Win £2,000 with FREE fantasy football

With the start of the Premier League season imminent, the Express & Star is giving readers the chance to show their managerial talents in our new fantasy football game.

All you have to do is take the registration password which is ferguson and go online to www.expressandstar.com/fantasyfootball

As Wolves and Mick McCarthy prepare to take on the Premier League big boys, you too can show your skill as a gaffer.

Brought to you in association with prize sponsor Banks's, the online competition is free to enter! If you fancy yourself as a rival to Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger or Rafa Benitez, you now have a chance to prove it.

Who will you have leading your attack – Liverpool's Fernando Torres, Manchester United's Wayne Rooney or Molineux star Sylvan Ebanks-Blake?

We want readers to pick the 11 players they think can score the most points over the coming season.

The region's armchair manager who finishes top after the final game next May will win an amazing cash prize of £2,000, courtesy of Banks's. The second placed manager will get £300, with £200 for third place.

Every manager of the month will receive 100 cans of beer, again courtesy of Banks's.

While other games charge a fee for joining in, our game is absolutely free!

Entering is easy.

If you are aged 18 or over, all you have to do is take the registration password which is ferguson and go online to www.expressandstar.com/fantasyfootball

Once you have registered your details, you will need to study the player list and decide which players you want in your team for the Barclays Premier League 09/10 season.

Your team must contain no more than two players from any one Barclays Premier League club and must conform to a 4-4-2 or 5-3-2 formation.

The total cost of your team cannot exceed the £55m budget.

You can play your friends in a mini-league and stay up to date with all the player news on the site.

A weekly email sent to your inbox will tell you how your side performed and look ahead to the coming games.

If your team isn't performing as you would like, it's easy to switch players in and out, with a maximum of 25 transfers in total.

The only way you will be able to make changes is by using the transfer password printed in the Express & Star every Wednesday, so make sure you don't miss out by ordering your copy.

For full terms and conditions visit go to www.expressandstar.com/fantasyfootball If you have any problems, email our support team at the following address: mna@fantasyleague.com