cheat Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Pre-amble for any new posters/readers Most of you will be up to speed on the famous Alan Harper Award, but just for any new readers, here's a quick explanation. Points are awarded for misdemeanours throughout the season and the player with the most points at the end of the season takes the prestigious award. Points are awarded as follows, Yellow card - 1 point Penalty conceeded - 2 points Penalty missed - 2 points Red card - 3 points Own goal - 3 points Alan Harper was a squad member of the excellent Everton side of the 80s, who always seemed to have a stormer against us - in fact he scored the first goal against us in the 1985-86 F.A. Cup semi final. So when Wednesday signed him for £275,000 in June 1988 it's fair to say that most Wednesdayites were pretty pleased with the signing. Predictably, he then turned out to be absolute garbage for us. It is not his lack of form that sees this competition named after him though, but his antics in a 4-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge, in which he conceeded a penalty, scored an own goal and got booked, an impressive 6 points all in one game. The Alan Harper Award was a mainstay of Cheat fanzine between 1989 and 1996, made a return in War of the Monster Turcks in the 00s, and has been resident on Owlsonline since 2006. The Owlsonline winners of the Alan Harper Award are; 2006-07. Tommy Spurr 2007-08. Jermaine Johnson 2008-09. Mark Beevers 2009-10. Lewis Buxton 2010-11. Giles Coke 2011-12. Reda Johnson 2012-13. Miguel Llera 2013-14. Sam Hutchinson 2014-15. Glen Loovens 2015-16. Sam Hutchinson 2016-17. Sam Hutchinson 2017-18. Daniel Pudil 2018-19. Barry Bannan 2019-20. Moses Odubajo 2020-21. Barry Bannan 2021-22. Barry Bannan 2022-23. Lee Gregory A nice start to this year’s campaign with four yellows v Southampton. Gregory, Paterson, Delgado and Dawson all found their way into the ref’s notebook. Cameron Dawson 1 Juan Delgado 1 Lee Gregory 1 Calum Paterson 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Could Bannan be the first player to get a quad of Harper awards come the end of the season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 Paterson takes an early lead with two yellow cards in as many games. The Stockport clash also brought yellow cards for debutant Valentin and Vaulks. Callum Paterson 2 Cameron Dawson 1 Juan Delgado 1 Lee Gregory 1 Pol Valentine 1 Will Vaulks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 Well at least the Alan Harper Award has got off to a cracking start. Reigning champion Gregory takes the lead with two points for conceding the penalty and another for the accompanying yellow card. Paterson made it three yellows in three games, and Windass also went into the ref’s book. Lee Gregory 4 Callum Paterson 3 Cameron Dawson 1 Juan Delgado 1 Pol Valentine 1 Will Vaulks 1 Josh Windass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 Just a yellow for Vasquez in the home defeat to Preston. Lee Gregory 4 Callum Paterson 3 Cameron Dawson 1 Juan Delgado 1 Pol Valentine 1 Devis Vasquez 1 Will Vaulks 1 Josh Windass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 What was that for, btw? Asking for a yellow for a bloke having dived is all I heard suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 34 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: What was that for, btw? Asking for a yellow for a bloke having dived is all I heard suggested. I think it must have been. Anyone else think that was a penalty. We’re on the edge of the Kop penalty area now, so it’s a way away, but it looked it to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, cheat said: I think it must have been. Anyone else think that was a penalty. We’re on the edge of the Kop penalty area now, so it’s a way away, but it looked it to us. Yes, but I'm almost as far away as you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Was miles away from Devis He took ball and fell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 hour ago, Andyben said: Was miles away from Devis He took ball and fell That's impressive. You were even further away than Cheat and I were! 😮 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 The one consolation of a shit season is that are are usually plenty of Alan Harper points, and so far that’s the case, with another hatful at Cardiff. Vaulks leads the way with his two for conceding the penalty, and there were yellows for Bannan, Bernard, Delgado, Paterson, and Windass. Lee Gregory 4 Callum Paterson 4 Will Vaulks 3 Juan Delgado 2 Josh Windass 2 Barry Bannan 1 Di’shon Bernard 1 Cameron Dawson 1 Pol Valentin 1 Devis Vasquez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 Vaulks’ missed penalty v Mansfield puts him top of the table. Palmer also missed from 12 yards to enter this year’s race. There were yellows for Bakinson and Smith Will Vaulks 5 Lee Gregory 4 Callum Paterson 4 Juan Delgado 2 Liam Palmer 2 Josh Windass 2 Tyreeq Bakinson 1 Barry Bannan 1 Di’shon Bernard 1 Cameron Dawson 1 Michael Smith 1 Pol Valentin 1 Devis Vasquez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 Yellows for Delgado and Windass at Leeds. Will Vaulks 5 Lee Gregory 4 Callum Paterson 4 Juan Delgado 3 Josh Windass 3 Liam Palmer 2 Tyreeq Bakinson 1 Barry Bannan 1 Di’shon Bernard 1 Cameron Dawson 1 Michael Smith 1 Pol Valentin 1 Devis Vasquez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 A fifth yellow card for Paterson sees him move alongside Vaulks at the top of the table. There were also yellows for Famewo and Hendrick v Ipswich. Callum Paterson 5 Will Vaulks 5 Lee Gregory 4 Juan Delgado 3 Josh Windass 3 Liam Palmer 2 Tyreeq Bakinson 1 Barry Bannan 1 Di’shon Bernard 1 Cameron Dawson 1 Akin Famewo 1 Jeff Hendrick 1 Michael Smith 1 Pol Valentin 1 Devis Vasquez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 Yellows for Windass and Byers v Middlesbrough. Callum Paterson 5 Will Vaulks 5 Lee Gregory 4 Josh Windass 4 Juan Delgado 3 Liam Palmer 2 Tyreeq Bakinson 1 Barry Bannan 1 Di’shon Bernard 1 George Byers 1 Cameron Dawson 1 Akin Famewo 1 Jeff Hendrick 1 Michael Smith 1 Pol Valentin 1 Devis Vasquez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted September 23 Author Share Posted September 23 Three points for Valentin for his conceded penalty and accompanying yellow card at Swansea. It moves him to within a point of the leaders. There was also a booking for Hendrick. Callum Paterson 5 Will Vaulks 5 Lee Gregory 4 Josh Windass 4 Pol Valentin 4 Juan Delgado 3 Jeff Hendrick 2 Liam Palmer 2 Tyreeq Bakinson 1 Barry Bannan 1 Di’shon Bernard 1 George Byers 1 Cameron Dawson 1 Akin Famewo 1 Michael Smith 1 Devis Vasquez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Is there a chance Xisco could get points? 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Should not could... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Romero going for the full house for Spuds today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted Friday at 21:55 Author Share Posted Friday at 21:55 Well at least this is ticking along nicely. Three points for Bambo Diaby v Sunderland; two for conceding the penalty, one for his second half booking. Delgado also got a yellow card. Callum Paterson 5 Will Vaulks 5 Juan Delgado 4 Lee Gregory 4 Josh Windass 4 Pol Valentin 4 Bambo Diaby 3 Jeff Hendrick 2 Liam Palmer 2 Tyreeq Bakinson 1 Barry Bannan 1 Di’shon Bernard 1 George Byers 1 Cameron Dawson 1 Akin Famewo 1 Michael Smith 1 Devis Vasquez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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