Summary of fines/winnings:
- All: James Bingham must present all rules to the Group on draft day for renewal for the following season.
- Reward 1: Winners trophy.
- Reward 2: Last placed trophy.
- Reward 3: Cup winners trophies.
- Reward 4: Manager of the season trophy.
- Fine 1: If one of your players leaves the English Premier league(leaves for any reason, transfer, loan or retirement) = £5 fine
- Fine 2: If one of your players appears on the front page of The Mirror, The Daily Star or The Sun (or their respective Sunday papers) for any non-footballing reason = £5 fine
- Fine 3: Promotion of youth: If your player receives their first cap for their country(any country), everyone else has £5 fine chosen by the competitor who holds the debutant. We hope this will encourage people to invest in youth.
- Fine 4: If a player goes on strike, the other competitors can choose one of their fines to pass over to that holder of the striking player.
- Fine 5: OBT goal of the season – The holder loses a £5 fine.
- Fine 6: OBT player of the season – The holder loses a £5 fine.
- Fine 7: David Squires Muse - £5 fine.
- Fine 8: The last player's chosen scorer to score a goal in the premier league. (Your scorer must be chosen by the time the first game kicks off. If not chosen - £5 fine) = £10 fine
- Fine 9: If your chosen scorer scores an own goal £10 fine for each offence.
- Fine 10: The Marc Vivian Foe clause – If one of your players dies everyone else must have a dirty pint
- Fine 11: For every red card received by the manager/head coach of a club that a competitor has a player of= £5 fine.
- Fine 12: The against the spirt of the game clause – Any event that causes a player to receive a ban/club suspension of 4 or more consecutive premier league games = £10 fine.
- Fine 13: If you have a player who’s manager/head coach leaves for any reason = £5 fine
- Fine 14: The failure to return the trophy (or significant damage as agreed by the other Competitors) with the new winner's name professionally engraved onto the trophy = dirty pint, £50 penalty paid by the offender to the holder and you must repair the trophy or replace with a bigger value trophy.
- Fine 15: The Ben Wild Echo fine – Posting an article to the Whatsapp channel that has been already posted. Two instances of this within 30 days or posted within 2 minutes of a message = £5 fine.
- Fine 16: Losing to a lower placed league team in the OBT Cup = £5 fine.
- Fine 17: Any unused loans, supplementary draft or transfer window transfers = Competitor loses a £5 fine.
- Fine 18:Setting a new lowest gameweek record = Competitor gains a £5 fine.
- Fine 19:Goals of the season with zero votes = Competitor gains a £10 fine.
- Fine 20:Time limit to respond to Doodles and votes. £5 if no response with 72 hours, then another £5 for every 24 hours late.
- Fine 21:All badges created and sent to the Admin before the Supplementary draft = Competitor gains a £5 fine if late, increase by £5 for every gameweek missed.
- Fine 22:Least successful loan = Competitor gains a £5 fine.
- Fine 23:A manager does not achieve 1,000 points for a season = Competitor gains a £20 fine.
- Fine 24:If your player receives a World Cup 2022 winners medal = Competitor loses a £5 fine.
Competition Clauses
All: Where a fine of £5 or £10 fine is mentioned, these must be paid before the following year's draft. Along with the subs money, it will be used to pay for trophy's, website cost with the balance going to the League funds managed by Col.
All: Where a dirty pint is mentioned, it consists of 5 shots (chosen by the other competitors), some cider and a mystery non-alcoholic mixer. (the mixer is to be chosen by the 2 competitors who did not choose a shot.)
All: Maximum fines is £150 per person per season unless otherwise agreed.
All: Players loaned out are exempt from fines. If the loan player receives a fine during his loan period then a fine is given to the holder.
Fine 1: You cannot replace the departed player until the next draft window. The replacement will count as 1 of your allotted transfers (you do not get an additional one).
Fine 3: Must be for full international (not under 21 etc).
Fine 4: A player is on strike if he, his manager or chairman claim this is the case (with no evidence to the contrary). The strike is only confirmed if the player is not part of the next league matchday squad, i.e. either in the first 11 or on the bench as a substitute. Only league matches count.
Fine 5/6: Each Competitor must select a goal/player from one of their players for selection. All 8 Competitors will then vote on the best goal/player after the season has finished.
Fine 7: Where a manager's player appears in a Squires comic. NB only includes images, text references are ignored. £5 fine.
Fine 8: Must be in a Barclays premiership match. Must be chosen before the first match or receive £5 fine penalty - £5 penalty for each week unnamed
Fine 11: For example, if Pardew gets sent off, you pay £5 for every newcastle player you have.
Fine 12: Covers players and backroom staff. Only applies to events not already covered by these fines. There is a 14 day window for appeals to be heared and concluded. Failing that the allegations are treated as fact.
Fine 13: You pay a £5 penalty for each player you have whose manager/head coach leaves for any reason. If appointed just to end of the season, this is excluded from this fine.
Fine 14: If multiple Competitor fail to return the trophy, draft order for these players dictated by league positions (i.e. the League position of the previous season will decide who is last, second to last, third to last pick). If you cause significant damage ( as agreed by other competitors) then dirty pint and must fix.
Fine 15: Any echo is punished by an immediate £5 fine, if it is posted 2 minutes or more after the original post. Disputes will be settled by screenshots showing timestamps, sent to a neutral third party of the Commish's choosing (or of the admin's choosing if the Commish is accused).
Fine 18:Must be new, tieing does not activate fine.
Fine 20:Valid excuses (as agreed by the Group) will be accepted and avoid the fine.
League rules
Entry fee: Subs agreed at season end. Subs pays for website costs and trophies. Fines to be held by treasurer Barker to contribute for Group holiday.
The League
- We will use the following website scoring system [scoring section]:
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/rules/
- We must each pick
o 1 Goalkeeper
o 4 Defenders
o 4 Midfielders
o 2 Strikers
From the list available on
The League website
- The winner is the Competitor with the most points at the end of Game Week 38. The loser is the Competitor with the least amount of points.
- In the event of 2 or more Competitors finishing on the same points, the Competitor who had the lowest draft order (in the original draft) is placed higher (e.g. Competitor A and Competitor B finish on the same points. As Competitor A picked before Competitor B in the original draft they would finish below Competitor B).
- Managers are only allowed to have a maximum of 3 players from one team at a time (including loanees). If a player moves due to a transfer and the 3 limit is breached, that must be corrected at the next supp draft but the team will be allowed special dispensation till then.
The Draft
- The draft cannot be held on a date before the player list is available.
- For the first two rounds, the draft order will be the reverse order of the previous year’s league positions (i.e. 1st is last, last is first). After that, the draft will snake.
- The draft order will dictate the order that each person chooses a player. Each competitor may pick any player from any club or position providing no one else has selected them and they have an available slot in their 1-4-4-2 team list.
Loans
A pool of players are selected from which any competitor can select a player from with the following conditions:
- The player being temporarily replaced doesn't play for 3 consecutive gameweeks. If a club has multiple games in a gameweek, the player still needs to miss 3 consecutive gameweeks.
- Only injuries or not being picked counts. i.e. suspensions don't count towards the 3 gameweek count and being fit but being an unused substitute does.
- Can't cancel once started.
- Players can re-use the same player - albeit not at the same time
- Additions to the pool can only be done if a player leaves the english premier league. Additions to be made during supplementary draft/transfer window.
- Loan pool is drafted after the supplementary window and then completely re-drafted after the transfer window. If you have no loans left you are ineligible from picking players. The remaining loan pool is picked in order of loan drafters.
- Loan squad configuration is 4-7-7-4.
- Each player has 3 loans available over the course of the season. Each loan lasts 6 weeks.
- Loans can be applied for after the points from the final game(s) for a gameweek have been confirmed. Applications must be made before midnight 2 days before a gameday (e.g. if a gameweek starts on Saturday, the application must be made before Thursday Midnight UK time).
- 24 hours before the first game of each gameweek, those competitors that have made a loan application will have the option of taking up a loan. Competitors choose a player from the loan pool in turn following a reverse league table order.
- Loans must be made before midnight (UK time) of the day before the first game (e.g. before Midnight Saturday before a Saturday game).
Supplementary draft
- At a designated date in September each person has the ability to transfer out up to three of their players for another.
- The selection order of this supplementary draft is dictated by the reverse order of the league at the time of the draft (i.e. the Competitor who is last in the league has the first pick in the supplementary draft).
- The supplementary draft transfers will be active for all subsequent matches after the designated draft date.
- If you opt to pass on a supplementary draft, the manager receives a £5 fine reduction.
Transfer window
- The transfer draft will take place in early February.
- Each person will have the ability to replace 3 of their players.
- The order of the Transfer draft is the reverse order of the league position at the time of the draft.
Misc.
- Each Competitor must have at least one of their players in the All Star game. They must be part of the selected eleven players.
- Competitors who took part in the OBT Cup qualification are excluded from the following year's qualification.
General matters
- Data is extracted from the Fantasy Premierleague website. We will accept that this data is correct.
- During the draft/supplementary draft/transfer window if your connection goes down you can submit your choice through the WhatsApp channel and it will be accepted providing the time has not expired.
- New fines can be proposed and existing fines/rules amended mid season providing they receive majority backing from the Competitors. The fines cannot be retrospective.
- Fines to be consumed on one designated day and in the presence of at least 2/3rds of the Competitors. (likely to be the draft for next season)
By taking part in the competition you are accepting these fines.
