Bursting onto the scene in 1999, the Sopranos quickly became a cul-TV series about an Italian-American family, lead by Tony Soprano; a mobster who struggles to balance his criminal organisations and home life. There is an extended family of cousins, uncles, aunts and step-family, together with Tony's psychiatrist, Dr Jennifer Melfi, who feature in every show. The storyline was created by David Chase, who was fascinated with mob-culture in the USA and set out to create a TV series, which often comes across as mini-standalone films. There is dark humour throughout each program, which is surprising given the plots and characters. Although there is some violence, it does depict the daily-happenings of life in the mobster underworld. Many well-known celebrities feature throughout the seven series' such as Daniel Baldwin, Lauren Bacall, Ben Kingsley and John Heard. James Gandolfini, plays Tony the star of the show, and although he had a career before the program, it really put him on a pedestal as a well-rounded, deep and dark actor.

He regularly breaks down in front of his psychiatrist and shows a softer side to his character, but can quickly snap back into being an evil tyrant that should be feared. It's no wonder that the Sopranos UK has been nominated and won many Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress, George Foster Peabody Awards and many Golden Globes. As much as Tony lives in a fantasy world, it's very dissimilar to a fantasy football game. With football fast becoming more about business and less about the game, people all over the world try to select their own teams, pick sides and try and showcase their skills by running their own virtual football team. There are sites online that show how much players are, their previous yearly scores and how their games progress, adding points to their totals. At the end of a season, as well as after each weeks' worth of games, the scores are totted up and the best fantasy football manager can win prizes.

If you're new to the whole world of fantasy football, there are helpful tips, advice and assistance to help you choose the best players, the ones that are on-form and exchange those that are injured. It can be difficult to keep up with so many players across the Premiership that there are experts that can send an SMS to your mobile phone to keep you in the loop. There is advice for upcoming games, basic tips for those that are beginners and for the more advanced managers, a complex set of statistics for you to mull over and work out the best strategy for the forthcoming games. If you're thinking of joining a football fantasy league, it's best to do so before the new season starts, for example between May to August. That way, you never miss out on any of the games and your scores will have more chance of winning at the end of the season.