About
Setup many moons ago on the Channel 4 Football Italia Forum, the Prediction Championship, as it was named then, changed it's name after forum member MPC passed away on the 26th September 2004, at the age of 35, while running in the Great North Run. MPC was the reigning champion and also leading the Prediction Championship at that time and so the name was then changed to Marcello Chicarella Championship. The name was slightly changed a couple of years ago to Marcello Pietro Chicarella Championship.

Previous winners / runners-up

2003 - Milan1899 (Milano) / MPC
2004 - MPC
2005 - Giovanni Lavafiume / Liam
2006 - Jay / Michael La Viola
2007 - Curva Fiesole / saviola
2008 - saviola / il ferret
2009 - diatribe / il ferret
2010 - Van Basten / Bobo32
2011 - VB (Van Basten) / Mezz



New Players

1. You automatically join by posting your predictions in the MPC Championship – Week 1 thread, or whatever week we are on by the time you join.
   
2. You do not have to ask if you can join, just play!
   
3. If you are not sure of the correct way to post your predictions, just copy what the other players are doing and you will understand it straight away, because it's easy to play!
   
4. You only need to concern yourself with the How to play the game… section below.

How to play the game…


1. How to Play

• 1 a. Post results in the weekly thread >> MPC Championship – Week 1. (Week 2, 3, etc.)
  
• 1 b. Use the letters H (home), A (Away) and D (Draw)

Do not use 1, 2 or X, and do not predict scores


2. How to Score Points

• 2 a. 1 point is scored for each result predicted correctly
  
• 2 b. 0 points is awarded for each result predicted incorrectly
  
• 2 c. Your score for each week is added to your accumulated total score of the previous weeks

3. The Deadline for Predictions

• 3 a. The deadline for predicting results for each individual match is the kick-off time (BST) of that individual match.
  
• 3 b. Each player may only post one set of predictions per week.

Reference for game administrators...


4. Postponed/Suspended/Abandoned Matches and Voided Results

• 4 a. If a match result is changed or voided, your score will be altered to correspond with the official result
  
• 4 b. If a match is postponed or suspended before or during the match and the game is not replayed, then the result used for accumulating your score will be the result made official
  
• 4 c. If a match is postponed or suspended before or during the match and the whole game is replayed, then players can submit new predictions for the re-arranged game
  
• 4 d. If the match is abandoned on or before 30 minutes 00 seconds of play and the score is 0-0 at the time of its’ abandonment, new predictions can be submitted. Otherwise, the original predictions will be used for accumulating your score and no new predictions will be accepted

5. Players Absent

• 5 a. If you are going to be absent from the forum, post predictions in advance on the Marcello Pietro Chicarella Championship 2010/11 thread (that's this thread!).
  
• 5 b. Players who do not post predictions for 4 consecutive weeks may be withdrawn.

6. Players Posting the Table

• 6 a. Any Player may take the initiative of posting all the weekly scores and/or the whole table before an administrator.
  
• 6 b. Players can not post only part of the scores/table as this undermines the role of other players whom are not included in a part-table.

The administrators understand that delays in posting the whole table are frustrating to the players. Sometimes an administrator may be unavailable to complete his role in the process within a desired timeframe due to personal commitments, which take priority (i.e. work or study).


7. Tie-break
In the event of a tie-break in the table after week 38, between two or more players. The winner will be the player who predicted the highest score for the most amount of weeks, and so on in descending order. Thereafter, if more than one player are still tied, more than one winner will be declared.


8. Incorrect Score

• 9 a. Incorrect scores should be posted on the Marcello Pietro Chicarella Championship 2010/11 thread (that's this thread!).
  
• 9 b. A player can not appeal late predictions, regardless of forum technicality, no Internet access, holidays, bereavement, apologies or otherwise.

Game Administrators

• Table compiler: Liam
  
• Markers: Micky and Milano
  
• Back-up: Bobo32

Final Table 2010/11 Season

van Basten 196*
Mezz 196*
Bobo32 184**
Liam 184**
Micky 184**
Jay 179
Curva Fiesole 178
Milano 176
Kaka22 175
SuperVlad 172
Lupo Pazzesco 162
flotron 161
SoniaA 159
delpiero 149
nino 144
Myles 101
masoudakbari 86
coco 75
cheb hamouda 60
zeds 48
Mev 46
saviola 45
Juvefans 28
nawoo 5
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Forza Juve!!!

Could this be made a sticky please?

Thanks.
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Forza Juve!!!

Marking Lists

Micky
Curva Fiesole
DP
flotron
forza sampdoria
Jay
kaka22
Liam
Lupo Pazzesco

Milano
Mezz
Micky
Milano
Myles
nawoo
SoniaA
SuperVlad
VB
zeds

These will be reviewed a few weeks into the season when some more people may join.

Micky/Milano, for the first few weeks could you also mark any new players who are on your side of the alphabet, should you notice them.  Thanks.
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Week 2 Table

nawoo 6
DP 5
Curva Fiesole 4
Liam 4
SuperVlad 4
Jay 3
kaka22 3
Lupo Pazzesco 3
Mezz 3
Micky 3
Milano 3
Myles 3
VB 3
flotron 2
forza sampdoria 2
SoniaA 2
zeds 2
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Forza Juve!!!

Expected (and hoped) bobo to be playing this season. Pity - thought he'd have been in with a decent chance with him having finished in the top three over the last three years... Oh well.

WIll have to visit his blog again...

Week 3 Table

nawoo 12
Curva Fiesole 10
SuperVlad 10
VB 10
DP 9
kaka22 9
Micky 9
Myles 9
Jay 8
Liam 8
Lupo Pazzesco 8
Mezz 7
Milano 7
zeds 7
forza sampdoria 6
SoniaA 6
flotron 2
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Forza Juve!!!

Week 4 Table

Curva Fiesole 15
nawoo 14
VB 14
DP 13
Myles 13
Jay 12
Micky 12
forza sampdoria 11
kaka22 11
Liam 11
Lupo Pazzesco 10
Mezz 10
Milano 10
SuperVlad 10
zeds 10
flotron 6
SoniaA 6
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Forza Juve!!!

Liam wrote:

Just thinking about it, the table entitled "Week 1 table" should say "Week 2 Table".

And as if by magic...
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ACF FIORENTINA : FORZA LA VIOLA

Week 5 Table

Curva Fiesole 20
DP 19
Liam 18
Myles 18
nawoo 18
forza sampdoria 17
Jay 17
kaka22 17
Milano 17
VB 17
zeds 17
Lupo Pazzesco 15
Mezz 15
Micky 14
flotron 11
SuperVlad 10
SoniaA 6
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Forza Juve!!!

Week 6 Table

DP 25
Curva Fiesole 24
Myles 24
Liam 23
Milano 23
VB 23
Jay 22
nawoo 22
kaka22 21
forza sampdoria 20
Lupo Pazzesco 20
Mezz 19
zeds 17
flotron 16
SuperVlad 15
Micky 14
SoniaA 10
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Forza Juve!!!

Sorry boys and girls, I'm not able to do marking any longer (don't think I've actually done any yet!)

May as well scratch my name off the table too.

Thank you Micky for doing the marking the past 2/3 years.  Much appreciated.

Your welcome to take part still if you want though.
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Forza Juve!!!

Week 7 Table

Curva Fiesole 28
DP 27
Myles 27
kaka22 26
Liam 25
Milano 25
VB 25
Jay 24
Lupo Pazzesco 23
Mezz 22
nawoo 22
forza sampdoria 20
flotron 18
SuperVlad 17
zeds 17
Micky 14
SoniaA 11
WolverhamptonRoma 3
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Forza Juve!!!

Week 8 Table

Curva Fiesole 34
DP 32
kaka22 32
Jay 31
Milano 31
Myles 31
VB 31
Lupo Pazzesco 30
Liam 29
Mezz 29
nawoo 27
SuperVlad 23
flotron 22
forza sampdoria 20
SoniaA 17
zeds 17
Micky 14
WolverhamptonRoma 10
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Forza Juve!!!

Week 9 Table

kaka22 38
Myles 38
Curva Fiesole 37
Milano 37
DP 36
VB 36
Liam 35
Mezz 35
Jay 34
Lupo Pazzesco 33
nawoo 31
SuperVlad 28
flotron 26
SoniaA 22
forza sampdoria 20
zeds 17
Micky 14
WolverhamptonRoma 13
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Forza Juve!!!

Week 10 Table

kaka22 43
Milano 43
Myles 42
Curva Fiesole 41
DP 40
VB 40
Jay 39
Liam 39
Mezz 39
Lupo Pazzesco 36
nawoo 36
SuperVlad 35
flotron 30
SoniaA 27
forza sampdoria 26
WolverhamptonRoma 18
zeds 17
Micky 14
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Forza Juve!!!

The delay in updating the table is because of the computer with my excel table document breaking.  I'll update it soon, not using the table.
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Week 11 Table

kaka22 49
Milano 49
Curva Fiesole 47
Myles 47
DP 46
Jay 46
VB 46
Mezz 45
Liam 44
Lupo Pazzesco 42
SuperVlad 41
nawoo 40
flotron 34
SoniaA 33
forza sampdoria 26
WolverhamptonRoma  24
zeds 17
Micky 14
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Forza Juve!!!

Week 12 Table

kaka22 54
Milano 54
Myles 54
Curva Fiesole 52
DP 51
VB 51
Jay 50
Mezz 50
Liam 49
nawoo 47
Lupo Pazzesco 46
SuperVlad 45
flotron 38
SoniaA 36
WolverhamptonRoma  29
forza sampdoria 26
zeds 17
Micky 14
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Forza Juve!!!

Week 13 Table

kaka22 62
Milano 59
Curva Fiesole 57
DP 56
Myles 56
VB 55
Jay 54
Liam 54
Mezz 54
Lupo Pazzesco 51
nawoo 51
SuperVlad 49
flotron 44
SoniaA 41
WolverhamptonRoma  34
forza sampdoria 26
zeds 17
Micky 14
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Forza Juve!!!