Fantasy Soccer

A cut-price favourite in his debut season for Swansea, Ben Davies established himself as a first-team regular after an unfortunate injury to Neil Taylor in the third game of 2012/13. The latter sustained a serious ankle break in the early stages of a 2-2 home draw with Sunderland and was stretchered off the pitch, allowing [...]

Sam Allardyce started his summer spending earlier this week with the acquisition of Razvan Rat from Ukranian champions Shakhtar Donetsk on a free transfer. The Romanian left-back arrives on a one-year deal, with West Ham having the option to extend the 31-year-old’s contract to two or three years.. The Hammers boss was understandably thrilled with [...]

He’d arrived at White Hart Lane with a real reputation as a goalscoring defender but Jan Vertonghen took some time to find his feet in the Premier League. Costing Tottenham in excess of £10m, the Belgian had racked up 21 goals and eight assists in the previous four seasons at Dutch outfit Ajax and was [...]

Our final league round-up of the 2012/13 season focuses on the Champions League competitions. As Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund prepare to do battle at Wembley tomorrow evening, we take one last look at the goings-on in both Uefa’s official game and TotelFootball. The deadline for the former game is 7.30pm tomorrow evening, with Fantasy [...]

A knee injury to Micah Richards afforded Pablo Zabaleta the chance to stake a claim as a regular in many Fantasy squads last time out. With the former rested at the start of the season due to his exertions at the summer Olympics, Zabaleta was installed as City’s number one right-back from the outset as [...]

With the 2012/13 Premier League season now behind us, it’s time to look back at those in the Fantasy Football Scout community who have excelled in our leagues and cups across the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) and Sky Sports Games. We’ll also showcase those who have triumphed in some of this season’s community managed tournaments. [...]

Having ran the rule over Hull City yesterday, our series of articles focussing on the promoted clubs turns to the Championship winners, Cardiff. Malky Mackay’s side recovered from the disappointment of losing to West Ham in the previous season’s play-off final to finish a comfortable eight points clear of their nearest challengers and make their [...]

Norwich signalled their ambitions for the upcoming campaign back in March with the announcement that Ricky Van Wolfswinkel is to join the Carrow Road club for a fee in the region of £8.5m. The 24-year-old Dutchman arrives on a four-year-deal and will bolster a side that scored just 41 goals last season, the third lowest [...]

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 [...]