machotrouts 828 Posted January 1, 2019 These are my three theme teams for 2019. #1 Hits A theme team of people who've had a record peak at #1 in the UK Singles Chart (either solo or as part of a group). Last year's position is given in brackets, where applicable. (2) Nobby Stiles (England World Cup Squad '70) (4) Olivia Newton-John (new) Richard Tandy (Electric Light Orchestra) (new) Peter Tork (Monkees) (5) Vera Lynn (13) Tony Baylis (Wurzels) (new) Chris Farlowe (new) Willie Nelson (USA for Africa) (new) Little Jimmy Osmond (10) Doris Day (15) Jane Morgan (new) Anita Doth (2 Unlimited) (re) Rolf Harris (7) Harry Belafonte (new) Larry Cunningham (Floaters) (new) Derrick 'Johnny' Henry (Commonwealth Band) (new) Phil Creswick (Band Aid II) (new) Windsor Davies (new) David Graham (Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band) (new) Demi Lovato This team had four hits in 2018: Aretha Franklin (8), Ray Thomas (9), Abi Ofarim (12), and Charles Aznavour (16). Survivors dropped from the team are: Chas Smash (1), DJ Casper (3), Chris Rea (6), Terry Jacks (11), Dave Edmunds (14), Sinéad O'Connor (17), Billy Connolly (18), Peter Kay (19), and Lil Wayne (20). Unpersons A theme team of Big Brother housemates (including Celebrity Big Brother and other spin-offs). Last year's position is given in brackets, where applicable. (14) John McCririck (CBB3) (11) Danniella Westbrook (CBB17) (1) Linda Nolan (CBB13) (2) Jackie Stallone (CBB3) (6) Julie Goodyear (CBB10) (8) Ken Morley (CBB15) (re) Rebekah Shelton (BB10) (5) Lionel Blair (CBB13) (3) Bruce Jones (CBB12) (9) Gary Busey (CBB14) (7) Ron Atkinson (CBB12) (new) Amanda Barrie (CBB21) (4) Marco Pierre White Jr (BB17) (10) Lauren Harries (CBB12) (new) Kim Woodburn (CBB19) (13) Germaine Greer (CBB3) (new) The Situation (CBB10) (new) Rodrigo Alves (CBB22) (new) Roxanne Pallett (CBB22) (new) Lewis Flanagan (BB19) This team had no hits in 2018. Dropped from the team are: Alexander O'Neal (12), Michael Barrymore (15), Jackiey Budden (16), Tina Malone (17), James Cosmo (18), Dennis Rodman (19), and Sarah Harding (20). Miscarriage of Popjustice A one-off theme team of people who've had a single nominated for the Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize (either solo or as part of a group). Greg Gilbert (Delays) Petula Clark Sarah Harding (Girls Aloud) Jessie J Andy Brown (Lawson) Tom Chaplin (Keane) Chris Wolstenholme (Muse) Clare Maguire Adam Anderson (Daggers, Hurts) Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) Oritsé Williams (JLS) Michelle Heaton (Liberty X) Paul Cattermole (S Club) Will Young Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) Craig Powell (Uniting Nations) Lily Allen Mutya Buena (Sugababes) Tracey Thorn Natalia Kills (aka Verbalicious) Those were my three theme teams for 2018. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted January 1, 2019 The Love Boat: 1 Fernando Ricksen - Joker 2 Paul Volcker 3 Sutopo Purwo Nugroho 4 Chris Doleman 5 Rodion GA 6 Andrew Fairlie 7 Gerard Basset 8 Johnny Clegg 9 Andrew McGahan 10 David Smith (paralympian) 11 Kathleen Blanco 12 Fatima Ali 13 Lloyd Klein 14 Jean-Louis Trintignant 15 Jacci Woodcock 16 Samula Anoa'i 17 Genesis P-Orridge 18 Billy Clayton 19 Lars Hogh 20 Greg Gilbert The B-Team: 1 Deborah James (joker) 2 Edmund Capon 3 Pauline Maroney 4 Bob Dole 5 Joe Kadenge 6 Denis Goldberg 7 Barbara Hammer 8 George Alagiah 9 Bill Heine 10 Nick Philippoussis 11 John McCricick 12 Sacheen Littlefeather 13 Lee Kerslake 14 Chris Wilson 15 Dewayne Johnson 16 Johnny Harris 17 Keith Cass 18 Bill Freehan 19 Bob Hawke 20 Tommy Donbavand Theme Team: Coda 1 Sir Peter Jonas - joker 2 George Crumb 3 Franco Zeffirelli 4 Seiji Ozawa 5 Christoph Von Dohnanyi 6 Michael Gielen 7 Kato Havas 8 Colin Tilney 9 John Williams 10 James Levine 11 Sofia Gubaidulina 12 André Previn 13 La Monte Young 14 Mikis Theodorakis 15 Alfred Brendel 16 Anne Parsons 17 Theo Adam 18 Murray Perahia 19 Dame Janet Baker 20 Toshi Ichiyanagi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 1, 2019 Paul Di’Anno interesting pick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted January 1, 2019 Standards have really dropped when a Jonas Brother gets Knighted 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted January 1, 2019 My Teams this year: Life Flies By So Fast: 1. Leah Bracknell (joker) 2. Johnny Clegg 3. Clive James 4. Fernando Ricksen 5. Nobby Stiles 6. Jill Gascoine 7. John Cocks 8. Jason Becker 9. John Hume 10. John McCririck 11. Valerie Harper 12. Chris Rea 13. Andy Fordham 14. Steave Gleason 15. Bernard Tapie 16. George Alagiah 17. Kathleen Blanco 18. Kamala (wrestler) 19. Stuart Fraser (guitarist) 20. Steffan Lewis (wales) politician with cancer I Hope You Had The Time Of Your Life: 1. Lee Kerslake (Ozzy Osbourne drummer) (joker) 2. Shane MacGowan 3. Noel Conway 4. Bill Turnbull 5. Bart Starr (former footballer) 6. Jimmy Greaves 7. Mike Willesee 8. Tekashi69 (rapper) 9. Denis Goldberg 10. Meat Loaf 11. Christy Dignam (Aslan singer) 12. Monica Vitti 13. George Fernandes (indian politician) 14. Violeta Chamorro (politician) 15. Willie Wood (former Green Bay Packers football player) 16. Otis Taylor (former KS Chiefs football player) 17. Alberto Fujimori 18. Greg Gilbert (British indie musician) 19. John Andretti (racecar driver) 20. Tim Conway (American actor) theme team: 'Cause I'm A Creep, I'm A Weirdo. Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer) (joker) Kevin Spacey Ck Louis Harvey Weinstein Jacob Hoggard (lead singer of Canadian band Hedley) Donald Trump Thom Yorke Aziz Ansari Al Franken James Toback Michael Fallon Bill Cosby Roman Polanski Woody Allen R. Kelly Jian Gomeshi Garry Glitter Larry Nassar Brett Kavanaugh James Levine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 1, 2019 I won’t reveal my main team till after the final deadline, but as a treat, here’s my B Team, The Whipping Posts: John “Cocksy” Cocks (joker) Gary Bigeni Spencer Bohren Christy Dignam John Dugan Bill Freehan Jorie Graham Larry Langford Emily Levine Shane MacGowan Marijane Meaker Walter Mzembi Willie Nelson T Boone Pickens Ayatollah Isa Qassim Harry Reid Doug Sandom Candi Staton Chuck Wepner Chris Wilson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted January 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, Lard Bazaar said: Paul Di’Anno interesting pick! Wheelchair bound and hospitalised earlier this year. Really a complete wildcard pick! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 737 Posted January 1, 2019 Wow! These are some great lists! Everyone has done their homework. This game is truly the gold standard of dead pools. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted January 1, 2019 I want some sleep before posting Pan Breed, but here's a un spoilery Theme Team: THEME TEAM Whatever's Written on your Death (That's All That Matters) THEME - People who, should they die in 2019, I'd like to see a Spade Cooley obit for. Harley Race (joker) - Stan Cosgrove - Shergar's doctor Dietrich Weise - The German football coach Brian Glanville - sports journo Hugh McIlvanney - legendary sports writer Anne Perry - murderer turned author Arnold Yarrow- actor Lawrence Gordon Clark - director of the Ghost Stories for Christmas Vernon Dobtcheff David Kenneth Fieldhouse - historian Aaron Beck - CBT guy Dick Taverne - politicoo Derren Nesbitt - alcoholic wife beating actor Sir Michael Atiyah Donald Pelmear - aging actor Piper Laurie - Carrie's mum Andrew Davies - the TV writer Lorraine Warren - ghost hunter Andre Maranne - French actor, Pink Panther etc David Berglas - magician subs Ignacio Trelles James Garbutt David H Murdock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 737 Posted January 1, 2019 7 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: I won’t reveal my main team till after the final deadline, but as a treat, here’s my B Team, The Whipping Posts: John “Cocksy” Cocks (joker) Gary Bigeni Spencer Bohren Christy Dignam John Dugan Bill Freehan Jorie Graham Larry Langford Emily Levine Shane MacGowan Marijane Meaker Walter Mzembi Willie Nelson T Boone Pickens Ayatollah Isa Qassim Harry Reid Doug Sandom Candi Staton Chuck Wepner Chris Wilson Larry Langford was one I considered too, but I doubt a former mayor of Birmigham, Alabama would get a UK obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted January 1, 2019 I will be revealing the contents of my three crumbles in the next 24 hours! delicious I tell ya! Yes I am drunk-Happy New Year everyone !I hope 2019 is kind and good to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 1, 2019 23 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Wheelchair bound and hospitalised earlier this year. Really a complete wildcard pick! I’m a big maiden fan but had totally missed this, you could have made a good shout there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted January 1, 2019 Just now, Lard Bazaar said: I’m a big maiden fan but had totally missed this, you could have made a good shout there! I'm out of likes, but thanks, found it during my researches for my TOTP theme team. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 74 Posted January 1, 2019 35 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Wheelchair bound and hospitalised earlier this year. Really a complete wildcard pick! Shit!! One of the first albums i ever bought was 'Killers'. Fucking brilliant Ousted out for the commercial plane flying nonce that is Bruce Dickenson Stay strong Paul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 74 Posted January 1, 2019 I've done an additional team of 'Crumble'named teams Apple, Rhubarb and Rasperberry Crumble. MMMMMMH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 74 Posted January 1, 2019 44 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: I won’t reveal my main team till after the final deadline, but as a treat, here’s my B Team, The Whipping Posts: Fuck me, I wont sleep tonight lad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,406 Posted January 1, 2019 Ah, the big reveal! Prepare to be disappointed. Bleaching the Bottom of the Barrel Main Team 1. Fatima Ali (chef) 2. Gerard Basset (sommelier) 3. Kathleen Blanco (Louisiana Governer) 4. Violeta Chamorro (Nicaraguan President) 5. Johnny Clegg (anti-Apartheid rocker) 6. Tim Conway (actor) 7. Kirk Douglas (Golden Age of Hollywood survivor) 8. Andrew Fairlie (chef) 9. Bob Hawke (Oz PM) 10. Clive James (author and broadcaster) 11. Deborah "Bowelbabe" James (cancer podcaster) 12. Dewayne "Lee" Johnson (Monsanto man) 13. Lee Kerslake (drummer) 14. Andrew McGahan (novelist) 15. Leslie Phillips (posh actor) 16. Genesis P-Orridge (genderless musician) 17. Fernando Ricksen (footballer) [JOKER] 18. Nobby Stiles (World-Cup-winning footballer) 19. Thuy Thanh Truong (entrepreneur) 20. Jean-Louis Trintignant (actor) Terror of the Vervoorts B-Team 1. Samula Anoa'i (wrestler) [JOKER] 2. Anna Mae Blessing (evil murderous bitch) 3. Beth Chapman (reality TV wife) 4. Paul Darrow (actor) 5. Greg Gilbert (musician) 6. Ian Holm (star of stage and screen) 7. Dilip Kumar (Bollywood icon) 8. Meat Loaf (singer) 9. Peter Lorimer (footballer) 10. Cathy MacPhail (Scottish author) 11. James Martin (Scottish actor) 12. Wataru Misaka (first non-white NBA player) 13. Stirling Moss (racing driver) 14. Tom Osmond (deaf Osmond brother) 15. Irene Sinclair (really, really, really old Dove model) 16. Julie Strain (model and actress) 17. Bernard Tapie (businessman) 18. Marieke Vervoort (para-athlete) 19. Doddie Weir (rugby player) 20. Ronnie Wood (rock star) Waiting for a Star to Fall Stars who have fallen. Literally. To the floor. 1. Moses Ali (Ugandan General) 2. Ginger Baker (drummer) 3. Bob Barker (presenter) 4. Pope Benedict XVI (Pope Emeritus) 5. Lawrence Block (crime writer) 6. Phil Collins (musician) 7. Barry Cryer (writer) 8. Bruce Dern (actor) 9. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (SCOTUS judge) 10. Miloš Jakeš (communist politician) 11. Jim Leavelle (detective) 12. Gina Lollobrigida (actress) 13. Loretta Lynn (country singer) 14. Robert Mugabe (dictator) 15. Linda Nolan (singer and presenter) 16. Francesco Nuti (former actor) 17. Harley Race (wrestler) 18. Harry Reid (senator) 19. Michael Schumacher (racing driver) 20. Mike Willesee (journalist) [JOKER] 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted January 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Going Underground said: Shit!! One of the first albums i ever bought was 'Killers'. Fucking brilliant Ousted out for the commercial plane flying nonce that is Bruce Dickenson Stay strong Paul Least likely to die on my team if I'm honest. But I thought that about Geoff Emerick in the Hare's.... Anyway, I needed a bloke and his name came up.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted January 1, 2019 @Clorox Bleachman Terror of the Vervoorts - superb name! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 1, 2019 After 11 years exclusively playing the AO Deadpool, I've taken the leap and fielded a Derby Dead Pool team for 2019. It is as follows: Fade to Black 1. Fatima Ali (Chef & reality show contestant) (JOKER) 2. Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi (ISIS leader) 3. John Andretti (American race car driver) 4. Samula Anoa'i (wrestler) 5. Kathleen Blanco (Louisiana Governor) 6. Leah Bracknell (Emmerdale actress) 7. Johnny Clegg (British-South African musician) 8. Norm Coleman (U.S. Senator) 9. Christy Dignam (Irish singer) 10. Barry DuBois (Australian designer) 11. Andrew Fairlie (Scottish chef) 12. Greg Gilbert (British singer) 13. Katherine Jackson (Jackson family matriarch) 14. Andrew McGahan (Australian novelist) 15. Fernando Ricksen (Dutch footballer) 16. Michael Robinson (British footballer) 17. Luton Shelton (Jamaican footballer) 18. Bernard Tapie (French businessman) 19. Bill Turnbull (British presenter) 20. Marieke Vervoort (Belgian paralympian) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 1, 2019 SC's main team: Cancel My Appointments (hoping we have learned some lessons) Fatima Ali George Alagiah John Andretti Kathleen Blanco Shirley Boone Leah Bracknell Beth Chapman Tim Conway Gabrielle D'Allonches Barry Du Bois Christy Dignam Andrew Fairlie Pete Frates Mark Howard Pauline Hunt (**JOKER**) Lee Kerslake Andrew McGahan Fernanado Ricksen Fred Rister Bill Turnbull ------------------- Sir Creep's theme team extraordinaire, the most anticipated theme team around -- GRIS GRIS Jacques Roger Booh-Booh Bev Bevan Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards Carl-Erik Eriksson (bobsled) William 'Flavor Flav' Drayton Jr. Evans Evans Albert Fujimori Fujimori Glen Glenn (Orin Troutman) Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond Jose Jose (**JOKER**) Kris Kristofferson Dieudonne M'bala M'bala Nichelle Nichols Rafiq Nishionovich Nishonov U.E. 'Pat' Patrick Pat Patterson (wrestler) Phil Phillips (Sea of Love) Chi Chi Rodriguez Sirhan Sirhan Tu Youyou 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted January 1, 2019 Oh it's going to be a long and horrible first dead pooling day of 2019 watching team after team publish Fatima Ali as their joker. Totally missed her. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted January 1, 2019 28 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: Oh it's going to be a long and horrible first dead pooling day of 2019 watching team after team publish Fatima Ali as their joker. Totally missed her. That makes two of us! But I also missed (completely forgotten) Michael Robinson which is even worse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted January 1, 2019 Time to make folk feel better about who they missed with my bunch. I've spent the past few days watch cult pick after cult pick I didn't even know was ill when I sent this in come in on the Hares pool after submitting these. Although I didn't actually forget Barbara Knox from Cobbles to a Coffin which I thought I had. Anyway not a DDP entry without the ol' corrie theme team. Deathray's Kervorkian Clinic Leah Bracknell (Joker) Lee Kerslake Jean Louis Trintagent Gordon Banks Nobby Stiles Noam Chomsky Lawrence Ferlinghetti George Alagaih Salvatore Greco Prince Philip Stirling Moss Clive James Ruthie Tompson Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ray Reardon Albert Finney June Whitfield DNS Carl Reiner Ayn Rand DNS died in 1982. Jeez. Loretta Lynn Mikhail Gorbachev Pope Benedict Kieth Richards Cobbles to a Coffin Barbara Knox (Joker) William Roache June Brown Patricia Shakesby Alan Rothwell Malcolm Hebden Julie Goodyear Andrew Sachs Ernst Walder Themla Barlow Michael Le Vel Johnny Briggs Timothy West Bernard Cribbins Amanda Barrie Ben Kingsley Neville Buswelll Geofrey Hinsliff Maureen Lipman Andrew Sachs Amanda Barrie Madge Hindle Shot in the Dark first 20 names I could think off. Enrique Inglesis (Joker) Kendall Jenner Clive James Randy Diamond (Honduran Footballer) John Cocks (Australian Builder) Danni Minogue Dani Harmer Lucy Diamond Ozzy Osbourne Richard Overton (DNS) Tommy Shepherd Barack Obama Jimmy Carter Lionel Richie Nicholas Parsons Antony Worral Thompson Gary Glitter Rolf Harris Jude Law Tom Banks (Australian rugby player) David Steel Andy Murray Liam Gallagher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted January 1, 2019 Richard Overton is actually dead, Deathray. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
