Originals 2026

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Evening all. Time to do this again…!

To any of our returning players from last year - welcome back! To any new players - welcome!

This is now the main league thread for the 2026version of the Originals League - the (unlucky?) thirteenth year of TFP’s original fantasy league with its live in-person draft day.

The roll of honour so far is:

2014 – Chris Parkes
2015 – Dean Poole
2016 – Robert McGregor
2017 – Chris Jennings
2018 – Jon Cartwright
2019 – Javier Aparicio
2020 – Sean Connors
2021 – Shani Senaratne
2022 – Toby Nash
2023 – Dan Nichols
2024 – Jordan Allaway
2025 - Chris Jennings

At the twelfth attempt, we finally have a repeat winner - great work by Chris, to reinforce the view that Al was holding him back in the early years of the league!!

This year’s draft will take place on Saturday September 5th - in a break from tradition, Ben “Shacko” Shackleton will be hosting us in the cultural paradise that is Leeds.

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From the date of this post until the end of April, the league is open only to returning managers from the 2025 season.

After that point, it is first come first served for anyone wanting to join the league.

The cost of league entry will remain at £125, the same as the last few years. You are signed into the league only when you have paid!

This is a live draft league – as always, preference is given to managers who can be at the draft day in person.