IT IS TIME FOR STORMY WEATHER
Just when you think you’ve covered all the bases in this great game of WSFFL, another one pops up and leaves you in a quandary…
The Stadium of Light turned into the Stadium of Blizzards Saturday afternoon, forcing the abandonment of the Sunderland vs. Fulham game, which amazingly was the first EVER Premiership game, counting towards a WSFFL fixture, to be abandoned since the inception of our game! So suddenly we were faced with a decision, one which I was happy to hand over to the Executive Committee of Ady Bevan, Rich Timms and Paul Saleh. To be fair, this was exactly the type of situation which the Exec Committee was formed to rule upon.
So, following frantic phone calls and exhaustive discussions about the pros and cons of the issue (during which, I don’t mind saying, your esteemed co-ordinator was well and truly put firmly in his place!) the Committee came to a decision. Which is;
“All abandoned games will be treated the same as a postponed game for WSFFL purposes, i.e. the game is deemed never to have happened, so any goals scored/ clean sheets accumulated before the abandonment of the game do not count. This however also means that any players from the abandoned game in a managers line-up that weekend can be replaced at any time throughout the weekend, providing that the game involving the replacement’s team have not kicked off yet.”
So, there you are. Hopefully that sorts that out, for now at least; any queries, please ask!
WE’RE MOVING, SO MOVING, SO WE ARE A BOY, WE ARE A GIRL
Which is a bit of an odd way of telling you I’m changing the FA Cup Final date, but there you go… The 2005/06 WSFFL FA Cup Final between Prettier Than You and You Know Your Boston Rock FC will take place this Saturday, 15 April 2006, and will double up with this weekend’s league fixtures (Week 27).
The reason for taking this decision is the total mess the Premiership have made of the Easter Monday fixtures, which have resulted in 4 clubs not being in action over the Easter Monday to Wednesday period. So, in consultation and agreement with both finalists (of which I am one, of course), we’re doing it on Saturday instead.
And another point– Good Friday evening’s fixture between Manchester United and Sunderland does count towards this weekend’s fixtures. OK?
KEEP RUNNING ‘COS IT’S NIGHTMARE TIME
The nightmare scenario for title challengers Aardvark Abacus and Trusted By Millions came true this weekend – they drew their head-to-head game, and leaders You Know Your Boston Rock FC won their fixture, to move 9 points clear with only 4 games remaining. In fact, if other results go their way, “The Sky Heroes” could make WSFFL history this coming Saturday, by winning both parts of the double on the same weekend…
Anyway, back to this weekend. Aardvark and Trusted slugged out a 2-2 draw in front of a new WSFFL league record crowd. David Dunn and Hernan Crespo put Trusted in front, before William Gallas and a late Ji-Sung Park goal squared it for Aardvark. However, they both drop 9 points behind Boston Rock FC, thanks to their 1-0 victory over Real Muppets. Georgios Samaras (whom I’ve been referring to as Pete Sampras!) served an ace to settle this closely-fought game for the “Sky Heroes”, who are now within touching distance of their first title since the Athletico Sheriff days in 1995/96. Don’t blow it now, boys…
A goal and a sparkling performance from the much-maligned Didier Drogba saw Fred West Landscape Gardening XI beat Eleven Imaginary Boys, and go back above them into 4th place. San Dimas go back up to 6th after a tough 1-1 draw with Nil Satis Nisi Optimum, The High School’s John Terry cancelling out an earlier Tony Hibbert strike. Mega Buck Bandits and Prettier Than You also both move upwards, into the top 10. Dave’s team saw off York’s Returning Glory 3-0 to go 9th, and Rachel’s lot continued their ominous good form going into the Cup Final next weekend with a 5-0 thrashing of the Groove Machine, Craig Bellamy plundering another couple of goals in that emphatic win.
At the bottom, Thommo’s Titans registered a fine win over the Dead Parrots, 3-1 the score with a James Collins header the pick of the bunch, to move off the bottom to 15th and also pick up the POTW £500,000. Well done Pete! York’s fall to last place following their defeat by Mega Bucks. Final Fantasy XI moved up to 13th following their 2-1 win over Claymore Athletic FC, with Wallwork and Bouma on target for Ceri. She goes above the Dead Parrots, who lost to Thommo’s, and who are picking just the wrong time of the season to hit poor form…!
TRANSFER NEWS
Some defensive shuffling around for outgoing Champions Claymore…
Player From To Fee
Noe Pamarot (D) Claymore Athletic FC Pool £900K
Ryan Taylor (D) Claymore Athletic FC Pool £750K
Matthew Sadler (D) Pool Claymore Athletic FC £500K
Ben Thatcher (D) Pool Claymore Athletic FC £500K
Don’t forget that the players highlighted are now subject to the pool “cooling off” period, Any managers interested in buying them can bid until close of play Saturday 15 April 2006, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available. All bids to me please.
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
In the history of the Premiership (i.e. since season 1992/93), in which fixture has there been the most sendings-off?
By “fixture”, I mean like all the games played since the Premiership started between the respective 2 clubs (home and away), rather than a specific game. So your guess would be something like “Wigan Athletic vs West Ham”. Only not that, as it’s wrong.
Answers to me by close of play Saturday 15 April 2006. As usual, first correct one out of the metaphorical hat gets the dosh.
The confused England player was Peter Crouch, whose shirt had “12” on the back, and “21” on the front (and “21” on the shorts as well), during that England-Uruguay International. Shades of the Offspring’s “Pretty Fly For A White Guy”, who asked for a tattoo of a 13 but they drew a 31 – Crouch kinda looks like the guy in the video as well!
And by the way, wasn’t it a great moment when Crouch and Shaun Wright-Phillips took the field together, during that game, as second-half substitutes? All twelve foot trillion of Crouch, and two foot zip of Wright-Phillips, who looked like he could comfortably fit into Crouch’s pocket…
3 correct replies this week, from Peej, Ryan and Ceri. Final Fantasy XI came up on the roll of the dice, so Ceri wins the hundred grand. Well done to her and bad luck boys.
A wrong guess from Rachel, who went for Crouch’s team mate Steven Gerrard. Right team, wrong player…
SHORTS
· I was particularly pleased to see Thommo’s Titans win this weekend. No reflection on Deano at all, but Pete was particularly hard-hit by the abandonment of the Sunderland-Fulham game, which robbed him of a Niemi clean sheet and a Brian McBride “goal”. Keep plugging away there Thommo!
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 26, W/E 8 April 2006
Aardvark Abacus 2-2 Trusted By Millions
Gallas (1) Dunn
Park Crespo 70,908
Claymore Athletic FC 1-2 Final Fantasy XI
Rooney Wallwork
Bouma 33,303
The Dead Parrots 1-3 Thommo’s Titans
Fowler Curtis Davies
James Collins
Sorondo 20,048
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1-0 Eleven Imaginary Boys
Drogba (2) 44,194
Real Muppets 0-1 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
(2) Samaras 41,919
San Dimas High School 1-1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Terry (1) Hibbert 36,167
22 Legged Groove Machine 0-5 Prettier Than You
(1) Bellamy 2
Spector
Baines
Ameobi 31,202
York’s Returning Glory 0-3 Mega Buck Bandits
Kuszczak
Stalteri
Stubbs 26,954
Performance of the Week: Thommo’s Titans
THE WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE, Season 2005/06
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As at 9 April 2006
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Team
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P
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W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Diff
|
Pts
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1
|
You Know Your Boston Rock FC
|
26
|
18
|
3
|
5
|
73
|
32
|
41
|
57
| |
2
|
Aardvark Abacus
|
26
|
14
|
6
|
6
|
74
|
41
|
33
|
48
| |
3
|
Trusted By Millions
|
26
|
14
|
6
|
6
|
57
|
39
|
18
|
48
| |
4
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
26
|
12
|
4
|
10
|
60
|
44
|
16
|
40
| |
5
|
Eleven Imaginary Boys
|
26
|
11
|
5
|
10
|
36
|
42
|
-6
|
38
| |
6
|
San Dimas High School
|
26
|
10
|
7
|
9
|
50
|
43
|
7
|
37
| |
7
|
Claymore Athletic FC
|
26
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
52
|
43
|
9
|
36
| |
8
|
Real Muppets
|
26
|
10
|
5
|
11
|
46
|
46
|
0
|
35
| |
9
|
Mega Buck Bandits
|
26
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
34
|
36
|
-2
|
35
| |
10
|
Prettier Than You
|
26
|
10
|
5
|
11
|
41
|
45
|
-4
|
35
| |
11
|
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
26
|
10
|
4
|
12
|
37
|
54
|
-17
|
34
| |
12
|
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
26
|
10
|
4
|
12
|
31
|
57
|
-26
|
34
| |
13
|
Final Fantasy XI
|
26
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
39
|
41
|
-2
|
33
| |
14
|
The Dead Parrots
|
26
|
8
|
7
|
11
|
47
|
45
|
2
|
31
| |
15
|
Thommo's Titans
|
26
|
6
|
2
|
18
|
22
|
61
|
-39
|
20
| |
16
|
York's Returning Glory
|
26
|
3
|
8
|
15
|
23
|
53
|
-30
|
17
| |
TOTAL
|
416
|
162
|
92
|
162
|
722
|
722
|
0
|
578
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