Step-by-step set up guide
Step-by-step set-up guide
If you are new to Fantasy League Professional, please follow these step-by-step instructions to set up your FREE trial league. You can print off a step-by-step guide here, and refer to our in-depth rules under the Game Guide tab. To get you started though, please read on!
Register on fantasyleague.com
Click the Register Now button on the top right of the homepage.
Create Lobby
Go to the Pro homepage, click Set Up Your League, then name your league and click the Free Trial option.
Choose Auction Type
You can hold your auction online or at venue. Click the online or traditional auction tabs at the top of this page for more information about the two auction types. Once you have decided, select the required option in the dropdown and click Create to continue league set up..
You are now in your lobby! See this as your chairman’s office – it’s where you can add managers to your league before the auction.
Add your team
Click on the Add Your Team button. You are not adding your players at this stage. Select your team name and badge.
Add managers to your league
Click on the Add Managers button, and fill in the names and email addresses for the first five managers who you will be inviting to take part. You can have anywhere between five and 16 managers in a division. Enter your friends' names and email addresses and click invite users.
Click Return to Lobby.
Once all the managers have created their Fantasy League accounts and joined your league, you need to click the Activate Trial button underneath the list of teams in your lobby. Once you click this button you cannot add in new managers at a later date, so make sure all your managers are signed up before activating your league!
Once you have activated your trial, an option to Enter Auction will appear below the list of teams in your lobby. Click that button to proceed to the important step of setting up your league rules in advance of the auction!
Decide on League Rules – What can you customise?
You can adjust things like squad sizes, club quotas, budgets, transfer quotas and set up transfer windows during the season using the Sealed Bids engine.
You can set rules however you want, however for your first time playing, we would suggest the following:
- - League Size: 5 to 16 teams per league division
- - Squad Size: 15 players per squad
- - Club Quotas: Two players allowed from each Premier League club
- - Formations: All available formations (4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-5-1, 5-4-1, 5-3-2) allowed
- - Transfers allowance: Allow unlimited transfers during the season or set season and monthly quotas of any amount
- - Transfer windows: Set any number of "Sealed Bid" transfer windows throughout the season, or allow transfers to be made by each manager on an any-time basis
Traditional Auction Step-by-Step
Follow these steps to run your Traditional Auction and enter each manager's team into the game.
1) Decide on Auction date and venue
Once you have a date, you need to decide whether you are going to meet up at someone's house, or perhaps in a pub or even the office boardroom!
2) Print Auction Pack
Click on the
Auction Pack tab at the top of your league lobby and print off enough team sheets and Player Lists for your managers. Also print off our special A3 auction tracker for the auctioneer to keep a track of bids.
3) Hold Auction
Many leagues choose to run their auction in different ways, the simplest being for each manager in order to select a player and then start the bidding! For some more tips and hints on holding an auction,
click here.
4) Enter all the managers teams
After your auction you need to enter all the managers teams.
5) Click Enter Auction
When all teams are in the lobby can you begin to enter your players. Once these are entered click the
Enter Auction button.
6) Input league rules
You will now be asked to input all the rules you decided before your auction onto the site.
7) Input players and start scoring!
Click on the
Team Names in turn, enter the players and the fee paid for each at the auction. Once all of the teams have been entered, you need to click the
Complete Auction button to convert your league into active status ready to begin scoring.
Online Auction Step-by-Step
Follow these these step-by-step instructions to set up your Online Auction and get bidding on those players who will lead your team to glory in Fantasy League Professional!
1) Decide on start date
The beauty of an online auction is a that all of your managers do not all have to be online at the same time, meaning its ideal for leagues who have managers spread across the country or the world.
2) Input league rules
Click on the
Enter Auction button to input all the pre-decided league rules.
3) Set up first bidding round
A deadline must now be set for the opening round of bids.
4) All managers to bid on players!
Each manager selects a full squad of players and spends up to their full budget to place bids they are willing to pay for each of their selections.
5) Process Bids
When the deadline passes, you (as the Chairman) process the bids for the round by clicking the
Process Bids button. All the successful bids go into the teams automatically. Managers get the money back for players that they have lost out on.
6) Set up second bidding round
You then repeat the process until all teams are full by repeating steps 4 and 5. Usually, three rounds of bidding will be needed to complete all teams.
7) Complete auction and start scoring!
Once all of the teams have been entered, you need to click the
Complete Auction button to convert your league into its active status ready to begin scoring!