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BFL Rules

Auction

  1. Each manager is given £40 million as a starting budget before their leagues auction.
  2. Every manager then has to build their full squad including subs for no more than £25 million.
  3. A squad consists of 1 keeper, 2 fullbacks, 2 centre-halfs, 4 mid-fielders & 2 strikers, you also have space for 4 subs from any section you prefer.
  4. The auction begins with a nominated manager who starts the bidding for a player, in a clockwise motion the next manager decides if he would like to bid for that player or not. Bids work in £500,000's, once no other manager wants the player the last manager who bid for the player now has him for their squad.
  5. You are only allowed 2 players from any club.
  6. Once all managers have completed their squads you then need to fill in your team sheet and pass to your league chairman.
  7. If you have any funds left over they are carried over with another £10 million to last you the whole season.

During season

  1. Substitutions - can be made at any time by all managers.
  2. Transfers - Transfers can only be performed by the chairman. Sealed bids are the only way for a manager to buy a player from the pool. The deadline each week is 7.30pm on a Thursday. More sealed bid rules can be found at the sealed bid section of your league.
  3. Formation - The only formation allowed is a 4-4-2, if a manager plays a different format for a duration of matches they lose any extra points accumulated.
  4. Meetings - If a player is being bid for on the board and is still inside the time ruling when a meeting occurs, that players bidding goes back to zero and bidding starts again. If no-one is interested in that player at the meeting the board bidding continues as normal.
  5. Transfer deadline day is - no more transfers between managers are allowed after this date.
  6. Ties - In the event of a draw occurring the winner is decided by the following route - goals scored, assists, clean sheets, goals against & finally toss of a coin. FA Cup - one replay will take place for drawn matches, then the normal rules apply.
  7. Manager of the month awards - every manager who has entered this pays £1 per week with the league winner for each month receiving the total amount collected for each league.
  8. Manager of the year award - every manager who has entered this pays a one off - £10 with the league winner receiving a predetermined amount.

Promotion & relegation

  1. For season 03/04 - the bottom two placed teams in the premier league will be relegated to division1, with the top two teams in division1 will be promoted to the premier league. The bottom team in division1 will be required to write a letter for reapplying for the following season.
  2. For season 03/04 - a playoff will occur between the team sitting in 6th position in the Premier league and 3rd place in the first division at the end of the season. The points total for each team compiled on the last day of the season decides who goes up or goes down. Normal rules apply in a drawn match.