Beat the Manager

Last updated : 08 August 2007 By Editor
Another season, and yet another chance to pit your wits by predicting the scores of all the Stags games this season, find out how to play here...

The Mansfield Town 'Beat The Manager' prediction league is a fun free-to-enter game where you are invited to predict the results of all your teams league games during the season. You gain points according to the accuracy of your predictions, and compete against fellow fans for the prestigious 'BTM' title.

An added bonus means that for each team's league you enter, you are automatically entered into the prediction game for the entire division in which your team is playing. Your predictions for your specific team are used in the division-wide games.
The first time you enter the 'Beat The Manager' game, you will be required to register, providing your name, address, email address, a 'Beat The Manager' team name and access password.
Once you have entered the game by supplying your designated password, you can submit your prediction by clicking on the 'Predict' button above. The next two league matches scheduled to be played by Mansfield Town will be displayed. For the match of your choice, simply select your predicted scoreline from the drop-down boxes and click on the 'Submit' button. Once submitted, your prediction will be saved and confirmed to you on screen.
Changing your prediction works in almost identical fashion to your first submission. Simply click on the 'Predict' button, select your predicted scoreline from the drop-down boxes and click on the 'Change' button. Your prediction will be changed and confirmed to you once again.
You can submit, and subsequently change, your prediction as often as you like up until half-an-hour before the scheduled kick-off time of the selected game. Should you enter a prediction later than this deadline, it will be submitted as your entry for the game following the one displayed.
Should a game be abandoned or postponed, any prediction you have made will be carried forward and used if the game is replayed. You will of course be able to change such a prediction when it subsequently becomes one of the next two games scheduled to be played.
You are awarded points depending on the accuracy of your score. If you predict the score correctly you are awarded a 'win', and will receive 16 points. Guessing the correct result gives you a 'draw' worth 5 points. Predict the wrong result, however, and you get no points (a 'loss'). There is a chance to win bonus points: if you correctly guess either team's number of goals it's 2 points, and you are rewarded with 5 if you correctly predict a game will end in a draw. Here is a table showing exactly what each prediction could give you:
For example, if Mansfield Town and BTM United draw 2-2
Your
prediction
Correct
score
Correct
result
Mansfield Town
score
BTM United
score
Draw
bonus
TOTAL
POINTS
2-216pts-2pts2pts5pts25pts
3-3-5pts--5pts10pts
2-1--2pts--2pts
1-2---2pts-2pts
1-0-----0pts
Or as another example, Mansfield Town beat BTM United 4-3
Your
prediction
Correct
score
Correct
result
Mansfield Town
score
BTM United
score
Draw
bonus
TOTAL
POINTS
4-316pts-2pts2pts-20pts
4-1-5pts2pts--7pts
2-1-5pts---5pts
1-3---2pts-2pts
1-1-----0pts
The league positions for both the team and division leagues will be determined by the following criteria in order:
1. Most number of points scored.
2. Most number of predictions made (more guesses wins in this game!).
3. Most number of correct scores predicted.
4. A good old-fashioned toss of a coin!
Footy MAD reserve the right to remove any players from the league who are found to have contravened the rules. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Use of inappropriate language in a user and/or team name.
- Entering a team league more than once by using false names and aliases etc.
Should you have any dispute regarding your league position, prediction entries etc., please feel free to email the Footy-Mad prediction team (btm@footymad.net), clearly stating your full name and your team name. We will endeavour to check out your dispute, and email you back accordingly with our decision, which will be final. No correspondence will be entered into.
The prediction league is intended as a light-hearted, fun game to be enjoyed by fans, and as such FootyMAD cannot be held responsible for any loss, directly or indirectly, caused by use of this prediction game, E & O accepted.

You can enter the Beat The Manager game by clicking the link to the left in the Games Zone.