Fantasy Premier league 2014/15 Official Thread

[TheDazzler]

Blonde ID   Team Name   Real Name

Ace2M   Cleverly Dunne   Tom Krescthmer
bagel   WITB   Henry Warner
Baldock92   Leavemyarsealona   George Baldock
bergeroo   Athletico Bergeroo   Phill Hux
BorntoBubble   Morgan's Marvels   Callum Morgan
c4ught   The Mutt's Nutts   Lewis Morton
ChipRich   AC Dead People   Rich Hare
class   Putin's Left Nipple   Billy Tyldsley
claypole   Plastic Georgies   Shaun Conning
degston77   Ste Todd's oddsn'sods   Simon Sharples
dino1980   Bobbins FC   Nicholas Wright
DropTheHammer   So Long Suarez   Phillip Marsh
ForthThistle   Forth Thistle   David Blacklaw
Gazza   Premier Lead   Gareth Johns
George2Loose   Ghost Town   Rupinder Bedi
Graham C   Soldier's FC   Graham Codd
Horneris   Bunch of Punts   Brent Horner
Ironside   Ironside's Winners   Alistair Fowler
Junior Senior   Kanu Handle The Huth   Greg Hill
junior91   hung like a bony   J Giles
Karabiner   Fck TheKnockers   Ralph Shalson
Killer River   Killer River   Marc Carnie
LB44   Rubber Dingy Rapidz   Liam Batey
Linux   The Diamond Draxler   J Moody
maldini32   Team full of tools   Ty Akram
Mark_Porter   Mark's Magicians   Mark Porter
MassiveFish   Degeneration X   Rehman Kassam
Mitch   Showboats   Mitch Johnson
Nakor   Pickpockets Union   A Downing
Numpty Dumpty   Typical Germans   Tom Rutter
Pab   root troop   Paul Foltyn
pleno1   Wug wug   Patrick Leonard
rinswun   Kennedy Bakircioglu   Ollie Noonan
RobM   16b United   Rob Moss
Rubbish2407   This is Sparta Praha   Andy Lade
Sack it off   SexDrugs&GrahamPoll   Alexander Jobling
Sherriff Fatman   Valar Dohaeris FC   Curtis Ledger
Soviet Song   liqour and poker   C Vickers
Sunday8pm   Crystal Phallus   Ben Mayhew
sweet potata!   Wax My Nuggets   Craig O Brien
Teacake   Stevie's Wonders   Steven Donnely
The Baron   Fiorentina Turner   Aaron Cardoso
The Dazzler   TheDazzler   Tom McBennett
The Fruitbat   Real Fruitbatz   Jack Allen
Tiger-flash   Tigerflash Utd   Simon Gordon
Tightend   For Fox Sake   Richard Prew
tikay   Isambard's Kingdom   Tony Kendall
TL900   Cleveland Arsenals   Tom Langley
toddswain   Todd Swain   Todd Swain
Waz1892   Reans FC   Warren Fenwick
WellChief   Daado United   George McDonald
Yian   Cyprus Hill   Yiannis Lipperis


£10 league - 46 entrants

£10 league: 46 x £10 + £20 added = £480.

1st £200, 2nd £100, 3rd £60, 4th £40, 5th £20
£20 League Cup winner, £10 runner up.
Europa League winner £20, £10 runner up.

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£50 league - 29 entrants

£50 league: 29 x £50 + £100 added = £1550.

1st £660, 2nd £330, 3rd £200, 4th £135
FA Cup winner £50, runner up £25.
Champs League winner £100, runner up £50.

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£25 H2H league - 29 entrants

£25 H2H League: 29 x £25 = £725.

1st £325, 2nd £160, 3rd £100, 4th £65
Playoff winner £50, runner up £25.

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Free League

£10 added.

£10 will be paid to the highest placing player in this league that doesn't win a £ prize in any other league.


All payouts will be posted in the forums of the relevant leagues.

[TheDazzler]

The Champs League/Europa League/FA/League Cups.

We will be asking MereNovice to do cup draws as an outside, neutral observer.
The draws will be posted in the thread as and when they occur.

The League Cup features 46 teams. The first round will be used to get down to 32 teams.
18 teams will be (randomly assigned) a bye to the 2nd round, the remaining 28 teams will play against each other to produce the remaining 14 teams.
When teams play each other, the highest scoring team that week progresses. In the event of a tie, a virtual coin toss will be used.

In the Europa League we again need to get down to 32 players, who will then be arranged in 8 groups of 4, the top 2 from each group qualifying for a quarter finals, who will then playoff in 2 leg matches until we have a winner.
In the group stages teams will play against each other 'home and away' and the highest scoring team in each tie will be awarded 3 points. In the event of a tie, one point each will be awarded.
In order to get 32 teams for the group stages, a qualifying period of the first 5 weeks of the season will be used. The top scoring 18 teams over that period will be deemed to have qualified for the group stages. The remaining 28 teams will playoff over 2 legs for the remaining places.

In the FA Cup, we have 29 players.
In order to get to 16, 3 teams will be (randomly assigned) a bye to the next round. The remaining 26 teams will be drawn against each other to produce the other 13 teams. Teams will be drawn against each and the highest score progresses. In the event of a tie, a virtual coin toss will be used.

In the Champions League, we have 29 players. As this is close to 32, we will proceed and draw 8 groups of 4 teams, with 3 'byes' to make up the 32. Teams playing the 3 'byes' will automatically record a win. The scoring will follow the Europa League format.

Scoring:
In all Cup matches, NO -4 transfer penalties will accrue.
In the event of ties in 2 leg European matches, a virtual coin toss will decide. Coin tosses to be administered by Merciless MereNovice.

Don't worry if that all seems complicated, score well, you'll qualify, score medium, you might, score low, you won't

[ForthThistle]

The Champs League/Europa League/FA/League Cups.

We will be asking MereNovice to do cup draws as an outside, neutral observer.
The draws will be posted in the thread as and when they occur.

The League Cup features 46 teams. The first round will be used to get down to 32 teams.
18 teams will be (randomly assigned) a bye to the 2nd round, the remaining 28 teams will play against each other to produce the remaining 14 teams.
When teams play each other, the highest scoring team that week progresses. In the event of a tie, a virtual coin toss will be used.

In the Europa League we again need to get down to 32 players, who will then be arranged in 8 groups of 4, the top 2 from each group qualifying for a quarter finals, who will then playoff in 2 leg matches until we have a winner.
In the group stages teams will play against each other 'home and away' and the highest scoring team in each tie will be awarded 3 points. In the event of a tie, one point each will be awarded.
In order to get 32 teams for the group stages, a qualifying period of the first 5 weeks of the season will be used. The top scoring 18 teams over that period will be deemed to have qualified for the group stages. The remaining 28 teams will playoff over 2 legs for the remaining places.

In the FA Cup, we have 29 players.
In order to get to 16, 3 teams will be (randomly assigned) a bye to the next round. The remaining 26 teams will be drawn against each other to produce the other 13 teams. Teams will be drawn against each and the highest score progresses. In the event of a tie, a virtual coin toss will be used.

In the Champions League, we have 29 players. As this is close to 32, we will proceed and draw 8 groups of 4 teams, with 3 'byes' to make up the 32. Teams playing the 3 'byes' will automatically record a win. The scoring will follow the Europa League format.

Scoring:
In all Cup matches, NO -4 transfer penalties will accrue.
In the event of ties in 2 leg European matches, a virtual coin toss will decide. Coin tosses to be administered by Merciless MereNovice.

Don't worry if that all seems complicated, score well, you'll qualify, score medium, you might, score low, you won't

OMFG!!!!! 

[Teacake]

Great stuff Daz 

[TheDazzler]

Great stuff Daz 

Cheers but in fairness Greg, Junior Senior, did most of the work. Super effort by him getting the numbers up. Also big thanks to MereNovice who has done the Cup draws for us which will be coming soon.

[class]

Nice work guys. 

[Waz1892]

Superb stuff

[TheDazzler]

Here are the draws as administered by MereNovice

League Cup (£10 league):

1.  Karabiner vs George2Loose 
2.   (Bye8) vs Killer River                                                  Killer River
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3.   Rubbish2407 vs Nakor
4.   (Bye12) vs The Fruitbat                                               The Fruitbat
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5.    RobM vs bagel
6.    rinswun vs (Bye13)                                                   rinswun
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7.    class vs (Bye17)                                                       class
8.     (Bye3) vs TL900                                                      TL900                                                                                 
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9.     Junior Senior vs claypole
10.    Ace2M vs Mark_Porter
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11.     LB44 vs ForthThistle
12.     c4ught vs degston77
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13.     WellChief vs (Bye4)                                             WellChief
14.      (Bye2) vs The Baron                                          The Baron
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15.      dino1980 vs Waz1892
16.       Numpty Dumpty vs (Bye16)                             Numpty Dumpty
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17.      ChipRich vs (Bye7)                                              ChipRich
18.       sweet potata! vs (Bye5)                                   sweet potata!
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19.      (Bye10) vs The Dazzler                                      The Dazzler
20.       Sunday8pm vs Sherriff Fatman
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21         Baldock92 vs Soviet Song
22.        Yian vs (Bye11)                                                    Yian
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23.         maldini32 vs (Bye1)                                          maldini32
24.         (Bye15) vs toddswain                                       toddswain
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25.         Graham C vs Gazza
26.          Horneris vs (Bye14)                                          Horneris
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27.         (Bye9) vs BorntoBubble                                  BorntoBubble
28.         tikay vs DropTheHammer
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29.       MassiveFish vs (Bye18)                                       MassiveFish
30.      bergeroo vs Tiger-flash
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31.     Linux vs Mitch
32.     (Bye6) vs Teacake                                              Teacake

The winner of tie 1 plays the winner of tie 2, 3v4, 5v6, 7v8, etc, etc.
This format will continue for the remainder of the competition.
All teams that draw a (randomly selected) bye progress to the next round.
The remaining teams in the 1st round will play each other in GW4

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FA Cup (£50 league)

1.    The Baron vs dino1980
2.    sweet potata! vs (Bye2)                                         sweet potata!
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3.    Junior Senior vs toddswain
4.    Sunday8pm vs (Bye1)                                           Sunday8pm
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5.    Gazza vs George2Loose
6.    Numpty Dumpty vs Tiger-flash
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7.    claypole vs Sherriff Fatman
8.    Sack it off vs (Bye3)                                             Sack it off
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9.    Karabiner vs c4ught
10.   Ace2M vs bergeroo
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11.   The Dazzler vs junior91
12.   Mitch vs Killer River
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13.   The Fruitbat vs pleno1
14.   Yian vs WellChief
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15.   BorntoBubble vs Teacake
16.   Pab vs RobM
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The winner of tie 1 plays the winner of tie 2, 3v4, 5v6, 7v8, etc, etc.
This format will continue for the remainder of the competition.
All teams that draw a (randomly selected) bye progress to the next round.
The remaining teams in the 1st round will play each other in GW5
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Champions League (£50 League)

Group A
1.   Ace2M
2.   Junior Senior
3.   Killer River
4.   Sherriff Fatman

Group B
1.   The Dazzler
2.   toddswain
3.   sweet potata!
4.   (Bye1)

Group C
1.   WellChief
2.   George2Loose
3.   The Fruitbat
4.   Sack it off

Group D
1.   Tiger-flash
2.   (Bye2)
3.   The Baron
4.   Pab

Group E
1.   pleno1
2.   RobM
3.   Gazza
4.   claypole

Group F
1.   c4ught
2.   Mitch
3.   Karabiner
4.   BorntoBubble

Group G
1.   bergeroo
2.   (Bye3)
3.   Yian
4.   Teacake

Group H
1.   dino1980
2.   Numpty Dumpty
3.   Sunday8pm
4.   junior91

All group games will be played in the following order;
1 v 2, 3 v 4
1 v 3, 2 v 4
1 v 4, 2 v 3
And then the same again for the 2nd round of games.
All teams playing against a (randomly selected) bye are awarded 3 points.
The 1st round of games will take place in GW8
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Europa League (£10 league)

The Europa League is currently in a qualifying phase.
In order to get 32 teams for the group stages, a qualifying period of the first 5 weeks of the season will be used. The top scoring 18 teams over that period will be deemed to have qualified for the group stages. The remaining 28 teams will playoff over 2 legs for the remaining places. After the qualifying period is over the draw for the group stages will take place.
The 2 leg playoffs will take place on GWs 6 + 7.
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We hope that the amount of competitions will best ensure that people still have an interest in the leagues/cups for as long as possible.
Any questions, please ask as we may have overlooked some eventuality! In the event that we have, we'll try and use common sense to resolve it. And remember, it's just a game.
Best of luck all

[sweet potata!]

Excellent stuff! Seems like I did well with byes! Albeit I have a couple of sharks in my CL group still!

[Karabiner]

Tremendous work lads.

[toddswain]

Incred work guys

[BorntoBubble]

Great stuff!

[Nakor]

Tremendous work lads.

[degston77]

Does this start on gameweek 2?
Great idea, might try and get it going for my league.

[Junior Senior]

Epic.



Rather than virtual coin toss to decide a tie, how about captains points and then vice captains points is used as the tie breaker. Seems fairer that way