The third instalment of the Fantasy Football Scout Charity Cup takes place today.
Following the success of the first two competitions in February and November 2018, which featured around 80 players and raised over £2,000 for the Melanoma Research Foundation and for Campaign Against Living Miserably, this time we’ll be raising money for the Stroke Association.
Most of you will know that Joe, a much-loved member of FFS and the wider Fantasy Football community, recently suffered a bleed on his brain. Thankfully, after a fairly hellish month, he is gradually returning to normal.
The Charity Cup will be held this morning at Whittington Park Astro Pitch in London linked here, meeting at 9:15 am to finalise teams etc.
The full address is Holloway Road, Islington, London N19 4RS. The closest Tube station is Archway on the Northern Line (8min walk) and the closest London Overground station is Upper Holloway (2min walk).
As always, the precise format (including squad sizes) will depend on numbers but everyone will get decent game-time in a 7 or 8 aside format.
This is real-life football (not an FPL online cup!) with players of all ages, fitness and abilities very welcome.
As with previous tournaments, we’ll be organising players into squads, so you don’t need to round up a team yourself, although feel free to invite guest players to boost the numbers.
If you would like to take part please email peter.kouwenberg76@gmail.com with your contact details and you will be added to the WhatsApp group for further information (unless you state that you would rather receive information by separate email only).
Even if you are not able to play, please donate to the Stroke Association at the Just Giving page which is linked here.
4 years, 9 months agoI definitely want KDB in my team for the majority of the season but is anyone else a little hesitant to go with him from the start? My strategy this year is value and balance and an alternating Salah/Sterling captaincy. He'd be a great vc for when pep pulls a pep and benches sterling. My concern is match fitness, possibility of a deep role and fixtures not being meh. Thoughts?