Fantasy League Update - GW4

Gameweek 4 - 13/09/2023

This most recent group of fixtures seems like forever ago now thanks to the international break, but the website now has working Cup and Tournament info. These are still in development so are in desktop mode only.

To see the tables and remind yourself what league you're in, click here:

TOONTALK FANTASY LEAGUE

Here's the summary:

The Leagues

Chris Parvin is currently top of the Premier Division, despite both Stephen Towers and Kim Fong having won more games. Three "Manager of the Week" wins in a row, and a Manager of the Month win, will do that...

Manager of the Month goes to Chris (left), with Kim and Stephen not far behind. Chris also claims the division top score so far, with 94 in the Gameweek just gone, thanks to Haaland, Ferguson, Salah, Ødegaard and Mbuemo. The Championship's top score for the week just gone goes to Ross Macdonald with 100 - this is, in fact, the highest scoring game week of any Fantasy Premier team so far this season! Manager of the Month to James Sheppard. In League One, former Toontalk Fantasy League showrunner Bob Douglass lost his first game, but remains top of the league on 12 points; Archie Walker is Manager of the Month for August with 202 points, the highest in the entire Toontalk Fantasy League system for the month.

Ashley Birchall is top of League Two with Daryl Coombs, in 3rd place, the only player in the division to have won 4 games. Ashley managed 2 Manager of the Week awards (right) but Manager of the Month for August goes to Finn Nilsson, who's in 2nd place. National League 1 sees Greg Surtees top, yet to lose a game; Manager of the Month for August, though, goes to Ross Percy with 193 points.

NL2 (left) has been a nightmare for Mike Waters, who got the worst score in the division three weeks in a row... until Gameweek 4 when he got the division's Manager of the Week spoils with 87 points. NL3 had all of the top 3 lose in Gameweek 4, with the next 6 placed players all gaining. Joshua Lian gets manager of the month, with Stuart Latimer topping the division. Robert Pentland and Barry Winter have both lost all 4 of their opening games, making NL3 the only division to have two players picking up 0 points so far. And, last but not least, NL4. Gokula Maanickam tops the division (below) with 4 wins out of 4, while Joe Bullimore is yet to pick up a point at the very bottom. Matthew Pike gets Manager of the Month for August and kudos also go to Ian Garrett, whose 110 points last week is the highest score of any of our Fantasy League players to date! Ian picks up a Manager of the Week bonus for his trouble.

The Cup

The Toontalk Cup got underway in Gameweek 3, with all players from the Premier Division and Championship, and some from League One, given a bye into Round 2. Of particular note in Round 1, was NL3's Peter Christie's narrow win over Stephen Wallace in League One, and bottom-of-all-the-leagues Joe Bullimore scraping past Barry Winter by the narrowest of margins, 49-48.

Here are some of the interesting looking picks for the next cup round:

If you'd like to see the full cup tree (desktop version only at the moment), click here:

Toontalk Cup

The Tournament

The Tournament is the only part of this season's Fantasy League system that will have a price (TBC later), as everyone has started on equal footing. Gameweek 4 saw the first round of fixtures and, while at the time of writing this the group tables are yet to be updated, you can see the Tournament page by clicking here:

Toontalk Tournament

Picks from Round 1:

Close wins:

Andrew Barcs 86 - 87 Lee Girdlestone

Lee Riley 68 - 69 Joe Bullimore (he's done it again by only a point!)

Neil Wilson 71 - 72 Robert Pentland

Draws: Finn Nilsson 72 - 72 Matthew Pike

Steve Beggs 71 - 71 PK Currie

Lee Petty 80 - 80 Chris Abbott

Other notable results:

Reid Huntington 89 - 110 Ian Garrett (highest scoring player)

Jonathan Adamson 97 - 93 Peter Christie (highest scoring losing player)

Don't forget to get any subs and transfers done by the Fantasy League deadline, which is Saturday 16th September, 11am. You can edit your team here:

Edit my Fantasy League team

Also, don't forget your Scorecast, those of you who are doing it. Deadline for that is also on Saturday 16th September, but at 3pm. You can go straight to the score entry app by clicking here:

Toontalk Scorecast Entry Form

TTFN. Here's a pic of Newcastle United legend Amdy Faye.