It’s back for a fourth season! The Tiny League (formerly known as Tiny16s) is a side game that is based on the Telegraph Fantasy Football game whereby teams may only contain "non-big six" players.
To EnterTo enter you must enter an official TFF team dedicated to this competition
Only one team per person please.
PM Latic for the league code.
All teams must be in the league by first kick off Saturday 13th August 2011.
After this time the competition will be closed to new entries – sorry.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT OR EVER WILL BE (WHILE I’M RUNNING IT) A CASH LEAGUE. It’s for fun and humiliation only.
Entering a team into this league signifies a total acceptance of the rules.
The chairman (Latic) reserves the right to refuse entry into this game.
Your team at the start has to have:1. No "big 6" players in your team (i.e. no Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur players)
2. No more than one player per club (the club quota is one) For example if Darren Bent (AVL) is selected you are not allowed to select Richard Dunne (AVL).
3. A team value of 42.0M or less.
4. At least two strikers i.e. the starting formation must be 5-3-2, 3-5-2, 4-4-2, 3-4-3 or 4-3-3.
4-5-1 is not allowed as a starting formation but can be employed throughout the season.
Please name your team with your FISO username prefixed by Tiny. For example my team will be “Tiny Latic”.
TransfersIn this game you are not allowed to make any transfers until September!!
On that date the budget limit will be abolished and the club quota will be increased to two players per team. For example you will be allowed to select Darren Bent & Richard Dunne. This season a TWO players per club rule will be in force until the end of the season.
Declaring your transfers (Egg Cup Style) is optional but it adds to the fun and the banter if you post your thoughts.
Player transfers, the "big six" and quotasIf a non-big six player is transferred to a big six club then immediately he will be ineligible to score any points.
If a transfer occurs that means a team then has more than a club’s quota of players, again the transferred player will also be ineligible to score points.
While there is no penalty for this happening it is obviously in the manager’s interest to make the changes ASAP!
Be warned! If this happens at the start of the season a manager will not be able to transfer out the illegal player until September meaning that player will score 0!
PrizeTiny trophy for the winner!! Hopefully this league will automatically qualify for a winners medal also.
Should (
) this league win the league of leagues then the fund will be divided as Admin has outlined for the TFF FISO league.
PolicingYour team MUST BE marked as public after the 13th August so we can look / laugh at each other’s teams. I'll be regularly checking that teams are “legit”....although feel free to be a grass
The manager is responsible for keeping their team within the rules. The restrictions on managers have been kept low deliberately.
If managers flaunt the rules then they will slapped across the face by a wet fish and told to behave themselves....or maybe thrown out!
Rule changes from last seasonNo players from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur are allowed.
42.0M starting budget!
If two or more teams are tied on points at the end of the season, then goals scored will count. If there is still no difference managers will be invited to apply in no more than 200 words for the Wigan Athletic job. Should the tie involve Latic then he will be ineligible.
Once more it is time to spot those cheap enablers, be miserable at the measly budget and most importantly enjoy the challenge!
LET'S GO! 
