NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT A SHOCK?
The recent Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Quarter Finals produced the shock of the tournament, with runaway league leaders Trusted By Millions being beaten 4-3 by Kylie Bumcheeks. 2 goals from fit-again Michael Owen and one from in-form midfielder Jason Euell weren’t enough, as strikes from Kylie’s front-line pairing of Shearer and Ravanelli, combined with late goals from Van Der sar and Robbie Elliott, saw the Bumcheeks home. Unsurprisingly, Kylie win the POTW £100,000, so well done Rich.
Elsewhere, York’s Returning Glory continued to defy their league form, putting out Elland Road 2-1 thanks largely to a long-range effort from midfielder Tugay. Aardvark Abacus continue to hold sway in the Bevan derbies; Ady’s men “Monica” Legwinski, Ian Harte, John Arne Riise and substitute Carlos Marinelli on target in their 4-2 win over Mega Bucks. And San Dimas High School purr through to the semi-finals on a replay, with Michael Ricketts amongst the scorers in their win over Prettier Than You. This after a last-minute Ricketts strike secured a 2-2 draw for San Dimas in the original tie, after Rachel’s boy Craig Bellamy’s double had put PTY within touching distance of the semis.
So, after that shakedown, the PCMT Semi-Final draw is as follows;
Kylie Bumcheeks vs York's Returning Glory
Aardvark Abacus vs San Dimas High School
These games will be played this coming weekend, W/E 24 November, doubling up with the league fixtures. No rest for the successful!
YOU’RE LEARNING THE WAYS OF THE WORLD, KID
San Dimas High School regain top slot in the league after beating previous league leaders Trusted By Millions 4-3 in this weekend’s big league fixture. In-form Jason Euell’s midfield double for Trusted wasn’t enough to keep them top, as goals from Ricketts, Queudrue, Terry and Distin handed Beef his first league defeat of the season.
San Dimas go top only by virtue of more goals scored, however, as Aardvark Abacus maintain their challenge at the top, beating Prettier Than You 1-0 thanks to another “Monica” Legwinski goal. They go second, pushing Trusted down to third on goal difference. Claymore stay fourth, after missing out on joining Peej, Ady and Beef on 23 points, after being held 2-2 by draw specialists York’s Returning Glory.
Performance of the Week, however, was at Westmorland Road, with homeboys Mega Buck being walloped 6-1 by a rampant Groove Machine. Gus Poyet and newly-blond Luis Saha were amongst Rich’s 6 different scorers, which earned him the POTW £100,000. Well done Big Man.
Near the bottom, Nil Satis gained a fine 3-0 win against Elland Road, which lifted Paul up 4 places to 12th. Viola’s Pier sink to the bottom again, after a 0-0 draw with other draw specialists Real Muppets. Short Straw Rovers continue to struggle, with a 3-2 home loss against Fred West, Fred’s strike force of Matt Jansen and Ruud Van Nistelrooy both on target in this game. Fred’s win moves them up to 14 points, joining PTY on that total, and also Boston Rock and Kylie Bumcheeks, who fought out a dour 0-0 draw at Gooch Street, with the “Sky Heroes” clearly missing the inspirational Harry Kewell.
I DON’T WANT THE WORLD, I JUST WANT YOUR HALF
Comments about my “half time scores” suggestion varied from “okay if we get to see them on a Saturday night” to “might be a bit daft”. So I’m currently not going to pursue putting them in the newsletter. However if you do want to know how your team’s doing halfway through the weekend, buy me a Blue WKD on the social round and I might just tell you!
TRANSFER NEWS
A little flurry of activity during the international break, amongst which Mr. Saleh is up to his loan tricks again…
Player From To Fee
Thomas Myhre Claymore Athletic FC Pool £250,000
Dean Sturridge YKY Boston Rock FC Pool £250,000
Luke Moore Aston Villa YKY Boston Rock FC £500,000
Dean Gordon Mega Buck Bandits Pool £250,000
Robbie Stockdale Middlesbrough Mega Buck Bandits £500,000
Jesper Blomqvist Everton Trusted By Millions £500,000
Martin Pringle Prettier Than You Pool £250,000
Stathis Tavlaridis Iraklis FC (48 hour rule sole bid) Prettier Than You £500,000
Ian Feuer 22 Legged Groove Machine Wimbledon (loan return) £zip
Andy Oakes Derby County 22 Legged Groove Machine £500,000
Sergei Rebrov Nil Satis Nisi Optimum York’s Returning Glory 3 month loan
Francois Grenet Bordeaux (48 hour rule sole bid) Trusted By Millions £500,000
David Noble Trusted By Millions Pool £250,000
Don’t forget that the players highlighted are subject to the pool “cooling off” period. Any managers interested in buying them can bid until 8 p.m. on Monday 26 November, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available.
THE FF£75,000 QUESTION
Who is the current holder of UEFA’s Fair Play award, and why did he/they win it?
One entry per person as usual please, to me by close of play on Saturday 1 December.
At the end of last season’s Lazio-Juventus game, Pavel Nedved (who’d scored twice in Lazio’s 4-1 win) and referee Pierluigi Collina swapped shirts! Apparently this was due to somewhat of a running feud between the two men, following Collina’s award of a dubious penalty to Holland against Nedved’s Czech Republic team, in the last minute of their Euro 2000 game, and it was their way of making the peace. All together now, aaaahhh!
Well done to MC who got this one right, and provided me with a more than adequate explanation of why it happened. Apparently MC and Ceri’s source information came from one of a number of websites set up in homage to the Mekon Man referee himself. And I think I’ve got too much time on my hands… Anyway, £75,000 goes to Mega Buck!
SHORTS
Fans of crap 80’s girly pop (Tracey Ullman, anyone? Not mentioning any names, of course…) will appreciate that Beef had WILSON PHILLIPS (i.e. Mark and Kevin) on his bench for his cup game with, er, Kylie Bumcheeks…
WSFFL Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy
Quarter Finals, W/E 3 November 2001
Elland Road Big Boys 1-2 York’s Returning Glory
Akinbiyi Tugay
O’Brien 40,203
Aardvark Abacus 4-2 Mega Buck Bandits
Legwinski Stubbs
Harte Finnan
Riise
Marinelli 44,361
Trusted By Millions 3-4 Kylie Bumcheeks
Euell Ravanelli
Owen 2 Shearer
Van der Sar
Robbie Elliott 51,057
Prettier Than You 2-2 San Dimas High School
Bellamy 2 (1) Gascoigne
Ricketts 40,497
Performance of the week: Kylie Bumcheeks
WSFFL Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy
Quarter Final Replay, W/E 17 November 2001
San Dimas High School 4-0 Prettier Than You
Ricketts (1)
Queudrue
Terry
Distin 22,335
WSFFL RESULTS; Week 10, W/E 17 November 2001
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 0-0 Kylie Bumcheeks
35,424
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3-0 Elland Road Big Boys
Pires
Alpay
McAteer 28,859
Aardvark Abacus 1-0 Prettier Than You
Legwinski (1) 48,005
Trusted By Millions 3-4 San Dimas High School
Phillips (1) Ricketts
Euell 2 Queudrue
Terry
Distin 67,651
Mega Buck Bandits 1-6 22 Legged Groove Machine
Holland (1) Poyet
Saha
Gray
Riggott
Melchiot
Ehiogu 32,063
Short Straw Rovers 2-3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Arca (2) Van Nistelrooy
Bergsson Jansen
Pistone 30,555
Claymore Athletic FC 2-2 York’s Returning Glory
Weir (1) Mawene
Unsworth Speed 36,049
Viola’s Pier 0-0 Real Muppets
(2) 23,198
Performance of the week: 22 Legged Groove Machine
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