TAUNTON TIMES MINI LEAGUE. 50 Managers.

[JHT]

I have set up a mini league using my team ‘John Hunt Taunton 7’ currently in 5th position overall. If anyone would care to join me you’re more than welcome. It would be great if we could attract entries from those that have teams highly/well placed so that we have a chance to mop up some of the prizes left behind by the fiso league

Any winnings will be shared (as shown below) at the end of the season.

1st Prize £15,000 each person will receive: 1st – 5th £2,750 each, 6th – 10th £250 each
2nd Prize £4,000 each person will receive: 1st – 5th £700 each, 6th – 10th £100 each
3rd Prize £2,000 each person will receive: 1st – 5th £350 each, 6th – 10th £50 each

I believe adding prize money from 6th – 10th will give incentive to those not in the top 5/10 of this league, keeping them playing throughout the season, thus increasing the chances of our league finishing as competitively placed (hopefully in the money) as possible.

Deadline for entries is 31st October and you are only allowed by Times rules to enter a maximum of ONE team per person.

League Name – Taunton Times
League Pin - 8001986

For those of you who don't know me, (clearly you need to know that you'll get paid out if you win) I have been a fiso members for ever (although I rarely post) and have been playing (with some success) fantasy football since 1996. Previous successful mini leagues that I've chaired include the various 'BaerHunt' leagues, winning and being placed in many comps, most notably winning the TFF league of mini league a couple of years back. What I'm trying to say is that should this league achieve any winnings, I won’t be running off to Spain with them.
If I was lucky enough to win the Chairman's prize, it would be down to the performance of my team (not the league) so that prize would be mine.

Good luck everyone

John

[andye]

I have added my team 'MOROCCAN MARACAS' which is currently in 88th place

Cheers

Andy

[quizking]

"talula does the hula" is in (50th at the mo)

[JHT]

Nice one Andy and Steve...an interesting mixture of Maracas and Hula girls...the mind boggles

[scopsm]

I am not doing great in the Times comp so far

My positions:
1988th, 15 transfers, 4 loans, 5 captains (may be in a better position after Thursday night)

3174th, 10 transfers, 3 loans, 4 captains
4426th, 13 transfers, 3 loans, 4 captains

Are these positions any good for the MLs or is there a cut off level? I suppose my top team is border line.

[andye]

I am not doing great in the Times comp so far

My positions:
1988th, 15 transfers, 4 loans, 5 captains (may be in a better position after Thursday night)

3174th, 10 transfers, 3 loans, 4 captains
4426th, 13 transfers, 3 loans, 4 captains

Are these positions any good for the MLs or is there a cut off level? I suppose my top team is border line.

You may as well put them all in different leagues - the mini-league score is an average of the top 5 teams so the more the merrier

There are 4 leagues available already - FISO , FISO Part Deux , Taunton Times and Busty Babes

Good luck

Andy

[thespecialone]

im in with my team in 31st.need 1 more good un folks

[mephisto]

As you are a west country lad John, Im in with team currently in 3rd. Good luck all
Randal

[JHT]

As you are a west country lad John, Im in with team currently in 3rd. Good luck all
Randal

Nice one Randal, our Taunton Times league is now looking very strong.....

Still need more to join....as Andye says "the more the merrier"

Don't forget only ONE team per person
Good luck

John

[barry]

As you are a west country lad John, Im in with team currently in 3rd. Good luck all
Randal

Nice one Randal, our Taunton Times league is now looking very strong.....

Still need more to join....as Andye says "the more the merrier"

Good luck

John

I might put my team into... take the shine off a bit

[JHT]

There's always one barry

Thanks for your positive comments re prize money structure (top 10 earn if the league wins anything). We've got 13 teams so far and judging by my message 'inbox' many more will be adding teams before the 31st October deadline, including some very well placed....Keep them coming guys....

atb

John

[JHT]

Top 3 places for FISO fabulous

Pos. League name Chairman name Average points
1 TAUNTON TIMES Mr Hunt 684.40
2 FISO Mr Edwards 653.20
3 FISO PART DEUX Mr Closs 620.00
4 HARTMANS HEROES Mr Hartmans 603.40
5 PORKIES PREMIERSHIP Mr Riley 591.60
6 VSSCO LEAGUE Mr Houston 578.40
7 DE Mr Hartmans 577.20
8 ZYLSTRA ZOCCER Mr Zijlstra 570.80
9 AMSTERDAM AMSTROS Mr Geertsma 567.20
10 DADS ARMY Mr Geertsma 563.80

Great start for us guys

[12345678]

good luck john,

if we had all realised that you seem to be allowed to make 10 entries in other peoples names we could have all organised our own minileagues

i really think minileagues and chairman's prizes are a joke and should be just fun prizes with those funds being added to the overall prizemoney pot, but like you will likely have a go at the chairman's prize

just a shame we didn't realise we were allowed to enter more teams under other peoples names eh

andy

[JHT]

good luck john,

if we had all realised that you seem to be allowed to make 10 entries in other peoples names we could have all organised our own minileagues

i really think minileagues and chairman's prizes are a joke and should be just fun prizes with those funds being added to the overall prizemoney pot, but like you will likely have a go at the chairman's prize

just a shame we didn't realise we were allowed to enter more teams under other peoples names eh

andy

Took me ages to get all those 'friends' together

Let me know if you need a team for your mini to save you using your 'friends'

[Eoghan Q]

John

I have taken your invitation and entered one of my teams into your league. Having not really focused on this competition, I am pleasantly surprised to have 2 reasonable teams - one in 86th and one in 142nd overall. I put the first in the FISO league and the second in your league.

Hopefully the various FISO associated leagues can do well.

Cheers

Eoghan

[12345678]

i haven't got any john well not at gfm anyway or the times except murph of course who is ok but presumably not allowed to play in his own name, the mrs or cat's , but friends......................................... would they ever know , bet he'd lovatt if he could do that

bruce said he's co-opt you if i did him a favour

andy

[keithy007]

I've put a team in. Currently have two in & out of the top 100 on a regular basis. Have put the other in Fiso

[JHT]

Nice one Eoghan and 007 we now have 17 teams and are rapidly rising....


Andy, I seriously feel it's time for you to consider the prospect of going out a little more

[Chief Wiggsy]

I'm in. Currently 9th in this superleague. If I can hold onto that, then I'm in the money for sure.!!

Still, with nearly all transfers remaining and 5 each of loans and captains, I may well get a wee bit further up.

Quite like this Times game. Only did the three teams, of which sadly only two were set up for the start.

Not too bad though -

Clanceysclangers01 = 562 / 814th Going to put this in FISO
Clanceysclangers02 = 586 / 377th Now in TT
Clanceysclangers003 = 464 / 6547th (started week late, with 3-5-2 and dodgy picks like Bentley).

[Sim]

I'm also in John - 3rd in the superleague (which looks very strong)

Cheers

Simon

[kcboing]

Just added my team - The Christmas Tree, currently 19th overall - nicked your 3rd place for now sim

[Chief Wiggsy]

Bloomin' 'ell.!! I thought joining this league would of given me great options for some lolly. I looked at the results last night and thought I may just a crept up a bit in the table and woudl be showing my intentions. Now it'll be a struggle jst to keep up with people.!! Aaaaahhh well, short lived dreams ........

I should stay away from the big boys and just play for fun me thinks ......

[JHT]

Great start for you guys - Sim and KC Thanks for joining TT....Wish I'd called it Taunton Independant Times

25 teams are now entered with several more promised.

And we're still top after last night's results or lack of in Spurs case

1 TAUNTON TIMES Mr Hunt 702.20
2 FISO Mr Edwards 668.80
3 FISO PART DEUX Mr Closs 627.60
4 HARTMANS HEROES Mr Hartmans 614.80
5 PORKIES PREMIERSHIP Mr Riley 597.80
6 DE Mr Hartmans 586.40
7 VSSCO LEAGUE Mr Houston 583.20
8 AMSTERDAM AMSTROS Mr Geertsma 581.00
9 ZYLSTRA ZOCCER Mr Zijlstra 579.60
10 DADS ARMY Mr Geertsma 571.80

Don't forget you can still join Taunton Times....deadline is the 31st of October - next Friday.

Only ONE team per person

Good luck

John

[foreverengland]

Forever England 3 now a member - no chance of getting into the top 10 but at least it's an average of the top 5 and my score wont drag the point total down! Should keep me interested for some time yet as I try to climb the Taunton leaderboard

[JHT]

After a weekend of strange results, well they are if you're a Chelsea fan Taunton Times has managed to retain top place in the Times leaderboard

Pos. League name Chairman name Average points
1 TAUNTON TIMES Mr Hunt 743.20
2 FISO Mr Edwards 706.20
3 HARTMANS HEROES Mr Hartmans 670.80
4 FISO PART DEUX Mr Closs 670.00
5 PORKIES PREMIERSHIP Mr Riley 653.40
6 AMSTERDAM AMSTROS Mr Geertsma 648.00
7 ZYLSTRA ZOCCER Mr Zijlstra 637.20
8 BUSTY BABES Mr Baer 636.40
9 VSSCO LEAGUE Mr Houston 628.80
10 DE Mr Hartmans 625.80
10 DADS ARMY Mr Geertsma 625.80

Taunton Times now has 31 entries.....more welcome

Good luck

John

[JHT]

With the addition of our friends from Croatia the league of mini leagues is starting to take shape....rather pleasantly we are still holding a healthy advantage...

1 TAUNTON TIMES Mr Hunt 822.80
2 ZAGY Mr Ostojic 800.80
3 FISO Mr Edwards 786.20
4 ZD Mrs Crnov Furlan 767.60
5 FISO PART DEUX Mr Closs 743.40
6 LORD Mr Maroni 738.60
7 HARTMANS HEROES Mr Hartmans 724.80
8 SLO Mrs Knezevic 720.60
9 PORKIES PREMIERSHIP Mr Riley 710.00
10 AMSTERDAM AMSTROS Mr Geertsma 709.80
11 BUSTY BABES Mr Baer 705.00

To quote the t&c's from the Times site

The closing date for creation of and entry to a Mini League is 31st October 2008.

I assume this means midnight tomorrow, however I'd suggest to be on the safe side it would be prudent to enter Taunton Times today...don't forget it's one entry per person..

Good luck

John

[andye]

Couple of hours left to enter ...

[barry]

no chance of getting into the top 10 but at least it's an average of the top 5 and my score wont drag the point total down! Should keep me interested for some time yet as I try to climb the Taunton leaderboard

very similar to me Dynamobazza is pleased to be in such esteemed company

[JHT]

The deadline has passed and we have 50 managers in the Taunton Times mini league - We occupy 15% of the main game leader board, with our top 5 managers inside the top 20 overall......

Taunton Times leader board at 1st Nov 2008

Pos Team name Manager name Points
1 WILDTIMES Mr Macilraith 842
2 JOHN HUNT TAUNTON 7 Mr Hunt * 838
3 CHELSKI Mr Burdin 818
4 TEAM FULL OF MORMONS Mr Barker 815
5 LEGEND Mr Allen 801
6 THE GEM SALOON Mr Jones 800
7 TIMES SPECIALONES 7 Mr Duff 798
8 THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mr Clarke 796
9 ANARCHY Mr Dolan 794
10 TYPHOON Mr Robinson 793
11 LAST GO Mr Jeffries 784
12 IDEA2 Mr Babbage 777
13 RELEGATED SCREAMING Mr Browne 776
14 TALULA DOES THE HULA Mr King 773
15 MOROCCAN MARACAS Mr Edwards 754
16 MUDAHIM Mr Holmes 746
17 CARLOS JOBIM Mr Savran 743
18 ALLEZ 4 Mrs Docherty 741
19 FLEABAGS V Mr Tonkin 739
20 FOREST1 Mr Mann 732
21 PORTERBELLIES8 Mr Quigley 725
22 DAZZLER 07 Mr Patel 722
23 HE DUNT WANT IT Mr Russell 721
24 FRANKIEFROG 3 Mr Carrington 714
25 DISCO KANDI Mr Pryor 712
26 THE SCOTS OF DODD Mr Dodds 709
27 SUMMER SINN Mr Baer 702
28 POLICE Mr Perkins 701
29 GFM AS A NEW RECRUIT Mr Luckhurst 697
30 FINESSE FC Mr Thompson 696
31 THIS TEAM IS ODD Mr Sambrook 685
32 SUGAR WINKS Mr Lawson 682
33 TURN UP Mr Buckley 682
34 CLANCEYSCLANGERS02 Mr Holman 681
35 PATHETICO ATHLETICO Mr Teague 671
36 DYNAMOBAZZA Mr Gray 668
37 DALI Mr Fitzgerald 666
38 LOKOMOTIV LABRADOR 9 Mr Hope 665
39 DONEGAL BLUES RES. Mr McGeoghan 664
40 90MINUTESNOEXCUSES Mr Griggs 663
41 NORTH Mr Harris 661
42 ROWANS 6 Mr Dolan 655
43 40 MILES OF BAD ROAD Mr Burch 641
44 C U JIMMY Mr Closs 639
45 BRITISH DEFENCE Mr Rudolph 617
46 PNE4PREM Mr Hartley 598
47 ONE LAST DOUBLE Mr Garlick 579
48 B TEAM Mr Hoyle 507
49 FOREVER ENGLAND 3 Mr Younger 488
50 DEINAMO DEINIOLEN Mr Owen 473

There's still a very long way to go and with prizes for the top 10 (if we win anything), everything to play for....Have a great season and many thanks to the fantastic fifty for joining TT

Good luck

John

[Conqueror Worm]

The quality in this league is indisputable
I've never seen forever England 2nd from bottom of a league anywhere
I better shut up as well, 4th from bottom for me