In just under a fortnight, on Saturday 24th February, around 30 Fantasy Football Scout community members will be putting away their keyboards and dusting off their replica kits as they get ready to play a round-robin, seven-a-side charity football tournament.
The event takes place at Hendon Football Centre, Barnet, NW9 5PE, between 12-3pm and has been organised by myself and TopMarx.
The day is being staged in memory of Simon Humber, who lost his battle with ocular melanoma in 2015. Simon was the creative director of EA’s FIFA team, a Portsmouth FC fan and a popular member of the Fantasy Football Scout community as ‘Absinthe’.Â
All the money raised will go to The Melanoma Research Foundation – a charity identified and verified in our recent contact with Simon’s family.
More information about Simon, together with an opportunity to donate, is available at this Just Giving page.
Please note that donations are expressed in dollars, rather than pounds, so a donation of $10 will be around £7.20 (based on the exchange rate on the morning of 12th February 2018).
The current squad lists (which may vary on the day) are below, but even if you are not playing or spectating please spare a few moments and a few quid by clicking on the Just Giving link and making a donation.
In addition to donations, a strict punitive system will be operated on the day with fines in place for diving, being nutmegged, late tackles and anything else the FFScout community can suggest. We are hoping to get some footage of the matches but can’t promise Sky Sports standard broadcasting.
Current Squads
Team Metz | Team Rotterdam | Team Benevento | Team Malaga |
| DeeCole | BibTheory | MyPrettyPony | Jomica |
| ANISH_T28 | matzi11a | TopMarx | Applebonkers |
| NorcalJosh | SullySonic | BashVilla | Pukka |
| SteveB | ponsio22 | CouldGetMessi | ChickenBhuna |
| PaulL | RMT’s professor | Tibbles | FFSprout |
| JoshK | DanPÂ Â Â | JamesE | tm370 |
| KelvinF-H | BenP | EdiL | BenS |
| Leno | JamesR | PaulR | NevilleB |
The more players the merrier (so feel free to sign a mate or two up to play) but please email me at peter.kouwenberg76@gmail.com if you would like to be involved. I’ve already emailed those whose email address I have, but if you are interested please drop me a line.
