Hi all,

Sorry I couldn't get round to doing this sooner.



This matchday we have a lovely 23g bag of Iced Gems.

I'm reliable informed theres 4 colours so I'll be looking for those and the total number of gems (biscuit and topper).

The colours are white, purple, yellow, pink

So please keep it in order for easy entry

White
Purple
Yellow
Pink
Total

I'll be giving 5 points per flavour and 10 for total

Happy guessing!

Cheers Tarky

White ... 4
Purple ... 5
Yellow ... 6
Pink ... 7
Total ... 22

White 9
Purple 7
Yellow 8
Pink 8
Total 29

Thanks for the count Tarky

White... 6
Purple...5
Yellow... 7
Pink.... 7
Total.... 25
Thanks for the count T-_E`S UTC.

White ... 3
Purple ... 3
Yellow ... 3
Pink ... 3
Total ... 12

Up the Clarets

Cheers Tarky

White... 7
Purple...7
Yellow... 8
Pink.... 5
Total ...... 27

UTC NNN

No clue, don't even know what they look like

White ... 4
Purple ... 4
Yellow ... 4
Pink ... 4
Total ... 16

Cheers

An excellent choice Tarky and thanks for doing another count.

I sez :-

White 4
Purple 5
Yellow 3
Pink 6
Total 18

I hope the food counting gods like iced gems because we're going to need all the help we can get in the footballing contest to come. Hopefully we will find a way to get something out of the game.

Up the Mighty Clarets, come what may.

Lovely sweet choice Tarky…my guess

White 4
Purple 2
Yellow 4
Pink 5
Total 15
Everything crossed for this next game, always a nervy one for me.
UTC

White... 5
Purple...7
Yellow...6
Pink.... 6
Total x 24

Big thanks for the time Tarks!

White 3
Purple 3
Yellow 3
Pink 4

Total 13

Thank you for the count.

Can’t wait to hear the iced gem Manchester City ditty

jdrobbo wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 26, 2025 8:44 am

White 3
Purple 3
Yellow 3
Pink 4

Total 13

Thank you for the count.

Can’t wait to hear the iced gem Manchester City ditty

Come on Tarky wheres yer City Ditty

Greetings from the tiny Greek Island of Halki.
White 5
Purple 5
Yellow 5
Pink. 5
Total. 20

Thanks tarky

Now this is a story all about how
City got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there
I'll tell you how some Iced Gems flew through the air

In East Lancashire, born and raised
On muddy pitches where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', defendin’ all cool
Takin’ long throws, yeah, old-school rules

When a couple of guys who were way too slick
Started passin’ round the ball, real quick
They scored one goal and Burnley got scared
Cullen said "We ain't goin' down — we came prepared!"

Parker stood up, said, “Time to fight back!”
With grit, fire, and a counterattack
If anything, this team was rare
Hard work and hunger in the Lancashire air

They nicked one, then two — the crowd lit up with flair
And City looked shocked — just plain unaware
Burnley took the win, with style and flair...
While eatin' Iced Gems like they just don't care!

That is a great ditty Tarky! I would just like to point out, I’m up next game and like baking, poetry is not one of my hidden talents so..DONT ASK!!

Eloise Laws wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:15 pm

That is a great ditty Tarky! I would just like to point out, I’m up next game and like baking, poetry is not one of my hidden talents so..DONT ASK!!

It’s an expectation

Oooooo childhood memories.........iced gems, liquorice allsorts, sherbet, penny Anglo bubblegum, Golden cup, Texan bars, trips to the dentist, fillings, nauseating gas and teeth out, white dog dirt, dog dirt on ya shoes, jumpers for goalposts.....I'll say!

Oh erm, yes the food count. I'll go feeeeerrrr......

White - 6
Purple - 3
Yellow - 4
Pink - 4
Total - 17

Thanks Tarky. Fingers crossed for 3 points against the blue Mancs. UtBFC!

White = 5
Purple = 4
Yellow = 4
Pink = 6
Total = 19

thanks for doing the count tarkys_ears!

used to love iced gems!

feeling a nil-all result at City!

UTC

Bump!

Eloise Laws wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:15 pm

That is a great ditty Tarky! I would just like to point out, I’m up next game and like baking, poetry is not one of my hidden talents so..DONT ASK!!

Sorry E L but jdrobbo set the bar for this season so some form of rhyme is now expected

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 27, 2025 9:01 am

Sorry E L but jdrobbo set the bar for this season so some form of rhyme is now expected

How about a limerick?

White ... 5
Purple ... 5
Yellow ... 6
Pink ... 5
Total ... 21

0ml joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose

Eloise Laws wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:15 pm

That is a great ditty Tarky! I would just like to point out, I’m up next game and like baking, poetry is not one of my hidden talents so..DONT ASK!!

It is your food count EL so I would say your choice in all matters including the writing of a poem.

Bump.

Any more guesses?

Ok Count closed. Results to follow (hopefully - especially with regards to my last count) very soon!

Results now in!



We have a total of

White -3
Purple - 5
Yellow - 4
Pink - 4
Total - 15

5 Points for white were JDRobbo and Longsider
5 points for purple were bosscat, claretmisterg, dawlish,zooniverser, houseclaret
5 points for yellow to eloise_laws, dingledangle, croydonclaret
5 points for pink to jdrobbo, dingledangle, croydonclaret
10 points for total to Croydon with an exact guess of 16

So in total

JDRobbo - 10 pts
Longsider - 5
bosscat - 5
claretmisterg - 5
dawlish - 5
zooniverser - 5
croydon - 20
dingledangle - 10
eloise_laws - 5
houseclaret- 5

Thank you all for playing!

yayyy got some points great count tarky m8 and good poem too

Cheers boss!

I got me a few points too for a change so im happy enough

(Don't forget the 5 for me MisterG!)

I'm on a roll!

Cheers

Updated points table :-

1st
Croydon Claret 55 points

Joint 2nd
Les latcham fan club 40 points
Longsider 40 points

4th
jdrobbo 35 points

5th
Eloise Laws 30 points

Joint 6th
Claretmisterg 25 points
DingleDangle 25 points
Zooniverser 25 points

Joint 9th
BigF 20 points
Dawlish Claret 20 points
tarkys_ears 20 points

11th
BossCat 15 points

12th
Houseclaret 10 points

Joint 13th
mdd2 5 points
tally 5 points

Congratulations to all our points scorers :-

An excellent 20 points lifts Croydon Claret into 1st place on 55 points.
5 points keeps Longsider in joint 2nd on 40 points.
A healthy 10 points puts jdrobbo in 4th place on 35 points.
Eloise Laws scores 5 points but slips to 5th place now on 30 points.
DingleDangle also scores 10 points to move into joint 6th on 25 points.
5 points for Zooniverser and yours truly sees us both joining DingleDangle in joint 6th on 25 points.
Dawlish Claret scores 5 to remain in joint 9th but now on 20 points.
Bosscat scores 5 and moves up a place to 11th now on 15 points.
Houseclaret gets another 5 points to double his total to 10 and move up to 12th place.

Thanks again for an excellent count Tarky which gave plenty of food counters an opportunity to score points on what otherwise turned into a miserable afternoon for ckarets everywhere. 5 points for counting puts you into joint 9th place on 20 points.

Thanks to everybody who took part.

The food counting gods must have have been distracted after half time thinking that they'd done enough in the first half for us to get something. Bloody City. It's been the same old story ever since those two thumpings under Stan in 1999.

We move on.

Up the Mighty Clarets, come what may.

Happy with my points. Thankyou for updating the table Claretmisterg I shall be adding next weeks count soon