Big thanks to some of our volunteers today who sold raffle tickets in Blanchfield’s Centra.

A big Christmas Hamper is up for grabs for first prize in our Christmas Raffle. We will be selling tickets tomorrow morning from 9am until 2pm on Blanchfields Centra, so get yourselves down to the luckiest shop in Ireland and support your local club.

Big thanks to Michael and Alice for accommodating us and Fiona for arranging the slot.

Our three remaining contestants have decided to split the prize money of €500 between them. Congratulations to Joey O’Hanlon, Conor Ryan and Emmet Russell on lasting the pace. Massive thanks to all that entered and a new competition will start in a couple of weeks time.

27 fallers yesterday thanks to Arsenal and Everton being their usual selves and leaving everyone down. This leaves us with 7 entries after week 5. Surely a winner is in sight in this unpredictable world of premier league football these days.

LMS Update:
48 were left standing heading into week 4 and with Norwich and Spurs slipping up we lost 15. 33 head into week 5 after the international break.

Norwich cost three of our entries their place in round 5 last night.
Today should see more fallers with a wide variety picked. Majority have picked the ever consistent Man Utd and Spurs so expect fallers.

At 4.40 today, with results in the premier league all over the shop, we had only 8 remaining but thanks to Man City’s winner and Liverpool’s late late show we only lost 16 entrants thanks to West Ham, Arsenal and Man Utd slipping up. A couple on Leicester tomorrow but 48 live to fight another day after today’s results.

Nearly all entries for the weekend are in, with a wide selection of choices from Brighton to Sheffield United to a big number on Liverpool.
Those still to send in their picks, have until 12 noon tomorrow.

Arsenal put paid to 7 more yesterday so we are left with 66 heading into week 3 of the competition.