Title: Countdown going in reverse
Last modified: March 7, 2021

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# Countdown going in reverse

 *  Resolved [weepingtiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weepingtiger/)
 * (@weepingtiger)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-going-in-reverse/)
 * Hello,
 * I am testing the plugin by advancing the date of 4 matches and entering their
   scores.
 * I have noticed that when I do this, the [fp-countdown] shortcode advances instead
   of counting down. It looks like it’s basing its date on the start of the first
   match, which in my testing is now a previous date.
 * The completed match continues to appear on the prediction page, rather than disappear
   as it’s historical. I noticed this comment in your Help file: “If no date is 
   given, the time of the first match of the tournament is used.”
 * How can I make this the date of the next match instead?
 * Many thanks, Jim

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 *  Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/)
 * (@antoineh)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-going-in-reverse/#post-14145368)
 * Hi Jim,
 * If you want the counter to always take the date of the upcoming match, then you
   can use the shortcode like this `[fp-countdown match="next"]`. Or you can leave
   out the match parameter and give a date parameter if you want to countdown to
   a fixed date. But I think you are looking for the first suggestion.
 * If you want to hide historical matches from the prediction form there are 2 options:
   there is an [extension plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-football-pool-plugin/#post-8998122)
   that hides closed matches, or simply hide the matches via CSS (they have a different
   class).
 *  Thread Starter [weepingtiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weepingtiger/)
 * (@weepingtiger)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-going-in-reverse/#post-14145823)
 * Fantastic, thanks for your help.
 * Jim

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