GUESS THE GOAL 🥅 Guide 2025/26; points, rules, bonuses and The Table!

[Louzie0]

Hello again everybody and welcome to GUESS THE GOAL 🥅 for the 2025/2026 Season!


This competition is for AWAY GAMES including the Cups as drawn until the Finals. 😃
Hopefully there will be some cracking Europa League Away fixtures, this season!



How to play Guess The Goal


Players guess the minute a goal will be scored in the away matches during this season.

It’s either our goal or an unfriendly one but it’s still a goal and it scores you points! That’s the basis of this game.

I post a match thread as GTG ROUND X in Heroes Discussion.  You choose which minute (0 -90) of that match a goal will be scored, posting your guess before Kick Off.

I post everybody’s scores at the end of the Guess thread shortly (24/48 hours) after the end of the match.

The Table appears in here, updated after every 3 or 4 rounds, depending on fixtures.

We play the PL away matches, including all Cup competitions. If there’s a chance this season, we’ll play an Aston Villa Women’s team fixture again! 👍




How many points can I score and how do I win?


Scoring your Guess:


Spot on the minute - 11 points!!!  🌟 and you get a star! 
(New - see the Ollie’s Star subsidy bonus, below!!!

Up to 1 minute away - 10 points.

Up to 2 minutes - 9 points.

Up to 3 minutes - 8 points.

Up to 4 minutes - 7 points

Up to 5 minutes - 6 points

Up to 6 minutes - 5 points

Up to 7 minutes - 4 points

Up to 8 minutes - 3 points

Up to 9 minutes - 2 points

Entering the round - 1 point! 😁

No goals - Everyone playing the round gets a point! 😃



Bonuses!!:

Ollie Watkins is ASTON VILLA’s record breaking striker and current champion goal scorer! He achieved this status towards the end of last season. I thought it would be totally appropriate to celebrate this in GTG!🥅
So…

NEW! Ollie’s Star Subsidy works like this.

Anybody who wins a spot-on star🌟 for their brilliant guess in any round will get 1 extra point in ALL subsequent rounds!
And yes - if you get another spot-on 🌟, that means an extra 2 points added to your score in the subsequent rounds!

AND

We can also celebrate the reappearance of a popular bonus which applies to all players, a bit like a team!

The chance for all players in a round to score DOUBLE POINTS with The Wild Mings Bonus will feature in odd random Rounds during the season!



What to post?


You post a guess identifying any one minute of the match between 0 to 90.

   e.g. 5. 13. 29. 34. 48. 57. 61. 72. 86. 90 and any variation on this theme.

NEW rule If you want to guess an extra time goal use 45+1,+2, +3, +4 etc and 90 +1,+2, +3 +4…..

This is because of the new bonus based on spot-on stars - Ollie’s 🌟 Subsidy - see above!





Any Goal scored within reach of your Guess scores you points!!!

(This means that a very good guess can net you 20 + points when we play Liverpool. )


* Points are awarded for the minute a goal is published as being scored, on the BBC Sport site.

* Rounds are launched up to a few days before a match. I avoid overlapping rounds and there will be some very short run-ins, so be prepared! 

* Results for a Round are posted at the end of that thread and the updated Table appears in here.  The final result will be posted here at the end of the season. See below for previous champions and runners up.

* You’re always welcome to post comments and questions about GTG in here, thanks. If it makes more sense in the thread, fair enough!



REALLY IMPORTANT BIT


You post just One Guess of just one minute in a GTG round.

And

No editing of that post, please.



For the worried:

If you’ve accidentally posted a typo, then Do Not Edit, post again and tell me that this is your real Guess.  It could work, it usually does! 👍

For the opportunistic / litigious:

You can’t have a second guess by this method. Your first must be a GTG 🥅 disaster.



And now, stand by for the first Match and GTG 🥅 guess - for Brentford v VILLA!

Guess The Goal Round 1 🥅 will be up and running in Heroes Discussion later TODAY for the match next Saturday, 23rd August, so 👀 out for it and get your guesses in before Kick Off at 3 pm next week!👍

Thanks,

UTV!
Louzie0


Roll of honour follows 

[Louzie0]

ROLL OF HONOUR




Result of 24/25 Season after 28 Rounds:

155 edgysatsuma89! 🌟😎👑🏆GTG CHAMPION!!!

143 Towser! 🌟🥁🎺💐

141 simon ward 50! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🥁🎺💐


137 simboy 🌟 🎉🍰

135 thick_mike 🌟🌟🎉🍰


Result of 23/24 Season after 28 Rounds:


157 darren woolley!!😎🏆🥇🍾👑 CHAMPION!!!

152 frank! 😃🥈🎉🍹
144 Godfrey Brian! 🌟🌟🥳🥉💐🍷

143 Chap! 🌟🥳🏅💐🍸



Result of 22/23 Season after 22 Rounds:

( including the World Cup)


141 frank!!!🌟😎🍾🏆🥇 CHAMPION!!!

140 Towser!! 🥈😃 🍹💐

138 Godfrey Brian! 🥉🍷😁💐


131 Louzie0 🍰🍸

127 manic-road 🍰🍸



Result of 21/22 Season

The final result after 33 Rounds:


185 Louzie0! 🌟👍🎉😎🥇🏆

182 Towser! 🌟🌟👍😃🎸🥈

180 simboy! 👍👏🚀😃🎺🥉


170 Nunkin1965 🌟😀🍻👏🏅




Result of 20/21 season:

Final Guess The Goal Table after Rounds 43 and 44!


213: N’ZMAV!!! 🌟🥇🏆 . CHAMPION!


182: thick_mike! 🥈 😃

181: AndyLochheadInTheAir!  🥉 😁

180: simboy!  🏅 😀


Result of 2020 mini season after just 10 games:


48:   Towser!    .       Wow!  Brilliant, Congratulations 😃

42:   CDBWF!   .       Cor!  Still got it, CD!  😀

37:   Rotterdam82!  😀     Still a Champions League spot    😁

[Louzie0]

The first GTG Table 25/26 after Brentford PL, Everton and Brentford CCup!


15 260475 🌟

12 devilla, ldavfc4eva

11 stevo_st


8 Caribbeanvillan, Nunkin1965

7 Chap, AV82EC, Godfrey Brian, mjlions

6 darren woolley

5 JD, PGW

4 Villa Lew

3 Fasth56, Three Spires Villa, nordenvillain, Skerra, Legion, Brazilian Villain, littleoldme, KNVillan, Rotterdam 82, Towser, frank, simon ward 50, Louzie0

2 jamestownvilla, beness, RudyCan’tFail, sid1964, simboy, thick_mike, ironmaidenmania

1 cdbearsfan, MalcolmP, VancouverLion, AV84, VillaTim, ROBBO


260475 is top of our first Table this season and has won an Ollie’s Star Subsidy - or Bang-On Bonus, as we know it! I have added 2 bonus points to 260475’s total, for the second and third rounds, as explained in the OP.
Cracking play so far, and there are challengers climbing the Table already! 😄

👀 for GTG Round 4 in Heroes Discussion NOW and get your guesses in to boost your points, this weekend. 👍🙌🥳🎉🚀


UTV!
Louzie0


If you’ve guessed and you’re wondering where you are, my heartfelt apologies! Please let me know below and you will appear with your points 👍

If you haven’t guessed yet, just go for it in:

GTG Round 4 Sunderland v VILLA

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The first GTG Table 25/26 after  Brentford PL, Everton and Brentford CCup!


15 260475

12 devilla, ldavfc4eva

11 stevo_st


8 Caribbeanvillan, Nunkin1965

7 Chap, AV82EC, Godfrey Brian, mjlions

6 darren woolley

5 JD, PGW

4 Villa Lew

3 Fasth56, Three Spires Villa, nordenvillain, Skerra, Legion, Brazilian Villain, littleoldme, KNVillan, Rotterdam 82, Towser, frank, simon ward 50, Louzie0

2 jamestownvilla, beness, RudyCan’tFail, sid1964, simboy, thick_mike, ironmaidenmania

1 cdbearsfan, MalcolmP, VancouverLion, AV84, VillaTim, ROBBO


260475 is top of our first Table this season and has won an Ollie’s Star Subsidy Snow Rider 3D - or Bang-On Bonus, as we know it! I have added 2 bonus points to 260475’s total, for the second and third  rounds, as explained in the OP.
Cracking play so far, and there are challengers climbing the Table already!

 for GTG Round 4 in Heroes Discussion NOW and get your guesses in to boost your points, this weekend.


UTV!
Louzie0


If you’ve guessed and you’re wondering where you are, my heartfelt apologies! Please let me know below and you will appear with your points

If you haven’t guessed yet, just go for it in:

GTG Round 4 Sunderland v VILLA

[Louzie0]

The GUESS THE GOAL TABLE after Sunderland PL, Feyenoord EC, Spurs PL and Go Ahead Eagles EC!


260475, Rotterdam 82 and simboy have had extra points added per round for their 🌟


36 Rotterdam 82 🌟 (including OSS+2)

34 simboy 🌟 (including OSS+1)

33 Godfrey Brian

32 Louzie0

30 260475 🌟 (including OSS+4)


25 Nunkin1965

22 ldavfc4eva


19 Chap

18 frank

17 Villa Lew

16 AV82EC, Towser, stevo_st

14 Caribbeanvillan, devilla

13 Legion, KNVillan

12 beness, littleoldme

11 Skerra, mjlions

10 darren woolley, Brazilian Villain, JD, ironmaidenmania


9 thick_mike

7 Fasth56, simon ward 50, nordenvillain

6 jamestownvilla, RudyCan’tFail, Three Spires Villa

5 PGW, sid1964

3 9fingers

2 N’ZMAV

1 sinbad, cdbf, Malcolm P, VancouverLion, AV84, ROBBO!



Rotterdam 82 has taken over the lead from 260475!

The rest of the Table is beginning to open up a bit, as we can see from the range of 1 - 36 points, above.

Boost your points and try to win a 🌟 by guessing in GTG round 8, Liverpool v ASTON VILLA, launching in Heroes Discussion shortly after the match on Sunday.

UTV!
Louzie0