THERE ARE EIGHT MILLION STORIES
Bugger shit damn. Boston Rock drop to 5th following their first defeat of the season at the hands of Trusted By Millions, thanks to goals from Owen and Phillips, surely the deadliest strike force in the league. So, well done Beef (grrr). This victory not only wins Beef the TOTW hundred grand award, but also moves him to second in the league, breathing down the neck of Mega Buck Bandits, who are still unbeaten following a 1-1 draw with Short Straw Rovers. Willy Shakey and Claymore Athletic are still on the pace, following victories over Viola’s Pier and the Groove Machine, which is looking decidedly rusty in 16th place.
At the bottom, Pacers Pacesetters are now the only team with a 100% record, and are now beached at the bottom following yet another defeat, this time by Aardvark Abacus, who now look to be hitting some form after a shaky start. Prettier Than You win again, thanks to a Dean Kiely goal at Woodchester.
Still only 4 draws out of the 54 games to date, with Short Straw being involved in 2 of them. Odd, that.
TIRED OF FEELING LIKE A PIN CUSHION
Bit of relevant news about your esteemed Fantasy League Newsletter Editor. I’m quitting my job at BT at the end of this week, and will therefore no longer be contactable after this Friday at the david.2.rose@bt.com e-mail address. No new one yet, but my goal this weekend is to get my increasingly skinny ass on-line, so I’ll let you all know my new contact details when I have them. Hopefully production of the WSFFL Newsletter will continue as seamlessly as a great big seamless thing.
SPIDER – HE IS OUR HERO
You’re probably all aware of this, but for the luddites and newly on-line amongst us, Clive maintains a WSFFL Website which is always worth checking out. It’s at;
http://www.sportlive.net/grassroots/club.tpl?page=/grassroots/club.tpl&page=/grassroots/club.tpl&id=64204
At least that’s what I’ve got bookmarked on my PC. Please let me know if there’s a shorter way in. Anyway, the Website should have news, manager profiles (see what he’s written about you!) and downloads of pool listings, transfers since the year dot, etc. I’m not sure how up to date it is at the moment, but I guess that the more we all use it, the more Clive will have to update it. C’mon, let’s make the old bugger work!
DON’T BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ, DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ?
Hey, just a question. What information source, i.e. Internet, newspapers (what ones), teletext etc. do all you good good people use to check up on team news for weekend fixtures? I’m asking as I’ve normally used either Saturday’s Daily Express and/ or Times to check whether any of my players are injured or suspended, or indeed returning from either of these. However, last Saturday’s Express said Marian Pahars was definitely out, so I dropped him from my starting line-up, only for Pahars to score twice for Southampton that afternoon. Similarly this week; neither the Express or Times made mention of Frank Lampard’s return from injury, so I left him out and failed to exploit his goalscoring return to the West Ham line-up.
So, I’m just curious as to what form/s of media other managers use to base their selection decisions on, and how happy they are with them. Drop me a line, guys!
TRANSFER UPDATE
The Groove Machine have moved to strengthen their stuttering attack by signing the exotically named Zaire-born striker Lomano Tresor Lua Lua from the equally exotic Colchester United for £4 million, beating off interest from Woodchester and Boston Rock with the proverbial baton de merde (well, I think Zairians speak French).
Trusted have signed Gary Walsh from Bradford for £500K, as goalkeeping cover for the injured Mark Schwarzer and the frankly lazy Mark Bosnich.
There must have been some other transfers (at the very least, Trusted had to dump someone into the pool, for example, as they had 27 players anyway), but once again Clive’s not sent me an update. Come on, Clive-lad, get with the program!
THE FF£75,000 QUESTION
Okay, here’s this weeks puzzler, and it’s a rollover this week, worth £150,000;
Who is the only Premiership footballer to date to have a nickname, rather than his actual surname, displayed on the back of his shirt?
I’ll accept a reasonably approximate spelling of his actual name, which should give you a clue. One entry per person again, to me at e-mail david.2.rose@bt.com, by Friday of this week, or 01793 547614 (work) or 495101 (home), by lunchtime on Monday 2nd October.
Manchester City became Tottenham Hotspur in May 1937 when an LNER B17 class railway locomotive was renamed. However, a new locomotive entered service the following month named Manchester City, so that was alright then. However, no correct answers (no guesses, even! Guess I really stumped you guys this time) means a rollover to this week, so get your thinking caps on!
SHORTS
Willy Shakey’s Kevin Horlock and Donkey Derby’s Gerard Wiekins have both been recategorised as midfielders, having played the requisite 5 games in succession in this position… Prettier Than You boss Rachel Griffiths is the Swindon Spitfires top scorer; Rachel continued her rich vein of scoring with the Spitfires only goal in their opening day defeat. Shame Craig Bellamy hasn’t followed suit yet…
LEAGUE RESULTS 2000/01
W/E of 23 September 2000 - Week 6
Claymore Athletic FC
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3
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Vs
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0
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22 Legged Groove Machine
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P Di Canio
D Unsworth
G Stuart
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Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
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0
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Vs
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1
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
| |||
D Beckham
| |||||||
Pacer's Pacesetters
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0
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Vs
|
4
|
Aardvark Abacus
| |||
TA Flo (2)
JF Hasselbaink
I Harte
| |||||||
Real Muppets
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2
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Vs
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1
|
Donkey Derby County
| |||
J Cole
G Halle (og)
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D Bergkamp
| ||||||
Short Straw Rovers
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1
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Vs
|
1
|
Mega Buck Bandits
| |||
M Stewart
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T Sheringham
| ||||||
Willy Shakey
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1
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Vs
|
0
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Viola's Pier
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D Tiatto
| |||||||
Woodchester Rovers
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0
|
Vs
|
1
|
Prettier than You
| |||
D Kiely
| |||||||
York's Returning Glory
|
1
|
Vs
|
3
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Elland Road Big Boys
| |||
P Scholes
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A Akinbiyi
C Powell
N Weaver
| ||||||
You know your Boston Rock FC
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0
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Vs
|
2
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Trusted by Millions
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K Phillips
M Owen
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WSFFL TABLE
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As at 26 September 2000
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Team
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Diff
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Pts
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Mega Buck Bandits
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6
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
6
|
6
|
16
| |||||||||
Trusted by Millions
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
15
|
7
|
8
|
15
| |||||||||
Willy Shakey
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
15
| |||||||||
Claymore Athletic FC
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
21
|
10
|
11
|
13
| |||||||||
You know your Boston Rock FC
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
16
|
9
|
7
|
13
| |||||||||
Real Muppets
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
13
| |||||||||
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
12
| |||||||||
Woodchester Rovers
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
11
|
13
|
-2
|
9
| |||||||||
Short Straw Rovers
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
8
| |||||||||
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
7
|
1
|
7
| |||||||||
Aardvark Abacus
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
9
|
0
|
7
| |||||||||
York's Returning Glory
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
7
|
10
|
-3
|
6
| |||||||||
Elland Road Big Boys
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
7
|
10
|
-3
|
6
| |||||||||
Viola's Pier
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
6
|
9
|
-3
|
6
| |||||||||
Prettier Than You
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
9
|
14
|
-5
|
6
| |||||||||
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
7
|
14
|
-7
|
3
| |||||||||
Donkey Derby County
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
4
|
11
|
-7
|
3
| |||||||||
Pacer's Pacesetters
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
5
|
17
|
-12
|
0
| |||||||||
Totals
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108
|
50
|
8
|
50
|
169
|
169
|
0
|
158
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