Oh Come All Ye Faithful.............
It's that time again boys and girls with a new season, or should I say four seasons, on the horizon. As always, we are open to new entrants coming into the league to keep the numbers up. If any of our current regulars know of friends or family who would be interested in joining please have a go at encouraging them. The registration process is open again so it should be easy enough for 'newbies' to join up. As you may know 'Team Skittle' consists of father and three sons and it creates some banter and competition amongst the family on a weekly basis. All good fun and it lasts through the football season. Try it, you might like it. Should have a few new entries this time around, the more the merrier.
I aim to put the fixtures up on Monday or Tuesday every week and will have tables up on the following Monday or Tuesday ably assisted by Youngest Son Of Skittle.
The 2016-2017 football season is split into four separate 'seasons' for the purposes of this competition.
Any problems or questions throughout the season......please feel free to ask.
Just to jog peoples memories............
BBDL Rules.
1. Each participant receives 50 Virtual Pounds to bet each week.
2. You can only bet on home win, draw or away win outcomes in the matches specified.
3. Anyone missing a bet will be deducted £25, up to a maximum of -£50.
4. Occasionally odds for matches will not be provided. This is usually because I am not allowing bets on the match for any particular reason or that the odds are not yet available. If there is any doubt, please ask.
5. All of the £50 must be bet each week, but it can be split into as many individual bets as you wish, with a minimum stake of £1.
6. All your £50 must be bet in one post. You cannot for example place a £25 bet on a Saturday match, wait for the result and then bet the remaining balance on a Sunday match.
7. You cannot bet on all the outcomes of one match, or all outcomes of a different bet to guarantee a profit.
8. If you place your bet(s) twice, the first bet will be counted and the second ignored, unless amendments are clearly highlighted.
9. Any bet placed after the scheduled kick-off of the match in question will be discounted (even by as little as seven seconds).
10. SonOfSkittle rule: You cannot change a bet after the kick-off of the match you have bet on, unless you posted your bet late and it would have been discounted anyway.
11. Bets placed totaling more than £50 will be ignored. For example, a post betting £60 on Liverpool will be completely ignored, whereas in a bet of £40 Liverpool win/£20 Spurs win, only the Spurs part of the bet will be ignored.
12. Bets can be placed in advance if you are prepared to bet without knowing the odds. Simply notify me on the message board and I will make a note in my spreadsheet.
13. bryanod rule: If copying another comptitor's bets, they must be posted in full. Entries such as "same as catto" will not count
14. If you try to bet but break any of the rules (in good faith), you will receive £0 - rather than being deducted £25 for missing a bet.
Youngest Son Of Skittle will be putting the 'list' from last season up later. Just pop in and confirm you'll be back for more fun/anguish. Any new entrants will automatically be placed in the lower division to begin with. Use your prowess and knowledge to progress up the leagues.
