THEN THE DEVIL IS SIX
Kylie Bumcheeks have a 6 point gap at the top of the WSFFL table with 4 games left, and due to their superior goal difference only need win 2 of their last 4 games to clinch their first title. James Beattie fired the Bumcheeks to a 1-0 win over stuttering Claymore, who must be ruing the decision to leave David Unsworth and England’s wunderkind Wayne Rooney on his bench (I know I am!). Boston Rock are once again Kylie’s closest challengers, as the Sky Heroes thrashed poor York’s 6-2, with a Kewell double the highlight. Aardvark Abacus slip to 3rd, as they were held to a 0-0 draw by bottom club Viola’s Pier.
Trusted By Millions stay 4th despite being beaten 4-3 by Elland Road, Hakan Sukur scoring a late double for the Big Boys to clinch this one. And the resurgent Real Muppets go up to 5th after an impressive 5-0 demolition of Mega Bucks, Ryan having as good a second half of this season as his first half was bad.
POTW was difficult this week, with a number of performances (Short Straw’s 2-1 win over Prettier Than You, Viola’s battling draw, even my own Boston Rock’s win) being very close contenders, but in the end I felt Real Muppets’ 5-0 thrashing of Mega Bucks, which lifted the Muppets to a season-high 5th place, deserved the £100,000. Well done Ryan.
LIBERTY AND HONOUR UNDER THE HONOUR ROLL
Following a request from Clive, I hereby publish a full “Honour Roll” list of who’s won what from the inception of the Fantasy League. Enjoy!
1. WSFFL League Championship
Year No. of Games Champions No of Points
1994/95 36 Bassett Allsorts (Ben Ford) 74
1995/96 34 Athletico Sheriff IV (David Rose) 63
1996/97 34 Aardvark Abacus (Ady Bevan) 62
1997/98 34 Willy Shakey (Paul Garratt) 69
1998/99 34 Aardvark Abacus (Ady Bevan) 67
1999/2000 34 Mega Buck Bandits (Dave Bevan) 74
2000/01 34 Trusted By Millions (Andy Perfitt) 68
2001/02 30 Aardvark Abacus (Ady Bevan) 67
2. WSFFL FA Cup
Year Result
1994/95 Zachstar Incorporated (Mike Dixon) 2 - - 1 Snowy’s Supersonic Rovers (Neil Thompson)
(yup, Snowy’s score is minus one – remember the weird scoring system in the first season?)
1995/96 Rivermill Bassett (Andrew Mercer’s first team) 2 – 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum (Paul Saleh)
1996/97 Claymore Athletic FC (Clive Fenwick) 2 – 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI (Neil Jarvey)
1997/98 Trusted By Millions (Andy Perfitt) 2 – 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI (Neil Jarvey)
1998/99 Aardvark Abacus (Ady Bevan) 5 – 2 Real Muppets (Ryan Moore)
1999/2000 You Know Your Boston Rock FC (David Rose) 5 – 1 Elland Road Big Boys (Dean Watts)
2000/01 You Know Your Boston Rock FC (David Rose) 1 – 0 Trusted By Millions (Andy Perfitt) (after 4 – 4 and 1 – 1 draws)
2001/02 San Dimas High School (Paul Garratt) 1 – 0 Aardvark Abacus (Ady Bevan)
3. Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy (formerly the WSFFL League Cup)
Year Result
1994/95 No competition
1995/96 22 Legged Groove Machine (Rich Timms) 4 – 1 Supersonic Rovers (Neil Thompson)
1996/97 Aardvark Abacus (Ady Bevan) 4 – 1 22 Legged Groove Machine (Rich Timms)
1997/98 Claymore Athletic FC (Clive Fenwick) 1 – 0 Donkey Derby County (Jared Prothero)
1998/99 22 Legged Groove Machine (Rich Timms) 2 – 1 Sporting Chance (Mike Dixon) (after 1 – 1 and 2 – 2 draws)
1999/2000 Real Muppets (Ryan Moore) 3 – 1 Woodchester Rovers (Paul Cartmell)
2000/01 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI (Neil Jarvey) 1 – 0 Viola’s Pier (Steve Paul)
2001/02 Kylie Bumcheeks (Rich Smith) 4 – 0 San Dimas High School (Paul Garratt) (after 2 – 2 draw)
2002/03 Kylie Bumcheeks (Rich Smith) 3 – 1 Aardvark Abacus (Ady Bevan)
TRANSFER NEWS
None this week!
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
“They talk about Ragga and Garage; the only thing I know about Garage is I keep my car in it”. Which former West Ham player and former England international was mystified by his clubmates’ musical tastes?
One guess per person to me by close of play on Saturday 12 April 2003.
“The first 90 minutes are the most important part” is a quote from Newcastle United’s Sir Bobby Robson. Perceptive stuff – no wonder they gave him a knighthood for services to the game. Apparently FourFourTwo magazine also do a t-shirt with this slogan. Cool.
No correct guesses, so we have a rollover! A wrong ‘un from Ryan, who plumped for Gerard Houllier.
SHORTS
· A couple of Manager of the Month awards to catch up on: February 2003’s award was tied between Aardvark Abacus and Trusted By Millions, and March 2003 was similarly tied, with Real Muppets and Trusted By Millions (again) each getting a share. All these teams had 100% records during the respective months, and get £250,000 for their efforts (Trusted obviously getting half a mill as they won it both months). Well done to Ryan, Ady and Beef.
· First recats for awhile – Fred West’s Giovanni Van Bronckhorst is now a defender, and San Dimas’ Ivan Campo and Mega Bucks’ Bernard Mendy are both now midfielders…
WSFFL RESULTS
League Week 26, W/E 5 April 2003
Aardvark Abacus 0-0 Viola’s Pier
40,031
Claymore Athletic FC 0-1 Kylie Bumcheeks
(1) Beattie 67,639
Elland Road Big Boys 4-3 Trusted By Millions
Suker 2 (1) Euell
Carlton Cole Martin Taylor
Duff Tuore (OG) 40,011
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 4-0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Van Nistelrooy 2 (1)
Giggs
Brown 31,941
Real Muppets 5-0 Mega Buck Bandits
Viduka 3 (1)
Robert
Southgate 42,602
Short Straw Rovers 2-1 Prettier Than You
Bergsson (1) Devlin
Berg 30,187
22 Legged Groove Machine 2-2 San Dimas High School
Poyet (1) Campo 2
Solskjaer 26,949
York’s Returning Glory 2-6 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Greening Rio Ferdinand
Zola Gresko
Kewell 2
Defoe
Dunn 36,058
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