Hi guys,

With all the chatter revolving around the imminent return of the worlds greatest football league (bar AFL) re-commencing in less than a month; it is time to get into one of the many SuperCoach off season games; Fantasy English Premier League, or FEPL for short.

This year, TS has 2 leagues running. One is a head to head type format where you play off against an opponent each week and collect 3 points for the win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss with the highest points after week 38 crowned the winner, and the other league is the traditional system where the winner is the team that scores most fantasy points after week 38.

League codes are classic: 32457-12154 and H2H: 32457-12169, and the site you need to go to is <a href="http://fantasy.premierleague.com/">here.[/url] Then simply just sign up, create your team and enter those 2 leagues.

Each week we will have a post up with information and advice, fixtures and weekly tipping predictions, injury/suspension news, global issues (eg: 2 games in one week), live TV schedule, etc and as we get closer to the first game, I will post a rate my team entry. If there is anything you guys want to see in these posts, let me know.

So the season starts off this year on August 14th with a big opening game of 4th vs 5th; Tottenham at home against Manchester City. This game should prove to be a cracker and will no doubt be shown live on Fox Sports at 11.45 on the Saturday night.

Other notable games for the round include newly promoted West Brom travelling to Stamford Bridge to take on the reigning champions, Chelsea (ouch...welcome to the premier league West Brom), the 2 teams in red play Sunday when Arsenal travel to Merseyside to take on Liverpool at Anfield, and finally Newcastle commence their campaign at Old Trafford against Manchester United on Monday.

I will finish this post with a joke that my lovely wife to be tells me every year and that is "Look at the table Josh, Arsenal is on top, so take it in now because it will be the only time they are there until this time next year". Isnt she lovely!

The full fixture is over the break. <!--more-->

Saturday, 14 August 2010
Tottenham v Man City, 12:45
Aston Villa v West Ham, 15:00
Blackburn v Everton, 15:00
Bolton v Fulham, 15:00
Sunderland v Birmingham, 15:00
Wigan v Blackpool, 15:00
Wolverhampton v Stoke, 15:00
Chelsea v West Brom, 17:30

Sunday, 15 August 2010
Liverpool v Arsenal, 16:00

Monday, 16 August 2010
Man Utd v Newcastle, 20:00

All times are in GMT (London time).