FLM Live Auction Manager Guide

How to follow the auction, place bids, manage max bids and understand your squad commitments.

Fantasy managers Private unique-player leagues Manual and max bidding Post-auction buying

Overview

FLM Live Auction is used in private or closed leagues where each footballer can belong to only one fantasy squad.

Your league admin creates and runs the auction. You bid on footballers while their lots are open.

Won is not yet in squad. A footballer becomes an official squad player only after the admin closes the auction and commits the results.

Open the correct auction

Log in using the email linked to your fantasy manager account.
Use Switch League when you belong to more than one league.
Open Live Auction from the manager menu.

The page is available only when the selected league is private or closed, uses unique-player ownership and has a scheduled auction.

What the page shows

Auction statusScheduled, active, paused, closed or committed, with server time and countdown information.

Your squad summaryOwned and won players, squad cost, open commitments, budget left and position totals.

Open exposurePending manual and max-bid commitments used in squad-size, budget and formation checks.

Admin messagesThe latest auction message and recent auction notices.

Open lotsFootballers currently available for bidding.

Upcoming lotsFuture lots with prices and close times.

ResultsCurrent leads, sold lots, unsold lots and your own auction history.

Leader visibilityThe admin may hide leaders, show only positional needs or make manager and squad names visible.

Bid and result labels

Label	Meaning
Winning	You currently lead an open lot.
Outbid	You bid or set a max bid, but another manager is ahead.
Max Set	Your max bid is active.
Selling	Another manager currently leads the lot.
Won	You won the lot, but it has not yet been committed to your squad.
Lost	You bid on the lot but another manager won it.
In squad	The admin committed the result and the footballer is now in your squad.
Sold	Another manager won the lot.
Unsold	The lot closed without a valid winning bid.
Voided	The lot was voided.

Manual bids

Enter an amount in an open lot and click Bid.

The amount must meet the minimum bid.
It must follow the configured increment, currently 0.10 or 0.50.
When another manager leads, your bid must be at least one increment higher.
When you already lead, use max bid to raise your ceiling where max bids are enabled.

Max bids

Max bids appear only when enabled by the league admin. Enter your maximum and click Max.

FLM bids only enough to lead, up to your maximum.
Your maximum is used when reserving budget and squad exposure.
A new maximum replaces your previous active maximum on that lot.
When already winning, entering the current bid amount as your max cancels the active maximum while leaving the current bid in place.
If another manager bids beyond your maximum, you become outbid.

Why a bid is blocked

Each manual bid and max bid is checked before acceptance.

The auction must be active and the lot must be open.
Your account must have exactly one active squad in the league.
The footballer must not already belong to another active squad.
The bid must meet the minimum and increment.
Your projected squad must not exceed the squad-size limit.
You must retain enough places to complete the required starting XI.
You must remain within budget.
You must retain enough budget to fill the remaining squad places at the cheapest pending minimum price.

Typical messages include Now fill other positions, Squad full, Budget and Need budget to complete squad.

Late-bid extensions

A valid bid or automatic max-bid response near the close can extend that footballer's close time.

The admin controls the extension window, extension length and maximum number of extensions per lot. The success message states when an extension has been applied.

Search and auto-refresh

The auction room includes lot search and result filters.

Auto-refresh is off by default. Enable it on your own browser or device.

Available intervals are 10, 30, 60 and 120 seconds. Refresh pauses while the tab is hidden, you are typing or submitting a bid, a form control is active or a lot search is in use.

Post-auction free agency

The admin can make unsold footballers available after the auction has been committed.

When free agency is open, you can buy an unsold footballer at the displayed minimum price on a first-come-first-served basis.

The purchase still checks ownership, squad size, budget, position and formation. A successful purchase is added directly to your squad from the auction's selected scoring period.

Troubleshooting

Live Auction is missing

Check that the correct league is selected. The league must be private or closed, use unique-player ownership and have a scheduled auction.

I cannot bid

The auction may not be active, the lot may not be open, or the bid may breach minimum, increment, budget, squad-size or position rules.

I won a player but he is not in My Squad

This is normal while the result says Won. The player appears after the league admin commits the auction.

The page is not refreshing

Turn on auto-refresh. It also waits while you are typing, searching, submitting or using another form control.