Explanation to how I made the ranks error

The spreadsheet I use gives me instant points when I type a result in. When I want to find out who may win a round, I forecast some results to get a combination of round winners.

The last two results I typed in were the yet to be played Round 20 games of Everton v Newcastle and the Leeds v Villa games. In the combination of seeking a Round 20 winner, I gave both games to the away sides. I forgot to erase these hypothetical results before I published the current ranks in the last email.

This error gave 25 points to the two players who picked Newcastle and 11 points for Villa tipsters. One player ended up with 36 ‘ghost’ points. That is why some players were higher on their actual ranks.

As of 8 March 2022, there are six scheduled postponed games, 13 unscheduled rearranged games and one game brought forward. I checked all of these to determine if they have any hypothetical results typed in error and it all checks correct.

Apologies, and thank you for your understanding.