Judgement

The Crime: Mr Dog did knowingly & wilfully make an illegal transfer at 12.10 pm on Saturday lunch time, outside of the permitted transfer window.

The Punishment - Due to the mitigating circumstances, as explained in Mr Dogs plea to the committee, they have taken a lenient view (this time). By a majority verdict of 2-1 (the other vote was for a 100 point deduction and a 3 month ban) Mr Mad Dog will not be fined but has been banned from entering the next transfer window (22nd – 24th Jan). ... Mr Dog does of course have the right of appeal... yeah right!!!!!

The Crime: In contravention of the PGW rules & all common decency, Mr. Roberts jnr did willing pick up a player for his team that had been won in the sealed bids process by our Esteemed Treasurer. The player, a Mr. J Garrido of the Manchester area had been won in the sealed bids closing on the 27^th Mar 2008 by our very own Mr. N Phillips. Yet at precisely 18.32 on the 28^th Mar 2008 Mr. Roberts jnr did willfully & negligently select this player for his own failing team.

The Punishment: Many were considered; Mr. Ambrozewski favoring a 50 point deduction! However it was agreed by the committee that as the offence was the convicted manager’s first offence of the season & the situation was rectified with no loss to the injured party (Mr. Phillips) by the Chairman; that they would take a lenient approach. Mr. Roberts has been fined £200k and banned from entering the next transfer window.

Mr. Roberts does of course have the right of appeal, but be warned that this committee does not look favorably on frivolous appeals and does have the right to increase sentences!!!

By his own admission Mr Ambrozewski did transfer a player (one James Bullard who he had previously "won" through the sealed bids process) into his team outside of the last transfer window on Saturday 16th February 2008 at 1126. The committee have sat in judgement and considered in doing so Mr Ambrozewski's unprompted confession, as well as his previous offence from August 2007 (which although similar was different in that the player on that occasion was a free transfer whereas on this occasion it was a player "won" through sealed bids) and passed sentence as follows: A number of punishments were considered, including forced viewing for a 24 hour period of both the recent Carling Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg, and the FA Cup 5th Round games played by your beloved Arsenal (this was considered too harsh for even the most hardened criminal such as yourself), as well as forced curfews, or even being made to actually organise a social event!! In the end however, and after much deliberation, the committee has decided that the slight difference in your two offences, and indeed your honest confession, call for a level of leniency and cast judgement as follows: - Single transfer window ban effective for the next transfer window (due to open on 28th February Year Of Our Perry 2008, and close at 0900 1st March 2008) - £200k fine

The Offence: In breach of the ruling that quite clearly states "All transfers must be completed by 9.00am on the Saturday morning after the Transfer Window shuts." (as shown in the "Sealed Bids" section of the FL website) and "A manager then has until 09.00 on the Saturday morning after the transfer window shuts to make his transfers. It is the managers responsibility to make sure the transfer is valid (If you are unsure about any transfers then contact the chairman). If the transfer is not made before this time then the transfer will be void and the player returned to the free agents pool. However the manager will still be deducted his bid from his transfer fund." (from the PGW website) - you did complete the following transfers outside of the transfer window that opened on 15th November at 1900, and closed on 17th November at 0900: 24/11 Crouch for Finnan 18/11 Campbell for Rozenhal Clearly both transfers occurred outside of the window as evidenced above. To be clear the window closes at 0900 on the Saturday after the transfer window shuts, regardless of whether there are any games due to be played on that Saturday or not, any transfers made outside of those times are deemed a breach of PGW FL rules and will be referred to the Disciplinary Committee.

The Verdict: In light of no justification having been provided for this breach of the rules, further to the notification sent yesterday that the committee were investigating, and no obvious justification being available. The committee have sat, taken into consideration that this is your second offence this season and therefore have no choice but to cast the following sentence: - Two transfer window window ban (effective for the next two windows starting with the one on 29th November and concluding with the one on 13th December) - during this time no voluntary changes may be made - however changes may be made in the event of the non-playing defenders rule being breached but players may only be picked from the free agents list and may not be bid on through the sealed bids process. - Immediate reversal of both transfers with no refund of the moneys paid for either Campbell or Crouch - £1m fine Mitigation: The committee will listen to any pleas of mitigation, although more for our own amusement than anything else!!

Disciplinary Committee -vs- Castelino

Having had it bought to our attention that you did wrongfully and wilfully contravene not one but TWO Fantasy League rules during the transfer window that closed at 0900 on Saturday 25th August The Year Of Our Perry 2007 , the committee has now presided and considered the facts, and come up with a judgement as follows:

The Crime(s) :

a) In contravention of the It's A Perry Groves World Fantasy League rule regarding free transfers during a transfer window, which clearly states "Free transfer window will open on Friday morning (from 00.00) and will close at 9.00am on Saturday morning. (33 hours)", you did make 5 illegal transfer outside of the transfer window. This heinous crime was carried out at on Saturday 25th August between 10:31:21 and 11:09:13.

b) In contravention of the It's A Perry Groves World Fantasy League rule regarding Squad size : - " Within this squad you must always have at least 6 defenders "

You did deliberately omit from your squad one Gary Neville in exchange for one striker a certain Mr Saha debliterary leaving your squad with only 5 defenders !!

In considering its sentence the committee has taken into account your pleadings to one of our esteemed members (who quite frankly did not understand your excuses) and having studied the precedents the committee has no choice but to pass a sentence of a 2 transfer window ban and a £500k fine both to be implemented immediately, meaning you are banned from the next 2 transfer windows which are due on 6th and 20th September, 2007. We have additionally taken into consideration the imposition of a Derby defender for the past round of matches and the International fixtures for the forthcoming weekend.

Disciplinary Committee -vs- Ambrozewski
The Crime: In contravention of the It's A Perry Groves World Fantasy League rule regarding free transfers during a transfer window, which clearly states "Free transfer window will open on Friday morning (from 00.00) and will close at 9.00am on Saturday morning. (33 hours)", Marek did transfer one Joseph Barton (who himself is not unfamiliar with court proceedings we are told) for one Sebastian Larsson (who we understand plays for Birmingham City). This heinous crime was carried out at 10:18 on Saturday 11th August, a full 78 minutes after the window had closed. It is only thanks to the diligent and honourable actions of our esteemed chairman that the damage that was done was averted, as the change was immediately reversed at the time preventing any illegal points to have been gained from said misdemeanour.

Guilty as charged (well isn't it always??!!) The Sentence: In considering it's sentence the committee has taken into account your previous good behaviour (putting aside the now infamous Beckham for Keane and 6 pints incident!!), and also the fact that this was a new rule bought in this year (not that this should be seen as an excuse mind you!!), having studied the precedents the committee has no choice but to pass sentence of a 1 transfer window ban and a £200k fine both to be implemented immediately meaning you are banned from the next transfer window which is due on 23rd August 2007.

Graham Rob made his made his free transfers while the transfer window was shut. Kevin transfered in an an illegal player (ie one who had been dropped this same week)

The committee has sat in consideration of the indiscretions committed by yourselves during last weeks transfer window and has passed judgement as guilty in both cases - full details and punishments listed below:

(1) Graham Roberts - manager of "Mouldy Old Cole" did transfer three players (yes 3!!! Meite, Bridge and Heinze - for whom he had NOT placed bids through the sealed bid process) into his squad on Friday 13th April (unlucky for him!!) at 1626BST - this is in direct contravention of the Fantasy League rule which states that "free pick" players may only be transferred on a first come first served basis on a Saturday (i.e. any time from midnight onwards). In this instance no profit/loss was actually made from these actions - however it should be pointed out that this is not the first time that this manager has been put before the committee. Verdict: Guilty

Punishment: In considering the punishment the commitee took into account that this is not the first time the manager has been before the committee and therefore respectfully suggests he familiarises himself with the rules for next season! Ban from any remaining transfer windows this season unless required to replace a player under the non-playing defender rule. Immediate replacement of the three players illegally added to his squad (Meite, Bridge and Heinze) with the following: Armstrong (Sheff Utd), Rosenior (Fulham), and Konchesky (West Ham).

(2) Kevin Castellino - manager of "Who's The Donkey" - did transfer Evra of Man U into his squad (Evra having been one of the players dropped by the aforementioned Mr Roberts above) in contravention of the ruling that players dropped by one team may not be picked up by another team during the same transfer window. In his defence Mr Castellino has reported that he wasn't sure whether this contravened the rules and so didn't play Evra during this weekends round of games Again in this instance no profit/loss was actually made from the contravention and it should also be pointed out that Mr Castelino has a previously unblemished record where the Disciplinary Committee is concerned.

Punishment: Immediate reversal of the transfer (i.e. Voltz goes back into the squad)

The required changes will be carried out as soon as possible to allow them to take effect before this weeks round of games.

Mad Dog did replace his non-playing defender with a defender who had not played in the previous Premier League game for his club

Following an indiscretion bought to it's attention (namely that Mad Dog Riches did wilfully replace a non-playing defender with a non-qualifying player under PGW FL rules) and then offered a frankly weak excuse in his defence - the Disciplinary Committee has sat and after due consideration (well 5 mins!!) has handed down the following punishment - Offending player to be replaced by one of the committee's choosing and to be played in any qualifying games until the next transfer window after which After the next transfer window the Committee's choice of player may be replaced but (a) Must be a qualifying player under PGW rules and (b) May not be Bouma.

2 cases in one week... Nigel replaced a defender outside of the transfer window and benefited 3points.

Paul replaced his non-playing defender a day before the transfer window actually opened.

Following the charges leveled against you below, the jury has sat, the mitigations considered, precedents have been studied and the committee has deemed the following punishments suitable in light of the seriousness of the offences, the fact that this was not a first time before the panel for either of you, and finally consistency against previous similar offences by other offenders:

Mr. Roberts - £500k fine and a one transfer window ban (effective the next window on 23rd November 2006)

Mr. Phillips - £500k fine and a two transfer window ban (effective the windows on 23rd November and 7th December 2006)

In April 2006 - Mare transferred a free player (SWAP) into his team before the opening of the "free" phase of the transfer window - for that offence he received a 500k fine and a reversal of the transfer. (Reversal of transfer is not an option in either instance here as it would mean putting a non-playing defender back in - it should also be considered that this is a second offence for both managers concerned and therefore by rights the punishment is duly higher).

Any appeals will probably be fruitless but can still be submitted for our amusement anyway!! :-)