Did the first half of your dream team season not go to plan?
Maybe you’ve had rotten luck with injuries or made too many illogical transfers.
Or perhaps you’re keen to play the Dream Team for the first time and don’t want to wait until the 2025/26 campaign.
Whatever your situation, our Second Shot League gives you the chance to start fresh in the new year and compete for £5,000 in prizes!
Our Second Shot League allows new gaffers to compete against existing ones on a level playing field throughout the second half of the season.
Think of it as a clean slate, though of course the overall leaderboard from Gameweek 1 will continue as normal.
Scoring will begin on January 4 with Tottenham v Newcastle due to kick off Gameweek 18 at 12:30pm – the deadline for submitting a new team or tweaking an existing team will be 11am on the same day.
To clarify, the Second Shot League will only consider points scored between Saturday 4 January and the end of the season.
Second shot prize money
- 1st: £3,500
- 2nd: £1,500
- 3rd: £500
Perhaps you’ve heard of Dream Team’s market-leading scoring system, flexible transfer process and our game-changing boosters?
If so, now is the time to get involved as the Second Shot League will give you a fair, competitive framework to measure yourself against old and new rivals.
New and old managers will automatically enter the Second Shot League on January 4th, so if you’re happy with your progress so far, keep going, this is another route to win cash if you excel throughout the second half of the season.
New to the Dream Team? See the game rules here.
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