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FFScout Head-to-Head Leagues 2022/23

The FFScout Head-to-Head Leagues are back for a fourth season. Our previous winners are Craig Johnson (19/20), Ville Tuominen (20/21) and of course the reigning champion Martin Stubbs (21/22) who snatched the title on the last day of the season.

Both Martin and Craig will remain in League 1 and will attempt to become two-time champions. Meanwhile, the 2020/21 winner Ville finished 16th and is therefore relegated to League 2. He joins the 1936/37 Manchester City team in becoming champions one year only to be relegated the following season.

As per previous seasons, we are using an entry league on FPL to collate all the entries and you must be in this league by the Gameweek 1 deadline to take part. THE LEAGUE CODE IS: vhuv6z

Those that entered and remained in last season’s entry league throughout last season should be automatically entered but please do check though, the league is called “FFS H2H League – Entry (vhuv6z)”. Anyone new to this competition or those that left the entry league (it was only used to collect all the entries in one place) mid-season must enter the code above to sign up.

We currently have over 5,000 entries and I’m hopeful this year’s tournament will be the biggest yet after year-on-year growth.

2019/2020 Season – 5,828 entries

2020/2021 Season – 8,316 entries

2021/2022 Season – 8,383 entries

After the Gameweek 1 deadline has passed, we’ll be working hard to calculate all the promotion and relegations and creating the Divisions and fixtures accordingly. The aim is to have it all live on site for Gameweek 2, but I should point out that everyone will still have a Gameweek 1 fixture – you just won’t know who you have played until after the event.

For those that weren’t aware of these leagues or are new to FFScout a pyramid structure is used as shown below;

League 1 – 1 Division

League 2 – 2 Divisions

League 3 – 4 Divisions

League 4 – 8 Divisions

League 5 – 16 Divisions

League 6 – 32 Divisions

League 7 – 64 Divisions

League 8 – 128 Divisions

League 9 – 256 Divisions (only 165 Divisions used 2021/22)

There are 20 teams in each division and teams play each other twice over the course of the season. All the leagues and fixtures are published on the FFScout site and a link will be created in due course. The league tables are updated live as the Gameweek progresses. At the end of the year, five teams will be promoted from each division to a division in the league above. And 10 teams will be relegated from each division to a division in the league below. 

For the first season, teams were sorted according to their HoF rank, the best-ranked managers going in League 1 and so on. The Divisions are all weighted equally, so if you’re in League 4 Division 1 you are at the same level as all the other Divisions within League 4.

The same structure will be used for the 2022/23 season however the exact details will depend on the final number of entries. Should we have more people playing than last year we may require a 10th league. This does mean that some teams could be relegated from League 9 but that can only be determined once we have the final entry numbers.

Of course, for the 2022/23 season teams are now placed depending on last season’s performances in their respective Divisions. Five teams would have been promoted, five teams will remain in the same League and the remaining 10 will be relegated down a League. Any new entries, that didn’t play last year, will be put into the lower Leagues and their HoF rank will be used to determine where exactly they will be placed.

A further article will be published when we have the exact entry numbers and then again when the fixtures and tables are generated. Just a quick shout-out again to Geoff, Mat, TopMarx and Red Lightning for their hard work behind the scenes. Red Lightning was particularly helpful to me with his Hot Topic community updates whilst I went AWOL (work and family commitments took over).

Now that things have settled down for me personally, I’m anticipating posting more articles throughout the season, even more so now that I’ll be helped by Lord. from the FFScout community.

Please do post any questions below and I’ll attempt to answer before the GW1 deadline.

Cheers

MIR

@sparkymir

Who played the most minutes over the March international break?

26 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Lord.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    After a relegation, reprieve, and a promotion, I’m ready for some glory. Bring it on.

  2. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Nice! Let's go again!

  3. FC Jammer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    One of the best aspects of being a FFS member, IMO. Thanks again to all those who put in the work on this.

  4. Zambian FPL Addict
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    worth a shot

  5. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    I can't remember if I slunk into the last promotion place or missed out on goal difference. Must try harder this time!

  6. hybriszero
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    I joined last season but to be honest I never understood where to check the results.. is this a premium members thing?

    1. RedLightning
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Last season this was explained in https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/head-to-head-leagues/.
      If you know which League and Division you were in then you can check the results of GW38 matches in the Fixtures and Results section.
      Final totals for each League and Division were in the League Tables section, but that is now blank.

  7. Bouncebackability
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Thanks for running it again! Does FFS membership automatically renew?

  8. Jock Grealish
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 8 months ago

    Laporte out until September. No shock there.

    1. Forget Special, I am the ON…
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 8 months ago

      Does it mean, it makes Ake is a descent buy until Laporte returns?

  9. Stavrosplay
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 7 months ago

    How do I find which league I am in please ? Tonnes of them

    1. mir
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      We are still creating the league pyramid but hope to have it live by GW3 deadline. Thanks

      1. Schmarn
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 7 months ago

        You may have spotted this issue already but I can see I’m currently in league 3 division 3 and am incorrectly down as losing week 1 because the GW1 scores from last season have been used by mistake. Seems to be correct for GW2 though.

  10. wayne50
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Hi Mir, I am not sure if you have seen any of the correspondence that I have been posting about the problem I have had with the FFS H2H League. Redlightning is aware of this issue.

    Hi, I competed in the FFS H2H last season and finished 12th in L4 D3 and my fpl id was 112862 (last season). I have just checked the H2H Leagues for this season I am not there?. When I registered for FPL this season it shown FFS H2H League-Entry (vhuv6z) in my Leagues so I don't know why this has disappeared especially because the entry was supposed to be automatic if I completed the FFS H2H last season. My FPL id is 5181 for this season and my name is Wayne Dean. I also remember entering the vhuv6z league code and it stated already entered in this League so I don't understand why this League had disappeared in my Leagues on the FPL website. I have been competing in the FFS H2H Leagues since it was launched and would be gutted if I can't continue to do this.

    Redlightning also mentioned -

    The number of teams ranked in vhuv6z (excluding those listed as New Entries) is 9,483, which requires 475 twenty team Divisions, 220 of which would be in League 9. But the Leagues currently only contain only 8,280 teams in 414 Divisions, 158 of which are in League 9, which means that about 1,203 teams have been omitted.
    That probably doesn't help your team if it is no longer ranked in vhuv6z. Perhaps you should ask MIR again about this. I don't know whether there is any way of finding out why it disappeared from vhuv6z or of reinstating it.

    1. mir
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      I've flagged your comment to the group involved in creating the leagues and will come back to you shortly. Thanks

      1. wayne50
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 7 months ago

        Thanks for the update MIR. Hopefully I will be compete in the FFS H2H League again. This is by far my favourite H2H League in all FPL and helps to keep me motivated for all the season. Thanks for all your hard work and effort in organising/running the FFS H2H Leagues.

        1. mir
          • 14 Years
          1 year, 7 months ago

          Hi Wayne.

          Are you on Twitter? Can you direct message me?

          Details at bottom of article above.

          Thanks
          MIR

          1. wayne50
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 7 months ago

            Hi Mir, I am not currently on twitter but I am on FB and obviously have an email address. If you require me to contact you on twitter where by I can be re-entered into the FFS H2H League then I would set up a twitter account if required. I am more than happy to supply you with my email address or FB details if you require.

            1. mir
              • 14 Years
              1 year, 7 months ago

              Hi Wayne
              Can you email will@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk and he'll forward your message on to me and I'll respond to you accordingly. Thanks MIR.

              1. wayne50
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                1 year, 7 months ago

                Thanks for your response MIR. I have just emailed will@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

  11. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Raya
    Trent, Cancelo, Robbo, Trippier
    Salaha, Kulusevski, Martinelli, Andreas
    Haaland, Jesus

    ward. bailey, Neco, greenwood.

    1ft. £0.5m itb.

    What would you do here?

    Hold, get James in or Diaz in a hit or something else?

  12. Billybrad
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Can someone point me in the direction of where to find what league my team is in? Can't for the life of me remember where

    1. Jock Grealish
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Right next to your team

      1. Billybrad
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 7 months ago

        ?

  13. Reiger
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 6 months ago

    How do I find out which League/division I’m in?