Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Metro FREE Euro 2008 Fantasy Football

As expected, it never rains but it pours in Fantasy Football land. On the back of the Daily Telegraph launching their game the Metro, the daily free newspaper, has today launched their free to enter competition.

With £15,000 in prize money and it being FREE to enter the Metro competition is bound to be a popular one. £10,000 is up for grabs for the highest points scorer with the highest scoring manager of each round of group games winning £1,000 each. The group stage prizes will be contested as follows:

Round 1:
Saturday 7th June – Tuesday 10th June
Round 2:
Wednesday 11th June – Saturday 14th June
Round 3:
Sunday 15th June – Wednesday 18th June
Quarter Final:
Thursday 19th June - Sunday 22nd June
Semi Final & Final:
Wednesday 25th June - Sunday 29th June

You have 75 stars to use to buy your team, with the top players like Cristiano Ronaldo costing 10 stars so you really do have to pick wisely in the competition and make sure you get the main men you want in your team and some good cheap options to compliment them. Managers are restricted to only 3 transfers during the group stages, 10 for the quarter finals matches and 5 for the semi finals and final.

There is a YOYWYW Mini League set-up for this competition and everyone is welcome to join in. Let all your friends know and get your team in there and have a bit of banter as the tournament progresses via the messageboard. To join our mini league, register your team on the Metro website, then go to League section and click 'Join a League'. You then need to enter the following:

League Name: You Only Yodel When You're Winning
League Password: yodeller

Click here to sign up to the FREE Metro European Championship Fantasy Football


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