Below is a list of surnames that appear in the top 100 Leaderboards for the Weeks (1-20) and the Months (1-5) with 6 or more different team names.

Game rules state...
Those wishing to participate in the MailOnline Fantasy Football Gamemay only register on the MailOnline Fantasy Football Game Site, which will allow up to 5 teams to be created and managed. Participants found to have registered more than five teams may be removed from the MailOnline Game, disqualified and not be eligible to win prizes. If you do not provide your real name when registering, you may not be able to claim any prize for which you otherwise would be eligible. Entries must not be submitted by agents or third parties and such entries will be deemed void.

# signifies female entry

I have not included the very popular UK surnames such as Smith/Jones. I have included other popular UK surnames where team name connections come into play.
Please note : Weekly/Monthly Leaderboards do not show first names.
You may notice a few familar surnames, no need for anyone to get defensive, of course it could just be coincidence.

Barton ba3 #
Barton ba4 #
Barton hoops
Barton hoops3
Barton hoops4
Barton hoops5
Barton maries 11 3
Barton wow
Barton wow1
Barton wow2
Barton wow3
Barton woweee
Barton yayaya #

Batchelor bananas #
Batchelor crusty11 #
Batchelor lucky2
Batchelor lucky3
Batchelor lucky4
Batchelor uneverno #
Batchelor united #
Batchelor united2 #
Batchelor united3 #
Batchelor united4 #
Batchelor united5 #

Bellerby DB2
Bellerby DB3
Bellerby DB4
Bellerby DB5
Bellerby db55
Bellerby DB65
Bellerby DB71

Briggs Ashley Ward
Briggs bobs 05
Briggs BRIGGSUR4
Briggs Chris Sutton
Briggs Efan Ekoku
Briggs Jack Keating
Briggs Jamie Cureton
Briggs Livereuro
Briggs Steve Morison

Cafferkey beach boys 6
Cafferkey den haag 2
Cafferkey kerry #
Cafferkey mayo 8
Cafferkey ROS 5 #
Cafferkey ross #
Cafferkey ROSS2 #
Cafferkey westmeath #
Cafferkey westmeath 6 #

Comfort 1cc #
Comfort 2cc #
Comfort 3cc #
Comfort 3cc #
Comfort 4cc #
Comfort 5cc #
Comfort bb2
Comfort bb5
Comfort marky3
Comfort marky4

Dawson Back of the net #
Dawson Bradford Park Avenue
Dawson Out for the count #
Dawson Rooneys got the blue #
Dawson Shabbington Villas #
Dawson Young boys #

Doherty g1
Doherty g2
Doherty g5
Doherty j1
Doherty j2
Doherty j3
Doherty jaki3 #
Doherty mich1 #
Doherty mich2 #
Doherty mich5 #

Duffy Charlies Chumps
Duffy Charlies Winners
Duffy Janices Gems #
Duffy Pammy Wammy #
Duffy Pammys Bammys #
Duffy Pammys Hot Pots #
Duffy The Pam Bams

Ellis Amber #
Ellis Fausto #
Ellis Glena1 #
Ellis Glenas City Spurs #
Ellis Keans Last Week
Ellis Manuel Carlos
Ellis Random Weekends
Ellis Weekly Bolt Ons

Emery Man City Blue Moons
Emery Marls Marvels 1
Emery Marls Marvels 1 #
Emery Marls Marvels 2 #
Emery Marls Marvels 3
Emery Marls Marvels 3 #
Emery Marls Marvels 4
Emery Marls Marvels 4 #
Emery Marls Marvels 5
Emery Marls Marvels 5 #
Emery Marls Marvels Two

Fisher Battered Sausage
Fisher SHOPPING #
Fisher SHOPPING 5 #
Fisher Surprise Selection
Fisher Xmas Rangers
Fisher Xmas Rangers 2

Gill 8 BALL
Gill AT LAST
Gill L1
Gill POOL FOR NO 19 #
Gill SHOWTHEMEN #
Gill THE OTHERS #

Gillies sarah chamberlain
Gillies sarah chamberlain 2
Gillies sarah chamberlain 5
Gillies steves grafters 1
Gillies steves grafters 2
Gillies steves grafters 3
Gillies steves grafters4
Gillies sunny 1 #
Gillies sunny 2 #
Gillies sunny 3 #
Gillies sunny 4 #
Gillies sunny 5 #

Greenway Da Spuds
Greenway Potato Wedges
Greenway Scouse United
Greenway Spudnik
Greenway Spudniks Revenge
Greenway Stanzman3
Greenway The Doomed Potatoes
Greenway The Potatoes of Doom

Harvey Centresbrough 2nd XI
Harvey HARRY1
Harvey harry5
Harvey harves4
Harvey harves5
Harvey Kens Kickabouts 5
Harvey LINDA1 #
Harvey linda5 #

Hitchmough 2risky
Hitchmough bluesntwos
Hitchmough careful #
Hitchmough coolshots #
Hitchmough freefalling #
Hitchmough hatrick-hero
Hitchmough hearts #
Hitchmough new-spread
Hitchmough november chill #
Hitchmough spuron #
Hitchmough istevezplaying
Hitchmough new-spread
Hitchmough nwstars #

Kirk banana32 #
Kirk banana39 #
Kirk banana70 #
Kirk KIRK2
Kirk kirk36 #
Kirk kirk38 #
Kirk lucy3 #
Kirk Mr Daves 5th XI
Kirk operation1 #

Lowe LOW2
Lowe manager of week #
Lowe MOW
Lowe MOW1
Lowe MOW3
Lowe MOW4
Lowe MOWW2
Lowe MOWW3
Lowe MOWW4
Lowe oooh win #

Mccall aiky2 #
Mccall aiky3 #
Mccall aiky45 #
Mccall alastair3
Mccall arsenal strollers #
Mccall chelseawm
Mccall city79
Mccall city81
Mccall citystroers45
Mccall hippo568
Mccall hippo789
Mccall hippo980
Mccall homecity
Mccall house6
Mccall house7
Mccall KILLIE1964
Mccall killie1966
Mccall MAIL4
Mccall physiokings #
Mccall square4
Mccall squareup1 #
Mccall swinglow
McCall TIGERS3
McCall tigers5
McCall tigers6
McCall tigers7
Mccall wbares #
Mccall zpm

Mongiat 1 #
Mongiat arsenalllllll #
Mongiat goldenday
Mongiat schoolofscience
Mongiat Septemberers
Mongiat vanpersie #
Mongiat weekly2

Murphy billys bhoys 4
Murphy billys bhoys 5
Murphy billys blue 11
Murphy celtics 11 bhoys
Murphy marians green bhoys #
Murphy neils 11 bhoys
Murphy neils bhoys R blue
Murphy neils blue 11
Murphy neils blue bhoys
Murphy neils green 11 #
Murphy ollies bhoys #
Murphy ollies bhoys 2 #
Murphy shiftys 11 bhoys
Murphy Victores 3

O' Neill Clean Sheets Utd
O' Neill g1
O' Neill Hit 1
O' Neill hit 2
O' Neill Hit 4
O' Neill P1
O' Neill P4
O' Neill P5

Ramsbotham FC Raminators
Ramsbotham Joey Munches Gldbchs
Ramsbotham No Time For Levity
Ramsbotham pugs
Ramsbotham Rich 2
Ramsbotham Rose A #
Ramsbotham Rose B #
Ramsbotham Rose C #
Ramsbotham Rose D #
Ramsbotham toprams
Ramsbottom iBeWinning

Stanev B3
Stanev C2
Stanev C4
Stanev C5
Stanev K2
Stanev K4
Staneva R2 #
Staneva R3 #
Staneva R5 #

Swirles Adams X1
Swirles ant and #
Swirles Cannot Be Beaten
Swirles dec #
Swirles Edwards X1
Swirles Fergies Apprentice
Swirles Happy Christmas #
Swirles I think I sussed it
Swirles OCT
Swirles October
Swirles remember remember

Tait Suzykins Utd
Tait Suzykins Utd 2
Tait The Jolly Boys
Tait The Kings
Tait Suzykins Utd 3
Tait Suzykins Utd 5

Webb FAB 15
Webb suzie1 #
Webb suzie2 #
Webb suzie3 #
Webb suzie4 #
Webb suzie5 #
Webb sw2
Webb sw4
Webb sw5
Webb VILLAS-BOAS 1

Whittle Jason Five
Whittle Jason Four
Whittle Jason One
Whittle Jason Two
Whittle new
Whittle Whittle Rovers 2 #
Whittle Whittle Rovers 4 #
Whittle Whittles Rovers 3 #
Whittle Wilstead Warriors 5
Whittle Wilstead Warriors #

40 of the top 100 for the January monthly currently are no surprise..... managed by women, including 6 of the top 10.

There is probably no point in listing certain names as the 'multi' multi's have probably moved onto friends names but our old friend McCall is there yet again, how many family members does this guy have

Wake up GFM. You're running this years most corrupt game, you must be embarrassed beyond belief.

Month 1 - Top 100 - 17 out of 100 were females
Month 2 - Top 100 - 18 out of 100 were females
Month 3 - Top 100 - 20 out of 100 were females
Month 4 - Top 100 - 37 out of 100 were females
Month 5 - Top 100 - 36 out of 100 were females
Month 6 - Top 100 - 40 out of 100 are currently females

Every month (bar one and that was just a drop of 1) the female level of monthly participation has increased.
Over the space of 6 months from 17 to 40.

However in the starting XI League how many females do we have? ............ 4

Yes 4

The majority of those with monthly scores worthy of a top 100 finish are going to be targeted attempts (give or take one or two lucky individuals with a decent months score). With 4 of 100 of the starting 11 teams being women I'm not going to believe that 1000% (40) more women play the Mail game to target monthly prizes, it's not sexist it's fact.

I have 5 teams, Suzykins Utd 1-5, dont know what the others are ?

Its ok Suzy, you didn't make my 'obvious multi' thread

Thanks for clarification and being ok with it being included though.

The increasing amount is probably down to people getting the idea of entering the monthlies under their family's names after reading your threads! I'm blaming you for this

Think you may as well stop this Chuckster
had this from fantasy games ;



to which I asked;



they answered ;



So its a case of looking through your family tree & address book now in order to see who you can give "advice" to next year
Nothing about different addresses, IP addresses or anything

My wife may well be taking a keen interest in this game next season.

Hi Suzy,

Your first quote is the exact reply word for word I received from them when querying teams (on another thread somewhere - sorry too many threads started by me).

Your second quote is a similar reply The Elkmaster received (again on another thread) when asking a similar question.

Advice and actually managing someones team (logging on, making transfer etc) are different. Because GFM haven't used the IP address, logging onto someones team, comparisons between certain teams in regards to transfers and times in any of their wordings in replies doen't mean that they are ok with it and it's allowed, they have just dodged commenting on those things.
They will be asked about them when emails go into more detail.

According to Dean (Prosser) investigations go as far as asking if you're managing your teams yourself via email, you say yes then you're ok, if you say no/don't respond then they'll remove your teams.
With all this going on for GFMs sake I hope a multi/an obvious multi does not win a prize and 2nd place sees all of these threads/potential names and decides to take it further.

edit. already has happened (Mr Emery) - see month 3
1 Mr Emery Marls Marvels 5 605
2 Mr Emery Marls Marvels Two 571
3 Mr Emery Marls Marvels 1 570
4 Mr Ramsbotham Rich 2 554
5 Mr Lee slow4 546

Seeing as the monthlies are rife with multis I don't think Ramsbotham has much to complain about.

I think they are basically saying que sera sera old bean.

scenario 1. They send there first email asking if you (your missus) is managing her own team & she says yes.
The second email asks why your transfers & team changes were done on the same computer within 5 minutes of each other & all team substitutes are similar ?
Answer; Oh I wait & see what my other half thinks & then do my team while its already on the site as I am not very good on computers, but I have done them myself.

No facebook confessions like Mr Stupid & how can it be proved that she didn’t do this ?

scenario 2. The mail suspect a husband/wife/partner of managing mutiple teams but have been told that the woman has managed her own team even though the transfer policy is the same & timings & IP address are identical. Hmmmmmmmmm we can either try to prove this or just let them keep the prize.
Now which is easier ? I am telling you now that The Sun had much more grounds for removing Tams pax but refused to do jack! they were caught with their hands in the till & were still allowed to keep the spoils ! The Sun could have revoved the Tams & given evidence for the violation of their t&cs but didn’t so my guess is fantasy games or The Mail (probably both) will make a statement saying that they are satisfied with the findings blah blah blah……………………

Save your energy mate for delving into your family tree ………………………multi family entrant is the future of free fantasy gaming .

My wife will be happy now at least
and my son

No-one allowing for multiple machines in the same house?
We have PCs set up side-by-side, last season when the mrs was playing a few games timings for our transfers would have been virtually identical for each game that we both played and of course using the same ISP. There are also a number of laptops in the house that should my step daughter and her husband be playing any given game (they don't, neither likes football let alone FF) then 4 accounts could all make transfers from the same ISP at the same time, I'm sure there are many families with wireless broadband these days. Friends that play may also visit regularly for discussions and to make changes either using the hosts PC/ laptop or even take their own.

Some people might even use their smart phones for making transfers, imagine the chaos if 20 people in the same pub using free wi-fi made the same transfers at the same time pre-match!

The arguments are piling up...

You're not convincing me, Vid.

In fact the saying "the man doth protest too much methinks" springs to mind.

Just pointing out that in this day and age with current technology then those quick to jump up and down pointing fingers with no justification whatsoever are not approaching their crusades objectively.

My work pattern means that I can't look after most of my teams let alone attempt to manage more than my quota, now if my mrs was up to speed then she could look after mine and hers, well, if it wasn't for her work pattern.

I think what Vid is pointing out is the practical impossibility of policing this kind of stuff, which is on the button for me. What might be totally legit by the rules could also appear dodgy if you construed the data in a certain way. Either way, the organisers have to assume all is right and proper.

I agree totally. I was only winding him up.

As much as it annoys me that there are people who are abusing the loopholes, there really isn't much that can be done.

In fact, if I had the time or the inclination, I might even do it myself. As it is, I struggle to effectively look after the teams I enter legitimately so I'll give it a miss.

Deary Deary Me .....The rule says x teams. End.....Cheat if your going to cheat! Bend the rules if you are going to bend the rules BUT please:

1. Don't tell us how clever you are being!
2. Don't tell us why you aint cheating because of x, y, z etc - Telling us why you are so whiter than white fades to grey!
3. Live with yourselves

And I hope anyone that cheats (FISO Member or not) doesn't win a bean.......

FISO should support the rules of any game and not support any attempts of rule bending. Sorry Tac - you know that is my view already. I understand the frustration but you are better than that! If others do it , fook them - They are sh&te players of the games. Stick to the rules and have some bloody morals.

You don't need to cheat !! I hope to hell I can prove this this year. Turning the game(s) into simply managing combinations is a) no fun in terms of time allocation b) sad c) ultimately destroying FF and why it exists...

Rant Over - Hope the majority on here support this!

I totally appreciate what your saying devilsweep, I really do. It's right and proper that the rules are followed, and that for you (and I think most people) that is the only honourable way of playing the game.

At the risk of repeating myself, what I'm saying is that it's no good either ignoring or combating what is, by all accounts, a practice that is tolerated by organisers and, crucially, does actually work in terms of returns. To put it bluntly, we have to smell the coffee and accept that is what you face as competition when entering these games and you should consider doing the same if you're serious about winning big-time.

Until such a time as organisers change their stance, I don't see that there is any other logical position to take.

And that is my point Tac, It just raises the challenge for me. I don't get bitter about it. BUT I won't cheat - I'd rather not win the £'s. That was the difference when I was corresponding with Russ./Chuck. He knew I accepted it but I blame the games providers more than those who extend ones family tree. No point debating it (I know I am a big hypocrite) as it comes down to each individuals morals and values. I get the sentiment, I really do, but I'm going to play the holier than thou card (until I lose by x points to Sandy bloody Shipley) hahaha...I don't mean that (much)

Totally agree on that. I mean, even with the whole Tam thing, I felt that the blame was largely with SDT, it was their shit systems that allowed it. Sanjay is a knob though for still refusing to admit it and explain how it worked

100% agree with what you have said Devilsweep. Too many peolpe trying to convince themselves and others that they are not bending the rules.

By the way, I hope you win one of the big prizes this season, what a great performance across the board with a minimal entry (I believe).

Cheers Toffeeman.....Are you sure you want an LFC fan to win though ......

Minimal entry it was (no wife etc in sight)

8 TFF
2 Sky
5 Mail
3 YTM
2 FPL (1 is my lads and guess what, he plays it in his name, with his D.O.B and that means he can't win the main prize)......and of course I help him with selection etc ...advice is not in question (see Achiles74 etc posts on the other thread - I think he is missing the point with his kids education analogy) but he runs it in the main off his phone.

I don't enter monthlies or weeklies (not yet anyway)

Cheers - lets hope for some updates that don't hurt too much!

Well said. I certainly support the 'self-policing' approach (in fact, 'Have some bloody morals' would be a good 11th FISO commandment).

I hope you sweep the board, you devil.


(including winning the Daily Mail superleague with a team with me in it).

Well if I new that

My entry levels are probably just a tad more than your's Devilsweep, and have hit the top 100 in most in Nov/Dec appart from TFF where peaked aroung 400ish and am now just outside the top 1000 with my best team. Faded away in all unfortunately but each year is a learning curve in this game.

Looks Like Bruce is going to push you in a lot of the games so good luck over the next few months