Football Grid (Futbolle)

About Football Grid (Futbolle)

Football Grid is the soccer version of the Immaculate Grid format, part of the Futbolle family of football puzzles. Each numbered board has three clubs along the top and three down the side, drawn fresh each day from the date, so everyone playing on that date gets the same six.

You type a player's name into the search box, and suggestions appear after two letters. You never pick the cell: if the player fits a square on the board, he drops into it by himself. If he fits nowhere, the game says so and the guess is still spent. You have nine guesses for nine cells, and each footballer can be used only once.

Every club in a player's senior career counts, loan spells included, but youth teams do not, nor do clubs he signed for without playing. Club histories come from Wikipedia career tables, and before a board goes out each cell is checked to make sure at least one valid answer exists.

The grid rewards knowing transfer routes over decades rather than today's squads, so a 1990s striker counts as much as a current one. It suits football fans who like Immaculate Grid and want one about club football.

How to play Football Grid (Futbolle)

1. Read the club at the start of a row and the club at the top of a column; the cell where they meet belongs to that pair.
2. Type a footballer's name in the search box and pick him from the suggestions.
3. If he played for both clubs of a cell, he drops into it; if not, the guess is spent.
4. Use each player only once, and fill as many of the nine cells as you can in nine guesses.

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Tips

• Start with the cells that have the fewest answers you can think of.
• Keep well-travelled players for the cell where nobody else fits.
• Think of transfer routes over thirty years, not current squads.
• Loan spells count, so a one-season loan can be the answer.

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