I've just created a Chess.com Fantasy Football league on the Guardian.co.uk website, for those that do such things. Everybody's welcome, tell all your friends etc. The name of the league is Chess.com League and the password is  

chess.com

     Enjoy!

Are we talking real football or that game played with the round ball?

Well, I dont think that Guardian knows that American Football even exists ;-). But, I'll think about joining Spiny, but one question.. is the fantasy lague an EPL league? or from somewhere else?

is it football (soccer) or american football

yeah, proper , round ball, football. Played with the feet, hence the name. Based on the Premier league, or EPL if you like. Pretty daft of me not to have put a link in, so have this:

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/fantasyfootball

Looks fun.

I have joined the league with my team "nibbanas in pyjamas".

Genius

Great, hopefully we get a few more.

Can I just pick the whole of Manchester United? :-)