The IFR Fantasy Football League 2014-15

After the riveting climax to last season’s campaign, the IFR Fantasy Football League is back for what is expected to be another record-setting contest.

It is time to build your teams and get ready for opening-day kickoff on Saturday, August 16.

Last season, a record 81 squads from the industry around the world played for the coveted IFR crown and undisputed investment banking bragging rights, but after 38 gameweeks and thousands of questionable substitutions, two teams stood together at the top of the table… in a dead heat with 2,472 points.

Herman Bake of Deutsche Bank in Singapore found just enough to catch long-time leader Thomas van den Born of Kempen in Amsterdam on the final day of the season.

We once again welcome teams worldwide, new and old, and of course we appreciate a clever club name (although we do reserve the right to reject anything deemed too offensive).

To play, register to set up your team on fantasy.premierleague.com and then use the code 713938-176047 to join the IFRFFL.

At the end of it all, next May, the winner will receive an industry-appropriate gift from IFR, along with the awe and admiration of everyone.

During the season, please direct any questions or comments to the IFRFFL front office: john.mastrini@thomsonreuters.com.

Here is how it all finished last season:

IFR Fantasy Footbal League Final Standings 2013-14

	#	Team	Manager	GW
	1	Born Strikers (co-champions)	Thomas van den Born	50	2,472
	2	Maidstone Gunners (co-champions)	Herman Bake	55	2,472
	3	Grande Giuseppe	Joost Philipsen	49	2,425
	4	Dutch Mania	Albert de Waard	68	2,354
	5	Godenzonen	Roderick Smits	57	2,328
	6	Paddywhackers	Paul Scanlon	55	2,326
	7	Duncan Disorderly	John Weavers	51	2,316
	8	Hounds Of Justice	Saubarna Deep	58	2,297
	9	Hard to Beat	Decio Pereira	55	2,289
	10	Vantasy wanderers	Paul Kinge	53	2,281
	11	It’s 2 easy Nige	Diamond Joe	63	2,272
	12	InTheDarkDownUnder..	Paul White	35	2,267
	13	Lisburnscumbags.f.c	Cathal Burns	61	2,243
	14	Vlo’s Victory	Wieger van Vlodrop	37	2,237
	15	stubborn stains fc	Sport Mwangi	46	2,213
	16	Kop Kings	jonathan finn	46	2,210
	17	Blindside FC	G Chellam	59	2,209
	18	Dulwich Slayers	Jon Price	56	2,209
	19	Heartbreakers	Chris Wigley	55	2,207
	20	Panama	Aaron Pan	58	2,204
	21	Herbertwinkles	Nick Herbert	68	2,201
	22	Yes! Yes! Yes!	Saubarna Dutta Chowdhury	52	2,200
	23	Wehaveourtrophyback	Mick Duffy	38	2,197
	24	50 Shades of O’Shea	James Dawson	40	2,194
	25	Corey Celtic	Kevin Redmond	57	2,186
	26	De Northern Alliance	fergie downey	57	2,182
	27	Busby Babes	Vincent Ifepe	50	2,162
	28	Ryan’s all stars	Ryan Lacey	53	2,148
	29	Clobbers & Choppers	Rico Pedrett	42	2,138
	30	VODKA	Mark Trombley	53	2,135
	31	Red Star Bellend	Nick Willows	46	2,133
	32	Buy and Hold	Ben Smaje	42	2,126
	33	Shouson Hill Thistle	Phil Lipton	40	2,117
	34	Shambles FC	Chris Cockerill	48	2,116
	35	The Cantonas	Paddy Cassidy	48	2,095
	36	Tottenham All Spurs	Adam Gishen	41	2,092
	37	Kennedy Town FC	Steve Garton	52	2,079
	38	Oracle United	Fredric Teng	43	2,076
	39	JuarezLincoln	Bruce Dickinson	54	2,058
	40	FC KENYA	francis gaitho	40	2,049
	41	Obi One Kenobi Nil	Papa Lazarou	36	2,036
	42	AthleticalBallymanus	Padraig Healy	26	2,035
	43	The Travelling One	Auke Meijer	43	2,032
	44	Roaring Volcanoes	Jean-Luc Baguet	57	2,020
	45	StingersFC	Austin Noel	39	2,020
	46	Cuffinho	Tim Cuffe	56	2,011
	47	Super Rams	Matthew Davies	41	2,010
	48	Choi’s Champs	Alan Choi	57	2,007
	49	Wilson wanderers	Derek Wilson	58	2,005
	50	Sranchester United	Deepak Sran	56	1,997

Bottom of the table….

	51	Running Moon	Mr R	34	1,986
	52	Guinness	Lawrence Nea	38	1,976
	54	fc winner	alex wambui	50	1,949
	55	Theratscacks	Derek Sweetman	43	1,944
	56	Nibble	Mark Bennewith	60	1,937
	57	The perfectionist	Souradeep Chandra	54	1,932
	58	Victory Vic	Victor Ng	48	1,923
	59	Shavillianz	Ryan XI	50	1,857
	60	Kaistars FC	June Finlay	56	1,844
	61	Too Late	MdHaris MdSabli	38	1,841
	62	Red Devils	Suraj Giri	59	1,808
	63	Boisdales	Benas Petkevicius	46	1,801
	64	The Dandy Dons	John Geddie	64	1,754
	65	HItman	Woody Mu	47	1,752
	66	Htsec ECM	Xinyu Gong	31	1,713
	67	snowman	Yang HU	45	1,698
	68	Red Evils 1878	Agus Kuncoro	64	1,685
	69	LAD United	Jack McWeeney	40	1,681
	70	Pengo FC	Mister Pengo	34	1,620
	71	RorysBlueBoys	Sean Faherty	44	1,602
	72	Big club	Owen Wild	27	1,595
	73	Fully Monty AFC	Duncan Monteith	17	1,559
	74	SmokinJoe	Cristian Jonsson	20	1,551
	75	Yes We Khan	JG Mastrini	30	1,538
	76	Mike Tsui	Mike Tsui	25	1,532
	77	Up and at ’em	Chris Whittall	33	1,469
	78	My Pint Of You	Marc Carnegie	42	1,382
	79	Salford FC	Kyle Leonard	38	1,381
	80	Stroke	Black Jhon	22	1,353
	81	AthleticoDeLamma	Mark Tsang	33	1,336