The overall champion, 32-year-old Jonathan Worsley from London, won £35,000 in Telegraph Fantasy Football 2014/15 having pipped his nearest rival by just six points thanks to Giroud’s last minute goal for Arsenal in the FA Cup Final.
The final top 20 leaderboard was:
| Position | Manager | Team Name | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Worsley | THE PROTA HAT-TRICK | 1951 |
| 2 | Stuart Ross | Released on Bale | 1945 |
| 3 | Simon Allen | Ildira | 1938 |
| 4 | Thomas Lovell | Fixture Picks | 1936 |
| 5 | Richard Leishman | Bluemoonery | 1934 |
| 6 | Jack Palmer | Rum Ham United | 1929 |
| 7 | Lee Fricker | C Kent 5 | 1925 |
| 8 | Lee Fricker | Superman 4 | 1924 |
| 8 | Simon Allen | Mistborn | 1924 |
| 10 | Robin Pearce | Nice to Michu | 1921 |
| 11 | Andrew Luckhurst | 5 | 1914 |
| 12 | Ted Bradshaw | Big Tens Tickles | 1912 |
| 13 | Ahmad Abdul Ghani | 19 | 1911 |
| 14 | Greg Nottage | West Sham United | 1910 |
| 15 | David Bartram | Winter Is Coming | 1909 |
| 15 | Andrew Luckhurst | 3 | 1909 |
| 17 | Jeremy Rowe | Have it | 1908 |
| 18 | Graham Dolan | Ornans | 1906 |
| 19 | Darren Yates | Slip Hazard | 1905 |
| 19 | Ian Mackeith | Hawthorn Saints | 1905 |
A full breakdown of Jonathan Worsley’s winning team, The Prota Hat-Trick, from day one is below (he entered 2 teams) and you can also read this interview with him on The Telegraph website:
STARTING XI
(3-4-3)
Goalkeeper: Fabianski
Defenders: Shawcross, Debuchy, Lovren
Midfield: Mata, Hazard, Ramsey, Sterling, Lamela
Strikers: Rooney, Costa
TRANSFER HISTORY
13/09/2014 – OUT / IN
Mata, J (Midfielder) / Pelle, G (Striker)
20/09/2014 – OUT / IN
Debuchy, M (Defender) / Bertrand, R (Defender)
27/09/2014 – OUT / IN
Lamela, E (Midfielder) / Tadic, D (Midfielder)
04/10/2014 – OUT / IN
Rooney, W (Striker) / Aguero, S (Striker)
05/10/2014 – OUT / IN
Shawcross, R (Defender) / Baines, L (Defender)
Ramsey, A (Midfielder) / McGeady, A (Midfielder)
19/10/2014 – OUT / IN
McGeady, A (Midfielder) / Sigurdsson, G (Midfielder)
08/11/2014/12 – OUT / IN
Lovren, D (Defender) / Cresswell, A (Defender)
Sterling, R (Midfielder) / di Maria, A (Midfielder)
30/11/2014- OUT / IN
di Maria, A (Midfielder) / Eriksen, C (Midfielder)
02/12/2014 – OUT / IN
Pelle, G (Striker) / Bony, W (Striker)
03/12/2014 – OUT / IN
Tadic, D (Midfielder) / Mirallas, K (Midfielder)
13/12/2014 – OUT / IN
Aguero, S (Striker) / Dzeko, E (Striker)
13/12/2014 – OUT / IN
Sigurdsson, G (Midfielder) / Nasri, S (Midfielder)
15/12/2014 – OUT / IN
Dzeko, E (Striker) / Lukaku, R (Striker)
29/12/2014 – OUT / IN
Lukaku, R (Striker) / Sterling, R (Midfielder)
03/01/2015 – OUT / IN
Bony, W (Striker) / Berahino, S (Striker)
19/01/2015 – OUT / IN
Fabianski, L (Goalkeeper) / Foster, B (Goalkeeper)
Nasri, S (Midfielder) / Wisdom, A (Defender)
31/01/2015 – OUT / IN
Costa, D (Striker) / di Maria, A (Midfielder)
01/02/2015- OUT / IN
Baines, L (Defender) / Cazorla, S (Midfielder)
Mirallas, K (Midfielder) / Giroud, O (Striker)
03/02/2015 – OUT / IN
Bertrand, R (Defender) / van Aanholt, P (Defender)
21/02/2015 – OUT / IN
Wisdom, A (Defender) / Zouma, K (Defender)
Eriksen, C (Midfielder) / Aguero, S (Striker)
14/03/2015 – OUT / IN
di Maria, A (Midfielder) / Silva, D (Midfielder)
15/03/2015 – OUT / IN
Berahino, S (Striker) / Kane, H (Striker)
21/03/2015 – OUT / IN
Foster, B (Goalkeeper) / Forster, F (Goalkeeper)
04/04/2015 – OUT / IN
Forster, F (Goalkeeper) / Ospina, D (Goalkeeper)
17/05/2015 – OUT / IN
Sterling, R (Midfielder) / Koscielny, L (Defender)
PLAYER CONTRIBUTIONS:
FINAL XI
Ospina – 28 points
Koscielny – 14
van Aanholt – 45
Zouma – 33
Cresswell – 104
Hazard 212
Cazorla – 81
Silva – 41
Aguero – 168
Giroud – 101
Kane – 47
TRANSFERRED-OUT
Goalkeepers:
Foster – 38
Fabianski – 57
Forster – 4
Defenders:
Baines – 65
Shawcross – 23
Debuchy – 10
Wisdom – 9
Bertrand – 90
Lovren – 22
Midfielders:
Mata – 11
Nasri – 26
Ramsey – 30
Sigurdsson – 32
Sterling – 126
Mirallas – 42
Lamela – 16
Eriksen – 60
McGeady – 2
Tadic – 41
di Maria – 41
Strikers:
Rooney – 29
Lukaku – 7
Dzeko – 0 (injured during warm-up!)
Bony – 30
Berahino – 77
Costa – 129
Pelle – 60
TOTAL: 1,951 POINTS
Players of TFF will also be interested to see that the top scoring valid team of the season (with no transfers) racked up 1,867 points between them at a combined TFF cost of £49.9m. The winner of the Starting XI prize was Kushagra Poonia on 1,666 points with a team called ‘Get Rekt’ about 200 points behind (2nd place was David Bartram on 1617 points) so you can see how difficult it is to get the right choice of players.
To get 1,867 points you have Simon Mignolet in goal as the top scoring shot-stopper with 135 points.
Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic and John Terry were well ahead of everybody else in defence and Ryan Bertrand was easily the top pound-for-pound player of the season scoring a whopping 53.3 points per £ million.
There’s no surprise to see Eden Hazard n midfield who scored a massive 42 points more than anyone else in midfield thanks to 14 goals and 23 key contributions from his 38 starting appearances. Joining him were Cazorla, Henderson and Chadli who would have been more difficult to pick at the start of the season. David Silva was just too expensive to make it in to a valid XI.
Up front, Sergio Aguero (219 points) held off the challenge of both Hazard and Alexis Sanchez (212 points apiece) to be crowned the best-scoring player in the game while Harry Kane and Saido Berahino both proved to be incredible value for money.