Rules for 2008/09
GENERAL
- The competition will be held over 42 weeks from Saturday August 16th 2008 until Saturday May 30th 2009. Only games in the Premiership and FA Cup counts towards the competition.
- The points awarded to players is the sole responsibility of the competition administrators and their decision is both final and non negotiable.
- Managers are deemed to have accepted the above rules by submitting an entry into the competition.
- The Fantasy week runs from Tuesday through to the following Monday.
TEAM SELECTION
- Managers choose a team from the players list published on this web site up to a maximum value of £50m.
- Managers may chose a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 formation (i.e. 1 goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers or 1 goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 strikers).
- Managers can change the formation during the season by using their transfers. The maximum value of the team cannot exceed £50m.
- There is no limit on the number of players you can select from one Premiership club.
- Teams must be emailed by Friday August 15th 2008 to be entered into the competition.
TRANSFERS
- Managers will be allowed a maximum 30 transfers in the season and four in any single week. Transfers will not be actioned where a manager is not up to date with his subs payments.
- Each team will be deducted 5 points for every transfer made during the course of the season.
- The transfer deadline is midnight each Friday with players taking their place in the team from the following Tuesday.
- It is the Managers responsibility to ensure the total value of the team does not exceed £50m. If a set of transfers takes the value over £50m, ALL of the transfers will be null and void.
- There is no limit on the number of "free" transfers to enable new players entering the League to be selected, providing these transfers are received by Friday August 15.
SUBS & PRIZES
- Entry costs are £41 per season per team. Subs can be paid in three installments, and are due no later than:
- 1st Installment (£14) – October 31st 2008
- 2nd Installment (£14) – January 30th 2009
- 3rd Installment (£13) – May 1st 2009
- The costs of hosting the web site (£60 for 2008/09) will be paid from the accumulated prize fund. There will be a one-off deduction of £35.50 from the prize fund to recover unpaid subs from 2006/07. All of the remaining money will be paid out as prize money.
- An up to date summary of the subs collected and prize money awarded will be available on the web site.
- Prizes will be awarded to the top performing teams in both the season long competition, and in nine monthly competitions.
- The value of the prize money will be published on the web site after all entries have been received.
POINTS
- Points will be awarded as follows:
- ALL PLAYERS:
- Appearance (Full match) +2
- Appearance (Part match) +1
- Goals scored +5
- Penalty Miss -5
- Key Contribution +3
- Sent Off -5
- Booked -2
- Own Goal -3
- Man Of The Match +3
- DEFENDERS/GOALKEEPERS:
- Goals conceded -1
- Clean Sheet (Full match) +4
- Clean Sheet (Part match) +2
- Penalty Save +5
- Goals scored, misses and saves in Penalty shoot outs COUNT but goalkeepers do not lose points for goals conceded.
- Points will be published on this site and advised regularly by email to all team managers.