The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The 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 Gentlemen Stag' pictured here the day of its purchase by League Commissioner and Throbs GM Robert Hart

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

Hart Throbs

Greenwood Grenadiers

Pond Power Rangers

Moran Morans

The 'Wind' Division

Hart Hogs

Ramsay Rioters

Mercer Whistleblowers

Bates Bang Averages

The 'Fire' Division

Simon Sweethearts

Christou Cienfuegos

Cooks 69ers

Waites Wobblers

List of Winners

2021: 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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