Fantasy Soccer

He may always be amongst the priciest defenders on offer across the Fantasy games but when it comes to consistency, there’s few, if any, backline options that can justify their hefty price quite like Leighton Baines. With set-piece and spot-kick duties in his locker, the argument for acquiring the Toffees raiding left-back has always been [...]

Back in the Premier League after a four-season hiatus, Hull City clinched automatic promotion on the final day of the season thanks to a 2-2 home draw with Championship winners Cardiff. The Tigers ended the campaign eight points behind the Welsh outfit in second spot and two points ahead of the chasing pack and, in [...]

He may have finished third in this year’s Scout Cup, but in Sunday’s inaugural Fantasy Football Shield final, Mr KK emerged triumphant. In a close final with former FFS Cup winner Fuzzy Dunlop, Mr KK won by just four points in a competition that pits the quarter finalists from our Scout and Members Cups against [...]

Fantasy Football Scout is delighted to announce that Jonty has joined the team as Community Manager from this week. Jonty has been a fantastic contributor to the site for several seasons but now joins the ranks, along with Paul, on a more permanent basis as Fantasy Football Scout continues to grow. Jonty will be dedicated [...]

After edging out Blackpool in the 2011/12 Championship play-off final, Sam Allardyce turned to a familiar face as West Ham made their way back into the top flight. With former number one Rob Green heading off to Loftus Road, Allardyce raided former club Bolton for the services of Jussi Jaaskelainen in what has proven an [...]

Our final Digest piece of the 2012/13 campaign highlights the return to form of the West Ham skipper and his former Newcastle sidekick, wonders whether the Canaries could offer us something extra in attack next time out and underlines just how crucial the current bonus system proved to be, with the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) [...]

Congratulations go to Matt Martyniak who, on a dramatic final day, claimed the Fantasy Premier League crown by just three points after the Gameweek 38 bonus points settled matters. Matt, a veteran Fantasy Premier League manager, has competed in the game since the 2006/07 season and had previously recorded an impressive finish of 707th back [...]

Ryan Giggs, Tom Jones, Terry Griffiths, the guy in the Apprentice with the eyebrows. These are the legends that Wales has brought us in recent years but, come the weekend, we might just find that Fantasy football unearths another. Tonight’s final episode of the campaign is a very special one as Jonty crashes the party with a special guest – a Welshman that most of us have been looking up to all season. We chat to the FPL title challenger in the “Full Jonty” after we discuss the perils of the final day fixtures, check in on a much improved Professor, question the transfer trading in “All Aboard” and preview Sunday’s season farewell.

This week’s ScoutCast episode reminds us that there really is life outside of Fantasy Football. Like the pursuit of the “most consecutive hours spent in one building” for instance, or perhaps the “most impressive eating feat”. Both are key events, alongside Fantasy Premier League ranking, in an annual set of “Bloke Olympics” revealed courtesy of this week’s rather different “Full Jonty”. Our friend in the community brings with an extraordinary tale of a top Fantasy manager who runs his life like an achievement list – not to be missed. Around that, we find time to pop in on an off-colour Professor, welcome Mr Moyes to Old Trafford and discuss the options presented by the Michu fallout.

With the ScoutCast survey results still resonating, we make minor tweaks to the trusted formula and still manage to clock up our longest episode yet. To be honest, with a double Gameweek looming and “Balegate” to pick through, this one could have run and run, particularly once I’d got “Significant Touch” by Phil Collins trapped in my head. There’s plenty of discussion, another cameo from the Professor and his suffering Fantasy fortunes, the weekend preview and another Full Jonty which, this week, focuses on one Fantasy managers mysterious message from the “other side”. An event that inspires Jonty to go on the hunt for superstitious Fantasy managers.