How to play

Follow our step by step how to play guide and you could be on the way to winning our £25,000 top prize.

Picking your team

• Click on PICK NEW TEAM. You may enter a maximum of 2 teams
• Select your preferred team formation:  4-4-2,  4-3-3,  5-3-2,  3-5-2  or  4-5-1
• Select 11 players to your preferred formation within a budget of £75M
• When you have completed your XI, select a captain to score double points
• Register your details. If you have played Sky Sports Fantasy Football in the past or are a registered player of Super 6, Sky Bet, Sky Poker, Sky Vegas or Sky Bingo, you don’t have to re-register and can use your existing User ID and PIN to login.
• Your team will be entered in all of the global Sky Sports Fantasy Football 2012/13 competitions
• Choose to play in or start your own Private League with friends and colleagues
• Join a Sky Sports Public League and compete against Sky Sports pundits

Making Transfers

• Unlimited team changes up to the kick-off of the first Barclays Premier League match on Saturday August 18th
• Up to 30 transfers during the season
• No more than 5 transfers per calendar month
• In order to be eligible for scoring, transfers must be made before the earliest kick off that day; transfers made after the earliest kick off will start scoring from the next day. For example: If you transfer in Rooney before the earliest kick off on Saturday he will be eligible to score points immediately. If you transfer him in after the earliest kick off on Saturday, he will be eligible to score points from Sunday’s matches

Captain Changes

• Up to 1 captain change per game week. Game weeks run first kick-off Saturday to Friday. Captain changes must be completed by the kick-off of the first scheduled match in a game week to be eligible to score double points that week.