Tips and Tricks
World Cup Categories
Immaculate Footy features two World Cup categories: World Cup Appearance and World Cup Goal. Data coverage is complete for these competitions (back to 1930 for men, 1991 for women), though note that qualifying matches are not included for these ...
Multiple Franchises with the Same Name
There are several instances across the sports covered by Sports Reference in which there are multiple franchises within a sport with the same name that aren't considered to be connected to one another. In most cases when one of these franchises ...
Nationalities and Confederations
For a player to be accepted as an answer for a nationality category in Immaculate Footy, the player must have nationality with that country. If the player has dual-nationality, they will match for both countries unless they have appeared in a senior ...
Who qualifies as having played for a team in Immaculate Grid?
In Immaculate Grid, a player will only count as having played for a team if they have appeared in a regular season or postseason game for that team. Players who only appeared for a team in Spring Training, pre-season etc. will not count as having ...
Winnipeg Jets Category in Immaculate Grid Hockey
Winnipeg Jets (aka Why Doesn't Teemu Selänne Work for This Category?) Immaculate Grid players sometimes ask why former Winnipeg Jets players (usually Teemu Selänne) aren't accepted as correct answers. This is an understandable question, as Teemu ...
Major Negro Leagues Category in Immaculate Grid Baseball
Major Negro Leagues Immaculate Grid players sometimes ask why certain players don't count as a correct answer for the "Played in the Major Negro Leagues" category, particularly Ernie Banks, Henry Aaron, and Sandy Amorós. While all of these players ...
Immaculate Footy Data Coverage
Data coverage in Immaculate Footy varies by league and competition. To see a full list of leagues, competitions and years covered, click either the "Full Details" or "Rules" links above the game. If a player appeared for a club outside of the years ...
Hall of Fame category in Immaculate Grid Baseball
The rule for the Hall of Fame category in Immaculate Grid Baseball is as follows: Hall of Famers must be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame but can be inducted from any category (player, manager, umpire, executive/pioneer). When paired ...
Rules for Immaculate Grid
The aim of Immaculate Grid is to select a player for each cell who matches the criteria for that cell's row and column. In the image below from the baseball version of the game, the cell in the top left corner is asking for a player who played in the ...