Please note you haven't picked a Banker in your selections. Just saying... :-)

To think for 62 seasons we have never bothered with attendances - morale etc decided the gate money.

But if there was a way to get the maths together and create an attendance think of the possibilities for us:

1 Real life maximum capacity would have to be forgotten about - if Berwick Rangers got 20,000 then that is the figure. We are not real life.

2 We would almost be able to see the impact of a GOOOD team visiting your ground, and to be fair the impact of a BAAAAD team on the home attendance.

3  Records would be set with a home team's initial home attendance, so cash to be earned by teams then boasting of a new record attendance as seasons progress.

(Should I say it, but couldn't the gate money be split to say 75%/25% - I know we have touched this before, but it can't be difficult to massage the 50/50).

....now shown in the match report. They will be added also to the commentary in the future. 

The following teams receive Betting cup match winning through extra match 43:
FAL(50)

Could have sworn I had Binns to score but only received 100k and not 150k?

Interesting development.  Could attendance figure be added at end of match commentary text?

20,000 capacity for a Division 3 side like Berwick maybe needs a tweak too 🫣

Good work all involved in facilitating this 🫡

Re-written olde fundtionality. It has been activted and de-coupled from the revenue and clearly the season average is rubbish as there is no history for the earlier games. Hopefully adds to the enjoyment! 

New info?

Division 1: 5th place

Captain: Licktie Moosa

Stadium: Gayfield Park

Nickname: The Lichties

The following teams receive Prediction League through round 8, Saturday 10th October 2026:
SM(100)

There were 24 entrants for round eight of the Prediction Leauge and the average score was a bit low, 4.75.  As ever, the draws (two of them) were difficult to forecast and Dundee United's win at Cowdenbeath also caught most people out.  At the other end of the scale, everyone predicted the wins for Motherwell and Fraserbororgh, and these two matches attracted all but one of the banker selections.  This week we have a lone winner, so it's 100k and congratulations to Malcolm at St. Mirren.

Stirling had an unusually mediocre round and their overall lead is cut to three points over Motherwell.  It will still take something of a miracle to catch them, though.

We are hitting the point where you will be able to drop your worst score in the ninth round, which takes place next Saturday and features the Match 47, Division 2 fixtures.  The entry form is on the Notebook.

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 45:
Stranraer - MVP #6: 25k (WwW)
Raith Rovers - MVP #4: 1 CP (DwW)
Rangers - MVP #5: 25k (WwW)
Dunfermline Athletic - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (wWw)

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 44:
Albion Rovers - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (Www)
Annan Athletic - MVP #6: 25k (WWd)
Brechin City - MVP #4: 1 CP (wDw)

AI sends 500k to ALB for 4 CP

Arsenal 3-1 Leeds United

Aston Villa 2-1 Brentford

Chelsea 3-2 Bournemouth

Coventry City 1-1 Newcastle

Crystal Palace 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Hull City 1-1 Everton

Ipswich Town 2-1 Fulham

Liverpool 3-1 Man City

Man United 2-1 Tottenham

Sunderland 1-1 Brighton

...is absolutely delicious!

Arsenal 2 - 0 Leeds United

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Brentford

Chelsea 1 - 1 Bournemouth

Coventry City 1 - 2 Newcastle

Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Hull City 0 - 1 Everton

Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Fulham

Liverpool 1 - 1 Man. City

Man. United 2 - 0 Tottenham

Sunderland 1 - 1 Brighton

Arsenal 4 - 0 Leeds United

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Brentford

Chelsea 2 - 1 Bournemouth

Coventry City 1 - 1 Newcastle

Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Hull City 0 - 1 Everton

Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Fulham

Liverpool 1 - 1 Man. City

Man. United 2 - 0 Tottenham

Sunderland 3 - 1 Brighton

....was in the Seyshelles. At dinner one night the hotel offered "Bat Curry". I was persuaded to have it. Full of tiny bones and the taste was not good. When I spoke to the chef he said it was a local delicacy and very healthy. "Well they are Fruit Bats!!" was his comment. Spinach by comparision sounds great!

What a crazy world we live in Paul.

🫡

....done.....despite Tuesday being bin day! My neighbours really appreciate SESL.......

• Take car in for service & MOT
• Cook lamb and spinach curry tonight
• Andrew, put the bins out
• Do your Prediction League Entries

Arsenal 2 - 0 Leeds United

Aston Villa 0 - 2 Brentford

Chelsea 2 - 1 Bournemouth

Coventry City 1 - 2 Newcastle

Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Hull City 0 - 1 Everton

Ipswich Town 1 -  2 Fulham

Liverpool 1 - 1 Man. City

Man. United 2 - 0 Tottenham

Sunderland 1 - 1 Brighton

AI sends 600k to EDI for 5 CP

Upto 120k per CP can be negotiated at this late stage of the season.

Will it slam shut with a flurry of last day trades?

Arsenal 3 - 1 Leeds United

Aston Villa 1 - 1 Brentford

Chelsea 2 - 0 Bournemouth

Coventry City 1 - 0 Newcastle

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Nottingham Forest

Hull City 2 - 2 Everton

Ipswich Town 1 -  0 Fulham

Liverpool 2 - 1 Man. City

Man. United 2 - 1 Tottenham

Sunderland 1 - 1 Brighton

HIB sends 52k to MOT for Jimmie Vaughan (7/14 SW)

The following teams receive Betting cup match winning through match 43:
ALB(150) ANN(150) COW(150) DEV(150) DUM(150) DUU(150) EF(150) FAL(100) FRA(100) HIB(50) MOT(150) PT(100) STE(150) SRA(150)

Arsenal 2 - 1 Leeds United

Aston Villa 1 - 1 Brentford

Chelsea 4 - 2 Bournemouth

Coventry City 1 - 2 Newcastle

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Nottingham Forest

Hull City 0 - 0 Everton

Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Fulham

Liverpool 2 - 1 Man. City

Man. United 3 - 1 Tottenham

Sunderland 1 - 3 Brighton

Arsenal 3 - 0 Leeds United

Aston Villa 1 - 2 Brentford

Chelsea 1 - 1 Bournemouth

Coventry City 0 - 3 Newcastle

Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Hull City 1 - 1 Everton

Ipswich Town 0 - 0 Fulham

Liverpool 2 - 1 Man. City

Man. United 2 - 0 Tottenham

Sunderland 1 - 1 Brighton

The following teams receive Betting on cup match through match 43:
ALB(-50) ANN(-50) COW(-50) DEV(-50) DUM(-50) DUU(-50) EF(-50) EST(-50) EDI(-50) ELG(-50) FAL(-50) FRA(-50) HIB(-50) INV(-50) MOT(-50) PT(-50) STJ(-50) SM(-50) STE(-50) SRA(-50)

Ater a 3 week international break the prem finally returns this weekend.

This is the most important gameweek of the season as I am taking my son to Liverpool to

watch the Man City Game.

It should be really exciting as now that Man City have been caught cheating Im sure the crowd will be very vocal.

Arsenal 2 - 0 Leeds United

Aston Villa 1 - 1 Brentford

Chelsea 2 - 1 Bournemouth

Coventry City 1 - 2 Newcastle

Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Hull City 1 - 2 Everton

Ipswich Town 1 - 2 Fulham

Liverpool 1 - 1 Man. City

Man. United 2 - 1 Tottenham

Sunderland 1 - 2 Brighton

Disappointing tonight

The following teams receive Participation Bonus through Participation Thru Oct 4th:
AI(25) ALO(10) ARB(15) COV(15) COW(25) DUU(10) EF(50) EDI(50) FAL(15) GM(10) HIB(50) INV(20) LIV(20) MOT(20) RR(20) ROS(20) SM(20) STE(35) SRA(50)

DUM sends 4 TP to EDI for Oswi Davies (3/20 DF)

Schedule back to being correct.
Thanks to all involved.

Sure no impact on top scoerer or other stats, then can be ignored (or removed).

How did it happen though.

That explains why I thought it was Sunday which made less sense. Not that 2025 makes.more sense but at least it's a Saturday.

....I checked the database and it is 9th August 2025......not 2026!!

I will consult with Mark as to a solution early next week.

Place your bets

I don't think it has affected the tables but teams have two match 39s in the schedule against the same team, same score, same match report, I think, but one dated Aug 9th and the correct one September 26th.

PT sends 85k to BER for 1 TP

The following teams receive Prediction League through round 7, Saturday 3rd October 2026:
ARB(67) AYR(67) EDI(67)

My attempt to pick a tricky set of fixtures was not entirely successful as the 26 entrants averaged exactly 5.5.  Andrew had a little grumble about my selections, and scored only five, which was one more than I managed.  James Tucker's first entry of the season probably wasn't the proudest moment of his life, but at the other end of the scale three managers scored eight points in this double money round.  Congratulations to Cameron at Arboath, Paul at Ayr and William at Edinburgh who each earn 67k for their clubs.

Roy extends his lead at the top and is now in a very commanding position.

The next round takes place on Satruday 10th October, with the match 44 Division 1 fixtures.  The entry form is on the Notebook.

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 42:
Stranraer - MVP #5: 25k (wWW)
East Fife - MVP #3: 1 TP (wWw)
Forfar Athletic - MVP #7: 25k (wWD)

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 41:
Stenhousemuir - MVP #6: 25k (wdW)
Saint Johnstone - MVP #3: 1 TP (WwW)
Rangers - MVP #4: 1 CP (wWW)
Queens Park - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (WdW)
Edinburgh City - MVP #6: 25k (wDW)
Elgin City - MVP #4: 1 CP (WWw)
Celtic - MVP #7: 25k (wWd)
Aberdeen - MVP #3: 1 TP (WwW)
Hamilton Accies - MVP #7: 25k (WwW)
Ayr United - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (wDw)

Thank you Adrew, that link works and now it seems so does the link at the top of the homepage.

Yep, agree with Malcolm - the orange band is the one that clicks in for me.

Works for me just clicking the orange text near top left of main page.  Just above the red text where says how many hours until next match.

Here is the link (that works for me).

https://www.chessleague.cloud/seslwiki/index.php?title=SESL_Rules

It could be that the 's' is missing in the SESL link above. Your browser should switch this but perhaps it does not work for all? Mark can correct it?

So, if none of these work anymore.....How are we meant to operate.

and yes, i've read earlier posts below and i am none the wiser.

Prediction League runs tomorrow

The following teams receive Betting cup match winning through match 40:
AI(100) ALB(150) ANN(150) ARB(50) COW(150) DEV(150) DUU(150) EF(150) EDI(150) ELG(150) FAL(150) FOR(150) FRA(150) HIB(100) MOT(50) STE(100) SRA(150)

The following teams receive Betting on cup match through match 40:
AI(-50) ALB(-50) ANN(-50) ARB(-50) COW(-50) DEV(-50) DUU(-50) EF(-50) EDI(-50) ELG(-50) FAL(-50) FOR(-50) FRA(-50) HIB(-50) MOT(-50) SM(-50) STE(-50) SRA(-50)

The following teams receive cost to change Captain through K Lyratt:
SRA(-100)

Change of Captain please.

Mondo -> Koern Lyratt 

A new one to me:-

"Min 88: Covid mask of manager hides him swearing as Euan Henderson... "

Match 41 games it seems, so I don't need rush picks in now

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 40:
Dumbarton - MVP #4: 1 CP (www)

thanks for the clarification 

right click and view source the link is certainly formulated correctly

"Established 1998<br>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chessleague.cloud/seslwiki/index.php?title=SESL_Rules">RULES 2026: c"

No idea why when I click it it sticks an extra parameter on the end. It's only the last week or so that's started. 

I'll save the correct URL to bookmarks and use it via that. 

...that's the old Wiki (vanillaconsutling which is about to be deleted).

The link at the top is correct.

The link I posted is a straight copy of the link at top of page, so maybe it needs updated?

But Mr. Busby is right, the to rhs works which is this link 

http://www.vanillaconsulting.biz/seslwiki/index.php?title=SESL_Rules

I'll use that for now thanks, assuming it's the most up to date version 😂

On the right hand side of the homepage still works ok.

....you have the title twice in your link?

can someone post the URL please

Migth be caching issue or something but I get a 500 Error when clicking the following

https://www.chessleague.cloud/seslwiki/index.php?title=SESL_Rules?title=SESL_Rules

same on phone or laptop

.....so use the new link on the site and not the old one if you have it saved,

Just been in using the link on the front page and it's come up fine. Maybe a blip - put a shilling in the meter, or give it a kick - one usually works 😳

The wiki link is no longer working, anyone have another link?

Decent stat that. Record number of teams a player has turned out for.  The definition of a journeyman career.

The record is 6 and shared by 12 players as per the hall of fame.  I should remember this as two of them turned our for Raith.

Kilmarnock and Celtic have had 4 of these 12 appear for them.  

Mark Doherrty (DUU,DFA,FOR,KIL,EF,STI) had the least number of appearances for the 6 teams, just 154 career appearances

So long Marley a solid piece of last season's promotion season and useful squad member this.  If he makes his debut for Aberdeen he will have played for 4 teams.  This is quite unusual but certainly not unique.  What is the record number of teams a player has turned out for?

ABE sends 75k to RR for Marley Redfern (5/12 WG)

It's based on SL. As they are the same the system has put the lowest age first. 
 It doesn't happen often as the older player is almost always a higher SL.

The following teams receive Participation Bonus through Participation Thru Sept 27th:
AI(15) ARB(20) BER(15) DUM(10) DUU(20) DFA(10) EF(10) EST(10) EDI(50) FAL(15) FRA(25) GM(20) HIB(40) INV(10) MON(20) MOT(50) PT(20) RR(20) ROS(20) STJ(10) STE(20) SRA(25)

Curious why age 2 player was listed before age 3 player.  Both same SL lots 7&8.   Not that it really matters as SRA run a way winners.   

And why so few teams bidding on resources, that was odd.

In case you struggled like me to find final auction results

Impressive 3 player lift for SRA.

And FAL persaverance with 246k bids paid off finally .

A whole lot of bargain price lots.

SRA spent a total of $1,049k on getting 73CP. That is $14.4k per CP. Cheap as chips?

The Auction guide says for the last 10 seasons.

Lot 2 5/28 SW Cost $401k - Guide range

Lot 3 5/27 DF Cost $401 - Good value

Lot 7 2/18 DF Cost $247 - Excellent value

Of course, it is end of season and the guide does not know this. Still $14k per CP is as cheap as it gets and the 73CP might stave off relegation and keep the cup running.......