Randomly allocate members to groups in Excel

GinaS

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I have a list of 34 names which I need to randomly assign to one of 8 teams. This will run on a monthly basis and as such, I need each month for a new team to be generated and no person repeated in a group they have been in the previous months (see below). I have been using the formula =VLOOKUP(RANDBETWEEN(1,8),$B$33:$C$40,2,FALSE) to generate the random allocation but don't know how to make it not repeat the following month.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks!

Team allocation
RefNameNov-13Dec-13Jan-13Feb-13Mar-13Apr-13May-13Jun-13
1TracyPurplePurplePinkRedBlackGreyOrangePurple
2PeterPurpleBlueBlueOrangePurplePinkPinkBlue
3JaneBlueGreyRedBlackBluePinkGreyGrey
4NataliePurpleWhiteBlackOrangeBlackGreyBlackOrange
5BarryBlackGreyOrangePinkWhiteOrangePinkBlack
6ChrisGreyRedBlueRedPurpleOrangeBluePurple
7Andrew BlueOrangePinkBlackPurpleBlueWhiteWhite
8AlexOrangePurpleGreyPurpleOrangeGreyBlackBlue
9LeoBluePurpleBlackBluePinkGreyBlackWhite
10LisaRedWhitePinkPinkOrangePinkOrangeGrey
11DavidRedRedPinkWhiteBluePurpleBlueBlue
12DaveBlackGreyGreyBlueOrangeRedPinkGrey
13LoiusWhitePurpleWhiteWhitePinkPinkOrangeWhite
14ClaudiaPinkBlueBlueBlueWhiteRedRedBlue
15KimBlueRedPinkPurpleRedOrangeRedPink
16ChadGreyBlueRedOrangeGreyPinkRedGrey
17RobbieBlackBlueOrangeBlackBlueBlueGreyBlack
18TimBlackRedBlackWhiteRedPinkWhiteWhite
19DonPurpleRedBlackRedWhitePinkGreyOrange
20JamesGreyWhitePinkPinkWhiteOrangeBlackWhite
21SamPurpleBlueOrangeOrangeGreyGreyPurplePink
22StaceyPinkGreyRedPurpleGreyGreyBlueBlack
23CandiceOrangeRedRedRedBlackGreyWhitePurple
24LaurenGreyPurpleWhitePinkPinkRedRedPink
25PaulRedBlackWhiteWhiteRedPinkBlackPurple
26TomGreyBlackBlueRedPurpleRedOrangeRed

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