The Banterbury Cup is the Banterbury League version of the FA Cup, where the league table is thrown out of the window and the minnows in the lower leagues can pit their fantasy football expertise and attempt to cause an upset against those teams in the top leagues.
All 80 teams enter the Cup at the start of the season and ties are played every 5 game-weeks on a knockout basis until GW35 when the remaining two teams compete in the final to see who will be crowned Banterbury Cup Winner 2013/14.
The Banterbury Shield is our version of the Champions League, where the top 4 teams from the top 4 divisions on Christmas Day are drawn into 4 groups and play off for the chance to progress to the quarter final stages. They will take place over 2 legs in GW31 and 32, then the semi-finals are in GW34 and 36. Who will be crowned the ultimate Banterbury Head to Head Shield winner come GW38?
Qualification Leagues
From next season the hope is to run 4 H2H qualification leagues consisting of 20 players in each with the winners from each league earning an invite into the main league. There will also be an opportunity to qualify for the Banterbury Cup, so everyone who registers will get a chance to play some of us so called experts in a one off tie and the chance to become a fantasy football legend. Details will follow later in the season, but to register your interest please e-mail  – banterburyleagues@gmail.com
All things ‘Banterbury’ are run by the league administator Bench and he will post updates below on upcoming fixtures for both the cups and the shield and anything relevant to the Banterbury leagues.
Whilst we usually encourage comments we would ask that this section be kept free of general chat so that Bench can post his updates.
Banterbury Roll of Honour 2013/14
Banterbury CL Shield Winner – Gallowgators – Gallow
Banterbury CL Shield Runner up – Cookie’s Monsters – Steve Cook
Banterbury FA Cup Winner – Horse FC – Harry Vernon
Banterbury FA Cup Runner up – Bocadillo Allstars – Paul Lewis
Banterbury Premier Winner – Cookie’s Monsters – Steve Cook
Banterbury Premier Runner up – Pork n Cheese United – Miguel Lopes
Banterbury Championship Winner – Shylass @ the finish – Nigel Rowe
Banterbury Championship Runner up – Buzzilona – Geordie Bees
Banterbury League 1 Winner – CFC (Awesome) – Special One
Banterbury League 1 Runner up – FC Eire Lilium – Craig Aubrey
Banterbury League 2 Winner – ChorleyRocks – Paul Morgan
Banterbury League 2 Runner up – Busby Babes – Paul Davis
Banterbury Classic Qualification League Winner -The Cape Bulls -karim Zindani
Banterbury H2H Qualification League Winner – Mystic Devils – Salman Masood
UFPL Banterbury Winner – Inittowinit – Adam Alcock
UFPL Banterbury Runner up – Owls Rule (Ultimate) – Alex Ball
Congratulations to Gallow in winning the Shield – fantastic achievement and thoroughly deserved, shocker of a last day for me, but that’s life!
Well played sir! :hippo:
Cookie, I’m applying the finishing touch to my piece, you’ll have it today mate, sorry it’s taken so long.
No worries bud, cheers
Tekno are you just highlighting the main players from each team in your group then? Without seeing proper squads and prices it’s just an initial guide and then there will be a more detailed one later on? Cheers.
Nah mate, this is for something else, not the World Cup.
Calvin I’m not sure what Kop sent you mate? I did an outline example of the article for people to follow on my original e-mail but you were a late edition so not sure if you saw that one?
That’s what I sent Calvin
He did send an outline mate yeah, just when I saw Tekno mention about sending it off later today I was worried as I thought I had a bit longer, that’s all. I’ll get it finished this coming week.
Ok mate thought you had, thanks.
Calvin we are looking to start publishing them probably next weekend and one a day in order of groups so no sweat on it mate. Send me or Kop a draft whenever you are done and we can advise from there.
Will do mate, thank you both.
Lost my ML just because I somehow managed to leave Ramsey on my bench !!!
#whatanidiot :noshake:
Indeed, congrats Gallow, that’s a cracking achievement.
Congratulations Gallow. Fantastic season for both of you regardless of the result. Fantastic season season Cookie, well done mate we are all very proud of you.
Cheers lads
Couldn’t have wished for a better last day and it was an honour to be in this final.
I felt a but more pressure to do well in this after losing to Horse in the cup semi final.
I’ve had a cracking day, won the Shield and also won promotion to the Premier league after a nervy last few mins and finishing level with my opponent before bonus which swung it right my way thanks to good bonus
One last thing to achieve and I won’t know until update
Can I crack top 1k? It’s gonna be really close
Wish they would do auto subs and just update, it’s my season top target to finish in 3 digits.
Congratulations to Cookie for not only reaching this final but also for a phenomenal season
Well done mate, you should be proud of yourself.
Well done Gallow.
Cracking result today. Hell of an achievement to win the shield.
Unlucky Cookie. Fantastic season.
Have you won the premier league?
Evening all, i would just like to thank all the footy mad people on this site, especially init, kop, cookie + mito for all your articles + help throughout the season. In one money league i finished 1st, £130, in another my mrs finished 1st, £200 + i was 2nd, £100, so a good day all round. As for my mrs what do i know about footy, played at a high level, supported the pool all my life, season tkt 38 years + she beats me, ah well never mind. Don’t know the scores but well done gallow on your promotion, you must have just pipped me, + congrats on your shield win, unlucky cookster, but still a great effort by you to reach the final. Anyway thanks once again to everybody involved with FF247, roll on next season. :dance:
Some nice winnings there ell!
Cheers calvin, £430 is not to be sniffed at, mrs is off to have her hair done tomorrow, so i won’t see much of it. :big-lol:
Great stuff elle, well done. I’ll text you my address so you can forward me my cut of it 😉
Chicken, yer getting a mug and thats it. :big-lol:
I already got one of those for a doubles partner :big-lol:
+1 :stupid:
Cheers Elle, well done on a successful season mate. Rumour has it you’ve offered to pay Init’s phone bill?!?!
Cookie, no chance, i don’t even pay my phone bill.
Insert your own scouse joke here……
Posted this last night, don’t think anyone got it so here goes :-
In World Cup history, who is the oldest player to captain a team during a finals tournament ? :thumbup:
Would it be Cameroons Roger Miller
Evening horse, no, pokeydave gave that last night.
Van der Saar?
Calvin, nope.
The Spider, Dino Zoff.
Hello NIN.
Good to see you back on here.
Hope you are well
Evening nin, nope.
Evening Elle, I’ll take a punt on Pat Jennings although I’m not sure if he ever captained NI!
Evening kop, nope, but you are all on the right wavelength, it was a keeper.
Chilavert?
Calvin, nope.
Shilton?
Gordon Banks?
Kops, correct mate. :thumbup:
IMPORTANT BANTERBURY LEAGUES NEWS
E-MAIL are already to be sent for Season lll, just waiting for FPL to open !
Please join ASAP when you receive your invitation, as there will be a deadline
If managers fail to take up there invitation, where you finished last season could see you jump a league
i,e if anyone drops out of Premier then elleffcee 4th championship will take there place, if 2 mangers dropout the team that finished in the last relegation place will keep there status, 3 dropout 3rd place would go to 5th championship 4 out 19th prem keep statues, and so on throw all the leagues
So please lookout for that e-mail once FPL is open
Cheers
Bench
Great stuff Bench. I cant wait for the leagues to start! It’ll be a tough auld slog.
Excellent going Bench,
So i need 6 dropouts from the premiership, hope that deadline only gives them 45 mins to sign up, and that you send all the emails at 3am
:hippo:
mate its not looking good for you buddy , but Queens Park Mutleys will bounce back i hope
last shout of for these managers to check their e-mail and confirm your Banterbury Leagues Membership
Premier :
Championship : Buzzbomb, Deano
League 1 : mad hatter
League 2 Burnsey, marcus jarman, & brian o seanchain
The rest of you thanks ever so much for confirming & please lookout for e-mail with your league ,as soon as FPL opens
Ps Alan/Alsed yes i got you in all comps please don’t worry , just lookout for you league code e-mail
Cheers all
my mistake – brian o seanchain can you confirm you wish to take a place in qualification leagues , as you where relegated from league 2
Bench I didn’t get an e-mail
Init never sent your one , in my best peggy mitchell voice get out my leagues ! ok not funny as i have you on wots app , no need for e mail
Bench I never got one either. I did confirm for the qualification league a month or two ago though, is that what you are talking about?
Yes mate , your tick off in my little black book , be scared very scared lol, so now just wait for fpl to open so i can send out league codes
mate you still may bag a League 2 place , with your 5th place finish in classic league , no guarantees tho
Bench I suspect you will be reserving a spot in the top league for me this year? Competing against all those 2nd division amateurs had me down. A man of my class should be in the top tier, let the QPR, Burnley, Leeds of the world fight it out in the pits, let the City type manager in the top tier. I will be a great, extravagant, exotic and frankly good looking signing for the top tier. #makeithappen 😉
How does someone from qualification league III get into h2h??
if you go to page 1 all the info is there my friend