Rules

You pick a Premiership XI from a fantasy budget of £50million, based on the cash values given for the players. The scoring system is straightforward. It rewards the things you would expect – like goals, clean sheets and good performances. And it punishes leaky defences, bookings and red cards.

But your main job is to decide who you think will perform best over the season. The players come in the usual four groups - Goalkeepers, Defenders, Midfielders and Strikers.

Your 11 players win or lose points for every match they play in the Premiership,
FA Cup, Carling Cup, Champions League or UEFA Cup throughout 2006-07. Check out the easy scoring system.

The Transfer Windows

There are two Transfer Windows in Carlisle League - one from week 5 to Week 8 and one from week 12 to week 15.
The first Transfer Window will open from Week 5 , with transfers taking effect from week 6. The second Transfer Window will open from week 12, with transfers taking effect from week 13.

Each Transfer Window gives you the chance to get rid of injured or under-performing players and replacing them with new ones.

So give your no-hopers the shove and bring in the star who could make your season.
During the Transfer Windows, you can bring in UP TO THREE players and must transfer out the same number. So, you can make one, two or three changes during the transfer procedure (but no more than three changes). When you bring in a new player you do NOT get the points he has scored so far. Likewise, points scored by players you transfer out are FROZEN and remain on your overall score.

You must not break your £50million budget and your team must not have more than two players from any one Premiership club. Remember, some players have moved clubs in real life but for the game purposes remain with their original clubs.

Study the lists of players by clicking on the Goalkeepers, Defenders, Midfielders and Strikers.

Follow th Your team must have one keeper, four defenders, three or four midfielders, and two or three forwards
Breaking the rules

It is always the managers responsibility to check that their team is correct and abides by the rules.

If it is discovered that any team breaks any rule then the scores will be adjusted from when the error (rule break) occurred.

If a team breaks the Team Value rule then the top scoring player from when the error took place (start of the season or Transfer point) will have his score removed.

In Both cases if a player needs to be changed to correct the problem from the start of the season then a transfer will used.

If a transfer breaks the rules then the player transferred out will be reinstated and this will also be classed as a transfer.

During each season a cup competition will run where teams will be randomly drawn against another team in the league in a knockout situation.

The winner of each game is decided by a teams individually weekly scores against the opposing teams weekly score. The winner will then go through to the next round until there’s an outright winner.

Carlisle League consists of 4 leagues, The Premier League and 3 divisions. The premier League has 15 teams and the other leagues will be evenly divided between the entered teams.

· Relegation from leagues will be the bottom 5 sides from the Premier League and Divisions 1 & 2

· If at the end of the season any teams that tie the placing will be decided by the number of TOTW awards. If tie’s are in the top 3 places (Prize placings) the winnings will be equally divided between the teams.

Every week each league will have a TOTW awarded to the top scoring team. Prize money will be shared if more than 1 team has the same score in their league.

RULE	POINTS
Awarded seven or more in Sun Sport's player ratings	3
Star Man in Sun Sport's player ratings	5
Goal Scored	5
Top in Position in News of the World Dream Team of the day	8
The remaining seven players in News of the World Dream Team of the day (not including Top in Position)	2
Scoring three or more goals per game	5
Clean Sheet (keeper/defender)	5
Clean Sheet (midfielder)	2
Conceded more than one goal (keeper/defender)	-1 per goal
Penalty save (keeper)	3
Booking	-1
Sent off	-3 in total
Season's top individual points scorer bonus	20

NEW: For Games played on a Saturday there are additional points allocated by the News of the World. The News of the World will publish their Dream Team of the day on Sundays based on matches played on Saturday.

1. Players who appear in the official Dream Team list score points in Premiership, Champions League, UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Carling Cup matches from Saturday August 19th 2006 until the final game of the season. Qualifying rounds for the Champions League do NOT count - neither does the Intertoto Cup or any other fixtures. Players not picked for any reason score zero points for each game they miss.

2. Three points are awarded to a player given a mark of seven or more in The Sun newspaper's individual ratings carried with every match report. A five-point bonus is awarded to The Sun's Star Man.

3. Five points are awarded for a goal scored. A player scoring three or more goals per game gets five additional bonus points. A player who has been awarded points as described above will retain those points regardless of whether a goal is attributed to another player at a later date. Any player who is subsequently awarded a goal will not receive the points retrospectively, nor will the original scorer lose points.

4. A goalkeeper or a defender who keeps a clean sheet scores five points. If they concede one goal, they score no points, two goals -1, three goals -2 and so on.

5. A midfielder whose team keeps a clean sheet scores two points. Midfielders are not penalised if their side concedes goals.

6. Any player who is booked loses a point. A player sent off loses three points in total. Any player that loses points for a booking or sending off will not have those points reinstated if the offence is rescinded on appeal.

7. A goalkeeper who saves a penalty scores three points. A ‘save' is defined as a goal not being scored directly from the penalty spot (e.g. if the ball rebounds off a post then that is a 'save'). Penalty save points are awarded even if a goal is scored subsequently (e.g. from open play after the ball has rebounded off a post).

8. Any player who comes on a substitute at any time scores or loses points as if he had played all 90 minutes. Players subbed off also score or lose points in normal fashion regardless of how long they were on the pitch.

9. The season's top individual scorer earns a 20-point bonus. In the event of a tie, each of the tied top-scorers will get 20 points.

10. There will be TWO mid-season Transfer Windows. During each one you can swap up to three players providing you do not break any of the existing rules - making a total of six changes in total over the course of the game. The first window will be in October, the second in January.

11. Any player transferred from one Premiership club to another continues to score points. For the purposes of the game, he stays registered with his original club. If a player leaves the Premisership, his points are frozen until such a time that he returns.

12. The rules remain the same for games involving extra-time. A match that is 0-0 after 90 minutes must be 0-0 after extra-time for keepers, defenders and midfielders to keep clean sheets. Penalty shootouts do not count. Replays are counted as separate games.