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WELCOME to the latest update of this Fantasy NonLeague season.

Today’s update covers the period Sunday, December 3 through to Saturday, December 9.

As a reminder, we are now inside the FNL 2023/24 Substitution Window. If you are new to the game this season, please make sure you are aware of the following details. The window opens on Friday, December1 through to midnight on Sunday, December 31. This is a period where you can inform me of your substitution choices. Then your changes will be activated on Monday, January 1 2024.

You can swap up to five teams and those five teams must have been included on your entry form back at the start of the competition.

Your changes do not have to be like for like as far as the leagues are concerned. For example, you can remove a National League side and replace them with a team from The Mixture or any other league in the competition if you so wish.

So, if you are new to FNL this season this is how the subs work. If you remove Dartford from your team and replace them with, say, Hornchurch.

All the points Dartford have scored up to midnight on Sunday, December 31 are frozen in your team calculations (Main Score) and then every point Hornchurch score from the Monday, January 1 up to the end of the season becomes part of your main score. Also remember that substitutions only get half the end of season bonus points.

Please Note: You can change your Jokers, but if you do this will count as one of your substitutions.

If you have Dover as a joker and you decide you want to sub Dover out of the game completely and at the end of December 2023 Dover have 78pts (156pts if they are a joker) a total of 156pts will be frozen into your main score at the deadline on December 31.

If you bring Dartford in to replace Dover, then you have two choices here.

1. Dartford can become your new joker as well or

2. You can select another team that you picked at the start in August to be your new joker and that will count as one substitution.

Please also note that the three bonus teams can also be substituted.

If, after reading this, you are sat there thinking, ‘Why I should bother to change anything when I am sat in 823rd in the main FNL table?’

Well, a good reason could be if you make the right changes you could pick up a FNL Manager of the Month award in the second part of the season!!

Also, remember that you can pick up £10 for finishing bottom each month.

So, if you are nearer the bottom then the top then make some changes that might give you the chance of finishing bottom in one of the months. This happen for two players in the second part of the season in the FNL 2022/23 game.

Finally, send the changes you want to make to the FNL Helpdesk either by e-mail, text (I can’t take your changes over the phone they must be written down) or by post to FNL Substitutions, The Oaks, Leach Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1GH. There is now an online way to inform me of your changes, via the FNL Website. If you are still unsure how the subs work, then feel free to ring me via the FNL Helpdesk. Please don’t send any of your changes to the paper as they might not reach me in time!