HOW TO PLAY SPOT THE BALL & MORE

NOTE FOR GRAHAM: DATES NEED CONFIRMING. PLUS THE NUMBER OF POINTS REQUIRED TO GET INTO THE PRIZE DRAW FOR EACH ROUND.

SPOT THE BALL IS COMING HOME!

Spot the Ball is back! Welcome back the iconic game where the ball is removed from a photograph of a football match and you have to place a ‘X’ where you think it is. It’s that simple.

In the past, Spot the Ball - or Play StB as we call it - was a game featured mostly in newspapers, but now we’ve brought it bang up to date and you can play it on our free Play StB World Cup Tournament app.

I want to play it! What do I do?

Firstly, you need to register, so click here. Then follow the on-screen instructions. We hate admin, so we’ve made it as easy to do as we could. Once you’re registered, you can play. It’s 100% free and you can win some great football memorabilia prizes. See details here.

Play for Fun

Click the Play for Fun button and you get up to 30 images each day to practice on. We recommend you play a few of these games first, so that when you play Prize Play, you’re at your best! When you Play for Fun, you’ll get a number of points. The nearer to the centre pixel of the football you place your three X’s, the more points you get. Once you’ve got 10,000 points you’re automatically entered into a prize draw for Round 1.

Daily Prize Play

There’s ONE SINGLE image every day for Prize Play. You get 3 X’s and you’re playing against the clock. If you 'time out' then the game is void and NO POINTS are awarded. So, don’t mess about. That’s why we recommend you do a few Play for Fun games first.

Each image is available from 7.30am during the World Cup, and results are revealed at 7.45pm (or 8.45pm) to coincide with half-time for the evening matches played in Qatar, during the various stages of the tournament.

You’ll be able to see the top 10 on the leaderboard on the app, and YOUR OWN SCORE. On the website, you’ll be able to see the whole leaderboard, and search for your mates to see how they’re doing - as long as you know their usernames.

Any whilst you are waiting, you can even get some practice in with dozens of new game plays that are added every day to help sharpen your skills for the daily Prize Play.

Two competitions

The Play StB World Cup Tournament has two competitions which will run during the Qatar World Cup 2022 from November 20. Firstly, there’s the Daily Prize Play where every day someone will win a prize by scoring the highest daily points tally.

Then there’s competition 2: With 2 play-off rounds during the tournament, you will have 2 chances to accumulate the points needed to qualify for one of the Prize Draws and a chance to win an exclusive World Cup Prize.

Finally, there’s the Golden Boot Prize! We all know how that works. The  player with the highest points tally achieved by the end of the whole tournament wins the coveted StB Golden Boot prize!

It’s not just about luck!

Play StB is a game of skill that’s fun to play with plenty of incentives to keep checking back daily, score more points and see how you’re doing on the social media leaderboard. At its heart, it’s a simple idea with no complicated rules or VAR - but you still need to have the right skill and judgement to stick your X’s in the right place as you play against the clock countdown!