With the start of the new season only a day away, it’s time to register for the TWTD Prediction League 2018/19.
The Prediction League — which doesn’t include cup matches — is essentially the same competition we’ve been running since August 2000. You predict the score and first scorer of each match and you get points based on your accuracy.
You get three points if you get the scoreline spot on, plus a bonus of the number of goals in that game (so an accurate prediction of 1-3 would get you three points and a bonus of four).
If you don’t get the score right but correctly guess that it will be an away win, for example, you’ll be awarded one point. You get two points for predicting the correct first Town scorer.
The overall winner of the competition, which had 869 registered entrants last season, will receive £150 in Amazon vouchers with, for the first time this season, second receiving £100 and third £50. Last year’s competition was won by Alfie with 85 points ahead of TinternTrojans and The_Prisoner only a point behind on 84 in joint-second.
Also for the first time this year, after every match we’ll give a £10 Amazon voucher to one entrant drawn at random from those who get both the score and scorer correct.
To get started, go to our Prediction League page and enter your predictions for Saturday’s opening game against Blackburn Rovers at Portman Road.
You can make any number of predictions for a match, but only the last one will count. So, if Martyn Waghorn dramatically moves on or Paul Hurst suddenly lands another striker late on Friday afternoon and you think the new man will bag a debut goal, just log in and change your prediction.
The winner of our World Cup Sweepstake, which had a total of 773 entrants, selected at random from 30 TWTDers allocated France was Runaround, who wins a £25 Amazon voucher and our congratulations.
TWTD Forum posters are running two Fantasy Leagues, the details of which can be found here and here.