THE RULES

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TEAM ENTRY

To win the prize money a £10 entry fee must be paid to the League's Chief Exec .... Me!!

If the Entry fee is not paid by the first transfer window in October 2003, then you will only be entitled to 2/3's of the prize money or 1/3 of the prize money if not paid by the second transfer window in January 2004.

Prize money as follows:-

Champion £40
Runners Up £25
3rd Place £15
Loser £10

STANDARD TEAMS RULES

Each team must have 11 players where the maximum of 2 are allowed from the same club. Your team must be either a 4-3-3 or a 4-4-2 formation.

A limit of £40 million must not be exceeded, but does not have to be met.

If a player is transferred to another Premiership club then his registration will still reside to the club he played for at the beginning of the season.

If a player is transferred outside of the Premiership either to the Nationwide or abroad, bad luck he will not score or lose any more points until he returns to the Premiership. This includes the loaning of players.

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TRANSFER WINDOWS

There are two transfer windows this season, the first is 11th October to the 18th October 2003 and the last is 24th January to the 31st January 2004. On each occasion you will be allowed to transfer 3 of your useless cretins, but you must not exceed the £40 million limit or have more than 2 players from the same team.

During the time of the transfer windows, a form will appear on the site for you to fill in and submit before the transfer deadline. If I receive the your transfer form after the transfer deadline has gone .... then cross my palm with silver and don't tell the others or if you are a tight Derby fan then tough luck!!

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HOW TO SCORE IN SUMMARY

Rule
Score
Awarded seven or more in SunSport's player ratings
3
Star Man in SunSport's player ratings
5
Goal Scored
5
Scoring three or more goals per game
5
Clean Sheet (keeper/defender)
5
Conceded more than one goal (keeper/defender)
-1 per goal
Booking
-1
Sent off
-3 in total
Season's top individual points scorer bonus
20

HOW TO SCORE IN FULL: 10 EASY STEPS

1. Players who appear in the official Dream Team list score points in Premiership, Champions League, UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Carling Cup matches from Saturday August 16 until the final game of the season. Qualifying rounds for the Champions League do NOT count - neither does the Intertoto Cup.

2. Three points are awarded to a player given a mark of seven or more in SunSport's individual ratings carried with match reports. A five-point bonus is awarded to our Star Man.

3. Five points are awarded for a goal scored. A player scoring three or more goals per game gets five additional bonus points. A player who has been awarded points as described above will retain those points regardless of whether a goal is attributed to another player at a later date. Any player who is subsequently awarded a goal will not receive the points.

4. A keeper or a defender who keeps a clean sheet scores five points. If they concede one goal, they score no points, two goals -1, three goals -2 and so on. Players not picked for any reason score 0 points for each game they miss.

5. Any keeper or defender who comes on as a sub scores points for a clean sheet or loses points for conceding goals as if they had played 90 minutes.

6. Any player who is booked loses a point. A player sent off loses three points in total. Any player that loses points for a booking or sending off will not have those points reinstated if the offence is rescinded on appeal.

7. The season's top individual scorer earns a 20-point bonus.

8. There will be TWO mid-season Transfer Windows. During each one you can swap up to three players providing you do not break any of the existing rules - making a total of six changes in total over the course of the game. The first window will be in October, the second in January. Details will be announced nearer the time.

9. Any player transferred from one Premiership club to another continues to score points. For the purposes of the game, he stays registered with his original club. If a player leaves the Premiership, his points are frozen until such a time that he returns.

10. The rules remain the same for games involving extra-time. A match that is 0-0 after 90 minutes must be 0-0 after extra-time for keepers and defenders to keep clean sheets. Penalty shootouts do not count. Replays are counted as separate games.

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