GUESS THE CROWD 🥧 2024/25; Divisions, Rules, Points and Bonuses!

[Louzie0]

Welcome to GUESS THE CROWD for the 2024/25 season!



Hello again, all, it’s time once again to get your teams up and running / jogging / walking / staggering in those colourful bibs and new training gear and to marvel at the dayglo boots your sponsor has provided.

Your teams are back from their summer tours of the USA, Dublin, various islands and a rare old party time with friends/family/fans.

You may need to break out the beeps and cones to knock them back into shape and remind them of where they play and er, what they do.

 While your squad is getting fit, why not review the rules for playing Guess The Crowd?


If you haven’t played GUESS THE CROWD 🥧 before, read on:


The idea is to guess the official attendance figure at VILLA PARK for the match named in the Round.

All GTC Rounds are for the HOME games in the Premier League, Champions League and the Cups.

I will post the total attendance figure at the end of the Guess thread as soon as it is available, usually from the BBC.

I award points according to how close you are to the total.  (If you see the total before I do, feel free to post it!)

GUESS THE CROWD 🥧 may be played for a WSL VILLA Home game, depending on the press of fixtures.



The Usual Rules apply in all Rounds. These are:



1. You may post One guess only in a Round.

Accidentally posting a second guess will not get you more points as only your first guess is counted.

2. No editing of your post, please.

Editing means you get only 1 point that round.

3. You must post your guess before Kick Off.


POINTS!!!

What could you get?


11  Points for a Brucie Bonus!
This is awarded for a spot- on dead accurate guess, usually early on in the week - check the BB interval in my launch post of the round to win this.  If it’s wild, it lasts all week!

10  For a spot- on accurate guess posted after the BB interval.

 9   For a guess up to 10 away from the official attendance total.

And then...

8.  For a guess up to 50 away
7.  For a guess up to 100 away
6.  For a guess up to 200 away
5.  For a guess up to 300 away
4.  For a guess up to 400 away
3.  For a guess up to 500 away
2.  For a guess up to 1000 away
1.  For entering that round! 

And!!!

You could also win the Emery’s Extras Bonus.👍😃

Whatever the Villa goal tally is, the teams getting that number of points in that round get DOUBLE POINTS!


More info if you haven’t played before:


Villa Park’s capacity is currently 42,918 according to the FA Handbook 2024/5.


FA Handbook 2024-25 with club Directory

This could change, look in here for any updates!


If a team has not posted a guess in 7 consecutive Premier League GTC rounds the team will be moved with their points to The Treatment Room.  Guessing again will revive the team with their points to Division 3/4.

Once there's a space in any Division, the top ranking team in the Division below is promoted immediately to fill it.

You can join in on any Round in the season.  Keep your team active and you’ll get promoted as soon as possible!


It’s never too late to Guess The Crowd!



And so...
...it's time to launch the first Guess thread of this season!

Look for, 'GTC 1 VILLA v Arsenal on Saturday 24th August’ in Heroes Discussion today!

The very best of luck to us all.  It’s our year for a Cup, we have the manager and team focused on winning one, and we’re hosting the Champions League again at VP! Here’s to another fabulous finish well at the top of the Premier League for our own wonderful and infinitely brilliant team, Aston Villa!


UTV!
Louzie0

[Louzie0]

Current starting Divisions

These teams have been carried forward from last season and are listed alphabetically.

Promotions 🙌 and relegations 😢 at the end of the season have affected some of us. Still, it’s a new season, anything can happen and promotion is immediate once there’s a space in the Division above! Hurrah!


DIVISION 1

AV82EC
Axl Rose
Fasth56
frank
Godfrey Brian
ironmaidenmania
JD
KNVillan
Lastfootstamper
Legion
littleoldme
Louzie0
maidstonevillain
mjlions
Rotterdam
Rotterdam 82
simboy
Skerra
TelfordVilla
thick_mike
Towser
Villa Lew


DIVISION 2

260475
Aldridge Villa
beness
Caribbeanvillan
darren woolley
dave shelley
DerbyVillian
devilla
eamonn
edgysatsuma89
IFWaters
jimmygreen
ldavfc4eva
Lee S
nordenvillain
Nunkin1965
N’ZMAV
PGW
RudyCan’tFail
sid1964
simon ward 50
VillaTim

DIVISION 3 (As added from various Rounds as teams join in during this season.)


Accent Guy
Astral Weeks
berneboy
not3bad
PeterWithesShin
SaddVillan
Steve67
Steve kirk
9fingers
Villafirst
waynejames
walsall villain
avfc456
Gareth
Richard
Chip Butty 111
AGRIPPA
Border villan
Astnor

There’s room for many more! I’m looking forward to welcoming new teams to New Division 3, and possibly New Division 4!

Two teams moved from Division 3 and 4 to Division 1 within the same season, not so long ago, so keep guessing for success! 👍

Join the competition by Guessing The Crowd NOW in Heroes Discussion at:


R16 VILLA v West Ham FA Cup Friday 10 January!]


UTV!
Louzie0

[Louzie0]

Idea for scoring more points!

I’m considering Dibu’s Dividend, based on our World No. 1. I don’t want to hex him, but

1) How about a point bonus when he saves a pen? It needs to be for an identifiable group of teams in the specific round, so it could be for anybody scoring 1 or for those with the lowest score, whichever applies?

It could be 3 points( that he’s saved) awarded to everyone guessing in that round, as not everyone remembers to guess every time!

We don’t have pens every match, but there could be a bit of a bonanza when ET goes to pens in the CL!

2) An alternative is for teams to Guess The Crowd as usual and also, to nominate the number of saves in the match that Emi Martinez actually makes, for the Dibu Dividend, like this:

GTC 42,918
DD 12

In this case, any team guessing the correct number of saves gets 3 points. (Not 3 per save!)

Let me know what you think, please!

UTV!
Louzie0

[Louzie0]

DIVISION 1 after Arsenal and Everton

GTC1 41,587
GTC2 41,920


Team.                 GTC1.      GTC2


Towser.                 4.            11

maidstonevillain.   4.            10

Godfrey Brian.       1.             9

Legion.                 3.             9

AV82EC.               2.             8

ironmaidenmania.  1.            8

KNVillan.               2.            8

mjlions.                1.             8

Rotterdam.                           8

Rotterdam 82.       2.             8

Villa Lew.              2.             8

Axl Rose.              2.             7

frank.                   1.             7

littleoldme.           1.             7

thick_mike.           1.             7

Louzie0.                2.              6

TelfordVilla.           1.              6

JD.                       1.              5

Fasth56.                2.             4

Lastfootstamper.    1.              3

simboy.                  2.             3

Skerra.                                   1


Towser is our first team at the top of the League, this season 😎
Well played!
maidstonevillain, Godfrey Brian and Legion are close behind and there are quite a few teams sitting on 8 points!


Stand by for Division 2

[Louzie0]

DIVISION 2 after Arsenal and Everton


Team.                GTC1.      GTC2


simon ward 50.    5.            13

PGW.                  3.             11

devilla.                2.            10

edgysatsuma89.  2.             10

RudyCan’tFail.     4.             10

ldavfc4eva.         3.              9

nordenvillain.      3.              9

Caribbeanvillan.  2.               8

DerbyVillian.        1.              8

Nunkin1965.       2.               8

sid1964.             1.               8

VillaTim.             2.               8

dave shelley.       1.               7

darren woolley.    2.              6

eamonn.             1.               6

260475.                               5

beness                1

N’ZMAV.              1

Aldridge Villa
IFWaters
jimmygreen
Lee S


All hail our top scorer overall, so far this season: simon ward 50! 😎🌟  A superb start!

Close behind are PGW, devilla, edgysatsuma89 and RudyCan’tFail!  Great guessing so far!

At the other end we find 4 teams still struggling to find their socks in the changing room, or maybe the players’ tunnel has taken an unexpected swerve in stadium renovations over the summer?
Come and join us! 👍


Stand by for New Division 3, the starting point for teams who have joined us this season.

[Louzie0]

NEW DIVISION 3 after Arsenal and Everton


Team.               GTC1.       GTC2


Accent Guy.         3.              5

Steve kirk.                           5

not3bad.             4

berneboy.            2

Astral Weeks.      1

PeterWithesShin. 1

SaddVillain.         1

Steve 67.            1



Well played, Accent Guy and Steve kirk! Top of Division 3!👍👍

This Division grows ( hopefully!) during the season, so it’s useful to get in early in case of promotion!

Keep guessing, it’s a long season and anything can happen. ✨


UTV!
Louzie0

[PGW]

Any chance of you posting the actual crowds seems so hard to find them these days

[Louzie0]

Good idea, PGW, I’ll add them in here.
You can always find individual attendance figures at the end of the Round, with the points awarded, just as soon as they appear.

Edit: Done. ( At the top of D1)

[Louzie0]

Hi Teams,

(First post, now updated! See below!)
I’ll update Divisions after Bologna on Tuesday. There have been a couple of Rounds where everyone got 1 or 2 points, which hasn’t affected them a lot, but Round 5 had a bit of impact and hopefully, Tuesday’s match should help to improve everyone’s totals!


UTV!
Louzie0

EDIT
I’ve got a spare day I wasn’t expecting, so here are the Divisions updates! Hurrah!

[Louzie0]

DIVISION 1 after Wolves, Bayern Munich and Manc Utd

GTC3. 39,920
GTC4. 38,991
GTC5. 42,682

Team.                GTC3.     GTC4.    GTC5


Towser.                12.          14.        16

Legion.                11.          13.        15

Rotterdam82.        9.           11.        15

thick_mike.           8.           10.        15

AV82EC.               9.            11.        14

Godfrey Brian.      10.           12.        14

maidstonevillain.   11.           13.        14

Villa Lew.              9.            11.        14

ironmaidenmania   9.            11.        13

KNVillan.               9.            11.        13

Rotterdam.            9.            11.        13

Axl Rose.               8.            10.        12

frank.                   8.             10.        12

littleoldme.            8.             10.        12

mjlions.                 9.             11.        12

TelfordVilla.            7.              9.         12

JD.                        6.              8.         10

Louzie0.                 7.              9.         10

Fasth56.                5.                            9

simboy.                  4.              6.           7

Skerra.                   2.              4.          6

Lastfootstamper.                               (3)




Well played, Towser, you’re still top of the League after 5 Rounds! 😎👍

Legion, Rotterdam 82 and thick_mike are just behind, on 15 points.

Lastfootstamper needs to start guessing again, those points won’t award themselves... 😉




Stand by for Division 2

[Louzie0]

DIVISION 2 after Wolves, Bayern Munich and Manc Utd


Team.               GTC3.   GTC4.   GTC5


simon ward 50.    14.                   16

edgysatsuma89.   11.       13.       15

DerbyVillian.         9.        11.       14

ldavfc4eva.          10.       12.       14

PGW.                   12.                   14

RudyCan’tFail.                  12.       14

Nunkin1965.         9.        11.       13

sid1964.               9.        11.       13

Caribbeanvillan.    9.         11.       12

devilla.                                        12

nordenvillain.       10.        12. 

VillaTim.               9.         11.       12

darren woolley.      7.          9.        11

dave shelley.         8.         10.   

eamonn.               7.          9

260475.                6.          8.          9

beness.                                           2

N’ZMAV.                                       (1)

Aldridge Villa
IFWaters
jimmygreen
Lee S


Well played, simon ward 50, you’re top of Division 2 again!
Also on equal points - 16 - with the top of D1, with edgysatsuma89 on 15 and a whole crowd of teams on 14 points.

There are 3 GTC Rounds over the next 9 days, so make sure you all get your guesses in 👍😉

Teams at the other end, why not use this week to get going?🚀


Division 3 is on the way…

[Louzie0]

Division 3 after Wolves, Bayern Munich and Manc Utd


Team.                Last score


Accent Guy.            5

not3bad.                 5

Steve kirk.              5

berneboy.               3

9fingers.                 2

waynejames.           2

Astral Weeks.          1

PeterWithesShin.     1

SaddVillain.             1

Steve67.                 1


Well played, not3bad, Steve kirk and Accent Guy, you’re all on 5 points at the top of Division 3! 😎😎😎🎉

It’s time to take advantage of the 3 consecutive rounds coming up over the next 9 days (R6 Bologna, R7 Bournemouth and R8 Crystal Palace)to build up those points and get your guesses in. 👍



And, if you’re just visiting, remember- it’s never too late to join GUESS THE CROWD!
Just 👀 in Heroes Discussion or follow the link below for Round 6 VILLA v Bologna and have a guess!

GTC Round 6 VILLA v Bologna


UTV!
Louzie0

[ldavfc4eva]

Thanks for still running this Lou and for the time it takes you to do it

[Louzie0]

Pleasure, ldavfc4eva!
I see you’re riding high in Division 2 at the moment. Keep going!


For anyone who hasn’t guessed in  GTC Round 7 ASTON VILLA v Bournemouth yet, here’s the link. You have 40 minutes til KO 👍

GUESS THE CROWD R7 VILLA v Bournemouth

[Louzie0]

PROMOTION *****

There’s a gap in Division 1; simon ward 50 has been promoted!!!