COMPETITION RULES
COMPETITION RULES
The Doris Green Predict the Score Competition Rules 2024/25 season.
All information below is based on 41 players taking part
Competition website:
www.dgpredictthescore.com
Introduction;
Welcome to The Doris Green Predict the Score competition, now entering its
13th season.
This is a not-for-profit competition, with all entry money paid out in prize
money, less 10% that goes to Luton FoodBank charity (£123).
To Play is As Easy as ABC
It is a very easy completion to take part in, a knowledge of football is not
necessarily required, as was proved when the first ever winner, Doris Green won
the competition at grand age of 96, and the competition is named in her
memory.
The Knockout Competition, is also named after another player who sadly past away, Margaret Stanbridge, so is known as the Margaret Stanbridge Memorial knockout competition.
So how do you play?
All you need to do each week between Monday and 4pm on Friday is either go to the
competition website www.dgpredictthescore.com, or click on the googles form link sent to you by Email,
and follow these easy steps;
Step 1, enter your name.
Step 2, enter your player password.
Step 3, select your score for each of the 5 fixtures.
Step 4, decide if to play one of your 3 jokers.
Step 5, press send,
That’s it.
Three Competitions in one !
As well as the main prediction competition, there are also two other
competitions you are automatically included in, and are included in your entry
fee, therefore for your £30 entry fee you get to take part in all three
competitions, but all you need to do as a player is follow the steps above.
The three competitions are as follows;
The season long predict the score competition.
Weekly Highest Points Competition,
The Margaret Stanbridge Memorial knockout competition.
So all 3 competitions for a one entry payment of £30.
Cost of Entry
The cost of entry is a one off £30 entry fee per person which must be paid
before start of competition for your week 1 predictions to be accepted. Payment
can be bank transfer to
Bank A/C number 90167517
Sort Code 20-53-97
League Table
The competition will run with one league table.
Fixtures
Each week five football fixtures will be displayed on the competition website, and sent to you by email.
They will wherever possible taken from the top four English League, those being
one fixture from the Premier league, one fixture from the Championship, one
fixture from League 1, one fixture from League 2 and after listening to player
feedback, one fixture from the Scottish Premiership.
Deadline
Players select their predicted score for each fixture, and submit their predictions
no later than 4pm on the Friday. If no predictions are received by 5pm on the
Friday, their default scores will be used instead for each fixture (3 v 2).
A reminder will be emailed out to all those players who have not submitted their
predictions on a Wednesday night by WhatsApp.
NO further reminders will be sent and any predictions received after 4pm on the Friday, any predictions not received by 4pm will automatically have 3 v 3 entered for each fixture.
Scoring or Points
For season 2024/25 point scoring will be as follows, of 5 points for correctly
predicted score, and 2 points for incorrect score but correct result, i.e. home win.
i.e. player selects 2v2 for that fixture, and the actual score for that fixture finishes
as 2v2 they will score 5 points.
and 2 points for an incorrect score but correct home win, away win or draw
outcome i.e. player predicts 2v2 for that fixture, but the final score of that fixture ends up as 1v1, therefore the player correctly predicted a draw.
League Table Update
After each week the league table will be updated in order of total points, then by
most correct scores.
Winning Positions
After the final week of the competition, the player top of the league one will win the associated prize money.
Second, third place will also receive the associated prize money for
those positions.
There will also be a position prizes for finishing in 16th and 27th places.
Full prizes will be as follows based on £30 entry fee x 40 players = £1200
Highest Weekly £160
Margaret Stanbridge memorial competition £160
Runner Up £120
League winner £160
Runner up £120
Third place £100
16th Place £100
27th Place £100
Highest Weekly Points Competition
Once again we will operate a highest weekly points competition with
the player with the highest points scored in any individual week (double points
scoring via joker card will not count in this competition) throughout the
competition winning the highest weekly points competition associated prize
money. This will be shared if more than one player finishes on same points.
The Margaret Stanbridge Memorial knockout competition.
(formally The Prediction Challenge Cup)
In memory of Margaret Stanbridge who sadly passed away, the Prediction Challenge Cup has been renamed The Margaret Stanbridge Memorial knockout competition.
If the total amount of players is either 32 or 64 then there is no need for a
qualifying Period as 64 or 32 breaks down to a final of 2 players, however if the
amount of players is any other total, then during November there will be a
qualifying competition, with the 64 or 32 players who score the highest total
amount of points during November going through to the knockout competition which starts in January 2025.
The winner of the Margaret Stanbridge Memorial knockout competition, will win the associated prize money.
The runner up will receive the associated prize money.
How the Margaret Stanbridge Memorial knockout competition works.
So how does the competition work?
Well, I have used myself and my wife Karen as the two players for this very
simple explanation of how this competition works.
So in the first round of the competition,
Rich Gates is drawn against Karen Gates.
1. Gates v K.Gates
So for that week, the normal competition runs as normal with R. Gates and
K.Gates entering their 5 prediction scores as normal.
So in that week once all five prediction results are known,
1. Gates scores a total points for that week of 4 points.
However K.Gates for that same week scores 12 points.
Therefore the result of the fixture of R.Gates v K.Gates would be as follows;
R.Gates 4 v 12 K.Gates,
with K.Gates progressing to the next round, and R.Gates being knocked out of the cup competition.
Joker Cards
We will operate the joker system again in the 2024/25 season with
each player having 3 jokers to use throughout the season.
Each player will be given three joker cards that can be played any time between
Week 1 and Week 40 of the competition.
Only one joker card can be played in any given week.
In the week the player decided to play their joker card, their weekly points will be
doubled (however these doubled up points will not count for purposes of the Highest Weekly points Competition.
Should more than 50% of the 5 fixtures in any given week be postponed and you have played your joker that week, you will be given the choice to either keep your joker in place, or have it returned to you and therefore not have played it that week.
Charity Donation
10% of each player’s entry fee will be donated to a local charity;
The charity we support as a competition is Luton FoodBank.
Entering
To enter the 2024/25 Doris Green Predict the Score Competition, email me at info@dgpredictthescore.com
COMPETITION PRIZES
SEASON 2024/25 COMPETITION PRIZES
2024/25 PRIZES
41 x £30 = £1230
10% Foodbank £123
Balance £1107
Less Website cost £57
Prize Fund £1050
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PRIZES FOR SEASON 2024/25 ARE AS FOLLOWS
Highest Weekly Points = £170
The Margaret Stanbridge Memorial Knockout Competition
Winner = £170
Runner Up = £120
League winner = £170
Runner up = £120
Third place = £100
16th Place = £100
27th Place = £100
HALL OF FAME
Season 2023/24
Rich Gates (league 1)
David Green Jnr (league 2)
Rich Gates & Michelle Bland (Highest Weekly Points)
Trever Utting (Winner Margaret Stanbridge Memorial Knockout Competition)
John Wood (Runner up Margaret Stanbridge Memorial Knockout Competition)
Season 2022/23
David Griffiths (League 1)
Karen Gates (League 2)
Phil Moss (Prediction Challenge Shield)
Phil Moss, Steve Blake & David Green (Highest Weekly Total)
Season 2021/22
Stefen Perry (League 1)
Barbara Nelson (League 2)
Micky Herbert (Prediction Challenge Shield)
Barbara Nelson (Highest Weekly Total)
Season 2020/21
Sean Draper (League 1)
Stefen Perry (League 2)
John Woods (Prediction Challenge Cup)
Lee Smith (Highest Weekly Total)
Season 2019/20
Steve Blake
Mark Plumb (Prediction Challenge Cup)
Season 2018/19
Bland Girls
Michael Ely (Prediction Challenge Cup)
Season 2017/18
Micky Herbert (League 1)
John Woods (League 2)
Kevin Patrick (Prediction Challenge Cup)
Season 2016/17
David Green Jnr (League 1)
Ian Casey (League 2)
David Green Jnr (Predict Challenge Cup)
Season 2015/16
Dave Griffiths
Michael Ely (Prediction Challenge Cup
Season 2014/15
Michael Ely
Season 2013/14
Andrew Taylor
Season 2012/13
Doris Green