A DECLARATION OF THE INTENTION
Another tight weekend of results this, yielding another 4 draws from the 8 fixtures, but crucially another change at the top. And it’s one of the so-called “big” clubs, namely Trusted By Millions, who have taken a single point lead at the summit this time. Beef’s team delivered a powerful statement of intent, with a 5-0 win over the struggling Dead Parrots. This culminates an 8 game winning streak for Beef, which has seen him collect 20 points out of a possible 24, and has lifted him from 10th place to top. Are Trusted the team with the momentum now?
Staying that single point behind are 3 teams; Aardvark Abacus, who jump to second after a 2-1 win over Thommo’s Titans; Real Muppets, who beat Mega Buck Bandits 4-2 with a first goal – finally! – from £19 million man Carlos Tevez; and Prettier Than You, who were held 1-1 in the girly pillowfight with Final Fantasy XI, and thus drop from first to 4th place.
Hovering in the chasing pack in 5th and 6th remain Fred and Nil Satis, who fought out an amazing 5-5 draw, with a late late Zamora effort being equalised by an even later Berbatov free-kick. San Dimas and the Groove Machine remain 7th and 8th after battling out a 0-0 stalemate. And still in 9th but closing up on the rest are champions You Know Your Boston Rock FC; both Taylors and Jermain Defoe were on target in their 4-2 win over FA Cup Finalists York’s Returning Glory. “The Sky Heroes” are still only 7 points off top spot in this congested season.
Elsewhere, there was a 1-1 draw between Eleven Imaginary Boys and Claymore Athletic FC, which actually helped Clive up to 10th spot.
As for POTW, I decided to give it to a drawing team again, and surprisingly it was a first such award for a Bevan this season! Ceri’s efforts in her 1-1 draw with previous league leaders Prettier Than You earned Final Fantasy XI the £500,000 this week. Well done Ceri!
TRANSFER NEWS
None this week!
THE FF£100,000 QUESTION
Who skippered his home-town side in a Premiership fixture last season, thereby becoming the Premiership’s youngest ever captain?
Answers to me by close of play Saturday 10 March 2007. As usual, first correct one out of the metaphorical hat gets the dosh.
Clive’s response this week;
“Hooray!!! No correct answers this week. In fact only one guess, off of Peej. In answer to the question “What half-baked idea did the FA come up with, in 1935-36, to ruin the Football Pools, which they did not approve of?” he incorrectly guessed "That the FA spread the dates and kick-off times of matches out so they weren’t all on Saturday afternoon". In actual fact, they “kept the fixtures a secret till the last minute”. The hare-brained idea backfired when clubs suffered poor gates, with people not knowing in advance who the opposition were going to be. They dropped the idea after a few weeks!
So, with no correct guesses, Clive is £100,000 richer! Cheers chap!
SHORTS
· I thought I’d share Julian’s comments after his semi-final game; “Have to say relying on Charlton to get there was a brave move – just as well they were playing West Ham! Whatever happens now, this will be the biggest game in YRG history!” FYI, Julian fielded Thatcher, Young and El Karkouri in his back four, as Charlton beat West Ham 4-0, thus getting 3 cleans. Good for you mate!
· Another great thing about Julian getting to the FA Cup Final is that he’s guaranteed a plaque at the AGM, either as FA Cup winner, or runner-up. In doing so, York’s Returning Glory will be the last of the current 16 teams, in current or former guises, to have finished as winners or runners-up in at least one of the 3 WSFFL competitions. Finally, some reward for you, Jools!
WSFFL RESULTS;
Week 22, W/E 3 March 2007
Eleven Imaginary Boys 1-1 Claymore Athletic FC
Anelka (1) Woodgate 21,743
Mega Buck Bandits 2-4 Real Muppets
McCarthy 2 Fabregas (OG)
Tevez
Ashley Cole
Gary Neville 34,966
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 5-5 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
O’Shea (1) Drogba
Arteta Vidic
Gilberto Silvestre
Baptista Evra
Zamora Berbatov 52,303
Prettier Than You 1-1 Final Fantasy XI
Baines (1) Francis 44,403
San Dimas High School 0-0 22 Legged Groove Machine
39,923
Thommo’s Titans 1-2 Aardvark Abacus
Bocanegra Cech
Carvalho 32,019
Trusted By Millions 5-0 The Dead Parrots
Ambrose
Folan
Schwarzer
Gary Cahill
Bramble 60,132
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 4-2 York’s Returning Glory
Andrew Taylor Luke Young
Steven Taylor Hulse
Rio Ferdinand
Defoe 24,552
Performance of the Week: Final Fantasy XI
THE 2006/07 WSFFL LEAGUE TABLE
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As at Sunday 4 March 2007
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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
|
Trusted By Millions
|
22
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
49
|
30
|
19
|
39
| |
2
|
Aardvark Abacus
|
22
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
53
|
34
|
19
|
38
| |
3
|
Real Muppets
|
22
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
51
|
34
|
17
|
38
| |
4
|
Prettier Than You
|
22
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
35
|
32
|
3
|
38
| |
5
|
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
|
22
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
49
|
43
|
6
|
36
| |
6
|
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
|
22
|
10
|
5
|
7
|
51
|
40
|
11
|
35
| |
7
|
San Dimas High School
|
22
|
10
|
4
|
8
|
32
|
38
|
-6
|
34
| |
8
|
22 Legged Groove Machine
|
22
|
9
|
6
|
7
|
28
|
30
|
-2
|
33
| |
9
|
You Know Your Boston Rock FC
|
22
|
9
|
5
|
8
|
46
|
43
|
3
|
32
| |
10
|
Claymore Athletic FC
|
22
|
8
|
5
|
9
|
44
|
44
|
0
|
29
| |
11
|
Mega Buck Bandits
|
22
|
8
|
4
|
10
|
36
|
35
|
1
|
28
| |
12
|
Eleven Imaginary Boys
|
22
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
31
|
35
|
-4
|
28
| |
13
|
Final Fantasy XI
|
22
|
7
|
5
|
10
|
34
|
38
|
-4
|
26
| |
14
|
Thommo's Titans
|
22
|
5
|
5
|
12
|
30
|
41
|
-11
|
20
| |
15
|
The Dead Parrots
|
22
|
4
|
6
|
12
|
26
|
50
|
-24
|
18
| |
16
|
York's Returning Glory
|
22
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
24
|
52
|
-28
|
16
| |
TOTAL
|
352
|
136
|
80
|
136
|
619
|
619
|
0
|
488
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