This year's FT-PL comp will be the 9th edition of this head-to-head tipping comp. For those of us who are unfamiliar with this comp, it's a round-robin league system where everybody plays everybody else twice (aka home and away), and everyone picks the 10 weekly games played in the FA Premier League .. it's a head-to-head contest where the winner receives 3 pts and it's one point each for a draw .. aka if you pick 8/10 and your opponent picks 6/10, you win! There are no changes to the rules, they're the same as last year's comp : FT-PL 2009-2010. This year's comp starts on Saturday 13th August 2011 and ends on Sunday 13th May 2012. We will only tip 34 of the 38 FAPL rounds played - the FA Cup weekends for the quarters and semis are ignored, plus the 2 rounds that straddle new year's eve. The field is limited to a maximum of 18 runners and, unlike other comps in here where you may simply post your picks in the first tipping thread *or* sign-in, you must sign in here to enter this comp, so that the weekly head-to-head fixtures can be put together. If less than 18 sign-up, that's the field. If more than 18 apply, preference will be given to the tipsters who sign-in first *and* have previously played in a season-long FT tipping comp. If we still have more than 18 we'll use the exclusion system specified in last year's rules (see link above). To allow time for the weekly schedule of who's-playing-who to be, firstly, put together and, secondly, posted in the tipping threads, the deadline for signing-up is midnight FT time on Sunday 31st July .. there's a grace period of 2 or 3 hours, but please don't push your luck past that. Putting the weekly round-robin schedule does take time. Please note that, as there are no byes in this head-to-head comp, we must have an even number of contestants. If we have less than 18 players sign-up and it's an odd number, sign-up will be left open and the next person to sign-in is it, that's the field. If no one signs-in after 3 days (by Wednesday midnight) the sequence A-B-N-R (see last year's thread) will will be used to exclude one player! The defending titleholder is LeoDaVinci, who caught paper_aero on the final day and won it on goal difference! (that made it back-to-back second position for paper_aero) Last year's bronze medallist was Howie72. To look at previous comps: click on the HoF link in the top LH corner, then click on the link for each season's FT-PL comp. How many runners will we have for the 2011-12 comp .. will it be 16 or 18? Please sign-in if you wanna knock over LeoDaVinci, and join the queue!

Links to tipping threads

FT-PL < 1 > Sat 13 August FT-PL < 2 > Sat 20 August FT-PL < 3 > Sat 27 August FT-PL < 4 > Sat 10 Sept FT-PL < 5 > Sat 17 Sept FT-PL < 6 > Sat 24 Sept FT-PL < 7 > Sat 1 Oct FT-PL < 8 > Sat 15 Oct FT-PL < 9 > Sat 22 Oct FT-PL < 10 > Sat 29 Oct FT-PL < 11 > Sat 5 Nov FT-PL < 12 > Sat 19 Nov FT-PL < 13 > Sat 26 Nov FT-PL < 14 > Sat 3 Dec FT-PL < 15 > Sat 10 Dec FT-PL < 16 > Sat 17 Dec FT-PL < 17 > Tue 20 Dec

FT-PL < 18 > Mon 26 Dec FT-PL < 19 > Sat 14 Jan FT-PL < 20 > Sat 21 Jan FT-PL < 21 > Tue 31 Jan FT-PL < 22 > Sat 4 Feb FT-PL < 23 > Sat 11 Feb FT-PL < 24 > Sat 25 Feb FT-PL < 25 > Sat 3 March FT-PL < 26 > Sat 17 March FT-PL < 27 > Sat 24 March FT-PL < 28 > Sat 31 March FT-PL < 29 > Sat 7 April FT-PL < 30 > Mon 9 April FT-PL < 31 > Sat 21 April FT-PL < 32 > Sat 28 April FT-PL < 33 > Sat 5 May FT-PL < 34 > Sun 13 May FINAL_ROUND

These are the FT-PL fixtures for the season:

[ 1 ] dg_dave v N-Bomb gtho4 v srini701 Howie72 v Dizart illiniman14 v FussBudget LeoDaVinci v DanielPoulson ozzz2002 George95 paper_aero v wwe84 Sypher v rxbigdawg szabs v PaulE [ 2 ] DanielPoulson v Howie72 Dizart v Sypher George95 v gtho4 N-Bomb v ozzz2002 paper_aero v LeoDaVinci PaulE v illiniman14 rxbigdawg v szabs srini701 v FussBudget wwe84 v dg_dave [ 3 ] dg_dave v paper_aero FussBudget v George95 gtho4 v N-Bomb Howie72 v LeoDaVinci illiniman14 v rxbigdawg ozzz2002 v wwe84 srini701 v PaulE Sypher v DanielPoulson szabs v Dizart [ 4 ] DanielPoulson v szabs dg_dave v LeoDaVinci Dizart v illiniman14 George95 v PaulE Howie72 v Sypher N-Bomb v FussBudget paper_aero v ozzz2002 rxbigdawg v srini701 wwe84 v gtho4 [ 5 ] dg_dave v DanielPoulson FussBudget v PaulE gtho4 v rxbigdawg Howie72 v paper_aero illiniman14 v George95 LeoDaVinci v srini701 ozzz2002 v Dizart Sypher v wwe84 szabs v N-Bomb [ 6 ] DaielPoulson v N-Bomb dg_dave v PaulE gtho4 v LeoDaVinci Howie72 v George95 ozzz2002 v FussBudget paper_aero v rxbigdawg Sypher v srini701 szabs v illiniman14 wwe84 v Dizart [ 7 ] FussBudget v wwe84 George95 v rxbigdawg gtho4 v paper_aero illiniman14 v DanielPoulson ozzz2002 v dg_dave PaulE v N-Bomb srini701 v Dizart Sypher v LeoDaVinci szabs v Howie72 [ 8 ] DanielPoulson v dg_dave Dizart v ozzz2002 George95 v illiniman14 N-Bomb v szabs rxbigdawg v gtho4 paper_aero v Howie72 PaulE v FussBudget srini701 v LeoDaVinci wwe84 v Sypher [ 9 ] dg_dave v Howie72 FussBudget v rxbigdawg gtho4 v Dizart illiniman14 v N-Bomb ozzz2002 v DanielPoulson PaulE v LeoDaVinci srini701 v George95 Sypher v paper_aero szabs v wwe84 [ 10 ] DanielPoulson v paper_aero Dizart v dg_dave George95 v szabs LeoDaVinci v FussBudget N-Bomb v Sypher PaulE v gtho4 rxbigdawg v ozzz2002 srini701 v illiniman14 wwe84 v Howie72 [ 11 ] FussBudget v Howie72 George95 v wwe84 gtho4 v Sypher illiniman14 v dg_dave LeoDaVinci v N-Bomb PaulE v DanielPoulson rxbigdawg v Dizart srini701 v paper_aero szabs v ozzz2002

[ 12 ] DanielPoulson v wwe84 dg_dave v rxbigdawg gtho4 v FussBudget Howie72 v N-Bomb LeoDaVinci v illiniman14 ozzz2002 v PaulE paper_aero v Dizart Sypher v George95 szabs v srini701 [ 13 ] Dizart v wwe84 FussBudget v ozzz2002 George95 v Howie72 illiniman14 v szabs LeoDaVinci v gtho4 N-Bomb v DanielPoulson PaulE v dg_dave rxbigdawg v paper_aero srini701 v Sypher [ 14 ] DanielPoulson v Sypher Dizart v szabs George95 v FussBudget LeoDaVinci v Howie72 N-Bomb v gtho4 paper_aero v dg_dave PaulE v srini701 rxbigdawg v illiniman14 wwe84 v ozzz2002 [ 15 ] FussBudget v srini701 dg_dave v wwe84 gtho4 v George95 Howie72 v DanielPoulson illiniman14 v PaulE LeoDaVinci v paper_aero ozzz2002 v N-Bomb szabs v rxbigdawg Sypher v Dizart [ 16 ] DanielPoulson v George95 dg_dave v FussBudget Dizart v N-Bomb Howie72 v srini701 LeoDaVinci v szabs ozzz2002 v gtho4 paper_aero v PaulE Sypher v illiniman14 wwe84 v rxbigdawg [ 17 ] Dizart v DanielPoulson FussBudget v szabs George95 v dg_dave illiniman14 v gtho4 LeoDaVinci v wwe84 N-Bomb v paper_aero PaulE v Sypher rxbigdawg v Howie72 srini701 v ozzz2002 [ 18 ] DanielPoulson v illiniman14 dg_dave v ozzz2002 Dizart v srini701 Howie72 v szabs LeoDaVinci v Sypher N-Bomb v PaulE paper_aero v gtho4 rxbigdawg v George95 wwe84 v FussBudget [ 19 ] Dizart v LeoDaVinci FussBudget v Sypher George95 v paper_aero gtho4 v szabs illiniman14 v ozzz2002 N-Bomb v wwe84 PaulE v Howie72 rxbigdawg v DanielPoulson srini701 v dg_dave [ 20 ] DanielPoulson v rxbigdawg dg_dave v srini701 Howie72 v PaulE LeoDaVinci v Dizart ozzz2002 v illiniman14 paper_aero v George95 Sypher v FussBudget szabs v gtho4 wwe84 v N-Bomb [ 21 ] FussBudget v DanielPoulson George95 v N-Bomb gtho4 v Howie72 illiniman14 v paper_aero ozzz2002 v Sypher PaulE v Dizart rxbigdawg v LeoDaVinci srini701 v wwe84 szabs v dg_dave [ 22 ] DanielPoulson v gtho4 FussBudget v Dizart illiniman14 v wwe84 LeoDaVinci v George95 ozzz2002 v Howie72 PaulE v rxbigdawg srini701 v N-Bomb Sypher v dg_dave szabs v paper_aero

[ 23 ] FussBudget v paper_aero George95 v Dizart gtho4 v dg_dave illiniman14 v Howie72 LeoDaVinci v ozzz2002 PaulE v wwe84 rxbigdawg v N-Bomb srini701 v DanielPoulson szabs v Sypher [ 24 ] DanielPoulson v FussBudget dg_dave v szabs Dizart v PaulE Howie72 v gtho4 LeoDaVinci v rxbigdawg N-Bomb v George95 paper_aero v illiniman14 Sypher v ozzz2002 wwe84 v srini701 [ 25 ] FussBudget v dg_dave George95 v DanielPoulson gtho4 v ozzz2002 illiniman14 v Sypher N-Bomb v Dizart PaulE v paper_aero rxbigdawg v wwe84 srini701 v Howie72 szabs v LeoDaVinci [ 26 ] DanielPoulson v LeoDaVinci Dizart v Howie72 FussBudget v illiniman14 George95 v ozzz2002 N-Bomb v dg_dave PaulE v szabs rxbigdawg v Sypher srini701 v gtho4 wwe84 v paper_aero [ 27 ] dg_dave v Sypher Dizart v FussBudget George95 v LeoDaVinci gtho4 v DanielPoulson Howie72 v ozzz2002 N-Bomb v srini701 paper_aero v szabs rxbigdawg v PaulE wwe84 v illiniman14 [ 28 ] DanielPoulson v srini701 Dizart v George95 dg_dave v gtho4 Howie72 v illiniman14 N-Bomb v rxbigdawg ozzz2002 v LeoDaVinci paper_aero v FussBudget Sypher v szabs wwe84 v PaulE [ 29 ] Dizart v paper_aero FussBudget v gtho4 George95 v Sypher illiniman14 v LeoDaVinci N-Bomb v Howie72 PaulE v ozzz2002 rxbigdawg v dg_dave srini701 v szabs wwe84 v DanielPoulson [ 30 ] DanielPoulson v ozzz2002 Dizart v gtho4 George95 v srini701 Howie72 v dg_dave LeoDaVinci v PaulE N-Bomb v illiniman14 paper_aero v Sypher rxbigdawg v FussBudget wwe84 v szabs [ 31 ] dg_dave v Dizart FussBudget v LeoDaVinci gtho4 v PaulE Howie72 v wwe84 illiniman14 v srini701 ozzz2002 v rxbigdawg paper_aero v DanielPoulson Sypher v N-Bomb szabs v George95 [ 32 ] DanielPoulson v Dizart dg_dave v George95 gtho4 v illiniman14 Howie72 v rxbigdawg ozzz2002 v srini701 paper_aero v N-Bomb Sypher v PaulE szabs v FussBudget wwe84 v LeoDaVinci [ 33 ] FussBudget v N-Bomb gtho4 v wwe84 illiniman14 v Dizart LeoDaVinci v dg_dave ozzz2002 v paper_aero PaulE v George95 srini701 v rxbigdawg Sypher v Howie72 szabs v DanielPoulson [ 34 ] DanielPoulson v PaulE dg_dave v illiniman14 Dizart v rxbigdawg Howie72 v FussBudget N-Bomb v LeoDaVinci ozzz2002 v szabs paper_aero v srini701 Sypher v gtho4 wwe84 v George95

I am in again.

Think I finished near bottom (relegation zone) last year...if you don't mind having me back, I would like to take a shot at this again

Count me in !!

My last game cost me dearly last season and I finished-up way down in fifteenth. I'd like another go - if only to redeem myself - but I guess I shouldn't be too hopeful .

I'll try.

I suppose I can give it another go

I'll be back

I'll be back.

And again for another try

Already half the max signed up! Only room for nine more!

I am in.

before I forget,
add one more to the list

Hope you have enough room for me. Sounds like a really cool variation.

Count me in again

I'll give it a go despite my ineptitude at footballing picking (3 options is too many for me!). Sounds like fun

Already confirmed:

1. dg_dave
2. srini701 (if allowed to compete)
3. Sypher
4. DanielPoulsen
5. George95
6. illiniman14
7. BxBarracuda
8. LeoDaVinci
9. paper_aero
10. ozzz2002
11. gtho4
12. rxbigdawg
13. Howie72
14. N-Bomb

regulars from previous years not yet here: PaulE, KrivoyRog, JaneMarple, Copago, Fussbudget, Szabs....hmmm....methinks it will be an interesting race to even take part this year

Srini, my good friend, I fear that I finished much lower than you last year, I think my place is more precarious :P

BxBarracuda/PaulE, DanielPoulson, and Copago are the possible relegations. Let's hope we don't have to relegate any of them!

Is there going to be a qualifying competition?

I don't know Dave, looking at the final standings I think my win total might keep me out of relegation.

If there are more tippers then spots I would be willing to give up my spot for a year.

I think we'll only see about two or three more...most of the usual suspects have already confirmed! There are still room for four more anyway...max is 18, and we have 14.

If you will have me, I am willing to have another go

I'll have a go