Playing the Golden Boot Game
Getting Started
Before you start to play the Golden Boot Game you should first read the rules and the terms and conditions.
You must register your team name with the Golden Boot game using the Registration Form (you might want to check out our privacy policy before you submit anything). You will be allocated a team number for your team. Note: Registrations for the 2010/2011 season start on 1st August 2010.
Once you have received your team number you can select a team of eight strikers who you expect to score goals in English Premier League matches.
You can pick strikers from the list of strikers provided or select the striker's club and write in the name of anyone not on the list who plays for that Premier League club.
Scoring Points
For each week of the Premier League season (Weeks 1 to 41) you score points for each goal scored by one of your selected strikers in the Premier League games played during that week. The points scored depends on the stikers position in your team.
Your striker in position 1 scores 8 points for each Premier League goal, position 2 scores 7 points for each Premier League goal and so on until position 8 scores only 1 point for each Premier League goal.
As you can see, a strikers position really makes a difference. If a hat-trick is scored by your number 1 striker that is 24 points but if your number 8 striker scores it then it only gets you 3 points.
The winner of the Golden Boot Game will be the team that scores the most total points over weeks 1 to 41 of the Premier League season.
Changing Your Team
You can change any, all or none of your strikers each week. There is no restriction on the number of changes you can make but your team at the deadline time will be the team that counts for all the following weeks matches.
Weeks start at midnight on Friday. The deadline time for selections will normally be 11:00 am on the first day of each game week (Saturday). All times are standard UK time.
You can change your selections as many times as you wish up until the deadline for a week. You can also choose as many strikers as you wish from each Premier League club for your team.
Winning Things
People who have won prizes in the Golden Boot game in the past have regularly changed their strikers to take account of the latest information on fitness, disciplinary measures and form. There will be some game weeks when certain clubs do not have a match while others may have more than one match.
There will a prize for the winner and a prize for second place in the Golden Boot game. There will also be Spot Prizes to be won at various times throughout the season. The game is totally free to play and you might get a prize, what have you got ot lose?