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BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:26 am
by UBT - Timbo
Hi all
So, the English Premier League starts soon and the BBC have rejigged the Euro 2016 predictor game and re=hashed it for the seasons Premier League.
Instead of just 50-odd Euro games to predict, there's now a whole seasons worth
(By my calculations there are 10 games a week and 38 weeks worth of games....that's 380 predictions to be made !!)
Anyone else fancy joining in? (As the "Three Musketeers" of Woodles, Mikee and myself are already pre-registered as we had a bit of fun playing the Euro's Predictor).
The link is here - you'll need to be signed into your BBC website account to join though - just click on "Join an existing league" and enter our PIN:
kqva9g
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/pre ... /predictor
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:23 pm
by UBT-mark3346
If you are keen on predictions Sky Super 6 is a free one where you can win £250,000 for 6 correct scores and you can also set up mini leagues
https://super6.skysports.com/home
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:20 am
by nick
joined the bbc league and city did me out of a correct score in extra time
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:51 am
by Woodles
Unlucky nick, it's annoying when football teams don't behave like they should
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:34 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Hi all,
The Beeb has also now set up a Scottish Premier League Predictor League !!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/sco ... /predictor
So. make sure you guess some of the Scottish results too
I've also added a new League, in order to compete with TSBT, if they want to join in !!!
That is here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/sco ... /predictor
and enter code:
0518cs
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:03 pm
by Woodles
YES!! Joint first place ... it can only go downhill from here once they actually start playing
The link you posted automatically joins you to the league if you have a BBC account. Not a problem but we may end up with a lot of players!
Regards,
Mark
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:28 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Hi Mark
Thanks for the info - I've changed the link so it might be better now.
we may end up with a lot of players!
Is that a BAD thing ?
BTW: I've also posted the above info in the TSBT forum...so we might see a nice little competition start up...
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 2:04 pm
by Woodles
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:34 pm
by UBT-mark3346
First I would like to thank Celtic, Hearts and their opponents for their contribution in helping me to win this hard fought battle for the SPL title and also my tea....... whadda you mean it's not all over yet? ....... Darn, oh well that's the closest I'll get to an acceptance speech.
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:20 pm
by UBT - Timbo
UBT-mark3346 wrote:First I would like to thank Celtic, Hearts and their opponents for their contribution in helping me to win this hard fought battle for the SPL title and also my tea....... whadda you mean it's not all over yet? ....... Darn, oh well that's the closest I'll get to an acceptance speech.
Hi Mark
Well done Mark. Good results for you
I got one correct score and that was it...!!
What I'm not liking is how difficult the BBC website designers make it for switching between the Premier League and Scottish Premier League Predictor pages...and that's assuming there's a link for the Predictor on the BBC Sports section of the website.
And there's no easy way of getting them to change it either !!
Oh well....
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:02 pm
by UBT-mark3346
Thanks Tim
The pages can take a bit of finding on the BBC site, I find it easier to use the links in this thread (when I remember to do it that way).
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:30 am
by Woodles
Ah, so you're mjmmjm!
I did slightly better than Tim and got two results right ... one was the correct score as well!
It is a little difficult to navigate around the site, I have a few shortcuts set up.
Regards,
Mark
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:51 pm
by UBT - Mikee
Hi
Thought I'd better bump this thread as peeps are forgetting to enter their predictions! Still room for anyone else who wants to join in as we're not the best at predicting if you compare us with the top scorers. So anyone who's any good should catch up quickly!
Mike
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:33 pm
by Woodles
Thanks for that Mike, I'd forgotten completely about it!
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 8:37 pm
by UBT-mark3346
Blasted Friday kick off
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:12 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Hi Mark
I have it as a 0-2 away win...so I might get 10 pts
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:49 pm
by UBT-mark3346
Hi Tim
I don't think I would have got the correct score but the result had to be a gimme.
Mark
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:14 am
by UBT - Timbo
UBT-mark3346 wrote:Hi Tim
I don't think I would have got the correct score but the result had to be a gimme.
Mark
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 10:14 pm
by UBT - Mikee
Hi
Noticed this weeks predictions are for Tuesday and Wednesday! Having a bit of trouble saving though.
Mike
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 5:22 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Hi all
Can anyone who has access to the Predictor League tell me if it is still accessible?
I've had a "run-in" with something or other on my PC and my BBC login doesn't work anymore...so, I want to make sure the League I set up is still available.
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 5:41 pm
by Woodles
Works alright for me Tim, both 'proper' and Scottish from the links at the top of the page.
Mark
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 6:20 pm
by UBT - Mikee
Hi
OK for me as well. Just wish I had remembered a bit more often to actually make predictions!
Mike
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 6:37 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Hi both
Thanks for the feedback.
Can you see if the team member "UK BOINC Team" is still listed...as that was my "non-de-plume" and I can't log into my account - it seems it isn't valid anymore
I think I was in 1st place on the Scottish League and about 3rd place on the Premier League.
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 11:56 pm
by Woodles
Hi Tim,
Premier league:
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1 ndonyisk 200 3320
2 Mcmonkeyfrog 130 3000
3 UK BOINC Team 180 2980
Scottish Sunday football league:
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1 UK BOINC Team 0 1320
2 Mikee 50 1130
3 mjmmjm 100 1080
4 Woodles 0 530
Regards,
Mark
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 9:31 am
by UBT - Timbo
Hi Mark
Thanks for that. I still can't log in to my BBC account, so I can't make any predictions for the last game of the PL season - so I hopefully will still stay 3rd and 1st in Scottish League
Scottish Sunday football league:
I know the Scottish game is not as "renowned" as other Leagues in Europe, with many comparing it to perhaps an English Championship or League One equivalent...but surely no need to compare with a Sunday league !!
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 11:30 am
by UBT-mark3346
Went to make predictions today, forgot that when I deleted my BBC id yesterday it covered predictor as well
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:23 pm
by UBT-mark3346
Scottish Premiership starts this Saturday
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 6:28 pm
by UBT - Mikee
HI
Didn't realise how many were registered in the league - hi everyone! You can also predict next weeks English Premier league now.
Mike
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:17 pm
by UBT - Timbo
UBT-mark3346 wrote:Went to make predictions today, forgot that when I deleted my BBC id yesterday it covered predictor as well
Hi Mark
Yup - me too...
I might just have to re-register, and for this season, I'll use my UBT username - I used the "UK BOINC Team" name before, as I thought I was setting up a Team league, when in fact I was setting up a user account.
UBT-Mikee wrote:HI
Didn't realise how many were registered in the league - hi everyone! You can also predict next weeks English Premier league now.
Mike
Yup - for some reason, for the 16/17 season, we seemed to have "picked up" a few usernames that I didn't recognise...which is fine as it makes it a bit more challenging
UBT-mark3346 wrote:Scottish Premiership starts this Saturday
As long as the BBC make it easy to switch from one Predictor page to the other (ie English to Scottish and back again) then this could be good...although I'd much rather prefer if it was all on the one page...
But then the Beeb website is such a pain to navigate when you find an article and want to come back it and find it's not easy to search for the article.
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:09 pm
by UBT-mark3346
From the index page I right click "open in new tab" for both of them because the navigation is so poor.
The username from my deleted account is still there along with my new Boinc one.
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:52 am
by UBT - Timbo
Hi all
UBT-mark3346 wrote:The username from my deleted account is still there along with my new Boinc one.
Same here...I wonder if these will "drop out" in due course?
It also looks like the Beeb have removed the link for the Euro Championship league and have now put the English and Scottish Predictor links on the same page here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/predictor
Why they didn't do this last season, one can only guess...as it was difficult trying to navigate to the correct "league" to make the predictions....plus they would move the links around on each page, sometimes putting them at the top of the page and other times the bottom - or even simply omitting them
And after the 1st Week of the Scottish Premier League, I got 30 points - but they haven't updated the table yet
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 8:14 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Hi all
The footie season is now over and for those who played the BBC Predictor game, the final standings are now "in".
Premier League
In the UBT PL table, I ended on a high with 160 points on the final weekend, leading to a total of 2790 points and 7th place.
The participants who actually scored points were:
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Posn Name Score Points
1 Mcmonkeyfrog 60 3220
2 Hazardpilicueta 80 3090
3 sukki 90 3090
4 fifinex 80 2950
5 SSs19 110 2940
6 MatlockTown 50 2820
7 UBT-Timbo 160 2790
8 MeanResult 50 2750
9 Mboya 50 2740
10 HariKrish 0 2650
11 HadManUtd 40 2600
12 the randomizer 80 2550
13 JamieBurton16 60 2490
14 ndonyisk 140 2360
15 Mikee 0 2130
16 Boinc1 70 1740
17 London is blue 0 1590
18 Yieldee 0 1130
19 TGCrawford 0 870
20 Elvys255 0 860
21 Ctraz 0 650
22 hoping 0 590
23 Morka 0 520
24 Exxtracheese 0 480
25 Legend26 0 440
26 JakeXGalea 0 360
27 Woodles 0 310
28 KILLBILL 2 0 300
29 Robgrim 0 250
30 KarurKumar 0 180
31 dingdangdung 0 160
32 boyland 0 110
33= Ayu man 0 90
33= i05_a 0 90
33= SmartB3 0 90
36 Booker 0 80
37 sanzivskull 0 70
(score shown is the member points earned on the final games of the season).
For the overall Premier League, I finished in 14,299th place, out of 465,223 - so, I finished in the Top 3%
SPL
For the Scottish Premiership, I am thus far in 1st place in the UBT League, with 1590 points, as their "season" hasn't finished yet as the 2nd leg of the play-off final is still to be played on 20th May.
Only 11 players actually scored any points, so it clearly shows that there isn't much interest in the SPL !!
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Posn Name Score Points
1 UBT-Timbo 0 1590
2 Boinc1 0 1410
3 Mikee 10 1000
4 fifinex 0 940
5 Ctraz 0 300
6 JamieBurton16 0 250
7 hoping 0 110
8 Woodles 0 80
9 TGCrawford 0 40
8 Yieldee 0 40
11 Hazardpilicueta 0 10
And, overall, I'm in 2093 place out of 63445, so that's well within the Top 1%
Hopefully my last prediction might allow me to jump up some places !!
So, well done to Mikee and Woodles - for their contributions - I'm not sure who "Boinc1" is - it could well be "mark3346", but I'm not sure - so I'll have to see if anyone claims that moniker !!
PS: I've just seen that the Predictor page will be "wiped" as of 23rd May 2018 - no doubt as they'll be running a World Cup Predictor "game", like they did for the last Euros...and no doubt for the 2018/2019 season, they'll just reset all the tables and keep the usernames "attached".
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 9:41 pm
by UBT-mark3346
Well done, I missed too many midweek rounds for the premiership, I'll happily take 2nd in the SPL
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 12:35 am
by UBT - Timbo
UBT-mark3346 wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 9:41 pm
Well done, I missed too many midweek rounds for the premiership, I'll happily take 2nd in the SPL
Hi Mark
Excellent and well done for a very good 2nd place in the SPL table.
And 16th in the PL table isn't a bad score either
Also: Looking at how well he did, Lawro's result after 38 "sets" of games was:
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Total scores after week 38
Lawro 3,410
Guests 2,820
So, I think we can assume that as a pundit and ex-pro footballer, he does a good enough job...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44157390
and the Top 10 in the PL was:
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Posn Name Current round Overall score
1 Green team 100 3750
2 Kev2608 60 3740
3 ddzim 90 3690
4 HSHARRIES 90 3680
5= john kearney 50 3640
5= Vasko 70 3640
7 JC20 90 3630
8 Topping 90 3620
9= Lucky Duckie 130 3610
9= macsolo69 100 3610
So, after 380 games, quite a few people got close to scoring an average of 10 points per game....which is pretty darn good !
(Predictor scores 40 points for an EXACT score or 10 points for guessing the result of the game (ie win, lose or draw) )
regards
Tim
Re: BBC Premier League Football Predictor
Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 9:35 pm
by UBT - Mikee
Thank you for playing the BBC Football Predictor. We hope you enjoyed it! Unfortunately, the Predictor will not be returning to the site for future football seasons.