The Beautiful Pool

The first game of the 2026 World Cup is a month away, and the beautifulpool.org rises from it’s slumber.

The “Rules and Regulations” page has been updated with everything you need to know to enter this year’s pool, including a link to download the entry form. It’s pretty much a rehash of previous pools, but, as they say, “why mess with success”. The link to the “Rules and Regulations” is at the top of every page on the website.

When you complete your entry form, please be on the lookout for glitches, bugs or even, yikes!, errors. FIFA keeps making the competition bigger so that they have even more opportunities to solicit bribes and/or fix the matches. That makes the entry forms a bit tricky. I think I got it right, but if you see something that doesn’t work, let me know right away so that I can fix it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The previous version of the Beautiful Pool had 39 entries, but it would be nice, don’t you think, to have even more this time. If you follow my other website ( brannan.org ) you would have seen the teaser for the Beautiful Pool that I posted in April. The key point was that you don’t need to know anything about football/soccer to join in and have fun! Many previous participants knew little to nothing about the teams and I, myself, am officially the world’s least interested soccer fan,

So, don’t be intimidated and tell everyone you know!

The Beautiful Pool Hall of Fame

I have been doing this since 2010, and here is a listing of previous winners. As you can see, people with last names starting with “T” used to do pretty well, but they have been going through a rough bit, and haven’t won anything since 2018. Too bad for them, eh?

That’s all for now. I’ll be back with updates if I think of anything to say.

Stuart