IRONY’S REVENGE SURROUNDS US
The Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Final will be contested between Paul Garratt’s San Dimas High School and Rich Smith’s Kylie Bumcheeks. Congratulations to both managers in reaching the first Cup Final of the season.
Both PCMT Semi-Finals played this weekend produced definite results; in the “Clash of the Titans”, San Dimas beat Aardvark Abacus 1-0 in a tight game, Franck Queudrue’s late goal proving decisive. And in the other game, the Bumcheeks breezed past York’s Returning Glory 4-0, with Shearer and Perry amongst Kylie’s goalscorers.
So, in an ironic twist of fate, Rich Smith’s Kylie Bumcheeks’ first Cup Final appearance will be against Peej, who of course is the long-time goalkeeper for… the Kylies!
DO IT CLEAN, KNOW WHAT I MEAN
In a weekend dominated by clean sheets, with some 32 cleans (!!) being cancelled off in the league, San Dimas High School also stretched their league lead to 2 points. Their 1-0 win, coincidentally doubling up against Aardvark in the league this weekend, moved them 2 points clear of Claymore Athletic, 4-0 winners over Real Muppets, and Trusted By Millions, who were held 0-0 by a battling Prettier Than You. Claymore’s 4-0 win lifts them into 2nd by alphabetical order only, as they and Trusted have exactly the same performance record this season. Tight at the top this season, huh?
The Groove Machine stay 5th but are now 9 points off the pace, after a surprising 2-0 defeat at the hands of Short Straw, Venus and Heskey getting Andrew’s teams goals. Indeed this win earned Short Straw the POTW £100,000, so well done Mr. Mercer. Boston Rock move menacingly into 6th after gaining revenge for their PCMT defeat by beating Elland Road Big Boys 3-1, with Scholes (finally!) and Smith (before he got his stupid ass sent off. D’oh!) amongst the goals for the “Sky Heroes”.
Elsewhere, Kylie Bumcheeks are also upwardly mobile thanks to a 5-0 spanking of Nil Satis. Mega Buck get back to winning ways after last week’s 6-1 hiding, with a 2-1 win over Fred West. And at the bottom, Viola’s Pier beat York’s 1-0 with a Les Ferdinand goal to move off the foot of the table, with York’s taking over last place. Hmmm, dumped into last place in the league and out of the cup this weekend, and still without a league win this season; some days it doesn’t pay to get out of bed, eh Julian?
TRANSFER NEWS
Fairly quiet this week, with a Boston Rock/ Viola’s swap deal the only transfer of note;
Player From To Fee
Seth Johnson Viola’s Pier YKY Boston Rock FC £2,100,000
Stanislav Varga YKY Boston Rock FC Viola’s Pier £2,100,000
Kasey Keller Elland Road Big Boys 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 3 December, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available.
THE FF£75,000 QUESTION
A 2-parter this week – good luck.
Before which game did Adidas run the horribly prophetic advertisement campaign which read; “After tonight, [This Fixture] will be remembered for what one player did with his feet”, and who was the player in question?
One entry per person as usual please, to me by close of play on Saturday 1 December.
The current holder of UEFA’s Fair Play award is Bayern Munich and Germany goalkeeper Olivier Kahn. He won the award due to his gesture of commiseration to Valencia’s keeper, Santiago Canizares, after Bayern Munich had won last year’s Champion’s League final, leaving the distraught Canizares on the losing side in the final for 2 years in a row.
No-one got this one, so we have a rollover this week! Cool. Comiserations, though, to Paul Saleh, who logically but incorrectly guessed that it was Paulo Di Canio, for his gesture of sportsmanship in kicking the ball out of play when he could have scored in last seasons Everton-West Ham fixture, to allow the injured Paul Gerrard to receive treatment.
SHORTS
Thanks to our Antipodean correspondent, Mr. Watts, for the following comment; “This guy must have the best name in football at the mo - I hope he signs for a premier club one day - Boavista scorer against Nantes on Tuesday......Erwin Freking Sanchez !!! CLASSIC”. Thanks and all, but I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Rosenborg midfielder Roar Strand myself. Anyone else out there got any favourite current footballers names?… some Recat news; Trusted’s Jason Euell is now an attacker, Lee Marshall (Pool) is now a defender and Nil Satis’ Jason McAteer is now a midfielder…
WSFFL Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy
Semi Finals, W/E 24 November 2001
Kylie Bumcheeks 4-0 York’s Returning Glory
Robbie Elliott (1)
Perry
Shearer
Short 21,539
Aardvark Abacus 0-1 San Dimas High School
(2) Queudrue 23,848
WSFFL RESULTS; Week 11, W/E 24 November 2001
San Dimas High School 1-0 Aardvark Abacus
Queudrue (2) 50,070
Prettier Than You 0-0 Trusted By Millions
(4) 40,159
Elland Road Big Boys 1-3 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Le Saux (1) Scholes
Pahars
Smith 32,586
Kylie Bumcheeks 5-0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Robbie Elliott
Van Der Sar
Perry
Shearer
Short 37,978
York’s Returning Glory 0-1 Viola’s Pier
(1) Les Ferdinand 31,198
Real Muppets 0-4 Claymore Athletic FC
(3) Weir
Henry 2
Kachloul 43,537
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1-2 Mega Buck Bandits
Ljungberg (3) Henchoz
Stockdale 32,780
22 Legged Groove Machine 0-3 Short Straw Rovers
(2) Venus
Dodd
Heskey 38,174
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