to battle it out over the remainder. An idea was to make the final in Round 4 with the 8 teams left, highest that month wins, or do the same for Round 5 , highest of the remaining 4 wins or run all the way to the final 2 in May. This way we could begin the next comp without waiting to long, I’ll leave that up to the poll results.

That’s enough I think, good luck all teams, let the battle and especially the banter commence. I’m off to do some scouting of the West End Mob for my team the Villans.
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[coopsy02]

Quality idea Sweet

A laugh if anything[depending on what team your in, that is]


Just read the post now, if you can make it go all the way to the end, imo it should go to the last 2


Again, sweet, Sweet
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[Betfairalfie]

Could be fun - the BF Billybob's are up for it

PS - I better go tell my teammates to get their finger out and start making some profit

[Sweet FOs]

Yeah should be a good laugh and a bit of fun.A cup final in May, a great end to the season could be some tense tipping in the next six months.The winners will receive the glory as their prize unless some kind soul wants to put up 1k prize money

ROUND 1 GAMES in detail

Ties to be played for the month of December

Tapuz Winners v AT Dream
Blueturtles v Bundys Betters
Medakovic v Mr Kringlebine
BF Billybobs v Pleven
Kicking King v Flash Bundy
13th January Boy v Shrewsbury Boys
Down Under v OutOfPaper
Not A Clue v Birkenhead Prem
TIPical v The Bada Bings
Playstation v At The Post
Emma Mong v Team EBA
ALL THINGS IRISH v Winners Alright
Macedonian Ohrid v Bankers
Dream_Team v ALL AUSTRALIAN
The Motivators v Ex Nylon Works
Hollands v Top Tips
UKFF Tipsters v Mrs Peabodys
Football4Profit v Up The Steaks
King Of The Kop v Uruguay
EliteTips v Sportorbita
HRVATSKA v Valley Boys
Moyes 4 England v The Pacifics
West End Mob v Villans
Norfolk N Chance v The Kippers
Poker Crew v Bilderberg
Benfica v FremantleMedia
LISBON v Black Beauty
Cheltenham Boys v Tay Bags
AZERTYUIOP12345 v AB`s Elite
NUI GALWAY v Magners Annon
Sportdaq Talk v NorfolkChance
Goxy v Flash Bundy
Brainless Battle v Ay Ems Fancies
Sidwell Reunited v Return Of The 7
1234 v BornToBeKing
Romanian Team v Portugal

Chalie AGL - Bye to Round 2

Who the hell are the favourites? Anyone want to run a book on this?
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[Inatimate1]

Best thing to do would be to wait for more people to say they are interested and start it in January.
I would be interested, not sure if the rest of the team would.
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[Sweet FOs]

Point taken but I think this is a comp where interest will only grow as it's run.No one has to do anything different, I don't expect anyone to change the way they use the olbg tipster comp and for massive team efforts, as some use it for their serious betting.But I'm sure anyone that has read the thread will keep a sneaky eye on their opponents total as the month unfolds.

Some may play it different, get involved, some will carry on as normal, many won't even know they are in the comp but it's there and it's begun.If we get some banter and hear from some new teams then that would be fantastic.On the other hand if it becomes very quiet with no real interest then so be it.

Good luck to all of ya!
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[HarryPabla]

Love the idea sounds like a fun competition good luck all

[Rads]

I also think it would be a fun competition and would be good to see a final in May.

Just feel sorry for 'Return of the 7' team. My team have never made a profit and then yesterday one of them made 25k on Birmingham!

Dont worry we will be skint by the end of the month!

[Sweet FOs]

25k That's like going 3-0 up in the first 10 minutes Although this is the cup, anything is possible.
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[coopsy02]

Looks like the 7 are gonna have to be 20 and all in profit


Well done wi the Birmingham bet, Sidwell
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[coopsy02]

Sweet, is this right that the Capitano's profit is worth x5 at the end of the month
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[Sweet FOs]

For the right price x10 is available, I don't do motorway services to exchange money though.Office settings, briefcases, bodyguards but no guns.

This competiton is all but dead before it's started, at least I tried
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