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Doubt anyone will be looking too hard so 4 hours early, here are my teams:

 

 

I Shall Need To Get The Black Out

Nelson Mandela

Michael Winner

Stephen Lewis

Clive James

Liz Dawn

Jimmy Greaves

Reg Presley

Roger Ebert

Henry Cecil

Barry Elliott

Sandy Jardine

Bruno Metsu

Hugo Chavez

Mark "Chopper" Read

Bernie Nolan

Stefano Borgonovo (JOKER)

Steven Adler

Bashar al-Assad

Joost van der Westhuizen

Ryan Buell

 

I went with Nolan, Buell and Read despite not being fully convinced they're about to cark it, as the pay-off could be useful. Also hoping Assad gets Gaddafi'd and Adler continues his path to self-destruction - continuing the Celeb Rehab theme, Leif Garrett is one of my subs but unless Chavez and Mandela both go tonight, he won't come into play. Stephen Hawking is my first reserve and I'm a tad disappointed I couldn't fit him in. Dropped Jaruzelski, Thatcher, Mugabe and the Pope because they're not worth much even if they do go, and Ali, Dickson Wright, Franklin and Pratchett because they're unlikely to go soon

 

Red-Flagged (motorsport theme team)

Robert Manzon

Jose Froilan Gonzalez

Geoff Duke

Murray Walker

Ron Tauranac

Jack Brabham

Maria Teresa de Filippis

Erik Carlsson

James Garner

Stirling Moss

Guy Ligier

Bernie Ecclestone

Dan Gurney

Tony Brooks

John Surtees (JOKER)

Mauro Forghieri

AJ Foyt

Jean-Pierre Beltoise

Frank Williams

Julian Bailey

 

This is a complete stab in the dark team

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Took a punt on al-Assad at the last minute, I was too tempted by the potential 13 points! Decided against Jardine and Metsu in the end, I think I may come to regret excluding Jardine but the fact they operated on him suggests they've caught his cancer early.

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As a big treat for you all, here's my 2013 theme team. They're called The 1922 Committee. Can you guess the theme?

 

Joker (Pick 1): Anker Jørgensen

 

I dropped Joergensen for this year, so he may end up being an unique hit.

 

I did debate - briefly - picking a team of 90 somethings, due to me dropping the likes of Jaruzelski, Misch, Mandela, Dole, Reagan, Joergensen, Whitlam et al but I felt it was going against the ethos of what the theme team idea is all about.

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I can assure you that Anker Joergensen is by no means a unique hit. Indeed he's become a bit of cult pick for 2013...

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Here we go again. Here is my team.

 

The End of the World as we know it

 

Ronnie Biggs

Harold Camping

Fidel Castro

Van Cliburn

Bonnie Franklin (Joker)

Annette Funicello

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Rev Billy Graham

Clive James

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Penny Marshall

Maureen O'Hara

Isabel Peron

Prince Phillip

Ray Price

Helmut Schmidt

Ariel Sharon

Margaret Thatcher

Michael Winner

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I can assure you that Anker Joergensen is by no means a unique hit. Indeed he's become a bit of cult pick for 2013...

 

Well, I like to lead the way. He's a good pick, he's frail, in a nursing home and on the way out before too long.

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I might just as well publish my DDP 2013 teams:

 

Team The Grey Horde

  • Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud
  • Giulio Andreotti
  • Hugo Chávez
  • Jacques Chirac
  • Felix Dennis
  • Bonnie Franklin joker.gif
  • Damon Harris
  • Clive James
  • Wojciech Jaruzelski
  • Jiroemon Kimura
  • Helmut Kohl
  • Manisha Koirala
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Bruno Metsu
  • Rochus Misch
  • Robert Mugabe
  • Julie Newmar
  • Chopper Read
  • Sister Wendy
  • Tito Vilanova

Theme team Minions of Xuleneb:

  • Theo Bos
  • Albert II of Belgium
  • Beatrix of the Netherlands
  • Corry Brokken
  • Dick Bruna
  • Raymond Ceulemans
  • Godfried Cardinal Danneels
  • Mark Eyskens
  • Fabiola of Belgium joker.gif
  • John Fentener van Vlissingen
  • Gerard Helders
  • Jacky Ickx
  • Jan Janssen
  • Jean of Luxembourg
  • Piet de Jong
  • Kees Rijvers
  • Wim Ruska
  • "Toots" Thielemans
  • Martinus Veltman
  • Geert Wilders

regards.

Hein

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My Theme Team;

 

The Jean Jacques Misse-Misse XI

 

1 Ron Henry (JOKER)

2 Graham Hawkins

3 Peter Broadbent

4 Tito Vilanova

5 Bruno Metsu

6 Sandy Jardine

7 Peter Swan

8 Tom Finney

9 Sammy Cox

10 Agne Simonsson

11 Richard Attenborough

12 Stefano Borgonovo

13 Sir John Hall

14 Barry Kilby

15 Bill Foulkes

16 Bobby Collins

17 Gyula Grosics

18 Alfredo di Stefano

19 Joao Havelange

20 Malcolm Glazer

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Here's mine then

 

If I'm Spared Myself Of Course

 

Terry Biddlecombe

Stefano Borgonovo

Dora Bryan

George H.W. Bush

Henry Cecil (joker)

Hugo Chavez

Roger Ebert

Annette Funicello

Stephen Hawking

Doreen Keogh

Stephen Lewis

Nelson Mandela

John Nkomo

Bernadette Nolan

Leslie Phillips

Reg Presley

Neville Staple

Freddie Starr

Jeremy Thorpe

Michael Winner

 

Theme teams

 

Toast of the Turf

Personalities from the world of horse racing

 

Toby Balding

Terry Biddlecombe

Henry Cecil (joker)

John L. Dunlop

Mick Easterby

Peter Easterby

David Gandolfo

Barry Hills

Jeff King

Geoff Lewis

John McCririck

Joe Mercer

Peter O'Sullevan

Lester Piggott

Martin Pipe

Jenny Pitman

Mercy Rimell

Michael Scudamore

Willie Snaith

Cath Walwyn

 

Nearer My God To Thee

People who have been in films about the Titanic

 

Geoffrey Bayldon (joker)

Honor Blackman

Jeremy Bulloch

John Cairney

Sean Connery

George A. Cooper

Jill Dixon

Jane Downs

Bernard Fox

Gerald Harper

Ian Holm

Glyn Houston

Cloris Leachman

David McCallum

Alec McCowen

Derren Nesbitt

Robert Wagner

Stuart Wagstaff

David Warner

Eva Marie Saint

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What If someone dies today but the obit comes out on the 1st

 

Yer bolloxed, basically...

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Just sent in my main team. With that and two theme teams Im all in!

 

My theme teams...

 

 

The Bedsoring '20s

 

1. Ralph Baer

2. George H. W. Bush

3. S. Truett Cathy

4. Ann B. Davis

5. Douglas Engelbart

6. George Herbig

7. Robert Indiana

8. Edgar Ray Killen

9. Ed Koch

10. Lyndon LaRouche

11. Stan Lee

12. Prince Philip

13. Diana Pullein-Thompson

14. Josephine Pullein-Thompson

15. Nancy Reagan

16. George H. Ross

17. Margaret Thatcher

18. Dick van Patten

19. Daniel Walker

20. Richard Wilbur

 

 

Bet on Black!

 

1. Muhammad Ali

2. LeGarrette Blount

3. Bobbi Kristina Brown

4. Melanie Brown

5. Fats Domino

6. Aneesa Ferreira

7. Dwight Gooden

8. Joseph Jackson

9. B.B. King

10. Dexter Scott King

11. Nelson Mandela

12. Robert Mugabe

13. Mamie Rearden

14. Robin Roberts

15. James Sisnett

16. Orlando Thomas

17. Dioncounda Traore

18. Cicely Tyson

19. Bobby Womack

20. Wanita Woodgett

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Here is my Midlands theme team for 2013 - The Cannock Killing Club - will hopefully go one better than this year:

 

Joker (Pick 1): Tommy Mundon

Pick 2: Tom Coyne

Pick 3: Nigel Callaghan

Pick 4: Doug Ellis

Pick 5: Vince Hill

Pick 6: Frank Ifield

Pick 7: Freddie Jones

Pick 8: John McEnery

Pick 9: Peter McEnery

Pick 10: John Sillett

Pick 11: Alan 'Aynuk' Smith

Pick 12: Frank Windsor

Pick 13: Don Maclean

Pick 14: Raymond Morris

Pick 15: Kenny Baker

Pick 16:Murray Walker

Pick 17:Leila Williams

Pick 18:Terry Holbrook

Pick 19:Brian Matthew

Pick 20 Billie Whitelaw

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OK here's mine

 

Joker (Pick 1): Marc Marquez (Spanish MotoGP rider)

Pick 2: Patty Andrews

Pick 3: Zsa Zsa Gabor

Pick 4: Billy Graham

Pick 5: Joao Havelange

Pick 6: Carla Laemmle

Pick 7: Nelson Mandela

Pick 8: Margaret Thatcher

Pick 9: Nancy Reagan

Pick 10: Anna Wing

Pick 11: Michael Winner

Pick 12: Pete Murray (DJ)

Pick 13: Damon Harris (The Temptations)

Pick 14: Clive James

Pick 15: Rihanna

Pick 16: Prince Phillip

Pick 17: Richard Attenborough

Pick 18: Bernie Nolan

Pick 19: Freddie Starr

Pick 20: Carol Lee Scott (Grotbags)

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Main Team

 

Heading Nowhere

 

Anne Williams(Hillsborough Mother) Joker

Rex Barnett

Clive James

Bernadette Nolan

Sir Henry Cecil

Bonnie Franklin

Damon Harris

Katherine Crowe(Isle of Man Cancer lady Singer)

Reg Presley

Michael Winner

Marcia Strassman

Van Cliburn

Superstar Billy Graham

Hugo Chavez

Francis George(American Catholic Cardinal)

Chris Woodhead

Sandy Jardine

George HW Bush

Chopper

Kristen Hallenga

 

 

Theme Team (Film Directors)

 

The Last Picture Show

 

Michael Winner Joker

Tinto Brass

Jesus Franco

Bryan Forbes

Lewis Gilbert

Francesco Rosi

Seijun Suzuki

Miklos Jancso

Agnes Varda

Marcel Ophuls

Abel Ferrara

Dusan Makavejev

Karoly Makk

George Sluizer

Manoel De Olivera

Bigas Luna

Gabriel Axel

Alain Resnais

Jafar Panahi

William Klein

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I figure it's time to post my main team.

 

BETTER THEM THAN US!

 

 

1 - Stefano Borgonovo - Soccer Player

2 - Jo Bryant - Cancer person

3 - Ryan Buell - Ghost Hunter

4 - Sir Henry Cecil - Horse Trainer

5 - Hugo Chavez - Venezuelan president

6 - Van Cliburn - Pianist

7 - Katherine Crowe - Singer

8 - Bonnie Franklin - Actress (Joker)

9 - Francis George - Cardinal

10 - Ron Hynes - Folk Singer

11 - Salvatore Iaconesi - TED Fellow

12 - Clive James - Writer/TV Presenter

13 - Sandy Jardine - Soccer player

14 - Colm Murray - Irish sportscaster

15 - Jack Pardee - NFL Great

16 - Brian Shivers - Murderer

17 - Anne Williams - Hillsborough mother

18 - Michael Winner - Director

19 - Tito Vilanova - Soccer coach

20 - Masao Yoshida - Nuclear Engineer

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Windsor the Troll

 

Hugo Chavez

Brian Shivers

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Michael Winner

Jo Bryant

Sir Henry Cecil

Anne Williams

Tariq Aziz

Ronnie Biggs

Gough Whitlam

Saif al-Islam

John Nkomo

Nelson Mandela

George H. W. Bush

John Derbyshire

Chopper Read

Leslie Phillips

Robert Mugabe

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Margaret Thatcher

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Muhammad Ali

Patty Andrews

Ronnie Biggs

Henry Cecil

Van Cliburn

Bob Dole

Kirk Douglas

Zsa Zsa Gabor

James Garner

Billy Graham

Annette Funicello

Damon Harris

Stephen Hawking

Clive James

Ed Koch

Jerry Lee Lewis

Penny Marshall

Bernie Nolan

Jack Pardee

Michael Winner (joker)

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The Man In Black's "where no man has gone before..."

 

Harlan Ellison (j)

Norman Spinrad

D C Fontana

William Shatner

Leonard Nimoy

Nichelle Nicholls

Water Koenig

George Takei

Grace Lee Whitney

Julie Newmar

Joan Collins

Teri Garr

Malachi Throne

David Soul

Robert Walker

Sally Kellerman

Kim Darby

Arlene Martel

Jason Wingreen

Lee Meriwether

 

It's a Star Trek theme team...

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Go on then, here's David Quantick's Showbiz Pals 2013

 

Joker (Pick 1): Sandy Jardine

Pick 2: Alice Munro

Pick 3: Andrew Millwall

Pick 4: Anne Williams

Pick 5: Bonnie Franklin

Pick 6: Bruno Metsu

Pick 7: Giulio Andreotti

Pick 8: Henry Cecil

Pick 9: Jack Pardee

Pick 10: James R Young

Pick 11: John Glover

Pick 12: Lisa Lynch

Pick 13: Mark Crispin

Pick 14: Mickey Duff

Pick 15: Mikhail Kalashnikov

Pick 16: Pran

Pick 17: Ray Price

Pick 18: Reg Presley

Pick 19: Ryan Buell

Pick 20: Van Cliburn

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Pan Breed 2013 DDP team.

1. Sandy Jardine (footballer), joker

2. Robert Mugabe

3 Jack Vance (SF writer)

4. Gen. Jaruzelski

5. Judy Blume (writer)

6 Roy Mason (Wilson's Defence Sec)

7. Nicholas Edwards (Thatcher's Welsh Sec)

8. Danny Kirwan (of Fleetwood Mac)

9. Frederick Sanger

10 Bob Dole

11 Van Cliburn

12 Joao Havelange

13 Muhammad Ali

14 Bill Pertwee

15 Michael Jopling (Chief Whip, Thatchers first government)

16 Mark Eden

17 Ryan Buell (ghost hunting person)

18 Derek Martinus (British TV director, Doctor Who)

19 Bruno Metsu (football manager)

20. Freddie Starr

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Misers

 

Joker (Pick 1): Van Clyburn

Pick 2: Ray Price

Pick 3: Cardinal Francis George

Pick 4: Roger Ebert

Pick 5: Mikhail Kalashnikov

Pick 6: James Garner

Pick 7: Adam Gadhan

Pick 8: Nelson Mendela

Pick 9: Henry Cecil

Pick 10: Ryan Buell

Pick 11: George H. W. Bush

Pick 12: Clive James

Pick 13: Bernie Nolan

Pick 14: Marcia Strassman

Pick 15: Karen Muir

Pick 16: Bonnie Franklin

Pick 17: Hugo Chavez

Pick 18: Penny Marshall

Pick 19: Reg Presley

Pick 20: Bob Dole

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Regretting not having Jardine now, looking at the amount of joker picks...anyway here's mine:

 

Golden Slumbers

 

Ryan Buell (J)

Bonnie Franklin

Anne Williams

Dr. Kate Granger

Lisa Lynch

Rubin Carter

Jack Pardee

Henry Cecil

Van Cliburn

Damon Harris

Katherine Crowe

Hugo Chavez

Jack Selebi

Stefano Borgonovo

Chick Willis

Bashar al-Assad (got to chuck a wildcard in there!)

Chen Xitong

T-Model Ford

Dennis James (Lord Mayor of Swansea)

Margaret Mackintosh (ex-wife of Peter Tobin)

 

...and by the way, Clive James' cancer is in remission...pleased I caught that one with a day to spare!

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