Category archives: Rules

As we begin to move into the new season, I thought it was worth a quick recap of games that will and won’t count from a Dream Team perspective. Obviously, all Premier League games count but I thought it would be worth looking at the cups and playoff games. Does…

This article acts as a handy guide for anyone who is looking to learn the basics on how to play Dream Team fantasy football. It covers how to pick a team, how to manage your team and how you will score points across the season. With many changes to the…

The Sun Dream Team offers seven variations of team formations: 4-4-24-3-34-5-13-4-33-5-25-4-15-3-2 How to change formation Changes to formation can be made at any time during the season. As long as you have a transfer available to accommodate a change in formation. For example if your formation was set to 4-4-2,…

The game isn’t out yet but the new rules have been published, with a huge amount of change. I thought it would be useful to jot down some of the key changes and what my thoughts are around these initially. Here’s the full rules – https://www.thesun.co.uk/administration/23035895/dream-team-2023-24-game-rules/  Key changes Only 1…

With many changes to the rules recently, it’s worth noting that the below is my interpretation of the rules and you should check the Dream Team website for the official breakdown of how the game works. How many transfers can we make? Managers can make 2 transfers per game week….

The scoring system for The Sun Dream Team is easy to follow. Players are rated individually and pick up points during games they are involved in. Player ratings and point scores can be checked in play or after games on the match centre of the Dream Team website. What do…

Star Man is an old metric that appears to have been made redundant for the 2023/23 game. It was effectively an additional 5 points awarded to the player of the match but this has been replaced by a tiered point scoring system.

Player values are set at the start of the season but can vary week by week. In a nutshell this means that if a player performed well his value could increase. If he performed badly his value may decrease. This provides an opportunity to grow the size of your overall…

The starting Sun Dream Team budget for team selection is £50m. Players will need to be chosen to fit within this budget, which is always a challenging task. Player values will be subject to change by a minimum or maximum of 0.3m at the end of every game week. This…

All club based fixtures are included in the Dream Team Season game. This includes everything from the EFL cup to the FA cup. And also European games such as the Champions League and the Europa League. This is also extended to include qualification games for both European competitions. This has…