Gringo

The problem these days is folk are so easily offended by the slightest thing. They were never brought up in a world of Tom & Jerry, Roadrunner or Fog Horn Leg Horn. Poor wee mites bless um.

Slim and none if I plan to go

Here is your JOKER entitlement for 2025/26 caleycalum CaleyCanary Caleyjag DoofersDad Gringo Ictross Jodie Carnie MrCaleyjag old caley girl Robert Everyone else

Rules and Instructions for playing the Nutters Prediction League (NPL) for the 2025/26 Season. How to Play - General Information To take part in the NPL all you have to do is simply predict the following for all First Team Inverness Caledonian Thistle matches. Competitions covered in the NPL are: The Championship; League Cup; Challenge Cup* and SFA Cup. *Challenge Cup games will be HT and FT ONLY The Half Time (HT) score. The Full Time (FT) score. The scorer of the First goal for ICT. The scorer of the first goal for the opposition and The Crowd / Attendance figure. There is no need to register for this game. Just enter your prediction on the Gringo’s NPL Board on the forum before the match kicks off. Each game will be posted on the board approx’ two weeks before the fixture (if I remember!). If you are going away on your holidays etc and the games you wish place a prediction on have not been posted, then please PM me your selections and will do my best to post them for you. Post your prediction in the following format:- HT: FT: 1st Scorer ICT: 1st Scorer Opp: Crowd: (Just copy and paste the above format onto the board and add your predictions) For Example:- Gringo HT: 0-0 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Legend 1st Scorer Opp: Ferguson Crowd: 3345 Important To avoid losing points, please use the same 'username' throughout the contest. The Rules / Scoring system All predictions should be posted before kick off, it is up to you to check k.o. times and post accordingly No excuses! ALL entries posted after k.o. (even 1 sec over) will NOT be accepted. Very often the match thread will be automatically locked at the scheduled kick off time regardless of whether the match has physically kicked off or not so please post early to avoid disappointment. Each game will be advertised on the Gringo's NPL board approx' two weeks or so before the game. These games will remain on the board throughout the season and, where possible, will be locked after kick off or some other time convenient to me. H-T and F-T Correct Scores You will be awarded 1 pt for each correct score (1-0) and result (h, a or d) + a bonus of 2pts for an all correct prediction. I.E If you predict a 1-0 score and the actual score is 2-0 you will be awarded 1 pt for the 'home' result and 1pt for the '0' score. If the score was 1-0 you would get 1pt for the '1', 1pt for the '0' and 1pt for the 'home' result plus a bonus of 2pts for an all correct answer giving you a max 5pts. (Sounds complicated but it will become as clear as mud as the game progresses). So, basically, a correct score is worth 5 points. Please note that, unless you state otherwise in your prediction, the first score you give will always be regarded as the 'home' team. First Scorer ICT/ Opposition /Use of Surnames You will be awarded 2pts for a correct answer. OG's do count but only if you state this at the time and for the correct team. Please be aware of teams who have the same players surname in their line ups (including those on the bench) so please state clearly which player you have selected by using their first name(s). Failure to clarify this WILL result in a loss of points if that player scores. Crowd Section You will be awarded 10 pts if you are bang on and 5pts if you are no more than 100 out – over or under. The crowd figure will be determined by those displayed on the Official SPFL Web Site. If for some reason this site does not publish the crowd figure an alternative recognised web site may used. If there are no correct predictions (10 pointers) for the crowd then the nearest entrant to the actual figure will be awarded TWO bonus points. If there is a tie for this honour all involved will receive the two points. The JOKER For 2025/26 please refer to the separate thread regarding your JOKER entitlement. Using a Joker will DOUBLE your points tally for that game. Only one joker per game can be used. Use them wisely on games you are very confident on getting loads of points. The Joker CAN be used on any Bonus Point games but any Bonus Points won will NOT be doubled. To use your Joker simply add **JOKER** at the end of your prediction. The winner of the 2025/26 NPL will be able to use three jokers the following season. Those finishing in the next nine positions will qualify for two Jokers and all others will only get one. Cup Matches Cup matches will be based on 90 mins only (which includes time added on for stoppages). Extra time does not count. There will be no extra points awarded for extra-time scores / pens etc. Any games played on a neutral ground the home team will be notified on the appropriate game thread. Bonus points From time to time I will select a match where bonus points will be available. All bonus point matches and details of how to win these points will be advertised on the specific thread. Please look out for them as they could appear at any time. Abandoned / Postponed Matches Abandoned and Postponed matches will be VOID and all entries will be cancelled. They will NOT be carried over for the re-arranged fixture unless otherwise stated. Notes on 1st scorer A point was raised about naming a first scorer after predicting a '0' scoreline. It was suggested that the entrant should put 'None' or No Scorer in the first scorer section and be awarded the 2pts. As far as I am concerned if there isn’t a goal there cannot be a 'first scorer'. I have no problem with entrants naming a 'first scorer' and predicting a '0' scoreline. It will be accepted. (Affectionately known as Gringo’s Law) Posting for other players / Multiple Postings You can post a prediction on behalf of another entrant (with their permission!) but please specify clearly who the prediction is for. Posting a series of predictions is also permitted but please make sure all the entrants names are on the respective entries. Notes on Correcting your Prediction Corrections to your prediction(s) can me made prior to kick-off by either using the edit facility on the original post or, alternatively, just re-post the whole prediction. In all cases the later prediction is used when the NPL spreadsheet is compiled. Scores and Updates Results and Tables from completed Games will be posted as soon as possible after each game. As I am the only person running the NPL, delays to updates can be expected due to holidays and going to watch ICT etc. As a general rule I will attempt to get the update on the NPL Board no later than two hours after the match. An expected update time will be advised on the respective Game Thread. Championship Tie In the event of a tie for first place, positions will be decided by the amount of correct scores (HT/FT 5 pointers) you have got, if there is still a tie after that the amount of correct scorers will be used. If it is still tied after that then I will use the average points system. This system will also be used to determine the 'Euro' positions for the benefit of the Joker quota for the following season. Prize Bragging rights only will be yours for an entire season and your name etched into the Role of Honour for the NPL. The top ten positions will be regarded as 'qualifying for Europe' and will be inscribed on the NPL Honours list.

I've got Strathspey Thistle (away) on 21st June too but maybe not the first team squad.

Two shite teams competing for a place in a shite league.

NPL Stats – 2024/25 Total individual entries: 835 Total correct HT: 184 Total correct FT: 53 Total correct 1st Scorer ICT: 114 Total correct 1st Scorer Opp: 92 Crowd - 10 pts: 3 Crowd - 5 pts: 317 Highest individual points tally: 26 - Gringo Most correct HT: 14 - Gringo Most correct FT: 5 – Ictross, Caleyjag and Scotty Most correct 1st Scorer ICT: 10 - Doofer Most correct 1st Scorer Opp: 8 – Jodie Carnie Most correct Crowd - 10 pts: 2 – CDN Girl Most correct Crowd - 5 pts: 21 - CaleyCanary The 100% club (entered all 43 games):- CaleyCanary Caleyjag DoofersDad Gringo Jodie Carnie MrCaleyjag Mrs Gringo noho old caley girl Robert But there's only one stat' that really matters.... NPL CHAMPION 2024/25 – CALEY CALUM

He sure does a fantastic job which is appreciated throughout CTO. For years he has been asking for assistance with the match day previews and reports but there's been nobody coming forward. Well done @tm4tj for keeping going.

Yes, well done Mrs G and credit to the ladies in the top three. It seems ironic that I, of all people, influenced Mrs G's choice of Partick. Sorry ladies. Thanks again MrCJ for keeping this going. Yes, it would be nice to attract more punters for next season. My season was a complete and utter disaster....must do better.

Wow! What a finish. Well done ladies.

NPL Review for Game – Game 42 [FINAL] Well, that’s that then. The end of topsy turvy season in more ways than one. So proud of the team and all at ICT for what has been achieved in difficult circumstances. Hopefully Mr Savage will see us over the line and we can continue to follow ICT next season. The NPL will be back for another season too but, in the meantime, the NPL abacus is being laid off for a few weeks as well as my aging brain. THANK YOU to all who took part this season. I hope you enjoyed it and will be back next season. My sincere congratulations to caleycalum in taking the NPL Championship Trophy off me by a single point. Ictross and Robert got maximum points in the Correct Score section. No points awarded for the First Scorer section. CaleyCanary got the Crowd Section bonus – 19 under. Caleycalum regains the NPL Trophy for 2024-25. Total Entries 20 Predicted Match results H – 1 D – 1 A – 18 The Results HT: 0-1 FT: 0-2 1st ICT: Allan 1st Opp: -- Crowd: 1018 Correct Predictions HT: 6 FT: 2 1st ICT: 0 1st Opp: -- Crowd 5 pts: 3 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights Ictross 20 Robert 20 Jokers Played MrCaleyjag J +1 Caleyjag J +3 Robert J +10 Mrs Gringo +3 Gringo +3 CDN Girl n/a Scotty +2 SOS +6 DoofersDad +4 Ictross +10 caleycalum +3 old caley girl +3 Your Points Ictross 20 Robert 20 SOS 12 CaleyCanary 10 DoofersDad 8 Jock Watt 8 Lmclmm 7 caleycalum 6 Caleyjag 6 CaleyTennis85 6 Doofer 6 Gringo 6 Jodie Carnie 6 Mrs Gringo 6 old caley girl 6 Scotty 4 big cherly 2 CDN Girl 2 MrCaleyjag 2 noho 2 TABLE - 43 [FINAL] 01 - 285 - caleycalum 02 - 284 - Gringo 03 - 280 - Ictross 04 - 275 - CaleyCanary 05 - 265 - old caley girl 06 - 262 - MrCaleyjag 07 - 251 - Caleyjag 08 - 239 - Jodie Carnie 09 - 237 - Robert 10 - 236 - DoofersDad 11 - 235 - Scotty 12 - 230 - Doofer 13 - 225 - noho 14 - 224 - CDN Girl 15 - 221 - Lmclmm 16 - 218 - SOS 17 - 205 - Mrs Gringo 18 - 195 - Joonya 19 - 138 - Jock Watt 20 - 97 - CaleyTennis85 21 - 38 - big cherly

Mrs Gringo HT: 1-1 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Mckay 1st Scorer Opp: Lyons Crowd: 888 *JOKER* Gringo HT: 0-0 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Bray 1st Scorer Opp: Stirton Crowd: 818 *JOKER*

Mrs Gringo Partick to win @ 4.20 Gringo Good luck ladies.

NPL Review for Game 42 And breathe folks, wow, what a performance. Safe for another season in League 1. Buzzing tonight. No maximums in the Correct Score section – and no points either. caleycalum got the only points in the Crowd Section and gets the bonus too. caleycalum takes a one point lead into the final game. Closest NPL season ever I believe. Nail biting. Top three have a final Joker to play. Total Entries 20 Predicted Match results H – 13 D – 2 A – 5 The Results HT: 2-0 FT: 3-0 1st ICT: Bray 1st Opp: -- Crowd: 2329 Correct Predictions HT: 0 FT: 0 1st ICT: 10 1st Opp: -- Crowd 5 pts: 1 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights caleycalum 10 Scotty 10 Jokers Played Mrs Gringo +1 Gringo +4 CDN Girl +1 Scotty +5 SOS +4 CaleyCanary +2 Jodie Carnie +3 Your Points caleycalum 10 Scotty 10 Gringo 8 SOS 8 Jodie Carnie 6 Lmclmm 6 CaleyCanary 4 noho 4 Caleyjag 3 Doofer 3 DoofersDad 3 Ictross 3 MrCaleyjag 3 old caley girl 3 Robert 3 CDN Girl 2 Joonya 2 Mrs Gringo 2 big cherly 0 CaleyTennis85 0 TABLE - 42 01 - 279 - caleycalum 02 - 278 - Gringo 03 - 265 - CaleyCanary 04 - 260 - Ictross 04 - 260 - MrCaleyjag 06 - 259 - old caley girl 07 - 245 - Caleyjag 08 - 233 - Jodie Carnie 09 - 231 - Scotty 10 - 228 - DoofersDad 11 - 224 - Doofer 12 - 223 - noho 13 - 222 - CDN Girl 14 - 217 - Robert 15 - 214 - Lmclmm 16 - 206 - SOS 17 - 199 - Mrs Gringo 18 - 195 - Joonya 19 - 130 - Jock Watt 20 - 91 - CaleyTennis85 21 - 36 - big cherly

So sad to hear this and so young too. Our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

I don't think I've ever been so nervous before a football match....and I won't even be there. Hopefully this group of lads will be fired up for this one. I sincerely hope the home support put in an away performance and get right behind these lads. Support, NOT booing, is all important today. I was sorry to hear of the passing of Wayne and send sincere condolences to his family and friends. Big Stew gave us so many happy times when we were up for a game. Such a great guy who is sadly missed. The memories will never die. Come on ICT.

Mrs Gringo HT: 1-1 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Mckay 1st Scorer Opp: Dow Crowd: 1888 JOKER Gringo HT: 0-0 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Bray 1st Scorer Opp: Reilly Crowd: 1818 JOKER

Ladies in the top three. Going to be a close finish this season.

Mrs Gringo Partick v Falkirk draw @14/5 [3.80]

And some silly idiots walked all the way back to Inverness after the match...#HighlandMarch

Hopefully the last game of the season. Good luck to my title challengers. Your predictions please for this game: HT: FT: 1st Scorer ICT: 1st Scorer Opp: Crowd: Updated expected to be completed by 2200 Sat 03 Mar

NPL Review for Game 41 OUCH! That was a sore one to take. Annan winning against a pub team too. Double OUCH! Two cup finals to go. Come on ICT. That late og denied three punters a max in the Correct Score section. SOS got the only points in the First Scorer section. noho got the Crowd Section bonus – just one over. Gringo is clinging on to top stop by a point. It’s going to be a close finish this season in more ways than one. Total Entries 20 Predicted Match results H – 2 D – 5 A – 13 The Results HT: 0-1 FT: 1-1 1st ICT: Mckay 1st Opp: Gilmour (og) Crowd: 764 Correct Predictions HT: 11 FT: 2 1st ICT: 1 1st Opp: 0 Crowd 5 pts: 12 Crowd 10 pts: 0 Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1 Bragging Rights caleycalum 22 old caley girl 22 Jokers Played caleycalum +11 old caley girl +11 Your Points caleycalum 22 old caley girl 22 noho 13 CaleyCanary 11 Caleyjag 11 Gringo 11 Ictross 11 MrCaleyjag 11 Scotty 11 Doofer 7 Joonya 7 Mrs Gringo 7 CaleyTennis85 6 CDN Girl 6 DoofersDad 6 Jock Watt 6 SOS 4 big cherly 2 Jodie Carnie 2 Robert 2 TABLE - 41 01 - 270 - Gringo 02 - 269 - caleycalum 03 - 261 - CaleyCanary 04 - 257 - Ictross 04 - 257 - MrCaleyjag 06 - 256 - old caley girl 07 - 242 - Caleyjag 08 - 227 - Jodie Carnie 09 - 225 - DoofersDad 10 - 221 - Doofer 10 - 221 - Scotty 12 - 220 - CDN Girl 13 - 219 - noho 14 - 214 - Robert 15 - 208 - Lmclmm 16 - 198 - SOS 17 - 197 - Mrs Gringo 18 - 193 - Joonya 19 - 130 - Jock Watt 20 - 91 - CaleyTennis85 21 - 36 - big cherly

Never liked him and probably never will. I'll save electric and not bother listening.

Nobody has ever got the Crowd figure bang on three times in a season.....can she do it with three (hopefully) left to play? Good luck.

Mrs Gringo HT: 1-1 FT: 2-2 1st Scorer ICT: Bray 1st Scorer Opp: Yates Crowd: 666 Gringo HT: 0-0 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Bray 1st Scorer Opp: O'Donnell Crowd: 701