WATCH ME SHIVER, SEE ME SHAKE
The Shakey guys are back on top of the table. Despite only scraping a 1-1 draw at the weekend against Nil Satis, they regain top slot thanks to Real Muppets’ 2-0 defeat by Elland Road Big Boys. Claymore Athletic also lost again, this time against Viola’s Pier, and are starting to show signs of a Boston Rock-type slip in form (yup, I lost again this weekend. D’oh!). So the real winners this week are Mega Buck Bandits, who crushed Trusted By Millions 6-0, thanks to midfielder Ray Parlour’s unexpected hat-trick, and marched back into 4th place as a result. They also scooped the TOTW £100K in the process, so congratulations to MC.
At the bottom, both Pacer’s Pacesetters and York’s Returning Glory lost and are now staring up at a chasm separating them from the rest, as the 4 teams who were above them all won! Prettier Than You’s celebrations at beating Aardvark Abacus 2-1 were tempered by the fact that Viola’s Pier, Donkey Derby and the Groove Machine also won, thus keeping Rachel in 16th place.
I’M NEVER LAST PICKED, I GOT A CHEERLEADER CHICK
Was the Mega Buck/ Donkey Derby League Cup deadlock broken? Well, just slightly. Mega Buck’s TOTW performance enabled MC to thrash Donkey Derby 7-2 in the second replay. They now go on to play Elland Road Big Boys in the quarter finals this weekend. The draw in full, made at Monday’s Social Evening, is as follows;
Viola’s Pier vs Pacer’s Pacesetters
Elland Road Big Boys vs Mega Buck Bandits
Short Straw Rovers vs Woodchester Rovers
Aardvark Abacus vs Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
MY LITTLE BLUE BOY
Congratulations to Steve Paul. Viola’s Pier’s impressive recent run of form has earned Steve the November Manager of the Month award, together with FF£250,000. MOTM awards are usually the kiss of death, however, so watch Viola’s Pier plummet down the table next month…
IF WE GET THROUGH FOR TWO MINUTES ONLY IT WILL BE A START
The WSFFL Social Evening last Monday was an understandably subdued affair, but the following issues arose;
1. This weekend was scheduled to be a blank weekend as it was the original date of the Fantasy League Cup Final. However, with the programme running late, it was agreed to bring forward the forthcoming 2 weeks fixtures, to leave Boxing Day blank for the Final (replays notwithstanding). The revised fixtures are attached to this newsletter.
2. Clive very kindly agreed to stay locally over Christmas, thus avoiding team reporting problems, experienced in the past when he visited his family Oop North for Christmas. No that’s not strictly true, he was going to stay locally anyway.
3. The recategorisation rule was clarified for Beef’s benefit, as he’s keen to have his “£30 million man” Jamie Carragher recategorised as a defender. The rule is that if a player makes 5 consecutive starts in a different position to the one he is categorised in for the Fantasy League, he is then recategorised into the new position he is playing in. Substitute appearances do not count, and the games involved must count towards Fantasy League or Cup games.
4. Frank Leboeuf looks like Robocop.
I FEEL FREE, FREE TO BE ME
The WSFFL Social Evening also arrived at a conclusion regarding the recent tactics employed by Aardvark Abacus boss Ady Bevan. The unanimous decision of the 9 managers present (and Paul Saleh and Fred, who sent e-mails which were read out at the meeting, Freds’ in particular with great hilarity) was that Ady’s actions broke no rules and therefore no further action was necessary. In fact Rich, who originally complained about Ady’s tactics, admitted doing the same himself, in a game against the former Bags’ Boys a couple of seasons ago. So you’re off the hook, Ady lad.
TRANSFER NEWS
Player From To Fee
Neil Lennon Woodchester Rovers Glasgow Celtic £5,750,000
Shaun Bartlett FC Zurich Short Straw Rovers £500,000
Erik Meijer York’s Returning Glory FC Hamburg Free
Jody Craddock 22 Legged Groove Machine Boston Rock FC ) Straight
Clarence Acuna Boston Rock FC 22 Legged Groove Machine ) swop
Colin Hendry Trusted By Millions Coventry City £250,000
Mohamed Konjic Coventry City Trusted By Millions £500,000
THE FF£75,000 QUESTION
A bit of a parochial question here, so apologies to non-indigenous Swindonian carrot cruncher types. But y’all are welcome to have a crack anyway;
How many former Swindon Town FC players are currently “on the books” of Premiership clubs as players, and who are they?
I want players who were actually permanent Town players, not “on-loan”, so you can’t count Carrick, Thompson, Given, Flowers, Tiler etc., who amongst others have all been “on-loan” to STFC at one time or another. One entry per person as usual please, to me on phone number 01793 495101 (home) or e-mail Swindonsheriff@aol.com, by close of play on Monday 18th December.
The only Premiership team never to have been relegated from the English top flight is actually Coventry City. Needless to say, I checked this one thoroughly. Coventry gained promotion to the old 1st Division for the first time ever, as 2nd Division Champions in 1966/67, and have been in the top flight ever since.
Of the other likely suspects (as guessed by some managers), Arsenal (sorry Dean, Peej, MC, Beef), under their old name of Woolwich Arsenal, were relegated in 1912/13, bouncing back the following season. Tottenham (Andrew) were relegated to the old Second Division as recently as the Seventies. And Bradford City (Ady, Paul S) have been in the top flight before their current stint, having been relegated from it in 1921/22.
Two correct answers, from Clive and The Big Man, so the toss of a coin decided it, Clive correctly calling “heads” and winning FF£75,000 for Claymore Athletic. Rich accepted this with his customary good grace, his congratulatory word to Clive rhyming nicely with the surname of Willy Shakey’s striker Andy Hunt.
League Results; W/E of 9 December 2000 - Week 16
Woodchester Rovers
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1
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Vs
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0
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York's Returning Glory
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J Beattie
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Prettier Than You
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2
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Vs
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1
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Aardvark Abacus
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C Bellamy
R Keane
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G Naysmith (og)
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Donkey Derby County
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2
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Vs
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1
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Pacer's Pacesetters
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G Zola
F Wilnis
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R Giggs
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Real Muppets
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0
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Vs
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2
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Elland Road Big Boys
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L Dixon
N Weaver
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Viola's Pier
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2
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Vs
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1
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Claymore Athletic FC
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D Windass
W Bridge
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T Henry
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Short Straw Rovers
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2
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Vs
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5
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22 Legged Groove Machine
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M Stewart
S Bartlett
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OG Solskjaer
M Gray (2)
G Poyet
C Riggott
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Trusted by Millions
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0
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Vs
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6
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Mega Buck Bandits
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S Goater
C Armstrong
R Parlour (3)
J Clapham
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Willy Shakey
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1
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Vs
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1
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Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
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J Robinson
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S Howey
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You know your Boston Rock FC
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1
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Vs
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3
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Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
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M Carrick
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N Kanu
B Carbone
W Bogarde
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League Cup Result; 1st Round Proper 2nd Replay
Donkey Derby County
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2
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Vs
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7
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Mega Buck Bandits
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G Zola
F Wilnis
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S Goater
C Armstrong
R Parlour (3)
J Clapham
P Jones
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Team of the Week: Mega Buck Bandits
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