Forecasting Competition - Season 2011/12

Take part in the 2011/12 forecasting competition. Download the entry form HERE. Instructions for entry are shown on the form. You will need Microsoft Excel 2003 or equivalent to open this file. Paper copies are available from Robin Ogleby.

The forecasting competition is run by Robin Ogleby. Members are invited to predict results for all 46 Sky Blues matches this season. Points are awarded as follows :

6 - Correct results and both scores right
4 - Correct result and one score right
3 - Correct result but no scores right
1 - Wrong result but one score right.

Robin's latest report is as follows :

Yet another change of manager in March, and it appears that normality has been restored at last - with the Sky Blues now winning games at home and starting to lose them away! Jim McLuskey, for one, has filled his boots following this more traditional state of affairs - scoring an incredible 27 points during the mad month of March, almost getting every single prediction spot on, and rocketing 24 places to put himself in contention for the covetted to three big money prizes (assuming there will still be a club shop at the end of the season to provide the winning vouchers). Clearly the prospect of a Scottish manager has struck a chord with Jim. He'll have to keep this unprecedented run of good form up, though, in order to catch up with the Davidson progeny. Son Mark, for instance, has now pulled well away from the leading pack by correctly predicting the two 1-0 home wins against Hartlepool and Doncaster. And Daughter Nicola continues her run of recent good form by moving into third place (also courtesy of those two much-needed home wins). Commiseration to James Bowler, however, who just missed out on a massive one million points when the Pompey game wasn't abandoned (but I don't think even he seriouly thought back at the start of the season that the more likely causes of the abandonment would be, 1) the Sky Blues going into administration themselves or, 2) the game being snowed off). A pity that the game wasn't called off in the view of those of us who went there. Fortunately, though, one of the worst performances of the season was quickly followed by one of the best. And finally, a huge trumpet (fanfare) goes out to Chris Webb for eventually getting his first correct prediction of the season - the 2-1 win at Scunthorpe!  

Forecasting competition latest positions