HOGMEISTER IS CHAIRMAN.

Welcome to another year of unique Egg Cup FF !

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY

Rules and guides

1. Your starting X1 is Alan Smith's XI, which is shown in rule 5 below . 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 Friday 12th August 2011 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 13th 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 Smith team will be frozen at midnight Wednesday 10th August (any changes he makes after this date will not count).

3. Please enter your team in the super league 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 (below is an example of how you could report your first two season transfers):-

De Gea
Luiz
Clichy example transfer Huth
Vermaelen example transfer Shawcross
Hangeland
Young
Bale
Valencia
Toure
Hernandez
Suarez

Transfers Left:- 28
Value of Team:- xx.xm

Reasons for Transfers :-
Blah Blah Blah

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. This year, only those that comply will be allowed to play in the leagues the following year, I will set up another league where non conformers can play and earn their right to play in the leagues proper in the future.

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 to help identify yourself then 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 and most importantly inclusion with the infamous Hall of Fame here eggcup-hall-of-fame-post-thelip-t83872.html.

12. There will be a cup competition which runs automatically alongside the league competition. I will announce the weeks for the cup competition and the draws in a separate thread so keep an eye out!

13. If there is a tie for any position the winner will be decided by the Telegraph rules ie goals scored etc

14. Finally, will the players below please confirm their place, I will highlight below those that have entered the SL.

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

League 3 is :-

1 jagduracell
2 hogmeister - SL CHAIRMAN
3 chuck taylor
4 the dude abides
5 ricardo3
6 latic
7 clemo
8 paulgrinny
9 reds363
10 billybluenose
11 countbasie possibly

Further entries welcome, league will have no restriction in numbers.

Thanks HH. Whilst this is going to be the "basement league" of the Eggcup, there are some familiar names in that line up above and it is already looking very strong - and with no limit on the numbers this could be the hardest one to win this year - looking forward to it.

Have just set up the league and will PM everyone currently on the list with the details.

'Chuck Egg Splat' is in

Here's the list of names, showing who's entered the league so far, I'll update this as we go along....
1 jagduracell Entered
2 hogmeister - SL CHAIRMAN Entered
3 chuck taylor Entered
4 the dude abides Entered
5 ricardo3 Entered
6 latic Entered
7 clemo Entered
8 reds363 Entered
9 billybluenose Entered
10 paulgrinny Entered
11 Browney18 Entered
12 topspur Entered
13 Muldoon Entered
14 pilgrim craig Entered
15 hogweed Entered
16 countbasie Entered
17 hotpot Entered
18 Skiffer Entered
19 Topnotchbloke Entered



This League is now closed for new entries

Ricardo3s Golden Egg in the league...

I'm in - thanks.

In

Thanks guys, that's 5 in so far.

Chuck - just a reminder that you'll need to switch your team to public before the start of the season.

Hog, on your list please add the line that others are welcome to join.

Thanks.

Yep this and a few other leagues, I won't be giving away my winning formula until the last minute my friend

So why is your tiny league team still hidden then?

because all plans are in motion, revealing teams this early on I may aswell do RMTs aswell.....which aren't my cup of tea, on the 13th August you can all have a nose of my specific teams if it really matters to you

All you need do at this stage is enter Smiths team so there is nothing to gain by making it private. Then just make your changes at the last minute to "keep your changes to yourself".

Done

The dudes EGGStatic are in. Cheers.

or I can just make it public on the 13th, that way I won't have to remember what my planned changes are along with a million other teams

Clemo Eggs XI now in.

Excellent - Jagduracell is also in, making 8 so far, with just Reds363, Paulgrinny and the possible Countbasie to come.

Reds Benedict is in

I would like to join, please PM me the entry details

Hi PC - have PM-ed you the details and added you to the league list at the start of this thread.

That's us up now to 12 who have said they'll play, 9 of whom have joined the league so far... still plenty of room in here for anyone else who's interested

I'm in, i'd already entered my team's 3 weeks ago so my username isn't in my team name, arightmixup is mine, sorry, please don't ban me.

If its not too late (and you don't mind the competition ) can I enter a team into this league?

Thanks

It's not doubles....

I've asked Mike_ to join too to create a bit of competition. There is nothing worse than dominating a league, it tends to stifle the banter and kills future entries.

Just look at what we've done to the Doubles league

Give it 5 years and you'll be struggling to get enough entries in this to fill the Premier league of this!

It's a shame about the doubles it's looking like a head to head !

Needs a recruitment drive, Fiso x1 Open SL is struggling for numbers too.

But this is the daddy of all TFF side games. That egg cup becomes an addictive obsession !

OK, paulgrinny has now joined league and I have PM-ed hotpot the joining details. The updated table at top of this thread shows that we have 13 who have said they want to play - 10 have already joined league and we're just waiting for hotpot, Pilgrim Craig and countbasie.

...and anyone else who fancies having a crack at this will be very welcome.

I'll have a go

Welcome aboard! Have just PM-ed details and added you to the list.

That's 14 who have said they want to play, 10 of which have entered the league so far.

yes please