How To Play
Entry forms are available at the club or alternatively send us your team by e-mail. Your team will not be entered into the game until we have received your joining fee.
Simply select 11 players from our Fantasy League 2007/8 Premiership player list (available at the club or check the Daily Telegraph) to represent you for the season, ensuring that your squad's value does not exceed £50 million and that you've got no more than two players from any single Premiership club, and your team must be in either:
4 - 3 - 3 formation consisting of
- Goalkeeper
- Four Defenders
- Three midfielders
- Three strikers
4 - 4 - 2 formation consisting of
- Goalkeeper
- Four Defenders
- Four midfielders
- Two strikers
You can switch easily between the two formations during the season by transferring one of your strikers for a midfielder or vice versa.
For Fantasy League purposes the player's club is deemed to be the Premiership club that he is listed with in the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday 8th August 2007 and he will remain with that club for the duration of the 2007 - 08 season.
Scoring Points
So, having got your team ready, how are you going to get to the top of the league? By getting as many points as possible. And, in order to do that, you'll need to know how your chosen players will score points for you:
SCORING POINTS
All players
- +2 pts for appearing in the starting XI
- +1 pt for appearing as a substitute
- +3 pts for an assist (playing a significant part in setting up a goal)
- +5 pts for scoring a goal (including FA Cup penalty shoot-outs)
- +3 pts for being named as the Opta Sportdata Man-of-the-Match
- -5 pts for missing a penalty (including shoot-outs)
- -3 pts for an own goal
- -5 pts for being sent off
- -2 pts for a booking
Goalkeepers and defenders only
- +4 pts for a full match clean sheet
- +2 pts for not conceding a goal during a part-appearance
- +5 pts for a penalty save (goalkeepers only, including FA Cup penalty shoot-outs)
- -1 pt for each goal conceded (not including shoot-outs)
Promotion and Relegation
Once again there will be promotion and relegation during the season.
At the mid point of the season 31st December 2007 the league will be split into the Premiership and the Championship. The top scoring 50% of managers will be promoted to the Premiership with the remainder relegated to the Championship.
This does not affect your chances of winning the main prize as the Manager with the highest overall points score will be the winner, whether from the Premiership or the Championship. There will be additional prizes awarded to the top three places in the Championship.
TRANSFERS
Transfer nights will be held on the first Thursday of each calendar month. Each Manager begins each phase with a quota of eight transfers. Furthermore, no more than five transfers can be made in any calendar month.
Please note that all unused transfers at the end of each phase are forfeit and are not carried over to subsequent phases.
Transfer Nights
September 6th
October 4th
November 1st
December 6th
January 3rd
February 7th
March 6th
April 3rd
May 1st
Transfers are split into three phases with 8 transfers allowed in each phase.
Phase 1
11th Aug 2007- 29th Oct 2007
Phase 2
30th Oct 2007 - 28th Jan 2008
Phase 3
29th Jan 2008 - 19th May 2007
SUBSCRIPTIONS
The rate of subscription is £1 per Manager per week. A £10 joining fee (which will represent your final ten weeks subs) will be required with each completed application form. Subscriptions will be collected from Thursday August 9th 2007 Final subscriptions will be collected on May 15th 2008. The total subscription for the season will be £41.
Any Manager who fails to pay their subscriptions or red card fines may be expelled from the League and any subscriptions already collected will be added to the prize fund.
Other Games
Fantasy League is more than just the Premier League. There will be the FA Cup competition and of course the
RED CARD COMPETITION
Yes, a well-disciplined team can earn you a prize as well as saving you points. The Manager(s) with the least number of red cards against their players at the end of the season could win a prize. The fine for a red card is £2. A red card fine will be charged for any red card issued during a game, whether or not it is subsequently rescinded. In the event of one or more Managers having the same number of cards, the prize will not be awarded and the money collected added to the night out fund.
THE COCA COLA FOOTBALL LEAGUE GOALS COMPETITION
Simply pick any three teams from each of the Coca-Cola Championship, Division One and Division Two and all the goals that your nine teams score will count towards your goal tally and the Manager with the most goals at the end of the season will win a £20 prize.
Prizes
There will be prizes for the top three Fantasy League Managers, the FA Cup Winner, FA Cup Runner Up and FA Cup semi-finalists, and the Fair Play Award and the top three Managers in the Championship.
MANAGER OF THE SEASON
The Manager who has scored the most points at the end of the 2007 - 2008 season will win 25% of monies collected up to a maximum of £200 with the Runner-Up receiving a prize of 12.5% up to a £100 maximum and the third placed Manager will win 6.25% up to a maximum of £50.
FA CUP
The Manager who wins the FA Cup competition will win £25 with £15 for the runner-up and £10 for each of the losing semi-finalists.
RED CARD COMPETITION
The prize for the winner of the Red Card competition will win £50, or 50% of the total amount of fines collected throughout the season, whichever is the least. If there are more than two winning Managers the prize will not be awarded and donated to the end of season night out funds.
CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE WINNERS
The Manager who heads the Championship will win a prize of 6.25% up to a maximum of £50 with a prize of 3% up to a maximum of £25 with 1.5% up to a maximum of £15.
If the overall winners are from the Championship we will have to aggregate the prize money between the Leagues accordingly.
THE END OF SEASON PRESENTATION NIGHT OUT
The Premiership season ends on Sunday May 11th and the FA Cup Final is Saturday May 17th, so the end of season night out will be arranged nearer the time for a date on or around May 21st.