Boards FSA Champions Cup

Right folks,

I mentioned last year that we should do a longer cup competition with a group stage and I've been thinking about it for a few days. The easiest way I figure to run it is to tie it in with the Champions League fixtures so we'll have a group stage pre Xmas, followed by knockout competition next year when the CL knockout rounds start. This way the cup will run from near the start of the season to the end.

So, if we run our fixtures on the weekend AFTER the CL fixtures, our cup gameweeks run like this:

Match Day 1 is 17 - 18 September - Gameweek 5 21 September starting
Match Day 2 is 1-2 October - Gameweek 7 5th October starting
Match Day 3 is 22-23 October - Gameweek 9 26 October starting
Match Day 4 is 5-6 November - Gameweek 11 9 November starting
Match Day 5 is 26-27 November - Gameweek 13 30 November starting
Match Day 6 is 10-11 December - Gameweek 15 14 December

You get 3 points for a win and one for a draw as per a normal football table. Groups will always be sorted in 4 teams, no matter how many entrants we have. 2 teams from each group will go through to the knockout stage next Spring. 3rd placed team goes into the FSA Europa Cup and 4th well.... just goes away!

You'll play your first fixture in GW5 and play that team again in GW12 so both teams should have changed considerably enough between fixtures to make it interesting. The same goes for your other games.

I don't know how many groups there'll be because I'll have to see what interest there is. I'd be hoping and expecting that we get at least 32 entrants so that we can run 8 groups of 4. If we even got 64 teams all I'd do is add an extra knockout phase sometime next year because we'd have 32 teams rather than 16 in the knockout stages.

Now to the rules:

1. Like the actual Champions League, teams will be seeded for the draw so everyone will need to provide their rank from last year. They will also be seeded in the first part of the second round knockout stage, just like the CL. From there on, its open draw. I think seeding based on last year alone is the fairest way to do it as some people are playing longer than others.

2. The closing date for entries will be the beginning of GW3, 31 August at 12.45. I have to cut entrants off then as, depending on the number of teams, if we end up with an odd amount there may need to be a qualifying round for some of the lower seeded teams in GW4. My hope would be to get 32 or 64 teams or a number that is nice to work with but that may not happen so we may need to cut a few before the competiton begins. I'll do my best to include everyone though.

3. If two teams are equal on points after the group stages, like the CL it goes to head to head record against each other (e.g. who won the most of their two games against each other). If both won one game against each other, then there'll be a final play off round in Gameweek 18. This will not go to aggregate scores between their two games.

4. In the second knockout round after Xmas, games will be aggregate based over two gameweeks like the real CL. We'll worry about those fixtures etc. at Xmas after we have the group stage over.

5. For future rules we need, I will try to go with general consensus and what people want but if agreement can't be reached then the mods (FutureGuy and Mr Moon) have final say, unless a decision directly involves them if they enter.

If people could please post their details in the format below if they wish to enter:

(You can get your ranking from last year by clicking on view gameweek history.
You can get your team id from the url of your team).

Boards name:
Team Name:
Team id:
12/13 Ranking:

I'll get the ball rolling:

Boards name: Lemlin
Team Name: Cavan Commandos
Team id: 7502
12/13 Ranking: 7856

I'll start collating the entrants into a spreadsheet next week to seed them and can then use a table generator to work out tables and fixtures.

Please stick to the format above when posting your entry though.

I mightn't be online much over the next 8/9 days so will answer queries when I get a chance or am back.


EDIT: Groups and Fixtures

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Group A
CSF Los Pollos Hermanos 30683 4812
Macker1 Rafa's Revenge 105665 8367
Munster Magic United20 35382 129877
Slingerz SubStandard Liege 6401 143512

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
CSF vs Munster Magic
Macker1 vs Slingerz

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
CSF vs Macker1
Munster Magic vs Slingerz

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
CSF vs Slingerz
Macker1 vs Munster Magic

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
CSF vs Munster Magic
Macker1 vs Slingerz

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
CSF vs Macker1
Munster Magic vs Slingerz

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
CSF vs Slingerz
Macker1 vs Munster Magic

Group B
Pokerking David Silva is God 53032 349
shiibata kits army 595369 23436
alchemist33 Colemanballs 37229 41745
jimw1988 alwayscomesinsecond 524427 163593

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
Pokerking vs alchemist33
shiibata vs jimw1988

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
Pokerking vs shiibata
alchemist33 vs jimw1988

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
Pokerking vs jimw1988
shiibata vs alchemist33

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
Pokerking vs alchemist33
shiibata vs jimw1988

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
Pokerking vs shiibata
alchemist33 vs jimw1988

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
Pokerking vs jimw1988
shiibata vs alchemist33


Group C
Lucas Hood Real SoSoBad 12296 1239
Skippy44 Spartak Bosco 95917 36334
bo-sco Bosco Borisov 278953 85744
Swiper the fox Evil Gus Parker's XI 663541 431825

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
Lucas Hood vs bo-sco
Skippy44 vs Swiper the fox

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
Lucas Hood vs Skippy44
bo-sco vs Swiper the fox

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
Lucas Hood vs Swiper the fox
Skippy44 vs bo-sco

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
Lucas Hood vs bo-sco
Skippy44 vs Swiper the fox

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
Lucas Hood vs Skippy44
bo-sco vs Swiper the fox

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
Lucas Hood vs Swiper the fox
Skippy44 vs bo-sco

Group D
Futureguy spherebuilders 3112 1960
tom_k A round Bale 294373 24744
Hogey007 DeGood DeBad & DeGea 40492 67,578
Boots234 Journeymen 17119 157605

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
Futureguy vs Hogey007
tom_k vs Boots234

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
Futureguy vs tom_k
Hogey007 vs Boots234

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
Futureguy vs Boots234
tom_k vs Hogey007

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
Futureguy vs Hogey007
tom_k vs Boots234

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
Futureguy vs tom_k
Hogey007 vs Boots234

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
Futureguy vs Boots234
tom_k vs Hogey007

Group E
narfsnonsense Narfs Nonsense 84223 3820
cup of tea dec the wreck fc 132120 14829
kennyb3 Solider Field 317941 49567
Tony1980 Whatrutryintoachieve 144183 383173

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
narfsnonsense vs kennyb3
cup of tea vs Tony1980

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
narfsnonsense vs cup of tea
kennyb3 vs Tony1980

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
narfsnonsense vs Tony1980
cup of tea vs kennyb3

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
narfsnonsense vs kennyb3
cup of tea vs Tony1980

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
narfsnonsense vs cup of tea
kennyb3 vs Tony1980

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
narfsnonsense vs Tony1980
cup of tea vs kennyb3

Group F
Iused2likebusts Brenton rodgers 21547 5534
OctavarIan The Len Lensons 1054751 8634
prettyboy81 TRXGalacticos 92233 40516
Fatrat Hats United 76189 171,919

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
Iused2likebusts vs prettyboy81
OctavarIan vs Fatrat

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
Iused2likebusts vs OctavarIan
prettyboy81 vs Fatrat

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
Iused2likebusts vs Fatrat
OctavarIan vs prettyboy81

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
Iused2likebusts vs prettyboy81
OctavarIan vs Fatrat

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
Iused2likebusts vs OctavarIan
prettyboy81 vs Fatrat

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
Iused2likebusts vs Fatrat
OctavarIan vs prettyboy81

Group G
Jimmy Iovine Team of Rivals 10280 5700
Invincible Kilglass Kickers XI 46635 36026
F1ngers F1ngered 23060 88835
Sanity_Saviour OXO Stoke Cube 2167332 397671

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
Jimmy Iovine vs F1ngers
Invincible vs Sanity_Saviour

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
Jimmy Iovine vs Invincible
F1ngers vs Sanity_Saviour

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
Jimmy Iovine vs Sanity_Saviour
Invincible vs F1ngers

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
Jimmy Iovine vs F1ngers
Invincible vs Sanity_Saviour

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
Jimmy Iovine vs Invincible
F1ngers vs Sanity_Saviour

Fixture 6 Gameweek 15
Jimmy Iovine vs Sanity_Saviour
Invincible vs F1ngers

Group H
Benimar Bunch of Goons 3065 1675
Who_8_Paul? The Walter Whites 74989 12818
Sooner Or Later Gwan Da Deise 33993 42,210
Mint Sauce Dynamo Bumbles '09 192890 645672

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
Benimar vs Sooner Or Later
Who_8_Paul? vs Mint Sauce

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
Benimar vs Who_8_Paul?
Sooner Or Later vs Mint Sauce

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
Benimar vs Mint Sauce
Who_8_Paul? vs Sooner Or Later

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
Benimar vs Sooner Or Later
Who_8_Paul? vs Mint Sauce

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
Benimar vs Who_8_Paul?
Sooner Or Later vs Mint Sauce

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
Benimar vs Mint Sauce
Who_8_Paul? vs Sooner Or Later

Group I
The Neon Knight Whattawastamoney 52610 5942
Captain Bob Amkar Championov 517938 13165
ScienceNerd The Big Lewandowski 2319 47000
blockedPaT Scouting for Goals 18546 196894

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
The Neon Knight vs ScienceNerd
Captain Bob vs blockedPaT

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
The Neon Knight vs Captain Bob
ScienceNerd vs blockedPaT

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
The Neon Knight vs blockedPaT
Captain Bob vs ScienceNerd

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
The Neon Knight vs ScienceNerd
Captain Bob vs blockedPaT

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
The Neon Knight vs Captain Bob
ScienceNerd vs blockedPaT

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
The Neon Knight vs blockedPaT
Captain Bob vs ScienceNerd

Group J
Mr.Nice Guy Boots to Passes 98250 307
swoody Ooooooh UnBaleevable 23870 20,961
richieffff NKisBK 105787 86359
Copper_pipe Chic's XI 62475 297976

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
Mr.Nice Guy vs richieffff
swoody vs Copper_pipe

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
Mr.Nice Guy vs swoody
richieffff vs Copper_pipe

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
Mr.Nice Guy vs Copper_pipe
swoody vs richieffff

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
Mr.Nice Guy vs richieffff
swoody vs Copper_pipe

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
Mr.Nice Guy vs swoody
richieffff vs Copper_pipe

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
Mr.Nice Guy vs Copper_pipe
swoody vs richieffff

Group K
itsnotmyfault Bite Me 346019 760
Lemlin Cavan Commandos 232123 7856
Ghosttown Nanny Plums 124907 120878
greensausage greensausages 14187 207702

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
itsnotmyfault vs Ghosttown
Lemlin vs greensausage

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
itsnotmyfault vs Lemlin
Ghosttown vs greensausage

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
itsnotmyfault vs greensausage
Lemlin vs Ghosttown

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
itsnotmyfault vs Ghosttown
Lemlin vs greensausage

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
itsnotmyfault vs Lemlin
Ghosttown vs greensausage

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
itsnotmyfault vs greensausage
Lemlin vs Ghosttown

Group L
jebforever Any Team Will Do 46262 6292
kevinroche3333 Neverdrinkingagain 46618 12688
stiffler123 Norfolk-in-Chance 22587 131678
bluemachaveli Better Call Saul 48370 1307143

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
jebforever vs stiffler123
kevinroche3333 vs bluemachaveli

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
jebforever vs kevinroche3333
stiffler123 vs bluemachaveli

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
jebforever vs bluemachaveli
stiffler123 vs kevinroche3333

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
jebforever vs stiffler123
kevinroche3333 vs bluemachaveli

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
jebforever vs kevinroche3333
stiffler123 vs bluemachaveli

Fixture 6 Gameweek 15
jebforever vs bluemachaveli
stiffler123 vs kevinroche3333

Group M
iMuse Hamsterdam FC 34735 205
qwabercd fd 100221 8,164
dahat Insertwittynamehere 24099 64278
dasa29 Lcam-01xb Dominion 1382367 488442

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
iMuse vs dahat
qwabercd vs dasa29

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
iMuse vs qwabercd
dahat vs dasa29

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
iMuse vs dasa29
qwabercd vs dahat

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
iMuse vs dahat
qwabercd vs dasa29

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
iMuse vs qwabercd
dahat vs dasa29

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
iMuse vs dasa29
qwabercd vs dahat

Group N
the_dazzler leitrimgaels 41819 7574
YeatsCounty Buzz Aldrin FC 25419 22194
Mr.Prodston MadForMickeyTurner 47478 58853
Hobbit of The Shire Scent for Goals 228182 143582

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
the_dazzler vs Mr.Prodston
YeatsCounty vs Hobbit of The Shire

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
the_dazzler vs YeatsCounty
Mr.Prodston vs Hobbit of The Shire

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
the_dazzler vs Hobbit of The Shire
YeatsCounty vs Mr.Prodston

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
the_dazzler vs Mr.Prodston
YeatsCounty vs Hobbit of The Shire

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
the_dazzler vs YeatsCounty
Mr.Prodston vs Hobbit of The Shire

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
the_dazzler vs Hobbit of The Shire
YeatsCounty vs Mr.Prodston

Group O
KeVIRL My Little Bony 3018 6584
Local_Chap The Gooners 182310 29789
unkymo Club 121 4020 42431
$hifty Lokomotiv Bosco 365535 1,320,869

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
KeVIRL vs unkymo
Local_Chap vs $hifty

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
KeVIRL vs Local_Chap
unkymo vs $hifty

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
KeVIRL vs $hifty
Local_Chap vs unkymo

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
KeVIRL vs unkymo
Local_Chap vs $hifty

Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
KeVIRL vs Local_Chap
unkymo vs $hifty

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
KeVIRL vs $hifty
Local_Chap vs unkymo

Group P
Weetabix The Craggy Islanders 34586 578
Hackers Hackers 7866 14397
Remoteboy Remote's Boys 252337 85544
IanOBo FC Hooter 1114731 308695

Fixture 1 Gameweek 5
Weetabix vs Remoteboy
Hackers vs IanOBo

Fixture 2 Gameweek 7
Weetabix vs Hackers
Remoteboy vs IanOBo

Fixture 3 Gameweek 9
Weetabix vs IanOBo
Hackers vs Remoteboy

Fixture 4 Gameweek 11
Weetabix vs Remoteboy
Hackers vs IanOBo
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Fixture 5 Gameweek 13
Weetabix vs Hackers
Remoteboy vs IanOBo

Fixture 16 Gameweek 15
Weetabix vs IanOBo
Hackers vs Remoteboy