Take full advantage: Challenge your colleagues & the whole industry

Transfers have been the talk of the football world with the window ending on August 31. There were transfers that were about as secret as Wayne Rooney’s private life, such as Ashley Cole on the way to Chelsea, but William Gallas’ move in the other direction was as out of the blue as a deliberate own goal. West Ham United could be the new Chelsea with the take-over talk and the astonishing double-signing of Carlos Teves and Javier Mascherano, has really got the conspiracy theorists tongues wagging. Will they be gone by January? Is it true that it’s in their contract to play every game as long as they are fit? If this is correct, now may be the time to make use of your five transfers a month and find a slot for them in your side.

Make sure you give them all a once-over and shuffle your team around as you wish. Baptista up front with Rooney or Schevchenko? It’s a forward line that Mourinho would dribble over, and one that could be all yours, as long as you manage your money better than Gianluca Vialli in his Watford days.

Leading the player tables early on are Nwankwo Kanu, Frank Lampard, Bobby Zamora, Luis Saha and Ronaldo. Rock-like defenders are unsurprisingly John Terry and Man Utd’s Mikael Silvestre, while players to avoid include Blackburn’s Andy Todd and Lucas Neil.

It’s not too late to sign up for the free game, and to start scoring points. You may think the main prize will be out of your reach, but Manchester United caught up Newcastle after a 14 point deficit to win the league in the 1995/96 season. Wouldn’t you love it if you pulled one over on your work colleagues to win your office mini-league, or better still win the Pilkington Fantasy Football League altogether, and a prize worth up to £2,000* in sporting tickets to an event of your choice. And of course there’s the eight manager of the month awards. Your own Premiership team may be playing poorly but you can lessen the blow with your own success.

Join in the fun

To join in the fun, just log on to www.pilkington.co.uk/fantasyfootball and invite all your customers, suppliers and colleagues for a game of wit, skill and adrenalin. You have £100 million to spend and up to five transfers a month. Keep an eye on suspensions, injuries and player/manager fallings out to keep the points totting up. And good luck.