The Rules...

The Home and Aways World Cup 2026 competition allows you to select and predict the outcome for EVERY match over the tournament.  The qualifying matches are already set up; the knockout fixtures will be added as the competitions progresses.

How to Play the Game

Selections can be made at any time before a match starts, there is no cutoff date, you can select and amend each fixture up until kick off time.  After kick off, that match is locked down and your selections are set.

Hint:  Don't leave it until the very last minute to make your selections - if you do you run the risk of running out of time!

Group Stage

You score points by correctly predicting the outcome of each match.

You can predict a "Home Win", an "Away Win" or a "Draw".

The "Home" team is the team on the left-hand side of the fixture.
The "Away" team is the team on the right-hand side of the fixture.

Scoring.

The game is scored as follows:

Correct Home win = 1 point
Correct Away Win = 2 points
Correct Draw = 3 points

Click the relevant "Home" "Away" or "Draw" box to make your selection for each fixture.

Jokers

Each player is allocated 15 jokers over the competition to be used at any time.  To use your joker click the "joker" box.  You cannot select more than 15 jokers.  
A correct joker doubles the score for that fixture (i.e, Home win = 2 points, Away win = 4 points, draw = 6 points)

Knockout Games.

When the competition enters the knockout stage, you can only select a Home win or an Away win. Draws are no longer applicable. If you select the draw box during the knockout stage, you will score zero points for that fixture. The winning team will be the team that goes through to the next round, whether the result is after normal time, extra time or penalties.

Length of Competition.

The competition starts on Thursday 11 June and concludes on Sunday 19 July.

Winner

The winner will be the player with the highest aggregate score at the end of the competition.

Entry Fee

It costs £20 to enter the competition.

Prize Structure

There will be prizes for the top 5 place.  The size of the prize will depend on the size of the pot (i.e. number of entry fees).  The prizes
will be split as follows:

1st - 50%
2nd - 20%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 5%

As usual, there will be 100% payout.

Updates

Each day you will receive an email showing your current score for that day plus an overall league table.

How to Register:
If you are a new player and you have joined up and made payment you will be set up with a username and password if you haven't already done this yourself via the website, or ask one of the Home and Aways  Team to set you up.

Any existing players please use the password you used for the last game you played. Please note you will only be able to log in once payment has been received.

Website is www.homeandaways.co.uk

Payment to enter the game is £20, payment can be made on-line to Peter Armstrong Account Code 34339077 Sort Code 11-18-11 or pay £20 cash to any of the Committee,

Julian Smith, John Connaughton, Peter Armstrong or Mick Stewart and they will pay on-line for you.
 

Points

The Points scoring system is a follows

During the Qualifying stages of the game

1 Point for a Home
2 Points for an Away
3 Points for a Draw

Plus double the points of that line if your prediction is correct and the Joker is selected

During the Knockout stages of the game

1 Point for a Home
2 Points for an Away

Plus double the points for that line if your prediction is correct and the Joker is selected

NB: A maximum of 15 Jokers for the whole game, cut off times are the kickoff time of the match

 The Champions of home and aways and the Clean sweep achievers 

29er clean sweep Hall of fame 2011 to Present

 Highlighted indicates the latest members.

Home & Aways Videos

YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClun5vnc8ILbkBBl8lgSmxQ

How to make your selections

https://youtu.be/NCH1Wjkp6Fc

Blackpool AGM

https://youtu.be/WJVYKi0MIaI

Home And Aways Games Limited and http://www.homeandaways.co.uk/ and http://www.homeandaways.uk and http://www.homeandaways.net/ and http://www.homeandaways.com/ and http://www.homeandaways.org/

Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy

Terms and Conditions for Use

These terms and conditions were last updated on 30th November 2017 last reviewed 19th June 2024.

1. Introduction 1.1 These terms & conditions set out the terms between you the user and us the website owner.

1.2 Your use of this website and any service contained within constitutes acceptance of these terms & conditions in full.

1.3 You should not use this website if you do not accept with these terms & conditions in full.

2. Customer Information

2.1 You should always check that the contact information you provide is correct before creating an account.

2.2 You are responsible for maintaining your own username and password, where required to access your account. You should ensure that you store your username and password securely and that the details required to access your account are not provided to another party.

2.3 You are responsible for your account and actions taken within it. If you are aware or suspect that your account username and password or other details have become known to a third party, you should inform us immediately.

2.4 Our website is only intended for use by adults.

2.5 We reserve the right to restrict or remove your access to this website where you breach these terms and conditions. Such restriction or removal will take place without recourse or explanation to you where we solely deem it appropriate or necessary.

3. Privacy We take your privacy seriously. We are registered under and comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. For further details please see our Privacy Policy at the end of this document.

4. Customer Complaints We endeavor to respond to all customer complaints or queries within five working days.

5. Events outside our control We shall not be liable for delay or failure to perform any obligation under these terms & conditions if the delay or failure is caused by any circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of god, war, civil disorder or industrial dispute.

6. License 6.1 We grant you a license to access the content, information and services contained within our website for personal use only.

6.2 This license allows you to download and cache (using your browser) individual pages from our website.

6.3 This license does not allow you to download and modify individual pages or substantial parts of our website nor to make our website available via an intranet, where our website or a substantial part of it is hosted locally on the intranet in question.

6.4 Our website design, layout, content or text cannot be copied, edited or otherwise manipulated without our express prior written permission.

6.5 Our website cannot be placed within the frame-set of another site.

6.6 Third parties are not allowed to "deep link" to pages within our website, without our express prior written permission. All links (unless expressly permitted by us) should be to the main index page of our website. Furthermore, the content of such links, whether graphic or text should not be misleading, false, derogatory or in any other way offensive.

6.7 The restriction on "deep linking" does not apply to affiliate partners who wish to send customers directly to a particular page or product in order to increase their affiliate sales.

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7.2 The data mining, extraction or utilization of product information from our website is not permitted without our express prior written permission.

8. User Generated Content 8.1 Where the facility exists you may provide reviews or public feedback on the website, also known as user-generated content.

8.2 Where the facility exists such user-generated content can be provided in different formats and mediums; text, audio, video and still photographs.

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8.4 Such content shall not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other party. Furthermore the content shall not be illegal or capable of breaching the laws of any jurisdiction in which it may be displayed.

8.5 We reserve the right to remove any content, which breaches or risks breaching these terms and conditions.

8.6 However, we shall not assume any responsibility for auditing or monitoring any user generated content.

8.7 Any complaints about such content by rights holders or any user or visitor to our website should be directed to us using our contact details listed at the end of these terms and conditions.

9. Limitations and Exclusions of Liability 9.1 Where content and information is provided on the website without charge we exclude all liability for such content and information.

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9.7 These terms and conditions do not exclude or limit liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation caused by you or us.

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10. Indemnity By your use of our website you hereby indemnify us and undertake to keep us indemnified at all times now and in the future against all possible claims relating to any breach of these terms and conditions by you. Such indemnities to include, (but not be limited to) all costs legal and otherwise, all other expenses, damages or settlements arising from your breach of these terms and conditions.

11. Variation We reserve the right to vary these terms & conditions at any time, without giving notice to you. Such varied terms and conditions shall automatically apply to the use of our website from the date of publication on our website.

12. Assignment We reserve the right to assign our rights and also our obligations under these terms and conditions, without giving notice to you. This right of assignment shall only apply to us and shall not apply to you in any way.

13. Severability The foregoing paragraphs, sub-paragraphs and clauses of these terms & conditions shall be read and construed independently of each other. Should any part of this agreement or its paragraphs, sub-paragraphs or clauses be found invalid it shall not affect the remaining paragraphs, sub-paragraphs and clauses.

14. Waiver Failure by us to enforce any accrued rights under these terms & conditions is not to be taken as or deemed to be a waiver of those rights by us unless we acknowledge the waiver in writing.

15. Third Parties These terms and conditions are between you and us. They do not apply to, or benefit any third party and are not reliant on any third party.

16. Entire Terms & Conditions These terms & conditions set out the entire agreement and understanding between you and us.

17. Your Statutory Rights Where acting as a consumer your statutory rights are unaffected.

18. Jurisdiction These terms & conditions shall be interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with English law and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

Our contact details are as follows:

Home And Aways Games Limited Registered in England And Wales 08893206

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Website Privacy Policy

The policy: This privacy policy is for this website; http://www.homeandaways.co.uk/ and http://www.homeandaways.uk and http://www.homeandaways.net/ and http://www.homeandaways.com/ and http://www.homeandaways.org/  and served by Home And Aways Games Limited and and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act) [pre GDPR enforcement] and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).

This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR, DPA & PECR are adhere to. Additionally it will explain the use of cookies or software, advertising or commercial sponsorship from third parties and the download of any documents, files or software made available to you (if any) on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website in order to help you understand how we, this website and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer / device in order to serve it to you. Our contact information is provided if you have any questions.

The DPA & GDPR May 2018

We and this website complies to the DPA (Data Protection Act 1998) and already complies to the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) which came into affect in 2018 also the UK GDPR came into affect from January 1st 2021.

Personal data we collect

For the purposes of running the Home And Aways the simple prediction game a name and an email address.  The Website retain this data for two years after the last active login on the Home And Aways server.

We do not share this information with any third party. 

You have the right to erase your personal information at any time please contact legal@homeandaways.co.uk.

Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. As required by legislation, where applicable this website uses a cookie control system, allowing the user to give explicit permission or to deny the use of /saving of cookies on their computer / device.

What are cookies? Cookies are small files saved to the user's computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website. Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.

Website Visitor Tracking

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information.

Adverts and Sponsored Links

This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.

Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

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Any downloadable documents, files or media made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available users are advised to verify their authenticity using third party anti virus software or similar applications. We accept no responsibility for third party downloads and downloads provided by external third party websites and advise users to verify their authenticity using third party anti virus software or similar applications.

Contact & Communication With us

Users contacting this us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use.

Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you products/services information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations named in 'The policy' above.

Email Mailing List & Marketing Messages

We operate an email mailing list program, used to inform subscribers about products, services and/or news we supply/publish. Users can subscribe through an online automated process where they have given their explicit permission. Subscriber personal details are collected, processed, managed and stored in accordance with the regulations named in 'The policy' above. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service, or if not available, other means as detailed in the footer of sent marketing messages (or unsubscribe from all Mailchimp lists). The type and content of marketing messages subscribers receive, and if it may contain third party content, is clearly outlined at the point of subscription.

Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics and already stored subscriber data.

We currently use our own EMS (email marketing service).

External Website Links & Third Parties

Although we only look to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites, similar to; tatshop dot com or www.tatshop.com)

Shortened URL's; URL shortening is a technique used on the web to shorten URL's (Uniform Resource Locators) to something substantially shorter. This technique is especially used in social media and looks similar to this (example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo). Users should take caution before clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding.

We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Social Media Policy & Usage

We adopt a Social Media Policy to ensure our business and our staff conduct themselves accordingly online. While we may have official profiles on social media platforms users are advised to verify authenticity of such profiles before engaging with, or sharing information with such profiles. We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.

There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page. You can find further information about some social media privacy and usage policies in the resources section below.

Resources & Further Information

• Overview of the GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation
• Data Protection Act 1998
• Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003
• The Guide to the PECR 2003
• Twitter Privacy Policy
• Facebook Privacy Policy
• Google Privacy Policy
• Linkedin Privacy Policy
• Mailchimp Privacy Policy
• HR Form Templates
• Website Privacy Policy Template

v.3.0 30th November 2017 Edited & customized by: Home And Aways Games Limited Last revised 14th March 2025

Registered Office: London (Wc2) Office, 7 Bell Yard, London, England, WC2A 2JR

If you require any further information about Home and Aways or even want to add a friend or colleague to a competition; please speak to a member of the committee or e-mail season2024@homeandaways.co.uk.

We would like to thank you all for your continued support.

Home and Aways Committee