This afternoon we can reveal the 256 managers to make it through to the second round of our open-to-all Fantasy Premier League Cup competition.
Round one took place in Gameweek 30, where the average score was a record-low 41 points and saw six former champions depart.
Sleepysi, who has a top 5,000 rank, was beaten comfortably 45-28 by BowenArrow, who is 39,664 places behind him. Similarly, Gribude, who is in 8,221 spot, also lost to a lower-placed manager, with Kirton Hoops’s 53,933-ranked troops prevailing.
Mark (rank 47,814) also succumbed to a giant killer with 458,382-placed Khumz defeating him.
Goonerdave’s 40-point score was not enough to overcome 2 Girls 1 Shlup’s tally of 53, while my 1,790-ranked squad lost out narrowly 43-42 to Balldontlie (47,758).
CMIFLFC is another former champion to miss out, having lost 48-34 to Jon Nurse. This was unsurprising given their overall positions, with Jon Nurse in 6,030 place, while CMIFLFC was among the five lowest-ranked managers in the first round and is currently languishing in 1,975,888 spot.
The four ex-winners to progress to Gameweek 31’s second round include reigning champion TH14 (rank 8,130) who has been handed a kind draw against 224,940 placed Ilovebaps.
A Manager Has No Name has an evenly-matched encounter with horlicks esq. Just 1,284 separates these top 3,000-ranked managers.
However, MCH (rank 99,442) has a far tougher task as he squares up to 1,570 placed The dinkum donuts. Wild Rover is also a second round underdog, as his 99,962-ranked side sits 66,404 places behind opponent Gloria Kanchelskis.
Another manager facing a tough draw is 67,157-ranked graqfreak, who takes on the competition’s highest placed manager thisisdiz, who moves up to 38th spot after scoring an impressive 61 points in Gameweek 30.
Other notable match-ups include a veteran poster clash between colonel shoe (rank 55,207) and Optimus (296,931).
Following his victory over former champion GoonerDave, 2 girls 1 Shlup will be hoping to claim another high profile victim when he takes on our resident tech expert matzi11a (rank 2,662).
The full first round results can be found here, while the second round draw can be found here.
