There were precisely 1,638 entries for the qualifying round of the Fantasy Football Scout Cup IV, meaning only 32% of the total entrants joined our former Champions in the first round. Had the 126 Fantasy Managers who submitted their FPL Team Name, rather than their FPL ID Number, then that figure would’ve been a lot less.
However, if you did manage to submit your entry correctly, the magical score you needed in GW29 to get a spot in that first round (minus points spent on transfers of course) was 43.
That left the 47 Fantasy Managers sitting on 42 points hoping that their overall rank was good enough to fill one of the remaining 28 spots.
The line was drawn under 42,611th ranked RonnayBarkay, who enters the competition as number 512. Missing out by the narrowest of margins was the Chaser, who sits 44,221st in the world, and fails to make the cut.
The Scout Contributor’s have been slashed considerably, with Mark, I’m Not Marshal Foch, Sir Paulos, SUPERIOR BEING, Andy, johnfinlay, greek fan and elfozzie all bowing out.
An impressive 19 of the FPL top 100 entered the tournament, but 11 of those are not in the hat for the first round. The early exit of 7th in the world Doklett, 11th in the world Mince and 26th in the world Zophar, means 31st in the world oi keano is the highest ranked manager in the competition.
He’ll certainly be one to avoid in the draw, which will be announced later today.
Congratulations to those negotiating their way into the first round, and commiseration to the 1,129 that didn’t make it.
