January is over......February is here.....and it's going to be AWESOME!

Hello again!  So, we've survived the most miserable month of them all.....just!  February is now upon us and with is comes a whole bundle of special treats from your friends at Sportpool.  Yes, that's right, we have been working hard on bringing you some big changes to the site and today we announce a brand new game for you to get your teeth stuck into.

Powered by our partners at 11kicks, we are proud to welcome an exciting Fantasy Football style game to the Sportpool website.  I'm sure many of you have played similar variants of the game before whether it be online, with a newspaper or just between you and your mates, but this time you can play for serious money, every week, and even play among your friends in your own private league.

For those that are new to the world of Fantasy Football, basically you can create your ultimate team of 11 players that will go head to head with those of everybody else playing against you in your league.  Points are allocated for such things as goals, assists, clean sheets and playing more than 60 minutes.  Points can also be deducted for bookings and own goals etc.  The person whose team comes out on top after the full program of matches have taken place, takes away the cash.  There are also prizes for coming second or third, depending on the number of people taking part.

Whilst games are taking place, results are updated in real time and you can see just how everybody else is getting on too.  There is also a great chat function too making the game completely interactive!

So, why not give it a go?  There is a great demo video on the site which can be viewed here:  http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11831136

And we would even like to invite you to join the first ever Sportpool private league!  Simply follow the link below and enter the access code  Wn2m6  and once you have selected your 11 players, simply enter in your details and away you go!
http://fantasy.sportpool.co.uk/Competitions/Premier_League/Premier_League-25-Silver/2850971301331202

We hope you like the new game, we have played and it is seriously good fun and gives you a great chance of winning some extra cash!  We'd love to know what you think so let us know!

Further information can be found here http://www.sportpool.co.uk/news/50/whats-our-new-fantasy-football-game-all-about/

Good luck and stay tuned for more HUGE news coming TOMORROW!!!!