THE GREAT SAM HARDY WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE COMPETITION
2022 is 140 years since the greatest goalkeeper who ever lived was born. So, as the World Cup heads into its very predictable Group Stage and Sam Hardy died in the same year England last won the damned thing, here is a simple little competition named in his honour. He played over 500 league games and served in the First World War. Playing for Chesterfield, Liverpool, Villa and Forest, he was capped 21 times for England. He was reputed to be the greatest ever and that’s how my dad introduced him to me. He shook my hand and didn’t drop it! His first team was Newbold Church School. I went there too! So, as a supporter of Chesterfield, the club which produced England’s two best-ever keepers, I devised this little predictive competition to relieve the quality desert of the homophobic qualifying rounds. Anyone can enter up to 4pm Sunday November 20th – all are welcome.
Points are awarded thus:-
8 points for each team ‘s correctly predicted FINAL POSITION in its group.
The GOALS FOR total will score you 3 points per goal only IF you get that TOTAL CORRECT.
The GOALS AGAINST total will score you 3 points per goal only IF you get that TOTAL CORRECT.
A correct prediction of 0 GOALS FOR OR AGAINST GETS 10 points
In EACH GROUP you MUST also name just ONE PLAYER from just one of the four teams to score goals. His score for you will be calculated by his team’s quoted odds (below) for the whole competition multiplied by the number of goals he scores. IF HE FAILS TO SCORE YOU WILL LOSE ALL YOUR POINTS FOR THAT GROUP – so it’s a gamble, play safe or go big, it’s up to you.
Just make your entries in reply to this.
Competition ends Friday December 2nd at 6pm.
GROUP A
Ecuador – 150/1
Holland – 14/1
Qatar – 250/1
Senegal – 80/1
GROUP B
England – 7/1
Iran – 500/1
USA – 100/1
Wales – 100/1
GROUP C
Argentina – 5/1
Mexico – 100/1
Poland – 100/1
Saudi Arabia – 500/1
GROUP D
Australia – 400/1
Denmark – 28/1
France – 6/1
Tunisia – 300/1
GROUP E
Costa Rica – 500/1
Germany – 10/1
Japan – 250/1
Spain - 8/1
GROUP F
Belgium 16/1
Canada – 150/1
Croatia – 50/1
Morocco – 200/1
GROUP G
Brazil – 4/1
Cameroon – 250/1
Serbia – 66/1
Switzerland – 80/1
GROUP H
Ghana – 150/1
Portugal – 12/1
South Korea – 250/1
Uruguay – 50/1
2022 is 140 years since the greatest goalkeeper who ever lived was born. So, as the World Cup heads into its very predictable Group Stage and Sam Hardy died in the same year England last won the damned thing, here is a simple little competition named in his honour. He played over 500 league games and served in the First World War. Playing for Chesterfield, Liverpool, Villa and Forest, he was capped 21 times for England. He was reputed to be the greatest ever and that’s how my dad introduced him to me. He shook my hand and didn’t drop it! His first team was Newbold Church School. I went there too! So, as a supporter of Chesterfield, the club which produced England’s two best-ever keepers, I devised this little predictive competition to relieve the quality desert of the homophobic qualifying rounds. Anyone can enter up to 4pm Sunday November 20th – all are welcome.
Points are awarded thus:-
8 points for each team ‘s correctly predicted FINAL POSITION in its group.
The GOALS FOR total will score you 3 points per goal only IF you get that TOTAL CORRECT.
The GOALS AGAINST total will score you 3 points per goal only IF you get that TOTAL CORRECT.
A correct prediction of 0 GOALS FOR OR AGAINST GETS 10 points
In EACH GROUP you MUST also name just ONE PLAYER from just one of the four teams to score goals. His score for you will be calculated by his team’s quoted odds (below) for the whole competition multiplied by the number of goals he scores. IF HE FAILS TO SCORE YOU WILL LOSE ALL YOUR POINTS FOR THAT GROUP – so it’s a gamble, play safe or go big, it’s up to you.
Just make your entries in reply to this.
Competition ends Friday December 2nd at 6pm.
POS’N Goals FOR AGAINST GROUP GOAL SCORER
GROUP A
Ecuador – 150/1
Holland – 14/1
Qatar – 250/1
Senegal – 80/1
GROUP B
England – 7/1
Iran – 500/1
USA – 100/1
Wales – 100/1
GROUP C
Argentina – 5/1
Mexico – 100/1
Poland – 100/1
Saudi Arabia – 500/1
GROUP D
Australia – 400/1
Denmark – 28/1
France – 6/1
Tunisia – 300/1
GROUP E
Costa Rica – 500/1
Germany – 10/1
Japan – 250/1
Spain - 8/1
GROUP F
Belgium 16/1
Canada – 150/1
Croatia – 50/1
Morocco – 200/1
GROUP G
Brazil – 4/1
Cameroon – 250/1
Serbia – 66/1
Switzerland – 80/1
GROUP H
Ghana – 150/1
Portugal – 12/1
South Korea – 250/1
Uruguay – 50/1