Hi Folks, Wanted to launch this early to avoid holiday season getting in the way.
I will again running the Gasroom score prediction contest this season. I very much hope that @railwaysteve will again run the crowd prediction one.
As this is a new forum, I am somewhat mortified to realise that I can’t simply cut and paste last years launch thread so brief summary of what this comp is, why I do it and how it works.
Purpose.
The competition is designed to raise money for a small charity that makes a noticeable difference. I ask that if you can, you donate at least £10 here chair boy is fundraising for Samaritans of Plymouth, East Cornwall and South West Devon. I am using my local branch as I know the money makes a real difference to them. The way samaritans works is that calls from anywhere in the Uk are distributed to next available volunteer so a volunteer in Plymouth is equally likely to be talking to a caller in need in Aberdeen as High Wycombe as Devon. It costs an average £1.25 or so to answer a call - so your £10 would fund c 8 calls - at least one of which is likely to have made a real difference to someone’s life, perhaps making the difference between them choosing tio end that life or not.
To be clear though, this competition is designed to be inclusive. If you want to take part and either can’t or don’t want to donate, that’s cool. Just predict and join in.
What do I need to do
Each match I will open a thread and all you have to do is predict the result of that match. Closing time for predictions is 1 minute before kick off. I’ll do the rest
Scoring system
The scoring system is ridiculously complex such that even I am sometimes surprised at what the spreadsheet throws out. It is basically
Home Win Predicted - 4pts
Away Win - 5pts
Draw - 6pts
Correctly predicting that draw is not 1-1 - 1pt
Correct Score - 2pts
Correct prediction of exactly two goal margin - 2pts
Correct prediction of exactly three goal margin - 4pts
Each goal margin out --1pt (ie predict a 1-0 home win, actual result 2-0 away win - score -3pts
No prediction - nil points
Aggregate points over course of season wins title. If scores are level correct score predictions is “goal difference”
When can I join
You can join at any stage of season but obviously better chance of victory if you predict all 46 games.
Think that’s it - Any questions do ask.
Otherwise
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predict Bradford here.
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donations here chair boy is fundraising for Samaritans of Plymouth, East Cornwall and South West Devon
