Footie game starts on Saturday

Wednesday 15th August 2007, 11:40AM BST.

Fans still have time to enter the Shropshire Star’s new Fantasy Football game, which has a £2,000 top prize and starts on August 18.

Don’t worry if you haven’t decided on your team yet. Our competition doesn’t kick off until Saturday, giving you the chance to study the form of the top players in the first two rounds of fixtures before making your choice.

More than 1,600 people have already registered to play this season’s game, organised in association with Wickes.

It is free to enter and boasts a top prize of £2,000, along with 10 manager of the month prizes of £100.

So if you fancy yourself as a rival to Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho or Rafael Benitez, this is your chance to prove it.

Signing up is easy. Just visit www.shropshirestar.com/fantasyfootball and enter the registration password: Wembley

HOW TO PLAY:

Go to www.shropshirestar.com/fantasyfootball
Enter the registration password: Wembley
Choose your team, from a budget of £55 million. It must contain no more than two players from any one Barclays Premier League club and conform to a 4-4-2 or 5-3-2 formation.
You’ll receive a weekly e-mail telling you how your side performed and looking ahead to the coming games.
It’s easy to switch players in and out, with a maximum of 25 transfers allowed in total once the scoring has begun.
The only way you will be able to make changes is by using the transfer password, which will be printed in the Shropshire Star every Wednesday