FPL

FPL is updating for 2025/26 – how long did it take to relaunch last year?

8 July 2025 74 comments
Skonto Rigga Skonto Rigga
Share:

As you may have spotted, Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is updating for the 2025/26 season (as of June 26).

Don’t get too excited, however: the relaunch proper likely isn’t going to be imminent.

HOW LONG FROM THIS UPDATE TO FPL GOING LIVE?

Thanks to moderator RedLightning, we might have a rough idea when FPL will go live for 2025/26.

Last year’s ‘updating’ phase took ten days, lasting from Monday 24 June to Thursday 4 July.

After a short period of dormancy, we then had a week of price reveals. That went from Thursday 11 July to Thursday 18 July.

The announcement of the rule changes (eg rolling up to five transfers) came on Wednesday 17 July.

The game then launched on Thursday 18 July.

So, that was a period of 24 days from the initial update to FPL going live.

That would put us around Sunday 20 July this summer – although FPL tend to go live on a weekday, so perhaps on either side of that weekend is likelier.

FPL 2025/26: The ultimate pre-season guide, tips + more 1

FPL 2025/26: The ultimate pre-season guide, tips + more

74 Comments Login to Post a Comment
  1. What FPL rule changes do you foresee in 2025/26?
    David Kessler
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    22 days, 13 hours ago

    Are people expecting any rule changes this season?

    Open Controls
    1. Funkyav
      • 16 Years
      22 days, 13 hours ago

      im always hopeful they might push deadline back to first KO of the GW

      Oh and that they get rid of the AM chip that was totally not a Fantasy chip

      Open Controls
      1. chocolove
        • 14 Years
        22 days, 13 hours ago

        "AM chip is not a Fantasy chip". Wild, Lol.

        Love that chip, it give more variation to get points, rather than helplessly counting on maverick captain.

        Open Controls
        1. Funkyav
          • 16 Years
          22 days, 11 hours ago

          you arent backing a player, you are backing a team so its not fantasy as we know it.

          I had slot manager and he got a red card and it didnt matter.

          Also a chip being available for 3 gws means it is way overpowered. Tbh everything about it was wrong.

          Tbh id ideally get rid of all chips but i know they are there to keep the casuals coming back/entertained.

          Open Controls
          1. chocolove
            • 14 Years
            21 days, 15 hours ago

            Bruh, the game name is FPL not Fantasy Premier League Players (FPLP).

            Players, managers and team all is in the league.

            Open Controls
            1. Funkyav
              • 16 Years
              21 days, 15 hours ago

              we dont pick teams, or managers usually so it is totally different

              I dont like the chip, im not alone.

              Open Controls
              1. Amsterhammer
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                19 days, 17 hours ago

                I agree that chip is a pile of cack. And I did super well of it last season.

                Open Controls
    2. CarsonYeung
      • 12 Years
      22 days, 13 hours ago

      AM chip will either be scrapped entirely or be made available much earlier in the season

      Open Controls
      1. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        22 days, 13 hours ago

        Right!

        Open Controls
      2. chocolove
        • 14 Years
        22 days, 13 hours ago

        Indeed. Either give it from the start or not at all. Don't want any more mystery chip in the middle of season

        Open Controls
        1. CarsonYeung
          • 12 Years
          22 days, 11 hours ago

          From the start is unrealistic I think, the table has to be given time to take shape for the table bonus to be fair. For example, if Sunderland somehow nick a win on the opening day and then play Liverpool who failed to win their first game it's a bit farcical to give Arne Slot +10 for beating Sunderland.

          Then comes the question how long do you leave it before the table is a true reflection? Earliest they'd introduce it would be after 10 GWs I think. From a purely logical standpoint 19 matches makes sense but is worse for the game as a whole

          Open Controls
      3. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 11 hours ago

        It could also be modified to reduce its table bonus component, or to operate over less than three Gameweeks..

        Open Controls
        1. CarsonYeung
          • 12 Years
          22 days, 11 hours ago

          I did very well out of the chip last year but wouldn't be sad to see it scrapped personally, the points felt a bit grubby. They majorly buffed its points potential so it was worthy of the big 'mystery chip' build up they gave it and so people who were lagging behind would engage with the game again.

          FPL is about picking players, not teams, so the chip missed the mark for me.

          Open Controls
    3. Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      22 days, 13 hours ago

      Would like to see the 2 wildcards being scrapped. 1 is enough.

      Open Controls
      1. Mother Farke
        • 1 Year
        22 days, 13 hours ago

        Never going to happen. We all know the 2nd WC preserves "casuals" interest until January.

        Open Controls
      2. Maine Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        16 days, 7 hours ago

        Biggest in my wishlist is how to clarify someone as a forward. Football has moved on and the idea of a classic striker is outdated.

        Many midfielders play a more forward role these days (yes I'm looking at you Mo) and aren't really a midfielder anymore

        Open Controls
    4. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      22 days, 12 hours ago

      I'd like to see something included that reduces the scoring disparities between attacking players, and defenders and defensive mids. Could be ball recoveries, successful tackles, clearances etc, or something much simpler like 2 or 3 points for a CS at half time that isn't lost if a goal is conceded after the break, or 2 or 3 CS points per 45 minutes. There is nothing more frustrating in FPL than losing all your CS points, and bonus points to a late goal like the last minute one Jebbison scored again City in GW37 exspecially if you were doubled up like I was with Dias and Gvardiol.

      Open Controls
      1. Punned It
          22 days, 10 hours ago

          I'm 100% behind you on this. Liverpool kept conceding just the one goal last season.

          Open Controls
        • Funkyav
          • 16 Years
          22 days, 10 hours ago

          yes id like this too but i think it complicates a game that the organisers want to keep simple to maximise the number of players

          there are other formats that offer this, dream team is really good if you are keen to try another format

          Open Controls
        • Old Man
          • 14 Years
          21 days, 21 hours ago

          Very good sense - I agree enturely about revisiting the disparities. I remember Kante from years ago - amazingly effective player in the real game but nobdoy bothered with him in FPL.

          Open Controls
        • TheBiffas
          • 4 Years
          19 days, 12 hours ago

          Why did you have to remind me of that last minute City wipeout.... Still not over it

          Open Controls
      2. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 11 hours ago

        I wouldn't mind losing the Bench Boost.

        Open Controls
      3. THAT'S LIFE
        • 11 Years
        22 days, 11 hours ago

        I'd like to think Mr Sutherns will have some input and make some sensible changes. For me the game has lost a certain simplicity and pureness which is of course like most crap things in life money driven.

        Open Controls
      4. The Hunt
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        22 days, 9 hours ago

        Yeah, I'd like to see an end to inadvertent assists. You know, the one's where a player gets three points because the ball ricochets off his @rse from a hoofed clearance right into the path of the centre forward who knocks it into an empty net. Also, handball assists for penalties should be banned.

        Open Controls
        1. The Hunt
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          22 days, 9 hours ago

          ...unless it's like a defender doing a Suarez of course.

          Open Controls
      5. khanasim
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        21 days, 22 hours ago

        I hope they somehow alter point system in a way to make CDMs like Rodri more attractive thus bring in tactical side of game to this fantasy game.

        Open Controls
      6. Jafalad
        • 15 Years
        20 days, 9 hours ago

        The banning of content creators...except Focal of course.

        Open Controls
      7. noquarternt
        • 9 Years
        19 days, 20 hours ago

        Hopefully change the pricing back so you can’t just have a team filled with Arsenal Liverpool and Man City players.

        Open Controls
        1. The Wanton Trader
          • 7 Years
          3 days, 13 hours ago

          Or only be able to select a max of 2 players from one team…

          Open Controls
      8. Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
        3 days, 36 mins ago

        Hoping they put the deadline 12-24 hours before. Game is played globally and Euro players get a massive advantage because of the hour before.

        Open Controls
    5. iain.sime63@gmail.com
      • 3 Years
      22 days, 12 hours ago

      The FIFA game has a 2 point "scouting bonus" for players under 5% owned who score 5+ points. That would help prevent everyone having more or less a template team.

      Open Controls
      1. F4L
        • 10 Years
        22 days, 11 hours ago

        that would be great

        Open Controls
      2. Funkyav
        • 16 Years
        22 days, 11 hours ago

        yeah its a nice rule, as is the qualification bonus in the knock outs

        Other formats are usually ahead with the innovation, but I guess they can afford to as they arent the official game

        Open Controls
      3. St Pauli Walnuts
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        22 days, 6 hours ago

        Possibly the only thing FIFA have got right in decades.

        Open Controls
      4. Swerve
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        21 days, 11 hours ago

        I've often wondered about a feature like that.

        Open Controls
      5. noquarternt
        • 9 Years
        19 days, 20 hours ago

        I think this is a potential change to FPL we could all get behind.

        Open Controls
      6. Blue&White85
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Liked this bonus too, again leads to slightly more variation.

        Open Controls
      7. cb68
        • 3 Years
        2 days, 20 hours ago

        Great indeed.

        Open Controls
    6. The Mentaculus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      22 days, 11 hours ago

      Game updating now

      Open Controls
      1. The Mentaculus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        22 days, 11 hours ago

        Ha should've looked up...

        Open Controls
    7. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      22 days, 11 hours ago

      I expect the launch of FPL to be delayed. All of FPL Putin's (Mark) radical changes to the game will take a long time to program.

      Open Controls
      1. Scalper
        • 8 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        Take a break mate, it’s summer

        Open Controls
      2. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        The big update has already started a couple of days later than last year.
        The big changes have probably already been programmed before starting the update.
        But they may still need time to test them, and that might affect how long it takes.
        I expect the FPL launch to be sometime in the week after the final of the Club World Cup, which is on Sunday 13th July.
        The new price reveals could begin any time from 7th July onwards, and the launch could be sometime in the week beginning 14th July.
        I don't think they will want to launch any later than that, because Gameweek 1 starts on 15th August.

        Open Controls
      3. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 9 hours ago

        FPL Putin is never going to win the FPL Peace Prize.
        FPL Trump would be far more radical.

        Open Controls
      4. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 9 hours ago

        But calling him FPL Putin is really insulting, so why not just call him The Supreme Leader instead?.

        Open Controls
        1. TheDoc
          • 5 Years
          22 days, 8 hours ago

          Or maybe Palpatine?

          Open Controls
          1. RedLightning
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 15 Years
            22 days, 5 hours ago

            Could be useful for the clone wars.

            Open Controls
          2. RedLightning
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 15 Years
            22 days, 5 hours ago

            But I prefer Merlin. Mark isn't evil.

            Open Controls
        2. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          22 days, 1 hour ago

          You're right. I should call him FPL Chairman Mao

          Open Controls
    8. raider110_0
      • 9 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Get rid of the Assistant Manger chip. The game is about Players not Teams.

      Open Controls
      1. All Hail K
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        Agreed. If they must have it then making it available for just one week is a suggestion.

        I like the idea someone mentioned about having some sort of bonus attached to players that are owned by 5% or less players. That could really drum up some differentials.

        Open Controls
        1. Funkyav
          • 16 Years
          22 days, 10 hours ago

          there are loads of alternative options for chips that would work far better

          I do really like the club world cup one where you get a bonus if you have a player that is less than 5% owned who scores more than 4 pts but there is also 12th man and max cap that work really well

          Open Controls
      2. Notorious Z
        • 3 Years
        22 days, 3 hours ago

        agree, just bin off that chip

        Open Controls
      3. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        21 days, 15 hours ago

        Sounds like a self made rule

        You are backing teams when u pick defenders for clean sheets

        Open Controls
    9. CoracAld2831
      • 4 Years
      19 days, 11 hours ago

      Lol, CWC Fantasy has already added the Qualification bonus to PSG players and it's only 1st half done.

      Open Controls
      1. CoracAld2831
        • 4 Years
        19 days, 11 hours ago

        Inter Miami completely out of it's dept.

        Open Controls
        1. CoracAld2831
          • 4 Years
          19 days, 11 hours ago

          *depth.

          Open Controls
    10. FHRITP
      • 1 Year
      17 days, 8 hours ago

      Something needs to change with the way defenders score points. There was no skill at all in defence last year, they all scored pretty miserably.

      Open Controls
      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        17 days, 8 hours ago

        At least Mark Sutherns has a role in developing fpl now. Very difficult to imagine a better person for the job (besides me naturally 😉 )

        Open Controls
      2. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        17 days, 8 hours ago

        I really hope that they improve the pricing so that the difference won't be 0.5. That is far too much early in the season. Smaller differences would increase the pool of players immediately from the start.

        Open Controls
        1. FHRITP
          • 1 Year
          16 days, 14 hours ago

          I mean, having transfers every week kills the game. Removes any skill whatsoever in identifying gems nobody has. Find a gem, everyone has them the next week. But that's a feature that will always remain as I imagine it retains maximum engagement

          Open Controls
    11. You Must Be Jokin Ere
      • 12 Years
      15 days, 15 hours ago

      I know most seem unhappy at how "complicated" the Asst Manager Chip is - surely that's coz everyone took time to get used to it. Id hope it stays "as is" for next season - available from GW 24 or whatever it was and everyone can properly plan for it. If they wish to tweak the points slightly, fair enough but i think it was a great initiative.

      Open Controls
    12. You Must Be Jokin Ere
      • 12 Years
      15 days, 15 hours ago

      The scoring for Penalties might change - maybe a 2 or 3 points for each penalty scored (regardless of position) and a -3 for Penalty missed. If penalty taker WON the penalty, leave it at 4,5 or 6 points as normal.

      Open Controls
      1. Funkyav
        • 16 Years
        15 days, 15 hours ago

        there should be points for winning a penalty regardless of whether it is scored or not. Winning and taking the pen should result in double returns.

        But when a penalty scored, it is a goal so should remain the same points imo

        Open Controls
    13. You Must Be Jokin Ere
      • 12 Years
      15 days, 13 hours ago

      Yeah - maybe 2 points for "winning a penalty" regardless of the outcome. Maybe also a -2 for "conceding a penalty"?

      Open Controls
    14. supermaths
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 days, 22 hours ago

      I'd like to see more formations available, so you could fill your 15 with as many players as you like in any position.
      Flat back 7 with 3 sweepers? Go for it, Mr Pulis!
      2-3-5? Absolutely, Mr Ardiles!

      Open Controls

    You need to be logged in to post a comment.