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Welcome to Season Four of I Know The Score!


(Steps up to microphone, coughs nervously, shuffles cue cards in trembling hands)

As HoodRiverDuck has passed off administrative responsibilities in favor of "being a doctor" and "helping people", and Bmasson11 is outside radio contact while conducting a sabotage mission of the CFC locker room, I've decided to seize power reluctantly step forward and commission this season of IKTS.

For those of you new to the blog, or to the competition, this is how it works. I'll post a list of EPL fixtures every week, and you all just need to guess what the final score will be. You'll earn 3 points and 1 mark for a correctly guessed scoreline, 2 points for a correct margin of victory in your scoreline, and 1 point for correctly guessing only the winner. So, for example...

You predict Arsenal will beat Tottenham 35-0:

  • The actual score ends up as Arsenal 35-0 Tottenham, you earn 3 points and one mark (marks are used as tiebreakers in the event two or more players have the same final score)
  • The actual score ends up Arsenal 36-1 Tottenham (Wenger Out!), you earn 2 points for correctly guessing the winner of the match and the correct margin of victory.
  • The actual score ends up only being Arsenal 10-0 Tottenham, you earn 1 point for correctly guessing the winner of the match
  • Obviously, if it ends up as a draw, or Tottenham wins by any score, you get no points (and everyone cries, pulls out hair, etc).

After each week I'll post a report with the previous week's results, each player's new total, and the fixtures for the new week. At the end of the season we'll have a champion, who will receive a grand prize of absolutely nothing! Maybe you can make a paper-mache trophy to lift or something?

Along with the EPL fixtures, we'll also be making predictions on Arsenal matches in their various cup competitions (Champion's League, FA Cup, and League Cup). These matches are scored exactly the same as league matches, but we'll be keeping these results separate in order to have our own cup competition.

Finally, some FAQs which I blatantly stole from last season's introductory post:

Do I have to be a regular at TSF to play?

Of course not, as far as I know, we've had people from other sites come over and play on a regular basis, in fact, our first champion was a Chelsea supporter. His trophy consisted of a paper bag filled with dog shit and a picture of John Terry falling over taped onto it though.

What do I get out of it for winning?

A sense of superiority is its own reward.

What fixtures are featured in IKTS?

All EPL fixtures, along with Arsenal related cup fixtures.

Can I make any suggestions?

Of course. Our 2 points for a margin of victory and bonus matches are all suggestions offered by other people that I've put into effect during the course of the year. There really isn't a written, black and white rulebook, but I am the commish (until Bmasson11's return), most of my calls are judgement calls though, with fairness.

What if I miss a week?

It's not really a big deal, although you'll probably lose some valuable points.

Can I join late?

Yes, we usually pick up all kinds of people during the course of the year. Our first champion also joined about 6 weeks into the season and still won.

Can I make changes to my predictions after I post them?

Yes. But after the match starts, you're locked in. It goes by individual match time, not by the start of the first match, so you can make predictions on a day to day basis as well, although I recommend doing them all at once, you can always change them before the match starts anyways. If you do want to change them, and your edit time expires, just make the change in a reply to your original post.

Some simple rules to go by are, try and keep things as organized as you can, don't make like five different posts of fixtures, do one whole list or if you go day by day, keep them in replies to the original post. Don't create long conversations about things in the fanpost either, keep that for other posts, and don't start battles with other people. Pretty much common sense things to abide by.

2011/12 Champion: Flashpacker

2012/13 Champion: Scrupio

2013/14 Champion: HoodRiverDuck

2013/14 Cup Champion: sluellwitz (HoodRiverDuck, when are we going to have our Community Shield Match?)

And now, the first week of fixtures! (all times BST)

Saturday, Aug 16

12:45 Manchester United vs Swansea

15:00 Leicester vs Everton

15:00 Queens Park Rangers vs Hull

15:00 Stoke vs Aston Villa

15:00 West Bromwich Albion vs Sunderland

15:00 West Ham vs Tottenham

17:30 Arsenal vs Crystal Palace

Sunday, Aug 16th

13:30 Liverpool vs Southampton

16:00 Newcastle United vs Manchester City

Monday, Aug 17th

20:00 Burnley vs Chelsea

Cup Fixture

Tuesday, Aug 19th

19:45 Besiktas vs Arsenal

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Manchester United Swansea

Leicester Everton

Queens Park Rangers Hull

Stoke Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion Sunderland

West Ham Tottenham

Arsenal Crystal Palace

Liverpool Southampton

Newcastle United Manchester City

Burnley Chelsea

Besiktas Arsenal