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Fantasy Sports Newsletter 58 - 10 October 2002

Welcome to FISO's bi-monthly Fantasy Sports Newsletter number 58. Over 2,500 fantasy sports fans have already subscribed to this newsletter.

So, nothing to do until the next Premiership game on 19 October? Think again! We've got a whole load of stats and tips for you to throw into the melting pot to help transform your team into a winning one when the action recommences. And we highlight Weekend Football's free to enter £5,000 game where late entrants are not at a disadvantage.

Contents:

1. The Sun DreamTeam - Transfer Window Cleaning!

2. Telegraph Statistics (TFF & TFFO) & the low-down on high-flying Middlesbrough.

3. Weekend Football's £5,000 game - an advantage to late entries?

4. Premiership Injury news courtesy of PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre.

5. Latest topics from the FISO Fantasy Sports Forum.

6. Background to the FISO Forum - the place for the latest news and views on UK fantasy sports games.

7. New fantasy sports game reviews.

8. The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing Corner - a 14/1 Winner in FSN 57!

9. Access to previous Newsletters including a search facility, FISO contact details & How to Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

1. The Sun DreamTeam - Transfer Window Cleaning!

The Sun Dream Team's first (of two) Transfer Windows opened on Monday 7 October 2002 and closes at 11.59pm on Friday, October 18 giving you the chance to clear out up to 3 players for a meagre £1.50. Here we highlight one potential 'star' player from each team that may set your team alight for the remainder of the season and show you a) the star man selections to date and b) the new players available:

Player Tips:

Arsenal:

Ljungberg - should be back to match fitness now and over his migraine problem; could well benefit from Wenger's attacking style even without the red hairstyle.

Aston Villa:

Barry - seems to be benefiting from his new role in left-midfield and listed as a defender in most comps; could carry the Villa to respectability.

Birmingham City:

John - on scorching form over the past week but how long will it continue? Steve Bruce has a solid (perhaps stern?) looking team so it may be longer than many think.

Blackburn Rovers:

Duff - more star man votes than anyone else (and he has been injured for a couple of weeks!), 'nuff said.

Bolton:

Djorkaeff - fantastique!

Chelsea:

Lampard - to be frank he's got a deserved England call-up and if Chelsea can find some form he will benefit.

Everton:

Yobo - suddenly Everton's defence looks as good as Middlesbrough's (at least for 85 minutes of a match) and that's down in a big way to Yobo and I'm sure The Sun reporters want to have fun with his name.

Fulham:

Malbranque - on the side-lines to begin with but now riding high and Fulham are seen by many to do well this year.

Leeds United:

Fowler - risky I know when he's not yet back from injury but boy they need someone to fire up that front line if Leeds are to be cock-a-hoop come May.

Liverpool:

Owen - still not quite 100% confident with his shooting but on his day wonderful enough to get his share of star man selections.

Manchester City:

Anelka - a lot is resting on his shoulders but will be an easy choice to nick that star man selection should he deliver. If he doesn't then avoid all Man City players!

Manchester United:

Scholes - proved his potential on Monday evening with 2 goals from midfield. P.S. Will play as a support for Van Nistelrooy in many games.

Middlesbrough:

Geremi - another midfielder listed as a defender and benefiting from McClaren's management style. Likely to sign permanently at the end of the season - he's a gem currently on loan from Real Madrid.

Newcastle United:

Dyer - has been ploughing away in midfield for the Magpies and should come good at some time this season once he learns from his shooting lessons with Shearer.

Southampton:

Bridge - rarely scores but Strachan is encouraging the full back to shoot more often and when it comes to it can put in great crosses. On current form perhaps deserves the England left back spot ahead of Ash Cole.

Sunderland:

Phillips - still a week or two away from a return after injury so on the risky side but Kev has been the star player in this team since they were promoted to the Premier League. With Phillips at the helm, Howard Wilkinson may show Sunderland the way up the table.

Tottenham Hotspur:

Keane (Robbie) - a quality player who scored his first goal for the club at the weekend. More to follow Shirley?

West Bromwich Albion:

Roberts - personally I'd stay away from WBA with the rigors of the season likely to start to take effect but if anyone will pull the star vote then Jason's your man.

West Ham United:

Di Canio - well the Sun think he's Goodio so that's it, init?

New Sun Dream Team players available include:

Tore-Andre Flo (striker, Sunderland £3.5m),
Marcus Stewart (striker, Sunderland £3m),
Niemi (goalkeeper, Southampton, £2m),
Gregan (defender, West Brom, £1.5m),
Toure (midfielder, Arsenal, £3m),
Thompson (midfielder, Blackburn, £3m),
Inamoto (midfielder, Fulham, £3m),
Etherington (midfielder, Tottenham, £2.5m) and
Lee Hughes (striker, West Brom, £2m).

And courtesy of The Sun Dream Team team, here are the 113 Star Man selections to date:

Position	Against	Date	Player Name	Club
G	hajs	19-09-2002	Edwin Van der Saar	FUL
G	newc	11-09-2002	Paul Robinson	LEE
G	newc	24-08-2002	Peter Schmeichel	MAN C
G	char	27-08-2002	Kasey Keller	TOT
G	manu	21-09-2002	Kasey Keller	TOT
D	bolt	21-09-2002	Ashley Cole	ARS
D	auxe	02-10-2002	Pascal Cygan	ARS
D	char	11-09-2002	Gareth Barry	AST
D	manc	28-08-2002	Olof Mellberg	AST
D	ever	28-08-2002	Kenny Cunningham	BIR
D	manc	18-08-2002	Darren Purse	BIR
D	cska	19-09-2002	Martin Taylor	BLA
D	ston	21-09-2002	Chris Powell	CHA
D	wham	31-08-2002	Richard Rufus	CHA
D	newc	14-09-2002	William Gallas	CHE
D	char	06-10-2002	Rufus Brevett	FUL
D	manc	17-08-2002	Dominic Matteo	LEE
D	astv	06-10-2002	Jonathan Woodgate	LEE
D	astv	18-08-2002	Sami Hyypia	LIV
D	wham	21-09-2002	Sylvain Distin	MAN C
D	bolt	05-10-2002	Geremi	MID
D	birm	21-09-2002	Franck Queudrue	MID
D	ever	11-09-2002	Wayne Bridge	SOU
D	astv	28-09-2002	Jody Craddock	SUN
M	psve	25-09-2002	Fredrik Ljungberg	ARS
M	sund	06-10-2002	Patrick Vieira	ARS
M	ston	17-08-2002	George Boateng	AST
M	ever	22-09-2002	Lee Hendrie	AST
M	leed	31-08-2002	Robbie Savage	BIR
M	sund	17-08-2002	Damien Duff	BLA
M	live	28-08-2002	Damien Duff	BLA
M	midd	31-08-2002	Damien Duff	BLA
M	wbrm	30-09-2002	Damien Duff	BLA
M	chls	11-09-2002	David Dunn	BLA
M	leed	22-09-2002	David Dunn	BLA
M	astv	01-09-2002	Youri Djorkaeff	BOL
M	manu	11-09-2002	Per Frandsen	BOL
M	fulh	23-09-2002	Frank Lampard	CHE
M	viki	03-10-2002	Frank Lampard	CHE
M	char	17-08-2002	Boudewijn Zenden	CHE
M	manu	23-08-2002	Boudewijn Zenden	CHE
M	bolt	17-8-2002	Sylvain Legwinski	FUL
M	hadj	03-10-2002	Steed Malbranque	FUL
M	wbrm	24-08-2002	Harry Kewell	LEE
M	ston	24-08-2002	Steven Gerrard	LIV
M	newc	02-09-2002	Dietmar Hamann	LIV
M	bolt	14-09-2002	Dietmar Hamann	LIV
M	wbrm	21-09-2002	Dietmar Hamann	LIV
M	birm	11-09-2002	Danny Murphy	LIV
M	smos	02-10-2002	Danny Murphy	LIV
M	midd	03-09-2002	Ryan Giggs	MAN U
M	mach	18-09-2002	Ryan Giggs	MAN U
M	wbrm	17-08-2002	Paul Scholes	MAN U
M	char	28-09-2002	Paul Scholes	MAN U
M	ever	07-10-2002	Paul Scholes	MAN U
M	olym	01-10-2002	Juan Sebastian Veron	MAN U
M	juve	01-10-2002	Kieron Dyer	NEW
M	chls	28-08-2002	Fabrice Fernandes	SOU
M	tott	31-08-2002	Anders Svensson	SOU
M	manu	31-08-2002	Jason McAteer	SUN
M	leed	28-08-2002	Claudio Reyna	SUN
M	card	01-10-2002	Milenko Acimovic	TOT
M	bbrn	06-10-2002	Simon Davies	TOT
M	ever	17-08-2002	Jamie Redknapp	TOT
M	ston	14-09-2002	Andy Johnson	WBA
M	chfd	01-10-2002	Joe Cole	WES
S	manc	10-09-2002	Dennis Bergkamp	ARS
S	bdor	17-09-2002	Dennis Bergkamp	ARS
S	char	14-09-2002	Thierry Henry	ARS
S	leed	28-09-2002	Nwankwo Kanu	ARS
S	wbrm	27-08-2002	Sylvain Wiltord	ARS
S	tott	24-08-2002	Darius Vassell	AST
S	bbrn	24-08-2002	Stern John	BIR
S	leyt	02-10-2002	Stern John	BIR
S	wham	05-10-2002	Stern John	BIR
S	oxfo	01-10-2002	Jason Euell	CHA
S	vifk	19-09-2002	Jesper Gronkjaer	CHE
S	wrex	01-10-2002	Kevin Campbell	EVE
S	fulh	28-09-2002	Kevin Campbell	EVE
S	midd	14-09-2002	Rooney	EVE
S	sund	24-08-2002	Tomasz Radzinski	EVE
S	wham	15-09-2002	Robbie Keane	LEE
S	manu	14-09-2002	Alan Smith	LEE
S	mzap	19-09-2002	Alan Smith	LEE
S	basl	25-09-2002	Baros	LIV
S	chls	06-10-2002	Emile Heskey	LIV
S	manc	28-09-2002	Michael Owen	LIV
S	ever	31-08-2002	Nicolas Anelka	MAN C
S	blev	24-09-2002	Ruud Van Nistelrooy	MAN U
S	bren	01-10-2002	Johnston	MID
S	fulh	24-08-2002	Massimo Maccarone	MID
S	sund	10-09-2002	Massimo Maccarone	MID
S	tott	28-09-2002	Massimo Maccarone	MID
S	sund	21-09-2002	Craig Bellamy	NEW
S	wham	19-08-2002	Lomana Tresor Lua Lua	NEW
S	feye	24-09-2002	Alan Shearer	NEW
S	birm	28-09-2002	Alan Shearer	NEW
S	wbrm	05-10-2002	Alan Shearer	NEW
S	camb	01-10-2002	Bellion	SUN
S	fulh	31-08-2002	Jason Roberts	WBA
S	wham	11-09-2002	Jason Roberts	WBA
S	chls	28-09-2002	Paolo di Canio	WES
Not in DT	bolt	24-08-2002	Paul Konchesky	CHA
Not in DT	arsn	24-08-2002	Eduard Cisse	WES
Not in DT	sund	14-09-2002	Junichi Inamoto	FUL
Not in DT	astv	16-09-2002	Jeff Kenna	BIR
Not in DT	manc	15-09-2002	Thompson	BLA
Not in DT	crew	01-10-2002	Darren Huckerby	MAN C
Not in DT	luto	02-10-2002	Dion Dublin	AST
Not in DT	cska	03-10-2002	Thompson	BLA
Not in DT	tran	02-10-2002	Brett Ormerod	SOU
Not in DT	bolt	28-09-2002	Niemi	SOU
Not in DT	manc	05-10-2002	Brett Ormerod	SOU

2. Telegraph Statistics (TFF & TFFO) & the low-down on Middlesbrough.

Whilst I won't be divulging the make-up of my team leading TFF with 418 points, I will give you a run-down on the top scoring players overall in each position.

Sorted for you in 'Total Points Scored' order are the top Strikers, Midfielders, Defenders and Goalkeepers:

T Henry R Giggs Geremi M Schwarzer

S Wiltord H Kewell JA Riise J Dudek

G Zola C Jensen W Bridge P Robinson

Kanu N Solano U Ehiogu B Friedel

M Maccarone S Gerrard F Queudrue F Barthez

K Campbell T Gravesen A Cole E Van der Sar

N Anelka D Dunn M Silvestre S Given

A Shearer S Legwinski R Stockdale P Enckleman

M Owen L Bowyer S Hyypia T Sorensen

T Sheringham D Murphy G Southgate D Seaman

S John F Lampard I Harte C Cudicini

T Radzinski J Redknapp J Lloyd Samuel R Hoult

R van Nistelrooy J Inamoto R Delap K Keller

M Viduka P Scholes D Mills P Schmeichel

E Heskey Y Djorkaeff M Taylor P Jones

P Di Canio D Duff C Lundekvam D Kiely

OG Solskjaer O Mellberg N Vaesen

The low-down on Middlesbrough F.C.

Next we take a look at in form Middlesbrough. Their players should represent value for money in TFF/TFFO with the Premiership Club performing well above pre-season expectations. Despite playing an attractive attacking 4-3-3 formation the 'Boro have been defensively sound and their defenders are not only benefiting from clean sheet points but are also involved in the goals scored (Note: Middlesbrough are averaging 1.5 goals per Premiership game). In Steve McClaren they have a Manager tipped for the future England job and his departure from Old Trafford in June 2001 is seen by many to have been a key factor in Manchester United's inability to hold on to the Premiership crown last season. A run down of their settled squad is as follows:

Goalkeeper - Schwarzer - reserve Crossley
Right Back - Stockdale - reserve Cooper
Centre-Backs - Ehiogu & Southgate - reserve Vidmar/Cooper
Left Back - Queudrue (takes free-kicks and corners - left footed) - reserve - Cooper/Murphy (injured)
Left midfield - Greening - reserve Marinelli/Whelan
Centre midfield - Boateng - reserve Wilson
Right midfield - Geremi (takes free-kicks and corners - right footed) - reserve Wilson
Withdrawn Attacker - Job - reserve Marinelli/Whelan/Juninho (injured)
Centre Forward - Maccarone - reserve Nemeth/Whelan
Centre Forward - Boksic - reserve Nemeth/Whelan

As many TFF managers will have noticed, the Cameroon International, Geremi is listed as a Defender (costing just £3.4m) (in TFFO Geremi is a full-back) despite playing on the right side of midfield. With an eye for goal and taking right hand sided corners and free-kicks, he is odds-on to be the most selected 'transfer in' during September/October. Has to be a 'must' buy for as long as M'bro stay injury free (no in depth squad here like Arsenal and Man Utd) and high on confidence. The left-back Queudrue rated at £3.6m will also be a popular choice due to his proven ability with free-kicks and his left-sided corners. The 1st choice goalkeeper, Schwarzer, at £3.1m represents great value for money and may allow funds to be made available to strengthen your forward line. Talking of forward line, Maccarone has found his feet in English football with incredible ease and does not look a flash in the pan. At £5.1m he will now be a popular choice to support the more expensive likes of Henry, Van Nistelrooy, Shearer and Owen. He will not however be able to support Middlesbrough by himself and will need Nemeth to continue his finishing form, or Boksic to rediscover his, for M'bro to hold their 3rd place.

The next month's fixtures for Middlesbrough look difficult:

20 Oct - Charlton away
26 Oct - Leeds home
4 Nov - Newcastle away
9 Nov - Liverpool home
16 Nov - Chelsea away

Next a reminder about the TFF Divisional Split on 4 November:

As announced in the TFF Guide to the 2002/03 season, the TFF game will be split into separate divisions based on tiers of 50,000 teams within the game as at midnight Monday 4 November. This is to provide extra entertainment to those teams perhaps out of reach of the overall prizes. A snapshot is taken at that time. If you are outside the top 50,000 teams, you will be informed of your league position and points total, as well as the number of points you are behind the leader of the Division in which you will be competing.

There is no extra prize available for the top 50,000 teams (the so-called Premier League) but those in the 1st Division (50,001 to 100,000), 2nd Div'n (100,001 to 150,000), 3rd Div'n (150,001 to 200,000) and perhaps also 4th Div'n (200,001 to prob around 207,000, although these teams may be included in the 3rd Division) each compete for an extra £5,000 for the winner of each Division. More details are promised in Wednesday's Telegraph nearer the date.

To give you a guide as to where you are, the positions as at Wednesday 9 October were:

1st - 418 points
50,001 - 277 points
100,001 - 247points
150,001 - 217 points
200,001 - 140 points
Last (204,700) - 0 points

Finally, a quick tip for TFFO:

Chelsea were knocked out of the UEFA Cup and therefore the teams that will still be playing at 1pm or 3pm on Sundays during a UEFA Cup week are Leeds, Blackburn and Fulham. Due to the 18 man squad system and star man selection, TFFO increases the need to have squad players that play on Sundays.

3. Weekend Football's £5,000 game - an advantage to late entries?

WeekendFootball

It's very simple - you just need to correctly predict 3 results at the weekend and you could be on your way to £5,000! Entry to the competition is FREE, and will run through the 2002/03 season. Many August/September entrants are on NEGATIVE scores so late entrants have a distinct advantage!

You need to register first and be logged in to vote and take part in the competition. Once you have voted for at least 3 weekend results you can choose any 3 of your votes for the prize 'treble' competition.

Your 'bank' is calculated by multiplying the accumulated odds of the 3 correct matches against a "notional" £10 stake. If one or more of your match predictions are wrong your bank will reduce by £10. The competition takes into account the difficulty of predicting each game, and even if someone is bottom of the league, you could win the next week because of the effect of multiplying 3 sets of odds

In summary:

The voting coupon contains the next 4 to 5 days football fixtures (the weekend coupon is available every Thursday).

To vote, click on the icon next to a match and select a home win, draw or away win in the window that pops up and add your comment. (The radio buttons on the face of the coupon are for calculating returns not voting)

To enter the competition, click on any 'voted' icon and a window will display all the matches you have voted on in this weekend coupon, you can then select up to 3 matches to submit to the competition. (You can change your competition selections any time up to 11am on Saturday).

Effectively you need to vote twice. Firstly (once the coupon is up on Thursday), on the main coupon vote on at least 3 matches that take place on Saturday or Sunday. Then click on one of the matches you have already voted on (i.e. on the 'voted' button next to the match which is highlighted in white, rather than original 'vote' in red) - this will bring up the tipping competition box and then you select 3 of your tips for the £5k weekend tipping competition. You need to select your 3 by 11am each Saturday.

For the FISO leaderboard, click here: www.weekendfootball.co.uk/data/fiso/myleague.asp

New Features Added:

1. Tipster Profile

A tipster profile has been added, which shows how accurate each tipster has been historically - effectively proofing their forecasts. Click on a tipster name who has voted on a game in the coupon or via the leaderboard.

2. Average odds of correct predictions

When you click on a tipster profile, you can now see which tipsters are predicting the tough games and which are going for the safe bets as the average odds of their correct predictions is displayed.

3. Top 10 tipsters by team

You can now click on any team name in the coupon and display the top 10 tipsters for that team. Click to display their details and you can see their profile, including their predictions this weekend and last weekend, and how many predictions they have got correct since they registered.

4. Premiership Injury news courtesy of PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre.

10 October 2002 - Reported Premiership injuries:

Tottenham Hotspur	10	Sullivan (fractured thumb 1 month) Anderton (knee 2 weeks) King (hip 2 weeks) Thelwell (groin 1 week) Clemence (achilles 2 weeks) Sherwood (knee 2 weeks) Gardner (thigh 1 week) Ziege (calf [no return date]) Blondel (back 1 week) Etherington (ankle 1 week)
Arsenal	7	van Bronckhorst (ACL 1 week) Pires (knee 2 weeks) Aliadiere (groin 2 months) Parlour (hamstring 1 week) Keown (hamstring 1 week) Bergkamp (achilles 1 week) Campbell (gastroenteritis 1 week)
Manchester City	7	Wanchope (knee 4 months) Macken (knee [no return date]) Weaver (knee 1 month) Negouai (knee(s) 3 months) Haaland (knee [no return date]) Tiatto (leg [no return date]) Howey (hamstring 1 week)
Blackburn Rovers	6	Bjornebye (fractured eye socket 2 months) Jansen (head injury 1 week) Yorke (hamstring 1 week) Curtis (thigh 2 weeks) Short (calf 1 week) Dunn (hamstring 3 weeks)
Aston Villa	5	Taylor (calf 2 weeks) Johnsen (thigh 1 week) Enckelman (thigh 1 week) Hitzlsperger (stomach strain 1 week) Leonhardsen (achilles 1 week)
Bolton Wanderers	5	Gardner (knee 1 week) Facey (viral complaint 1 month) Nolan (groin 1 week) Warhurst (groin 1 week) N'Gotty (calf 1 week)
Leeds United	5	Fowler (hip 1 week) Radebe (knee 1 week) Richardson (leg 1 week) Wilcox (ankle 1 week) Matteo (knee 1 week)
West Ham United	5	Hutchison (knee 1 week) Bywater (fractured hand [no return date]) Kanoute (thigh 1 week) Sinclair (bruised toe 1 week) Defoe (groin 1 week)
Everton	4	Rodrigo (knee 5 months) Pistone (hamstring 1 week) Watson (groin 1 week) Ferguson (back 1 month)
Fulham	4	Djetou (knee 1 week) Saha (hamstring 1 week) Goma (hamstring 1 week) Finnan (knee 1 week)
Liverpool	4	Heggem (achilles 3 weeks) Xavier (virus [no return date]) Henchoz (calf 1 month) Dudek (groin 1 week)
Birmingham City	3	Tebily (hamstring 1 week) Johnson (groin 2 months) Grainger (knee 2 months)
Chelsea	3	Forssell (Meniscal surgery 3 weeks) Cole (fractured leg 1 week) Keenan (broken leg [no return date])
Manchester United	3	Brown (Fractured ankle 1 month) Keane (hip 2 weeks) Ferdinand (Knee surgery 1 month)
Middlesbrough	3	Juninho (Knee ligaments 2 months) Murphy (knee 1 week) Stockdale (foot 1 week)
Sunderland	3	Thome (knee 2 weeks) Phillips (hernia 1 week) Sorensen (dislocated elbow 3 months)
Charlton Athletic	2	Pringle (broken leg [no return date]) Stuart (knee 5 months)
Southampton	2	Delgado (calf and knee 1 month) Ormerod (ankle 1 week)
West Bromwich Albion	2	Dobie (groin 1 week) Koumas (thigh 1 week)

5. Latest topics from the FISO Forum

Too busy to check the growing number of FISO forum bulletins? Worried you may have overlooked an useful gem or two in recent weeks? No worries - FISO member, Sam David, has sorted out for you a list of hot topics that may be worth viewing:

Football:

Telegraph Newspaper (TFF) Password and FISO leading TFF:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1013

TFFO Player Statistics easy download:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1408

FISO's mini-league for late OFL Classic entrants:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1477

Full details on all of FISO's mini-leagues:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=713

How do THEY decide assists?
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1302
and

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1456

Best team names:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=835

FISO site improvements incl. new search facility:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1106

Sun blind spot to their player ratings:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1302

Sun Transfers - thoughts on the 3 months ahead:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1467

Official UEFA Champions league game:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1331

TFFO Champions league:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1264

FSUK standings:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1311

Weekend football tipping:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1424

William Hill contest:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1297

Sun's pending transfers:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1371

Fantasy League Champions League, lead at half-way by FISO:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1324

FISO lead in the Sun Dream Team Mini-League:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1432

FISO 2nd in The Times Mini-League & late entrants welcome:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1387

Times GoldenBoot:

latest week:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1369
payout delay:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1386

Just got 1 team in TFF? Then this is the thread for you:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1249

Peter Reid's Sacking:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1452

Tips on OFL Formations:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1376

Suggestions to keep you occupied for the 10 days ahead:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1457

Joke of the Month:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1421

Cricket:

FCC competitions - insufficient leaderboard and points updates:

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1316

Final standings in Telegraph contest; grumbles about the paper's apparent
lack of interest:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=506&recordnum=49

Horse Racing:

Godolphin Seven Stars fantasy contest nears season climax:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=437

Snooker:

Feedback on the start of the web's first fantasy snooker competition:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=777

Formula 1:

Sun F1 Dream Team - standings with one race to go:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=364

OFL F1 canvassing opinions and feedback on their contest:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=365

Golf:

Telegraph Ryder Cup contest - outstanding prizes!
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1245

FISO regulars can be seen in both OFL Golf Matchplay semi-finals:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1238&recordnum=0

Rugby Union:

Times Fantasy Rugby Update.

7. New fantasy sports game reviews.

European Fantasy Football

Free fantasy football games for the Premiership, Serie A and La Liga. Approximately 10 Manager places left for the Premiership and La Liga games with a deadline for entry of 18 October.

U.F.C

Free online football management game.

International Football Manager

'IFM is an online International Football Management game where you take the role as a club manager and set the aim to.. well, whatever your
preferences are. Some of the more common goals are winning the league, the international championship, producing the best players, becoming the
wealthiest club in the world, and perhaps most importantly beating the
living daylights out of your friends'. Features include :- Live match engine, youth squads, buy/sell players to any team around the world, ticket prices and many more.

Cricket 2002.tk

Simulated Cricket 2002 game.

8. The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing Corner.

'I'm pleased to provide the odd racing tip for FISO members. I'll give a rating to the bet with 5/10 being average. You can catch more of my tips on the Beat The Bookies part of the FISO forum. Today's report:

Oh well at least we had a 14/1 winner (Newmarket Cambridgeshire - Beauchamp Pilot - see FSN 57) to accompany the two losers so far. I've struggled to find a tip 'to order' this time, but...perhaps Pugin - The Melbourne Cup. Generally a 10/1 shot, check on oddschecker.co.uk or have a look around for a quote. 1/10 only as a rating of confidence. The price is short, but it has become apparent in recent years that the Handicapper in Australia sometimes lets the Europeans in too lightly. A top class stayer in Ireland for John Oxx, the Godolphin team are the best at pulling off this sort of thing. I expect him to be a single figure price on the first Tuesday in November such is Godolphin's confidence, and you may like a small win bet now.

P.S. Breeders Cup Distaff - Azeri. Overpriced @ 2/1 Paddy Power. Evens Hills. Impressive trial winner.

P.P.S. Zibelline - Having tipped the winner of the Cambridgeshire @14/1, try this one @40/1 with Totalbet.com (to £25 e/w max) for the Cesarewitch and an autumn double ! - Ladbrokes have cut the price to 25/1 and it feels like a 16/1 shot.

Andy'.