We look at how badly the pundits fared last time. Plus, if you've ever fancied playing on a Premiership ground then now is your chance. So get your thinking caps on and enter our Villa Quiz
Our three resident football experts, DWS's Michael Warren and Andy Clark and former editorial director at Investment Week Lawrence Gosling, proved once again that none of them are going to retire on the quality of their football predictions.
Clark, who has been known to have the odd flutter on the beautiful game, excelled only in his prediction of Arsenal to win at Blackburn - hardly the most inspired forecast of all time, particularly as he supports the Gooners.
Meanwhile, both Warren and Gosling can claim the high ground this week for one 'intelligent prediction' each, with Warren claiming the title of 'Unofficial predicitor of the week' after his smart call of Southampton to win away at Middlesbrough.
Gosling's punt on a 1-0 home win for Bolton against Norwich was a decent enough performance, but again not exactly inspiring given Bolton's ability to grind out 1-0 wins.
The predicting team were given the weekend off because of the World Cup qualifiers, but will be back on duty in a couple of week's time on 11 April, when we will have a league table of how they have fared so far.
Let's have a closer look at how they got on last time around:
Blackburn v Arsenal
Result: 0-1
AC: AWAY
MW: DRAW
LG: DRAW
'Class will tell,' said Gooner Clark ahead of this game, which was pretty much all he got right this weekend.
Birmingham v Aston Villa
Result: 2-0
AC: DRAW
MW: HOME
LG: HOME
Having seen plenty of Aston Villa this season, through their sponsorship of the club, the DWS pairing realised the Villa's away form is nothing to write home about. In retrospect a Blues win was obvious, especially when Villa keepers have had an uncanny knack of gifting Birmingham at least one goal in every derby game played over the past couple of years.
Liverpool v Everton
Result: 2:1
AC: DRAW
MW: DRAW
LG: AWAY
Amazingly after Liverpool's dismal midweek performance against Blackburn, all three pundits got this game badly wrong. One of them will be predicting Liverpool win the Champions League next!
Charlton v West Brom
Result: 1-4
AC: HOME
MW: DRAW
LG: HOME
Any kind of bet for an away win would have landed a tidy sum on this game, which just goes to prove how exciting and unpredictable the Premiership can be. Nil points for our pundits on this one.
Chelsea v Crystal Palace
Result: 4-1
AC: HOME
MW: HOME
LG: HOME
The total banker of the weekend - even all our pundits got it right - as Chelsea's relentless march to their first title in 50 years continues.
Boro v Southampton
Result: 1-3
AC: DRAW
MW: AWAY
LG: HOME
Undoubtedbly the best prediction of the weekend goes to Mr Warren, for his inspired selection of an away win for Southampton - it was their first of the season.
Bolton v Norwich
Result: 1-0
AC: DRAW
MW: DRAW
LG: HOME
'It's got 1-0 written all over it,' said Gosling, with the same certainty as when Clark talked about Arsenal's class.
Portsmouth v Newcastle
Result: 1-1
AC: AWAY
MW: AWAY
LG: AWAY
How little the three gurus really know. Newcastle might be in the running for two cups, but an away league win, even against Portsmouth, is beyond their current revival.
Man Utd v Fulham
Result: 1-0
AC: HOME
MW: HOME
LG: HOME
A total banker of a home win, even if Sir Alex Ferguson thought most of his team played like a bunch of bankers.
Spurs v Man City
Result: 2-1
AC: HOME
MW: HOME
LG: HOME
Tempting to say this was another home banker, but given the unpredictability of both sides it wasn't, although it turned out to be. Funny old game football.
Lawrence Gosling is publishing director of Football First, the national Sunday football paper
Have you ever wanted to play football at a top Premiership ground? Now you can, thanks to DWS Investments, sponsors of Aston Villa.
DWS has negotiated with the club to allow teams of independent advisers to tread the hallowed turf of Villa Park, the scene of many top games over the years.
So now is your chance to follow in the footsteps of Ryan Giggs, who memorably scored an FA Cup extra-time winner on this ground in 1999, when he waltzed through the Arsenal defence before smacking the ball past Seaman. However, you're not allowed to take your shirt off, like he did, if you score a goal.
Because this is such a prestigious, once in a lifetime opportunity there are only limited places available. But DWS has reserved space for two teams of seven advisers to play.
To stand a chance of winning you must complete the football quiz below and send your answers in to the address below by 21 April.
The big day is on Thursday 14 May. The first match starts at 10am, so you must be able to get your team up to Villa Park and be registered, ready to play by 9am at the latest.
The DWS Champions League will be made up of 20 teams (consisting of a squad of 7/8 players) to be drawn in four groups, with the top two teams in each group going forward to the knockout stages (quarters and then semi-finals). The last two will play for the honour of being the winner of the inaugural trophy.
The deadline for sending in your answers is Thursday 21 April and the names of the winners will be published in Investment Week and on IFAonline on Monday 25 April.
How to enter
Email your answers, the name of your firm and your contact details, to [email protected]
Or alternatively post them to:
Lawrence Gosling
Sport First
20-26 Brunswick Place
London
N1 6DZ
The questions
1. Which top London Premiership club was originally called Dial Square when it was founded in 1886.
2. Which Bristol-based club was originally called Black Arabs when it was founded in 1883?
3. Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Derby, Everton, Notts County, Preston, Stoke, West Brom, Wolves, and Accrington Stanley were 11 of the 12 original members of the Football League. Who was the 12th?
4. Only four footballers have been named BBC Sports Personality of the Year: Michael Owen, David Beckham, and Paul Gascoigne are three, who is the fourth?
5. The fastest recorded sending off in English professional football was for Crewe goalkeeper Martin Smith in 1994. After how long was he dismissed? (a) 19 seconds (b) 38 seconds (c) 49 seconds.
6. The first all ticket FA Cup game was in 1924, between Newcastle and which other club?
7. How many FA Cup Final appearances have Aston Villa made? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 25
8. Which footballer was the first to appear on This is Your Life in 1955 and then be knighted in 1965?
9. What do Jackie and Bobby and Willy and Rene have in common?
10. Actor Tom Hanks reputedly supports which Premiership club?
Source: Fotheringham's Sporting Trivia, published by Sanctuary
