Dear Managers

Welcome to a new section of FA where you can open a betting account and try and win big on predicting and betting on the weekly selected FA games!

This section denotes all game rules

GAME RULES

NB You can bet on as many matches that week as you like - as long as you have the points to do so!

1. Each applicant upon registering will recieve 200 point into their betting balance and this can be tracked with wins and losses on the leaderboad in the betting section on the FA messageboard
2. All bets have be divisible by one whole point (ie no decimals)
3. You cannot bet with points you do no have in your betting account
4. You cannot bet on a match that invovles your FA team
5. If you lose all your points, you are bankrupt and cannot buy back into the game
6. At the end of the season, winners will receive prizes (TBC). This will be along the lines of cash amounts to your FA bank balance, guranteed youth player etc - we havent decided this yet. Basically it will be enough that people that dont want to be invovled wont be penalised, but a decent reward for people that put the time in
7. You can place your bets in the relevant weekly post in this section under where i post the bets for the selected matches
8. Each week, 2 games will be selected from each league - making a total of 14 matches to pick from
9. Bets will follow real world rules and will be calculated via an odds calculator
10. All decisions and problems can be taken up with myself. If we cannot reach a solution, then FA will step in as mediator. In serious cases - the FA court can become invovled as a last step whose unbias decision will be final
11. No editing of posts is allowed for obvious reasons. If you make a mistake please let me know and that bet will be cancelled but only if it is before the teamsheet deadline
12. ANY editing of posts will immediately result in the forfit of that weeks matches and also the following week aswell. Persistant offenders will have to be removed from the game

Cheers and feel free to message me with any questions

Simon
Arsenal

Additional Rule for Season 5

If you make a mistake when typing you bet and include the wrong teams from the fixture list ie

"I bet 200 on Arsenal to beat Boro"

when in that week Arsenal are actually playing Man U, you can WITHOUT EDITING the original post amend your bet but ONLY if it includes one of the teams in the original wrong bet

The logic behind this is that this will normally be a typo or a wrong scan of the fixture list. But because of this you get the advantage of being able to change your bet to something else whereas managers who dont make typos dont have this luxury

If you do not change the bet to the correct fixtures, you cannot use the money you bet to bet on another fixture - it wil just be locked out untill the next weeks betting

If you choose to do nothing - the original bet is void as it isnt a real fixture and the stake money returned to your account

cheers

Simon
Arsenal Manager

New rule added 07/07/2009

13. And editing of posts the first week back from a ban wil result in a fine of £1,000,000 game points, or half your total balance - whichever is the greater

cheers

RULES UPDATE - SEASON 7

1.From season seven onwards official timing of posts will the taken from the FA Messageboard clock

2. So to remain fair to other managers this has happened to in previous seasons - if you leave FA midway through an FA season your balance will be cancelled and if you return and want to compete - you will start with the standard allowance of £200 that everyone gets. If you merely change clubs and dont leave the game - your current balance will travel with you to your new club

cheers

Simon
Villarreal Manager