This is the sixteenth time that we've been round the block to come up with a fantasy football competition for your enjoyment. Sixteen times I say. Sixteen! That shows some dedication from your management team, both past and present.

This season is a short and sharp competition centred on the World Cup. Each round will be represented by a separate thread or threads with up to 5 matches each. (See timetable below for details). And prizes will be awarded at the end of the competition

If you're not sure of the rules; or if you're totally new here, and hence don't know the rules. Then scroll on down the page, and all will be revealed.

Probable Timetable:

The continual churn of match after match in the World Cup set up means that I've got to be pretty sharpish in setting up the threads for each stage. Due to forthcoming work commitments (I'm starting a longer term contract soonish) and family commitments (My mother is spending a month in the UK starting from early June ) I cannot guarantee to mark all threads and update the table at each stage. However I will commit to getting the threads up and running on the following timetable.

• First round, game one - completed
• First round, game two - completed
• First round, game three - completed
• Second round, game one - completed
• Second round, game two - completed
• Quarter-final - completed
• Semi-final - completed
• Final & 3rd/4th place - completed

Final League Table:

Statistics:

Champion

• Ormondroyd - 59 points

Round Winners

• First Round, Game One: riotact & summerbayexile - 11 points
• First Round, Game Two: GreyDesk - 16 points
• First Round, Game Three: bubba-fretts,Ormondroyd, Psycorp & Yakusmaximus - 11 points
• Second Round, Game One: summerbayexile & me[Andy]g - 9 points
• Second Round, Game Two: summerbayexile - 11 points
• Quarter-final: Ormondroyd & Bottletop - 7 points
• Semi-final: Ormondroyd & GreyDesk - 5 points
• Final: Yakusmaximus - 7 points

Full Houses

• First Round, Game One: riotact, summerbayexile & Ormondroyd - Argentina 2-1 Ivory Coast (Crespo)
• First Round, Game Two: GreyDesk - France 1-1 South Korea (Henry)
• First Round, Game Two: riotact & Psycorp - England 2-0 Trinidad & Tobago (Crouch)
• First Round, Game Three: riotact - Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia (Shevchenko)
• Second Round, Game One: summerbayexile - Germany 2-0 Sweden (Podolski)
• Second Round, Game One: me[Andy]g - Argentina 1-1 Mexico (Marquez)
• Second Round, Game Two: Ormondroyd - Brazil 3-0 Ghana (Ronaldo)
• Second Round, Game Two: summerbayexile - Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine (--)
• Semi-final: Ormondroyd & GreyDesk - Germany 0-0 Italy (--)
• Final: Yakusmaximus - Italy 1-1 France (Zidane)

Fantasy Football Places

Previous Season Winners

Click here for the h2g2 Fantasy Football League 'Hall of Fame'

League Homepage

Click here for the official h2g2 Fantasy Football League Homepage, as included in the site categorisation system.

The Usual Rules & Regulations Gubbins

1) Structure

The League Management³ will start a new thread(s) at each stage of the World Cup competition, as detailed in the timetable above.

2) How to play

As a player you use your knowledge, skill, guile and if you've any sense what so ever the great source of information that is soccerbase to predict:

1. The match score
2. The name of a player that you think will score in the match

3) Points scoring

This is exactly the same as it has been for the last four or five seasons. But for the benefit of any new players that we've attracted, I'll repeat them once again.

• Two points for the correct result - win, lose or draw
• One bonus point for the correct score line
• One point if the selected scorer scores at any time during the game
• One bonus point if the selected scorer scores the first goal in the game

These then get totted up and tabulated in the Fantasy Football League Table above.

4) Pools Panel

For this season we see the return of the Pools Panel. This is a method of allocating scoring points to players who, for what ever reason, are not able to make a prediction for themselves.

5) What do I win?

For starters you'll recieve the respect, and in some cases envy, of your peers. But the main prize is a totally genuine and officially BBCi logoed... h2g2 mousemat ... awarded to the season winner

¹Total includes 3 points awarded by the Pools Panel Committee.²Total includes 3 points awarded by the Pools Panel Committee.³i.e. me⁴Note - all selections are final. So if you post it, you've got to stick with it!