The Banterbury H2H Leagues are now in their second season and were originally formed to give a few of us seasoned FF managers a real challenge, and what started of as one H2H league soon turned into 4 leagues, due to its popularity
Based on the English league format we now have a Premier League, Championship, League 1, & League 2 with promotion & relegation (3 up, 3 down) with a knockout Cup run every 5 gameweeks. I also added a new competition this year “The Banterbury Shield” (where the top 4 teams in each league at Christmas qualify for a 2nd half of the season Champions League type format).
At the start of this season I had so many managers wanting to enter the leagues that we had to open a Qualification League with the top 3 teams at the end of the season earning a invite into the H2H Leagues for the next season.
Premier
It was a nightmare game-week for the top 4, as they all suffered defeat. Bottom of the table Killer Instincts pulled off the biggest shock by beating pace-setters Cookie’s Monsters 89-77, while defeats for Reubens Rioters, Where’s The Dosh? & Bocadillo Allstars have seen them all slip a couple of places to 4th, 5th& 6th. New boys to the Premier, Arsene’s Boys, move up to 2nd and reigning Champions, Park Bench Exports, now sit 3rd and both have joined Cookie Monsters at the top, albeit with a much inferior goal difference. Eddy Hitler XI lose a tight game to Buzz’s Bomb Squad 55-54 but stay 7th and wins for Gasco’s athletic, Horse FC, I LOVES THE CAKE & Pork n Cheese United keep them all in the hunt for a Shield place come Christmas, At the bottom two of the leagues big guns are now in the drop zone – THE MUTTS NUTS hit the bottom as they lose again, their 10th defeat in 12 outings, but the bigger shock is to see last season 3rd place Kop Warriors fall into the relegation spots zone. Wins for Kojak’s Fireball & Buzz’s Bomb Squad see them move 4 points clear of the bottom 5, who if they are not careful could become involved in their own mini league for survival
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/843/standings/
Championship
The top spot in this League seems to change hands every week, This week elleffcee has the honour, with WhoIsRonaldo dropping to 4th after a 69-66 defeat to FC Tom Tomsk. James 101 falls out of a Shield place to 5th losing 85-69 to Buzzilona, Gallowgators move up to 2nd, while Real Morbid climbs three places to 3rd after winning the derby in the Kirk household and leaving his dads team, Pathético Morbid, rock bottom. A win for Son of a Pitch sees them take 7th spot & will now see him eyeing a Shield place. Down at the bottom, The Gallant Pioneers lose again and drop back into trouble, Red Magic win but stay in the bottom 3, Mito’s Mercenaries lose 82-56 to Balotellibubbies, meaning they swap places and twitter maestro Mito is now sitting just one place above the drop,
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9338/standings/
League 1
Well what can we say about the Powerful Potty FC? Still breaking every Banterbury league record in the book with 11 wins & a draw from his 12 games, they are now just one win from almost certainly being the first team guaranteed a spot in the Banterbury Shield in the New Year. We love Manchester remain in 2nd and in pursuit of Potty, while Monty (CazDaz) & CFC (Awesome) swap places in 3rd & 4th. Bodene’s Army win again to stay 5th, wins also for Bradbury Park Avenue & DavesRedDevils see them move up to 6th & 7th. Elsewhere wins for Fergie’s Henchmen, Nosgoth, Slumdog Mignolet & Sporting Abeergut move them away from the danger zone. The five teams at the bottom all lost so there is no change, with poor Nifty’s Hotshots in 19th losing 9 in a row & The Special One remain in perilous position having lost 10 out of their last 11.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9479/standings/
League 2
Norfulk-in-chance made up for last week’s defeat to win this game-week and still holds top position, while WhiteBoysDay lost to Wavey Squad & drop from 2nd to 5th with Wavey taking his place in 2nd. E For Idiot & CR win and they make up the top 4. Elsewhere, wins for Manlet FC & Denbow’s Degenerates move them to 6th & 7th. At the bottom, Prata manages to get off the foot for the first time this season and replacing him are destroyers, though all the bottom 5 are on 12 points so a few victories will see any of them climb into safety and away from relegation and the horror of losing their Banterbury Leagues status.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9698/standings/
To celebrate The Banterbury Football Leagues moving to its new home . we are delighted to offer all that have signed up to fantasyfootball247 a chance to earn a invite into the main Banterbury leagues. A Qualification H2H league has been set up and will start from GW13 , the winner of this league will earn a invite to the main Banterbury league/cup/shield next season – to book your place please send an email to: banterburyleagues@gmail.com with your FF247 name and FPL team name.
If you are not yet part of the leagues and would like to register your interest for next season, please email me at: banterburyleagues@gmail.com
This article was written by Bench.
Here’s my preview for my Banterbury qualifying league match!
Black and Yellow FC are currently flying high under their new manager, but their credentials will be severely tested over the Christmas period, as their form traditionally takes a dive at this point. However, having played some scintillating football at times this season, fans will be confident the side can overcome their usual Christmas time slump, even though the period starts with a daunting clash against current ’6 to 38 its a fact’ champions, Powerful Robbie FC. Team captain, Sergio Aguero, is confident Black and Yellow FC can keep up their form. “I have complete confidence that we will deal well with this period, the players will be up for it.” Was what he had to say in a recent press conference. The match Black and Yellow FC vs Powerful Robbie FC is scheduled to kick off at 3 pm, at the legendary stadium fantasy.premierleague.com, with a capacity of over 3 million.
Up against Mystic Devils this GW
Both teams fielding identical line ups in the midfield and forward lines with one differential:
Yaya vs Sessegnon
Same captain choices! This one is going to come down to the boys at the back and bonus points
Need a win here as up against Pheonix FC mid week
Time for a :beer:
Everton play against Man U and Arsenal in the next 2 games… Both away!
Well,Well,Well…
I knew this would not be easy.
After 45 minutes of action Pottys current h2h stands…
The Special One = 30pts (migs, terry,yaha,hazard,suarez and townsend due off his bench all to play)
Versus….
Powerful Potty Fc = 25pts (yaha,lallana,gerrard,suarez and aguero my captain all to play).
Now I am a realist and the only way out of this mess for me is this…
Chelsea and Liverpool both to concede and then I have half a chance.
For the 1st time this season my tie is out of my hands and relying on other scenarios.
Will be feeding my men pasta in the morning and this extra high protein meal should help.
Potty
That’s a tight squeeze..
At halftime Inter Ma’nan is beating Mystic Devils 43 – 39 in the Banterbury qualification league.
All to play for today so let’s see what the games produce.
Good luck everyone.
Congratulations Mystic Devils 59 vs 57
It all came Down to Man City vs Swansea
Cheers Rip, respect for posting your update , my game was all over in the 57 minute or so i thought my keeper boruc had got off without making the magic 60 mins mark and then yaya assist for my rival 1but a goal from everyone best mate (not) terry and a Zab assist with their BPS mean i fecking fluked a win again lol
A win is a win
Congratulations…
The Special One who defeated me this weekend.
Top effort indeed and well played.
A warning now..
Powerful Potty Fc are wounded.
And there will be a huge response so who is next?
Once again well done The Special One.
Potty
You can relax potty. I beat the number 2 we love manchster. 😉
I bet the Special One last week. Am I facing you next or what?
Thankyou Dizzy Raziel.
I see you had a chance of doing him.
Your on a roll.
Potty
Don’t thank me, thank Terry. If it wasn’t for his goal dude would’ve passed my last second with Toure assist. Think he gets 1 autosub, but that’s Pieters and he got -1.
Actually, not sure how the sub rule goes. Do you get highest scoring sub or the first on the bench? If your mid didn’t play does it get an autosub from another mid or the first person on your sublist? Sighs, guess I have to go to FPL rulebook again.
The player that is subbed on is the first player on the bench whose position still gives you a valid formation. i.e. If your defender doesn’t play and you have three at the back, your first defender gets subbed on.
Raz, first in line of your bench as long as it keeps it one of the formations that FPL allow e.g. if you played 3 at the back and a defender didn’t play it would be the first defender you had to come on even if you had a midfielder/forward in front of him.
Yeah, I get the defender rule. Dude has 3 defenders that played. Jan from United didn’t play. His first player on the bench is Pieters (Stoke). So from 3-4-3 he goes into 4-3-3 I guess. Makes sense.
Thanks.
Well done raziel. Can’t believe I most. Had 34 from 3 men last night. Suarez, aguero, Oscar and co could even score that between them
GP 2 more wins need for a shield place
Bench
It’s difficult. Keep running into good teams even on my own good weeks. High standard!
I’ll keep going.
Cup next weekend right?
nice potty see you in the shield in the new year
Only 3 people had higher scores than me – and 1 of them was playing against me in the Banterbury H2H leagues
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Talk about unlucky, eh ?
:beer: