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Auction
  • EACH MANAGER HAS £100M TO SPEND ON HIS SQUAD AT THE AUCTION. ANY MANAGER SPENDING MORE THAN £100M WILL HAVE TO SELL THEIR MOST EXPENSIVE OUTFIELD PLAYER BACK TO THE BOARD FOR HALF THE PRICE PAID. EVERYBODY IS FREE TO BID ON THAT PLAYER. IF TWO PLAYERS ARE THE SAME VALUE THEN THIS WILL BE UP TO THE MANAGER TO CHOOSE WHO HE SELLS BACK.
  • WHEN THE AUCTION ENDS THEN NO MORE PLAYERS WILL BE SOLD ON THAT DAY. ANY FUTURE PLAYERS WILL BE BOUGHT AND SOLD VIA THE FORUM. THE BOARD WILL CONFIRM WHEN BIDDING ON NEW PLAYERS ATFER THE AUCTION CAN START.
  • EVERY PLAYER, INCLUDING KEEPERS WILL START THE AUCTION AT £2M. AFTER THE AUCTION PLAYER PRICES WILL VARY AND PRICES WILL NEED TO BE REQUESTED FROM THE BOARD IN THE NORMAL FASHION.

 

General Rules

  • ALL SQUADS BY THE 1ST GAME OF THAT FIXTURE GROUP (NORMALLY 12.45PM OR 3PM ON SATURDAY) MUST HAVE A VALID SQUAD CONSISTIING OF KEEPER, 4 DEFENDERS, 4 MIDFIELDS AND 3 STRIKERS REGARDLESS OF THAT WEEKS FORMATION.
  • ALL OUTFIELD PLAYERS SCORE AND ONLY YOUR "TEAM" KEEPER CONCEDES.
  • EACH MANAGER WILL RECEIVE £10M AT XMAS TO USE IN THE JANUARY TRANSFER MARKET.
  • YOU MAY HAVE AS MANY PLAYERS FROM ONE CLUB AS YOU LIKE AND AS MANY PLAYERS IN YOUR SQUAD AS YOU LIKE.
  • THE BOARD WILL USE THE BBC SITE TO AWARD GOALSCORERS IN THE EVENT OF ANY DUBIOUS GOALS BBC FOOTBALL
  • IF ONE OF YOUR PLAYERS IS SOLD/LOANED IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE THEN THAT IS HARD LUCK. THAT PLAYER WILL STILL COUNT ON THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS NEEDED IN YOUR SQUAD.

 

Formation

  • EACH WEEK MANAGERS TAKE IT IN TURN TO CHOOSE A FORMATION, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS TO FILL THAT FORMATION YOU WILL HAVE TO PLAY WITH LESS PLAYERS. YOU CANNOT PLAY A PLAYER OUT OF POSITION SO YOU HAVE 11 PLAYERS.
  • PLEASE SEE FORUM FOR MANAGERS ROTA . IF IT IS YOUR CHOICE AND YOU HAVE NOT POSTED YOUR SELECTION ON THE FORUM OR EMAILED THE BOARD BY MIDDAY ON THURSDAY FOR WK-END FIXTURES OR AS ADVISED IN ADVANCE BY THE BOARD FOR MIDWEEK FIXTURES, THE SELCTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY DEFAULT TO 4-4-2 AND YOU WILL LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE.
  • POSSIBLE FORMATIONS ARE 4-4-2, 4-2-4, 4-3-3, 3-4-3, 3-5-2, 5-3-2, 5-4-1 AND 4-5-1

 

Posting your team

  • YOU MUST POST/EMAIL/TEXT YOUR TEAM AND SUBS BY THE EARLIEST KICK OFF FOR THE FIXTURE GROUP. ANY MANAGER NOT DOING THIS WILL LOSE 0-3 FOR THAT WEEK.
  • YOU CAN MAKE UNLIMITED SUBS AFTER YOU HAVE POSTED YOUR TEAM UP TO THE FIRST KO OF THAT GAME WEEK, AGAIN THIS MUST BE DONE VIA EMAIL TO THE BOARD OR ON THE FORUM OR VIA TEXT TO A BOARD MEMBER. IF A FIXTURE IS REARRANGED YOUR RESULT WILL BE PUT ON HOLD BUT NO FURTHER CHANGES CAN BE MADE AFTER THE FIRST KO. IF PLAYERS ARE SOLD BEFORE THIS FIXTURE IS PLAYED YOU WILL FORFEIT THEIR CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FIXTURE.
  • ALL PLAYERS MUST BE PLAYED IN THE CORRECT POSITIONS AS INDICATED BY THE BOARD AT THE AUCTION OR UPON REQUEST. ANY MANAGRS FOUND NOT COMPLYING WITH DEFINED POSITIONS WILL SUFFER AN AUTOMATIC 0-3 DEFEAT. IF YOU ARE UNSURE THEN ASK.

 

Buying/Selling

  • YOU MAY ONLY SELL/BUY PLAYERS IN THE TRANSFER WINDOWS
  • EVERY PLAYER MAY ONLY BE SOLD 3 TIMES IN EACH TRANSFER WINDOW. THIS WILL BE INDICATED BY A * NEXT TO THE PLAYERS NAME ON THE INDIVIDUAL TEAM PAGES. AFTER THE 3RD TRANSFER THE MANAGER HAS TO HOLD ONTO THIS PLAYER OR SELL HIM BACK TO THE BOARD. AT THIS POINT, THAT PLAYER CAN NOT BE BOUGHT UNTIL THE NEW WINDOW OPENS.
  •  ONCE A PLAYER HAS BEEN SOLD BACK TO THE BOARD, THE MANAGER WHO ORIGNIALLY OWNED THAT PLAYER CANNOT REBID FOR HIM.
  •  ALL TRANSFERS MUST BE AGREED BY BOTH PARTIES. THEN TO CONFIRM THE DEAL A NOTE MUST BE POSTED ON THE "COMPLETED DEALS" SECTION ON THE FORUM. UNTIL THIS HAS BEEN DONE THEN NO TRANSFER WILL HAVE TAKEN PLACE. SHOULD YOU INCLUDE A PLAYER THAT IS NOT IN YOUR SQUAD YOU WILL LOSE THAT MATCH 0-3.
  •  ALL PLAYERS HOLD THE VALUE THAT THEY WERE BOUGHT FOR AT THE AUCTION OR VIA THE FORUM. IT IS ONLY WHEN A PLAYER IS RETURNED TO THE BOARD THAT THE VALUE OF THIS PLAYER WILL RETURN TO THE PRE AUCTION PRICE.
  •  ANY PLAYER SOLD BACK TO THE BOARD WILL BE HALF THE VALUE INITIALLY PAID FOR AT THE AUCTION OR VIA THE FORUM AND ROUNDED DOWN TO THE NEAREST £0.25M
  • YOUR SQUADS TOTAL VALUE MAY INCREASE TO OVER £100M DUE TO DEALS INVOLVING OTHER CLUBS, THIS IS ACCEPTABLE.  HOWEVER, YOU MAY ONLY USE THE "CASH IN YOUR BANK" TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL PLAYERS. 
  • WHEN THE TRANSFER WINDOW ENDS FOR THE PREMIERSHIP, THE FFA WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR AN ADDITIONAL 24 HOURS.  HOWEVER, IN THE LAST 12 HOURS OF THE FFA TRANFSER WINDOW NO NEW OPENING  BIDS MAY BE STARTED FOR NEW PLAYERS.
  • IF YOU BID ON A NEW PLAYER ON THE FORUM THEN BIDDING REMAINS OPEN FOR ALL MANAGERS FOR 24HOURS FROM THE TIME OF THE FIRST BID. THE TIME IS RECORDED AGAINST YOUR ENTRY ON THE FORUM.
  • LOAN DEALS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
  • YOU MUST BID ON THE PLAYERS TOPIC, NOT JUST POST YOUR BID ON THE "OPEN BIDS" FORUM. ANY BID PLACED IN THIS MANNER WILL BE VOID.
  • YOU MAY BID FOR OTHER MANAGERS WITH THEIR PERMISSION. IF YOU ASK SOMEBODY TO DO THIS THEN THE BOARD WOULD ASK YOU TO LOG IN AS THAT MANAGER RATHER THAN YOURSELF. FAILURE TO DO THIS WILL RENDER THE BID VOID.
  • IF SOMEBODY ELSE BIDS ON YOUR LOG IN AND YOU WIN THE AUCTION YOU WILL HAVE BOUGHT THE PLAYER. DEALS WILL NOT BE VOID DUE TO SOMEBODY ELSE BIDDING ON YOUR BEHALF AS A JOKE. THEREFORE IT IS DOWN TO TRUST BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES WHO CHOOSE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION TO RESPECT EACH OTHERS TEAMS AND BE AWARE OF EACH OTHERS BUDGETS. KEEP YOUR PASSWORD SAFE.
  • YOU MAY SELL BACK A PLAYER TO THE BOARD AT ANYTIME IN THE SEASON.