THE FFUK CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – QUALIFICATION LATEST

Cup 3: FFUK Champions League – QUALIFICATION LATEST

And so it all comes down to this ….. one week to go to qualify for the FFUK Champions League. 54 Managers have sealed their places. Another two are nailed on. So 23 places yet to be decided and EVERY Manager is in with a chance of getting one of them.

As I have covered in a previous post, there are several ways to qualify for the competition:

1. The top 20 managers from last season’s FFUK
2. The two cup winners (FFUK Cup and Milk Plate) from last season’s FFUK
3. Top 5 new entrants to FFUK this season as at GW24
4. The six managers of the month for August to January
5. The highest points scorers in each Gameweek (up to Gameweek 24)
6. Up to ten teams will qualify among those left in the FPL Cup at Gameweek 24 (last season eight teams were left at this stage). If more than 10 teams are left in the FPL Cup at Gameweek 24, the ten places will go to those with the highest overall scores
7. Top Junior in FFUK at GW24
8. Writing a post on the FFUK website last year (2019)
9. The remaining places will be filled by the corresponding number of teams as determined by the highest scorers in GW24

It’s all to play for in several of these categories. Manager of the Month for January is currently led by Stephen Fielden (6) but he only has a slender 8 point advantage over Jemma Gibson (25) although Jemma has already qualified through her FPL Cup run.

Things are even more interesting in the top new entrants category. While the top 4 are nailed on for Justin McCarthy (2), Dean Cummings (8), Peter Hayes (11) and Jez Penn (14), the fifth spot is up for grabs. It’s currently shared by Adam Vardy (20=) and Shane Newton (20=), but they only have a two-point advantage over Luay Alfraham (23). Another manager yet to qualify, Andrew Downie (35), is just 15 points behind.

The top young FFUKer is, by contrast, all over. Tom Page-Chatton (107) has 31 point lead over Danny Fielden (151) with Theo Allen (160) a further 8 points back.

As things stand there will be twenty places available for the top scores in that gameweek among Managers who have not yet qualified. Given it’s a double gameweek for Liverpool and West Ham there’s potential for absolute carnage! The total number of places will depend on whether qualifiers in other categories have already qualified and/or there are ties for qualification (under which circumstances all teams who tie qualify).

The draw for the first ever FFUK Champions League will take place on the evening of 31st January.

The following have already qualified. To the rest of you – good luck!

1	Allan Tomkins	Top 20
2	Jordan Davison	Top 20
3	Nick Johns	Top 20
4	sean colohan	Top 20
5	john Harper	Top 20
6	Neill Goodwin	Top 20
7	mark leathem	Top 20
8	Vince .Siracusa	Top 20
9	Tim McEwan	Top 20
10	James Amar	Top 20
11	Jamie Stewart	Top 20
12	Lewis Bell	Top 20
13	Paul Reid	Top 20
14	Damien O’Neill	Top 20
15	Marcus Blowers	Top 20
16	Daron Russell	Top 20
17	Lawrence Sprigings	Top 20
18	Steve Cronin	Top 20
19	Chris Galloway	Top 20
20	Ben Pycz	Top 20
21	Tom Newman	Cup winner
22	Steven Mountford	MOM
23	David Sullivan	MOM
24	Duncan Galloway	MOM
25	Steven Watson	MOTW
26	Malek Mansour	MOTW
27	Sean Griffin	MOTW
28	Chris Norman	MOTW
29	Jason Beal	MOTW
30	Ryan Corbett	MOTW
31	Peter Hayes	MOTW
32	Stuart Allen	MOTW
33	Jez Penn	MOTW
34	James Nalepa	MOTW
35	Glen Johnson	MOTW
36	Matt Packham	MOTW
37	Scott Hassell	MOTW
38	Jamie Stephens	MOTW
39	Joe Warrington	MOTW
40	Alex Kassner	MOTW
41	Roni Friel	MOTW
42	Danny Burgess	MOTW
43	Paul Browne	MOTW
44	Toby Glicher	FPL Cup
45	Jake Walker	FPL Cup
46	Jemma Gibson	FPL Cup
47	Alex Sadlier	FPL Cup
48	Phil Andrews	FPL Cup
49	Pete Cronin	Posts
50	Paul Baker	Posts
51	Matt Reid	Posts
52	Duncan Hannigan	Posts
53	James Downie	Posts
54	Justin McCarthy	Posts

Cheers,

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