This evening we roll out the first round draw of the 13th instalment of our open to all Fantasy Premier League cup competition.
This follows a qualification round, which saw 1017 managers join previous winners Jonty, Gribude, Ninja_Fit_Saints, Mch, Wild Rover, Mark and our reigning champion I Casillas Winning in this first stage of the competition, which takes place in Gameweek 12.
The cutoff score was 53, with rank deciding entry for those who scored exactly that tally in Gameweek 11. The rankings threshold was 73,759.
For this latest contest there are more than £1,000 worth of prizes for UK based entrants courtesy of our partner FanDuel, as well as £350 in Amazon vouchers to the top three managers at the end of the competition.
All UK entrants who took part in qualifying were also sent details of how they can receive a £10 free credit when they play their first FanDuel game. This is still valid and can used anytime during the competition.
Among our former winners Mark will take on Buzzedagain, who is ranked 362,422 places below him, while I take on Bash Villa, whose top 10,000 rank makes a mockery of my lowly sub one million placing.
Wild Rover has drawn another well known community opponent, Stilicho, in the first round, Gribude will face Optimus Clyne and Ninja Fit Saints takes on R32omon.
Elsewhere among our winners, MCH has a match up with Sporting, while I Casillas Winning faces Sticky Toffee Pudding, who is in the top 20,000 in the overall rankings.
Other notable match ups include Scoutcaster andy85wsm’s draw with Gamez Rodriguez and Torres Magic’s match with jimbob.
Parm and Baines on Toast will be going head to head in this first round, as will two other community regulars Kings of Lyon and Pompeyfan.
Others taking on our moderators and contributors include Mata is the Juan, who faces Spencer, and Jafooli who takes on Ryan.
The highest ranked manager in the competition is F.C Harlech, who will be thankful of his 120th placing as he gained the cut-off score of 53 in Gameweek 11. His highest overall ranking this season was 10th in Gameweek 7.
Another who is familiar with a high rank is 2012/13 FPL champion Tom Fenley, who takes on Pink Unites.
The full first round draw can be found here.
Good luck to those involved and if you would like more information on the schedule and prizes click this link.
