The Ball Grid

The Ball Grid is a daily Premier League trivia puzzle presented as a 3×3 grid. Each column is a club/category and each row is a statistical or biographical criterion; you must name a player who satisfies both the row and column for that season. Every player is checked against that single season's data and the same grid is played by everyone each day.

1. Open the day's 3×3 grid and note the column (club) and row (stat/biography) categories.
2. Search for and type a Premier League player's name to place them in a chosen cell.
3. A valid pick must have met both criteria within the grid's single season; each player may only be used once per grid.
4. Classic Grid: you have unlimited guesses per cell; scoring is based on how rare your pick is.
5. Rapid Fire: hit GO to start the timer (90 seconds); wrong answers add +5 seconds to your final time.

The Ball Grid offers a daily, shared puzzle that tests detailed Premier League knowledge with two contrasting modes: Classic rewards obscure, rare picks while Rapid Fire rewards speed and accuracy. Daily grids, persistent archives of past puzzles, and leaderboards give motivation to improve and compare scores with friends.

The game gives immediate and post-game feedback. Classic Grid scores each correct answer from 20 to 100 based on how rare the pick is and shows how many cells are correct (e.g. Correct 0/9). Rapid Fire records your raw time, counts wrong answers, applies +5s penalties per wrong answer, and shows your final penalised time. Wrong answers do not deduct points in Classic.

Classic Grid

Fill a 3×3 grid by naming Premier League players who satisfy both the row and column criteria for that season. You have nine squares and unlimited guesses per cell. Each correct answer is scored for rarity (20 to 100), rewarding obscure picks; wrong answers do not cost points.

Rapid Fire

Race the clock to fill the same 3×3 grid. The timer starts when you hit GO (90 seconds available). There is no rarity scoring; wrong answers add a +5 second penalty to your time. The result screen shows raw time, number of wrong answers, and the final penalised time.

• Classic Grid: you can gamble on obscure players because wrong answers don’t cost points, rare picks score higher.
• Remember the single-season rule: a player only counts if they met the criteria in that board’s season.
• Columns may be specific clubs or grouped categories (Big Six, Top Half, etc.), and a player can qualify for multiple club columns if they appeared for more than one side that season.