Welcome to another year of FF and egg competition.

Totempaul is chairman for this league

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY

Rules and guides

1. The template for your starting X1 is Alan Hansen's XI (or other TFF nomination). You can change to any of the formations available as long as you comply with Rule 2 beneath.

2. You must make at least one and no more than two changes to this team by midnight on Thursday 12th August 2009 to allow me and the other league chairman enough time to check that all teams are in order for the start of the season on the 14th August. Invalid teams may have to be excluded or a transfer penalty imposed (making an enforced transfer) so please pay special care to getting your team correct, it is after all very easy. The Hansen team will be frozen at midnight Friday 6th August (any changes he makes after this date will not count).

3. You must enter your team in the superleague as soon as possible. You do not need to have made your changes at this stage - only to have entered a team. I will distribute, as will the other league chairman, the league name and password by PM to all the players.

4. Tables will be posted as and when available and at least weekly, chairman please ensure this happens but anyone can do it (usually the leaders are quick to ).

5. Post your starting team in the following way and use this as a template for any transfers you make during the competition (this is - edit - now Hansens starting team, and below is an example of the template format):-

Reina
Alex
Agger
Assou-Ekotto
Rafael
Gerrard RVP
Arshavin
Nolan
Essien
Rooney Defoe
Torres

Transfers Left:- 30
Value of Team:- 49.8m

Reasons for Transfers :-
Want RVP in from the start and Rooney is going to sulk all year.

Note if people want to keep a record of their transfers as they go along please list these under the main template, keep the main template clean for the current transfers you are doing.

6. The egg competition is an open, friendly and fun competition. If everyone posts transfers as they should on a timely basis (same day or before next scheduled kick off) then there will be no problems, everything will run smoothly. If you feel it will not be possible to do this then please think about whether this competition is for you as it is very frustrating for others who do comply to see others not. So for this year I have reluctantly introduced a rule for this. The chaiman of each league will check teams online each week and note unreported changes, these will be logged then after 3 strikes an enforced transfer (back to the player transfered but not reported) must be made, then any future non reporting will lead to relegation or withdrawal. This rule is subject to the discretion of each league chairman.

7. Following the start of the season manage your team in the normal way.

8. The leagues will be open so that everyone can see everyone else's teams so make sure you make your team PUBLIC when you create it.

9. Your team name must include your FISO name and some reference to eggs, eggcups etc after that be creative !

10. Each league contains 12 players and there will be a 3 up, 3 down promotion and relegation at the end of the season.

11. The winner of each league wins a bespoke egg cup donated and made by Cherylhoney or offspring. Also the winners of each league will choose a charity each for cherylhoney to do a run (or bike ride!).

12. There will be a cup competition which runs automatically alongside the league competition. I will announce the weeks for the cup competition when all the leagues have been finalised or when I get round to it.

13. Above all, enjoy yourselves, have a bit of banter and may the best man or woman win.

14. The Championship is

mystery
Mark1886
canaryyellow
alchemist
spencer
the saint
madchester
primitive man
abm
mase
totempaul - chairman
digsby

Finally, will the players above please confirm they still wish to play this year and we will of course require a volunteer for a chairman (totempaul) who will need to set up the SL, post the details of how to join it by PM to the other players above and then ensure the rules above are applied.

Well as nobody has stepped forward and if there are no objections, Is there anybody who would kindly second my offer to be chairman of EECC Championship 2010/11?

Happy to second your nomination as chairman totempaul

Looking forward to battle commencing.

Good on yer totempaul, maybe see you in the Premier next year after another of your promotions.

Just set up the SL and PM everyone the details is what I would recommend. Let me know (or post on here) when you have a full egg box then make sure everyone abides by the rules.

Promotion won't be easy though !

My tip for promotion:-

1. the saint
2. spencer
3. mystery

Relegated players always seem to bounce back, and the saint is no slouch and of course he is a saint !

Happy to accept a place in this league. Please could you PM details

Unhappyhoppy, how should I word the league? It won't let me name the league EECCC Championship 2010/11.

edit. League name EECCC Championship 2010

sending out pin to the above names.

EECCC Championship.

League and pin details sent out to everyone. Quick entries would be appreciated.

Thanks Totempaul. I'll be entering a team in the next few days.

i will hopefully set up my team by the weekend

Good man UHH. Last year was an appalling one but largely due to lack of effort around christmas time. There will be no such mistakes this time round. My 08/09 virtual egg cup cup needs some company.

I have a (virtual) Championship eggcup to my name from 2 seasons ago with a total big enough to have won the premiereggcup. Nice to see i am being written off by all and sundry.

thank you totempaul.

count me in - i'll submit my team soon.

Hansens Team is up - God is it shite!!!!

Reina

Alex
Agger
Dawson
Rafael

Gerrard
Arshavin
Nani
Essien

Rooney
Saha

How much does that mob cost?

£49.9M

Same as last season with Hansen's team. Lots of transfers to get it anywhere decent, and even then there's no guarantee of success.

Makes murf's WC team look awesome

Blahblahblah you can only dream of being in EECCC Championship...move along please

God I thought some of my draft teams were nasty. Shame we're not allowed 3 transfers as I think I could get a half decent team for that. 2 is going to be quite a compromise

I was hoping do go down the tortoise road this season for a change but that's now looking very unlikely. I'm sure Hansen does this on purpose. I feel sorry for the tortoise's in this league, then again it can only favour the hares

Rules now updated with Hansen team.

http://fantasyfootball.telegraph.co.uk/ ... 06/4010460

That's my team in.

I'm in - ABM Eggcup

Does Hansen's team get entered automatically into the league?

It never used to and I didn't see an option to include it. Doesn't matter really, we only need his team, he can eff off now, he's done his damage.

So as Chairman I don't need to spend a credit and enter his team on his behalf then?

No

am trying desperately to enter teams tonight but the website wont let me buy teams. am on holiday after today so it might be next weekend by the time i enter a team but i hope not. i will keep on trying.

i am in now