PLEASE LEAVE A GAP FOR MY HEAD TO POKE THROUGH
Despite my article in last week’s newsletter, saying that anyone down to 7th place might still legitimately entertain hopes of winning the title this season, it seems increasingly likely that this year’s Champions will come from the top 3 of Boston Rock, Aardvark Abacus and Trusted By Millions. This was underlined this weekend, as the top 3 all won, and the teams immediately below them all lost, to further widen the ever-increasing gap between the “Crucial Three” (sorry to Cope, McCulloch and Wylie for stealing your tagline there!) and the chasing pack.
So, You Know Your Boston Rock FC stay 7 points clear at the top, with 7 games to go, following a 3-2 win over Champions Claymore Athletic FC. Goals from Pires, substitute King and a rare one from Paul Robinson saw the “Sky Heroes” to a narrow victory, after Osman and Hleb had netted for Claymore. Aardvark’s front line of Keane and Adebayor powered them to a 2-0 win over San Dimas High School, keeping them ahead of Trusted By Millions on goal difference. Trusted needed a late Steven Gerrard goal to clinch a 3-2 win over a stubborn Final Fantasy XI team, who had led with goals from their impressive midfield duo of Kevin Nolan and Morton Pedersen.
San Dimas stay 4th, albeit now 8 points adrift after their defeat by the Abacus. Fred West Landscape Gardening XI, 5th, lost by a single Lee McCulloch goal to Mega Buck Bandits, a result that moved Dave’s team up 2 places to 11th and also earned him the POTW £500,000. Well done Dave!
Lots of movement near the bottom – Thommo’s Titans stay rooted in last place following a 4-1 hammering by the in-form 22 Legged Groove Machine, Saha bagging a brace for Rich. The Big Man’s 7th win on the bounce (I kid you not) moves him into the top half of the table for the first time this season, into 8th but only 2 points off 4th place. Crikey! York’s remain in 15th but edge away from bottom slot with a 2-2 draw with Eleven Imaginary Boys, to now go 5 games unbeaten. Corks! A double from Craig Bellamy helped Prettier Than You to an impressive 4-1 victory over the Dead Parrots, lifting them up one place to 13th place and highest girlie in the table, as Ceri’s defeat meant she dropped to 14th. Scrivens! And Nil Satis’ 3-3 draw with Real Muppets, coupled with Mega Bucks’ win, meant Paul’s blues dropped one place to 12th in the table. Blimey Jings!
TRANSFER NEWS
None this week!
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
The first player to score against Chelsea in the Premiership this season was awarded £10,000 for the feat, which he donated to his old school. What a nice boy. Who was it?
Answers to me by close of play Saturday 25 March 2006. As usual, first correct one out of the metaphorical hat gets the dosh.
Liverpool and You Know Your Boston Rock FC winger Harry Kewell has been categorised as a defender, a midfielder and also an attacker in this wonderful game of ours. He first broke into the Leeds side as a young left-back, earning a transfer to Boston Rock and making a scoring debut in their away game at Zanfar Rovers on 18 October 1997. In addition, Kewell is Boston Rock’s longest-serving player, all-time highest goalscorer up until the start of this season (he’s now been overtaken by Frank Lampard) and the subject of a bit of dummy-spitting by Boston Rock manager Sheriff. Yup, after Kewell was (in my view harshly) recategorised as a forward a few years back, I threatened to change my team name to “Harry Kewell is a F***ing Midfielder FC”!
Correct replies from Dave and Ceri. Mega Buck Bandits won this particular husband vs. wife tussle, so Dave is £100,000 richer. POTW as well – a profitable week for our accountant colleague!
As for wrong guesses? Well, Ryan went for Trevor Sinclair, which was definitely more sensible than his either/or choice of Patrik Berger – the guy can’t defend when he’s playing in midfield, so imagine how many times he’d get either skinned or sent off if he actually played in defence! Rachel went for Shaun Wright-Phillips – again logical but wrong. Clive, who should have remembered me throwing my toys out of the pram about Kewell as a forward, guessed Dean Marney!
SHORTS
· More Haste Less Wossname Dept.: in my glee to report my Cup Semi Final victory over Fred last week, I forgot to note on the results page that there were 2 clean sheets cancelled off each side in my 3-0 win. Oops.
· A big thumbs-up from WSFFL Co-ord Central to all the Hammers fans who were singing “England Job? You’re having a laugh” at Sam Allardyce during the West Ham-Bolton FA Cup game last week. Let’s face it, Big Sam managing England would be even more of a disaster than Graham Taylor’s ill-starred reign…
· Anyone else notice this – Everton and Eleven Imaginary Boys striker James Beattie, while celebrating Everton’s second goal against Aston Villa at the weekend, inadvertently dropped his chewing gum out of his mouth. So he picked it off the muddy pitch and popped it back in! Chap! Nice to see 50-odd grand a week hasn’t made him posh or anything…
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 23, W/E 18 March 2006
Eleven Imaginary Boys 2-2 York’s Returning Glory
Powell Boa Morte
Lennon Crouch 36,507
Mega Buck Bandits 1-0 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
McCulloch 34,837
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3-3 Real Muppets
Cahill 2 Joey O’Brien
McFadden Viduka
Cisse 27,623
Prettier Than You 4-1 The Dead Parrots
Bellamy 2 (1) Kevin Davies
Ameobi
N’Gotty 26,398
San Dimas High School 0-2 Aardvark Abacus
(2) Adebayor
Robbie Keane 52,302
Thommo’s Titans 1-4 22 Legged Groove Machine
Rochemback Young-Pyo Lee
Benayoun
Saha 2 23,568
Trusted By Millions 3-2 Final Fantasy XI
Sean Davis (1) Nolan
Gerrard Morton Gamst Pedersen
Dawson 38,223
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 3-2 Claymore Athletic FC
Paul Robinson (GK) Osman
Pires Hleb
King 42,444
Performance of the Week: Mega Buck Bandits
THE WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE, Season 2005/06
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As at 19 March 2006
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Team
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P
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W
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D
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L
|
F
|
A
|
Diff
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Pts
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1
|
You Know Your Boston Rock FC
|
23
|
16
|
2
|
5
|
67
|
28
|
39
|
50
| |
2
|
Aardvark Abacus
|
23
|
13
|
4
|
6
|
61
|
33
|
28
|
43
| |
3
|
Trusted By Millions
|
23
|
13
|
4
|
6
|
52
|
35
|
17
|
43
| |
4
|
San Dimas High School
|
23
|
10
|
5
|
8
|
45
|
36
|
9
|
35
| |
5
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
23
|
10
|
4
|
9
|
52
|
41
|
11
|
34
| |
6
|
Eleven Imaginary Boys
|
23
|
10
|
4
|
9
|
32
|
38
|
-6
|
34
| |
7
|
Real Muppets
|
23
|
10
|
3
|
10
|
45
|
44
|
1
|
33
| |
8
|
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
23
|
10
|
3
|
10
|
29
|
49
|
-20
|
33
| |
9
|
Claymore Athletic FC
|
23
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
44
|
36
|
8
|
32
| |
10
|
The Dead Parrots
|
23
|
8
|
6
|
9
|
42
|
37
|
5
|
30
| |
11
|
Mega Buck Bandits
|
23
|
8
|
6
|
9
|
28
|
33
|
-5
|
30
| |
12
|
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
23
|
9
|
3
|
11
|
34
|
47
|
-13
|
30
| |
13
|
Prettier Than You
|
23
|
8
|
5
|
10
|
34
|
42
|
-8
|
29
| |
14
|
Final Fantasy XI
|
23
|
6
|
9
|
8
|
35
|
39
|
-4
|
27
| |
15
|
York's Returning Glory
|
23
|
3
|
8
|
12
|
22
|
47
|
-25
|
17
| |
16
|
Thommo's Titans
|
23
|
4
|
2
|
17
|
15
|
52
|
-37
|
14
| |
TOTAL
|
368
|
146
|
76
|
146
|
637
|
637
|
0
|
514
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