2012/13 Premier League Fantasy Football Competition

Are you up for the Fantasy Football challenge?

We may have waved farewell to Euro 2012 just less than a week ago but already Fantasy managers can start to plan for the domestic season ahead, with the news that the official Sky Sports game is now open for business.

The first Fantasy game released for the 2012/13 season, there is £100,000 in prizes to be won in this free-to-enter competition, with a cool £25K handed out to the winner. With Sky quick out the blocks on the back of today’s updated tv fixture list, rival competitions are likely not to be too far behind, forging a sense of anticipation amongst the community as we await the opening of the upcoming Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game.

Already, we’re looking over the Sky game and weighing it up for inclusion as our official League – for now, this is just a heads-up but stay tuned…I know some of us have already registered with Sky for the Euro 2012 competition so you won't need to re-register.

If you are interested in joining in a 2012/13 Fantasy Football Competition, please vote in the poll above.

The Basics

Playing Sky Sports Fantasy Football for the 2012/13 Premier League season couldn’t be simpler!
It’s FREE to play and features our new and improved LIVE SCORING on match days. And there’s a top prize of £25,000 up for grabs and an overall prize fund worth over £100,000.<o:p></o:p>
Here’s a summary of the game to get you started:
Team Selection

• You can set your team up in the following formations: 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 5-3-2, 3-5-2 or 4-5-1
• Select 11 players to your preferred formation within a budget of £75M
• Select a captain who will score double points both positive and negative

Click here to find out more about picking your team.
Transfers and Captain Changes

• Make unlimited changes to your XI up to kick-off of the first Premier League fixture on August 18^th
• Make up to 30 transfers during the season
• No more than 5 transfers per calendar month
• A maximum of 1 captain change per game week, these changes need to be completed before the first game in a game week. Game weeks run Saturday to Friday.

Current members interested in taking part this season are:

Bob Bacon, davidhuntley, Lofty-23 peterlansley, Rog Ball 01

Bob,

Hopefelly, like last season most may not join the league until the transfers are sorted out ?

Having compared Sky Sports and The Daily Mail fantasy games, I have decided to stick with The Daily Mail as we used them last season; you won’t have to re-register if you were a previous user, and you get 32 transfers and a 100 million budget!

Don't forget there's a transfer amnesty in place right up until the 15:00 on Saturday August 18, 2012, so you can get rid of any injured or out of favour players before the season starts. Simply log in to the site and select 'Transfers' to make any adjustments to your team without using up any of your transfer allocation.

I’ve set up a Mini League and want you to be part of it too. Once you've registered and created your team, fantasyfootball.dailymail.co.uk you'll be able to join the league - you'll just need the Mini League PIN and name shown below to join.

Mini League PIN:	8000207
Mini League Name:	Royal Welch Forum

So, if you’re up for the challenge, we hope you'll accept and join us for what promises to be our most exciting Fantasy Football season yet.

HOW TO PLAY

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Creating Your Team

Choose 11 players and 4 substitutes to form your squad. You have £100m to spend and can choose any of the following formations: 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-5-1, 5-3-2 or 3-5-2.
You can bring your substitutes into your team at any time before the first scheduled kick-off each day. This means, you can get best value out of your 15 man squad to maximise your chances to score points and best of all, it doesn't use up any of your transfers! You can swap a substitute with any player in your team, provided that it creates a valid team formation.

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Scoring Points

The game will start with the first Premier League matches scheduled for August 18 2012. Here’s how to score:
All players
Full appearance +2 pts
Part appearance +1 pt
Win bonus +3, Draw bonus +1 pt
Goal scored (inc penalty shoot-outs) keeper/defender +10 pts, midfielder +8 pts, striker +5 pts
Key contribution to a goal +3 pts
Yellow card –2 pts (2 yellow cards leading to a red card will count –5 pts)
Sent off –5 pts
Missed penalty (inc penalty shoot-outs) – 5 pts
For defenders and goalkeepers only:
Clean sheet (players completing full match only) +4 pts
Clean sheet (players completing part of a match only) +2 pts
Goal conceded –1 pt
For goalkeepers only: penalty save (inc shoot-outs) +5 pts (for these points to be awarded the goalkeeper must have touched the ball with some part of his body.
Your nominated captain scores double points.
Your substitutes on the bence do not score points.
Scores and leaderboards will be updated daily on the Game Website.

Making Transfers

You'll be able to make lots of changes to your team throughout the season. You can make 16 transfers up to 23:59 Thursday 27 December , 2012- then we’ll give you another 16 transfers for the second half of the season. (Note: Unused transfers cannot be carried forward). You can make as many transfers as you like at a time. Players brought in after the first scheduled kick-off time each day will not score points until the following day.

Team Captain

You must nominate one of your players as Captain – he’ll score double points for your team (minus points are doubled too!). You’ll be able to change your Captain nomination 5 times up to 23:59 Thursday 27 December , 2012, and a further 5 times after this date.

Joined

Just entered may the best team win Good Luck to you all.

​POS	MANAGER NAME	TEAM NAME	POSITION	THIS WEEK	TOTAL POINTS
1	Mr Robert Bacon	Wii Not Fit	-		-
2	Mr David Loft	Loftys Laughables	-		-
3	Mrs Victor Hughes	PINKS 53	-		-
4	Mr Victor Hughes	UNITED 53 FC	-		-
5	Mr Barry Hughes	Welsh Exiles	-		-
6	Mr Peter Lansley	sams eleven	-		-

At last. just entered my team Bob, seems i had forgotten my passwurd from last year, getting old me thinks.

Registered, good luck during the season gents,

POS	MANAGER NAME	TEAM NAME	POSITION	THIS WEEK	TOTAL POINTS
1	Mr Robert Bacon	Wii Not Fit	-		-
2	Mr David Loft	Loftys Laughables	-		-
3	Mrs Victor Hughes	PINKS 53	-		-
4	Mr Victor Hughes	UNITED 53 FC	-		-
5	Mr Barry Hughes	Welsh Exiles	-		-
6	Mr Peter Lansley	sams eleven	-		-
7	Mr David Huntley	Neds Reds	-		-
8	Mr Gareth Hawkins	Hawks worriors	-		-

Have joined at last.

POS	MANAGER NAME	TEAM NAME	POSITION	THIS WEEK	TOTAL POINTS
1	Mr Robert Bacon	Wii Not Fit	-		-
2	Mr David Loft	Loftys Laughables	-		-
3	Mrs Victor Hughes	PINKS 53	-		-
4	Mr Victor Hughes	UNITED 53 FC	-		-
5	Mr Barry Hughes	Welsh Exiles	-		-
6	Mr Peter Lansley	sams eleven	-		-
7	Mr David Huntley	Neds Reds	-		-
8	Mr Gareth Hawkins	Hawks worriors	-		-
9	Mr Michael Carey	ManchesterisTrueBlue	-		-
10	Mr Roger Ball	Berties Boys	-		-

Not long to go now, everyone. We currently have 11 of us, which is less than last year but enough to make it interesting.

Pos	Manager Name	Team Name	Position	This Week	Total Points
1	Mr Robert Bacon	Wii Not Fit	-		-
2	Mr David Loft	Loftys Laughables	-		-
3	Mrs Victor Hughes	PINKS 53	-		-
4	Mr Victor Hughes	UNITED 53 FC	-		-
5	Mr Barry Hughes	Welsh Exiles	-		-
6	Mr Peter Lansley	sams eleven	-		-
7	Mr David Huntley	Neds Reds	-		-
8	Mr Gareth Hawkins	Hawks worriors	-		-
9	Mr Michael Carey	ManchesterisTrueBlue	-		-
10	Mr Roger Ball	Berties Boys	-		-
11	Mr Jamie Bacon	Fiorentina Turner	-		-

Would those of you that are willing to donate £5 towards prize money, please send a cheque to me at the address below, made payable to R BACON ?

10 Heather Close
Burscough
Ormskirk
Lancs
L40 5XF

Please note that you do no have to pay to play - the competition is free to enter; however, only those that have contributed will be eligible to win the prize-money - anyone else who wins the title gets bragging rights only!

List of teams and managers registered to take part in the 2012/2013 season Fantasy Football Manager

Not long to go now, everyone. We currently have 11 of us, which is less than last year but enough to make it interesting.

Pos	Manager Name	Team Name	Position	This Week	Total Points
1	Mr Robert Bacon	Wii Not Fit	-		-
2	Mr David Loft	Loftys Laughables	-		-
3	Mrs Victor Hughes	PINKS 53	-		-
4	Mr Victor Hughes	UNITED 53 FC	-		-
5	Mr Barry Hughes	Welsh Exiles	-		-
6	Mr Peter Lansley	sams eleven	-		-
7	Mr David Huntley	Neds Reds	-		-
8	Mr Gareth Hawkins	Hawks worriors	-		-
9	Mr Michael Carey	ManchesterisTrueBlue	-		-
10	Mr Roger Ball	Berties Boys	-		-
11	Mr Jamie Bacon	Fiorentina Turner	-		-
12	Mrs Angela Taylor	Angs Red men	-		-

With less than two days remaining before the deadline to register Fantasy Premier League teams for the forthcoming season I wanted to remind those wanting to take part that I’ve set up a Mini League for the forum and want you to be part of it too.

Once you've registered and created your team, fantasyfootball.dailymail.co.uk you'll be able to join the league - you'll just need the Mini League PIN and name shown below to join.

Mini League PIN:	8000207
Mini League Name:	Royal Welch Forum

So, if you’re up for the challenge, we hope you'll accept and join us for what promises to be our most exciting Fantasy Football season yet.

I can confirm I have received cheques/payment from the following with regard to prize money:

Bob Bacon
Jamie Bacon
Lofty (from your previous winnings)
Peter Lansley

Good luck may the best team win.

I will stick my cheque in the post next week Bob

Thanks, Mike

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Remember you have unlimited transfers until the first kick-off, so there's still some time to tinker with your team

In the bank.

Pos	Manager Name	Team Name	Position	This Week	Total Points
1	Mr Robert Bacon	Wii Not Fit	-		-
2	Mr David Loft	Loftys Laughables	-		-
3	Mrs Victor Hughes	PINKS 53	-		-
4	Mr Victor Hughes	UNITED 53 FC	-		-
5	Mr Barry Hughes	Welsh Exiles	-		-
6	Mr Peter Lansley	sams eleven	-		-
7	Mr David Huntley	Neds Reds	-		-
8	Mr Gareth Hawkins	Hawks worriors	-		-
9	Mr Michael Carey	ManchesterisTrueBlue	-		-
10	Mr Roger Ball	Berties Boys	-		-
11	Mr Jamie Bacon	Fiorentina Turner	-		-
12	Mrs Angela Taylor	Angs Red men	-		-
13	Mr Brian Taylor	Rednwhitekop	-		-

I can confirm I have received cheques/payment from the following with regard to prize money:

Bob Bacon
Jamie Bacon
Peter Lansley
Mike Carey
Roger Ball

Lofty, sorry I made a mistake. The previous money you won has been accounted for and you need to pay £5 for this competition!

I will leave this open for another week. After that, only those that have put into the pot will be eligible to win the prize money.

Bob, will give you the £5 if i see you over the weekend