Database Help

I run a site for a non-league football team, and last season I ran a
Fantasy Football and Prediction League competition. This involved a
page on my site that was a form and the info was then emailed to me.
This worked very well but involved me typing the info into an Excel
spreadsheet. I was thinking of some form of database where once the
info was typed in on my webpage it would automatically enter the
database and save a lot of time. I am asking for help/advice regarding
this. Would I still be able to use an Excel spreadsheet to record data
or is MySQL a better option. Advice / ideas please.

.oO(Lilywhite)

I run a site for a non-league football team, and last season I ran a
Fantasy Football and Prediction League competition. This involved a
page on my site that was a form and the info was then emailed to me.
This worked very well but involved me typing the info into an Excel
spreadsheet. I was thinking of some form of database where once the
info was typed in on my webpage it would automatically enter the
database and save a lot of time. I am asking for help/advice regarding
this.

Not sure what to advise you, but it sounds like a database would be
really useful in this case. Of course the layout of the db depends on
the data you want to store in it.

Would I still be able to use an Excel spreadsheet to record data
or is MySQL a better option.

Why to have an additional spreadsheet if the data is in the db already?
You can fetch whatever information you like from it, using simple SQL
queries (or a script that does it).

Micha