Fantasy League

On Saturday nights we (the guys) often get together to watch EPL football matches, to have a few cold ones , to eat haute cuisine snacks and to spend (and sometimes win) money by betting on the games.

Matt Merritt, who was the founder of the JIS Fantasy League is unfortunaly not with us anymore, but his spirit lives on and he still looks over our shoulder ( see picture....the ugly guy wearing the stars and stripes shirt) to check if we do everything by the book. Yes it's true..... even Americans can learn how to play this FOOTBALL knowledge game.

In this league you pick 11 players every week from the EPL games . Your players can get you points for scoring goals, getting assists, keeping clean sheets or even minus points for cards, etc.. It makes watching the games a lot funner and even a boring ficture like Shefflied vs.Reading can suddenly be an appealing prospect.

So far the champions were Matt 03-04, Butch 04-05 and Jur 05-06.

Needless to say that the wives and girlfriends are not always thrilled about these Saturday night male get togethers. But hey..... they shouldnt complain.... it keeps us off the streets and far away from possible Blok M temptations.....