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I chose Rachel Heyhoe-Flint for no other reason than she lives around the corner from me.

Hopefully I'm not too late to be included in this.

Anyone off to a game over the weekend?

One or two potential games of mine tomorow have already fell victim to this inclement weather. I'm hoping to do a couple of local games tomorrow instead; to take 2 new grounds in that I should really have crossed off by now.

haha, genius conundrum there Damian.

And a massive well done to both players.

looking forward to this! good luck guys!

An absolutely fantastic game to watch, well done to both players - certainly the most enjoyable game of Countdown that I've had the pleasure of watching. I thought it was nice and sporting of the players to shake hands before the conundrum, too. Here's hoping that today's final is similarly compelli...

The weekend's game between Farsley Celtic v AFC Telford United produced a goal almost as good as Jimmy Bullard's celebration.

Farsley ran out 3-1 winners, but there was a slight touch of (mis)fortune about Telford's goal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzNmyaQjQww

I was quite fortunate in that I work as a football scout so it was quite relaxing being able to chat to Jeff about it. Although watching it back, I still looked a bag of nerves.

Just watched this and well done again Ryan. Was surprised MILAGES was disallowed so i checked it and apterous lexplorer says it's valid! :o Susie said MILAGES was fine - it was declared as an eight (MILEAGES) but there was only one E in the selection. Correct. I had Goalies down for 7, to match Rya...

or will he not become an octochamp at all?!

Tim Vine is fucking brilliant. In addition to the jokes and that, he also seems to be interacting with the players a bit more, commenting on the game/score etc (or I'm just noticing it more). Superb. Yes, in fact I was just chatting with Ryan before the show started, as we were both seated. Tim pat...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:

Martyn Simpson wrote:Today's challenger is indeed Lucy Bolton, although she only became an apterite after the show; after learning of it in the Green Room before filming!

And it's good to see attractive young (in relative terms) females on the show every so often.

There's one on every day....

oh, and Tim Vine is hilarious today.

Today's challenger is indeed Lucy Bolton, although she only became an apterite after the show; after learning of it in the Green Room before filming!

Well, I'm young-fashioned and I don't do it either- as I've said before, I prefer just playing the game as I have neither the time nor the inclination to learn all these long stems, the only one I know being the CANTERS one. I'm sure this will be to my detriment come quarter-finals, in addition to ...

Thanks for all the Simpsons puns guys...... for the record, I did say d'oh when I lost! But fair play to Ryan, he scored in every round and was a worthy victor.

Overall a very enjoyable experience, although I'm slightly disappointed at missing a rather obvious 9!

You're right, Kirk, I'm a forum member too!

I did try and put my posh voice on, so aplogies in advance if anyone cannot understand my dulcet Wolverhampton tones.

I loved Lesley's little dance during round 8 just then!

Any non league, or even lower league, fans on here? No specific teams really unless you count Leeds, but keep a close eye on the lower leagues in general. Not so easy now though with the untimely demise of Tony Kempster :( Mike Avery is generally regarded as the man who has continued the excellent ...

Any non league, or even lower league, fans on here?

I thought it was. I believe Martyn Simpson was playing that day and he said it was Tim Vine, but I was wondering if it was some elaborate hoax played by him. I didn't think it was, but there you go. I wonder if Marian Keyes was the original guest and she had to pull out :?: If only there was someon...

Martyn Simpson said that Tim Vine is just about the ultimate DC guest. By 'ultimate' I suppose you mean 'limiting' ? No, by 'ultimate', what I actually meant was 'ultimate'. I was fortunate enough to be a contestant at filming yesterday where Tim Vine was the DC guest. He was simply awesome, both b...

I'm also planning on seeing him on his tour - and I may now even be able to blag some free tickets!

D Eadie wrote:More power to Rachel for rising above it all.

Spot on

I was discussing this with someone, we both agreed that Tim Vine is just about the ultimate DC guest. The next day I got a phonecall telling me he will be the guest when I film next week

I've always thought Dave Gorman would be a tremendous guest to have, too.

There was also PASTRIES in round 3 for 8 points.

And I'm not remotely mystified. Bitter old hag. I've never really bought into the "journalists having an agenda" argument (well, certainly not over trivialisms such as Countdown's viewing figures!), however from reading the articles from Ms Jones that have been linked to in this thread, I...

Lesley Hines wrote:

AnnieHall wrote:Yes- phoned up on 17th Sept, recording in 4 weeks (2nd Nov)

Any idea what time you're up? I'm recording 20th October, and if I come back it'll be on the 2nd November. (I'd imagine you'll be pretty safe )

me too.... when's your first game scheduled for?

Not sure if I'm quite getting into the spirit of this thread, but given that my rating is a mere 852 at present, I was rather pleased with THIS GAME as at the end of round 7 I was still in the lead. An unfortunate incorrectly declared 9 in round 8 was my undoing, but I was still rather chuffed at do...

The only time I have risen above mediocrity so far was with WATERLOG. It was disallowed. I guess I remain mediocre. I believe that was in a game against yours truly. Even now, I am still genuinely gutted for you that it wasn't there. As for my own personal best, I managed Anointers in a game agains...

Hi, I'm Martyn Simpson. I've recently stumbled across this site, and have been using apterous for a couple of weeks in readiness for my Countdown appearance(s?). I have been given a filming date of 20th October - so not much time left to improve to the required standard!