Ready's Benfleet Bet

Here we go then the 2012 FA Cup Predictions Competition ONLY open to N&R FL team managers.

Simply predict a score, write it on the email that I sent you and send it back to me (simon.newport@aon.com). Then Keith will mark them and we will issue a table for the Blog. Then look out before each following round as we will ask you for further predictions all the way to the final. The winner will have the most points and will win a cash prize.

The very best of luck and make sure you read the rules:

Scoring Points
• 1 point home win
• 2 points away win
• 3 points draw
• 3 points correct score
• 1 additional point per goal in a game where the score has been correctly predicted and there are 5 goals or more during the game.

The rules
• No more than 11 draws allowed
• No more than 6 identical scores, i.e. 2-1, 1-1 etc. Please note that 1-2 counts as a different score to 2-1
• 10 points deducted for each breach of rule

The prize
• £25 or $40.

Ready's decision is final.

FA Cup 3rd Round
Middlesbrough v Shrewsbury
Nottingham Forest v Leicester City
Man City v Man United
Dagenham & Redbridge v Millwall
Crawley v Bristol City
Doncaster v Notts County
Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa
Tottenham v Cheltenham Town
Sheffield Wednesday v West Ham
Milton Keynes Dons v QPR
Hull v Ipswich
Coventry v Southampton
Brighton v Wrexham
Fulham v Charlton
Birmingham v Wolves
Norwich v Burnley
Arsenal v Leeds
Derby v Crystal Palace
Fleetwood v Blackpool
Swindon v Wigan
Barnsley v Swansea
Macclesfield v Bolton
Newcastle v Blackburn
Everton v Tamworth
Sheffield United v Salisbury
Liverpool v Oldham
Gillingham v Stoke
Chelsea v Portsmouth
Watford v Bradford
Peterborough v Sunderland
West Bromwich v Cardiff
Reading v Stevenage