Fantasy Fitba - Back for 18/19

Now that pesky World Cup is out the way (okay, it was brilliant) we're delighted to announce the return of Fantasy Fitba for the 2018/19 season.

Over the summer we watched and we waited. Still no sign of a fully-licensed SPFL game or a sponsor or a media outlet taking the mantle.

We still believe there's demand for a fantasy football game for the Scottish Premiership so we're back, baby.

This season's game will be split over 6 phases as follows:

• Phase 1 (8 games) - Starts Saturday 4 August

• Phase 2 (5 games) - Starts Saturday 20 October

• Phase 3 (8 games) - Starts Saturday 24 November

• Phase 4 (7 games) - Starts Saturday 23 January 2019

• Phase 5 (5 games) - Starts Saturday 9 March 2019

• Phase 6 (5 games) - Starts Saturday 20 April 2019

More info can be found in the Rules section.

You'll be able to pick your squad soon - follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the launch and the latest!

It promises to be a tasty term in Scotland's top flight. The drama of last season - right to the final day - was another marker that our game is on an upwards curve and this coming season may well continue the trend.

St Mirren and Livingston provide fresh blood and there are plenty of new faces to mull over when you're picking your XI. And that's just Hearts.

We don't hide the fact that Fantasy Fitba offers but a basic solution to the poser that is the lack of an incredibly popular game for an increasingly popular league. One that makes the game in Scotland more engaging, involving and marketable.

With that, we believe it's in the fans' and the league's interest to have an immersive, responsive, weekly-managed, free-to-play fantasy football game for the Scottish Premiership, as you can enjoy with myriad leagues around the globe.

Throughout the season, as well as operating our own game, we'll try to make some progress on that front as well. Fan operated, fan funded, pressuring - there are a few options.

But, for now...

Enjoy some Fantasy Fitba.