THANK YOU, REALLY, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN
I just wanted to start off this newsletter by saying thanks to everyone who have wished me well and expressed good wishes on my return to running the Fantasy League. In particular, I got a lovely e-mail from our Antipodean colleague Dean, who mentioned that with the return of the Fantasy League Newsletter, that once again he’s got something to look forward to on Tuesday mornings. I never knew it meant so much! Thanks again, everyone.
I’ve just had another 4 day stay in hospital, this time to get some IV antibiotics inside me to counteract an infection. It seems that this might happen from time to time in my recovery period. Nevertheless, I’m home now, trying to get my strength back, but am nowhere near fully fit, so the Fantasy League Social Evening/ Transfer Deadline Auction is likely to be mid February, when I’ll hopefully be able to cope with having a number of people around. I’ll let you know the exact date when I’ve got one, but give me time, peeps, we’ll get it sorted.
IT’S RAINING GOALS, HALLELUJAH
OK, real crappy lyric title, but I couldn’t think of anything else. Excuse me for being ill. Anyway, it did rain goals this weekend, some 33 in fact, including 3 own goals! At the top, Kylie’s lead is cut to 2 points, as they could only draw against San Dimas, Savage getting a late equaliser for the league leaders. Boston Rock and Aardvark both won to keep up the pressure, Aardvark thanks to 2 of those own goals – both scored by Yorks’ Michael Proctor!
Claymore won as well, an impressive 5-1 over the failing Groove Machine, but Nil Satis Nisi Optimum halted their recent slump by comprehensively turning over Prettier Than You, 4-0, to win the POTW £100,000. Well done Paul.
Real Muppets kept up their good recent run, with a good 3-0 win over Elland Road, but at the bottom it’s no change, with both Viola’s and Short Straw losing to stay bottom and 15th respectively.
TRANSFER NEWS
None this week!
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
Which Premiership midfielder was subject to an FA probe earlier this season, following an accusation that he’d made a “throat-cutting” gesture to one of his own fans during a game?
One guess per person to me by close of play on Saturday 8 February 2003.
Fiorentina’s Angelo Di Livio recently took a 90% pay cut in order to help the Violas (not you, Steve) stay solvent (then again, Steve, maybe…). Doesn’t hurt that he probably already has billions of lire in the bank, but a grand gesture nevertheless.
One guess from Rich Smith, which was correct, so the £100,000 goes to Kylie Bumcheeks!
SHORTS
· Let’s catch up on the Manager of the Month awards which I missed while in hospital; the December 2002 MOTM award went to Mega Buck Bandits, who were the only team with a 100% win record in the month, and January 2003’s MOTM is Aardvark Abacus, who again kept a 100% win record in January. Congratulations to both Dave and Ady, who are both £250,000 better off for their efforts.
· One recats; Kylie Bumcheeks’ Goran Bunjevcevic is now a midfielder…
WSFFL RESULTS
Week 20, W/E 25 January 2003
Aardvark Abacus 4-3 York’s Returning Glory
Proctor 2 (OGs) Fish
Pedersen Zola
Riise Radzinski 41,384
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 3-1 Short Straw Rovers
Silvestre (1) Heskey
Giggs
Van Nistelrooy 29,171
Mega Buck Bandits 2-3 Trusted By Millions
Stubbs (1) Gerrard
Sheringham Barry
Phillips 40,153
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 4-0 Prettier Than You
O’Shea (1)
Pires 2
Gilchrist (OG) 36,042
Real Muppets 3-0 Elland Road Big Boys
Dublin 2 (1)
Gary Neville 38,050
San Dimas High School 1-1 Kylie Bumcheeks
Clement (1) Savage 35,033
22 Legged Groove Machine 1-5 Claymore Athletic FC
Darren Moore (1) Malbranque
Unsworth 2
Watson
Weir 34,765
Viola’s Pier 0-2 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Rio Ferdinand
Delaney 32,085
Performance of the Week: Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
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