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Yes, FPL is back for the 18/19 season. Very little has changed from last season. The only tweak to this season’s leagues comes in the Cups package with the addition of an FPL Cup last longer. I’ve also lumped the Draft League option within the main thread for anyone interested in that.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS 1 PM BST FRIDAY 10TH AUGUST unless otherwise stated.

Entry is open to Blonde members only (over three months and over 30 posts) unless otherwise stated.

Classic Leagues:

1. Free League
Open to all Blonde members. There will be a £20 prize for the winner and £10 for 2nd place. These prizes are strictly for players that haven't won a prize in the pay leagues.

2. £10 Classic
Open to all Blonde members, except those who’ve entered the £100 league.

3. £25 Classic
Open to all Blonde members, except those who’ve entered the £100 league.

4. £50 Classic.
Open to all Blonde members of over three months and over 30 posts.

Open to all:

5. £20 H2H
Open to all comers. The H2H format lends to more variance so outside 'sharks' aren't particularly favoured.

6. £35 Cups package - entry deadline is 31st August
Open to all comers. Again the cups have a lot of variance. There will be a Champions League (£15), an FA Cup (£10), a League Cup (£5) and an FPL Cup Last Longer (£5). Whoever goes furthest in the official FPL Cup will scoop this.

7. £20 Last Man Standing - if fewer than 38 entries then the entry closing point will be TBD but no later than 31st August
Open to all comers. As it says. The lowest scoring player in the league is eliminated every week until you have the last man standing. This paid the top four last season.

8. £100 Classic (open to all)
Open to all comers.

9. £20 H2H Draft League (8-team leagues max)
How does draft differ from normal FPL?

1) Only one manager in each league may own any given player. E.g. only one manager has Harry Kane
2) There are no captains or vice-captains in Draft FPL
3) There is no squad budget
4) There is no limit to how many players you can own from each team
5) There are no limits or costs to weekly transfers

Draft day TBD once leagues are finalised but suggest the evening of Tuesday/Wednesday 7th-8th August.

More info here: https://draft.premierleague.com/help

If you're interested, send me a PM for codes or if you have <10 posts and can't receive PMs then post ITT and we'll work it out.

Any questions, please fire away.

Payment:

1) Bank – when sending please include your Blonde Name (FPL) as the ref: e.g. Tikay (FPL)
2) Paypal – make sure you use the send to friend/family option.

Q. I'm new to Blonde Poker, how do I know my money is safe?
A. Prize money totalled £5,700 last season and 100% of it was paid out. Last season I split the prize money in three and sent 33% each to two trusted blondes to hold.

Payouts/Winners

Thanks to everyone who took part this season and congrats to the winners.

Payouts/Winners

Free:
1st. £20 - Getafe King Life! (Junior Senior)
2nd. £10 - aDEQUAtE tEaM (McGlashan)
 
£10 Classic:
1st. £100 - Gildo Athletico (JGill_DTD)
2nd. £60 - Leeds By Example (Horneris)
3rd. £30 - The Gunn Show (Mark_Porter)
4th. £20 - Premier Lead (Gazza)

£25 Classic:
1st. £250 - Bluffallo Bantams (Paul_Foulder)
2nd. £160 - Mt Eden Munters (ScissorHands)
3rd. £90 - Gildo Athletico (JGill_DTD)
4th. £50 - Leeds By Example (Horneris)

£50 Classic:
1st. £375 - Bluffallo Bantams (Paul_Foulder)
2nd. £225 - Bobbins FC (dino1980)
3rd. £150 - Two Sisters Probably (NigDawg)

£100 Classic:
1st. £850 - The Silkworms (Stuart Wright)
2nd. £500 - Jealous Monks (Scott Smith)
3rd. £350 -  Bobbins FC (dino1980

Last Man Standing:
1st. £280 - KOLPAK UNDER ATTACK (kp24)
2nd. £180 - The Silkworms (Stuart Wright)
3rd. £100 - Pep Shop Boys (SuperJez)
4th. £60 - Two Sisters Probably (NigDawg)

Draft:
1st. £100 - IronalloverU (Ironside)
2nd. £60 - Bobbins FC (dino1980)

League Cup Prize Winners:
1st: £75 - Dacorb 🏆+
2nd: £40 Schindler's Listed
3rd/4th: Jealous Monks (£10) and Valar Dohaeris (£10)

FA Cup Prize winners:
1st: £150 - Plastic Geordies (Shaun Conning)
2nd: £80 - The Dazzler (Tom McBennett)
3rd: £20 - Valar Dohaeris FC (Curtis Ledger
4th: Dacorb: £20 (highest scoring QF loser in GW17)

FPL Cup Last Longer:
£135 - Stuart Wright (The Silkworms)

Champions League Prize Winners
1st. £225 - Two Sisters Probably (Chris Brammer)
2nd. £120 - Bluffalo Bantams (Paul Foulder)
3rd/4th: Monson Magic (Mitch Johnson) and Dion Dustbin (Asa Smith) £30

H2H Regular Season Winners:
1st. £250 - Jealous Monks (Scott Smith)
2nd. £150 - Bluffalo Bantams (Paul Foulder)
3rd. £100 - Dion Dustbin (Asa Smith)
4th. £50 - Two Sisters Probably (NigDawg)

H2H Playoff Winners:
1st. £70 - Bluffalo Bantams (Paul Foulder)
2nd. £40 - Two Sisters Probably (NigDawg)

Paypal adress same like last year? Thanks for running.

It is.

In for Free/£10/£20 Classic leagues please Nick, and thank you very much for running these again.

Will ship moneys shortly.

I'm in for the £100 again mate

I'll send to the same PayPal address as last season, cheers for running this!

£35 shipped via bank tx Nick.

Free, £10, H2H and cups please.

Thanks.

1 2 3 5 6 7 9

I make that £130 will ship to PayPal in near future

Is draft standard or h2h?

Draft will be H2H, it works better to me in that format. In the Classic versions we've done in the past there's often been a runaway leader and teams give up. In H2H it's usually a lot closer so we shouldn't get any dropouts.

Great stuff Dino. I'll be in for the 100 classic

Hi, I'm interested in the £100 classic.

...just trying to get to 10 posts first!! (on 9 now)

Hello.

Hello and thank you :)

2, 3, 7 & 9 plz

I played two h2h drafts league year. One was a 6 manner, one 10. Enjoyed the 10 player lots more, with 6 it was too easy, everyone had super teams. Whereas with 10, it was a struggle to have strikers who start.

Dino, I'm not sure if the PM i sent you actually sent! I think I have your paypal details from last seasons 100 classic league, but if you could just pm me to confirm them it would be much appreciated. I'll send the money on then straight away.

Will definitely have a go at the draft league again great fun fancying a go at the cup packages too plus the freebie one

Hi Dino,

in for 3,4,5,6,7,9

assume details are they same as last season

will send you a pm once funds have been sent

thanks again for running

Paul

perfect

Thanks for running again Dino.  I am in for the 100 classic, 50 classic and 20 lms.  Will ship on paypal now and pm for codes team name "Pep Shop Boys" thanks.

Everyone who has sent me a PM or money should now have league codes or details of how to send money and get those league codes.

If you don't then let me know please.

Current draft league list: (6/8 spots filled)
dino1980
Rob M
Ironside
Horneris
Kp24
Paul_foulder

The good news is that with six runners this will now definitely go ahead. I'll send a PM to all involved, but we need to nail down a draft date to suit all. The initial plan was the evening of Tuesday 7th or Wednesday 8th August at ~9pn BST.

I’ll be in for the draft (and all the regular, except the free and teh £100), will send money tomorrow. Thanks.

In for the draft please. Will confirm others soon.

Gazza + Mark, thanks for joining draft. That's one league filled. If anyone else would like to play Draft then I'll start a waitlist.

Current draft league list: (8/8 spots filled)
dino1980
Rob M
Ironside
Horneris
Kp24
Paul_foulder
Gazza
Mark_Porter

Not received any details.

donation to the prize pool has been sent

£45 sent for the £25 Classic and £20 H2H

Hi Dino,

Please can I enter 1/4/5/6/7/8

=£225 by my reckoning

Will also send via PM

Hi,
Can i get enter in as well  for 1,2,3,5,6,7
£110 total?

I don't have paypal but so will need bank details please.  Thanks

Sent now

could you send me 1,5,7 please?

Will you send me the code for 1,5,6,7 and I’ll be in for 9 too

I should be all caught up on PMs, codes, bank details etc.

If for any reason you've sent money and not received codes, requested bank details and not been sent them etc let me know.

Considering doing some side bets on FPL is anyone up for this?  Would have to be someone who has been around a while/is reputable cheers.  Send PM to discuss.

Hi Dino,

PM sent

thanks,
Paul

Hey Dino. In for 1, 2, 5, and 6 please.
Bank transferred £65 to the to the same details as last year.
Thanks

£65 sent via PayPal.

Thanks mate.

I still owe you £40

In for 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

1,2,6 please

2,3,5 and 9 please.

1, 2, 3, 7, 9 plzzzz

I'm in for everything I can, excluding the draft league.

I make that £230 for 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Please confirm and I'll get the money paid.

Cheers,
Pete.

Hi dino thanks for running again.

i will be in for 1,3,5,6,7 i will send £100 via pay pal.

Thanks

In. Money sent

Look forward to getting the codes

I should be caught up on sending PMs and codes now. If you've not received a message about where to send funds or the codes after sending funds then PM me.

Also we now have enough interest to open the waitlist for a second draft league. If you'd like to enter please let me know. This is absolutely open to anyone who entered the first.

FPL Draft League II (waitlist)
1. ChipRich
2. dino1980
3. Curtis David (non blonde)
4. Gazza
5. Horneris
6.
7.
8.

I'd be up for a second draft league.  Last year my first draft was terrible, so good to have a 2nd shot.

Thanks Gazza, I've added you to the list. We'll need to get six minimum to run this.

Happy to put myself up for this aswell but if you get loads of interest from people who are not already in one I'll sit out.

Fkin love the fpl draft

You’re on the list Brent. Obviously with the season inching ever closer there’s a chance that this draft will need to take place after Gw1

Anyone not still tweaking their team isn't taking this season seriously enough.

Ha. Mine has actually been set for about a week now. Worryingly set. The only player I’m looking at changing is my fourth mid, which is hardly going to radically alter my team’s fortunes. More time to watch the golf on Thursday and Friday 😃

I’d be happy to do another one if numbers needed,maybe ironside too?

Cool. Up to six now.

FPL Draft League II (waitlist)
1. ChipRich
2. dino1980
3. Curtis David (non blonde)
4. Gazza
5. Horneris
6. kp24
7. Ironside
8.

i will jump in if you need numbers

my only problem is time and date of draft tonight at same time as first draft would of been perfect

I’ll add you to the list Iron. Too short notice for the second draft to happen tonight. Also I know myself and one other draftee will be drafting via mobile whilst at a football match. Doing one drsft that way is tough enough, let alone two. I also have a ready made excuse for a misclick should I draft Nathan Redmond.

i am in draft room waiting

seriously got to keep skysports news on 24 hours due to this stupid game signed a keeper that was sold 30 minutes before (ok to be fair was likely in the news all summer)

Got another draft at 10pm tonight so if this final spot fills it would have to be around 8 for me.

Let’s fill it!!

in for 4,5,6,7,8 please

In for 1 & 3 please.

Hey guys

Anybody up for a sidebet, you choose the stakes, small or large! Looking forward to getting started...

In for 1 and 2, thanks!

1-7 pls

Everyone who has sent funds should have codes. Entry closes at 1pm (apart from LMS and Cups). Roll up roll up.

Up for playing 4,5,7,8 if it’s not too late.

Sent payment, can anybody who has codes for 1 & 2 please send them over, off out in a bit so need to get registered before 7pm.

TY TY

You have a PM.

tyty

in

Two united players, neither featured  ;madasahatstand;

Thanks to everyone who entered. I'll update payouts in the OP shortly.

Three points of business.

1) There are 27 players in the Cups League, if anyone was thinking about joining and didn't, one more player would really make life easier!

2) Anyone for a draft game? We have one spot open in a draft league, if it doesn't get filled by Monday evening I'll contact those that expressed interest to see if they're willing to go ahead with seven and sort out a draft time.

3) There are 31 entrants in LMS, entry is still open as long as your team was registered in the game by GW1. If there are no more entries that will start in GW9.

IN for Draft  ^^^

Hey Rich,

You're already on the list! It's the same one from a couple of pages back.

nick i am out from 6 to late tues wed and thurs next week so will likely not be around for the draft

sorry to be a pain

Ha. thought u meant some private league!

ill take a spot in the draft, when is it and how does it work lol

not sure who the manager of the Bluffalo Bantams is but i am sorry i politely decline your swap of Jahanbakhsh for Salah

i feel Salah might have a breakout season

Woof!

106 points for a top 3k rank. Never had a start remotely close to that strong.

My dad manager 112 too, rank 593rd overall. I do love FPL.

worth a try right?

Ugh!  1 point defeat in the H2H.  Welcome to the new season.

no I nearly clicked wrong button while in shock

OK your right it was worth a try then

1pt victory :)

Wonder if the two are related.....

Our squads are almost identical.

I usually spend way too much time pre season on my initial squad looking for differentials and some punts and invariably start off badly.
This season I hardly did any work and decided to go no risk vanilla and have my best start by a country mile.

ok giving you all a head start in the draft league 0-4 after today

WOW moaned that one in with 2 assists from Holebas

I have added the payouts to the original post.

LAST MAN STANDING: Starts GW9

THE CUPS
We have 27 players currently, entry is open until Saturday 15th September at 12.30 BST. One more entry would be really helpful, especially when it comes to the Champions League. Please see the schedule for the cups below, we're pioneers here so the FPL Cups will be taking a winter break for the first time, GW18-21 there will be no cup games.

The average score will be making up the numbers in the Round of 32.

We're following the format of the League Cup/FA Cup/Champions League as much as possible.
We're scheduled to start with the League Cup in GW6.

The League Cup will be H2H knockout and there will be 6 GWs play. The semifinals will be 2 leg affairs.

If we get a tie, the League Cup does not have replays so we'll go to a 'penalty shootout' tie-break. The tie-break will be the same as the in game FPL Cup tiebreak.
If a cup match is drawn, then the following tie-breaks will be applied until a winner is found:
1.Most goals scored in the Gameweek
2.Fewest goals conceded in the Gameweek
3.Virtual coin toss

League Cup
GW6 = last 27-32
GW7 = last 16.
GW8 = last 8.
GW9/10 = semifinals
GW11 = League Cup final.
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The FA Cup is scheduled to start GW13.
It'll be played along the same principles, H2H knockout. There will be only 5GWs play as there are no 2 leg matches.
If we get a tie there will be no replays as the FA cup has now dispensed with these from Round 5 onwards. Same tie-breakers apply.

FA Cup
GW13 = last 27-32
GW14 = last 16
GW15 = last 8
GW16 = semifinals
GW17 = FA Cup final.
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Champions League is scheduled to start GW22

In the event of having 27 runners then in the CL we'll run with seven groups of four. 27 teams + 1x Average. The top two from each group will qualify along with the two best 3rd place teams.
 
All teams will play 2 round robin matches against each other for a total of 6 matches. Teams will receive 3pts for a win, 1pt for a draw. Teams will be seeded according to their positions in the league at the time of the draw.
The top 7 in the league will all be 1st seeds, teams positioned 8th-14th will be 2nd seeds, teams positioned 15th-21st will be 3rd seeds and teams positioned 22nd+ will be 4th seeds.

Champions League
GW22-GW27 = group matches
GW28/GW29 = last 16
GW30/GW31 = last 8
GW32/GW33 = semi finals
GW34 = Champions League final.

guess i am thinking out the box this week this could go so spectacularly wrong

captains choice everyone else Aguero

me Ings

no harm done i suppose still think it was a risk worth taking in trying to catch up

League Cup draw below. A reminder of the schedule:
GW6 = last 32
GW7 = last 16.
GW8 = last 8.
GW9/10 = semifinals
GW11 = League Cup final.

wow draft league this week all 8 teams separated by only 12 points

looks like its going to be a close league

League Cup Results (GW6):

1. Ctrl Alt De Laet 59 vs 56 (.)(.)
2. Wenger In 58 vs 55 Alverton
3. Average 52 vs 56 Schindler’s Listed
4. Kolpak Under Attack 67 vs 47 Little General
5. dion dustbin 58 vs 59 The Silkworms
6. Average 52 vs 52 Average
7. Average 52 vs 69 Valiant Gunners
8. Valar Dohaeris 73 vs 52 Average
9. Two Sisters Probably 59 vs 57  Monson Magic
10. The Dazzler 43 vs 69 Wrenny Raiders
11. Jealous Monks 72 vs 53 Bluffallo Bantams
12. Plastic Geordies ’18 48 vs 57 Dacorb
13. Killer River 46 vs 60 Bobbins FC
14. Pokemons Ate My Team 74 vs 52 Done my Ballacks
15. Bielsabub United 52 vs 51 Indian Magpies
16. Daveyboyslegends 73 vs 72 Premier League

Round Two: GW7

Ctrl Alt De Laet vs Schindler’s Listed
Bobbins FC vs Dacorb
Wenger In vs Jealous Monks
Daveyboyslegends vs Valiant Gunners
Bielsabub United vs The Silkworms
Valar Dohaeris vs Two Sisters Probably
Wrenny Raiders vs Pokemons Ate My Team
Kolpak Under Attack vs Average

arghhhhhhhhhhhhh

i am a freaking muppet forgot there was a game tonight so just went and did a transfer for this week thinking i might swap it back next week

bugger so my transfer for this week doesnt count and if i want to swap it back its going to cost me a 2nd transfer

League Cup Round Two: GW7 - Results

Ctrl Alt De Laet  53 vs 57 Schindler’s Listed
Bobbins FC 62 vs 70 Dacorb
Wenger In 62 vs 68 Jealous Monks
Daveyboyslegends 39 vs 43 Valiant Gunners
Bielsabub United 38 vs 39 The Silkworms
Valar Dohaeris 58 vs 54 Two Sisters Probably
Wrenny Raiders 68 vs 48 Pokemons Ate My Team
Kolpak Under Attack 43 vs 51 Average

League Cup Quarter Finals: GW8

Wrenny Raiders vs Schindler’s Listed
The Silkworms vs Dacorb
Valiant Gunners vs Jealous Monks
Valar Dohaeris vs Average

Wrong captain wrong goalie transfer salah for hazard happening next week not this . DISASTER

phew just the transfer to worry about now keeper and captain pick hasn't cost me anything

League Cup Quarter Finals: GW8 Results

Wrenny Raiders 37 vs 41 Schindler’s Listed
The Silkworms 42 vs 51 Dacorb
Valiant Gunners 46 vs 63 Jealous Monks
Valar Dohaeris 53 vs 50 Average

League Cup Semi-finals: GW9 and GW10

Valar Dohaeris vs Dacorb
Jealous Monks vs Schindler’s Listed

Good luck to the final four, you're all in the money:

Winner: £75
Runner-up: £40
3rd/4th: £10

A reminder that Last Man Standing starts this gameweek.

League Cup Semi-finals: GW9 and GW10

Valar Dohaeris 47 vs 40 Dacorb
Jealous Monks 39 vs 38 Schindler’s Listed

Both ties in the balance at the halfway stage.

In LMS we lose Dave Curtis and his daveyboylegends team.

League Cup Semi-finals: GW9 and GW10

Valar Dohaeris (47+36) 83 vs 101 (40+61) Dacorb
Jealous Monks (39+75) 114 vs 126 (38+88) Schindler’s Listed

Final (GW11)

Dacorb vs Schindler's Listed

Prizes:
1st: 🏆+ £75
2nd: £40
3rd/4th: Jealous Monks (£10) and Valar Dohaeris (£10)

LMS:

We lose Mitch and the Monson Magic, a GW score of 28 sending him through the trapdoor.

Absolute nightmare of a week :(

Could be worse, one of my draft teams managed 18 points.

Well played Dacorb-your triple captain chip sealed the win for you there!

League Cup Semi-finals: GW9 and GW10

Valar Dohaeris (47+36) 83 vs 101 (40+61) Dacorb
Jealous Monks (39+75) 114 vs 126 (38+88) Schindler’s Listed

Final (GW11)

Dacorb 69 vs 66 Schindler's Listed

Prizes:
1st: Dacorb 🏆+ £75
2nd: Schindler's Listed £40
3rd/4th: Jealous Monks (£10) and Valar Dohaeris (£10)

Congrats to Dacorb on winning the league cup, a narrow three point victory over DropTheHammer, which as DTH mentions, came down to Dacorb triple captaining Hazard, those four extra points sealing the win.

LMS:

In a battle of the Rich's it was Rich Hare (41) who propped up the pile, with Tighty (44) surviving.

No cup matches this week, FA Cup starts GW13.

Thanks mate, rode my luck all the way through tbf

GW12 LMS:
We lost Peter-27 and the Indian Magpies, his -4 proving fatal.

FA Cup: Starts this week, draw coming later tonight.

FA Cup Draw is as below.
GW13: Last 32
GW14: Last 16
GW15: Quarter-finals
GW16: Semi-finals
GW17: Final

Payouts:
1st.£150   
2nd. £80   
3rd/4th: £20

Damn Friday deadline caught me on the hop...

LMS GW13: We lose Sam Morris (Alverton) his score of 32 losing out to Jon Slater's 33 pointer, with Guendouzi's 90th minute cameo proving the difference. Please note that as the gameweek has started, I will not remove Sam until the end of GW14.

FA Cup R1 Results:

1.Wrenny Raiders 45 vs 50 Average
2.Indian Magpies 29 vs 60 Dacorb
3.Done my Ballacks 75 vs 72 Two Sisters Probably
4.Ctrl Alt De Laet 33 vs 51 Valar Dohaeris FC
5.(.)(.) 54 vs 44 Schindler's Listed
6.Average 50 vs 60 Jealous Monks
7.Valiant Gunners 31 vs 36 Killer River
8.Bobbins FC 37 vs 36 Bielsabub United
9.Monson Magic 30 vs 44 Pokermons At My Team
10.Little General 53 vs 32 Alverton
11.dion dustbin 50 vs 60 Plastic Geordies '18
12.The Silkworms 46 vs 49 Daveyboyslegends
13.Wenger In 46 vs 50 Average
14.Average 50 vs 50 Average
15.Kolpak Under Attack 58 vs 38 Bluffallo Bantams
16.Premier Lead 43 vs 59 The Dazzler

FA Cup Round 2 (GW14):

Dacorb vs Kolpak Under Attack
Valar Dohaeris FC vs Average
Little General vs Jealous Monks
Average vs Plastic Geordies '18
Pokermons At My Team vs The Dazzler
(.)(.) vs Killer River
Average vs Daveyboyslegends
Done my Ballacks vs Bobbins FC

anyone whose captaiin is playing this week looks like just about everyone has augero as captain

I have Sane as captain, but maybe it's decisions like that why I'm way down the league.  ::)

Oh my god, they killed Carnie. Killer River's 39 points meant Marc was pipped by David Tighe's 40 points, sending the former tumbling down the LMS trapdoor.

Cup results coming later tonight.

FA Cup Round 3 (GW15) Fixtures:

(.)(.) vs The Dazzler
Dacorb vs Valar Dohaeris FC
Little General 38 vs Average
Plastic Geordies '18 vs Done my Ballacks

i give up

trying to 2nd guess squad rotations is impossible

A strong bench comes in handy at this time of year.

well done to David, now thats how you do it with a double win!
Got to be the worst year ever  ;shame; I don't think i've had one decent week yet and i am trying every week to catch up, but evrything i do goes to shit! so the double knockout is about right. I will just try and not finish bottom of the league to save my blushes if that is possible  :D

FA Cup Round 3 (GW15) Results:

(.)(.) 45 vs 59 The Dazzler
Dacorb 52 vs 64 Valar Dohaeris FC
Little General 38 vs 45 Average
Plastic Geordies '18 62 vs 56 Done my Ballacks

FA Cup Semi-finals (GW16) Fixtures:

Plastic Geordies '18 vs The Dazzler
Valar Dohaeris FC vs Average

Payouts:
Winner: £150
Runner-up:£80
3rd and 4th: £20 each

A Cinderella story as Average reaches the semi-finals.

In all seriousness, Average can't cash so there are now three scenarios:

1. Average loses in the semi-finals: 4th place prize (£20) goes to the highest scoring losing QF in GW16 (one of (.)(.), Dacorb, Little General or Done my Ballacks)
2. Average wins in the semi-finals but loses in the final: £150 goes to the team who wins as normal, the two losing semi-finalists playoff in GW17 for the £80 runner-up prize and £20 3rd place prize, 4th place prize goes to the highest scoring losing QF in GW17.
3. Average wins the semi-final and final: £80 goes to the runner-up and £20 to the third and fourth place finishers. The £150 1st place prize will be split equally between 2nd/3rd/4th.

I hope this is a fair solution, if any of the four semi-finalists have a better/fairer solution then please DM me or mention it in the thread. I can see how this solution disadvantages Sherriff (Valar Dohaeris) as he's the team that's drawn Average in the semis.

All good here

I'm easy.
In future though, I'd just make 'byes' in the first round for any blank spots.

No issues here either.

when your vice captain scores a hatrick in the early game and your in 2 minds if you want your captain to play in the late game

Fantasy Football problems

Hum guess i dont want him coming on to play

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 2-0 up so with 16 minutes to go put on your top striker that you were resting for the midweek game grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

FA Cup Semi-finals (GW16) Results:

Plastic Geordies '18 59 vs 55 The Dazzler - Digne's injury-time free kick sees Claypole take the victory
Valar Dohaeris FC 52 vs 55 Average

FA Cup Final (GW17)
Plastic Geordies vs Average

3rd and 4th playoff (GW17):

Valar Dohaeris FC vs The Dazzler


Note the following now comes into place:

2. Average wins in the semi-finals but loses in the final: £150 goes to the team who wins as normal, the two losing semi-finalists playoff in GW17 for the £80 runner-up prize and £20 3rd place prize, 4th place prize goes to the highest scoring losing QF in GW17.
3. Average wins the semi-final and final: £80 goes to the runner-up and £20 to the third and fourth place finishers. The £150 1st place prize will be split equally between 2nd/3rd/4th.

In LMS George2Loose is cut loose with his score of 35 (-4) earning Ironside a reprieve.

FA Cup Final (GW17) Result:
Plastic Geordies 49 vs 43 Average

3rd and 4th playoff (GW17) result:

Valar Dohaeris FC 45 vs 47 The Dazzler

Prize winners:

Plastic Geordies: £150
The Dazzler: £80
Valar Dohaeris FC: £20
Dacorb: £20 (highest scoring QF loser in GW17)

LMS: Tighty falls through the trapdoor with 38 points. (.)(.) survives with 41 points.

The cups now take a well earned Xmas break until GW22, but LMS continues, so don't forget to set your teams.

Leeds are top of the league, but its bad news for Brent as his score of 36 (-4) means he's out of LMS just before Xmas.

The main cups are taking a break but the FPL Cup last longer continues. There are a dozen runners left in that as far as I can tell.

gutted i thought i had the best blonde score of the week for what i think would be first time ever since i started playing
till i saw Mitchell's smash me by 20 points FFS there is always next week

In GW19 we had our first LMS tie of the season and not just any tie. This was a three-way tie.

Jealous Monks (Scott Smith): https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/269062/event/19
Los Goleadores (Daniel Boije): https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/2216893/event/19
Plastic Geordies '18 (Claypole): https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/529432/event/19

All three scored 54 points, and ties are settled in the same way as FPL Cup ties.

If a cup match is drawn, then the following tie-breaks will be applied until a winner is found:

1. Most goals scored in the Gameweek
2. Fewest goals conceded in the Gameweek
3. Virtual coin toss

Goals Scored:

Jealous Monks: 3 (Richarlison, Salah, Kane)
Los Goleadores: 4 (Felipe Anderson x2, Hazard x2)
Plastic Geordies '18: 3 (Hazard x2, Auba)

Fewest Goals Conceded:

Jealous Monks: 4 (Fabianski, Doherty, Bednarek x2)
Plastic Geordies '18: 3 (Fabianksi, Kolasanic, Luiz)

A LMS cupset! League leader Jealous Monks are out by the narrowest of margins. Gg, Scott.

Made one of the best transfers ever this weekend. IN Vardy, OUT Firmino. FML.

Another shock in LMS as Paul Foulder's Bluffalo Bantams (OR 12.4K) crash out after a gameweek score of 32.

On my count there are eight teams left in the FPL Cup last longer.

UpTheMariners is down and out of LMS with a GW21 score of 34.

The Champions League starts this week.

7 groups of 4 (top two from each group qualify, plus two best third-placed teams. Tiebreakers are Match Points, Points Scored, Goal difference, coin toss)

GW22 fixtures:

Bluffallo Bantams vs Kolpak Under Attack
Dacorb vs Alverton

Jealous Monks vs Plastic Geordies '18
Monson Magic vs Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC vs Pokermons Ate My Team
Bielsabub United vs Indian Magpies

The Silkworms vs Schindler's Listed
Wrenny Raiders vs Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably vs The Dazzler
Valar Dohaeris FC vs Killer River

(.)(.) vs dion dustbin
Ctrl Alt De Laet vs Average

Premier Lead vs Wenger In
Done My Ballacks vs Little General

LMS: Ctrl Alt De Laet (Jon Slater) exits with 41 points.

FPL Cup Last Longer: This is now a three horse race. The Dazzler, The Silkworms and (.)(.) are the three teams remaining.

Champions League GW22 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 75 vs 59 Kolpak Under Attack
Dacorb 47 vs 72 Alverton

Jealous Monks 67 vs 57 Plastic Geordies '18
Monson Magic 53 vs 40 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 59 vs 59 Pokermons Ate My Team
Bielsabub United 62 vs 61 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 52 vs 64 Schindler's Listed
Wrenny Raiders 50 vs 59 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 67 vs 53 The Dazzler
Valar Dohaeris FC 56 vs 60 Killer River

(.)(.) 60 vs 55 dion dustbin
Ctrl Alt De Laet 37 vs 49 Average

Premier Lead 65 vs 63 Wenger In
Done My Ballacks 46 vs 48 Little General

GW 23 Fixtures:

Bluffallo Bantams vs Dacorb
Kolpak Under Attack vs Alverton

Jealous Monks vs Monson Magic
Plastic Geordies '18 vs Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC vs Bielsabub United
Pokermons Ate My Team vs Indian Magpies

The Silkworms vs Wrenny Raiders
Schindler's Listed vs Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably vs Valar Dohaeris FC
The Dazzler vs Killer River

(.)(.) vs Ctrl Alt De Laet
dion dustbin vs Average

Premier Lead vs Done My Ballacks
Wenger In vs Little General

What's the payouts for the FPL Cup last longer, I've by far the toughest draw this week.

Hey Tom,

Just seen this, the last longer is/was winner takes all.

By the looks of it, The Silkworms have won as he's the only player to win their GW23 tie.

Yeah, I think you're right.
Bah, always the bridesmaid to that Silky :)

Just catching up... in LMS (.)(.) (Gherkin) is out from GW23, his 60 (-4) not enough to survive, this despite the average score in the game being 53 points. It's getting tough.

Champions League GW22 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 75 vs 59 Kolpak Under Attack
Dacorb 47 vs 72 Alverton

Jealous Monks 67 vs 57 Plastic Geordies '18
Monson Magic 53 vs 40 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 59 vs 59 Pokermons Ate My Team
Bielsabub United 62 vs 61 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 52 vs 64 Schindler's Listed
Wrenny Raiders 50 vs 59 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 67 vs 53 The Dazzler
Valar Dohaeris FC 56 vs 60 Killer River

(.)(.) 60 vs 55 dion dustbin
Ctrl Alt De Laet 37 vs 49 Average

Premier Lead 65 vs 63 Wenger In
Done My Ballacks 46 vs 48 Little General

GW 23 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 56 vs 57  Dacorb
Kolpak Under Attack 59 vs 74 Alverton

Jealous Monks 80 vs 58 Monson Magic
Plastic Geordies '18 83 vs 65 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 75 vs 67 Bielsabub United
Pokermons Ate My Team 71 vs 48 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 81 vs 67 Wrenny Raiders
Schindler's Listed 61 vs 54 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 63 vs 62 Valar Dohaeris FC
The Dazzler 67 vs 73 Killer River

(.)(.) 56 vs 67 Ctrl Alt De Laet
dion dustbin 72 vs 53 Average

Premier Lead 61 vs 62 Done My Ballacks
Wenger In 84 vs 40 Little General

GW24 Fixtures:

Bluffallo Bantams vs Alverton
Kolpak Under Attack vs Dacorb

Jealous Monks vs Daveyboyslegends
Plastic Geordies '18 vs Monson Magic

Bobbins FC vs Indian Magpies
Pokermons Ate My Team vs Bielsabub United

The Silkworms vs Valiant Gunners
Schindler's Listed vs Wrenny Raiders

Two Sisters Probably vs Killer River
The Dazzler vs Valar Dohaeris FC

(.)(.) vs Average
dion dustbin vs Ctrl Alt De Laet

Premier Lead vs Little General
Wenger In vs Done My Ballacks

Meanwhile in the Draft League...

It's tight at the top.

It is sadly my team is running out of bodies though

i got 13 points this week with 11 players scoring surely a record low

i had same amount of points on the bench with only 3 players counting

Don't count me out. Love the Draft League.

A bad GW24 for Claypole as his 27 point total was the lowest in the LMS league.

Champions League GW22 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 75 vs 59 Kolpak Under Attack
Dacorb 47 vs 72 Alverton

Jealous Monks 67 vs 57 Plastic Geordies '18
Monson Magic 53 vs 40 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 59 vs 59 Pokermons Ate My Team
Bielsabub United 62 vs 61 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 52 vs 64 Schindler's Listed
Wrenny Raiders 50 vs 59 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 67 vs 53 The Dazzler
Valar Dohaeris FC 56 vs 60 Killer River

(.)(.) 60 vs 55 dion dustbin
Ctrl Alt De Laet 37 vs 49 Average

Premier Lead 65 vs 63 Wenger In
Done My Ballacks 46 vs 48 Little General

GW 23 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 56 vs 57  Dacorb
Kolpak Under Attack 59 vs 74 Alverton

Jealous Monks 80 vs 58 Monson Magic
Plastic Geordies '18 83 vs 65 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 75 vs 67 Bielsabub United
Pokermons Ate My Team 71 vs 48 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 81 vs 67 Wrenny Raiders
Schindler's Listed 61 vs 54 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 63 vs 62 Valar Dohaeris FC
The Dazzler 67 vs 73 Killer River

(.)(.) 56 vs 67 Ctrl Alt De Laet
dion dustbin 72 vs 53 Average

Premier Lead 61 vs 62 Done My Ballacks
Wenger In 84 vs 40 Little General

GW24 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 45 vs 43 Alverton
Kolpak Under Attack 75 vs 43 Dacorb

Jealous Monks 42 vs 34 Daveyboyslegends
Plastic Geordies '18 27 vs 29 Monson Magic

Bobbins FC 47 vs 42 Indian Magpies
Pokermons Ate My Team 51 vs 45 Bielsabub United

The Silkworms 51 vs 56 Valiant Gunners
Schindler's Listed 37 vs 38 Wrenny Raiders

Two Sisters Probably 45 vs 45 Killer River
The Dazzler 52 vs 39 Valar Dohaeris FC

(.)(.) 58 vs 42 Average
dion dustbin 45 vs 36 Ctrl Alt De Laet

Premier Lead 48 vs 47 Little General
Wenger In 35 vs 55 Done My Ballacks

GW25 Fixtures:

Kolpak Under Attack vs  Bluffallo Bantams
Alverton vs Dacorb

Plastic Geordies '18 vs Jealous Monks
Daveyboyslegends vs Monson Magic

Pokermons Ate My Team vs Bobbins FC
Indian Magpies vs Bielsabub United

Schindler's Listed vs The Silkworms
Valiant Gunners vs Wrenny Raiders

The Dazzler vs Two Sisters Probably
Killer River vs Valar Dohaeris FC

dion dustbin vs (.)(.)
Average vs Ctrl Alt De Laet

Wenger In vs Premier Lead
Little General vs Done My Ballacks

League Tables:

Love the draft league too reminds me of old days of fantasy football when I first started out

In LMS we lose Sheriff Fatman, his score of 41 not quite enough to knock off Chris Brammer who had 47 (-4).

Champions League GW22 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 75 vs 59 Kolpak Under Attack
Dacorb 47 vs 72 Alverton

Jealous Monks 67 vs 57 Plastic Geordies '18
Monson Magic 53 vs 40 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 59 vs 59 Pokermons Ate My Team
Bielsabub United 62 vs 61 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 52 vs 64 Schindler's Listed
Wrenny Raiders 50 vs 59 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 67 vs 53 The Dazzler
Valar Dohaeris FC 56 vs 60 Killer River

(.)(.) 60 vs 55 dion dustbin
Ctrl Alt De Laet 37 vs 49 Average

Premier Lead 65 vs 63 Wenger In
Done My Ballacks 46 vs 48 Little General

GW 23 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 56 vs 57  Dacorb
Kolpak Under Attack 59 vs 74 Alverton

Jealous Monks 80 vs 58 Monson Magic
Plastic Geordies '18 83 vs 65 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 75 vs 67 Bielsabub United
Pokermons Ate My Team 71 vs 48 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 81 vs 67 Wrenny Raiders
Schindler's Listed 61 vs 54 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 63 vs 62 Valar Dohaeris FC
The Dazzler 67 vs 73 Killer River

(.)(.) 56 vs 67 Ctrl Alt De Laet
dion dustbin 72 vs 53 Average

Premier Lead 61 vs 62 Done My Ballacks
Wenger In 84 vs 40 Little General

GW24 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 45 vs 43 Alverton
Kolpak Under Attack 75 vs 43 Dacorb

Jealous Monks 42 vs 34 Daveyboyslegends
Plastic Geordies '18 27 vs 29 Monson Magic

Bobbins FC 47 vs 42 Indian Magpies
Pokermons Ate My Team 51 vs 45 Bielsabub United

The Silkworms 51 vs 56 Valiant Gunners
Schindler's Listed 37 vs 38 Wrenny Raiders

Two Sisters Probably 45 vs 45 Killer River
The Dazzler 52 vs 39 Valar Dohaeris FC

(.)(.) 58 vs 42 Average
dion dustbin 45 vs 36 Ctrl Alt De Laet

Premier Lead 48 vs 47 Little General
Wenger In 35 vs 55 Done My Ballacks

GW25 Results:

Kolpak Under Attack 70 vs 79  Bluffallo Bantams
Alverton 50 vs 85 Dacorb

Plastic Geordies '18 49 vs 79 Jealous Monks
Daveyboyslegends 75 vs 51 Monson Magic

Pokermons Ate My Team 97 vs 87 Bobbins FC
Indian Magpies 87 vs 74 Bielsabub United

Schindler's Listed 71 vs 84 The Silkworms
Valiant Gunners 55 vs 63 Wrenny Raiders

The Dazzler 84 vs 43 Two Sisters Probably
Killer River 59 vs 41 Valar Dohaeris FC

dion dustbin 83 vs 62 (.)(.)
Average 65 vs 63 Ctrl Alt De Laet

Wenger In 73 vs 49 Premier Lead
Little General 56 vs 65 Done My Ballacks

GW26 Fixtures:

Dacorb vs Bluffallo Bantams
Alverton vs Kolpak Under Attack

Monson Magic vs Jealous Monks
Daveyboyslegends vs Plastic Geordies '18

Bielsabub United vs Bobbins FC
Indian Magpies vs Pokermons Ate My Team

Wrenny Raiders vs The Silkworms
Valiant Gunners vs Schindler's Listed

Valar Dohaeris FC vs Two Sisters Probably
Killer River vs The Dazzler

Ctrl Alt De Laet vs (.)(.)
Average vs dion dustbin

Done My Ballacks vs Premier Lead
Little General vs Wenger In

I picked the wrong week to partially complete a substitution, then forget about it until after the deadline.  FML!

top bananas i can rest my starters till the knockout stages if the champions league

You’ve also scored the most points out of all those teams over the last four weeks.

it wont last up to 3rd in the free league my highest position in any league ever normal service will resume presently

Thought it was fa cup this week so didn't look at my team bugger

so glad i forgot to change my team espically captain

We lose Gazza aka Premier Lead in LMS. Gg.

Champions League GW22 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 75 vs 59 Kolpak Under Attack
Dacorb 47 vs 72 Alverton

Jealous Monks 67 vs 57 Plastic Geordies '18
Monson Magic 53 vs 40 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 59 vs 59 Pokermons Ate My Team
Bielsabub United 62 vs 61 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 52 vs 64 Schindler's Listed
Wrenny Raiders 50 vs 59 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 67 vs 53 The Dazzler
Valar Dohaeris FC 56 vs 60 Killer River

(.)(.) 60 vs 55 dion dustbin
Ctrl Alt De Laet 37 vs 49 Average

Premier Lead 65 vs 63 Wenger In
Done My Ballacks 46 vs 48 Little General

GW 23 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 56 vs 57  Dacorb
Kolpak Under Attack 59 vs 74 Alverton

Jealous Monks 80 vs 58 Monson Magic
Plastic Geordies '18 83 vs 65 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 75 vs 67 Bielsabub United
Pokermons Ate My Team 71 vs 48 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 81 vs 67 Wrenny Raiders
Schindler's Listed 61 vs 54 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 63 vs 62 Valar Dohaeris FC
The Dazzler 67 vs 73 Killer River

(.)(.) 56 vs 67 Ctrl Alt De Laet
dion dustbin 72 vs 53 Average

Premier Lead 61 vs 62 Done My Ballacks
Wenger In 84 vs 40 Little General

GW24 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 45 vs 43 Alverton
Kolpak Under Attack 75 vs 43 Dacorb

Jealous Monks 42 vs 34 Daveyboyslegends
Plastic Geordies '18 27 vs 29 Monson Magic

Bobbins FC 47 vs 42 Indian Magpies
Pokermons Ate My Team 51 vs 45 Bielsabub United

The Silkworms 51 vs 56 Valiant Gunners
Schindler's Listed 37 vs 38 Wrenny Raiders

Two Sisters Probably 45 vs 45 Killer River
The Dazzler 52 vs 39 Valar Dohaeris FC

(.)(.) 58 vs 42 Average
dion dustbin 45 vs 36 Ctrl Alt De Laet

Premier Lead 48 vs 47 Little General
Wenger In 35 vs 55 Done My Ballacks

GW25 Results:

Kolpak Under Attack 70 vs 79  Bluffallo Bantams
Alverton 50 vs 85 Dacorb

Plastic Geordies '18 49 vs 79 Jealous Monks
Daveyboyslegends 75 vs 51 Monson Magic

Pokermons Ate My Team 97 vs 87 Bobbins FC
Indian Magpies 87 vs 74 Bielsabub United

Schindler's Listed 71 vs 84 The Silkworms
Valiant Gunners 55 vs 63 Wrenny Raiders

The Dazzler 84 vs 43 Two Sisters Probably
Killer River 59 vs 41 Valar Dohaeris FC

dion dustbin 83 vs 62 (.)(.)
Average 65 vs 63 Ctrl Alt De Laet

Wenger In 73 vs 49 Premier Lead
Little General 56 vs 65 Done My Ballacks

GW26 Results:

Dacorb 53 vs 75 Bluffallo Bantams
Alverton 66 vs 63 Kolpak Under Attack

Monson Magic 58 vs 68 Jealous Monks
Daveyboyslegends 53 vs 61 Plastic Geordies '18

Bielsabub United 76 vs 68 Bobbins FC
Indian Magpies 62 vs 91 Pokermons Ate My Team

Wrenny Raiders 79 vs 78 The Silkworms
Valiant Gunners 74 vs 63 Schindler's Listed

Valar Dohaeris FC 71 vs 57 Two Sisters Probably
Killer River 87 vs 70 The Dazzler

Ctrl Alt De Laet 86 vs 49 (.)(.)
Average 57 vs 66 dion dustbin

Done My Ballacks 55 vs 53 Premier Lead
Little General 66 vs 74 Wenger In

GW27 Fixtures:

Alverton vs Bluffallo Bantams
Dacorb vs Kolpak Under Attack

Daveyboyslegends vs Jealous Monks
Monson Magic vs Plastic Geordies '18

Indian Magpies vs Bobbins FC
Bielsabub United vs Pokermons Ate My Team

Valiant Gunners vs The Silkworms
Wrenny Raiders vs Schindler's Listed

Killer River vs Two Sisters Probably
Valar Dohaeris FC vs The Dazzler

Average vs (.)(.)
Ctrl Alt De Laet vs dion dustbin

Little General vs Premier Lead
Done My Ballacks vs Wenger In

Tables:

knew things were going too well need something special from somewhere to survive cut this week i think

with 30 seconds to go of the liverpool game VVD was getting 3 bonus points enough to save me in the LMS
but he dropped to 1 point by the final whistle and i think thats me out the LMS

Champions League GW22 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 75 vs 59 Kolpak Under Attack
Dacorb 47 vs 72 Alverton

Jealous Monks 67 vs 57 Plastic Geordies '18
Monson Magic 53 vs 40 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 59 vs 59 Pokermons Ate My Team
Bielsabub United 62 vs 61 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 52 vs 64 Schindler's Listed
Wrenny Raiders 50 vs 59 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 67 vs 53 The Dazzler
Valar Dohaeris FC 56 vs 60 Killer River

(.)(.) 60 vs 55 dion dustbin
Ctrl Alt De Laet 37 vs 49 Average

Premier Lead 65 vs 63 Wenger In
Done My Ballacks 46 vs 48 Little General

GW 23 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 56 vs 57  Dacorb
Kolpak Under Attack 59 vs 74 Alverton

Jealous Monks 80 vs 58 Monson Magic
Plastic Geordies '18 83 vs 65 Daveyboyslegends

Bobbins FC 75 vs 67 Bielsabub United
Pokermons Ate My Team 71 vs 48 Indian Magpies

The Silkworms 81 vs 67 Wrenny Raiders
Schindler's Listed 61 vs 54 Valiant Gunners

Two Sisters Probably 63 vs 62 Valar Dohaeris FC
The Dazzler 67 vs 73 Killer River

(.)(.) 56 vs 67 Ctrl Alt De Laet
dion dustbin 72 vs 53 Average

Premier Lead 61 vs 62 Done My Ballacks
Wenger In 84 vs 40 Little General

GW24 Results:

Bluffallo Bantams 45 vs 43 Alverton
Kolpak Under Attack 75 vs 43 Dacorb

Jealous Monks 42 vs 34 Daveyboyslegends
Plastic Geordies '18 27 vs 29 Monson Magic

Bobbins FC 47 vs 42 Indian Magpies
Pokermons Ate My Team 51 vs 45 Bielsabub United

The Silkworms 51 vs 56 Valiant Gunners
Schindler's Listed 37 vs 38 Wrenny Raiders

Two Sisters Probably 45 vs 45 Killer River
The Dazzler 52 vs 39 Valar Dohaeris FC

(.)(.) 58 vs 42 Average
dion dustbin 45 vs 36 Ctrl Alt De Laet

Premier Lead 48 vs 47 Little General
Wenger In 35 vs 55 Done My Ballacks

GW25 Results:

Kolpak Under Attack 70 vs 79  Bluffallo Bantams
Alverton 50 vs 85 Dacorb

Plastic Geordies '18 49 vs 79 Jealous Monks
Daveyboyslegends 75 vs 51 Monson Magic

Pokermons Ate My Team 97 vs 87 Bobbins FC
Indian Magpies 87 vs 74 Bielsabub United

Schindler's Listed 71 vs 84 The Silkworms
Valiant Gunners 55 vs 63 Wrenny Raiders

The Dazzler 84 vs 43 Two Sisters Probably
Killer River 59 vs 41 Valar Dohaeris FC

dion dustbin 83 vs 62 (.)(.)
Average 65 vs 63 Ctrl Alt De Laet

Wenger In 73 vs 49 Premier Lead
Little General 56 vs 65 Done My Ballacks

GW26 Results:

Dacorb 53 vs 75 Bluffallo Bantams
Alverton 66 vs 63 Kolpak Under Attack

Monson Magic 58 vs 68 Jealous Monks
Daveyboyslegends 53 vs 61 Plastic Geordies '18

Bielsabub United 76 vs 68 Bobbins FC
Indian Magpies 62 vs 91 Pokermons Ate My Team

Wrenny Raiders 79 vs 78 The Silkworms
Valiant Gunners 74 vs 63 Schindler's Listed

Valar Dohaeris FC 71 vs 57 Two Sisters Probably
Killer River 87 vs 70 The Dazzler

Ctrl Alt De Laet 86 vs 49 (.)(.)
Average 57 vs 66 dion dustbin

Done My Ballacks 55 vs 53 Premier Lead
Little General 66 vs 74 Wenger In

GW27 Results:

Alverton 46 vs 33 Bluffallo Bantams
Dacorb 27 vs 28 Kolpak Under Attack

Daveyboyslegends 36 vs 45 Jealous Monks
Monson Magic 37 vs 26 Plastic Geordies '18

Indian Magpies 47 vs 55 Bobbins FC
Bielsabub United 37 vs 24 Pokermons Ate My Team

Valiant Gunners 40 vs 36 The Silkworms
Wrenny Raiders 52 vs 41 Schindler's Listed

Killer River 40 vs 47 Two Sisters Probably
Valar Dohaeris FC 59 vs 38 The Dazzler

Average 35 vs 32 (.)(.)
Ctrl Alt De Laet 24 vs 35 dion dustbin

Little General 28 vs 37 Premier Lead
Done My Ballacks 32 vs 33 Wenger In

That completes the group stage of the Champions League. The top two from each group qualified automatically and Bielsabub United and Premier Lead had the two best records of all the third-placed teams, so also qualified.

Final tables below, the knockout phase starts in GW28 (tonight). The draw is a seeded draw so group winners will be drawn against runners-up/third place qualifiers and you can't be drawn against a team from the group you qualified from.

Champions League Round of 16. Two-legged matches, to be played GW28 and GW29

Bielsabub United vs Killer River
Wenger In vs dion dustbin
Bobbins FC  vs Wrenny Raiders
Valiant Gunners vs Jealous Monks
Average vs Done My Ballacks
Premier Lead vs Bluffallo Bantams
Monson Magic vs Pokermons Ate My Team
Two Sisters Probably vs Alverton

You're correct Ironside you're out of LMS but the gap was four points so the VVD bonus didn't matter in the end.

You know you're having a bad year when you get knocked out of the group stages by Average.

Champions League Round of 16. Two-legged matches, to be played GW28 and GW29

Half-time scores:

Bielsabub United 52 vs 55 Killer River
Wenger In 36 vs 51 dion dustbin
Bobbins FC  59 vs 59 Wrenny Raiders
Valiant Gunners 51 vs 49 Jealous Monks
Average 53 vs 29 Done My Ballacks
Premier Lead 48 vs 60 Bluffallo Bantams
Monson Magic 48 vs 60 Pokermons Ate My Team
Two Sisters Probably 54 vs 55 Alverton

LMS GW28:

It's Wenger OUT in LMS, Tom Rutter's team are the week's lowest scorers with 36 points.

arghhhhhhh after a great Jan and early Feb i am now doing a Liverpool and the pressure is getting to me

out the LMS 2 weeks ago and the cup this week and sliding down the H2H and standard leagues

Champions League Round of 16. Two-legged matches, to be played GW28 and GW29

Results:

Bielsabub United (52+54) 106 vs 96 (55+41) Killer River
Wenger In (36+33) 69 vs 102 (51+51) dion dustbin
Bobbins FC (59+49) 108 vs 97 (59+38) Wrenny Raiders
Valiant Gunners (51+35) 86 vs 89 (49+40) Jealous Monks
Average (53+40) 93 vs 51 (29+22) Done My Ballacks
Premier Lead (48+32) 80 vs 97 (60+37) Bluffallo Bantams
Monson Magic (48+68) 116 vs 96 (60+36) Pokermons Ate My Team
Two Sisters Probably (54+50) 104 vs 92 (55+37) Alverton

Champions League Quarter Finals. Two-legged matches, to be played GW30 and GW31

Match 1: Bluffallo Bantams vs Bielsabub United

Match 2: Bobbins FC vs dion dustbin

Match 3: Two Sisters Probably vs Jealous Monks

Match 4: Monson Magic vs Average


LMS GW29:
Greg had a week for the ages scoring just 23 points. Not helped by six fit players all getting benched/dropped and his captain scoring -2.

Champions League Quarter Finals. Two-legged matches, to be played GW30 and GW31

Match 1: Bluffallo Bantams 71 vs 59 Bielsabub United

Match 2: Bobbins FC 40 vs 76 dion dustbin

Match 3: Two Sisters Probably 64 vs 58 Jealous Monks

Match 4: Monson Magic 43 vs 48 Average


LMS GW30:
The Dazzler hits the rail in unfortunate circumstances. I'm 100% sure he forgot to change his team as his captain, vice and subs bench were in the same order as GW29. Had he set his team I suspect he would've ended on 41 points and been safe.

Confirmed :)
Missed 3 out of 4 deadlines actually.
That's what happens when you buy Football Manager :)

Champions League Quarter Finals. Two-legged matches, to be played GW30 and GW31

Match 1: Bluffallo Bantams (71+41) 112 vs 110 (59+51) Bielsabub United

Match 2: Bobbins FC (40+24) 64 vs 111 (76+35) dion dustbin

Match 3: Two Sisters Probably (64+35) 99 vs 78 (58+20) Jealous Monks

Match 4: Monson Magic (43+44) 87 vs 74 (48+26) Average

Semi-finals: Two-legged matches, to be played GW32 and 33

Match 1 : Bluffallo Bantams vs Monson Magic

Match 2 : dion dustbin vs Two Sisters Probably

Last Man Standing: GW31

Out of the cup and out of LMS for me. A pitiful 24 points nowhere near enough to survive. Note: I will stay in the league for admin purposes.

fml forgot to set up my draft team

my bench 4 players all playing twice this week

Friday night deadline caught me on the hop:

Semi-finals: Two-legged matches, to be played GW32 and 33

Match 1 : Bluffallo Bantams 88 vs 70 Monson Magic

Match 2 : dion dustbin 77 vs 101 Two Sisters Probably

Last Man Standing: GW32
In LMS we had a tie between Rich Hare and Heath Cram, who both scored 67 points.

Tie-breakers are the same as in the FPL Cup:

Most goals scored in the Gameweek
Fewest goals conceded in the Gameweek
Virtual coin toss

Goals Scored:
Heath -1 (Aguero)
Rich - 2 (Aguero, Hazard)

So Heath is eliminated.

Friday night deadline caught me on the hop...again:

Semi-finals: Two-legged matches, to be played GW32 and 33

Match 1 : Bluffallo Bantams (88+80) 168 vs 134 (70+64) Monson Magic

Match 2 : dion dustbin (77+89) 166 vs 191 (101+90) Two Sisters Probably

Champions League Final to be played GW34:
Bluffallo Bantams vs Two Sister's Probably

Monson Magic and dion dustbin both win £30 as losing semi-finalists.

Last Man Standing: GW33
Bielsabub United's 51 points was the low score in GW33.

Champions League Final to be played GW34:

Bluffallo Bantams 39 vs 53 Two Sister's Probably

Congrats to Chris Brammer on winning the Champion's League, I think for the second year running. He wins £225, Paul picks up £120 for second.

Monson Magic and dion dustbin both win £30 as losing semi-finalists.

Last Man Standing: GW34
With 34 points Los Goleadores (Daniel Boije) exits LMS

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Do not miss the big one this weekend. The top two go to battle and itsssssssss LIVE

Love h2h the 4 teams below the top 2 have all scored my game points than us

Just shows I’ve had a few weeks when injuries catch up with and you have some losses been great fun again though

It's still all to play for. My loss to Ironside in GW34 when I had the second highest weekly score still stings.

LMS GW35:
Chiprich and DropTheHammer were tied on 98 points, but Chiprich took a -4 for a net of 94 points, so he gets the boot this week. A reminder that I'm only in the league for admin purposes.

Wow, I was lucky to squeak through there then. Everyone must have bench boosted as well then? Hopefully no-one has any more chips left!

my h2h was winner gets play off spot, as we were 9th and 10th and 7th and 8th were also playing each other

i remembered to bench boost but took a 4 point hit to transfer out hazard who was carrying a knock and only in 1 game

wow my oppo had lined up his team to use bench boost then forgot to use it

i thought i had a chance

any chance i had went with seconds left to play on wednessday with 2 late goals costing me a tonne of points

all my eggs in the draft basket now where anyone of the top 6 can win

anyone that wins there final 3 games should win it although kolpack might need help elsewhere

In LMS we lose Philip Marsh aka Schindler's Listed.

I also completely missed that the H2H league regular season finished after GW35 and the playoffs started in GW36. Prize winners for the regular season were:

1st. £250 - Jealous Monks (Scott Smith)
2nd. £150 - Bluffalo Bantams (Paul Foulder)
3rd. £100 - Dion Dustbin (Asa Smith)
4th. £50 - Two Sisters Probably (Chris Brammer)

Commiserations to Dion Dustbin, who falls at the last in the LMS league.

The final four play this week for:

1st. £280
2nd. £180
3rd. £100
4th. £60

It's also a big week in the Draft H2H. The top two play each other and whoever wins will take the title.

Good luck to all that are competing for something in the final week.

Hi all, had a hectic week at work. Over the weekend I’ll complete the list of winners on the front page, post them here too, contact everyone who has won and transfer winnings. I’ve likely got most of the bank/PayPal details needed, but if you’ve won money feel free to DM me details.

Thanks to everyone who took part this season and congrats to the winners and to those who had a bad season, there's only about eight weeks until the next season's game launches.

DMs and Payments forthcoming, please check your inbox in the next 24 hours.

Payouts/Winners

Free:
1st. £20 - Getafe King Life! (Junior Senior)
2nd. £10 - aDEQUAtE tEaM (McGlashan)
 
£10 Classic:
1st. £100 - Gildo Athletico (JGill_DTD)
2nd. £60 - Leeds By Example (Horneris)
3rd. £30 - The Gunn Show (Mark_Porter)
4th. £20 - Premier Lead (Gazza)

£25 Classic:
1st. £250 - Bluffallo Bantams (Paul_Foulder)
2nd. £160 - Mt Eden Munters (ScissorHands)
3rd. £90 - Gildo Athletico (JGill_DTD)
4th. £50 - Leeds By Example (Horneris)

£50 Classic:
1st. £375 - Bluffallo Bantams (Paul_Foulder)
2nd. £225 - Bobbins FC (dino1980)
3rd. £150 - Two Sisters Probably (NigDawg)

£100 Classic:
1st. £850 - The Silkworms (Stuart Wright)
2nd. £500 - Jealous Monks (Scott Smith)
3rd. £350 -  Bobbins FC (dino1980

Last Man Standing:
1st. £280 - KOLPAK UNDER ATTACK (kp24)
2nd. £180 - The Silkworms (Stuart Wright)
3rd. £100 - Pep Shop Boys (SuperJez)
4th. £60 - Two Sisters Probably (NigDawg)

Draft:
1st. £100 - IronalloverU (Ironside)
2nd. £60 - Bobbins FC (dino1980)

League Cup Prize Winners:
1st: £75 - Dacorb 🏆+
2nd: £40 Schindler's Listed
3rd/4th: Jealous Monks (£10) and Valar Dohaeris (£10)

FA Cup Prize winners:
1st: £150 - Plastic Geordies (Shaun Conning)
2nd: £80 - The Dazzler (Tom McBennett)
3rd: £20 - Valar Dohaeris FC (Curtis Ledger
4th: Dacorb: £20 (highest scoring QF loser in GW17)

FPL Cup Last Longer:
£135 - Stuart Wright (The Silkworms)

Champions League Prize Winners
1st. £225 - Two Sisters Probably (Chris Brammer)
2nd. £120 - Bluffalo Bantams (Paul Foulder)
3rd/4th: Monson Magic (Mitch Johnson) and Dion Dustbin (Asa Smith) £30

H2H Regular Season Winners:
1st. £250 - Jealous Monks (Scott Smith)
2nd. £150 - Bluffalo Bantams (Paul Foulder)
3rd. £100 - Dion Dustbin (Asa Smith)
4th. £50 - Two Sisters Probably (NigDawg)

H2H Playoff Winners:
1st. £70 - Bluffalo Bantams (Paul Foulder)
2nd. £40 - Two Sisters Probably (NigDawg)

Payout received Nick, thanks for running the leagues again this year.

Congrats to all the winners, enjoy the stiff competition you all bring.  Hope to see you all here again next season.

Well done winners, and thanks Nick for organising :)

thanks for organizing Nick , Money received strange feeling getting a return from a blonde comp for me 

Thanks again to Nick for running.
Money received.
Will be in again next season

Thanks for organising, Nick.

Thanks for organising. See you all again next season

Thanks for the organisation, it's appreciated.

Thanks will be playing again next season can’t wait for the next draft league,got my money thanks

Dino are you doing a 19/20?  ;pokergods;

Hi all,

The leagues will be back again for 19/20. Not planning on any major changes, but if anyone has any requests or tweaks they’d like to see please post here or DM me.

One addition will be an Official Sky Fantasy Football League. I’ve never played the game before but am going to give it a spin this year. I know that Sky hold any mini-league funds for you and auto-distribute finds at the end of the season. What i’ll do is run a free league and a £5 or £10 league and restrict it to Blonde members only and anyone who has played an FPL money league before so we don’t get sharked.

In! For the FPL

Nice one I’ll be the sky one as well this season used to be in a league for that but wasn’t last year and lost interest

I’m keen and will be entering again once set up

Sounds good.  If there's a draft league running again this season I'd be interested in giving that a go this year too.

New leagues launching v.soon, and @Sherrif there will be draft leagues.

There's been a request for a higher-stakes league as well, a £250 or a £500. This isn't a league I'd be participating in, but if there's enough interest one can be run.

In for my usual and defo in for Draft this year please!

Will be in as usual

Thanks for running again dino.  In for everything I can.  I play the £400 on 2+2 so would be up for a £250 or £500 on here also.