3 Quick and Easy Steps to playing Nouse Fantasy Football

1. Register
   • First things first, you need to register using your York Webmail username (e.g abc500).
   • A confirmation email will then be sent to your York Webmail account. Click the link and you're ready to start picking your team.
   • Choose a team name (e.g The World's Best Team) and enter your full name (e.g Stuart Ball) so that everyone in the league will know it when you're sitting pretty at the top of the table.
2. Pick Your Team
   • This is where knowledge, guesswork and a bit of forethought will come into play. You have a budget of £50m to spend on a team of 11 players.
   • First select a formation from the tabs at the top left of the pitch (4-4-2, 4-3-3, 3-5-2, 5-3-2)
   • Then click Add to pick a player for each position. This will take you to the Players page and will automatically show all the players for your selected position. (NB You can only pick players in their correct position, regardless of whether they change during the course of the tournament. Fantasy Football positions and prices will not change during competition.)
   • Complete this process for all positions. If you don't wish to complete your team in one sitting, your picks will be saved when log out. To log in again you will need your York Webmail username and chosen password.
3. Submitting your Team
   • Once you have a full selection of 11 players valued at £50m or under, you can submit a team by clicking the Submit Team button at the bottom of the page. You will then be asked for a final confirm of your submission.
   • If you have gone over budget, the 'Submit Team' button will be greyed out, until you have adjusted your squad accordingly.
   • Once you have submitted a team you will not be able to make transfers until the Transfer Window between the end of the group stages and the quarter finals. During the window you will be able to make 4 changes to your team. This could be crucial for scoring in the latter stages.

...And you're there!

Scoring

Now watch as your team scores points according to how they play in every game of the College Cup (excluding Plate games - see 'Game Rules' below) Players score points for the following:

• Appearances
  • Start: + 2 (fantasy points)
  • Substitute: + 1
• Goals (including penalties not in shootouts - see 'Game Rules' below)
  • Goalkeeper: + 7
  • Defender: + 5
  • Midfielder: + 4
  • Forward: + 3
  • Own Goal: - 3
• Clean sheets
  • Goalkeeper: + 3 (as a substitute: + 1)
  • Defender: + 2 (as a substitute: + 1)
• Others
  • Penalty save: + 3 (Goalkeepers only)
  • Every 2 goals conceded: - 1 (Goalkeepers only)
  • Man of the Match: + 3
  • Yellow: - 2
  • Red: - 5

Remember to check regularly to see how your team is performing. All games will be played on the JLD Astro turf and the group stages will run from every Monday (2pm, 3pm, 4pm), Tuesday (2pm, 3pm, 4pm), Thursday (2pm, 3pm, 4pm) and Friday (2pm, 3pm, 4pm) from weeks two until six. The only exception is Week 3 where the games originally scheduled to take place on Friday will now take place on Monday 12pm, Monday 1pm and Tuesday 1pm.

Game Rules

• Crossover players will only score points for the higher team. For example if Elliot Ragan is registered to play for Halifax 1sts and as a cross-over to Halifax 2nds, he will not score any points for the his performance in the 2nds. This is in the interest of fairness, giving all players the opportunity to play an equal number of games. Bear this in mind when selecting your picks.
• Games played in the Plate (for all third and fourth placed teams at the end of the group stage) will not count towards the fantasy points.
• Users can enter 1 team only. This is in the interest of fairness, giving each user an equal opportunity to win one of the fantastic prizes on offer.
• Man of the Match will be awarded by Nouse after every game in conjunction with the teams.
• Penalty shoot-out goals or saves will not count towards fantasy points. However, penalties scored in the course of normal play will count towards points and will be awarded according to position.
• Nouse staff are able to enter teams but will not qualify for any of the prizes. In the event of a member of Nouse finishing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, the prizes will be handed out to the next non-Nouse members according to league position.

Prizes

• 1st Prize - TBC
• 2nd Prize - TBC
• 3rd Prize - TBC

If you win one of the prizes on offer, you will be contacted directly by Nouse via your York Webmail account.