The eagerly awaited first round draw for the Fantasy Football Scout Cup III, sponsored by Paddy Power, has been made. If you’ve qualified and want to find out who your opponent is, click here to view the full set of 256 fixtures. [If you’re struggling to find your name in the fixture list, you can do so easily by pressing Ctrl+F and typing your name in.]
The draw has thrown out plenty of juicy fixtures, such as greghammer95 Vs. The Sting, alang Vs. Dick Fran Dyke and Waldaz Vs. Jamsiep to name just a few.
Hall of famers Jonty and donnellyc both have been dealt tough draws against higher ranked opposition. Current champ Jonty takes on Lucky_2010, and former champ donnellyc is up against billywhizz.
Devilx has more of an uphill battle, as he comes up against the highest-ranked player in the competition, 37th placed bangkibong. The only other cup entrant in the top 100 is number 67 in the world zophar, who is up against FFS Cup II quarter-finalist fiacloir.
The happiest with the draw has to be DundalkKid, who has been drawn against the lowest ranked manager in the first round, cullieh.
Other than facing a low-ranked opponent, another potential reason to be happy with your fixture is when you’ve been given a head-start, and that’s exactly what emperikal has given me. Having taken a four-point hit so early into the international break, I can only hope he picks up an injury or two to force his hand into further point hits.
Looking at my colleagues fixtures, and four of five face higher-ranked opposition. I’m Not Marshal Foch is involved in a huge tie with Twisted Saltergater, Granville and Pure Olivia are the underdogs against Bob and acrascall respectively, and greek fan faces top 1000 manager chipsngravey. Mark is the only favourite going into his, rather ironic, tie against tippman.
All fixtures are to be played in GW8. Remember that the first prize of the season is up for grabs, as the highest point scorer for the week with earn themselves a free £25 bet courtesy of Paddy Power. Good luck to all, and I’ll bring you the results of round one a day or two after the final game of the gameweek has taken place.
