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Not sure what to expect when this giveaway was announced but I think this is great. Tremendous proactive move by the club's sponsor. Team is struggling, crowds are down, income dropping. Hand out 2,000 footballs designed by a San Fransisco graffiti artist. Quite brilliant.

So far 1.5 votes for Ryan Edwards, 0.5 vote for Robbie Muirhead and 1 vote for Kevin Nisbet. For the record, all away tops and all doubling up on existing players. Any more votes? I need to wrap this up by tomorrow afternoon.

A great piece by Chris McCall. Filled a sizeable space in the paper with very little journalistic effort.

For the record, here is our current squad. Declan McDaid home Stevie Lawless away Jack Hendry away Ryan Scully home Kevin Nisbet home Mustapha Dumbuya home Robbie Muirhead home Sean Welsh away Mustapha Dumbuya away Ryan Edwards home Scot Whiteside isn't on the list. I assume because he has signed as a Development squad player.

Ok, eleventh toppers, who do you fancy? Scott Patterson A Paul Gallacher A David Wilson A Robbie Muirhead A Ryan Scully A Chris Duggan H / A Matthew McInally H / A Neil McLaughlin A Michael McMullin H / A Kevin Nisbet A Jordan Leyden H / A Dominic Docherty H / A James Penrice A Andy McCarthy H / A Mark Lamont H / A Ryan Edwards A

Phillips Stadion?

If it's strange looks in New York you want, try wearing a kilt in February when the snow is piled three feet high by the sidewalk!

Apparently, a picture of my boys and I collecting for Save The Children the other week appeared on F***book and somebody recognised me from that trip.

Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien. Is it really 20 years?

Ok, so I've cheered up. Here are the wonderful people who made the eleventh top happen. The people who took the total raised to £1650. sandbank boy almacd almacd G13 Norgethistle Norgethistle jagaloon German Jag German Jag north stander Peaty FC sb1876 jagfox billy bookcase billy bookcase At the moment we don't have a player. I will contact the club on Monday, hand over the dosh, get updated list and get back to you lovely lot. Thank you all so much. Meanwhile...

Calling all virgins. Have you seen the prediction competitions springing up, seemingly at random? Think you could do better? Are you wishing that you had pledged some cash to enable you to take part? Tell you what we'll do. Let's have a twelfth top, sponsored entirely by virgin pledgers. Who is going to start it off? Be warned, if you have pledged before I will put your name in my spreadsheet under thirteenth top. Let's see how many new faces we can entice. I must be bloody bonkers.

Well... ...the short answer is no. However, I think you may have read my mind. I was wondering earlier whether anybody was regretting not having a go. There will, at the moment, be eleven of these competitions with a total of 58 competitors. There is only one way to enter and that involves pledging money for player sponsorship. How about we see how many new folk we can get for a twelfth competition. Another top, this time sponsored entirely by virgin pledgers. Excuse me while I slip into another topic. See you over there.

Welcome to the Declan McDaid Prediction League. The Rules The Players The Fixtures

Standings after 3 rounds The lady's still a champ

George Moncur, Thistle reject, has scored more goals for Colchester United this season than the whole Partick Thistle team.

It does indeed.

Thanks jagfox and billy bookcase. That indeed rounds it up. Hooray. Will maybe post a more upbeat ending tomorrow.

Excellent. Thanks sb. And then there were three.

Hopefully, the majority of us have predicted the correct result today!

Was on the phone to the office today. They knew nothing. Spelt his name to them to reserve his top for sponsorship. That was a hint by the way.

Thank you Peaty FC. Just four seats left now. They're very comfy so give them a try.

Predictions for Round 3 I'm away for the day tomorrow so table will be updated late tomorrow night. Good luck, chums.

Well done north stander. 5 more pretty please.

Thank you German Jag. 6 pledges needed for number 11(Eleven). I miss the teleprinter.

Thanks jagaloon.