The IFR Fantasy Football League 2013-14

Forget the battle for yield, your bonus or the next promotion, the real snake pit in the capital markets is the IFR Fantasy Football League.

It is time to build your teams (on the English Premier League’s fantasy football system) and get ready for the season’s kickoff on Saturday, August 17.

Last season, 50 top teams from the industry around the world applied their expert analysis and ruthless tactics with the aim of earning bragging rights which go far beyond winning the next deal.

When the dust settled, Joost Philipsen of Kempen & Co in Amsterdam, proved the Total Football strategy of his side Patatone reigned above all others.

This season, we again welcome teams worldwide, new and old, and of course we appreciate a clever club name.

To play, register to set up your team on fantasy.premierleague.com and then use the code 486077-265115 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 in the industry.

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 Super League Final Standings 2012-13

	#	Team	Manager	GW	TOT
	1	Patatone	Joost Philipsen	69	2,253
	2	Born Strikers	Thomas van den Born	75	2,183
	3	Green Monsters	Pav X	55	2,166
	4	Leeds United	Christoffer Brandorf	75	2,154
	5	Outlaw Immortalz	Terence Chabe	53	2,100
	6	DutchMania	Albert de Waard	38	2,088
	7	Maidstone Gunners	Herman Bake	66	2,067
	8	Bude	Tim Day	43	2,037
	9	Duncan Disorderly	John Weavers	31	2,030
	10	No money united	Karen Arzumanyan	38	2,028
	11	Brendan’s Barca Boys	jonathan finn	55	2,013
	12	Shakalaka BoomBoom	Aleem Akhtar	50	2,001
	13	FC Panda	Bryan Woon	59	1,973
	14	Real London	Dan Martin	52	1,951
	15	Hamsters	Vishaal Chudasama	42	1,930
	16	DevilishDemons	Tevin Jones	50	1,921
	17	United United	Robin Rooney	42	1,905
	18	Victory Goal	Victor Ng	52	1,899
	19	OTOMAODSIECZ	Karol Wnuk	47	1,897
	20	Joan Crawford	Mark Bennewith	59	1,891
	21	Cuffe Flyer	Tim Cuffe	37	1,875
	22	Watney Wanderers	Nick Watney	61	1,874
	23	Hot Bovril	Chris Mangham	60	1,873
	24	Dulwich Slayers	Jon Price	50	1,867
	25	Agiyano FC	Nues-Opad Agiyano	60	1,859
	26	PerfectTomi	John Kimble	46	1,850
	27	Werder Forever	Andreas Wilgen	42	1,825
	28	Pathetic Athletic	Mr Bean	34	1,823
	29	Super Rams	Matthew Davies	70	1,819
	30	Mighty Eagles	Benjamin Newmark	56	1,818
	31	Scholes Goals	Simon Derrick	25	1,778
	32	npowerchampionship	dan norman	43	1,772
	33	Nottingham Forest	Savraj Sethi	42	1,762
	34	Capital City FC	JG Mastrini	67	1,741
	35	Sainted Irish	Paddy Cassidy	42	1,735
	36	real mcoy 14	Andrew Spencer	71	1,728
	37	Special K Squad	Karthik Sankaran	31	1,722
	38	The Dude	Vincent Mayot	41	1,714
	39	S*M*A*S*H	Mous Iber	48	1,696
	40	HerbertWinkles	Nick Herbert	42	1,677
	41	Drones Club	Omair Zahid	59	1,663
	42	Noelcastle Utd	noel monro	29	1,645
	43	Blaszczak FC	Robert Blaszczak	35	1,606
	44	Xova	Opeyemi Olomo	59	1,591
	45	Sparta FC	Alasdair Reilly	41	1,583
	46	Wandsworth Canary	Owen Wild	48	1,486
	47	mikemike	Mike Tsui	40	1,473
	48	Dark Horse	Dipupo Ogunbiyi	37	1,414
	49	MOORE than a team	Nick Darrant	37	1,410
	50	Getafe Me Maw	Conor Griffin	34	1,367