2008/09 Football prediction competition

[Matt50]

Would people be interested in entering a competition i would be willing to run where you would have to predict the outcome of 10 events over the course of the season.  All entries would have to be submitted prior to the start of the Premiership season and the events would be as follows:

First player to score a hat-trick in a Premiership game
First team to score 5 or more goals in a Premiership game
First Premiership manager to leave their club (sacked or resign)
First player to be sent off in a Premiership game
Non Premiership team to go furthest in the FA Cup
Non Premiership team to go furthest in the League Cup
Leading English goalscorer in the 5 World Cup qualifying matches this season
British team to go furthest in the Champions League
British team to go furthest in the UEFA Cup
First player to miss a penalty in a Premiership game

For each question you will make 3 selections.  You will gain points depending on which selection is correct (6 pts for your 1st selection, 3 for your 2nd and 1 for your 3rd)

Entry fee will be $20 which can be shipped to me on Stars and i will keep the competition updated throughout the season.  Winnings will be paid depending on the number of entrants.
I would like at least 8 people in it to make it worthwhile.  I will enter so we are up and running with 1 

All entries to be posted on here and monies shipped by midnight Friday 15th August to be eligible to play.

[kinboshi]

I'll have a bash. 

None of my answers will be Crystal Palace though.

[DaveShoelace]

Can I ship you the money on Tilt instead? Me and Stars have fallen out.

Im getting excited about the footy now, what a hellish few weeks its been.

On a side note, anyone else done the sun dreamteam this year? Do they still have mates leagues?

[dino1980]

I'll be in, will post my selections later and ship you the money on stars.

Edit: Barry - ship me $20 on tilt and i'll ship $40 from stars if that works?

[DaveShoelace]

I'll be in, will post my selections later and ship you the money on stars.

Edit: Barry - ship me $20 on tilt and i'll ship $40 from stars if that works?

Done!

All mine are in order of preference, so in the example below, Adebayor is number 1, Torres is number 2 and Ronaldo number 3 etc

First player to score a hat-trick in a Premiership game
Emmanuel Adebayor, Torres, Ronaldo

First team to score 5 or more goals in a Premiership game
Man Utd, Arsenal, Man City

First Premiership manager to leave their club (sacked or resign)
Paul Ince, Mark Hughes, Kevin Keegan

First player to be sent off in a Premiership game
Wayne Rooney, John Terry, William Gallas

Non Premiership team to go furthest in the FA Cup
Sheffield Utd, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham

Non Premiership team to go furthest in the League Cup
Derby, Sheffield Utd, Birmingham

Leading English goalscorer in the 5 World Cup qualifying matches this season
Michael Owen, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney

British team to go furthest in the Champions League
Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool

British team to go furthest in the UEFA Cup
Everton, Villa, Man City

First player to miss a penalty in a Premiership game
Ronaldo, Lampard, Torres

[Matt50]

I'll be in, will post my selections later and ship you the money on stars.

Edit: Barry - ship me $20 on tilt and i'll ship $40 from stars if that works?

Done!

First player to score a hat-trick in a Premiership game
Emmanuel Adebayor

First team to score 5 or more goals in a Premiership game
Man Utd

First Premiership manager to leave their club (sacked or resign)
Paul Ince

First player to be sent off in a Premiership game
Wayne Rooney

Non Premiership team to go furthest in the FA Cup
Sheffield Utd

Non Premiership team to go furthest in the League Cup
Derby

Leading English goalscorer in the 5 World Cup qualifying matches this season
Michael Owen

British team to go furthest in the Champions League
Chelsea

British team to go furthest in the UEFA Cup
Everton

First player to miss a penalty in a Premiership game
Ronaldo

For each question you will make 3 selections.  You will gain points depending on which selection is correct (6 pts for your 1st selection, 3 for your 2nd and 1 for your 3rd)

Changes will be allowed up until the close of entry, especially as there are League Cup matches next midweek.

I dont have an account on Tilt, so all monies will need to go to Stars.

[Matt50]

My Stars username is Matth50, location Crawley

[TightEnd]

I'll be in this please. entries to follow

[Matt50]

Just for clarification so that everyone understands how it will work.  You make 3 selections for each question.  For example Question 1 - First player to score a hat-trick in a premiership game.
You choose:
1) Rooney
2) Torres
3) Gerrard

If Rooney gets the first hat-trick you score 6 pts, if it is Torres you get 3 pts and if it is Gerrard you get 1 point.

No further points are then awarded, irrespective of whether any more hat-tricks are scored by any of your players.

So only 1 of your selections can gain you points, but you gain more points if it is your first choice rather than your second or third.

If 2 players or teams achieve the same thing on the same day the winning player or team will be the one that happens first, whether that be in an earlier kick off, or if the 2 games kick off at the same time then the team or player that achieve it first.

If 2 teams/players tie for any answer then points will be divided by the number of winning teams.
For example, if 4 non prem teams made the quarter finals of the FA cup and all lost then if you had selected one of them you would get a quarter of any points due to you.

If anyone has any questions on any of the rules then please ask - would rather it got cleared up before the season started.

[TightEnd]

First player to score a hat-trick in a Premiership game
Torres, Berbatov, Ashton

First team to score 5 or more goals in a Premiership game
Man Utd, Tottenham, Newcastle

First Premiership manager to leave their club (sacked or resign)
Gareth Southgate, Gary Megson, Tony Pulis

First player to be sent off in a Premiership game
Gary Cahill, Bakari Sagna, Lee Bowyer

Non Premiership team to go furthest in the FA Cup,
Charlton, Crystal palace, Bristol City

Non Premiership team to go furthest in the League Cup
Reading, Coventry, Ipswich

Leading English goalscorer in the 5 World Cup qualifying matches this season
Dean Ashton, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole

British team to go furthest in the Champions League
Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea

British team to go furthest in the UEFA Cup
Spurs,Villa, Everton

First player to miss a penalty in a Premiership game
Gareth Barry,Dimitar Berbatov, Rondaldo

[TheChipPrince]

I'll happily have a go if I can bank transfer £10 over, don't use Stars...

[Matt50]

I'll happily have a go if I can bank transfer £10 over, don't use Stars...

Yeah that should be ok

[cia260895]

I'll happily have a go if I can bank transfer £10 over, don't use Stars...

me too

pm  the details over

[Steelio]

I'll have a go at this, send money and post entries soon

[Steelio]

First player to score a hat-trick in a Premiership game
Adebayor, Berbatov, Rooney

First team to score 5 or more goals in a Premiership game
Liverpool, Man U, Spurs

First Premiership manager to leave their club (sacked or resign)
Curbishley, Keegan, Hughes

First player to be sent off in a Premiership game
Diouf, Lucas Neill, Emmanuel Eboue

Non Premiership team to go furthest in the FA Cup,
Birmingham, Cardiff, Wolves

Non Premiership team to go furthest in the League Cup
Ipswich, QPR, Reading

Leading English goalscorer in the 5 World Cup qualifying matches this season
Rooney, Lampard, Owen

British team to go furthest in the Champions League
Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool

British team to go furthest in the UEFA Cup
Spurs, Villa, Man City

First player to miss a penalty in a Premiership game
Ronaldo, McCarthy, Nolan