LET’S DO IT AGAIN, C’MON LET’S DO IT AGAIN
Four teams were doing it again this weekend, as two of the previous week’s Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Quarter Final ties needed replays. Following a 1-1 draw in their first game, Aardvark Abacus overcame Eleven Imaginary Boys 1-0 thanks to an Emre goal. However, Trusted and Fred will need another game as both their first game and replay ended 1-1. They’ll replay on the 19th, doubled up with the league fixtures. C’mon boys, hurry up and settle this, I want to do the semi final draw!!
Only two ties were settled at the first time of asking, in fact. Holders You Know Your Boston Rock FC beat last year’s final opponents San Dimas High School for the second time in 8 days, this time by going nap on them, Liam Ridgewell getting a rare goal and Frank Lampard his now almost-customary double in a 5-1 win. And the Dead Parrots overcame brave resistance from the 22 Legged Groove Machine to ease through 3-1, thanks to a splendid Gaizka Mendieta double.
EVEN LOSERS CAN GET LUCKY SOMETIMES
Finally! Mega Buck Bandits score their first win of the season at the 7th time of asking. Dave’s former Champion team (season 1999/2000, lest we forget, and with the equal highest number of points ever in 74) this weekend convincingly beat Prov’s returning equipe Eleven Imaginary Boys by 4-0, thanks to goals from Finnan, Roberts and two from Chimbonda. This lifts the Bandits off the bottom, and unsurprisingly wins him the POTW half a million. Well done chap!
Sinking to the bottom, therefore, go York’s Returning Glory, who are now the only team without a league win this season. They slipped up again this weekend, 4-0 losers to Fred West LGXI. Dave climbs to 15th, and the Groove Machine, who nevertheless managed a creditable draw with the Dead Parrots this weekend, stay 14th. 13th are Thommo’s, who drew 1-1 with Prettier Than You thanks to Van Persie, Bellamy replying for Rachel’s team, and still in a lowly 12th spot sit champions Claymore Athletic FC, who drew 2-2 with Real Muppets this weekend. Malbranque got both Clive’s goals whilst Thierry Henry sat this one out on the bench. Ouchie!
At the top, Trusted By Millions go 3 points clear on their own after a convincing 4-0 win over San Dimas, another team who have yet to really get their season under way. Previous leaders You Know Your Boston Rock FC slipped up, 1-0 to Nil Satis, with Tony Hibbert on target for the Paul Saleh’s Bluenoses. Fred’s 4-0 win over York’s keeps him in 3rd, now only one point behind the “Sky Heroes”.
The only game I’ve not yet mentioned actually was worth mentioning – Ceri’s Final Fantasy XI beat brother in law Ady’s Aardvark Abacus 2-1, with goals from her in-form midfield of Pedersen and Nolan. This lifts her up to 9th place, above Ady who drops to 10th. So that makes Ceri the top Bevan at the moment…!
TRANSFER NEWS
Can a fat Dutchman save Clive’s season as well as Everton’s? And also, the final member of the Premiership’s tightest defence finally gets snapped up…
Player From To Fee
Marcus Bent (A) Claymore Athletic FC Pool £1.25m
Andy Van Der Meyde (M) Pool Claymore Athletic FC £7.25m
Thomas Myhre (G) 22 Legged Groove Machine Pool £250K
Shaka Hislop (G) Pool 22 Legged Groove Machine £500K
Jason Euell (A) YKY Boston Rock FC Pool £2m
Jay Bothroyd (A) Pool YKY Boston Rock FC £500K
Paul Robinson (D) Prettier Than You Pool £250K
(this is the West Brom defender, not the Spurs goalie!)
Leighton Baines (D) Pool Prettier Than You £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 12 November 2005, after which time they go into the pool proper and are readily available. All bids to me please.
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
At half-time in the second leg of the 1987 League Cup Semi-Final, Spurs led Arsenal 1-0 on the night, 2-0 on aggregate, having won the first leg at Highbury by 1-0. What incident is famously credited as being the catalyst for Arsenal’s second-half fight-back to win the game 2-1, and bring the tie level at 2-2?
Answers to me by close of play Saturday 12 November 2005. As usual, first correct one out of the metaphorical hat gets the dosh.
Liverpool’s & Real Muppets new keeper is Spanish, and his name is Jose Reina. But he’s insisted that he be called Pepe. The reason is that the Italian version of Jose (Joseph in Spanish/ Portuguese) is Giuseppe, with Pepe being a diminutive thereof.
Only one person replied, which was, erm, me. I guessed that the reason was “just something as simple as Pepe being another way of saying Jose in Spanish”, which Ryan reckoned was half-right. So £50K each goes to Real Muppets and Boston Rock FC!
SHORTS
· October 2005 was a pretty short month for WSFFL, there being only 2 league fixtures and the PCMT Quarter Finals. However, there’s still a Manager of the Month award to share out. This time it’s a twofold split between Ryan Moore of Real Muppets, who won both his league fixtures, and, erm, myself, David Rose of You Know Your Boston Rock FC, who replicated that and also won the PCMT Quarter Final tie at the first time of asking. £250,000 goes to each of these worthy managers. Well done.
WSFFL RESULTS;
Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Quarter-Finals,
W/E 29 October 2005
Aardvark Abacus 1-1 Eleven Imaginary Boys
Hasselbaink (1) Shearer 41,553
The Dead Parrots 3-1 22 Legged Groove Machine
Mendieta 2 Dario Silva
De Zeeuw 36,154
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1-1 Trusted By Millions
Drogba (2) Andrew Cole 44,537
San Dimas High School 1-5 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Yakubu (1) Pires
Lampard 2
King
Ridgewell 42,069
Performance of the Week: You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Quarter-Final Replays,
W/E 5 November 2005
Eleven Imaginary Boys 0-1 Aardvark Abacus
(1) Emre 17,691
Trusted By Millions 1-1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Gerrard (3) Babayaro 19,102
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 7, W/E 5 November 2005
Claymore Athletic FC 2-2 Real Muppets
Malbranque 2 (1) Abdoulaye Faye
Fletcher 26,634
The Dead Parrots 1-1 22 Legged Groove Machine
De Zeeuw (1) Dickov 42,551
Eleven Imaginary Boys 0-4 Mega Buck Bandits
(1) Finnan
Chimbonda 2
Roberts 38,210
Final Fantasy XI 2-1 Aardvark Abacus
MG Pedersen (1) Emre
Nolan 34,349
Prettier Than You 1-1 Thommo’s Titans
Bellamy (2) Van Persie 34,325
Trusted By Millions 4-0 San Dimas High School
Gerrard
Ben Haim
Bramble
Carragher 52,191
York’s Returning Glory 0-4 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Given
Babayaro
Wes Brown
Silvestre 22,241
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 0-1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
(2) Hibbert 67,864
Performance of the Week: Mega Buck Bandits
THE WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE, Season 2005/06
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As at 7 November 2005
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Team
|
P
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W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Diff
|
Pts
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1
|
Trusted By Millions
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
18
|
6
|
12
|
18
| |
2
|
You Know Your Boston Rock FC
|
7
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
21
|
5
|
16
|
15
| |
3
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
21
|
9
|
12
|
14
| |
4
|
The Dead Parrots
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
13
|
6
|
7
|
12
| |
5
|
Real Muppets
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
11
|
9
|
2
|
11
| |
6
|
Eleven Imaginary Boys
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
9
|
-1
|
11
| |
7
|
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
-2
|
11
| |
8
|
Prettier Than You
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
10
|
-4
|
9
| |
9
|
Final Fantasy XI
|
7
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
14
|
14
|
0
|
8
| |
10
|
Aardvark Abacus
|
7
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
10
|
11
|
-1
|
8
| |
11
|
San Dimas High School
|
7
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
9
|
10
|
-1
|
8
| |
12
|
Claymore Athletic FC
|
7
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
9
|
10
|
-1
|
7
| |
13
|
Thommo's Titans
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
12
|
-8
|
7
| |
14
|
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
7
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
17
|
-12
|
6
| |
15
|
Mega Buck Bandits
|
7
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
16
|
-9
|
5
| |
16
|
York's Returning Glory
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
16
|
-10
|
2
| |
TOTAL
|
112
|
40
|
32
|
40
|
168
|
168
|
0
|
152
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