LET’S GO CRAZY
Well, in the holidaying absence of the co-ordinator a couple of weekends ago, the league results just went ker-azeeeeeee! Maddest of all was undoubtedly the top game of the day, where Claymore Athletic whacked Champions Aardvark Abacus 5-3, with 8 different goalscorers on the scoresheet for this barmy encounter. This result earns Clive the POTW £100,000, so well done to him. Amazingly, Aardvark stay 3rd after this reversal, as Nil Satis were involved in a similar crazy result, losing 5-2 to Trusted By Millions thanks to a Michael Owen hat-trick, a debut Craddock goal and a late late one from Youri Djorkaeff. Trusted themselves move into 4th as a result, but they, like Aardvark, are now a surprising 5 points adrift of top teams Kylie Bumcheeks and Boston Rock FC, both of whom won again. Kylie beat struggling Viola’s 2-0 to stay top on goal difference only from Boston Rock, for whom Jermain Defoe and Harry Kewell netted in a 2-1 win over San Dimas, to stay right behind the Bumcheeks.
At the bottom, Prettier Than You finally recorded their first win – an extra (and initially unnoticed through all the vodka!) Larus Sigurdsson clean sheet, after he was substituted in the WBA-Blackburn game, tipped the “Battle of the Algarve” to Rachel’s team over Dave Bevan’s Mega Buck Bandits, PTY winning 2-1. And least year’s runners-up Real Muppets are still floundering near the bottom; a 0-0 draw with Short Straw keeps them 14th. See what I mean – crazy!
SUPER ULTRA WICKED MEGA LOVE
Mega Buck Bandits pulled off the shock of the round in the Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy first round at the weekend, beating high-flying Boston Rock FC 3-0, with a brace from Brett Ormerod, to dump the Sky Heroes out at the first hurdle and win the POTW £100,000 in the process. Well done MC, your fair-minded co-ordinator (and Boston Rock boss) says through gritted teeth.
No huge shocks elsewhere in the round; in-form Trusted and Kylie Bumcheeks both win through by 3-goal margins, KO-ing Elland Road and the Groove Machine respectively. Fred West, Short Straw and San Dimas also join them in the 2nd round draw, whilst the 2 “hot” games of the weekend both end in draws; Claymore Athletic and Nil Satis, and Aardvark and Real Muppets, both have to replay next weekend, doubling up with their league fixtures, after 2-2 draws. Braces in these games from Kanu for Nil Satis, and a late late double from Paul Scholes for lucky Aardvark, secured draws for Paul and Ady respectively.
TRANSFER NEWS
Amongst a flurry of transfers, Richard Dunne pays the price for his recent drink-related indiscretions with a one-way ticket out of Prettier Than You. Rachel only likes sober young boys. Oh yes. Like Craig Bellamy and, er, me.
Player From To Fee
Richard Dunne (D) Prettier Than You Pool £250,000
Larus Sigurdsson (D) Pool Prettier Than You £500,000
Akin Bulent (M) Kylie Bumcheeks Released (never signed) £1,000,000
Jesper Blomqvist (M) Trusted By Millions Pool £250,000
Jody Craddock (D) Pool Trusted By Millions £500,000
Jordao (M) 22 Legged Groove Machine Pool £500,000
Igor Balis (M) 22 Legged Groove Machine Pool £250,000
Jeff Kenna (D) Pool 22 Legged Groove Machine £500,000
Anthony Barness (D) Pool 22 Legged Groove Machine £500,000
Allan Johnston (M) Kylie Bumcheeks Pool £250,000
Matthew Kilgannon (D) Pool San Dimas High School £500,000
Bojan Djordjic (M) San Dimas High School Pool £250,000
Steve Watson (D) Pool Cooling Down (sole bid) Claymore Athletic FC £500,000
Elanio Marcelino (D) Claymore Athletic FC Pool £250,000
Mauricio Taricco (D) Recat Cooling Down Kylie Bumcheeks £1,700,000
Goran Bunjevcevic (M) Pool Cooling Down Kylie Bumcheeks £500,000
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 14 October 2002, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available.
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
Italian giants Juventus changed their kit in the last 1800’s from their original pink (yup, they originally played in pink!) to the now-famous black and white stripes after receiving a consignment of similar kit from which English club?
One guess per person to me by close of play on Saturday 12 October 2002.
Former Charlton Athletic and Willy Shakey striker Andy Hunt, who retired after failing to recover fully from ME, now runs a herbal remedy farm in the Belize jungle. Talk about getting away from it all.
No guesses, correct or otherwise, so we have a rollover. £200,000 to this week’s correct answer!
SHORTS
A couple of Manager of the Month awards to nail down; the August award belonged to Nil Satis Nisi Optimum, with 3 wins from 3 in the opening month; and the September award goes jointly to the 2 top teams Kylie Bumcheeks and You Know Your Boston Rock FC, for matching each other with 100% records in the month. £250,000 prizes go to all 3 of those managers…. Stupid names department; during the recent Liverpool-Basle Champion’s League game, I’m sure the commentator called a Basle defender Timotei A Tuba! I wasn’t far off, as said defender’s real moniker was Timothee Atouba…. Gloater Dept. Thanks to Peej for pointing out that during that same game, the person responsible for giving away Basle’s soft equaliser was none other than Trusted By Million’s “£30 million man” Jamie Carragher! That should knock a mill or seven off his value then…
WSFFL RESULTS
Week 6, W/E 28 September 2002
Aardvark Abacus 3-5 Claymore Athletic FC
Solano Friedel
Scholes Weir
Hasselbaink Bridge
Campbell
Henry 40,497
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 3-3 Elland Road Big Boys
Giggs (1) Toure
Van Nistelrooy Neill
Maccarone Duff 38,929
Mega Buck Bandits 1-2 Prettier Than You
Geremi (1) Aaron Hughes
Bellion 26,630
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2-5 Trusted By Millions
Kanu 2 (3) Craddock
Djorkaeff
Owen 3 40,199
Real Muppets 0-0 Short Straw Rovers
(3) 29,072
San Dimas High School 1-2 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Queudrue (1) Kewell
Defoe 36,082
22 Legged Groove Machine 0-2 York’s Returning Glory
(1) Zola
Babb 35,131
Viola’s Pier 0-2 Kylie Bumcheeks
Griffin
Hyypia 34,371
Performance of the Week: Claymore Athletic FC
WSFFL RESULTS
PCMT 1st Round, W/E 5th October 2002
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2-2 Claymore Athletic FC
Kanu 2 (1) Mellberg
Bridge 43,856
Prettier Than You 0-2 Short Straw Rovers
(1) Dodd
Traore 31,005
Real Muppets 2-2 Aardvark Abacus
Joe Cole (3) Scholes
Southgate 33,505
San Dimas High School 2-0 Viola’s Pier
John (2) 31,009
Trusted By Millions 3-0 Elland Road Big Boys
Schwarzer
Carragher
Owen 67,629
22 Legged Groove Machine 1-4 Kylie Bumcheeks
Ehiogu (1) Shearer 2
Ian Pearce
Hyypia 35,010
York’s Returning Glory 0-3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
(1) Vieira
Van Nistelrooy
Silvestre 37,902
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 0-3 Mega Buck Bandits
(2) Geremi
Ormerod 52,142
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