Join in with football fans from around the world for
some online fun.
These are a collection of our favourite fantasy
football sites.
Can You Kick It:
While it's sometimes hard keeping track of all the teams I have in different fantasy
games, I tend to focus more on my favourite games; and this is one of them!
New League Next Season.
Classic Fantasy League:
It costs to enter, which puts a lot of people off. But I like it. We did the professional
version last year, with drafted auctions, but I've just gone with the Silver Package.
Fantasy Premier League:
(Free to enter)
Based on the old CYKI premise of building a squad of fifteen players within a limited
budget and watching the player values rise and fall, depending on the points scoring of
previous weeks and the trading inclinations of other fantasy managers.
New League Next Season.
Weekend
Football: (Free to enter: 1st Prize £5,000)
This is a tipping game where you are given an imaginary £10 bet to place on the outcome
of any three matches (home, away or draw) on the e-coupon that weekend. Your winnings go
into an imaginary bank and there's some very nice cash prizes up for grabs for managers
with highest bank each month as well as a £5,000 prize to the winner at the end of the
season. Open to non-UK residents as well.
When you register for the tipping, be sure to give your real name (as
this is who the cheques are made out to) and choose the 1800-WorldCup.com League from the
drop-down list.
Euro 2008 Fantasy:
2008 European Championship Finals fantasy game on UEFA.
The code to join our league is: 61245-11439
UEFA Champions League:
Same format as the Fantasy Premier League game and a great way to keep on top of the best
in European Football.
New League Next Season.
UEFA Cup Fantasy:
Another great fantasy football game organised by UEFA, for die hard fans of European
Footballl.
New League Next Season.
Championship Manager:
Developed by Beautiful Game Studios.
Football
Manager:
The original series is credited as being the first ever computer game to use the concept
of managing a football team.
FreeKick: My
Favourite.
Online multiplayer-management-game where you, as team manager, take over a newly founded
football club. Lay out your best side, create a winning tactic, rebuild and refit your
lineup with transfers and by investing in your future with youngsters. Set player-specific
training and expand your arena, while climbing through the division and competing in cup
competitions.
Hattrick:
Lead a virtual football team to glory, in competition with other participants from all
over the world. You perform the duties of both club owner and manager. You buy and sell
players, invest the club's money in a bigger stadium or in the youth squad. and select a
team from the players who are in top form at the time, plan your tactics before the next
match and decide on what sort of training is needed.
Sunday League:
Football management game played across multiple servers.
Trophy
Manager:
Another interesting game of the Hattrick/FreekKick genre. Although the youngest, it
certainly looks the nicest of the three. It may seem a little more complicated than
FreeKick, as there's more 'club management' involved than just concentrating on player
development (which is not as interesting as FreeKick). There's also a 'Virtual League',
where you can compare how your team is doing compared to your friends' teams in other
divisions. Paying users (TM Pro) can also create 'friendly leagues' where they actually
play against their friends. If you want to play in a friendly league with the 1800-WorldCup.com
team, message me in-game.
Paying to Upgrade
A lot of online games try to survive by offering some 'fancy extras'
for a 'micro payment': 'VIP days' in FreeKick and 'TM Pro' in Trophy Manager, for example.
These add-ons can add to your enjoyment of the game, but the main reason to pay for an
online game is to support the developers and get rid of the annoying flashing banners.
Major Fantasy League Soccer:
The oldest fantasy soccer game based on Major League Soccer with rules more closely
replicating those of MLS; salary cap and limitations on foreign players. It also has a
transfer fee aspect that comes into play as one uses the 35 allocated transfers in a
season. Each manager can only enter ONE team in this league.
MLS
Fantasy Chalenge:
The official MLS fantasy soccer game, run by the Sporting News. Iit's primary function
seemed to be to get managers to buy extra transfers. This year they dropped that aspect of
their game and everyone gets four, use or lose transfers per week. The fantasy teams in
this game have no subs so managers have to use their weekly trades to field strong teams.
Managers start with a salary cap and players salaries rise and fall during the season, but
you can keep the gains and reinvest to field a team with a greater salary than the initial
salary cap. (Similar to the Fantasy.Premierleague.com salary adjustments.) MLSNet has a
host of mid-season and total season prizes. Managers can enter multiple teams in this
league.
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