The Newcastle United Blog is running a fantasy football league this season for the very first time courtesy of Metro Free Fantasy Football.
A league has been set up for readers of this blog, and the details from Metro are shown below:
League Name: NUFC
League Pin: 4430
I’m just a little late to this game, but have written a guest article for Metro and they have persuaded me I should really run fantasy football on this site.
You can sign up for the league here and you will need to create your own fantasy team and join the league using the above pin.
I understand other blogs have already launched fantasy football, so we’ll see how popular this is – please sign up now if your are interested.
144 comments so far
Eastander
Jul 25, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Comment #81when you have signed in and made a team there is a light blue box along the top says private leagues, in the middleish, click on that and then there should be something on the screen saying find a league, enter the code 4430 in there and it should take you to the league to be able to join.
Andy is someone who writes on the blog, i.e. post 73
Andy
Jul 25, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Comment #82JP it is. If you’re joining the official one the website is
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/
and the league code is : 26808-13480
gndtoon
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Comment #83Ola Toivonen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGrVW5l89g
This man is awesome … like another 6’3 player of recent times. Don’t really get why we weren’t in for him. well who knows i geuss we maybe
belfastmagpie87
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:01 PM
Comment #84I will win the fantasy football league.
my winners speech is already prepared.
🙂
MacToon
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:06 PM
Comment #85Ha ha belfast, I’m gonna sell ur best striker for £35 mil and give you nothing to replace him with lmao
Smooth moves Shola
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:08 PM
Comment #86Mega video. Sums it up. KK is choking up in that interview, he cares about us, Mike only cares for no1 and his profit margins. It is actually sickening. I wish everybody would participate in a mass boycott, for as long as it takes and to any extent necessary to shunt blobby out.
The players would understand.
JP...from The Rock
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:08 PM
Comment #87Eastander – Thanks a lot m8 🙂
Andy – What is the difference between this one and the official one?
In Ed’s one I can play against you guys in the league?? Or is that one of the differences between this one and the official one?
Are my Fantasy Team’s stats affected by real life player performances – or is that ONLY on the Official one???
How do I go up the league in Fantasy Football?
Do I win money?
Please answer me these questions and I will be forever grateful.
Smooth moves Shola
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:11 PM
Comment #88I’m only in Andy’s league. Thought I better let someone else have their moment of glory, in the other one 😆 (I do not own the rights to this emoticon, Mactoon does) 😉
Andy
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:11 PM
Comment #89Erm i’m not too sure the difference. I’m not sure how many are in this league. In the one on the official site there are about 120 in the NUFCblog league. You get points for different things like clean sheets goals assists and if that team wins. You lose points for things like red/yellow cards own goals. You win money if you’re the best in the whole game but not if you win the mini league and you go up the league by getting the most points per team.
belfastmagpie87
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:12 PM
Comment #90lads.
“its all about the confidence”
😉
GeordieGerman “allez les gars!”
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:12 PM
Comment #91OK, old(ish) and old fashioned man here. Has someone the patients to explain what fantasy football is and what you do?
thai-mag
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:13 PM
Comment #92I’m very worried about next season, hope it works out, will be over the moon, but think players coming in are not good enough, hope I’m wrong,
GeordieToon89
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:14 PM
Comment #93Hart
Sagna – Kompany – Luiz – Baines
Sessegnon – Cabaye – Etherington
Gervinho – Carroll – Suarez
Thats my team for this metro league woo guna win ha
Tonytoon73
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:14 PM
Comment #94Andy I thought you were putting 10 grand of your own money to the winner. lovely lad. lol
GeordieToon89
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:16 PM
Comment #95170 teams in this metro one
JP...from The Rock
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Comment #96Andy – And it’s all based on real life incidents? That’s cool.
How does your fantasy team get more money and is it run in the same way as a real life EPL team as to Transfer windows and pre-season performances?
Do I play directly against fantasy teams in the same fantasy league? Or is it just based on Real Life Player Performances?
I don’t get that most points per team bit. How many teams can I have?
Sorry about all these pestering questions I just have been thinking about joining a Fantasy Football thing for years without really knowing what it was about and never got down to it.
Many thanks for your help guys 🙂
belfastmagpie87
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:21 PM
Comment #97i had very long & very succesful career,at championship manager in my day.lol
many people have tried to convince me to come back,
but i declined the offers. 🙂
now it just feels like the right time to return……… haha
voodoo85
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:22 PM
Comment #98my team (formation – 4-4-2)
GK: De Gea
DF: Terry / Hangeland / Clichy / Dawson
MF: Lampard / van der Vaart / Dempsey / Cahill
ST: Ba / Bent
Subs: Given / Huth / Cabaye / Kalinic
Andy
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:23 PM
Comment #99@Tony :L: Pretty sure you mentioned something about donating a pint before the match to the winner
ADAM-NUFC
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:24 PM
Comment #100just done my team for the metro
Szczesny
Sagna – Vidic – Kompany – Baines
N’Zogbia- Van Der Vaart – Tiote – Hatem Ben Arfa
Hernandez – Van Persie
Tonytoon73
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:26 PM
Comment #101Andy anytime mate. ha ha
NUFCFAN76
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:26 PM
Comment #102Lads,
First round of pics from KC. Enjoy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nufcfan76/sets/
Tonytoon73
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Comment #103ADAM cracking team, apart from your goalkeeper.
Andy
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:30 PM
Comment #104Just joined metro one. Will end up neglecting one of them by the start of the season haha. Team:
Hart
Baines Dunne Terry Kompany
Cesc Silva A.Young Zog
Bent Suarez
JP...from The Rock
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:33 PM
Comment #105Why can’t I find Ben Arfa in this blogs Fantasy Football League????
JP...from The Rock
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Comment #106Ok found him but can’t buy hm and I have over 30M to spend, what’s up ?
gmo16
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:38 PM
Comment #107Off-topic but anyone seen Nile Ranger’s tweets this evening?
NilePowerRanger:
So happy to know that I’ve got another 5 years at this beautiful club.. Which takes me till I’m 24 #NUFC 🙂
And he has retweeted this from someone else:
@NilePowerRanger start applying yourself coz you have talent,every geordie would give his right bollock to have your opportunity.Ranger (9)
Reckon he’s being sarcastic there?
MacToon
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:40 PM
Comment #108GeordieGerman, my reply to your post directed at me earlier:
My point Geordie German was that people were talking about subjects they obviously had little knowledge of and therefore I called them ignorant.
Your reply to me actually showed you had little understanding of the conversation we were engaged in about the changing of the Liverpool owners, therefore you showed your ignorance in the reply you directed at me 😉
opinions were not discussed but facts were because it is history, I listen to opinions and respect them for what they are. Facts are a different matter.
mattnufc
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:47 PM
Comment #109@100 Yeah we’ve seen
ADAM-NUFC
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:47 PM
Comment #110cheers Tonytoon73, changed the goal keeper to Reina now. Full team is…
(4-4-2)
Reina
Sagna – Vidic – Kompany – Baines
N’Zogbia- Van Der Vaart – Tiote – Hatem Ben Arfa
Hernandez – Van Persie
Subs: Krul, Jagielka, Sessegon, Ba
danishmag
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:48 PM
Comment #111The transfer policy of Newcastle is so sound.
Buying quality for low fees/free transfers, instead of spending tons of money. Why spend it, if it´s not needed?
I never heard of Tioté before he got here, and look at him now.
We might learn that some of the other players we are getting in, are of the same quality as he is!?
Abeid looks very nice, as does Cabaye!
I do not know about Marveaux yet, but the stats of Demba Ba speaks for it self, i think!
We have gotten more quality than most in the window, and we got it for candy!
We still have money left from the Carroll sale, you´ll see lads!
Again… AP´s saying that the money from Carroll is spend, right?
Then again… how come we are still in the market for Erding at a price of 6-7 mill? We cannot buy him, for money that´s allready spend!
So… the money is still there, just be patient, mates
JP...from The Rock
Jul 25, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Comment #112Why the hell are my players Jumping Position in my Metro Fantasy Team???
Anyone know?
JP...from The Rock
Jul 25, 2011 at 11:00 PM
Comment #113Ahh sorted, my Metro Fantasy Football Team:
——————–Krul————————-
Evra —–Vidic—-Coloccini capt.)—-V.Aanholt
Walcott—–Nasri—-Van Der Vaart—A.Johnson
————–Tevez——-Gervinho————–
Subs:
L.Suarez
Tiote
K.Naughton
S.Given
Tasty huh…what do ya think? 🙂
FloridaToon
Jul 25, 2011 at 11:04 PM
Comment #114Newcastle United target Charles N’Zogbia is expected to hold talks with Aston Villa in the next 24 hours after they agreed a fee with Wigan Athletic – Press Association.
Geordie-Jake
Jul 25, 2011 at 11:04 PM
Comment #115now i’ve got 3 fantasy football teams, sky sports, metro and official barclays prem one, the sky sports one’s the best, been doin it for a few seasons now and the world cup
toon-hendy
Jul 25, 2011 at 11:05 PM
Comment #116@pizzicatochan
You have down that Richardson is a RB and Newton is a CM. Infact I’ve played with these 2 and I’m really good mates with both when infact Newton plays RB and Richardon plays CM. Played with Newton for whickham school + Richardson played a few games with him 2 seasons ago at walker.
2 great lads that are geordie mad. Ginger genius’s!
NUFCFAN76
Jul 25, 2011 at 11:12 PM
Comment #117@106 thanks man! Lotta work, just wanna make sure I can start puttn new ones up. Hope you enjoy them!
GeordieGerman “allez les gars!”
Jul 25, 2011 at 11:13 PM
Comment #118MacToon, then I apologise. Just sometimes it’s imposable to read through all the posts on here. As long as you accept opinions as opinions then I’m happy
UpTheRoad
Jul 25, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Comment #119@GeordieGerman You have 100m to spend and have to choose 11 players plus subs. You can have no more than 4 players from a single side and the team with the most points at the end wins. You get points per goal scored, clean sheets kept etc.
Geordie-Jake
Jul 25, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Comment #120http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JVekPzUVo
LMFAO