FFL Rules

 

1.Scoring

 Scoring

GK

DF

MD

ST

Player not playing for any reason

0

0

0

0

Clean Sheet

+5

+5

+2

0

Each goal conceded

-2

-2

-1

0

Every goal scored

+20

+10

+8

+5

Every own goal scored

-5

-5

-5

-5

Player given yellow card

-1

-1

-1

-1

Player given red card

-5

-5

-5

-5

Player saving a penalty

+5

+5

+5

+5

Player missing a penalty

-5

-5

-5

-5

Star Man 8/10 and above (taken from SkySports site)

+5

+5

+5

+5

Nominal Star Man (any player scoring the same rating as the star man 8/10 and above)

+3

+3

+3

+3

Rating of 0 out of 10

-10

-10

-10

-10

Rating of 1 out of 10

-5

-5

-5

-5

Rating of 2 out of 10

-3

-3

-3

-3

Rating of 3 out of 10

-1

-1

-1

-1

Rating of 4 out of 10

0

0

0

0

Rating of 5 out of 10

+1

+1

+1

+1

Rating of 6 out of 10

+2

+2

+2

+2

Rating of 7 out of 10

+3

+3

+3

+3

Rating of 8 out of 10

+5

+5

+5

+5

Rating of 9 out of 10

+10

+10

+10

+10

Rating of 10 out of 10

+20

+20

+20

+20

 2.Cost of Squad

Managers are allocated £50m in order to buy their squad. A list is given to each manager that consists of all current Premiership players, the position they play in and their initial cost (minimum starting bid).  Only 2 players from any Premiership team can be purchased. The minimum size of the squad is one that meets with any of the seven formations used (1-4-4-2, 1-4-3-3, 1-3-4-3, 1-5-3-2, 5-4-1, 3-5-2 or 4-5-1). Once this criteria has been met each manager must decide whether or not to buy any reserves and if so in which positions (there is no limitation as to which positions reserves play in).  Managers must select their players, not exceeding their £50m, which they will be bidding for at the auction.  Minimum number of players is 11, maximum is 13.  Maximum number of managers for the game is 16.

 

3.The Auction

Bids are submitted to the FFL mailbox which is FFL1992@gmail.com privately and in rounds, managers are not aware of other bids until the round closes.  If only one manager has gone for a particular player then the player is sold at his transfer list price not the bid price.  The bid price only comes into effect if two or more managers bid for the same player.  In the event of this happening the player goes to the highest bidder.  Once the round has closed managers will be made aware which players they have been successful on and which they haven’t.  This process continues daily until all managers are happy with their squads (this usually takes around five rounds, 1 per day). 

Round one of the Auction is to be 24th July 2023 and will continue each day throughout this week. You must bid for at least 11 players (minimum squad size) which fit one of the seven legal formations in the first round.  In subsequent round you must bid for the minimum amount of players to make up a full team again with a legal formation.  For example if you bid for 11 players in round one and you are successful with six of them, in round two you would have to bid for a minimum of 5 players.  The maximum size of squad is 13 players.

The minimum bid for a player is the players transfer list price.  There is no maximum bid providing you can field a full team in conjunction with the rules and the price of the squad does not exceed £50m. If there is a tie and two or more managers bid the same price, the players remain on the transfer list for until the next round.  All other managers will be allowed to bid on the players as usual.

Once all managers have completed their buying of players they must give their team a name. 

Day one of the auction bids MUST be in by 13:00.  The following days the deadline is 15:00 but would be appreciated if submissions were made earlier if possible.

 4.Transfers

Transfers List will open on the 17th August 2023. This list is made up of all the players that are currently not owned by any manager. 

Managers selling a player receive ¾ the amount which they paid for him rounded up to the nearest 0.1m i.e. a player whose basic cost is 1.0m but a manager bought him for 2.0m would generate 1.5m when sold back to the transfer list.  Bids for new players must be submitted between 0:00 and 15:00 on Thursday of each week, bids submitted outside this window will be invalid and therefore ignored. Managers can elect to bid if they wish using money left over from the auction.  Managers must remember when buying and selling players that they are required to have a team to meet one of the valid formations at all times and that only 2 players per Premiership team is allowed.  If the highest bid is a tied bid between two managers then the player remains on the transfer list.  If a player is transferred out of the Premiership then the manager holding that player receives the full purchase price. All bids must be received via email FFL1992@gmail.com only, no other method will be accepted so any transfer attempt by text message will be immediately void.

A manager can choose to withdraw his transfer or update before the 15:00 deadline, this had to made clear to the FFL Admin prior to transfers being processed.

After the transfers have been processed any winning bid must be honoured even if this means part of the transfer attempted may have failed.

Any player sold back to the Transfer List is immediately made available to be bought.  You no longer have to wait until the following week for players sold as part of the poaching process.

Any bid received into the gmail inbox that has a time stamp later than the 15:00 deadline will be void.

 5.Team Selection

Eleven players in one of the seven valid formations are selected each week, with the team to be submitted between 15:00 Friday and 12:00 Saturday, if no team changes are submitted then the team for the previous week will remain. Again as with bidding team selection must be via email FFL1992@gmail.com

Please note that on certain occasions it may be necessary to alter the time that the teams need to be submitted by, if this is the case then a new time will be decided, and everyone will be informed.

If you don’t have a valid 11 selected and miss the deadline to submit a new team, the team currently picked will be the team used to score points, even if this means you have less than 11 players.

 6. Manager of the Month

Every 7 games, a Manager of the Month will be awarded to the highest scoring manager during those 7 games.  The final manager of the month is over 3 games.

As well as pound notes for manager of the month there is fantasy pound notes to spend as well, this works as follows:-

1st      Manager receives    0.0m   2nd     "         "                   0.5m

3rd     "         "                   0.8m   4th      "         "                   1.0m

5th      "         "                   1.2m   6th      "         "                   1.5m

7th      "         "                   1.8m   8th      "         "                   2.0m

9th      "         "                   2.2m   10th     “         “                   2.5m

11th     “         “                   2.8m   12th     “         “                   3.0m

13th     “         “                   3.2m   14th     “         “                   3.5m

15th     “         “                   4.0m   16th     “         “                   5.0m

 7. Player Poaches

Starting on Monday 4th September 2023 and every Monday thereafter, a list will be generated randomly of the players available for poaching.  A player will be randomly selected from each manager’s squad and available to be poached at 1.5x the player’s value.  For example if a manager bought Alan Shearer for 6.0m his poach price would be 9.0m.  Poaching can now start at 9.0m upwards, if someone put a poach price in of say 12.0m the manager who holds Shearer could decide either to sell or pay the difference back to the kitty, in this case 6.0m.  All poaches must be submitted between 0:00 and  15:00 each Tuesday, any poaches submitted outside this window will be invalid and therefore ignored.  When submitting a poach you must state how the deal will be funded and nominate any players to be sold as part of the transaction, failure to do so will invalidate the poach. The only situation where this could change would be if you also receive a poach the same week as you make one.  If a manager is known to be away and wishes to be excluded from that week’s poach they must state this in their team selection email (section 5). This is the only way they can be removed from that week’s poaching.  If a manager has not registered his absence from the poach and does not respond to a poach attempt the admin will be forced to block on that manger’s behalf in the event the manager has access to enough funds or in the event the manager cannot cover the poach without the sale of players the poach attempt will be accepted.  NO PLAYERS WILL BE SOLD BY ADMINS.  If no-one puts a bid in for a poachable player then the manager keeps that player. Once a poach has been submitted it CANNOT for any reason be withdrawn.  If a poach is tied the managers who submitted the tied poaches are asked to resubmit a new poach that must be at least equal to the tied poach price.  The receiving manger would then choose whether to block or accept. Poaches end before the end of the season, the last poach will be Monday 29th April 2023.

8. Cup Competitions

There are two cup competitions this season in FFL.  Everyone will start in the Champions League competition with the top two from each group progressing to the next round.  The four runners up will be placed in the semi- finals of the Europa League cup completion.

Group Stages

At the start of the season all managers will be drawn into groups.  There will be three groups of four and one group of three teams.  Throughout the season, up until Christmas, in each respective group the team would play each other on nominated cup weekend (using the Premier League matches).  The winner of each tie is the manager with the most FFL points for that week and they would receive 3 points for a win.  A draw would be the usual 1 point each.  Everyone plays everybody in their group twice.  The top two teams from each group progress into the quarter finals. 

Dates for the group games are:-

Match Day 1 – Weekend of 26th August 2023

Match Day 2 – Weekend of 16th September 2023

Match Day 3 – Weekend of 30th September 2023

Match Day 4 – Weekend of 21st October 2023

Match Day 5 – Weekend of 4th  November 2023

Match Day 6 – Weekend of 25th November 2023

Knockout Stages

Quarter Finals – (1st Leg 13th January 2024, 2nd Leg 3rd February 2024)

The fixtures for the quarter finals will be as follows:-

This will be draw out at random between the 8 qualifying teams

Semi-Finals – (1st Leg 17th February 2024, 2nd Leg 9th March 2024)

Champions League

SF1.          Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 2

SF2.          Winner QF 3 v Winner QF 4

 

Europa League

 

This will be drawn out at random between the 4 qualifying teams

 

Final (Weekend of 4th May 2024)

 

Champions League

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

Europa League

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

Date subject to change if there isn’t a full round of fixtures played during the gameweek.

If a cup tie is drawn then a replay will take place at the next available date.

 

9.Prize Money 

The entrance fee is £30.00 to be paid throughout the season:-. 

Champions                                                                           £100.00

Second Place                                                                       £70.00

Third Place                                                                           £50.00

Fourth Place                                                                         £30.00

Fifth Place                                                                            £10.00

 

Manager of the Month                                      1-7               £10.00

                                                                        8-14              £10.00

                                                                        15-21            £10.00

                                                                        22-28            £10.00

                                                                        29-35            £10.00

                                                                        36-38            £10.00

 

Top Goalkeeper                                                                    £10.00

Top Defender                                                                        £10.00

Top Midfielder                                                                       £10.00

Top Striker                                                                            £10.00

Champions League Winner                                                   £50.00

Champions League Runner Up                                             £30.00

Europa League Winner                                                         £20.00

Europa League Runner Up                                                   £10.00

 

Dirtiest Team (total yellow 1 point & red card 5 points)           £10.00

 

In the event of a draw (league position or top player) the head to head result, of the two managers affected, on the final game of the season will determine who wins the prize

 10. Key Dates

Auction – W/C 24th July 2023

Kick off – weekend 12th August 2023

 

Transfers open – 17th August 2023

 

Poaching opens – 4th September 2023

Poaching close for Winter break – 11th December 2023 (final poach)

Poaching re-opens – w/c 8th January 2024

Poach closes – 29th April 2024 (final poach)

 

Cup Group games commence – 26th August 2024

Cup Qtr Final 1st leg – 13th January 2024

Cup Qtr Final 2nd leg – 3rd  February 2024

Cup Semi Final 1st leg – 17th February 2024

Cup Semi Final 2nd leg – 9th March 2024

Cup Final – 4th May 2024

End of 17/18 Season – 19th May 2024

All scores and information taken from SkySports website. Goalscorers are taken from the Sky website at the time of score entry.  If there is a subsequent change of goal scorer as a result of the dubious goal panel or similar this will not be reflected in the FFL game.  In the event that Sky web site does not publish players ratings within 48hours the ratings will be taken from 90mins.com.  If 90mins doesn’t have ratings either we will use The Suns DreamTeam site and round down the ratings (example 7.5 would be 7).

In the event that the rating does not reflect the star man, for example the star man scores 7 and another player is given 8.   The star mans rating would match that of the highest rated player. A rating of N/A is 4/10

Scores are awarded at time of entry so any retrospective changes such as dubious goals will remain as first reported and not changed once scores have been updated.

Players missing from the ratings are awarded the same score as the lowest points scoring player on their team.

Only F.A. Premier League games apply - no cup matches.

11. Communications

All Manager communications regarding team selection, poaches and transfers must be sent to FFL1992@GMAIL.COM during the specific times outlined above. No combinations of these will be accepted e.g.  A manager may place a transfer request and add a line at the bottom that if they are successful they wish to select this player for Saturday’s game.  In this case providing the transfer request was made between 0:00 and 15:00 Thursday, only that part of the mail will be accepted, the team selection part will be ignored and should be submitted between 15:00 Friday and 11:00 Saturday.

Comms Windows :

Submitting Poaches :  0:00 to 15:00 Tuesday

Submitting Transfers : 0:00 to 15:00 Thursday

Team Selection : 15:00 Friday to 12:00 Saturday

These windows allow the admins to action all requests and reasonably submit their own without conflict.

 

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