Lakenheath Old Boys

We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Congratulations, Red Dragon!

 


A hearty congratulations to Red Dragon, who is our 2022/2023 PPP Champion! Red Dragon has previously won the Lancer Cup for the 2018 World Cup competition and so becomes the first of our circle to win a league and cup double. He did by the narrowest of margins, edging out three others with an ultra speedy response to the tie break question this afternoon. He’ll be enjoying ownership of the vaunted LOB Shield for the next year and will start his title defense in August. Enjoy it, Tom! 

Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Premiership Plus Predictions Game - Penultimate Update

 

Evening, PPPers - well, we've reached the end of a very long season. This past week, we saw Sevilla crowned the Europa League champions - thus benefiting Someone Said to the tune of four points - and Man City claiming a domestic double by winning the FA Cup Final on Saturday - with AZ Kicker, Swansong, and Teddy Goalesevelt by six points. Luton Town also secured a shock promotion to the Premier League through the Playoff Final - sadly, no one predicted that one. 

This is also the time of the season where I often check in with the LOB's resident statistician Man United Rules to double-check my calculations. So, some of you will notice that I've been slighting you a few points here or there on the updates - apologies for that and many thanks to MUR for noting those errors. 

So, with only the UEFA Conference League Final on Wednesday (with several predicting a West Ham win) and the Champions League Final on Saturday (with several predicting a Man City treble win) and the PFA Awards to be announced soon, we have a tie score at the top of the standings between Red Devil 1FCK and Teddy on 42 points with several in hot pursuit. It should be a nail-biting conclusion: 

1. Red Devil 1FCK - 42 points

-  Teddy Goalesevelt - 42 pts

3. Man Utd Rules - 41 pts

4. Red Dragon - 40 pts

5. Bee's Knees - 38 pts

-  United We Stand - 38 pts

7. Blue Devil - 36 pts

8. oticoN - 33 pts

-  West Ham Rising - 33 pts

10. Swansong - 30 pts

11. Gooner71 - 28 pts

12. Someone Said - 18 pts

13. MOT the Hoople - 15 pts

14. AZ Kicker - 8 pts


Monday, June 05, 2023

Guardian Premier League Quiz

 

Hiya, fellas - the Guardian posted a fun Premier League season quiz today. I thought you might enjoy testing your memory against it. I scored 11/23 questions, surely relegation form. Can you beat my score? 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/31/premier-league-big-quiz-23-questions-2022-23-season