The FFS Shield – First Round Draw

This evening, we roll out the draw for the inaugural Fantasy Football Scout Shield. This pits the quarter finalists of the FFS Members Cup against the last eight of the Fantasy Football Scout Cup which took place earlier this season, with the final taking place in Gameweek 38. The Shield follows the same knockout format, with £100 Amazon voucher for the winner and £50 Amazon voucher for the runner-up.

Scout cup winner Wild Rover is up against former world number one Iyad Zahlan in one of the plum ties of the opening round –Iyad’s side “Giavarra555” is the highest ranked amongst the 16, sitting in 42nd spot in the overall rankings.

Members cup runner-up Eunuch Jelly (680th overall) is up against the rank outsider Stevey Trader, whose side currently stands around the 335,000 mark. Mr KK, who finished third in the Scout Cup, squares up to 12 inch of fury, who ended up third in the Members cup last weekend.

After finishing as runner-up to Wild Rover in the Scout Cup, Mile High will be hoping to go one further – sitting in 76th spot overall, he’s up against cuihe_508, while Fuzzy Dunlop (2K) is the favourite against Heart of the City (21K).

New Members cup holder Acquafresca now pits his wits against Maddocio, who was forced into fourth in the same competition on overall rank alone. Site regular Rickie Smokes lets go will face ange1range1 for a place in the last eight – ranked at 10K and 12K respectively, their match-up looks an even battle.

Finally, Tommy Tynan’s Left Shin Pad goes head-to-head with JMS; the latter’s had a solid season and dropped out of the top 1,000 for the first time since Gameweek 10 last weekend – he’ll be looking to make amends with a green arrow.