The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
editThe LEG ("League of Extraordinary Gentlemen") is a dynasty fantasy football league run and hosted in the United Kingdom. Consisting of 12 teams from across the country. Founded in 2021, originally on the ESPN platform, the league members were finalised on the 19th August 2021, with the formative draft taking place on the 25th August six days later. In the 2022 season, the league decided to move to the Sleeper platform, due to its suitability for dynasty leagues and user friendly interfaces.
The league follows a 3 division, 4 teams each, format. Over a 14 game regular season schedule, teams play their divisional opponents twice each and then play every other team in the league once. These divisions originally followed an North, South, East, West configuration, much like the actual NFL. However, following the 2022 move to sleeper, the divisions have been termed 'Earth', 'Wind' and 'Fire'.
The fantasy league is without a doubt one of the most exclusive and prestigious of its kind in Europe, with all but one of its founding members still holding and managing their teams regularly to this day. The league has become notorious for outrageous and controversial trades between its teams, with accusations of coercion and outright stupidity being commonplace within the league's whatsapp group.
The 'Earth' Division
editHart Throbs
Greenwood Grenadiers
Pond Power Rangers
Moran Morans
The 'Wind' Division
editHart Hogs
Ramsay Rioters
Mercer Whistleblowers
Bates Bang Averages
The 'Fire' Division
editSimon Sweethearts
Christou Cienfuegos
Cooks 69ers
Waites Wobblers
List of Winners
edit2021: 1. Hart Hogs vs 2. Simon Sweethearts 3. Moran Morans 4. Christou Cienfuegos
2022: 1. Hart Throbs* vs 2. Hart Hogs 3. Greenwood Grenadiers 4. Simon Sweethearts
2023:
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