ANYONE CAN MAKE A MISTAKE
The top 2 teams both suffered defensive jitters this weekend but both came through with their current winning runs intact. Leaders Kylie Bumcheeks squeaked past a resolute Mega Buck Bandits 2-1, with 2 Shearer gals, after Kylie defender Merv Griffin, sorry, Andy Griffin, put through his own net. An even more bizarre Darren Moore own goal blighted Boston Rock’s performance, but they went on to beat Nil Satis 3-1 thanks to a David Dunn brace.
They remain 5 points clear of the chasing pack, which is now headed by Trusted By Millions. Beef’s team pummelled out-of-sorts San Dimas 6-1, with a Martin Taylor double amongst Beef’s goals, to also secure the POTW hundred grand. Well done Beef. Trusted move above Aardvark Abacus on goal difference only; Aardvark secured a last-minute 1-0 win over Short Straw thanks to Jimmy Hasselbaink. And Elland Road are still up with the pacesetters, Dean scoring a 2-1 win over the out-of-form Groove Machine to stay in touch.
At the bottom, Prettier Than You’s 2-1 win over basement boys Viola’s Pier lifts Rachel up 4 places to a more respectable 11th. And Real Muppets, runners-up for the past 2 years, are second bottom after Claymore’s Steve Marlet scored to condemn them to a 1-0 defeat.
In the cup, a nice neat couple of replays; Claymore beat Nil Satis 2-0 and Aardvark beat the Muppets 1-0 to advance to the quarter finals, and complete a miserable weekend for Ryan’s team.
I CAN’T EXPLAIN
Another nonsensical epithet to issue forth from the mouth of a football chairman. Upon sacking his manager Steve Parkin, Barnsley chairman John Dennis said;
“The future of the club and finding a new manager are inexplicably linked for obvious reasons”.
When two things are inexplicably linked, you can’t explain them! That’s why they’re inexplicable! So there are no obvious reasons! Yes, I know he really means inextricably, but I just like to poke these people with a stick sometimes. They deserve it, after all.
TRANSFER NEWS
Pierre Wome’s ridiculously brief career at Boston Rock ends, as Goma regains full fitness…
Player From To Fee
Pierre Wome (D) YKY Boston Rock FC Pool £250,000
Teddy Lucic (D) Pool YKY Boston Rock FC £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 28 October 2002, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available.
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
Following on from last Newsletter’s question, on the subject of kits….
Don Revie famously changed Leeds kit from Blue and Yellow to all-White. Why?
One guess per person to me by close of play on Saturday 26 October 2002.
Juventus adopted their now-famous black and white stripes after getting a job lot of Notts County shirts. They’ve never been able to achieve County’s success, however; well, not in Nottinghamshire anyway.
Correct guesses from Dean and Rich Smith, and the hundred grand goes to the big Bumcheek himself. Congrats Rich.
SHORTS (“Revised format”, or “Sheriff finally works out how to use the Bullet button”)
· Recats; San Dimas’ Zat Knight is back in defence (can I have him back off you now, Peej?), Nil Satis’ Ronnie Walllwork moves up to midfield,and Man City’s three at the back ruling has affected their wide men, namely Boston Rock’s Shaun Wright-Phillips and Elland Road’s Niclas Jensen, both of whom are now midfielders…
· Apologies to San Dimas’ Stern John, Aardvark Abacus’ Paul Scholes and Mega Bucks’ Brett Ormerod; my “2” button was obviously not working when I typed out the PCMT 1st Round results in the last newsletter, as I neglected to credit all these fine players (and Ormerod) with 2 goals…
· Profuse apologies also to Peej; in my haste to get the last newsletter out, I incorrectly credited San Dimas with a draw when compiling the league table, when in fact they’d lost their last league game. I’ve corrected the error in this week’s table. No-one noticed, however, that the last league table totals read 38 wins, 37 defeats and 21 draws so far this season!!
· Ryan was chuffed to note that the England back four for the game in Slovakia were all Real Muppets players (must be why Boston Rock’s Szilard Nemeth found it so easy to score against them!). However he wasn’t as quick to point out that 3 of the back 4 who let in those 2 embarrassing goals against Macedonia were also Muppets…
· Although some would say Seaman’s playing like a bit of a muppet these days…
· And on a similar note, it’s ironic that the 2 goalscorers for Wales in their historic 2-1 victory over Italy, Craig Bellamy and Simon Davies, were both Prettier Than You players. Why ironic? Because when Rachel and I visit my son Evan, who lives with his mother in North Wales, Rachel in particular (but both of us in general) can’t wait to get out of the place!!
WSFFL RESULTS
Week 7, W/E 19 October 2002
Claymore Athletic FC 1-0 Real Muppets
Marlet (1) 27,021
Elland Road Big Boys 2-1 22 Legged Groove Machine
Chris Powell (1) Solskjaer
Paul Williams 35,909
Kylie Bumcheeks 2-1 Mega Buck Bandits
Shearer 2 (1) Griffin (OG) 40,187
Prettier Than You 2-1 Viola’s Pier
Simon Davies Roberts
Keily 26,271
Short Straw Rovers 0-1 Aardvark Abacus
(1) Hasselbaink 27,307
Trusted By Millions 6-1 San Dimas High School
Martin Taylor 2 Trevor Sinclair
Djorkaeff
Euell
Bramble
Carragher 39,038
York’s Returning Glory 3-3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Diao Desailly
Zola 2 Ljungberg
Lundekvam 34,953
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 3-1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Dunn 2 Darren Moore (OG)
Breen 44,352
Performance of the Week: Trusted By Millions
WSFFL RESULTS
PCMT 1st Round Replays, W/E 19th October 2002
Aardvark Abacus 1-0 Real Muppets
Hasselbaink (1) 18,103
Claymore Athletic FC 2-0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Marlet
Bridge
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