FANTASY LEAGUE

By Peter Foster

It was 'slim pickings' for Fantasy points seekers following City’s 1-1 draw at Ramsgate on Tuesday evening. Having suffered the 8 point penalty for making a transfer, my “Messageboard Martyrs’” lead at the top is down by 8 points this week to just 2 with a score for the Ramsgate game of 1 point and an overall score after 14 Fantasy games of 200.

Remaining in 2nd spot this week, and with their joker to come, are Paul Gorrie's "Ginger Ningers" with a score of 9 with Bobby Brewster’s “Zee Bobby’s French Brigade” moving up a place to third just 3 points further behind with a score of 8 this time.  Andrew Southgate’s “Springfield Oskars” remain favourites for the wooden spoon position with a score this week of 2 and an overall score of 84 now 16 points adrift at the foot of the table. It looks in the bag, Andrew!

But with 6 games to come and just 29 points covering the top 18 sides (11 of whom are yet to nominate their joker game) the CCFC Fantasy League for 2006/07 makes the race for this season’s Ryman Premier League title look like a walkover in comparison! 

Top scorers this week are Simon Brewsters' “Roding Rangers” with a subtle 10 points.

Please let me know if you would like to make any transfers or wish to nominate your “joker” match or if you need any further information. For example, let me know if you require a breakdown of your fantasy points score. I can also send you the full file if you request it. This file includes the full records of each member's score.

For the Ramsgate last Tuesday:

Glenn Pennyfather’s Man of the Match was Ben Chenery (+3).

There were no City bookings as such, just the two sendings off – Lee Boylan and Bryan Glover (-5 each)

Substitutions were as follows:

45th minute Bryan Glover came on for Jason Rose
46th minute Jason Hallett came on for Jay Conroy
75th minute Dwain Clarke came on for Spencer Knight

The goal was scored by Lee Boylan (+5) with Bryan Glover (+3) assisting.

Please note that the highest scoring City players after 14 fantasy games are Kezie Ibe with 89 points, Ricky Holmes with 75, Jeff Minton with 60, Jason Hallett with 50, Lee Boylan and Ben Chenery with 31, Ashley Harrison with 30 and Fiston Manuella with 29.

Here's the latest Table:

Teams who have played their Jokers are denoted by "(J)" after their names.
Figures in brackets are positions last time.

Team Selection

The downloadable Word document HERE lists all current Chelmsford City players with a value shown against each player’s name. Choose a team of five players made up of one defender, one midfielder, one forward and two other players from any of the three categories. Your side must consist of five players. You must pick at least one defender, one midfielder and one forward and then two further players from any of the three categories. The total value of your side must not exceed £50k.

Points Scoring

Points will be awarded/deducted as follows:
 

Defenders & Goalkeeper
Each Goal Conceded (-1)

Clean Sheet  - Full Match (+4)
Clean Sheet - Part Match (+2)

Penalty Save (Keeper Only) (+5)

All Players
Appearance - Full Match (+2)
Appearance - Part Match (+1)
Goal Scored (+5)
Key Contribution to a Goal (+3)
Man of the Match (+3)    
Own Goal (-3)
Sent Off (-5)
Booked (-2)

Scoring Notes

A C.C.F.C. Official (one who has not entered a team in the Fantasy League!) will decide any debatable key contributions to a goal. The Man of the Match Award will be decided by a member of the C.C.F.C. management team. Any points errors spotted by entrants will be amended in the following week’s update. No debate will be entered into upon the merits of the Man of the Match Award or key contributions. The judges' decisions are final!

Player Values (in '000s)

Defenders:
8          Richard McKinney (Goalkeeper)
2          Ashley Harrison (Goalkeeper)
10        Jay Conroy
10        Chris Duffy
10        Ben Chenery
8          Steve Ward
6          Stuart Ainsley
3          Bryan Glover
3          Liam Hopkins
1          Ben Cross (Under 18s)
1          Dan Mlinar (Under 18s)                            

Midfielders:
18        Mario Noto
16        Jeff Minton
12        Fiston Manuella
8          Dwain Clarke
8          Spencer Knight
4          Gavin Heeroo
3          Mitchell Lowes
1          Matt Hall (Under 18s)                  

Strikers:
15        Kezie Ibe
15        Ricky Holmes
15        Jason Hallett
15        Lee Boylan
2          Ashley Cole (Under 18s)

Updates

Regularly updated Fantasy League Tables will be published in the programme, sent to you attached to an E-Mail and featured on the official Chelmsford City Website.

Entry Fee

The Entry Fee is £20 per team and ALL proceeds will be donated to Chelmsford City club funds. Cheques should be made payable to “Chelmsford City F.C.”. Cash should only be used when handed over in person, never through the post.

Prizes

The winner of the competition will receive the engraved trophy at the end of the season to hold for a year, together with a smaller engraved trophy to retain. The bottom-placed manager will receive the highly-coveted Wooden Spoon award. Remember - it’s not the winning that’s important, it’s the taking part! For the months of January through to April there will be prizes for “The Bitterscene* Manager of the Month,” which will be won by the manager grossing the most points in that particular month.

* Bitterscene – the live music club for the indie-pendently minded! At the Bassment, Wells Street, on the last Wednesday of every month (www.bitterscene.co.uk).

Transfers

You may transfer up to a maximum of six players during the competition but the value of your team must not exceed £50k at any time and your team must include at all times at least one player from each category plus two others from any of the categories. A transfer is defined, of course, as “one player in and one player out”. For each transfer you make, you will have 8 points deducted from your current points total. You can start making transfers as soon as you like after the final whistle against A.F.C. Wimbledon on 9^th January.

Any new players signed by the club will be added to the list of players throughout the season and will be available for transfer into your team. The availability of these additional players (and their values) will be flagged by the same means as those used to send out the Fantasy League table. i.e. publication in the programme, by e-mail and on the Official website. However, no new players will be added to the original list until after the league has commenced on 9^th January. To encourage early entries, please note that you may amend your entry, once submitted, as much as you like up until 7:45pm on 9^th January. This will mean that you can still make amendments to your team to allow, for example, for any long-term injuries suffered or for players leaving the club between your entry being submitted and the competition start-date of 9^th January.

Your transfers will become effective from the match immediately following the time that you communicate the details of your transfers. To make a transfer, you will need to contact Peter Foster (contact details below).

Fantasy Joker

As per last season, entrants will be able to utilise the Fantasy Joker option. We are all very familiar, I’m sure, with the concept of the “Joker Card” in quizzes and competitions. In pub quizzes, for example, they may have 10 “rounds” of questions, each with differing topics. Teams have a “Joker” which is essentially an option they are given which they can exercise for any one round they wish (i.e. to “play their joker”) and any points scored count double.

Each of the entrants in the league will be able to nominate one Ryman League match when the points scored for their team will count double. This only applies to league games, i.e. the Fantasy Joker option cannot be used for any Play-Off matches that the club may be involved in. This is a “free” option, i.e. unlike transfers, you will not be deducted any points for “exercising your joker”. Please note that, whereas in the past you may have had to give at least a week’s notice of your intention to “play your joker”, for this season you may nominate your joker game at any time before the match starts, right up until kick-off. Please note that, although the Fantasy Joker is a “free” option, it is also a compulsory one. Therefore, if you have not nominated a game in which to play your joker before the last game of the season, that last game (versus Harrow Borough on 28^th April) will, by default, be the game in which you will deemed to be playing your Fantasy Joker.

The arrangements for communicating the details of your intention to “play your joker” are the same as that for transfers, i.e. you will need to contact Peter Foster (contact details below) 

How To Enter

The downloadable Word document HERE should be completed in accordance with the instructions in this document. Then, either:

(a) hand in your completed entry form and entry fee to the club shop on a match-day or to Gary Mixture or Peter Foster at any game up to and including the A.F.C. Wimbledon match on 9^th January (if at the A.F.C. Wimbledon game, your form must be received prior to kick-off);

(b) post your entry form and cheque (made payable to “Chelmsford City FC” - no cash to be posted, please) to the club at Chelmsford City F.C., Chelmsford Sport & Athletics Centre, Salerno Way, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2EH. You must post it to arrive no later than 9^th January;

(c) E-mail your entry form to Rachel Kirby at the club HERE. Your Entry Fee can then follow by using either method (a) or (b) above. We will have a sympathetic ear for anyone who pleads poverty and needs to wait until the end of January to get their payment to us. However, your actual Entry Form must still be with us by 7:45pm on 9^th January.

N.B. Please ensure that all entries are marked “Fantasy Football Competition”, regardless of which of the options above you choose to submit your entry.

Peter Foster’s Contact Details for Transfers, Fantasy Joker & General Queries

E-Mail address: peterdavid.foster@virgin.net

Phone (Work): (020) 7089 8380

Phone (Mobile): (07969) 577560

If your attempts to reach Peter by phone are unanswered, please leave a message - your transfers and/or Fantasy Joker will still be effective if your message is left before kick-off time for the next match, and your general queries will be answered as soon as possible.

You may also confirm any transfers or the playing or your Fantasy Joker by simply informing Peter first-hand at any match, either verbally or in writing (of course, if your transfer or Fantasy Joker is to be implemented for the match at which you see Peter, you still need to give him the details before kick-off for them to be effective for that match).

Let the competition begin!

Previous Winners

2001/02 - Steve Cawley
2002/03 - Jonathan Bygrave
2003/04 - Simon Brewster
2004/05 - Les Willsher
2005/06 - Les Willsher

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