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FFS Mini-Leagues & Community Competitions – Gameweek 29

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Welcome to the Fantasy Football Scout mini-leagues and community competitions round-up after Blank Gameweek 29, the lowest-scoring round in FPL history. A record 1.7 million Free Hit chips were played and the top 10k Free Hit template scored 21 points.

We report on the latest news from the Head-to-Head Leagues, the FFS Members Cup and Last Man Standing, plus the leaders of many community mini-leagues. Strikers Keepers Losers Weepers, however, is covered by a separate series of articles.

FFSCOUT OPEN-TO-ALL LEAGUE

Euan Thompson leads for a third straight week and fourth time this season in our Fantasy Football Scout mini-league (league code 5k0l6n) and is now 12th overall.

Prizes will be awarded to the top ten FFS-registered teams at the end of the season. See this article for full details.

FFSCOUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS LEAGUE

He also sets the pace for a fifth week in our Fantasy Football Scout Members mini-league.

This is open to anyone who has an FFS account, the league code being visible in the SCOUT LEAGUES widget on the signed-in FFS Home Page.

FFS MEMBERS CUP

Gameweek 29 was the qualifying round for the second FFS Members Cup of 2023/24. There were 328 entries, including three former winners (Mohd Rodzi, Scrumper and Mayanyi) who will be seeded into the first round. They will be joined there by 253 other managers who have beaten the qualifying score, which is expected to be announced on Thursday.

This is an old-school cup run by Fantasy Football Scout and should not be confused with the League Cups listed on FPL’s Leagues & Cups page.

LAST MAN STANDING

The safety score for Gameweek 29 in TorresMagic’s Last Man Standing competition (LMS) was 16 after hits, with 51 teams being removed.

It means that 103 are going through to Gameweek 30. The LMS leaderboard shows the current live safety score, leaders and teams in danger of being eliminated.

Christian Thufason led the way, with a differential Free Hit team including returns from Chris Wood, David Datro Fofana and Vitinho. He’s had three previous top 7k finishes.

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMMUNITY MINI-LEAGUES

Cak Juris leads for a fourth straight week and 17th time this season in League 1 of MIR’s FFS Head-to-Head Leagues. But Sameer Sohail is now level with him on points, as both have 51 out of a possible 87.

Danny Messer in League 8 Division 33 remains the top scorer in Head-to-Head Leagues, with 79 points.

MODS & CONS

It’s a seventh week in front for Luke Williams (SuperPuzzleFighter) in the FFScout Mods & Cons mini-league. On his ninth occasion over this campaign, Luke also sits 2,169th overall.

FFSCOUT FAMILY

Meanwhile, Grey Head has regained top spot from Dan (BlackWolf) in the FFScout Family mini-league, having previously led after Gameweeks 23 and 27. He has a worldwide ranking of 5,882nd.

TOP 10K ANY SEASON

A familiar name is number one in my Top 10k Any Season mini-league (code x8qf0d). Euan Thompson does so for a third successive week and fourth time this season.

This league is for teams with at least one previous finish inside the top 10,000.

MULTIPLE TOP 10K FINISHES

Christian Larisch (Alchim1sT) leads for a sixth straight week and eighth time this season in my Multiple Top 10k Finishes mini-league (code 4y0ws3).

This league is for teams with at least two previous finishes inside the top 10,000.

TOP 1K ANY SEASON

Eddy Healey leads for a second successive week and sixth time this season in PDM’s Top 1k Any season mini-league (code oymggk). He’s 293rd overall thanks to his nine-man team including a double-digit haul from Rodrigo Muniz. It means he outscored the Free Hit template without taking any hits.

MULTIPLE TOP 1K FINISHES

Markku Ojala is ahead for a fifth week in Chaballer’s Multiple Top 1k Finishes mini-league (code xz4wet) and sits 2,143rd overall.

TOP 100 ANY SEASON

Lee Byron leads for a fifth straight week and sixth time this season in Livinginapool’s Top 100 Any Season mini-league (code mq8lpy) after playing his second Wildcard. This included a double-digit haul from Muniz and places him 406th worldwide.

FPL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Elsewhere, 2014/15 FPL champion Simon March leads for a fifth consecutive week and seventh time this season in his own FPL Champions League.

FPL VETS

The Free Hit success of Muniz, Morgan Gibbs-White and Emiliano Martinez allows Joakim Viheriä to be ahead for an 18th week in Skooldaze’s FPL Vets 2006 or before mini-league. The team is now 1,177th overall.

HALL OF FAME TOP 1K

Christian Larisch (Alchim1sT) is also number one in Chaballer’s Hall of Fame Top 1k mini-league (code xbert7). It’s 14 weeks in a row and an overall 103rd ranking.

OPENING DAY LEAGUE

He also leads for a 14th week in my Opening Day League.

BEAT THE FFSCOUT/PFT XI

Paul Nichols is the pace-setter for a tenth week in the Beat the FFScout/PFT XI mini-league (code 65xmu5) and is 1,865th overall. The Scout community team (Scout PFT) slips to sixth place.

HALL OF SHAME TOURNEY

Kevin Weisz leads for a second week in The Knights Template’s Hall of Shame Tourney (code b84jwh) and is 1,235th.

THE NEXT GREAT AND GOOD

Natasha Kainth maintains her position for a second week in Greyhead’s The Next Great and Good mini-league. She fielded an eight-man team without taking any hits and is now 23rd.

JANUARY TO MAY LEAGUE

David Squires has regained the lead from Mateusz Kabat in my January to May League (code 5v12bh), having previously led after Gameweek 27. He has risen from 166k to 4,764th during the last nine Gameweeks.

THE LAST TEN

Finally, Isaac Lundall immediately shot to the top of my The Last Ten mini-league (code xddjak) thanks to a Gameweek rank of 1,003rd. A very differential Free Hit line-up featured Muniz, Fofana, Vladimir Coufal, Bernd Leno, Vitinho and Wilson Odobert.

GET INVOLVED

To join a featured mini-league for which you are eligible, just enter the league code in the ‘Join Invitational League and Cup’ section on the FPL site. For any questions relating to community mini-leagues and competitions please comment below or email support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk.

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

To receive email notifications whenever future community mini-leagues articles are published, do this by editing your FFS Profile. Simply tick ‘Community’ in the ‘Email Notifications’ section under ‘Alerts & Notifications’.

Haaland Foden


RedLightning <p>The 2023/24 winners of my mini-leagues were: Opening Day League: Ben Tinker; Top 10k Any Season and Multiple Top 10k Finishes: Euan Thompson; January to May League: Mateusz Kabat; and The Last Ten: Sandeep Ramadev.</p>

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  1. FPLMarc
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    • 12 Years
    2 months, 2 days ago

    Thanks for covering that horror GW.

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    1. RedLightning
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      • 13 Years
      2 months, 2 days ago

      Thanks for publishing, Marc.
      A horror Gameweek for many of us, certainly, but there were also a few success stories for some of those who dared to be different.

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    2. GW29 Hall of Fame Update
      RedLightning
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      • 13 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      The FFS Live Hall of Fame (which, unlike the FFS Career Hall of Fame, can only be viewed by Premium Members) was updated again today (Wednesday 20th March) and is now based on results up to and including Gameweek 29.

      51,109 managers participating in the Fantasy Football Scout and Fantasy Football Scout Members mini-leagues are now ranked in it.

      The new top twelve, with their FFS Career Hall of Fame positions in brackets and followed by their current Overall Rankings, is:
      1(5) Mark Hurst. OR 311.
      2(9) Markku Ojala. OR 2,143.
      3(14) Tom Dollimore. OR 1,269.
      4(2) Fábio Borges. OR 39k.
      5(13) Ben Crellin. OR 1,616.
      6(15) Jan Kępski. OR 3,733.
      7(8) Rob Mayes. OR 14k.
      8(7) Conor’s Team. OR 20k.
      9(127) Jack Vamplew. OR 124.
      10(3) Jon Ballantyne. OR 63k.
      11(26) John Walsh. OR 3,602.
      12(1) Finn Sollie. OR 205k.

      Since the Gameweek 27 update, Tom Dollimore, Fábio Borges, Jan Kępski, Jack Vamplew and Jon Ballantyne have all moved up one place.

      Seven of these are now inside the overall top 4k, and Mark Hurst has joined Jack Vamplew in the top thousand after wildcarding in Gameweek 28.

      The following leaders of community competitions and mini-leagues featured in the article are also ranked in the top thousand of the updated FFS Live Hall of Fame: Euan Thompson 20th, Cak Juris 34th, Luke Williams 779th, Grey Head 262nd, Christian Larisch 43rd, Lee Byron 98th, Simon March 880th, Joakim Viheriä 896th and Kevin Weisz 371st.

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      1. RedLightning
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        2 months, 1 day ago

        * Seven of the twelve are now inside the overall top 4k.

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        1. wayne50
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          • 9 Years
          2 months, 4 hours ago

          Hi REDLIGHTNING, What was the qualifying score for the FFS MEMBERS CUP?.

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      2. Alchim1sT
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        • 7 Years
        2 months, 12 hours ago

        43rd feels a bit surreal 🙂

        thanks for the coverage

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  2. wayne50
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    • 9 Years
    2 months, 4 hours ago

    What was the qualifying score for the FFS MEMBERS CUP?.

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      2 months, 3 hours ago

      Don't think it's been announced.

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  3. RedLightning
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    • 13 Years
    1 month, 26 days ago

    The qualifying score for the second FFS Members Cup of the season was 15 points after hits - or 14 points with an overall rank of 1,131,967 or better.
    Ryan Carmichael was the highest-scoring qualifier with his differential Free Hit netting him 53 points thanks to returns from Rodrigo Muniz, captain David Datro Fofana, Vladimir Coufal and Vitinho. It would have been even more if he hadn’t left Antonee Robinson's 11 points on the bench. He came 372nd in 2015/16.
    The highest-ranked qualifier was KISEKLUND (Andreas Eklund), who came 6,124th in 2017/18, was 620th in our FFS Live Hall of Fame after its Gameweek 29 update and is currently 1,372nd overall.

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  4. space mercenary
    • 4 Years
    1 month, 26 days ago

    Re-post, as originally posted a bit late last night. Thoughts on my current GW34: BB GW37: FH wildcard squad and strategy welcomed and encouraged for debate...

    Onana Pickford
    Gabriel Braithwaite TAA Munoz Richards
    Salah Saka Ode Sarabia Palmer
    Haaland Darwin Cuhna

    A fair bit depends on injuries of course but will want to keep most of these going forward. May even do Palmer to Eze for BB34 then back in.

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