Last season this article series, which tracks the Fantasy Premier League’s most experienced managers, focused on just 34 veterans. For this season I’ve upped the group to 50 managers. Here is a run down of the managers I will be tracking to see if they can emulate this group’s successful battle last season to climb the overall rankings table and finish on a high.
Here is how the veterans are divided
– 15 from FFScout Contribution and Moderators league
– 20 of the most successful managers according to FFScout’s Hall of Fame.
– 15 open spots for experienced managers.
The FFScout Contributors and Moderators
1. Evs
2. Tom Fenley
3. Jase Wedgwood (Facer)
4. Doug Jones (Applebonkers)
5. Tim Hill (Anorak)
6. Tim Evans (Athletic Timbo)
7. Andrew Gibson (Greenwindmill)
8. Chaz Phillips (Az)
9. Luke Williams (Disable)
10. Joe Lepper (Jonty)
11. The Magician (TorresMagic)
12. Mark Sutherns (Mark)
13. Chris Atkinson (The Professor)
14. Spencer Li (Spencer)
15. Andy Goddard (Andy)
All FPL IDs can be found via the FFScout Moderators and Contributors League.
TOP HALL OF FAMERS
1. Ville Ronka
2. Marlen Rattiner
3. Peter Kouwenberg
4. Steve Poulsom
5. David Meechan
6. Utkarsh Dalmia
7. Rich Morcella
8. Ray Freeman,
9. Chris Greene
10. Matthew Jones
11. James Kettles
12. Craig Johnson
13. Vegard Moberg
14. Petter Gullestad
15. Jay Egersdorff
16. Steven Simpson
17. Russell McLeod
18. Simon Walsh
19. Bruce Savage
20. James Kennedy
The Hall of Fame can be found here.
The FFScout Community Veterans
There were only 15 spots open and everyone had a chance to participate. I receieved more than 150 applications. Thanks to all of you who wanted to be a part of these articles as a member of an elite group of 50 veterans. Unfotrunately, 90% of you didn’t make it this year, I wish to all of you a great season, and try again next year.
1. Paul Brett (Dick Fran Dyke, ID: 481) – This is his 11th season. He has three Top 1,000 finishes and seven in the Top 10,000. Last season he was 739th.
2. Ashley Spratt (petergriff, ID: 116162) – In his season history Ashley has finished in the Top 10,000 seven out of his nine campaigns. His worst finish was in 2013/14 when he finished in 27,002th place. He is won FFScout’s H2H league in 2011/12.
3. Jon Sumner (Jinswick, ID: 4001) – A regular among the top 10,000 finishers, this is his 10th season, with his 2014/15 overall rank of second his best yet.
4. Kenneth Tang (Mckanata, ID: 577124) – Kenneth has one of the best season histories I’ve ever seen. In the past 10 seasons, he has five Top 1,000 finishes, three of which in the top 200.
5. Denial Eastop (denial, ID: 676) – This season Dan has a chance to make it seven times in a row amongst the Top 10,000 managers. Over the last six seasons, 8,093th was his lowest finish. He also has two Top 1,000 finishes.
6. Edin Nygren (edostar, ID: 74259) – Edin has played FPL since the beginning. He has six top 10,000 finishes and has never finished worse than 29,112th.
7. Krzysiek Zajecki (krzys, ID: 566) – This veteran has only two Top 10,000 finishes but both of them came in last two seasons. And what a pair of seasons they were, with overall finishes of 206th and 290th.
8. Paul Whitehill (Flipperallstars, ID: 160994) – This is Paul’s seventh season as a FPL manager. In his last six seasons he has five Top 10,000 finishes, with his best season in 2012/13, when he finished in 975th place. His worst season ever was three seasons ago when he was 21,270th in the world.
9. Nick (Triggerlips, ID: 888) – Nick has four Top 1000 finishes, with 2012/13’s overall rank of 35 his best yet.
10. Ulrik Nylund (NorthernMan, ID: 110900) – This season is Ulrik’s 11th. In the last ten he finished just twice outside the Top 10,000 places and can boast three Top 200 finishes.
11. Richard Champion (Champ, ID: 6316) – The Champion has nine years FPL experience and over the last seven years he has seven top 12,000 finishes, including an overall rank of 78th.
12. Peter Maughan (Sweetpea, ID: 1723) – This is his seventh season, with his worst finish in the last four being 6,306th.
13. Harry von Behr (VonManager. ID: 267559) – Over the last seven seasons he finished just once outside the Top 10,000 places and has four Top 2,000 finishes. His best season was 2011/12 when he finished in 798th place.
14. Paul Marshman (Back on the horse, ID: 148530) – Paul has four Top 800 finishes, and six within the Top 10,000. Last season he finished in a 229th place and season before that in 427th.
15. Phil Ampleford (Philman, ID: 1421) – In the last six of his eight seasons he has never finished outside the top 10,000 with 779th his highest.
BEAT THE VETERANS MINI LEAGUE (3987-32519)
If you think you are better than this group, you can find out by join the FPL mini league “Beat the Veterans” (3987-32519 ). Rules can be found here.
There are already more than 1,000 managers in this mini league, which will be closed on Friday, one hour before the Gameweek 2 deadline. You still have time to join.
