UKFF FPLs 2022-23

[Fatty Facesitter]

Morning all, posted this in the main footie thread but if Mark Field (AKA Tomiyasewy) can drop me a PM, he has won the coveted Official FPL UKFF 'Chippy Tea League' - and thus not only has he won the league, but also as per I promise I made earlier in the season, he's won a free chippy tea on me 👍

[TildeGuy~!]

 

Week 44 fixtures 
UEFA Women's Champions League Final

Barcelona 2-1 Wolfsburg (in Eindhoven)

FA Challenge Cup Final Tie
Manchester City 2-0 Manchester United (at Wembley Stadium)

Scottish Cup Final
Celtic 2-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (17:30, at Hampden Park)

German Cup Final
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 RB Leipzig (19:00, in Berlin)

La Liga
Villarreal 1-2 Atlético Madrid (Sunday 17:30)
Celta Vigo 0-2 Barcelona (Sunday 20:00)

Serie A
Torino 0-2 Internazionale (17:30)
Empoli 0-1 Lazio (20:00)
Udinese 1-2 Juventus (Sunday 20:00)

Ligue Un (20:00)

Auxerre 1-1 Lens 
Monaco 2-1 Toulouse
Nice 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais
Stade de Reims 1-1 Montpellier

Portuguese Cup Final
Porto 2-1 Sporting Braga (Sunday 17:15, in Oeiras)

Italian Women's Cup Final
Juventus 1-2 Roma (Sunday 15:30, in Salerno)

Série A
Vasco da Gama 1-2 Flamengo (Sunday 24:00)

Major League Soccer
Seattle Sounders 2-1 Portland Timbers (21:30)
Colorado Rapids 1-2 San José Earthquakes (Sunday 02:30)

[Vegeta]

UEFA Women's Champions League Final

Barcelona 2-1 Wolfsburg (in Eindhoven)

FA Challenge Cup Final Tie
Manchester City 3-0 Manchester United (at Wembley Stadium)

Scottish Cup Final
Celtic 2-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (17:30, at Hampden Park)

German Cup Final
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 RB Leipzig (19:00, in Berlin)

La Liga
Villarreal 1-2 Atlético Madrid (Sunday 17:30)
Celta Vigo 0-2 Barcelona (Sunday 20:00)

Serie A
Torino 1-2 Internazionale (17:30)
Empoli 1-2 Lazio (20:00)
Udinese 1-2 Juventus (Sunday 20:00)

Ligue Un (20:00)

Auxerre 2-0 Lens 
Monaco 2-1 Toulouse
Nice 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais
Stade de Reims 1-1 Montpellier

Portuguese Cup Final
Porto 2-1 Sporting Braga (Sunday 17:15, in Oeiras)

Italian Women's Cup Final
Juventus 2-0 Roma (Sunday 15:30, in Salerno)

Série A
Vasco da Gama 1-2 Flamengo (Sunday 24:00)

Major League Soccer
Seattle Sounders 2-0 Portland Timbers (21:30)
Colorado Rapids 0-1 San José Earthquakes (Sunday 02:30)

All games take place on Saturday and kick off at 15:00 unless stated. Start times are listed in BST. 

[seph]

Week 44 fixtures 
UEFA Women's Champions League Final

Barcelona 3-0 Wolfsburg (in Eindhoven)

FA Challenge Cup Final Tie
Manchester City 3-2 Manchester United (at Wembley Stadium)

Scottish Cup Final
Celtic 4-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (17:30, at Hampden Park)

German Cup Final
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 RB Leipzig (19:00, in Berlin)

La Liga
Villarreal 1-3 Atlético Madrid (Sunday 17:30)
Celta Vigo 0-4 Barcelona (Sunday 20:00)

Serie A
Torino 0-2 Internazionale (17:30)
Empoli 0-1 Lazio (20:00)
Udinese 1-2 Juventus (Sunday 20:00)

Ligue Un (20:00)

Auxerre 2-1 Lens 
Monaco 2-1 Toulouse
Nice 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais
Stade de Reims 1-2 Montpellier

Portuguese Cup Final
Porto 3-2 Sporting Braga (Sunday 17:15, in Oeiras)

Italian Women's Cup Final
Juventus 1-2 Roma (Sunday 15:30, in Salerno)

Série A
Vasco da Gama 1-2 Flamengo (Sunday 24:00)

Major League Soccer
Seattle Sounders 3-1 Portland Timbers (21:30)
Colorado Rapids 0-2 San José Earthquakes (Sunday 02:30)

[Stinky Dad]

Week 44 fixtures 
UEFA Women's Champions League Final

Barcelona 3 v 1 Wolfsburg (in Eindhoven)

FA Challenge Cup Final Tie
Manchester City 2 v 0 Manchester United (at Wembley Stadium)

Scottish Cup Final
Celtic 2 v 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (17:30, at Hampden Park)

German Cup Final
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 v 2 RB Leipzig (19:00, in Berlin)

La Liga
Villarreal 1 v 2 Atlético Madrid (Sunday 17:30)
Celta Vigo 0 v 2 Barcelona (Sunday 20:00)

Serie A
Torino 0 v 1  Internazionale (17:30)
Empoli 0 v 2 Lazio (20:00)
Udinese 1 v 1 Juventus (Sunday 20:00)

Ligue Un (20:00)

Auxerre 1 v 1 Lens 
Monaco 1 v 0 Toulouse
Nice 1 v 2 Olympique Lyonnais
Stade de Reims 1 v 1 Montpellier

Portuguese Cup Final
Porto 2 v 0 Sporting Braga (Sunday 17:15, in Oeiras)

Italian Women's Cup Final
Juventus 1 v 2 Roma (Sunday 15:30, in Salerno)

Série A
Vasco da Gama 1 v 1 Flamengo (Sunday 24:00)

Major League Soccer
Seattle Sounders 2 v 1 Portland Timbers (21:30)
Colorado Rapids 1 v 1 San José Earthquakes (Sunday 02:30)

[RoryFice]

Week 44 fixtures 
UEFA Women's Champions League Final

Barcelona 2-0 Wolfsburg (in Eindhoven)

FA Challenge Cup Final Tie
Manchester City 2-2 Manchester United (at Wembley Stadium)

Scottish Cup Final
Celtic 5-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (17:30, at Hampden Park)

German Cup Final
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 RB Leipzig (19:00, in Berlin)

La Liga
Villarreal 1-1 Atlético Madrid (Sunday 17:30)
Celta Vigo 1-1 Barcelona (Sunday 20:00)

Serie A
Torino 0-1 Internazionale (17:30)
Empoli 1-1 Lazio (20:00)
Udinese 1-0 Juventus (Sunday 20:00)

Ligue Un (20:00)

Auxerre 2-1 Lens 
Monaco 2-1 Toulouse
Nice 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais
Stade de Reims 3-2 Montpellier

Portuguese Cup Final
Porto 1-0 Sporting Braga (Sunday 17:15, in Oeiras)

Italian Women's Cup Final
Juventus 0-1 Roma (Sunday 15:30, in Salerno)

Série A
Vasco da Gama 1-2 Flamengo (Sunday 24:00

Major League Soccer
Seattle Sounders 2-2 Portland Timbers (21:30)
Colorado Rapids 2-2 San José Earthquakes

[Fog Dude]

On 5/31/2023 at 8:51 AM, Fatty Facesitter said:

Morning all, posted this in the main footie thread but if Mark Field (AKA Tomiyasewy) can drop me a PM, he has won the coveted Official FPL UKFF 'Chippy Tea League' - and thus not only has he won the league, but also as per I promise I made earlier in the season, he's won a free chippy tea on me 👍

Congrats to him, and to the winner to the Chippy Tea Cup. Proud to have been runner-up in the latter tournament even if I finished absolutely nowhere in the main league competition. Hope Tomiyasewy enjoys his meal! 

===

Full disclosure – I did consider rounding out the card with the men's A-League final, but of course a Saturday night game in Australia is a Saturday morning one here, and that's too soon a start for us so you were all spared one last trip Down Under. 

The regular round-up to this week's action might appear earlier than usual since I'll be in Manchester on Tuesday. Not for a football thing, but it does feel apt since it's the first-ever Manc derby FA Cup Final a few days prior.

That'll hopefully be followed by the big final blurb to finish off the thread before next season's EPL fixtures come out, which is just 4 days after the men's UCL final. No respite for ol' Foggy. 

Women's UEFA Champions League Final

Barcelona 3-1 Wolfsburg (at the Philips-Stadion, Eindhoven)

FA Cup Final
Manchester City 3-0 Manchester United (@ Wembley)

Scottish FA Cup Final
Celtic 4-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (@ Hampden)

DFB-Cup Final
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 RB Leipzig (at the Olympiastadion, Berlin)

Primera División
Villarreal 2-2 Atlético Madrid 
Celta Vigo 1-0 Barcelona 

Serie A
Torino 1-1 Inter
Empoli 1-2 Lazio 
Udinese 2-0 Juventus 

Ligue 1

Auxerre 0-0 Lens 
Monaco 3-2 Toulouse
Nice 3-3 Olympique Lyonnais
Stade de Reims 0-1 Montpellier

Portuguese Cup Final
Porto 2-1 Sporting Braga (at the Estádio Nacional, Oeiras)

Women's Italian Cup Final
Juventus 0-2 Roma (in Salerno)

Campeonato Brasileiro
Vasco da Gama 1-3 Flamengo 

MLS
Seattle Sounders 2-2 Portland Timbers 
Colorado Rapids 1-1 San José Earthquakes

[MVP RULZ]

Women's UEFA Champions League Final

Barcelona 2-0 Wolfsburg (at the Philips-Stadion, Eindhoven)

FA Cup Final
Manchester City 2-0 Manchester United (@ Wembley)

Scottish FA Cup Final
Celtic 3-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (@ Hampden)

DFB-Cup Final
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-3 RB Leipzig (at the Olympiastadion, Berlin)

Primera División
Villarreal 1-2 Atlético Madrid 
Celta Vigo 1-2 Barcelona 

Serie A
Torino 1-3 Inter
Empoli 0-2 Lazio 
Udinese 1-2 Juventus 

Ligue 1

Auxerre 0-1 Lens 
Monaco 2-1 Toulouse
Nice 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais
Stade de Reims 1-1 Montpellier

Portuguese Cup Final
Porto 3-1 Sporting Braga (at the Estádio Nacional, Oeiras)

Women's Italian Cup Final
Juventus 2-1 Roma (in Salerno)

Campeonato Brasileiro
Vasco da Gama 2-2 Flamengo 

MLS
Seattle Sounders 3-1 Portland Timbers 
Colorado Rapids 1-2 San José Earthquakes

[ultimo the great]

Week 44 fixtures 

UEFA Women's Champions League Final
Barcelona 2-0 Wolfsburg (in Eindhoven)

FA Challenge Cup Final Tie
Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United (at Wembley Stadium)

Scottish Cup Final
Celtic 3-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (17:30, at Hampden Park)

German Cup Final
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 RB Leipzig (19:00, in Berlin)

La Liga
Villarreal 1-1 Atlético Madrid (Sunday 17:30)
Celta Vigo 2-1 Barcelona (Sunday 20:00)

Serie A
Torino 0-2 Internazionale (17:30)
Empoli 0-2 Lazio (20:00)
Udinese 1-2 Juventus (Sunday 20:00)

Ligue Un (20:00)

Auxerre 2-1 Lens 
Monaco 3-1 Toulouse
Nice 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais
Stade de Reims 2-2 Montpellier

Portuguese Cup Final
Porto 2-0 Sporting Braga (Sunday 17:15, in Oeiras)

Italian Women's Cup Final
Juventus 2-1 Roma (Sunday 15:30, in Salerno)

Série A
Vasco da Gama 0-1 Flamengo (Sunday 24:00)

Major League Soccer
Seattle Sounders 2-1 Portland Timbers (21:30)
Colorado Rapids 0-2 San José Earthquakes (Sunday 02:30)

[Fog Dude]

On 6/2/2023 at 8:17 PM, Fog Dude said:

The regular round-up to this week's action might appear earlier than usual since I'll be in Manchester on Tuesday.

Well, I thought I goofed here so it's good to know I didn't make any promises! This isn't the big announcement of this season's champion, but it has turned into an announcement about next season that the regulars should be interested in.

I added the Brazilian match to the provisional final 'bumper' week a couple of months ago. I then spotted nearer the time that it'd been put back to "0:00" today and interpreted that as midnight last night. I didn't want to swap it out for and took a chance that it meant the hour I initially thought.

However, my hunch was wrong and the match still hasn't kicked off at the time of typing this. So, that means we won't have all the results in until 2am. By which time I need to be asleep before getting on the train to Manchester tomorrow. Meaning the initial round-up is now not due until Wednesday, with the final blurb following goodness knows when.

It's quite likely we've got a mathematical winner already but I don't like to figure out the 'ordinary' points (as opposed to bonuses, which there aren't any of this week anyway) until all the scores are in. I'm sure the top three could figure it out among themselves if they're really getting impatient. 

"But how does all this relate to future seasons??" I hear you ask. Ah, well you see, it gives me the chance to make two key changes known: 

First of all, Monday games will be available for inclusion on the card as standard, not just on Bank Holidays. It's always been a silly rule, since Monday Night Football has been well established for decades now. Besides, cup ties that get postponed can have results featured as long as they're completed within a few days. Friday night and Saturday lunchtime matches will continue to be ineligible (except at Easter – I'm looking at you, ultimo) to give people the widest possible chance to make their picks in time. And that's even more important than before, because... 

... the other change is that I'll aim for the weekly round-ups and posting the new set of 10 in the initial post on Wednesday evening, instead of last thing Tuesday night at present. For ages I prided myself on slipping that in before midnight, but you've probably noticed that it's been a couple of hours later than that more often, and that's not healthy for me or the competition. The only people it's perhaps unfair to are Tilde and Vegeta who tend to pick early, but it makes sense to wait until most teams' midweek matches are over so we know how the form book stands. 

Plus: inadvertently, you're all getting a preview of both those changes this week! Rather like when teams wear the subsequent season's home shirt in their last fixture of the season so they can sell a load of them over the summer.

Right, that'll do for the moment. Thought it'd be good to say that now rather than rain on the eventual winner's parade with a bunch of admin and housekeeping.

[Mr_Danger]

Nothing to see here.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Mr_Danger

[Fog Dude]

Was utterly baffled by above post last night (unless Barry is some kind of sitcom about Fantasy Football or predictions that I need to check out?) but it saves me from double posting, so I'll take it. I'll aim for earlier Wednesday posts next season, but tonight once I didn't get this out before the Conference League final started I knew it'd have to wait until afterwards.

Anyway, the top of the thread was updated for the final time last night, so the table has since been updated and uploaded too.

Without further ado, it's my pleasure to announce that MVP RULZ has retained his title and is once again the UKFF Football Predictions League Champion! Huge congrats to him. This one's for 2022-23 although I'm sure he's losing track of the years by now like the rest of us. To sweeten his victory even further, his beloved Owls achieved promotion with a record points total for a third-place team in their division, managing to knock a Champions League-bound team out of the FA Cup and produce an all-timer in the comeback stakes along the way. Fortunately for Wednesday, that inexplicable defeat to Big Dunc's vegan army over the March international break didn't quite come back to haunt them.

The symmetry continues as I finished last for the second year running. Kind of calls into question my credentials for even selecting the fixtures week to week, doesn't it? That one year I actually won looks more like a total fluke all the time. 

Unusually, there was actually one bit of movement on the last day. Worst performer this time out, Tilde, was overtaken by this round's top scorer ultimo in the closing stretch, which means the latter has ended up as runner-up in both our predictions competitions this season. Always the bridesmaid, eh? 

In terms of the matches, highly anticipated wins for *deep breath* Barça's women, Man City, Celtic, Leipzig, Inter, Lazio, Juve's men, Porto and Flamengo each proved fruitful. The Spanish results and the Italian women's game yielded a mixed bag of guesses, whilst the French outcomes plus two stalemates across the pond caught most people out.

All of the season-long stats should be embedded in one big climactic post which is currently tentatively scheduled for Friday, which is also when you can find out details on when to expect the sign-up and main threads to go live over the summer.

In the meantime, gratitude and feedback/suggestions are both equally welcome as usual. Thanks to all for playing!

[TildeGuy~!]

2nd to @MVP RULZOnce again

Congrats.

[Vegeta]

Congrats @MVP RULZ 

Looking forward to next season

[MVP RULZ]

Thank you!! And thank you to @Fog Dudefor his continued commitment to running it all

A fun double for me with Wednesday getting the promotion last Bank Holiday (I was at Wembley and it was one of the best days I can remember, I'd take that experience over just finishing 2nd anyday, though I don't think I can take losing the 1st leg 4-0 again)

I think this is my 4th win? I maybe wrong I vaguely remember winning around 2014? And a few years after that and now back to back years

Looking to follow Man City next season and go for 3 in a row

Thank you again for running this