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Super Sixteen Season 10

The season started off with the usual Lockwood Cup, with an Apoxian club attempting to win it for the first time.

Past Finals History:
I: Colesham City Blues 7-0 Dwile Jerseys
II: Islanders 26–24 JK Memorial Squad

3rd Lockwood Cup: Islanders 14–14 JK Memorial Squad

In a confusing and controversial game, there is a draw in the Lockwood Cup, after Tim Harrikech scored an excellent drop goal in the closing seconds to salvage Apoxian pride. After a short interlude whilst the full rules were looked up, it was discovered that no extra time would be played, and in the event of a draw, the side from the holding nation (in this case, Islanders) would retain the trophy.

Full Season:

                            Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Dwile Jerseys             30   22   1   7   475  295 +180    89 - CHAMPIONS, SEASOGS
 2 Colesham City Blues       30   21   2   7   465  225 +240    86 - SEASOGS
 3 JK Memorial Squad         30   18   1  11   486  384 +102    73 - SEASOGS
 4 Gwinevra Saints           30   18   1  11   445  357  +88    73 - SEASOGS
 5 Mona Warriors             30   17   3  10   393  303  +90    71 - SEASOGS
 6 Islanders                 30   17   2  11   492  423  +69    70 - SEASOGS
 7 Celtic Warriors           30   16   3  11   437  393  +44    67
 8 Hudd Trolls               30   16   2  12   629  460 +169    66
 9 Northern Urbanista        30   16   1  13   290  285   +5    65
10 Montfort Lions            30   15   0  15   370  395  −25    60
11 Mandon Faithful           30   14   2  14   449  484  −35    58
12 Southern Urbanista        30   11   1  18   369  436  −67    45
13 Farnworth Rugby Club      30   11   0  19   326  408  −82    44
14 Barbury Exiles            30   10   0  20   279  435 −156    40
15 Carrington Devils         30    4   2  24   153  422 −269    18 - RELEGATED
16 Oldem Academicals         30    3   1  26   198  551 −353    13 - RELEGATED

In the historic 10th season of organised rugby in Apox at least, and the 5th Super Sixteen season, Dwile Jerseys, winning a title for the first time in seven seasons. Colesham City Blues were the only other real title contenders in the end, finishing three points behind in second. JK Memorial Squad remained in the mix, although they were quite a way off the title pace this season, while Gwinevra Saints returned to contention after a couple of seasons in the wilderness. Notable positioning are Islanders, who have created a dynasty of sorts in recent years, falling to 6th and only just getting international rugby and Mona Warriors surprising everyone and obtaining international rugby for the first time in their history. Hudd Trolls and Northern Urbanista will be surprised and depressed not to be playing internationally this time around.

Down the bottom, Carrington Devils and Oldem Academicals are both relegated to their respective countries, with both teams performing exceptionally poorly, Carrington being 26 points from Farnworth Rugby Club and safety and Oldem being 27 points off Barbury Exiles.

Apox Premier League

The 4th Season of the Apox Premier League is complete. The Vikings were the favourites to go up, will they live up to their billing?

  Apox Premier League      Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD BP  Pts 
1 The Vikings               14   10   0   4   250  231  +19  2   42 - CHAMPIONS, PROMOTED
2 Dwile Rugby               14    9   0   5   159  121  +38  1   37
3 Exton Heraldrim           14    8   2   4   204  184  +20  2   36
4 RFC                       14    7   1   6   208  149  +59  4   33
5 Zealots of the North      14    6   1   7   213  217   −4  4   29
6 Northerly United          14    4   0  10   137  177  −40  6   22
7 Ecchinswell Saints        14    4   3   7   138  156  −18  2   21
8 Cierbana                  14    4   1   9   163  237  −74  2   19 - RELEGATED

So, it turns out that they do live up to expectations, the Vikings storming to another league title, and promotion to the Super Sixteen next season. Dwile Rugby and Exton Heraldrim came close as well. Northerly United do incredibly well at picking up bonus points, and in doing so, become the first team to be promoted to the Premier League to remain there for more than a season, with Cierbana going down this time around. They will be replaced by Oxshott United, winners of Apox Rugby League 2 next season.


Apoxian Qualifiers (APX): Dwile Jerseys, JK Memorial Squad, Gwinevra Saints, Mona Warriors

Licentian Qualifiers (TLI): Colesham City Blues, Islanders

[Apox]

ANL Season 11 - Preview

It's back! And what an off-season it's been. The ANL machine will be back and bigger than ever in its 11th season, as all the top teams and many others have made serious additions to their squads. Who has spent to catch up? Who has been left behind? First off all, let's look at the transfers made for this season.

All three leagues expand to 16 teams, in the final stage of the AFB's league expansion and reorganisation in Apox, it is thought that no further considerations of league changes will occur until season XVI at the earliest. As a result, there may be a number of new faces in the lower leagues, with some drastic changes occurring to expand the league sizes. Promotion and relegation will work as usual, with the bottom two being relegated, and the top team being promoted automatically, with the three below that having a play-off table to determine the other promoted teams. The Marshall Cup is now much simpler, with the bottom two tiers playing from the start, with all the ANL teams being introduced into Round 2 which shall consist of 32 teams and be a straight knock-out from there on.

Danny Leighton (TLI) - Houghton Rangers (TLI) to Issington F.C for £13,000,000
Alex Terán (FRF) - La Nueva Avenida (FRF) to FC Endeavour for £10,000,000
Namine Nagatomo (NSI) - Barbury Town to Jaunepont Hérault (NSI) for £8,000,000
Agozti Ibarran (ASG) - Athletic Club Olerria (ASG) to Dwile Warriors for £8,000,000
Martin Roskorwell - Exton F.C to SK Aasiaat Harbour (PIS) for £7,500,000
Jay Robinson (TIS) - Mandon United to Barbury Town for £5,600,000
Kjn Volgjsrhaad (PDT) - Nhorton vo Mirrun (PDT) to FC Endeavour for £5,000,000
Jeremiah Pipp (PIS) - FC.1 Surtsey Island Gulls (PIS) to FC Endeavour for £4,500,000
Branko Tomić (PAS) - Tanrisal (PAS) to Exton F.C for £4,000,000
Ole Jorgensen (MYT) - Preußen Kitzbuhel (MYT) to Exton F.C for £4,000,000
Kaj Aurora - Gwinevra Barbarians to Avenida Leal (FRF) for £3,000,000
Morgana Foloris (PDT) - Lhaydifee Artisans (PDT) to Gwinevra Barbarians for £3,000,000
Dan Orpin - Issington F.C to Whilliumborough Swagger (PDT) for £3,000,000
Ezekiel Charlestown - Harmonica Tundra (MBT) to St George's Creek for £1,800,000
Julian Iremonger - St George's Creek to Hoxplohsiv Rastred'Madaa (PDT) for £1,500,000
Stevan Xylander - Urbanista to Fontvielle Impact (VLD) for £1,500,000
Conor Morriston - Egloskerry to Gwinevra Barbarians for £1,300,000
Osric Keast - Barbury Town to Crisisbless (NSB) for £1,250,000
Jack Demir - FC Brimstone to SC Montfort (TLI) for £1,200,000
Alex Paradys (TGC) - Dzias Riot (PDT) to St George's Creek for £900,000
Ben Hatem - Wrexton F.C to Urbanista for £800,000
Xav the Fast (OGD) - Gwinevra Barbarians to Moscva 2k12 for £800,000
Richard of France (OGD) - FC Brimstone to Sabrefell Moths (NSB) for £700,000
Pompey Auk - Exton F.C to Ninon Beart Reapers (NSI) for £500,000
David the Heroic (OGD) - TP Indians to Blau-Weiss Pallstadt (BYN) for £350,000
Tati Stephens - Urbanista Trojans to Tiknonsens Palace (PDT) for £300,000
Rupert Jamieson - Gwinevra Bulls to Tiknonsens Palace (PDT) for £300,000
Hurstspurr the Bold (OGD) - Oldem Gents Club to Glenmount Town (TLI) for £250,000
Ager Alaba (ASG) - Unknown to Urbanista Trojans as a free agent
John the Large (OGD) - Barbury Town to Retired
Agustin Caruzzo (SRG) - Dwile Warriors to Released
Rook Harm (NSB) - Egloskerry to Retired

FC Endeavour
Manager: Petter Aurelias (PIS)
Home Ground: Church Street Ground, Capacity: 31,000
Team Sheet: Volgjsrhaad (PDT) -- Pipp (PIS), Endellion the Hewn (OGD), Graham (EUR), Dunbarton -- Redwood, Pirinen (PIS), Terán (FRF), Gracie -- Keir (TLI), Varano
Preview: By God man, FC Endeavour are determined to remain at the top this time. Having splashed nearly £20 million in the transfer season bringing in Paradystopi Kjn Volgjsrhaad, Polarian Jeremiah Pipp and Farf Alex Terán, they will be needing a solid league result for this to all pay off, though it's hard to argue against a good league result with a side as star-stuffed as this.
Last Season: 1st, Predicted: 2nd


Urbanista
Manager: Fred Garcia
Home Ground: Lime Ground, Capacity: 36,000
Team Sheet: Lockwood -- Williams, King (TIS), Renault (SAU), Hatem -- Benzari, Quillisi, Kirk (AUD), Nyaz-en (FAL) -- Tregajorran, Ivanov (MYT)
Preview: Urbanista haven't made any significant new signings this season, with the squad largely being the one which won Urbanista the title two seasons ago. Ben Hatem is the only new signing, to replace the loan signing of Rhys Gibbons from last season. This is Olim Benzari's last season in football so he'll hope it'll be good. Tregajorran will be the key, but there is a lot of ageing players in this squad. I have the feeling they may be left behind somewhat this season.
Last Season: 2nd, Predicted: 5th


Gwinevra Barbarians
Manager: Marina Hayduff (PDT)
Home Ground: The Barbaria, Capacity: 38,000
Team Sheet: Seabrooke -- Stevenson (TLI), Braddock, Mata (FRF), X -- Petersen (ABC), Boroni, Foloris (PDT), Coleman -- Tenian (FRF), Morriston
Preview: Hayduff is doing the best she can with the budget and squad she has, but the truth is that Gwinevra don't have the budget to compete with the large teams at the moment. Jesper Coleman is a good young midfielder and Morgana Foloris will be entering the peak of her career soon. This is Tenian's last season at the club, he plans on leaving following this season, a disappointment for Gwinevra, losing their talisman. Conor Morriston is indicative of the type of player they have to sign now, good, but not world class.
Last Season: 3rd, Predicted: 7th


Issington F.C
Manager: John Grigia
Home Ground: Dwile Stadium, Capacity: 51,000
Team Sheet: Frost -- Firth, Etezadi, Scott -- Holzhauser (PIS) -- Miller, Ramsey, Tremar -- van Wildernis (AUD) -- Delvecchio (OSD), Leighton (TLI)
Preview: Issington splashed the cash yet any this year, breaking the Apoxian transfer record to sign Licentian, Danny Leighton. They'll hope he's the key to success this season, though perhaps he drained their fund a bit too much, as they've had to call up former reserve team players Michael Ramsey and Polana Tremar to the team. This and an ageing defense means the title may be unlikely this season. That could be a problem for John Grigia as the board will be wanting to see results for their money.
Last Season: 4th, Predicted: 3rd


Dwile Warriors
Manager: Steven Frew
Home Ground: APX Sports Stadium, Capacity: 56,000
Team Sheet: Hewitt -- Forster, Cassandra (FSC), Endicott -- Ibarran (ASG), Womble, Toivainen (PIS), Kellard -- Carvalho (NSI), Ularu, Hudson-Blake (AUD)
Preview: Steven Frew only just managed international football last season, but the board knew he was rebuilding the side, and persevered with him. Now, he has crafted a top quality squad which is definitely capable of winning the title. Agozti Ibarran from Astograth was a top purchase, and Arturo Hudson-Blake is a brilliant player. However, this will be the last chance for this team to win the title, as players such as Will Hewitt, Jack Forster and Keri Ularu won't be playing for much longer.
Last Season: 5th, Predicted: 1st


Exton F.C
Manager: Chardon Hules
Home Ground: River Exe Ground, Capacity: 24,000
Team Sheet: Bergman -- Matinue, Mitchell, St Teath, Jorgensen (MYT), Kosbayashi -- Rickwright, Vaarakallio (PIS), Carvalho (NSI), Puskas -- Tomić (PAS)
Preview: Exton are a side that continue to solidify their place as UICA contenders. Despite losing Martin Roskorwell last season, which was a big blow for the club, they have used the money from his and Pompey Auk's sale to bring in two fantastic young prospects, Ole Jorgensen from Mytannion and Branko Tomić from Pasarga. Will they finally manage to get UICA football this season? It's hard to say, but they'll be close.
Last Season: 6th, Predicted: 6th


Barbury Town
Manager: Ken Rickwright
Home Ground: Village Green, Capacity: 32,000
Team Sheet: Eustathios -- Lerryn, Neguwa, Vasilev, Maramora -- Jooles the Sophisticated (OGD), Karrkka (FRF), Robinson (TIS), Devold (BYN), Hawker -- Kolo
Preview: Barbury are another side that has really improved, despite losing a couple of key players. They've both in Jay Robinson from Mandon United after Robinson's Inevitable Syndicate really flourished last World Cup, with Ken Rickwright adjusting their formation this season to a 4-5-1. Alan Eustathios is a real prospect for the side, and could one day join Jack Lerryn and Maxim Kolo in gaining some national team caps, as could Ardent Neguwa, the daughter of former national team stalwart, Chris. I reckon they'll be good enough for UICA this season.
Last Season: 7th, Predicted: 4th


St George's Creek
Manager: Ancora the Bold (OGD)
Home Ground: Alpaca Drive, Capacity: 11,000
Team Sheet: Georgi the Hovelan -- Fairbroath the Strong, Tabitha the Kewl, Tolliver (APX), Axe the Dominant -- Ted of Kjellsen, Sam of Charlfont, Marcus the Bright, Paradys (TGC) -- Charlestown (MBT), Maximillion the Codger
Preview: St George's Creek are another team on the up this season, with a top quality midfield and attack. New signing Ezekiel Charlestown is a future star as is Maximillion the Codger - they'll both score plenty of goals. I can't yet see them shuffling any of the teams in front out of the way, but they'll stay top of the (expanding) midtable.
Last Season: 8th, Predicted: 8th


Egloskerry
Manager: Bhenwesh Brhane (WGT)
Home Ground: Eggcentric Arena, Capacity: 26,000
Team Sheet: Martina (WGT) -- Mills, Jelah, Jacobs, Firebrace -- Hircain, Thompson (TLI), McCoy, -- Orani -- Visser, Heathcliff
Preview: Frankly, Egloskerry did well to get 9th last season, here is a team on the slide, with a lack of money, and, to be brutally honest a lack of interest in a crowded Dwile in terms of football teams. Christopher Orani and Sunbar McCoy are good players, but I think they're in danger this season.
Last Season: 9th, Predicted: 13th


Atletico Standard
Manager: A.T Snow
Home Ground: Stadia XL, Capacity: 18,000
Team Sheet:Mawthorne -- Blythe, Arkwright, Stephens, Abelen -- Frütelsen (ABC), Ithamar, Somerset, Morce -- Nathaniel, D'Oyly
Preview: Same as the above. Atletico Standard basically fluked last season, but I just don't think they have the quality to remain in this league, although in Richard D'Oyly they have a potential National Team striker. You heard it here first. I think relegation is on the horizon for Atletico.
Last Season: 10th, Predicted: 15th


Wrexton F.C
Manager: Quentin O'Leary
Home Ground: Central Ground, Capacity: 22,000
Team Sheet: Riordan (NSB) -- Ascot, Kary, Richards, Benbow, Oxburgh -- Gustafßon (ABC), Huff, Donliver -- Cardle (EUR), Olesen
Preview: Wrexton are another team in trouble, as they teeter on the edge of administration after last seasons spending. They've lost some key players in the meanwhile, or are about to, with Ben Hatem, the star defender gone to Urbanista to try and stem the flow of money. Kieron Riordan and Frank Cardle are both good players, but could be tempted elsewhere, and this is captain Oliver Donliver's last season at the club. What a legend he's been.
Last Season: 11th, Predicted: 10th


Mandon United
Manager: Sto Southwald
Home Ground: Brookside Wharf, Capacity: 20,000
Team Sheet: Small -- Dray, Askie, Worrick, Santana -- Benson, Midas, Hoilett, Sampson -- Araboa (FLX), Barnett
Preview: Mandon did quite poorly last season, and I think the board realised they'd gone as far as they could go with Gavin Hughes. He is gone, and his replacement is Sto Southwald, in his first ANL management position. He hasn't done much to the squad, which does have quality, Small and Barnett both have national team caps. However, as Barnett gets older they will need to find a replacement for him and quick, as he leads the goal scoring margin by quite a distance. This may be Mikel Araboa's season to step up to the plate.
Last Season: 12th, Predicted: 11th


FC Brimstone
Manager: Sujiro Masafuta (NSI)
Home Ground: FCB Stadium, Capacity: 28,000
Team Sheet: Howe -- Christos, Guardia, Nicole, Fisher -- Anzalichi (FSC) -- Donovan, Michaels, Harper, Spitfire (NSB) -- Mumford
Preview: FC Brimstone survive - by the skin of their teeth. They would be down if it weren't for the expansion of each league to 16 teams, and they'll be anxious to avoid another bad season, and to be fair, they should do, they have enough quality in the squad to do quite well. They'll need to do well, otherwise it will most definitely be the sack for Sujiro Masafuta.
Last Season: 13th, Predicted: 9th


Mona A.F.C
Manager: Jackson Curtis
Home Ground: The Old Ground, Capacity: 17,500
Team Sheet: Quentrim the Arrowheaded (OGD) -- Caspar, Thorn, Richards, Sigtrygg -- Samuelson -- Rye, Hawke, Cade, van Rossem -- Cergennan
Preview: Mona surprised most people in storming to the ANL2 title last season, and they've made a few additions to the squad since then, pinching Tom Rye and Nicklas van Rossem from FC Endeavour and Sunshine Athletic respectively. At each end, they also have talented players, Quentrim the Arrowheaded being a good goalkeeper and Cergennan a classic striker - tall, goal hanging. They should have enough quality to stay up, though it'll probably be close.
Last Season: Winners, ANL2, [/b]Predicted:[/b] 14th


Urbanista Trojans
Manager: Tom Cotterill
Home Ground: Stone Hill, Capacity: 16,000
Team Sheet: Whimbrel -- Treloquithack, Smith, Johnston, Merwin -- Silverstein, Coel, Alaba (ASG), Astantin -- McKenna, Herbert
Preview: Urbanista Trojans have quite a decent squad actually, enough so for me to think they might actually follow St George's Creek example and stay up comfortably. There are players within the squad who could definitely punch higher, Henry Herbert for one, though he's ageing now and will probably see out his career at the Trojans.
Last Season: Play-off Winners, ANL2, Predicted: 12th


Gwinevra Bulls
Manager: Anna Moses
Home Ground: Rochdale Stadium, Capacity: 16,000
Team Sheet: Boswin -- Somerset, Stone, Croft, Evalace -- Allen -- Heathcote the Wise (OGD), Kelly, Austin -- Eastcott, Michigan
Preview: The team with the dubious honour of the lowest ANL points total returns, and, truth be told, I don't reckon their stay in the league this time around will be very long either, it's another side which just doesn't have the quality at this level.
Last Season: Play-off Winners, ANL2, Predicted: 16th

Sunshine Athletic
Celts
Miners '47 - Favourites
Bouldertown
Mulhampstead
Wye United
Old Licentians
Cierbana United
Gurdle A.F.C
Southtown
Oldem Gents Club
FC Harpoon
Barbury F.C
Moscva 2k12
Frewick F.C
Old Guard Regiment

Lighthouse Coves - Favourites
Kepler United
Northern Stars
Urbanista Young Boys
TP Indians
Docklands United
Don't Panic FC
Hudd Rovers
Flotsam and Jetsam
The Dambusters
Calshott Lighthouse - NEW TEAM
Cawln Wanderers - NEW TEAM
Oldem Mechanical - NEW TEAM
Armageddon Heraldrim - NEW TEAM
Kingsford FC - NEW TEAM
Barrabrook United - NEW TEAM

[Apox]

ANL Season 11 - Part One

And the Apoxian league system begins it's second decade as an institution, and this season is set to be bigger and better than ever! Literally, with regards to size, as the ANL has finished expansion to the proposed 16 team leagues.

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 1
Atletico Standard 0–1 Wrexton F.C
Barbury Town 3–4 Urbanista Trojans
Dwile Warriors 6–3 Urbanista
Egloskerry 2–1 St George's Creek
Exton F.C 1–0 Mona A.F.C
FC Brimstone 4–1 Mandon United
FC Endeavour 3–2 Issington F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 5–1 Gwinevra Bulls

What an opener! With possibly the most goals ever in an ANL opening game of the season, Dwile Warriors overcame Urbanista 6-3 on the first of the season, sending out a huge message of intent to everyone watching, Mateus Carvalho with a hat-trick straight of the bat. Egloskerry play well to overcome a challenging St George's Creek side, while Exton and more specifically Branko Tomić see off Mona on their return to the top tier. FC Endeavour and their star-studded line up win over Issington F.C, though it could have gone either way in a high-scoring game. The first Gwinevra derby of the season swings highly in favour of the Barbarians on this occasion, with captain and club legend Rancisc Tenian scoring twice.

Matchday Two
Wrexton F.C 0–0 Gwinevra Bulls
Issington F.C 1–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mandon United 1–1 FC Endeavour
Mona A.F.C 3–1 FC Brimstone
St George's Creek 0–1 Exton F.C
Urbanista 2–0 Egloskerry
Urbanista Trojans 0–3 Dwile Warriors
Atletico Standard 4–0 Barbury Town

First off, Atletico Standard. Wow. They confidently swept away a strong Barbury Town side who you'd expect to be doing somewhat better than 0 points and bottom of the table after two games, with the young Richard D'Oyly being the catalyst for this win. Urbanista dust themselves off away being trounced by Dwile by beating Egloskerry, with Tregajorran and Benzari scoring there, Benzari in his final season for Urbanista. Issington F.C and Gwinevra draw, Issington F.C surely being annoyed with that result, Danny Leightton scoring again. Dwile Warriors are setting the pace so far, their potent attack hitting three past Urbanista Trojans, with Mateus Carvalho, surely the front-runner for the golden boot, scoring again here. Exton F.C are the only ones to match Dwile Warriors at this stage, as they beat a tricky St George's Creek side away from home, this time Niko Vaarakallio being the goal-scorer.

Matchday Three
Barbury Town 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Dwile Warriors 2–1 Atletico Standard
Egloskerry 1–4 Urbanista Trojans
Exton F.C 0–1 Urbanista
FC Brimstone 2–1 St George's Creek
FC Endeavour 6–2 Mona A.F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Mandon United
Gwinevra Bulls 2–4 Issington F.C

Barbury Town finally get their season underway with a tense, 1-0 home win over Wrexton. Dwile Warriors continue to impress, this time beating Atletico Standard at home, though the one goal margin is surprising in that respect. What is also surprising is that Mateus Carvalho didn't score, on this occasion Keri Ularu and Arturo Hudson-Blake were the scorers. Urbanista Trojans are flying at the moment, beating Egloskerry 4-1 away from home, on this form they could stay up comfortably, something which cannot be said for Gwinevra Bulls, who put up a spirited, but ultimately futile display against Issington, who finally get their heads in gear. This week though, the game of the week must be FC Endeavour's 6-2 beating of Mona A.F.C, with the two Alex's; Terán and Keir being the key men behind the strong win.

Matchday 4
Wrexton F.C 3–2 Issington F.C
Mandon United 1–0 Gwinevra Bulls
Mona A.F.C 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
St George's Creek 2–2 FC Endeavour
Urbanista 5–4 FC Brimstone
Urbanista Trojans 0–0 Exton F.C
Atletico Standard 1–0 Egloskerry
Barbury Town 4–2 Dwile Warriors

This was a week where the table really tightened up, and although it's still early, 1st and 10th are currently only separated by 3 points. Wrexton F.C played magnificently to beat a tricky Issington side hellbent on winning, with Frank Cardle scoring twice. Mona held Gwinevra to a 0-0 draw, while Urbanista beat FC Brimstone in a game which neither team seemed able to win until Alexander Kirk's late free kick. St George's Creek finally got some points on the board, and against one of the hardest opponents, with Ezekiel Charlestown finally adjusting to this league, scoring twice having previously looking rather toothless. Finally, Barbury Town are rapidly improving, beating top of the table Dwile Warriors 4-2, a feat that looked impossible just two weeks ago.

Marshall Cup First Round
Bouldertown 1-0 Barrabrook United
Flotsam & Jetsam 1-1 Hudd Rovers (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)
Oldem Gents Club 1-0 Docklands United
Lighthouse Coves 0-4 Armageddon Heraldrim
Old Licentians 2-0 Moscva 2k12
Wye United 1-1 Mulhampstead (1-4 AET)
Celts 2-1 Urbanista Young Boys
FC Harpoon 0-1 Kingsford FC
Cierbana United 0-0 Calshott Lighthouse (1-0 AET)
Gurdle A.F.C 0-1 Sunshine Athletic
Barbury F.C 1-4 Frewick F.C
Miners '47 1-1 Oldem Mechanical (1-1 AET, 0-2 PKs)
Kepler United 3-2 Cawln Wanderers
TP Indians 1-1 Southtown (2-1 AET)
Don't Panic FC 4-1 Northern Stars
Old Guard Regiment 1-0 The Dambusters

The clubs from the second and third tiers kick off Marshall Cup play this year then, and there are a few surprises in store in an exciting round of fixtures. Highlights include new boys Armageddon Heraldrim beating Lighthouse Coves 4-0, while fellow new boys take out possibly the top ANL2 team Miners '47 on penalties. Another highlight is Mulhampstead somehow managing to score three goals in extra time. Madness.

Matchday 5
Dwile Warriors 4–1 Wrexton F.C
Egloskerry 0–1 Barbury Town
Exton F.C 0–2 Atletico Standard
FC Brimstone 1–0 Urbanista Trojans
FC Endeavour 2–2 Urbanista
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–1 St George's Creek
Gwinevra Bulls 1–0 Mona A.F.C
Issington F.C 3–0 Mandon United

Dwile Warriors reassert themselves with a 4-1 victory over Wrexton F.C, Mateus Carvalho returning to the scoresheet amongst others. Barbury Town continue to climb the table, beating Egloskerry away, and Atletico Standard's fine run continues, as they put two past Exton, a big surprise there. FC Endeavour and Urbanista draw meaning neither team can take advantage and top Dwile at the top. St George's Creek just can't get a break at the moment, as they manage a draw against Gwinevra Barbarians, a fine achievement for them, Axe the Dominant leading by example there.

Matchday 6
Wrexton F.C 1–2 Mandon United
Mona A.F.C 0–2 Issington F.C
St George's Creek 3–2 Gwinevra Bulls
Urbanista 1–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Urbanista Trojans 0–2 FC Endeavour
Atletico Standard 1–1 FC Brimstone
Barbury Town 2–0 Exton F.C
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Egloskerry

Gwinevra Barbarians seem to have got chronic draw syndrome at the moment, and they fall to 5th with that draw against Urbanista. They will be able to comfort themselves with the fact that those draws came against top quality opposition, but the truth is that their league position is sliding. Issington F.C beat Mona A.F.C comfortably away, but they are still 6th, which will be disappointing for them at this stage. Barbury Town are doing very well at the moment, and make that 4 wins on the trot with a victory over Exton, meaning they now sit 3rd, much to Exton's annoyance, as Barbury are the sort of team they need to beat to sneak into a UICA spot. Dwile Warriors extend their lead at the top by beating Egloskerry, who coincidentally now sit bottom, even below the likes of Gwinevra Bulls and Mona A.F.C

Matchday 7
Egloskerry 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Exton F.C 3–1 Dwile Warriors
FC Brimstone 2–3 Barbury Town
FC Endeavour 3–2 Atletico Standard
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–1 Urbanista Trojans
Gwinevra Bulls 0–1 Urbanista
Issington F.C 5–2 St George's Creek
Mandon United 1–2 Mona A.F.C

Egloskerry win, which sees them lifts off the bottom of the league, which they will be thankful for, Thomas Visser being the scorer, his first goal for Egloskerry and in the ANL. Exton F.C win a historic match against Dwile Warriors, sending out a clear signal to the rest of the league, with Tomić, Ricardo Carvalho and St Teath scoring against Dwile. Dwile's loss allows FC Endeavour and Barbury to catch up, with all three teams tied at the top on points, FC Endeavour currently edging it on goal difference. Gwinevra Barbarians lose their first game of the season, to Urbanista Trojans who celebrate an exceptional away win, meaning they slip out of the UICA spots, their gap filled by Issington F.C who trounce St George's Creek, who just can't get an easy game at the moment, no wonder they're struggling.

Matchday 8
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Mona A.F.C
St George's Creek 0–0 Mandon United
Urbanista 5–3 Issington F.C
Urbanista Trojans 2–0 Gwinevra Bulls
Atletico Standard 4–4 Gwinevra Barbarians
Barbury Town 4–3 FC Endeavour
Dwile Warriors 4–2 FC Brimstone
Egloskerry 1–0 Exton F.C

Dwile regain their place at the top with a 4-2 victory over FC Brimstone, Mateus Carvalho, Olivier Toivainen and Keri Ularu scoring, Ularu twice. Barbury Town extend their extraordinary run of wins to 6, they are now, unbelievably in the Champions Cup spots after beating the reigning champions 4-3. Gwinevra Barbarians partake in an usually high-scoring draw with Atletico Standard, who are doing much better than predicted. Urbanista beat Issington in yet another high scoring game, Tolgus Tregajorran on a bit of a rampage there. Urbanista Trojans are up to 6th with a win over the gloriously hapless Gwinevra Bulls, a clean sheet at that too.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Dwile Warriors            8    6   0   2    23   14   +9    18
 2 Barbury Town              8    6   0   2    18   15   +3    18
 3 Urbanista                 8    5   2   1    20   16   +4    17
 4 FC Endeavour              8    4   3   1    22   15   +7    15
 5 Issington F.C             8    4   1   3    22   16   +6    13
 6 Urbanista Trojans         8    4   1   3    11   10   +1    13
 7 Gwinevra Barbarians       8    2   5   1    14    9   +5    11
 8 Atletico Standard         8    3   2   3    15   11   +4    11
 9 FC Brimstone              8    3   1   4    17   18   −1    10
10 Exton F.C                 8    3   1   4     5    7   −2    10
11 Wrexton F.C               8    3   1   4     7   10   −3    10
12 Egloskerry                8    3   0   5     5   10   −5     9
13 Mandon United             8    2   2   4     6   13   −7     8
14 Mona A.F.C                8    2   1   5     7   13   −6     7
15 St George's Creek         8    1   3   4    10   15   −5     6
16 Gwinevra Bulls            8    1   1   6     6   16  −10     4

In the second tier, Old Licentians currently lead the table, with Bouldertown, Miners '47 and Celts currently in the play-off spots. Down the other end, Gurdle A.F.C and Southtown are currently in the relegation spots, though Moscva 2k12, Barbury F.C and FC Harpoon are all tied with Southtown on 8 points.

                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Old Licentians           8    5   2   1    17   13   +4    17
 2 Bouldertown              8    5   1   2    17   14   +3    16
 3 Miners '47               8    5   0   3    12   12    0    15
 4 Celts                    8    4   2   2     8    6   +2    14
 5 Sunshine Athletic        8    4   1   3     8    5   +3    13
 6 Cierbana United          8    3   2   3    10    7   +3    11
 7 Mulhampstead             8    3   2   3    12   10   +2    11
 8 Frewick F.C              8    3   2   3    11    9   +2    11
 9 Oldem Gents Club         8    3   2   3     9   11   −2    11
10 Wye United               8    2   3   3     5    6   −1     9
11 Old Guard Regiment       8    2   3   3     8    9   −1     9
12 Moscva 2k12              8    2   2   4     5    5    0     8
13 Barbury F.C              8    1   5   2    10   12   −2     8
14 FC Harpoon               8    1   5   2    12   15   −3     8
15 Southtown                8    2   2   4     3    7   −4     8
16 Gurdle A.F.C             8    1   2   5     2    8   −6     5

And in the bottom division, it is currently TP Indians in the driving seat, at the top on 19 points. Newcomers Barrabrook United and Oldem Mechanical are the in the playoff spots, along with Urbanista Young Boys. Lighthouse Coves are surprising everyone as they are not dominating as expected, which is a surprise. Down the bottom, regular table proppers Don't Panic FC are joined by newcomers to the party, Armageddon Heraldrim and Kingsford FC

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 TP Indians                 8    6   1   1    29   13  +16    19
 2 Barrabrook United          8    5   2   1    15    7   +8    17
 3 Oldem Mechanical           8    5   2   1    15    9   +6    17
 4 Urbanista Young Boys       8    5   1   2    12    9   +3    16
 5 Lighthouse Coves           8    4   3   1    15    8   +7    15
 6 Calshott Lighthouse        8    5   0   3    16   13   +3    15
 7 The Dambusters             8    4   2   2    13    9   +4    14
 8 Hudd Rovers                8    3   2   3    14   13   +1    11
 9 Cawln Wanderers            8    3   1   4    12   16   −4    10
10 Northern Stars             8    2   3   3    13   15   −2     9
11 Kepler United              8    2   2   4    14   24  −10     8
12 Docklands United           8    2   1   5     4    7   −3     7
13 Flotsam & Jetsam           8    1   3   4    13   21   −8     6
14 Kingsford FC               8    1   2   5     4    9   −5     5
15 Armageddon Heraldrim       8    1   2   5    14   20   −6     5
16 Don't Panic FC             8    1   1   6    14   24  −10     4

[Apox]

ANL Season 11 - Part Two

As we reach the halfway stage of the season, lets go over the results from the last 7 matches.

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 9
Exton F.C 2–1 Wrexton F.C
FC Brimstone 2–1 Egloskerry
FC Endeavour 1–2 Dwile Warriors
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Barbury Town
Gwinevra Bulls 0–0 Atletico Standard
Issington F.C 3–3 Urbanista Trojans
Mandon United 2–1 Urbanista
Mona A.F.C 1–3 St George's Creek

Dwile Warriors play incredibly well to beat FC Endeavour in a potential title six-pointer, Mateus Carvalho and Arturo Hudson-Blake the scorers. Barbury Town fall back from Dwile at the top, but they are still second, in a game where Morgana Foloris' goal gives Gwinevra a key win. St George's Creek earn a vital win away at Mona A.F.C, in a result which sees Mona replace the Creek in the bottom two. Gwinevra Bulls draw against Atletico Standard, but they are still mired in bottom place.

Matchday 10
Wrexton F.C 1–3 St George's Creek
Urbanista 3–1 Mona A.F.C
Urbanista Trojans 0–0 Mandon United
Atletico Standard 0–1 Issington F.C
Barbury Town 1–0 Gwinevra Bulls
Dwile Warriors 3–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Egloskerry 1–2 FC Endeavour
Exton F.C 1–0 FC Brimstone

Now things are beginning to hot up. Dwile Warriors continue to show imperious form at the top, sweeping away Gwinevra Barbarians 3-0, the Barbarians now lying 8th in the table. Barbury Town keep the pace just behind Dwile though, with star of the Buyan national side, Sverre Devold scoring on this occasion. Urbanista, FC Endeavour and Issington all win to keep pace in the congested upper table, while Exton are back in contention with a relatively simple win against FC Brimstone. St George's Creek are also beginning to recover for their terrible opening run, a win against Wrexton F.C allowing them to put some distance from the relegation zone.

Matchday 11
FC Brimstone 0–0 Wrexton F.C
FC Endeavour 1–0 Exton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–2 Egloskerry
Gwinevra Bulls 2–4 Dwile Warriors
Issington F.C 3–1 Barbury Town
Mandon United 1–0 Atletico Standard
Mona A.F.C 1–2 Urbanista Trojans
St George's Creek 1–1 Urbanista

The Bulls host the Warriors, and predictably, lose, with the Warriors looking pretty unstoppable against the bottom team. Issington F.C face Barbury at home, and in a crucial game against the high-flyers, Issington put themselves back in the title race with a 3-1 victory, league record signing Danny Leighton scoring the third goal there. St George's Creek hold Urbanista to a draw in a fantastic result, meaning Barbury, Urbanista and FC Endeavour are all currently on 21 points, 6 behind Dwile at the top. Gwinevra Barbarians continue to slid, their form is just terrible at the moment, and they lose to Egloskerry at home, in a game where anything other than a win would have been unthinkable only a couple of seasons ago. Mona A.F.C lose to Urbanista Trojans, two newly promoted teams in very different positions, as Mona sit 4 points from safety at the bottom, while the Trojans are just 2 points behind the UICA spots. I said they'd do well.

Matchday 12
Wrexton F.C 1–2 Urbanista
Urbanista Trojans 3–1 St George's Creek
Atletico Standard 0–1 Mona A.F.C
Barbury Town 6–2 Mandon United
Dwile Warriors 5–6 Issington F.C
Egloskerry 2–0 Gwinevra Bulls
Exton F.C 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
FC Brimstone 1–2 FC Endeavour

Phew. Reports have been coming from Mona that Jackson Curtis would have lost his job if Mona had lost that game against Atletico Standard. They will all be relieved therefore that Nicklas Cergennan found the net for Mona then. At the top, Issington F.C and Dwile Warriors take part in a ridiculous 11 goal spectacle, in which Issington inflict just a 3rd loss of the season on Dwile, Danny Leighton getting a hat-trick on the way. Barbury Town win spectacularly over Mandon, with Maxim Kolo really clicking in that game. FC Endeavour and Urbanista both win though, so it is now very close from 2nd to 5th. Marina Hayduff could be under some pressure at Gwinevra Barbarians, as a 0-0 draw against Exton means that Gwinevra remain 8th, now behind Exton and Urbanista Trojans.

Marshall Cup Second Round
Urbanista Trojans 0-0 FC Brimstone (0-0 AET, 1-2 PKs)
Hudd Rovers 1-1 Exton F.C (1-2 AET)
TP Indians 1-2 Bouldertown
Atletico Standard 1-0 Frewick F.C
Egloskerry 0-1 Dwile Warriors
Sunshine Athletic 0-2 Mandon United
Barbury Town 2-0 Cierbana United
Armageddon Heraldrim 3-1 Celts
Kepler United 0-2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Issington F.C 6-2 Mona A.F.C
Kingsford FC 0-1 Old Guard Regiment
Oldem Gents Club 0-2 Mulhampstead
Wrexton F.C 0-0 Urbanista (1-1 AET, 3-2 PKs)
Old Licentians 1-1 Don't Panic FC (2-1 AET)
Oldem Mechanical 1-0 Gwinevra Bulls
FC Endeavour 3-1 St George's Creek

And now the top teams enter the Marshall Cup fray, and quite a large number of the ANL teams face top tier opposition, with St George's Creek, Urbanista, Mona A.F.C, Egloskerry and Urbanista Trojans all crashing out, along with Gwinevra Bulls who lose to third tier Oldem Mechanical.

Matchday 13
FC Endeavour 2–1 Wrexton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 FC Brimstone
Gwinevra Bulls 3–1 Exton F.C
Issington F.C 1–0 Egloskerry
Mandon United 3–0 Dwile Warriors
Mona A.F.C 1–3 Barbury Town
St George's Creek 2–0 Atletico Standard
Urbanista 2–1 Urbanista Trojans

WTF is up with the table at the moment? Dwile Warriors suffer a second loss in a row, a surprising 3-0 loss away at Mandon, who will be celebrating furiously. However, they were doing so well before that they're still top of the table. However, FC Endeavour, Urbanista and Barbury Town all won as well, meaning the top 4 are all only separated by goal difference, Barbury and Urbanista by even less, they are separated by alphabetical order, that's right nothing between them. With Issington also winning, that means that the top 5 are separated by 1 point. 1 point. Crazy talk. What is also crazy, is the fact that Gwinevra Bulls won, meaning they reduce the deficit to only 3 points at the bottom. There's light after all then. Whilst we're at it, there was also a derby game today, with Urbanista beating the Trojans 2-1, in a quite tense game in truth.

Matchday 14
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Urbanista Trojans
Atletico Standard 2–1 Urbanista
Barbury Town 2–0 St George's Creek
Dwile Warriors 2–0 Mona A.F.C
Egloskerry 1–3 Mandon United
Exton F.C 0–2 Issington F.C
FC Brimstone 3–1 Gwinevra Bulls
FC Endeavour 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians

Well, no less remarkable today as Dwile Warriors, FC Endeavour and Barbury are all still jointly at the top. Any one of them could be top next weekend. FC Endeavour complete a simple win over Gwinevra Barbarians in a game which highlight how the two teams now differ, the levels of talent between them. Mona A.F.C lose to Dwile Warriors in a pretty inevitable result, but the board have had enough, Jackson Curtis is shown the door, not for that result in particular, but for the poor run of games which Mona A.F.C have had. Assistant manager Will Xasper is now tasked with keeping them in the league for another season, a tough ask. Atletico Standard record an excellent win over Urbanista meaning they now fall to 5th, as Issington's 2-0 win over Exton means they leapfrog Urbanista into 4th. Wrexton F.C achieve a good win over high flyers Urbanista Trojans meaning they put a bit of distance between themselves and the collapsing Mona A.F.C

Matchday 15
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Wrexton F.C
Gwinevra Bulls 2–1 FC Endeavour
Issington F.C 1–2 FC Brimstone
Mandon United 3–3 Exton F.C
Mona A.F.C 0–0 Egloskerry
St George's Creek 1–3 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista 2–1 Barbury Town
Urbanista Trojans 1–0 Atletico Standard

So Dwile Warriors take the lead outright again at the half-way point, blasting to victory past St George's Creek. Surprisingly, FC Endeavour, Issington and Barbury all lose, although Barbury (who are definitely winning the overachievers award) lose to Urbanista, a tough side, while Endeavour lose to bottom placed Gwinevra Bulls (who are no longer bottom) and Issington lose to FC Brimstone. Gwinevra Barbarians win again as they try to resurrect their UICA hopes, while Exton draw 3-3 with Mandon United, which doesn't help theirs.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Dwile Warriors           15   11   0   4    42   27  +15    33
 2 FC Endeavour             15    9   3   3    32   22  +10    30
 3 Urbanista                15    9   3   3    35   26   +9    30
 4 Barbury Town             15   10   0   5    33   26   +7    30
 5 Issington F.C            15    9   2   4    42   29  +13    29
 6 Urbanista Trojans        15    7   3   5    23   20   +3    24
 7 Mandon United            15    6   4   5    20   24   −4    22
 8 Gwinevra Barbarians      15    5   6   4    19   15   +4    21
 9 FC Brimstone             15    6   2   7    25   25    0    20
10 Exton F.C                15    5   3   7    12   17   −5    18
11 St George's Creek        15    4   4   7    21   27   −6    16
12 Egloskerry               15    5   1   9    14   22   −8    16
13 Atletico Standard        15    4   3   8    20   21   −1    15
14 Wrexton F.C              15    4   2   9    12   21   −9    14
15 Gwinevra Bulls           15    3   2  10    14   28  −14    11
16 Mona A.F.C               15    3   2  10    12   26  −14    11

Halfway through the season in the second tier, and Old Licentians are still doing well on an exciting run, topping the table with 32 points. Below them, Mulhampstead and Miners '47 lurk on 30 points, both teams desperate to reach the promised land of the top tier. Sunshine Athletic and Moscva 2k12 are still in contention at the moment, will Moscva 2k12 become the second Old Guardian team in the top flight?

                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Old Licentians          15   10   2   3    26   18   +8    32
 2 Mulhampstead            15    9   3   3    27   13  +14    30
 3 Miners '47              15    9   3   3    27   21   +6    30
 4 Sunshine Athletic       15    8   2   5    14    9   +5    26
 5 Moscva 2k12             15    7   2   6    19   11   +8    23
 6 Bouldertown             15    6   5   4    25   23   +2    23
 7 Cierbana United         15    6   4   5    16   13   +3    22
 8 Wye United              15    6   4   5    19   17   +2    22
 9 Celts                   15    5   5   5    14   17   −3    20
10 Southtown               15    5   3   7     6   10   −4    18
11 Oldem Gents Club        15    4   5   6    12   17   −5    17
12 Gurdle A.F.C            15    4   4   7    12   15   −3    16
13 Old Guard Regiment      15    3   6   6    15   15    0    15
14 Frewick F.C             15    3   3   9    16   23   −7    12
15 FC Harpoon              15    2   6   7    21   37  −16    12
16 Barbury F.C             15    2   5   8    11   21  −10    11

In the second tier, it is the once respectable Lighthouse Coves who top the table, hoping to at least get back to the second tier after successive relegations. TP Indians, Hudd Rovers and Oldem Mechanical are all close behind, making up the chasing pack at this moment in time, with quite a gap forming between Oldem in 4th and Calshott Lighthouse in 5th. Flotsam and Jetsam are in their usual position at the bottom of the table, but they have some new company at the bottom, with Docklands United, Armageddon Heraldrim and Northern Stars all around that area.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Lighthouse Coves          15    9   4   2    31   21  +10    31
 2 TP Indians                15    9   2   4    42   22  +20    29
 3 Hudd Rovers               15    8   4   3    28   20   +8    28
 4 Oldem Mechanical          15    8   4   3    25   18   +7    28
 5 Calshott Lighthouse       15    7   1   7    25   25    0    22
 6 Urbanista Young Boys      15    6   3   6    17   19   −2    21
 7 Kepler United             15    6   3   6    30   36   −6    21
 8 Barrabrook United         15    6   2   7    22   22    0    20
 9 Cawln Wanderers           15    5   5   5    32   35   −3    20
10 The Dambusters            15    5   4   6    27   28   −1    19
11 Don't Panic FC            15    5   4   6    33   36   −3    19
12 Kingsford FC              15    4   4   7    16   18   −2    16
13 Armageddon Heraldrim      15    4   4   7    26   32   −6    16
14 Northern Stars            15    3   6   6    26   32   −6    15
15 Docklands United          15    4   2   9    13   17   −4    14
16 Flotsam & Jetsam          15    2   6   7    24   36  −12    12

[Apox]

ANL Season 11 - Part Three

With three-quarters of the season now finished, this look poised for an incredible finish to the ANL's 11th season.

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 16
Wrexton F.C 2–2 Atletico Standard
Urbanista Trojans 1–1 Barbury Town
Urbanista 1–3 Dwile Warriors
St George's Creek 2–0 Egloskerry
Mona A.F.C 2–2 Exton F.C
Mandon United 1–1 FC Brimstone
Issington F.C 2–0 FC Endeavour
Gwinevra Bulls 1–2 Gwinevra Barbarians

Dwile Warriors take the initiative, winning yet another key game, this time away at Urbanista, with the Carvalho-Ularu-Hudson Blake partnership continuing to shine at the front. Barbury Town and Urbanista Trojans share a 1-1 draw, in an average game for both sides, who both continue to excite. St George's Creek win against Egloskerry in a key game, and it is games like this which they must win to stay in the league, with Ezekiel Charlestown and Marcus the Bright scoring. Issington beat FC Endeavour, to see them go second, even though the gap at the top is still 4 points, while Gwinevra win the second leg of the Gwinevra derby, although the Bulls play quite well before succumbing to Rancisc Tenian and his goalscoring ability.

Matchday 17
Gwinevra Bulls 1–2 Wrexton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–2 Issington F.C
FC Endeavour 4–1 Mandon United
FC Brimstone 0–0 Mona A.F.C
Exton F.C 2–3 St George's Creek
Egloskerry 1–1 Urbanista
Dwile Warriors 1–1 Urbanista Trojans
Barbury Town 2–2 Atletico Standard

Issington keep winning the games they need to win, a 2-1 victory away at Gwinevra Barbarians on this occasion sufficing. FC Endeavour tear Mandon United apart, Alex "King" Keir with a brace in that game. Egloskerry and Urbanista take part in a 1-1 draw, as do Dwile Warriors and Urbanista Trojans, the Trojans unlucky not to take the point in that game, with Olivier Toivainen cancelling out Corinna McKenna's earlier effort. Barbury Town draw as well, Atletico Standard continuing to pin them back each time they scored.

Matchday 18
Wrexton F.C 0–0 Barbury Town
Atletico Standard 1–1 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista Trojans 0–0 Egloskerry
Urbanista 2–1 Exton F.C
St George's Creek 1–0 FC Brimstone
Mona A.F.C 0–1 FC Endeavour
Mandon United 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Issington F.C 2–0 Gwinevra Bulls

Quite a low scoring set of matches, as Issington become top on goal difference as they storm to victory in imperious fashion past Gwinevra Bulls, the 2-0 scoreline not reflecting the dominance the home team had throughout the match. Elsewhere, Urbanista and FC Endeavour won, both in quite simple circumstances whilst Gwinevra Barbarians managed to push themselves up to 6th with a victory over Mona A.F.C, who remain mired in the relegation battle. Dwile Warriors downfall comes to Atletico Standard, who have made a good account of themselves this season against the top teams.

Marshall Cup Third Round
FC Brimstone 1-0 Exton F.C
Bouldertown 1-2 Atletico Standard
Dwile Warriors 1-0 Mandon United
Barbury Town 4-1 Armageddon Heraldrim
Gwinevra Barbarians 1-0 Issington F.C
Old Guard Regiment 2-2 Mulhampstead (2-2 AET, 1-2 PKs)
Wrexton F.C 2-4 Old Licentians
Oldem Mechanical 1-2 FC Endeavour

A few spirited runs come to an end, with new boys to the competition, Oldem Mechanical and Armageddon Heraldrim, both being knocked out, though they didn't stand much of a chance against UICA standard opposition. Issington go out to Gwinevra Barbarians in the clash with the highest profile, the twice past winners losing 1-0, Jesper Coleman's solitary goal being the difference there. However, there are still a number of past winners in the competition, with FC Brimstone and Dwile Warriors still taking part.

Matchday 19
Issington F.C 0–2 Wrexton F.C
Gwinevra Bulls 3–1 Mandon United
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–1 Mona A.F.C
FC Endeavour 2–1 St George's Creek
FC Brimstone 1–1 Urbanista
Exton F.C 1–0 Urbanista Trojans
Egloskerry 1–0 Atletico Standard
Dwile Warriors 3–1 Barbury Town

Dwile Warriors end Issington's reign at the top, sweeping aside Barbury at home, as Barbury's early season momentum begins to falter a little. Thankfully, it was good enough for them to still be comfortably in the UICA spots, with Gwinevra Barbarians still 6 points behind them due to Gwinevra slipping up at home to Mona in a surprising result. FC Endeavour go back into second, due to Issington losing to Wrexton, which will be another good result for a struggling side. FC Brimstone also hold Urbanista, who seem to be slipping a little at this rate.

Matchday 20
Wrexton F.C 2–2 Dwile Warriors
Barbury Town 4–2 Egloskerry
Atletico Standard 0–1 Exton F.C
Urbanista Trojans 3–2 FC Brimstone
Urbanista 0–0 FC Endeavour
St George's Creek 0–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mona A.F.C 1–0 Gwinevra Bulls
Mandon United 1–1 Issington F.C

With two thirds of the season done, things are more finely poised at both the top and the bottom than they were after 10 games of play. Barbury Town keep the separation distance between them and Gwinevra with a high-scoring 4-2 win over Egloskerry, with Maxim Kolo and Jay Robinson starring in that match. Exton F.C record a simple 1-0 away win over Atletico Standard, moving Atletico Standard into the relegation zone, after Mona A.F.C beat Gwinevra Bulls in a bottom of the table clash. There was a lot of drawing at the top of the table, with all the top 4 sides drawing, FC Endeavor and Urbanista with each other!

Marshall Cup Quarter-Finals
FC Brimstone 2-0 Atletico Standard
Dwile Warriors 0-1 Barbury Town
Gwinevra Barbarians 0-1 Mulhampstead
Old Licentians 1-1 FC Endeavour (1-1 AET, 4-2 PKs)

It was quite a set of Marshall Cup Quarter Final fixtures. Defending champions, Dwile Warriors were edged out by Barbury Town, with the league perhaps being a higher priority than the cup for Dwile right now. Gwinevra Barbarians go out in sensational circumstances to Mulhampstead who always seem to do well in the Cup, while FC Endeavour stretch it all the way to penalties, before they are knocked out by Old Licentians, in a very shocking result.

Matchday 21
Mandon United 0–0 Wrexton F.C
Issington F.C 2–1 Mona A.F.C
Gwinevra Bulls 1–0 St George's Creek
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–4 Urbanista
FC Endeavour 3–1 Urbanista Trojans
FC Brimstone 2–1 Atletico Standard
Exton F.C 1–0 Barbury Town
Egloskerry 0–2 Dwile Warriors

Gwinevra Bulls earn a crucial win at the bottom, against a struggling St George's Creek side, Joanna Michigan's sole goal being the separation between the sides. Issington F.C record a 2-1 win over Mona A.F.C, with Alessandro Delvecchio and Wim van Wildernis netting for the home side. Urbanista thrash Gwinevra Barbarians away in a result that would have once been unthinkable as well as being a result halting the home sides resurgence. Exton F.C steal a crucial win against Barbury Town, though they will likely struggle to reach UICA competition with their performance so far this season. Atletico Standard are into the relegation with that loss against FC Brimstone, and the board have sacked manager A.T Snow, and will be looking for someone else to guide them to safety at this late point in the season.

Matchday 22
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Egloskerry
Dwile Warriors 2–0 Exton F.C
Barbury Town 0–0 FC Brimstone
Atletico Standard 2–1 FC Endeavour
Urbanista Trojans 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Urbanista 3–2 Gwinevra Bulls
St George's Creek 0–2 Issington F.C
Mona A.F.C 1–1 Mandon United

Atletico Standard have a new manager, Jacob Clevedon, previously at Wrexton F.C, at the helm and he guides them to a dramatic win against FC Endeavour. This result sees Standard rise out of the relegation zone, and it sees Petter Aurelias ruing missed chances, as his side fall to 3rd, 5 points behind leaders Dwile Warriors. The Warriors themselves won, against an increasingly fragile Exton side, who are not looking nearly as competitive as last season. A side who is looking competitive though, Urbanista Trojans, share a 0-0 draw with Gwinevra Barbarians, as the Barbarians continue to falter, although Barbury draw as well, and therefore the gap of 6 points between 5th and 6th place remains.

Matchday 23
Mona A.F.C 0–1 Wrexton F.C
Mandon United 2–1 St George's Creek
Issington F.C 1–1 Urbanista
Gwinevra Bulls 0–2 Urbanista Trojans
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–0 Atletico Standard
FC Endeavour 2–4 Barbury Town
FC Brimstone 1–0 Dwile Warriors
Exton F.C 3–0 Egloskerry

An eclectic set of matches indeed! FC Brimstone record a fantastic victory over the leaders Dwile Warriors, with Miriam Spitfire recording her 5th goal of the season. Exton F.C earn a surprisingly high scoring win for them, 3-0 against struggling Egloskerry. Gwinevra Barbarians return to winning ways, with a confident 3-0 victory over Atletico Standard, though Urbanista Trojans keep pace with them, beating Gwinevra Bulls away. Barbury Town also return to winning ways, with a 4-2 away win against FC Endeavour. Things are hotting up there, as a small fortune was spend to make sure that the squad was suitably strong to defend their title.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Dwile Warriors           23   15   3   5    56   34  +22    48
 2 Issington F.C            23   14   4   5    51   33  +18    46
 3 FC Endeavour             23   13   4   6    45   33  +12    43
 4 Urbanista                23   12   7   4    45   35   +8    43
 5 Barbury Town             23   12   4   7    44   37   +7    40
 6 Gwinevra Barbarians      23    9   7   7    29   23   +6    34
 7 Urbanista Trojans        23    9   7   7    29   26   +3    34
 8 Exton F.C                23    9   4  10    23   26   −3    31
 9 FC Brimstone             23    8   6   9    32   32    0    30
10 Wrexton F.C              23    8   6   9    22   26   −4    30
11 Mandon United            23    7   8   8    27   36   −9    29
12 St George's Creek        23    7   4  12    29   37   −8    25
13 Atletico Standard        23    5   6  12    25   31   −6    21
14 Egloskerry               23    6   3  14    18   35  −17    21
15 Mona A.F.C               23    5   5  13    19   34  −15    20
16 Gwinevra Bulls           23    5   2  16    22   41  −19    17

With 23 matchdays done, it is Mulhampstead who have the impetus at the top, being 4 points clear of Miners '47 in second. Old Licentians are looking good for a play-off place, while Sunshine Athletic, Bouldertown and Moscva 2k12 all still have good chances of reaching it. Wye United fans must be despairing, as they look set to spend another season in the doldrums of midtable ANL2, despite showing good form at times. Oldem Gents Club and newly promoted FC Harpoon look quite likely to stay up. At the moment it is likely that Old Guard Regiment and Barbury F.C will be the clubs returning to the second tier, they are both 5 points adrift.

                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mulhampstead            23   13   6   4    38   21  +17    45
 2 Miners '47              23   12   5   6    39   31   +8    41
 3 Old Licentians          23   12   5   6    39   32   +7    41
 4 Moscva 2k12             23   11   4   8    28   17  +11    37
 5 Sunshine Athletic       23   11   4   8    24   18   +6    37
 6 Bouldertown             23   10   6   7    40   41   −1    36
 7 Cierbana United         23    9   6   8    20   21   −1    33
 8 Wye United              23    8   8   7    37   33   +4    32
 9 Southtown               23    8   5  10    16   15   +1    29
10 FC Harpoon              23    6  10   7    35   43   −8    28
11 Celts                   23    6   9   8    20   22   −2    27
12 Oldem Gents Club        23    5  11   7    18   21   −3    26
13 Gurdle A.F.C            23    7   5  11    18   28  −10    26
14 Frewick F.C             23    6   6  11    25   32   −7    24
15 Old Guard Regiment      23    4   7  12    18   27   −9    19
16 Barbury F.C             23    4   7  12    21   34  −13    19

TP Indians currently top the standings, while the same three from last time; Hudd Rovers, Lighthouse Coves and Oldem Mechanical are in the play-offs. Urbanista Young Boys have sprung out of nowhere to be in contention, as have Don't Panic FC.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 TP Indians                23   15   3   5    57   27  +30    48
 2 Hudd Rovers               23   14   4   5    35   24  +11    46
 3 Lighthouse Coves          23   13   6   4    44   32  +12    45
 4 Oldem Mechanical          23   12   6   5    34   24  +10    42
 5 Urbanista Young Boys      23   12   4   7    30   22   +8    40
 6 Kepler United             23   10   4   9    41   44   −3    34
 7 Don't Panic FC            23    9   6   8    53   53    0    33
 8 Calshott Lighthouse       23   10   2  11    36   41   −5    32
 9 The Dambusters            23    8   4  11    42   43   −1    28
10 Barrabrook United         23    7   4  12    34   37   −3    25
11 Northern Stars            23    5   9   9    34   43   −9    24
12 Armageddon Heraldrim      23    6   6  11    40   50  −10    24
13 Cawln Wanderers           23    5   9   9    40   53  −13    24
14 Kingsford FC              23    5   7  11    18   22   −4    22
15 Flotsam & Jetsam          23    5   7  11    40   54  −14    22
16 Docklands United          23    5   5  13    17   26   −9    20

[Apox]

ANL Season 11 - Part Four

The thrilling conclusion to the 11th season of ANL football, read on to find out what happened!

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 24
Wrexton F.C 0–2 Exton F.C
Egloskerry 0–0 FC Brimstone
Dwile Warriors 2–1 FC Endeavour
Barbury Town 1–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Atletico Standard 1–0 Gwinevra Bulls
Urbanista Trojans 0–3 Issington F.C
Urbanista 1–2 Mandon United
St George's Creek 4–2 Mona A.F.C

Dwile beat FC Endeavour to keep Dwile at the top, Mateus Carvalho scoring a brace. Gwinevra Barbarians win a crucial match away at Barbury Town in the UICA race. Issington F.C similarly win, enhancing their title chances yet again while Urbanista suffer another blow to theirs as they lose to Mandon at home, goals from Kelly Dray and Fred Barnett cancelling out Nyaz-en's early goal. St George's Creek win out at Mona in dominant form, Mona A.F.C look destined to go down at this rate.

Matchday 25
St George's Creek 1–2 Wrexton F.C
Mona A.F.C 1-0 Urbanista
Mandon United 2–1 Urbanista Trojans
Issington F.C 1–0 Atletico Standard
Gwinevra Bulls 0–1 Barbury Town
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–1 Dwile Warriors
FC Endeavour 5–1 Egloskerry
FC Brimstone 0–1 Exton F.C

Urbanista fall again, this time to Mona A.F.C, with Nicklas van Rossem scoring the only goal in that encounter. Issington and more specifically young Polarian international Anders Holzhauser beat Atletico Standard, meaning Issington overtake the Warriors at the top after the Warriors capitulated to the Barbarians in the Old Classic. Conor Morriston and Charlie Boroni being the scorers for the Barbarians there. Barbury Town continue to impress, beating the bottom side Gwinevra Bulls 1-0 in a much easier win than the scoreline suggests. FC Endeavour meanwhile, smash Egloskerry out of the park, with Hilde Varano scoring her first ANL hat-trick, along with goals from Marcus Redwood and Nikita Pirinen.

Matchday 26
Wrexton F.C 3–1 FC Brimstone
Exton F.C 0–1 FC Endeavour
Egloskerry 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Dwile Warriors 1–1 Gwinevra Bulls
Barbury Town 1–1 Issington F.C
Atletico Standard 0–1 Mandon United
Urbanista Trojans 0–1 Mona A.F.C
Urbanista 3–2 St George's Creek

Is it just me, or are Dwile Warriors stuttering? This time around they draw to bottom placed Gwinevra Bulls while Issington draw to Barbury meaning they maintain the top spot. FC Endeavour win a simple match away against Exton F.C, and with Exton currently 8th, they won't be too pleased about that. Gwinevra Barbarians lose to Egloskerry meaning the gap between 5th and 6th increases again, and Mona A.F.C win again to take themselves out of the relegation zone, lots of the lower teams picking up points this time around. Urbanista beat St George's Creek meanwhile, Tregajorran re-announcing himself to the world after quite a quiet patch, scoring a brace here alongside veteran player Olim Benzari.

Matchday 27
Urbanista 1–0 Wrexton F.C
St George's Creek 4–2 Urbanista Trojans
Mona A.F.C 0–1 Atletico Standard
Mandon United 1–2 Barbury Town
Issington F.C 2–3 Dwile Warriors
Gwinevra Bulls 3–1 Egloskerry
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Exton F.C
FC Endeavour 6–2 FC Brimstone

Eugeny Ivanov ends a good Wrexton run, scoring the only goal in Urbanista's home win. St George's Creek knock Urbanista Trojans around, going up to 4-0 before a last surge from the Trojans ends the game 4-2. Barbury Town win again in an exciting home win, but the big game of the week is Issington F.C versus Dwile Warriors. It was a classic, with both sides swapping the lead before Arturo Hudson-Blake's late strike seals a win for the Warriors and they regain the top spot in the league. Conor Morriston scores a scorcher for the Barbarians as they beat Exton, while FC Endeavour continues with the high scoring theme, with King Keir bagging a hat-trick and defender Endellion the Hewn scoring twice for the Dwile club.

Marshall Cup Semi-Finals
FC Brimstone 1-1 Barbury Town (1-1 AET, 2-4 PKs)
Mulhampstead 1-0 Old Licentians

It takes penalties for Barbury Town to beat FC Brimstone, with Maxim Kolo's early goal being equalled by Miriam Spitfire late in the second half. A thrilling, tense game that sees Barbury head to the final. In the other game, Mulhampstead best even their best Marshall Cup efforts, as they are (I believe) the first second division team to make the final in a match where a second division team was guaranteed to proceed. Gonna be an exciting final, that's for sure.

Matchday 28
Wrexton F.C 1–3 FC Endeavour
FC Brimstone 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Exton F.C 0–0 Gwinevra Bulls
Egloskerry 1–0 Issington F.C
Dwile Warriors 1–1 Mandon United
Barbury Town 4–2 Mona A.F.C
Atletico Standard 2–1 St George's Creek
Urbanista Trojans 0–0 Urbanista

A low scoring matchday as far as the ANL goes, with 3 nil-all scorelines, the Urbanista derby bing one of those scores. Dwile Warriors are still top after drawing with Mandon United, but FC Endeavour are one point behind them after beating Wrexton F.C 3-1. Atletico Standard enhance their survival chances with a 2-1 win over St George's Creek, Richard D'Oyly being the star in that game - I'll be surprised if he's still there next season. It should be pointed out how well Mandon United are doing - they're currently 7th after having a good second half of the season. Gwinevra Bulls are nearly relegated, they are 6 points from safety with two games left to play.

Matchday 29
Urbanista Trojans 2–0 Wrexton F.C
Urbanista 3–1 Atletico Standard
St George's Creek 2–0 Barbury Town
Mona A.F.C 1–3 Dwile Warriors
Mandon United 0–1 Egloskerry
Issington F.C 1–0 Exton F.C
Gwinevra Bulls 1–0 FC Brimstone
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–4 FC Endeavour

Well, that settles the relegation side of things anyway, as Gwinevra Bulls and Mona A.F.C are 4 and 5 points from safety with only one game left, even though the Bulls beat FC Brimstone. Atletico Standard will breath a huge sigh of relief, they've survived again for another year. It's still close at the top, but what we can confirm is that the trophy will remain in the city of Dwile this season, as only Dwile Warriors, Issington F.C and FC Endeavour can reach the top. Mateus Carvalho continues to score freely, he's on 21 goals at the moment at will most likely be top scorer come the end of the season. Gwinevra Barbarians will also be disappointed as they can no longer reach UICA football, which will be a big blow to them this season without UICA football to play.

Matchday 30
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
FC Endeavour 1–2 Gwinevra Bulls
FC Brimstone 2–1 Issington F.C
Exton F.C 0–1 Mandon United
Egloskerry 0–0 Mona A.F.C
Dwile Warriors 3–1 St George's Creek
Barbury Town 2–4 Urbanista
Atletico Standard 0–0 Urbanista Trojans

And that finishes that then. Dwile Warriors beat St George's Creek emphatically at home to give them a record 4th ANL title, and their first for a number of years as they continue to pick up silverware. Urbanista beat Barbury Town to help them with seeding for the Globe Cup, but it doesn't matter all that much to Barbury, the prospect of UICA football is great for them. In the mid-table, Mandon United and Urbanista Trojans finish strongly in 7th and 8th, and Wrexton do ok to finish in 9th as well. In the end, a 10th placed finish for Exton is mildly disappointing, but they'll be back to challenge again. Egloskerry and Atletico Standard hang on, but they'll be struggling all next season I suspect, as two of the promoted teams go straight back down again, in Mona A.F.C and Gwinevra Bulls, although the Bulls remarkable last day win over FC Endeavour means they are not bottom, and this time around they certainly didn't get the record lowest points total.

Top Scorers
22 - Mateus Carvalho [NSI] (Dwile Warriors)
18 - Tolgus Tregajorran (Urbanista)
17 - Alex Terán [FRF] (FC Endeavour), Danny Leighton [TLI] (Issington F.C)
14 - Alex Keir [TLI] (FC Endeavour), Rancisc Tenian [FRF] (Gwinevra Barbarians), Maxim Kolo (Barbury Town)
13 - Maximillion the Codger (St George's Creek)
12 - Eugeny Ivanov [MYT] (Urbanista), Alessandro Delvecchio [OSD] (Issington F.C), Mikel Araboa [FEL] (Mandon United)

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Dwile Warriors           30   19   5   6    70   43  +27    62 - CHAMPIONS, CC
 2 FC Endeavour             30   18   4   8    66   44  +22    58 - CC
 3 Issington F.C            30   17   5   8    60   40  +20    56 - GC
 4 Urbanista                30   16   8   6    57   43  +14    56 - GC
 5 Barbury Town             30   15   5  10    55   49   +6    50 - GC
 6 Gwinevra Barbarians      30   12   8  10    37   31   +6    44
 7 Mandon United            30   11   9  10    35   42   −7    42
 8 Urbanista Trojans        30   10   9  11    40   41   −1    39
 9 Wrexton F.C              30   11   6  13    29   36   −7    39
10 Exton F.C                30   11   5  14    26   30   −4    38
11 FC Brimstone             30    9   8  13    37   44   −7    35
12 St George's Creek        30   10   4  16    44   50   −6    34
13 Egloskerry               30    9   5  16    23   43  −20    32
14 Atletico Standard        30    8   7  15    30   37   −7    31
15 Gwinevra Bulls           30    8   4  18    29   46  −17    28 - RELEGATED
16 Mona A.F.C               30    7   6  17    25   46  −21    27 - RELEGATED

And so it is Mulhampstead who return to the top tier, finishing 5 points above a resurgent Bouldertown at the end. Bouldertown, Moscva 2k12 and Miners '47 are the teams who will fight for that final ANL spot in the ANL Promotion Play-offs. For the other Old Guard clubs, Oldem Gents Clubs manage to stay up relatively comfortably this time around, while Old Guard Regiment return straight to the bottom tier with Gurdle A.F.C, having struggled all season. Frewick F.C suprisingly manage to stay up and spend another season in the second tier.

                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mulhampstead            30   15   9   6    48   30  +18    54 - CHAMPIONS, PROMOTED
 2 Bouldertown             30   13  10   7    49   47   +2    49 - Play-offs
 3 Moscva 2k12             30   14   6  10    34   23  +11    48 - Play-offs
 4 Miners '47              30   13   8   9    48   42   +6    47 - Play-offs, PROMOTED
 5 Sunshine Athletic       30   13   7  10    30   20  +10    46
 6 Cierbana United         30   12  10   8    26   23   +3    46
 7 Old Licentians          30   13   7  10    43   42   +1    46
 8 Wye United              30   11  12   7    51   42   +9    45
 9 Celts                   30   10  10  10    29   28   +1    40
10 FC Harpoon              30    9  13   8    49   51   −2    40
11 Southtown               30   10   7  13    22   22    0    37
12 Oldem Gents Club        30    7  14   9    25   28   −3    35
13 Barbury F.C             30    8   8  14    30   43  −13    32
14 Frewick F.C             30    7  10  13    34   42   −8    31
15 Gurdle A.F.C            30    7   6  17    23   44  −21    27 - RELEGATED
16 Old Guard Regiment      30    5   9  16    22   36  −14    24 - RELEGATED

ANL Play-offs
Miners '47 1–0 Moscva 2k12
Bouldertown 0–2 Miners '47
Moscva 2k12 2–0 Bouldertown

  ANL P/R              Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Miners '47             2   2  0  0    3   0  +3    6 - PROMOTED
2 Moscva 2k12            2   1  0  1    2   1  +1    3
3 Bouldertown            2   0  0  2    0   4  −4    0

Hudd Rover would be enjoying promotion to the ANL league at the moment, except for the fact between the season ending and the play-offs starting, Hudd Rovers perished [REASON REDACTED UNTIL POST CEIX], meaning the team no longer exists. Lighthouse Coves take the title instead then, and TP Indians will participate in a one legged play-off with Oldem Mechanical. It really shows that Old Guadian teams are on the up, with 3 of the 4 spots in the promotion fight being filled by teams from that country. Urbanista Young Boys remained in 5th for most of the season, but were unable to advance on that. In the end, Flotsam & Jetsam manage quite a decent league position of 10th, and it is Cawn Wanderers who take the bottom spot of the league system.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Hudd Rovers               30   20   5   5    43   24  +19    65 - CEASED TO EXIST
 2 Lighthouse Coves          30   19   7   4    60   36  +24    64 - PROMOTED
 3 TP Indians                30   18   4   8    67   38  +29    58 - Play-offs, PROMOTED
 4 Oldem Mechanical          30   16   8   6    45   29  +16    56 - Play-offs
 5 Urbanista Young Boys      30   15   7   8    37   24  +13    52
 6 Kepler United             30   14   5  11    56   57   −1    47
 7 Don't Panic FC            30   11   7  12    64   66   −2    40
 8 The Dambusters            30   10   7  13    51   54   −3    37
 9 Calshott Lighthouse       30   11   4  15    41   52  −11    37
10 Flotsam & Jetsam          30    9   7  14    50   64  −14    34
11 Northern Stars            30    7  11  12    43   52   −9    32
12 Armageddon Heraldrim      30    8   7  15    52   64  −12    31
13 Kingsford FC              30    6  11  13    22   29   −7    29
14 Docklands United          30    7   7  16    24   32   −8    28
15 Barrabrook United         30    7   6  17    37   49  −12    27
16 Cawln Wanderers           30    5  11  14    45   67  −22    26

ANL2 Play-off
Oldem Mechanical 0–2 TP Indians

Marshall Cup 6 Final

Attendance: 70,376
Barbury Town 1-0 Mulhampstead

Barbury cap off an excellent season with a win in the Marshall Cup. For Mulhampstead, and this is a fact I've only just discovered, they reach the final for a second time in a row, before falling at the last hurdle, to Ikkon Karrkka's headed shot from a Jack Lerryn corner. I think we are seeing the emergence of a really potent footballing force here in Apox. Watch them next season with interest.

[Apox]

ANL Season 12 - Preview

The ANL returns for its 12th Season, with Dwile Warriors back in their favourite place, top of the league. The transfers this season have been less numerous, the majority being transfers to middling Licentian clubs or Retirements. Yes, retirements, with 7 prominent retirements occurring, the league will look a very different places this time around.

So who will challenge for the title? Dwile Warriors squad looks as strong as ever, I see no reason as to why they can't retain the title. FC Endeavour squad is still excellent and Issington may gel a little more this season. Urbanista has an ageing squad, one which is largely the same as the one which won the title 3 seasons ago, although the exceptional talent of Tolgus Tregajorran up front cannot be overestimated. Or maybe the winner will come from elsewhere, maybe Barbury, Gwinevra or Exton will win? Well, probably not, but you never know.

Rancisc Tenian (FRF) - Gwinevra Barbarians to FC.1 Bjarnarey Flotilla (PIS) for £9,000,000
Guus Olsen (PIS) - FC.1 Surtsey Islands Gulls (PIS) to Issington F.C for £5,000,000
Richard D'Oyly - Atletico Standard to Dwile Warriors for £2,000,000
Michael Ramsey - Issington F.C to AFC Farnworth (TLI) for £2,000,000
Alex Ithamar - Atletico Standard to Issington F.C for £1,400,000
Joey Thompson (TLI) - Egloskerry to Urbanista Trojans for £1,200,000
Bradley Gaspar (YTT) - Stemanisis SSC (YTT) to Miners '47 for £1,000,000
Sanui Shizuka (NSI) - Mardi University (NSI) to Gwinevra Barbarians for £1,000,000
Doug Carson (TLI) - Highmoor Academical (TLI) to Mandon United for £500,000
Chris Orani - Egloskerry to Blau-Weiss Pallstadt for £425,000
Mikel Azariah (MBT) - Mercy FC (MBT) to FC Brimstone for £400,000
Hermann Fisher - FC Brimstone to Garton Bay Pirates for £350,000
Hugh Austin - Gwinevra Bulls to Montfort North End for £200,000
Eneka Treloquithack - Urbanista Trojans to AFC Farnworth (TLI) on a season long loan
Mikel Aswa - Free Agent to Highmoor Academical
Olim Benzari - Urbanista to Retired
Kyran Stevenson (TLI) - Gwinevra Barbarians to Retired
Jack Forster - Dwile Warriors to Retired
Keri Ularu - Dwile Warriors to Retired
Sammi Puskas - Exton F.C to Retired
Oliver Donliver - Wrexton F.C to Retired
Fred Barnett - Mandon United to Retired

Player Tribute - Olim Benzari
Olim Benzari, perhaps the most successful and long-ranging Apoxian footballer there is, has hung up his boots for good, a year after retiring from international football.

His career started at Urbanista's Youth Team in 558, aged 16. At that point the ANL hadn't been established, so the youth team primarily played against local youth sides. However, it was clear from the start that he would be important, and he debuted for the Senior team in 559, in a friendly match against Dwile Warriors.

While there were no leagues in place at the time, Urbanista took part in the Apox Super Cup in 560, a tournament arranged between the biggest sides in Apox at the time. Although Urbanista finished 4th, Olim Benzari, a young 19 year old, excelled, scoring 5 times and getting 8 assists, enough to earn him young player of the tournament. With the advent of the ANL in 563, Olim was a key player in the team, helping them to a 4th placed finish and a spot in the Globe Cup.

He quickly grew into a stalwart of the team, becoming captain aged 25 in the 565 season, becoming the first name on the team sheet. It is partly through his excellent leadership qualities and ability to lead from the front that Urbanista, a team which at time might have struggled, consistently qualified for UICA tournaments, earning a league title finally three seasons ago, being one of the best sides in the league since then.

Olim has a club record 281 appearances since the ANL started in all competitions, 237 of though coming in league play. He has also scored an impressive 84 goals for the club, with 61 of those coming in league play. He will spend this season with the coaching staff, learning to manage, with an eye on managing a big club at some point in the future, I'd imagine.


Dwile Warriors
Manager: Steven Frew
Home Ground: APX Sports Stadium, Capacity: 56,000
Team Sheet: Hewitt -- Richworth, Cassandra (FSC), Endicott -- Ibarran (ASG), Womble, Toivainen (PIS), Kellard -- Carvalho (NSI), D'Oyly, Hudson-Blake (AUD)
Preview: Dwile performed excellently last season, storming to a title, and giving Jack Forster and Keri Ularu the perfect send offs. They only made cautious additions to the team in the meantime, with promising young Richard D'Oyly bought for 2 million from Atletico Standard, while Alex Richworth is promoted from the bench to replace Forster. They are a top side, and are definitely in contention, but I don't think they've got it in them this time around.
Last Season: 1st Predicted: 2nd


FC Endeavour
Manager: Petter Aurelias (PIS)
Home Ground: Church Street Ground, Capacity: 31,000
Team Sheet: Volgisrhaad (PDT) -- Pipp (PIS), Endellion the Hewn (OGD), Graham (EUR), Dunbarton -- Redwood, Terán (FRF), Pirinen (PIS), Kipling -- Keir (TLI), Varano
Preview: After the madness of last seasons spending, this one will come as quite a shock to Endeavour fans, with the only change being Fran Gracie leaving, to be replaced by Ina Kipling, a talented young prospect. The two main attacking threats, Alex Terán and Alex 'King' Keir, will be crucial to any title hopes they have, along with the experienced Kjn Volgisrhaad at the back. Watch out as well for Hilde Varano, I reckon she'll truly come of age this season.
Last Season: 2nd Predicted: 1st


Issington F.C
Manager: Lee Sharp (EUR)
Home Ground: Dwile Stadium, Capacity: 54,000
Team Sheet: Frost -- Firth, Etezadi, Viking -- Holzhauser (PIS) -- Miller, Olsen (PIS), Tremar -- Ithamar -- Delvecchio (OSD), Leighton (TLI)
Preview: Last season was a disappointment for a board who want trophies, and therefore John Grigia was shown the door. Lee Sharp was ushered in, and in doing so, he has brought changes with him, bringing in the experienced Guus Olsen from Surtsey Island Gulls and Alex Ithamar from Atletico Standard. With the formidable strikeforce of Danny Leighton and Alessandro Delvecchio up front, they won't be short of goals. Anders Holzhauser is also a real threat, controlling the pitch from the back of the midfield, one of the most talented players in the entire division there.
Last Season: 3rd Predicted: 3rd


Urbanista
Manager: Fred Garcia
Home Ground: Lime Ground, Capacity: 36,000
Team Sheet: Lockwood -- Williams, King (TIS), Renault (SAU), Hatem -- Troon, Quillisi, Kirk (AUD), Nyaz-en (FAL) -- Tregajorran, Ivanov (MYT)
Preview: Urbanista's squad just isn't bad, and in Tolgus Tregajorran they probably have the best striker in the entire league, however, apart from that they have a fairly average squad, with an uninspiring midfield and an ageing defense. It's this simply really; should Tregajorran get injured, then all title aspirations go done the drain. They've lost their captain and hero, Olim Benzari and now Armando Quillisi must shoulder that burden. Fred Garcia will have to make some serious changes to the squad soon, if he is to avoid the team going the way of Gwinevra Barbarians and sinking into obscurity.
Last Season: 4th Predicted: 6th


Barbury Town
Manager: Ken Rickwright
Home Ground: Village Green, Capacity: 32,000
Team Sheet: Eustathios -- Lerryn, Vasilev, Neguwa, Maramora -- Jooles the Sophisticated (OGD), Robinson (TIS), Devold (BUY), Hawker -- Karrkka (FRF) -- Kolo
Preview: Ken Rickwright has masterminded a fantastic rise in fortunes at Barbury, and securing Globe Cup football and winning the Marshall Cup was a great result for them last season. While the team hasn't changed since last season, the players will have aged and matured, I reckon the team will be even better this time around, with Sverre Devold in particular looking fantastic in pre-season. I expect big things from this team this season, and I reckon UICA is very much achievable again.
Last Season: 5th Predicted: 4th


Gwinevra Barbarians
Manager: Marina Hayduff (PDT)
Home Ground: The Barbaria, Capacity: 38,000
Team Sheet: Seabrooke -- Benditti, Mata (FRF), Braddock, Alesi -- Petersen (ABC), Boroni, Foloris (PDT), Coleman -- Shizuka (NSI) -- Morriston
Preview: Gwinevra have lost Rancisc Tenian. That in itself is probably terrifying enough for fans, and although they got a good sum for him, I doubt most will regard Sanui Shizuka as a player who will continue where he left off, though Shizuka has been hailed as "the next Nagatomo" by some, and therefore is a canny long term buy by Hayduff. Regardless of this, Hayduff will be feeling the heat this season, as another one outside the UICA spots may be too much for the board to handle.
Last Season: 6th Predicted: 8th


Mandon United
Manager: Sto Southwald
Home Ground: Brookside Wharf, Capacity: 20,000
Team Sheet: Small -- Dray, Carson (TLI), Worrick, Santana -- Benson, Babič, Lickett, Sampson -- Araboa (FLX), Fortuna
Preview: 7th was a triumph for Mandon last season, I think many expected them to struggle more than they did. However, Fred Barnett, their goal scoring talisman is got, and his established replacement, Mikel Araboa has been muttering for some time about a move back to Felix, and away from Mandon. This is bad news for the club, even though past star Harry Lickett has returned from Corvin Wasps in the Filopines.
Last Season: 7th Predicted: 10th


Urbanista Trojans
Manager: Tom Cotterill
Home Ground: Stone Hill, Capacity: 20,000
Team Sheet: Whimbrel -- Smith, Smith, Johnstone, Merwin -- Branson, Thompson (TLI), Alaba (ASG), Astantin -- Herbert, McKenna
Preview: The Trojans did well last season, staying up comfortably and even challenging for the Globe Cup spots at times. They've improved stadium capacity, which shows they are hoping to prolong their stay in the top tier, and the signing of Licentian international Joey Thompson shows ambition as well. This will likely be Henry Herbert's last season in the top flight, but in Corinna McKenna they have an excellent striker who will provide them will goals for quite some time.
Last Season: 8th Predicted: 7th


Wrexton F.C
Manager: Quentin O'Leary
Home Ground: MiXol Ground, Capacity: 22,000
Team Sheet: Riordan (NSB) -- Ascot, Kary, Richards, Benbow, Oxburgh -- St Cleer, Huff, Ohanna -- Cardle (EUR), Olesen
Preview: Wrexton did averagely well last season, and I think we may finally begin to see the signs of recovery from this shattered old club which contested for the title in the early days. A new sponsorship program with MiXol means that we should see them with some extra income next season, and they've scouted the lower leagues to bring in Luxulya St Cleer from Bouldertown and Jack Ohanna from Southtown, both those two look like good players, to add to the existing key players like Kieron Riordan, Frank Cardle and Marjatta Olesen.
Last Season: 9th Predicted: 9th


Exton F.C
Manager: Charden Hules (EAR)
Home Ground: River Exe Ground, Capacity: 24,000
Team Sheet: Bergman -- Matinue, St Teath, Shahzad, Jorgensen, Stevens -- Rickwright, Vaarakallio (PIS), Carvalho (NSI), Gayle -- Tomić (PSG)
Preview: Exton's 10th place finish was a disappointment last season, and I reckon that if Charden Hules is unable to turn it around then this could be his last season at Exton. However, the quality in this side makes me think that he will. Niko Vaarakallio is now captain following Sammie Puskas' retirement, and midfielder Ke Gayle is a good addition. I'm backing them to finally fulfil their potential and reach Globe Cup football this season.
Last Season: 10th Predicted: 5th


FC Brimstone
Manager: Sujiro Masafuta (NSI)
Home Ground: FCB Stadium, Capacity: 28,000
Team Sheet: Howe -- Christos, Guardia, Nicole, Azariah (MBT) -- Anzalichi (FSC) -- Donovan, Michaels, Harper, Spitfire (NSB) -- Mumford
Preview: Modest additions from cash-strapped FC Brimstone this season, Mikel Azariah from Mareibat arriving to replace Hermann Fisher. This is likely to be captain Hamrah Anzalichi's last season at the club, and I see now reason why they won't remain happily lower midtable, just hovering above the relegation scrap.
Last Season: 11th Predicted: 12th


St George's Creek
Manager: Ancora the Bold (OGD)
Home Ground: New Oldem Drive, Capacity: 11,000
Team Sheet: Georgi the Hovelan -- Fairbroath the Strong, Jones, Tolliver -- Axe the Dominant -- Ted of Kjellsen, Sam of Charlfont, Marcus the Bright, Paradys (TGC) -- Charlestown (MBT), Maximillion the Codger
Preview: A slight dip for the Creek, though it was unlikely they'd continue their impressive run from their debut season in the ANL. However, they've survived their second season, so it's likely they'll be hanging around for a while. The strike partnership of Ezekiel Charlestown and Maximillion the Codger was good last season, but I reckon they'll really gel this time around, and captain Axe the Dominant is gloriously aggressive and strong in defensive midfield, he'd fit right in in New Sideburn.
Last Season: 12th Predicted: 11th


Egloskerry
Manager: Bhenwesh Brhane (WGT)
Home Ground: Eggcentric Arena, Capacity: 26,000
Team Sheet: Martina (WGT) -- Mills, Jelah, Jacobs, Firebrace -- Hircain, Cammers, McCoy -- Ole -- Visser, Heathcliff
Preview: With Chris Orani and Joey Thompson gone, this Egloskerry side has precious little top flight talent, the only player in the team really worth mentioning is Sunbar McCoy. I really think they'll struggle this season, which is a shame, as Egloskerry always add that little bit of extra excitement to proceedings. Touch and go as to whether they're relegated.
Last Season: 13th Predicted: 14th


Atletico Standard
Manager: Jacob Clevedon
Home Ground: Stadia XL, Capacity: 18,000
Team Sheet: Mawthorne -- Blythe, Arkwright, Stephens, Abelen -- May, Hoth, Somerset, Morse -- Nathaniel, Jones
Preview: Atletico Standard are another team who has been raided by those above. Despite raking in a decent amount of cash from selling key players, they weren't able to entice anyone of a similar standard in, meaning they have a squad devoid of top quality players. I simply cannot see a situation where Atletico survive.
Last Season: 14th Predicted: 16th


Mulhampstead
Manager: Nelly Westworth
Home Ground: Carrington Road, Capacity: 16,000
Team Sheet: White -- Lanyon, Marshall, Hunt, Fuller -- Millard -- Monteforth, Jessop the Lean, Haraldssøn, Alann -- Mylor
Preview: Mulhampstead are back, and I reckon they deserve the honour of being here, assembling a good team. There is some good talent here, captain Alice Monteforth could definitely hold her own in a better side and Halva Mylor was the top scorer in the ANL2 last season. I reckon they have it in them to stay up, though with newly promoted side you really never know; they could perform abjectly and finish last, or they could challenge for UICA spots.
Last Season: 1st, ANL2 Predicted: 13th


Miners '47
Manager: Foreman Jones
Home Ground: The Pit, Capacity: 16,000
Team Sheet: Smith -- Comstock, Thanathan, Gaspar (YTT), Nelson the Bold -- Alton, Midas, Alasdia, Haines -- Dunmere, Wilbrahim
Preview: Miners '47 have finally, after many, many years of threatening to, actually won promotion to the top, and they look like they mean business. Rubena Smith once trialled for the national team, Vaikun Thanathan and Yttribian Bradley Gaspar will be rocks in defense and Anna Wilbrahim is a top quality striker, she could definitely do better than her local team. In Joe Midas, they also have top flight experience, transferring him in from Mandon. They could definitely stay up if things go well, however, their squad is quite small, so it will be close.
Last Season: 4th, ANL2 Predicted: 15th

Just as an endnote, when generating names using Wight's Name Generator, I stumbled upon the name of "Superintendent van Nifterik". Didn't include it cos it was insane, but what a name. If any of you want to use this name, go nuts.

Gwinevra Bulls
Mona A.F.C
Barbury F.C
Bouldertown
Celts
Cierbana United
FC Harpoon
Frewick F.C
Moscva 2k12
Old Licentians
Oldem Gents Club
Southtown
Sunshine Athletic - Favourites
Wye United
Lighthouse Coves
TP Indians

Gurdle A.F.C
Old Guard Regiment
Armageddon Casuals
Barrabrook United
Calshott Lighthouse
Cawln Wanderers
Docklands United
Don't Panic FC
Flotsam & Jetsam
Kepler United
Kingsford FC
Northern Stars
Oldem Mechanical - Favourites
The Dambusters
Urbanista Young Boys
Yerk United - NEW TEAM

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ANL Season 12 - Part One

Ten games into the 12th season of the ANL, let's see how things are panning out thus far.

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 1
Atletico Standard 0–0 Wrexton F.C
Barbury Town 5–1 Urbanista Trojans
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Urbanista
Egloskerry 1–2 St George's Creek
Exton F.C 0–1 Mulhampstead
FC Brimstone 2–1 Miners '47
FC Endeavour 1–3 Mandon United
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–1 Issington F.C

The new season gets underway with a bang, with several big games taking place. Dwile Warriors get their campaign to retain their trophy off to a good start, with Arturo Hudson-Blake scoring for them against Urbanista and a surprisingly ineffective Tolgus Tregajorran. Barbury Town smack Urbanista Trojans around a bit, showing that they're continuing where they left off, Maxim Kolo and Ikkon Karrka both with a brace there. Mulhampstead get their campaign off to a winning start, beating Exton F.C away in a fantastic result for them, while Miners '47 lose their first game in the top flight, 2-1 to FC Brimstone. Mandon United get a fantastic result against an Endeavour side slow off the mark, Mikel Araboa scoring twice. Issington F.C too get off to a winning start, but only just, as Danny Leighton's 87th minute winner gives them all the points at the Barbaria.

Matchday 2
Wrexton F.C 4–1 Issington F.C
Mandon United 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Miners '47 2–5 FC Endeavour
Mulhampstead 0–1 FC Brimstone
St George's Creek 1–1 Exton F.C
Urbanista 1–1 Egloskerry
Urbanista Trojans 1–1 Dwile Warriors
Atletico Standard 0-2 Barbury Town

An unlikely trio top the table after two games, with Barbury Town, FC Brimstone and Mandon United all currently unbeaten, Mandon winning by a small margin again, this time against Gwinevra Barbarians. FC Endeavour mean Miners '47 are the other team who have not yet picked up any points, with Alex Terán scoring a breathtaking hat-trick in 15 minutes at The Pit. Wrexton F.C too go giant killing, a 4-1 home win a fantastic result in this season which looks like it could blow the title race wide open. Dwile Warriors draw with Urbanista Trojans, Corinna McKenna's early goal being cancelled out by Olivier Toivainen's later one. Barbury Town continue their good start with a 2-0 away win over Atletico Standard, who already look like they're struggling.

Matchday 3
Barbury Town 0–0 Wrexton F.C
Dwile Warriors 0–1 Atletico Standard
Egloskerry 2–2 Urbanista Trojans
Exton F.C 2–0 Urbanista
FC Brimstone 2–0 St George's Creek
FC Endeavour 1–0 Mulhampstead
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Miners '47
Issington F.C 3–0 Mandon United

Only FC Brimstone remain unbeaten, after Janus Mumford and Hamrah Anzalichi scored the goals at home against St George's Creek. Dwile Warriors remarkably lose to Atletico Standard, a pivotal and key result for Atletico if they are going to have a chance of staying up this year. FC Endeavour and Gwinevra Barbarians both win by quite small margins, the Barbarians picking up their first win post Rancisc Tenian, Jesper Lee Coleman scoring. Issington F.C put Mandon back in their place with a 3-0 trouncing, largely orchestrated by Anders Holzhauser and Alessandro Delvecchio. However, the most surprising result is that Urbanista are currently 15th, in the relegation zone, after losing to Exton F.C, with just one point so far this season.

Matchday 4
Wrexton F.C 2–0 Mandon United
Miners '47 0–3 Issington F.C
Mulhampstead 0–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
St George's Creek 1–1 FC Endeavour
Urbanista 0–1 FC Brimstone
Urbanista Trojans 3–2 Exton F.C
Atletico Standard 1–2 Egloskerry
Barbury Town 2–2 Dwile Warriors

Urbanista lose yet again, meaning Fred Garcia's job is really hanging by a thread here. The board aren't happy and at this rate he could get the sack very soon, his team appearing to fall apart round him. Miners '47 are yet to pick up a point, but they were expected to struggle, and losing 3-0 to Issington F.C, while demoralising, wasn't exactly unexpected. Gwinevra Barbarians are beginning to get their campaign for UICA places back on track, with a 2-0 win over Mulhampstead, Sanui Shizuka and Conor Morriston scoring this time around. Dwile Warriors and Barbury Town, both contenders for the title this season, shared the points in a 2-2 draw, both sides being unable to best each other. Egloskerry and Atletico Standard face off in a potential relegation six-pointer, and Egloskerry trot out victors, Tom Visser being Egloskerry's saviour this time around.

Matchday 5
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Egloskerry 0–3 Barbury Town
Exton F.C 7–1 Atletico Standard
FC Brimstone 1–0 Urbanista Trojans
FC Endeavour 2–1 Urbanista
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–1 St George's Creek
Issington F.C 2–1 Mulhampstead
Mandon United 2–1 Miners '47

7-1. 7-1. Wow. Normally this would be quite a big deal for any club, but the fact that it came from Exton F.C, far and away the most defensive team in the league is a massive result, proving the skill of Exton this season but also the poor quality of Atletico Standard. Wow, simply wow. The rest of the results look boring in comparison to this one, with Barbury Town beating Egloskerry 3-0 being the next most exciting. Miners '47 lose 2-1 to Mandon United, meaning the Miner's are yet to pick up any point, a definite concern for their survival. Urbanista lost again, 2-1 to FC Endeavour, meaning they have a paltry total of 1 point from 15 games so far. Fred Garcia has been said to have been handed an ultimatum of no losses until they are in the UICA spots or he is fired. On current form, looks like he has one game left in charge. Finally, FC Brimstone beat Urbanista Trojans 1-0, meaning they make it 5 wins from 5, surely they can't keep up this ridiculous form?

Marshall Cup 1st Round
Wye United 4-7 Urbanista Young Boys
Barbury F.C 1-0 Barrabrook United
Oldem Mechanical 0-2 Mona A.F.C
Celts 0-1 Old Licentians
Bouldertown 1-3 FC Harpoon
Armageddon Casuals 1-3 Northern Stars
Southtown 0-2 Kepler United
The Dambusters 0-3 Don't Panic FC
Calshott Lighthouse 1-2 Gurdle A.F.C
Moscva 2k12 1-0 Lighthouse Coves
Gwinevra Bulls 3-1 Flotsam & Jetsam
Kingsford FC 1-2 Cawln Wanderers
Sunshine Athletic 1-0 Docklands United
Oldem Gents Club 1-0 Frewick F.C
Cierbana United 1-0 Yerk United
TP Indians 3-0 Old Guard Regiment

An interesting set of ties there between the bottom two tiers, notable because not one match went to extra time. First time we've seen that in a while. An especially notable match-up is the 7-4 drubbing Urbanista Young Boys handed out to Wye United, quite an upset and the first time we've seen 11 goals in a match for a while.

Matchday 6
Wrexton F.C 2–2 Miners '47
Mulhampstead 0–0 Mandon United
St George's Creek 1–2 Issington F.C
Urbanista 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Urbanista Trojans 1–0 FC Endeavour
Atletico Standard 2–1 FC Brimstone
Barbury Town 2–0 Exton F.C
Dwile Warriors 2–0 Egloskerry

Urbanista lose at home to Gwinevra, and that's it. Fred Garcia sacked, with just one point from 6 games, simply a dreaful start, one that no one in the Urbanista camp would have predicted. To make matters worse, Tolgus Tregajorran picked up a pretty nasty injury in that game, we don't know how long he'll be out for, but it is a club in chaos, with no manager currently and their best player injured. Elsewhere, Barbury Town and Dwile Warriors win 2-0, both at home, meaning they're very much in the early title pack, with Exton unable to win again after their ridiculous 7-1 win last week. Issington beat St George's Creek, a side looking stronger this season, while Urbanista Trojans surprisingly beat FC Endeavour, with Astograthi Ager Alaba scoring there.

Matchday 7
Egloskerry 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Exton F.C 1–1 Dwile Warriors
FC Brimstone 0–1 Barbury Town
FC Endeavour 1–0 Atletico Standard
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–3 Urbanista Trojans
Issington F.C 2–0 Urbanista
Mandon United 0–2 St George's Creek
Miners '47 0–2 Mulhampstead

The saga continues at Urbanista, with club legend Olim Benzari being appointed manager, only 7 matches after he retired from playing there. He is instantly greeted with bad news, Tolgus Tregajorran's injury was pretty serious, it looks like he'll be out for much of the season. Not good news for the club, as they lose yet again, to Issington F.C this time. Barbury Town beat FC Brimstone, putting Barbury second, FC Brimstone are beginning to slip after two losses in a row. Gwinevra Barbarians lose narrowly against the excellent Urbanista Trojans, who are really firing on all cylinders at the moment, while Miners '47 remain without a win after losing against fellow newly promoted Mulhampstead.

Matchday 8
Wrexton F.C 2–0 Mulhampstead
St George's Creek 1–0 Miners '47
Urbanista 1–1 Mandon United
Urbanista Trojans 0–0 Issington F.C
Atletico Standard 3–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Barbury Town 0–1 FC Endeavour
Dwile Warriors 2–0 FC Brimstone
Egloskerry 0–1 Exton F.C

Wrexton quietly win against Mulhampstead, they've been having a good season so far, quietly stringing together an impressive run of results, Frank Cardle and Marjatta Olesen finally gelling together as a good strike partnership up front. The most unexpected result of the day so far is Atletico Standard winning 3-0 against Gwinevra Barbarians, the team really doing well to catch Gwinevra unawares on the break, they're really fighting to stay up this season. FC Endeavour beat Barbury 1-0, Alex Terán scoring there in a vital result for them in the title race. Dwile Warriors win against FC Brimstone, as Brimstone fall to 5th with their 3rd straight loss.

Matchday 9
Exton F.C 1–0 Wrexton F.C
FC Brimstone 2–1 Egloskerry
FC Endeavour 0–2 Dwile Warriors
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–1 Barbury Town
Issington F.C 3–2 Atletico Standard
Mandon United 2–0 Urbanista Trojans
Miners '47 0–1 Urbanista
Mulhampstead 0–2 St George's Creek

Well, the change of manager appears to finally be having an effect, as Olim Benzari's side manage to beat bottom placed Miners '47 to give them their first win of the season. After 9 games. *Slow clap*. Issington F.C just can't stop winning at the moment, winning against Atletico Standard, to give them a 4 point lead at the top. It would seem the change of manager and the addition of experienced Polarian Guus Olsen in the midfield has been the spark they needed this season. Dwile Warriors move up to joint third with an away win over FC Endeavour, with Endeavour looking quite inconsistent this season. Exton and St George's Creek continue to remain in contention with both sides winning this week, captain Niko Vaarakallio scoring a wonder goal against Wrexton.

Matchday 10
Wrexton F.C 0–3 St George's Creek
Urbanista 1–0 Mulhampstead
Urbanista Trojans 2–1 Miners '47
Atletico Standard 2–3 Mandon United
Barbury Town 4–2 Issington F.C
Dwile Warriors 3–3 Gwinevra Barbarians
Egloskerry 2–4 FC Endeavour
Exton F.C 1–0 FC Brimstone

Quite a high scoring week, with the highest being the biggest and oldest rivalry in the ANL, Dwile Warriors and Gwinevra Barbarians. It finishes 3-3, with Mateus Carvalho getting two, and a fantastic team effort preventing the Warriors from taking all three points with them. FC Endeavour made light work of Egloskerry, Alex Terán going on a mad one mid game, while it is Barbury who take advantage of Issington F.C, Maxim Kolo grabbing a goal and two assists. Urbanista finally seem to be getting their act together, with Tregajorran's stand-in, Actor Marsalis scoring against Mulhampstead, as Urbanista pull themselves out of the relegation zone. Exton F.C and St George's Creek do well again, with St George's Creek blowing Wrexton away, and they now find themselves in 5th, in the UICA spots, with a third of the season done.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Issington F.C            10    7   1   2    21   14   +7    22
 2 Barbury Town             10    6   3   1    24   11  +13    21
 3 Dwile Warriors           10    5   4   1    16    9   +7    19
 4 FC Endeavour             10    6   1   3    19   15   +4    19
 5 St George's Creek        10    5   3   2    21   15   +6    18
 6 FC Brimstone             10    6   0   4    14   11   +3    18
 7 Exton F.C                10    5   2   3    16    9   +7    17
 8 Mandon United            10    5   2   3    19   20   −1    17
 9 Urbanista Trojans        10    4   3   3    14   18   −4    15
10 Wrexton F.C              10    3   3   4    10    9   +1    12
11 Gwinevra Barbarians      10    3   3   4    11   13   −2    12
12 Atletico Standard        10    3   1   6    15   21   −6    10
13 Urbanista                10    2   2   6     5   11   −6     8
14 Egloskerry               10    2   2   6    12   19   −7     8
15 Mulhampstead             10    2   1   7     4   11   −7     7
16 Miners '47               10    0   1   9    14   29  −15     1

Ten games in, and it is Gwinevra Bulls and Wye United who have the advantage at the moment, both teams looking for re-promotion to the top tier. Barbury F.C is also very much in competition at the moment. The chasing pack is still close behind, but they may have work to do. Down the other end of the table, it is Celts, TP Indians and Oldem Gent's Club who look to be struggling early on. However, the season is still young, anything could happen.

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Gwinevra Bulls         10    6   3   1    15    7   +8    21
 2 Wye United             10    6   3   1    18   11   +7    21
 3 Barbury F.C            10    6   2   2    17   10   +7    20
 4 Southtown              10    5   2   3    14   10   +4    17
 5 Lighthouse Coves       10    5   2   3    12    9   +3    17
 6 Cierbana United        10    5   1   4    11    9   +2    16
 7 Sunshine Athletic      10    4   2   4    10    9   +1    14
 8 FC Harpoon             10    4   1   5    15   19   −4    13
 9 Bouldertown            10    2   6   2    18   18    0    12
10 Mona A.F.C             10    3   3   4     5    6   −1    12
11 Moscva 2k12            10    4   0   6     9   12   −3    12
12 Old Licentians         10    4   0   6    12   19   −7    12
13 Frewick F.C            10    2   5   3    10   12   −2    11
14 Oldem Gents Club       10    1   5   4     6    9   −3     8
15 TP Indians             10    2   2   6    11   16   −5     8
16 Celts                  10    1   3   6    10   17   −7     6

In the bottom tier, Urbanista Young Boys and Old Guard Regiment look initially strong, although they are still close to each other up the top. Flotsam & Jetsam are in their usual spot near the bottom.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Urbanista Young Boys      10    6   3   1    22    9  +13    21
 2 Old Guard Regiment        10    7   0   3    20   13   +7    21
 3 Kepler United             10    5   3   2    31   20  +11    18
 4 Armageddon Casuals        10    6   0   4    22   19   +3    18
 5 Yerk United               10    5   1   4    27   22   +5    16
 6 Gurdle A.F.C              10    4   3   3    22   18   +4    15
 7 Docklands United          10    3   6   1     8    6   +2    15
 8 The Dambusters            10    4   3   3    21   21    0    15
 9 Cawln Wanderers           10    4   2   4    14   14    0    14
10 Calshott Lighthouse       10    4   1   5    13   19   −6    13
11 Oldem Mechanical          10    3   2   5    10   14   −4    11
12 Barrabrook United         10    3   2   5    14   20   −6    11
13 Don't Panic FC            10    3   1   6    11   15   −4    10
14 Kingsford FC              10    3   1   6    10   15   −5    10
15 Northern Stars            10    3   1   6    17   23   −6    10
16 Flotsam & Jetsam          10    2   1   7    16   30  −14     7

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ANL Season 12 - Part Two

Two-thirds of the way through this years ANL, the table is as mental as ever. Let's see how things have panned out.

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 11
FC Brimstone 0–0 Wrexton F.C
FC Endeavour 0–0 Exton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–1 Egloskerry
Issington F.C 3–3 Dwile Warriors
Mandon United 0–0 Barbury Town
Miners '47 3–2 Atletico Standard
Mulhampstead 0–1 Urbanista Trojans
St George's Creek 3–2 Urbanista

A lot of draws going on this week. FC Endeavour draw against Exton in a poor match for Endeavour, but it is a result Exton will be very pleased with. Egloskerry play magnificently to get a draw against Gwinevra Barbarians, which now leaves the Barbarians in 11th place. They haven't even slightly looked like challenging for Globe Cup places this season, truth be told. Speaking of struggling teams, Olim Benzari's Urbanista lose to St George's Creek, with the Creek continuing to play exceptionally well. At the top of the table, Dwile and Issington draw in a high scoring game, with both teams star strikers, Danny Leighton and Mateus Carvalho putting in some impressive performances. Miners '47 finally manage to win a game, 3-2 against Atletico Standard. Miners fans will be ecstatic!

Matchday 12
Wrexton F.C 0–1 Urbanista
Urbanista Trojans 2–2 St George's Creek
Atletico Standard 1–0 Mulhampstead
Barbury Town 1–1 Miners '47
Dwile Warriors 1–2 Mandon United
Egloskerry 2–2 Issington F.C
Exton F.C 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
FC Brimstone 1–3 FC Endeavour

Olim Benzari's appointment at Urbanista does seem to be working somewhat, as his team struggle past an average looking Wrexton F.C to record their third win of the season. Miners '47 seem to be on a bit of a roll at the moment, as they draw 1-1 with Barbury Town. Dwile Warriors surprisingly lose to Mandon United, meaning the defending champions fall down to 6th, while FC Endeavour steam roll past FC Brimstone, Alex Keir on form there. Issington F.C stall at the top again, drawing with Egloskerry, but they still remain there for the moment.

Marshall Cup Second Round
Egloskerry 1-0 Issington F.C
Sunshine Athletic 1-1 Wrexton F.C (2-1 AET)
Mulhampstead 1-0 Miners '47
Urbanista Young Boys 0-1 Moscva 2k12
Kepler United 0-2 Atletico Standard
Cawln Wanderers 2-1 Cierbana United
Gwinevra Barbarians 0-2 FC Endeavour
Northern Stars 1-0 Gurdle A.F.C
Urbanista 1-0 St George's Creek
Mandon United 1-1 Gwinevra Bulls (2-1 AET)
Dwile Warriors 1-0 Oldem Gents Club
Urbanista Trojans 0-1 Mona A.F.C
TP Indians 0-0 Don't Panic FC (1-0 AET)
Barbury Town 2-1 FC Harpoon
Old Licentians 1-2 Exton F.C
FC Brimstone 1-1 Barbury F.C (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)

And so the ANL clubs join in the fun. And there are a fair few knocked out at the first attempt, although most by other clubs from the ANL, with St George's Creek, FC Brimstone, Gwinevra Barbarians, Miners '47 and more excitingly double winners Issington F.C being knocked by top flight opposition. Wrexton F.C are the exception to this rule, getting knocked out by second tier Sunshine Athletic.

Matchday 13
FC Endeavour 5–0 Wrexton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 FC Brimstone
Issington F.C 0–1 Exton F.C
Mandon United 3–0 Egloskerry
Miners '47 1–2 Dwile Warriors
Mulhampstead 2–3 Barbury Town
St George's Creek 1–2 Atletico Standard
Urbanista 1–3 Urbanista Trojans

A very exciting week, kicked off by an FC Endeavour demolition of Wrexton F.C, with Marcus Redwood, Nikita Pirinen, Hilde Varano all scoring with an Alex Terán brace. Barbury beat Mulhampstead 3-2 to go top of the table, after Issington F.C lose to a tough and battling Exton F.C side. Dwile Warriors stop any sort of Miners '47 run, with a 2-1 victory, Richard D'Oyly on top form there. Gwinevra Barbarians also begin to turn their season around, with a victory over FC Brimstone, who have won just 1 game out of 8 since their excellent opening run, they're on a real poor run of form. One of the biggest games of the week was the Urbanista derby which highlighted how off-colour the biggest team in the city are this season, being spanked at home by an impressive Trojans side.

Matchday 14
Wrexton F.C 2–1 Urbanista Trojans
Atletico Standard 1–2 Urbanista
Barbury Town 2–3 St George's Creek
Dwile Warriors 4–1 Mulhampstead
Egloskerry 2–1 Miners '47
Exton F.C 1–0 Mandon United
FC Brimstone 0–0 Issington F.C
FC Endeavour 2–2 Gwinevra Barbarians

Another big week in the ANL, as there is a change at the top of the league. FC Endeavour, despite drawing 2-2 with Gwinevra Barbarians, take the top spot. This was due to Barbury's surprising loss to St George's Creek, the Creek and their fantastic strikeforce finding holes in Barbury's strike force Barbury didn't even know existed. Dwile Warriors make short work of lowly Mulhampstead, they appear to be reaching their stride at this stage of the competition, while Urbanista make up for their horrendous and frankly, most depressing start of their season, by beating Atletico Standard around a bit, Actor Marsalis and Armando Quillisi both scoring to try and fill the void left by Tolgus Tregajorran's injury.

Matchday 15
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Issington F.C 2–5 FC Endeavour
Mandon United 1–3 FC Brimstone
Miners '47 0–1 Exton F.C
Mulhampstead 2–0 Egloskerry
St George's Creek 3–8 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista 1–3 Barbury Town
Urbanista Trojans 1–0 Atletico Standard

Some games are just the perfect showcases of an attacking teams talent, and this matchday was no exception, with Dwile Warriors stunning goalscoring presence going forward something special to watch. It's been a while since we've seen 8 goals by one team in an ANL game, and bloody hell were they good. Hudson-Blake picked up a hat-trick for his efforts, and excellent achievement. Dwile have scored 12 goals in the last two matchdays now. FC Endeavour, another team who like to score goals, went to Issington F.C, and were just on a different level. I reckon it'll be between Dwile and Endeavour this season, Issington are still rebuilding. Barbury beat Urbanista at home, showing each teams continued disparities this season, while Urbanista Trojans had some difficulty in beating an Atletico side lurking perilously close to the relegation spots. The fight is on.

Matchday 16
Wrexton F.C 0–0 Atletico Standard
Urbanista Trojans 0–2 Barbury Town
Urbanista 2–1 Dwile Warriors
St George's Creek 2–1 Egloskerry
Mulhampstead 2–3 Exton F.C
Miners '47 3–2 FC Brimstone
Mandon United 1–1 FC Endeavour
Issington F.C 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians

What? Miners '47 have won? It's true, the Miners have picked up their second win of the season, against FC Brimstone, a side which continues to slide on down the table. At the top, Barbury Town beat fellow over-achievers Urbanista Trojans, to go top of the table. Yep, top, that's a properly good effort from Ken Rickwright's side, as FC Endeavour draw with a plucky Mandon side. A quick glance at the table shows Exton F.C as being 3rd currently, they've been quietly working themselves into a fantastic position and there's no reason to think they won't go the distance and qualify for UICA this season. Urbanista manage another win - each one feels like a title this season - against Dwile Warriors, Eugeny Ivanov reviving some of his old form to score twice.

Matchday 17
Issington F.C 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Mandon United
FC Endeavour 0–2 Miners '47
FC Brimstone 1–0 Mulhampstead
Exton F.C 1–0 St George's Creek
Egloskerry 1–2 Urbanista
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Urbanista Trojans
Barbury Town 4–2 Atletico Standard

Well, you wouldn't have predicted this at the start of the season. Barbury continue at the top, a 4-2 win against Atletico Standard seeing them stay good there. However, in a big surprise due to the other top teams losing and Exton beat the Creek, Exton are now 2nd. What a result so far for the defensively minded team. Dwile Warriors have managed to work their way right back into the race with another win, 1-0 over Urbanista Trojans this time, Mateus Carvalho doing the honours. Miners '47 manage a third win of the season, surprisingly against FC Endeavour, away, by two goals. For a team who were so deeply mired in the relegation zone, they are doing well to get their season back on track. Issington, Gwinevra and Urbanista all win, the latter team trying desperation to get themselves back to the higher positions and their comfortable positions, but just failing, although Olim Benzari is going the right way about it with a squad with clear flaws.

Matchday 18
Wrexton F.C 2–0 Barbury Town
Atletico Standard 3–2 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista Trojans 4–1 Egloskerry
Urbanista 2–1 Exton F.C
St George's Creek 2–2 FC Brimstone
Mulhampstead 1–1 FC Endeavour
Miners '47 0–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mandon United 0–2 Issington F.C

Leaders Barbury Town have the deficit cut to a point by Issington F.C beating Mandon United, as Danny Leighton and Anders Holzhauser both produce excellent performances in that match. Barbury themselves lose to Wrexton F.C, while Exton drop a place due to their defeat at the hands of Urbanista, Actor Marsalis and Armando Quillisi scoring there. With Tolgus Tregajorran still out for a couple of months, they'd better hope the team starts to gel this season. Brimstone and St George's Creek draw, the Creek keeping pace with Gwinevra Barbarians in the hunt for a UICA spot. Urbanista Trojans absolutely demolish Egloskerry, meaning Egloskerry hover perilously close to the relegation spots.

Marshall Cup Third Round
Egloskerry 0-2 Sunshine Athletic
Mulhampstead 2-0 Moscva 2k12
Atletico Standard 0-0 Cawln Wanderers (0-1 AET)
FC Endeavour 2-2 Northern Stars (4-2 AET)
Urbanista 2-1 Mandon United
Dwile Warriors 2-1 Mona A.F.C
TP Indians 1-1 Barbury Town (2-2 AET, 5-4 PKs)
Exton F.C 0-0 Barbury F.C (0-0 AET, 0-2 PKs)

An exciting round this one, especially with the knowledge that there is a place in the quarter-finals at stake. A few spirited runs come to an end, with Moscva 2k12 and Northern Stars crashing out. There are quite a large number of upsets, with Cawln Wanderers beating Atletico Standard in extra time, while Barbury Town and Exton F.C are knocked out in penalties by TP Indians and Barbury F.C respectively.

Matchday 19
Mandon United 1–1 Wrexton F.C
Issington F.C 3–1 Miners '47
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Mulhampstead
FC Endeavour 2–2 St George's Creek
FC Brimstone 2–1 Urbanista
Exton F.C 3–1 Urbanista Trojans
Egloskerry 2–4 Atletico Standard
Dwile Warriors 1–2 Barbury Town

It remains very close at the top as Barbury beat holders Dwile away in a massive result for Barbury, and at this stage of the season, I think we have to take them seriously as title challengers. Issington F.C complete a fairly routine win against Miners '47, at this stage I have to fear for the newly promoted teams, they both seem to be struggling quite a bit. Gwinevra Barbarians move up to 6th, equal on points with Dwile Warriors with their win over Mulhampstead. Atletico Standard do quite well to beat Egloskerry so impressively, they look like they cold stay up again this season at this rate.

Matchday 20
Wrexton F.C 1–3 Dwile Warriors
Barbury Town 1–0 Egloskerry
Atletico Standard 0–3 Exton F.C
Urbanista Trojans 3–1 FC Brimstone
Urbanista 1–1 FC Endeavour
St George's Creek 0–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mulhampstead 3–7 Issington F.C
Miners '47 3–2 Mandon United

Issington blow Mulhampstead away with an impressive 7-3 victory, Danny Leighton grabbing a hat-trick, Alex Ithamar a brace, and Anders Holzhauser and Athelstan Firth round out the goalscoring. Lee Sharp has really created a good, strong Issington team this season, and I'd say that Issington, along with Dwile and Barbury are the favourites at the moment. Barbury and Dwile themselves both win, both blowing away their opposition. Miners '47 manage to struggle to victory against Mandon United, meaning that they somehow scramble out of the relegation zone with 10 matches left to play. Urbanista and FC Endeavour share a 1-1 draw, both sides disappointed to not pick up three points in a season where they really need them.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Barbury Town             20   12   5   3    38   19  +19    41
 2 Issington F.C            20   12   4   4    40   27  +13    40
 3 Exton F.C                20   12   3   5    30   15  +15    39
 4 Dwile Warriors           20   10   5   5    41   26  +15    35
 5 Gwinevra Barbarians      20   10   5   5    23   17   +6    35
 6 FC Endeavour             20    9   7   4    36   24  +12    34
 7 Urbanista Trojans        20    9   4   7    29   29    0    31
 8 FC Brimstone             20    9   3   8    22   23   -1    30
 9 St George's Creek        20    8   6   6    34   34    0    30
10 Mandon United            20    7   5   8    22   25   −3    26
11 Urbanista                20    7   3  10    20   27   −7    24
12 Atletico Standard        20    7   2  11    27   37  -10    23
13 Wrexton F.C              20    5   6   9    16   22   −6    21
14 Miners '47               20    4   2  14    24   40  −16    14
15 Egloskerry               20    3   4  13    20   41  −21    13
16 Mulhampstead             20    3   2  15    15   33  −18    11

Wye are having an excellent season so far, only two losses, and they are top alone now. Barbury F.C, Mona A.F.C and Southtown are all currently in the play-off spots, and Gwinevra Bulls have slipped in the second ten games of the season. Celts and TP Indians are still in the relegation spots, although Oldem Gents Club have risen out of danger a little, but a lot could change still.

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Wye United             20   11   7   2    37   21  +16    40
 2 Barbury F.C            20   11   5   4    33   20  +13    38
 3 Mona A.F.C             20   10   4   6    18   14   +4    34
 4 Southtown              20    9   6   5    24   18   +6    33
 5 Gwinevra Bulls         20    8   5   7    24   17   +7    29
 6 Lighthouse Coves       20    8   5   7    22   23   −1    29
 7 Old Licentians         20    8   5   7    32   34   −2    29
 8 Moscva 2k12            20    8   4   8    21   21    0    28
 9 Sunshine Athletic      20    7   5   8    18   17   +1    26
10 FC Harpoon             20    7   3  10    27   36   −9    24
11 Frewick F.C            20    5   8   7    25   25    0    23
12 Cierbana United        20    6   5   9    16   20   −4    23
13 Oldem Gents Club       20    4  10   6    13   19   −6    22
14 Bouldertown            20    3  12   5    36   39   −3    21
15 TP Indians             20    5   3  12    16   28  −12    18
16 Celts                  20    2   9   9    20   30  −10    15

Old Guard Regiment have stormed into the lead, though Urbanista Young Boys are close behind. The next 5 teams are all very close together, including new team to the league - Yerk United. Flotsam and Jetsam and Don't Panic round out the league.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Old Guard Regiment        20   13   1   6    34   26   +8    40
 2 Urbanista Young Boys      20   11   5   4    37   21  +16    38
 3 Docklands United          20    9   8   3    25   16   +9    35
 4 Kepler United             20   10   4   6    52   39  +13    34
 5 Yerk United               20   10   4   6    54   44  +10    34
 6 Gurdle A.F.C              20    9   6   5    37   30   +7    33
 7 Calshott Lighthouse       20   10   3   7    27   28   −1    33
 8 Northern Stars            20    7   5   8    40   40    0    26
 9 Oldem Mechanical          20    6   6   8    23   27   −4    24
10 The Dambusters            20    6   6   8    32   38   −6    24
11 Armageddon Casuals        20    8   0  12    38   46   −8    24
12 Cawln Wanderers           20    6   5   9    28   32   −4    23
13 Kingsford FC              20    6   4  10    17   24   −7    22
14 Barrabrook United         20    5   6   9    26   33   −7    21
15 Don't Panic FC            20    5   2  13    23   35  −12    17
16 Flotsam & Jetsam          20    4   5  11    29   43  −14    17

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ANL Season 12 - Part Three

The final ten games of this league season. Who will win? Who will manage international football? Will Urbanista get better after their dreadful start to the season? Who will be relegated? Who will survive by the skin of their teeth? All these questions, and more, answered below.

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 21
Miners '47 1–3 Wrexton F.C
Mandon United 0–2 Mulhampstead
Issington F.C 1–0 St George's Creek
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–0 Urbanista
FC Endeavour 1–1 Urbanista Trojans
FC Brimstone 1–0 Atletico Standard
Exton F.C 4–4 Barbury Town
Egloskerry 1–4 Dwile Warriors

Issington nudge past a strong and well drilled St George's Creek team, with Guus Olsen scoring the winner for them in that match. Urbanista draw 0-0 with Gwinevra, but there are still celebrations at the club, as there is news that Tolgus Tregajorran will be returning in a couple of weeks time from injury. Finally some good news for the club and for Olim Benzari, although you sense that there will be some serious re-building there in the off-season, if they are going to challenge for the title again. Dwile Warriors dispatch Egloskerry easily, Richard D'Oyly being the star in that match, despite being very much the junior striker out of the three at Dwile. Exton and Barbury draw in a high scoring match which keeps them both in the mix.

Marshall Cup Quarter-Finals
Sunshine Athletic 0-0 Mulhampstead (0-1 AET)
Cawln Wanderers 1-4 FC Endeavour
Urbanista 0-2 Dwile Warriors
TP Indians 2-0 Barbury F.C

Well, wasn't that an interesting set of results. Mulhampstead beat Sunshine Athletic to reach their third consecutive semi-final. Can they reach their third consecutive final? Well, they'll have to beat FC Endeavour to get there, after Endeavour beat Cawln convincingly, with a weakened squad. In the highest profile match of the draw, Dwile Warriors beat Urbanista to progress to the semi-final, while TP Indians beat Barbury F.C to head into the semi-finals. The squad has been doing well of late, and this the least they deserve.

Matchday 22
Wrexton F.C 1–1 Egloskerry
Dwile Warriors 4–2 Exton F.C
Barbury Town 2–0 FC Brimstone
Atletico Standard 1–3 FC Endeavour
Urbanista Trojans 2–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Urbanista 1–0 Issington F.C
St George's Creek 4–1 Mandon United
Mulhampstead 1–0 Miners '47

Urbanista continue their upward climb, and now comes news from the shattered club that Tolgus Tregajorran will be back for Matchday 24. That date can't come soon enough for the club, although they seemed to cope alright against Issington, Alexander Kirk scoring for them. Barbury beat FC Brimstone comfortably, and go top again. Can they sustain it, and hold out under the pressure? Only time will tell. Mulhampstead beat Miners '47 in a crucial relegation match, that victory moves Mulhampstead out of the relegation zone, though at the moment it looks to be between those two clubs and Egloskerry for relegation, with Atletico Standard perhaps being drawn into the relegation fight.

Matchday 23
Mulhampstead 0–0 Wrexton F.C
Miners '47 3–1 St George's Creek
Mandon United 1–1 Urbanista
Issington F.C 4–4 Urbanista Trojans
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–1 Atletico Standard
FC Endeavour 0–0 Barbury Town
FC Brimstone 2–3 Dwile Warriors
Exton F.C 1–0 Egloskerry

Barbury are still top - but not by much. Dwile Warriors eventually beat FC Brimstone, with two late goals seeing them right, as they appearing to be getting in form at exactly the right time to defend their title. Miners '47 beat St George's Creek, which sees them lifted off the bottom spot, and with Atletico Standard losing, yet again, I can see the relegation scrap being between four clubs, Wrexton are doing well enough to be safe. Gwinevra Barbarians, the team who beat Atletico, are now drawing on points with FC Endeavour in 5th, so they are still very much in it. As are Urbanista Trojans and St George's Creek, on 36 and 33 points respectively.

Matchday 24
Wrexton F.C 3–2 Exton F.C
Egloskerry 0–1 FC Brimstone
Dwile Warriors 3–1 FC Endeavour
Barbury Town 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Atletico Standard 0–3 Issington F.C
Urbanista Trojans 0–1 Mandon United
Urbanista 3–3 Miners '47
St George's Creek 3–2 Mulhampstead

Dwile Warriors continue to score goals, and in great number, this time beating FC Endeavour relatively easily to go top of the table on goal difference, with Barbury Town and Issington F.C. This year it's gonna go right down to the wire, I tell you. Gwinevra Barbarians are another team to benefit from the Dwile Warriors result, they move into 5th now after drawing with Barbury Town. Tolgus Tregajorran is back, and he gets straight back down to it, scoring twice against Miners '47, who do exceptionally well to keep level with Urbanista in that game, although Urbanista will feel cheated to have not gone away with 3 points. However, they will now be able to score goals again, which is good news for everyone involved with the club.

Matchday 25
St George's Creek 2–0 Wrexton F.C
Mulhampstead 1–2 Urbanista
Miners '47 0–3 Urbanista Trojans
Mandon United 3–0 Atletico Standard
Issington F.C 1–2 Barbury Town
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–3 Dwile Warriors
FC Endeavour 4–2 Egloskerry
FC Brimstone 0–1 Exton F.C

Urbanista continue to improve, beating Mulhampstead 2-1 this Matchday, Tregajorran and Ivanov the scorers there. Barbury crucially beat Issington in a match which may decide the title as they go top. This is due to the Old Classic taking place between Dwile Warriors and Gwinevra Barbarians, a match which end 3-3 in the end. Exton F.C win again, another low margin, but at this point you would have to suspect that they've done enough to finally warrant UICA football. The bottom four all lose, so there is no change down there.

Matchday 26
Wrexton F.C 1–0 FC Brimstone
Exton F.C 0–0 FC Endeavour
Egloskerry 2–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Dwile Warriors 2–1 Issington F.C
Barbury Town 2–1 Mandon United
Atletico Standard 1–4 Miners '47
Urbanista Trojans 1–2 Mulhampstead
Urbanista 1–3 St George's Creek

A weak for the smaller teams, really. Miners '47, who have been having a much improved second half of the season, manage to beat Atletico Standard, in a match they have to win if they want to stay up. Mulhampstead win as well, beating Urbanista Trojans, a serious blow to the Trojans UICA hopes, while Egloskerry record only their 4th win of the season against Gwinevra Barbarians, another team who simply cannot afford to lose right now. Exton have a goalless draw against FC Endeavour, a result which will please Exton and infuriate Endeavour. Issington lose again, this time to Dwile Warriors - surely ending their title hopes?, but Barbury are still top after beating Mandon United.

Matchday 27
Urbanista 1–1 Wrexton F.C
St George's Creek 2–2 Urbanista Trojans
Mulhampstead 2–0 Atletico Standard
Miners '47 2–1 Barbury Town
Mandon United 2–1 Dwile Warriors
Issington F.C 2–0 Egloskerry
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–0 Exton F.C
FC Endeavour 6–2 FC Brimstone

Bloody hell, this season could not be more insane. So Barbury fluff it up against Miners '47, who are suddenly showing UICA form, only for Dwile Warriors to concede to Mandon United in the 85th minute, to deny them the chance to take advantage of things, just after they had a decisive Mateus Carvalho goal ruled offside. What a turn-out. Issington F.C's victory against Egloskerry seems to have put them back into it, and FC Endeavour have suddenly rediscovered their old form which they've seemed to be lacking somewhat lately. This title race has really got going! Down the other end, wins for Miners '47 and Mulhampstead mean Atletico Standard, who have lost, again, drop into the relegation zone, along with Egloskerry. For Egloskerry, they've got to get at least 7 points out of the final 9 to have any chance of staying up.

Marshall Cup Semi-Finals
Mulhampstead 0-3 FC Endeavour
Dwile Warriors 4-1 TP Indians

And so it is clearly Dwile Warriors and FC Endeavour who go make the final of the Marshall Cup - what a cracker this final could end up being! Mulhampstead unfortunately unable to make it three finals in a row. Dwile Warriors still very much on for a double here.

Matchday 28
Wrexton F.C 2–2 FC Endeavour
FC Brimstone 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Exton F.C 0–0 Issington F.C
Egloskerry 3–1 Mandon United
Dwile Warriors 3–1 Miners '47
Barbury Town 1–1 Mulhampstead
Atletico Standard 1–1 St George's Creek
Urbanista Trojans 3–2 Urbanista

Oh dear, oh dear. Urbanista Trojans, I think for the first time ever, have done the double over Urbanista, and that will be a massive blow to the team's morale. Especially as it now guarantees no UICA football for Urbanista next season. A big rebuilding job will be required. In the continuing saga that is the race for the title, Dwile now sit on top, their 3-1 victory over Miners '47 putting them top on goal difference, as Barbury can only draw with Mulhampstead. Gwinevra Barbarians are still very much in with a shout of UICA football, currently only goal difference separates them from FC Endeavour. Egloskerry choose their moment wisely, beating Mandon to mean they still haven't been relegated - though they may only be starving off the inevitable for another week.

Matchday 29
Urbanista Trojans 1–1 Wrexton F.C
Urbanista 5–0 Atletico Standard
St George's Creek 2–2 Barbury Town
Mulhampstead 2–0 Dwile Warriors
Miners '47 3–1 Egloskerry
Mandon United 1–0 Exton F.C
Issington F.C 1–0 FC Brimstone
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–1 FC Endeavour

The race to the title takes yet another turn, Dwile Warriors, somehow, in some way, conspire to lose to Mulhampstead, meaning Barbury's draw is enough to make them go top - by one point. Issington F.C win which means they're still in with a shout. Exton F.C lose to Mandon which means they are now out of the running. FC Endeavour win again, beating none other than Gwinevra Barbarians, who, despite nearly being good enough time and again, could still get a UICA spot being just one point behind Exton F.C. That would be cruel though, depriving Exton of UICA football after the brilliant season they've had. Down the other end, Egloskerry are relegated - it had an air of inevitability about it, while Mulhampstead are safe with that win over Dwile. Miners '47 and Atletico Standard still have it all to play for though, but it looks like Miners '47, three points ahead of Atletico, have the advantage on this one. Meanwhile, OH HELLO URBANISTA - they look finally like they are back to their old selves, with Tolgus Tregajorran scoring a hat-trick in the rout of Atletico Standard.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Barbury Town             29   15  10   4    52   31  +21    55
 2 Dwile Warriors           29   16   6   7    64   41  +23    54
 3 Issington F.C            29   16   6   7    53   36  +17    54
 4 FC Endeavour             29   13  11   5    55   35  +19    50
 5 Exton F.C                29   14   6   9    40   30  +10    48
 6 Gwinevra Barbarians      29   13   8   8    33   26   +7    47
 7 St George's Creek        29   12   9   8    52   47   +5    45
 8 Urbanista Trojans        29   12   8   9    46   42   +4    44
 9 Mandon United            29   11   6  12    33   38   −5    39
10 Urbanista                29   10   7  12    36   39   −3    37
11 FC Brimstone             29   11   3  15    28   38  -10    36
12 Wrexton F.C              29    8  11  10    28   32   −4    35
13 Mulhampstead             29    8   4  17    30   42  −12    28
14 Miners '47               29    8   3  18    41   57  −16    27
15 Atletico Standard        29    7   3  19    31   62  −31    24
16 Egloskerry               29    5   5  19    30   58  −28    20

Wye United finally return to the top tier, quite a number of years after they came down. After a number of hard years for their fans, this is a fantastic result. The play-off will be contested by a trio of clubs who have all been in the ANL recently, in Mona, Gwinevra Bulls and Sunshine Athletic. No clubs making they debuts in the ANL then next season. TP Indians go straight back down then, and they will be joined by FC Harpoon who go down after a poor end to their season.

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Wye United             30   16  12   2    49   27  +22    60 - CHAMPIONS
 2 Mona A.F.C             30   18   4   8    31   17  +14    58 - ANL Play-off
 3 Gwinevra Bulls         30   13   9   8    33   23  +10    48 - ANL Play-off
 4 Sunshine Athletic      30   14   6  10    26   19   +7    48 - ANL Play-off
 5 Old Licentians         30   14   6  10    50   46   +4    48
 6 Barbury F.C            30   14   5  11    39   32   +7    47
 7 Moscva 2k12            30   12   6  12    30   29   +1    42
 8 Frewick F.C            30   10  10  10    40   35   +5    40
 9 Oldem Gents Club       30    9  13   8    22   26   −4    40
10 Cierbana United        30   11   6  13    30   32   −2    39
11 Southtown              30   10   7  13    29   27   +2    37
12 Bouldertown            30    7  14   9    46   51   −5    35
13 Lighthouse Coves       30   10   5  15    29   37   −8    35
14 Celts                  30    6  11  13    30   42  −12    29
15 FC Harpoon             30    8   5  17    41   59  −18    29 - RELEGATED
16 TP Indians             30    7   3  20    24   47  −23    24 - RELEGATED

Kepler United surprise everyone with their rise for their usual place of midtable mediocrity to sneak the title. Urbanista Young Boys will feel cut up to miss out on promotion but literally two goals, that's all separating the top two. Docklands United have a good season and for Gurdle A.F.C a play-off place was the minimum requirement. Yerk United and Armageddon Casuals both did well, they are still establishing themselves in this league. Oldem Mechanical, who did well last season, will be disappointed to finish 9th this season, not where they wanted to finish. The usual suspects can be found lurking around the lower end of the table.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Kepler United             30   17   5   8    77   55  +22    56 - CHAMPIONS
 2 Urbanista Young Boys      30   16   8   6    53   33  +20    56 - ANL3 Play-offs
 3 Docklands United          30   13  12   5    38   27  +11    51 - ANL3 Play-offs
 4 Gurdle A.F.C              30   14   9   7    51   42   +9    51 - ANL3 Play-offs
 5 Yerk United               30   13   8   9    74   66   +8    47
 6 Armageddon Casuals        30   15   1  14    61   61    0    46
 7 Old Guard Regiment        30   14   3  13    42   44   −2    45
 8 Calshott Lighthouse       30   13   5  12    34   43   −9    44
 9 Oldem Mechanical          30   11   6  13    37   39   −2    39
10 Kingsford FC              30   11   6  13    29   32   −3    39
11 Northern Stars            30    9   9  12    52   52    0    36
12 Barrabrook United         30    8  10  12    40   48   −8    34
13 Cawln Wanderers           30    8   9  13    41   47   −6    33
14 The Dambusters            30    8   9  13    47   55   −8    33
15 Don't Panic FC            30    9   3  18    42   55  −13    30
16 Flotsam & Jetsam          30    6   7  17    52   71  −19    25

[Apox]

ANL Season 12 - Part Four

The final matchday of the season... as well as the Marshall Cup final, various awards and statistics, the results of the play-offs in the other leagues and a general summary of the season and how teams have done.

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 30
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
FC Endeavour 1–4 Issington F.C
FC Brimstone 2–1 Mandon United
Exton F.C 0–0 Miners '47
Egloskerry 1–1 Mulhampstead
Dwile Warriors 4–1 St George's Creek
Barbury Town 1–1 Urbanista
Atletico Standard 1–2 Urbanista Trojans

I simply don't believe it. Genuinely the best title race I think we've ever seen in the ANL - never before has it been so close between teams. Dwile Warriors absolutely blew away St George's Creek, Mateus Carvalho tearing up the pitch, as fans in both Dwile and Barbury nervously checked scores from the other game. Barbury looked to be on course for the win, and therefore the title, but in the last 10 minutes, Actor Marsalis, on as a substitute scored for Urbanista. Therein followed a furious, tense rush for Barbury, but in the end they lost. A great injustice to them will be Issington winning by a similar margin against FC Endeavour, to the surprise of many, meaning Barbury are shunted into 3rd, out of the Champion's Cup spots entirely. Atletico Standard lose 2-1 to Urbanista Trojans, meaning they go down, and somehow, in miraculous circumstances, Miners '47, bottom with 1 point after 11 games, have somehow managed to stay up for another season. A true underdog story. For Gwinevra Barbarians, they suffer the ignominy of being outside the UICA spots again, with Wrexton beating them in a close match, despite Exton drawing with Miners '47. Gwinevra don't even finish 6th, Urbanista Trojans sneaking past them at the death after their trouncing of Atletico Standard.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Dwile Warriors           30   17   6   7    68   42  +26    57 - WINNERS, CC
 2 Issington F.C            30   17   6   7    57   37  +20    57 - CC
 3 Barbury Town             30   15  11   4    53   32  +21    56 - GC
 4 FC Endeavour             30   13  11   6    55   39  +16    50 - GC
 5 Exton F.C                30   14   7   9    40   30  +10    49 - GC
 6 Urbanista Trojans        30   13   8   9    48   43   +5    47
 7 Gwinevra Barbarians      30   13   8   9    33   27   +6    47
 8 St George's Creek        30   12   9   9    53   51   +2    45
 9 Mandon United            30   11   6  13    34   40   −6    39
10 FC Brimstone             30   12   3  15    30   39   −9    39
11 Urbanista                30   10   8  12    37   40   −3    38
12 Wrexton F.C              30    9  11  10    29   32   −3    38
13 Mulhampstead             30    8   5  17    31   43  −12    29
14 Miners '47               30    8   4  18    41   57  −16    28
15 Atletico Standard        30    7   3  20    32   64  −32    24 - RELEGATED
16 Egloskerry               30    5   6  19    31   59  −28    21 - RELEGATED

Top Scorers
23 - Danny Leighton [TLI] (Issington F.C)
18 - Mateus Carvalho [NSI] (Dwile Warriors)
16 - Corinna McKenna (Urbanista Trojans), Maximillion the Codger [OGD] (St George's Creek)
15 - Alex Terán [FRF] (FC Endeavour)
13 - Arturo Hudson-Blake [AUD] (Dwile Warriors), Maxim Kolo (Barbury Town), Branko Tomić [PAS] (Exton F.C)
12 - Anna Wilbrahim (Miners '47)

Star Players
A new section - in which the players which performed excellently get a bit of praise, cos that's always nice.

Danny Leighton (TLI) - Issington F.C
We really have to begin with the top scorer. Leighton performed excellently all season, putting goals away with staggering consistency. There was a reason he was one of the biggest threats this season, and he was the star talent at Issington F.C this season, alongside Anders Holzhauser in defensive midfield. If he continues to score at this rate, there is absolutely no reason why he can't propel Issington to trophies and many of them. 23 goals, a new record for league goals in one season. Issington will be beginning to feel the record fee they paid for him will be justified now.

Harry Lickett - Mandon United
After a number of seasons away from the ANL plying his trade in the Filopines, he has returned, as a free agent, to be snapped up by his old team Mandon United. He was crucial in filling the hole left by Fred Barnett retiring, his 8 goals and 10 assists making him one of the most prolific midfielders in the league this season. His partnership with Saskia Babič in the middle of the park was fantastic, give it a couple of seasons and they'll be tearing up the league.

Agozti Ibarran (ASG) - Dwile Warriors
Ibarran is far and away the best right midfielder in the league since Olim Benzari retired, his pace and vision were key to Dwile Warriors title win in these last two seasons, and he is part of the reason why Dwile score so many goals, thy have a fantastic midfield. Ibarran's crosses in and clever through ball this season meant he topped the assists chart, getting 18 assists this season, a simply ludicrous amount.

Ettie Seabrooke - Gwinevra Barbarians
The stats say it all really. Gwinevra Barbarians conceded only 27 goals this season, the lowest of all the clubs. Sure this was in part due to a good defensive unit - it couldn't occur without. However, the excellence of the nations starting keeper shone though, and conceding less than a goal a game is something she can be rightly very proud about.

Nicolas St Teath - Exton F.C
Nicolas has been put in a number of impressive performances at Exton F.C in the 5 season's he's been there, and he has really been one of the key performers in a side which has done incredibly well, finally reaching the UICA spots with one of the smallest budgets in the top flight. Nicolas, as vice-captain this season, has made a reputation for being the last line of defense in front of the goalkeeper, and also being feared as result of people rarely getting through him. A top class defensive talent developing there.

Alex Terán (FRF) - FC Endeavour
Endeavour struggled for consistency this season, which is what ultimately cost them the title. However, with their attack failing (or failing compared to the incredibly high standards set by themselves, they still had quite a good season), it fell on Alex Terán to be the teams main source of goals, his 15 goals being the 5th highest mark in the league, the highest scoring midfielder by a long way. He will be the key for Endeavour over the next few years, being in the lucky position of having talent and age on his side.

ANL2 Play-offs
Mona A.F.C 2–1 Sunshine Athletic
Gwinevra Bulls 1–1 Mona A.F.C
Sunshine Athletic 1–0 Gwinevra Bulls

  ANL P/R                 Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Mona A.F.C                2   1  1  0    3   2  +1    4
2 Sunshine Athletic         2   1  0  1    2   2   0    3
3 Gwinevra Bulls            2   0  1  1    1   2  −1    1

Mona gain 4 points from their games, which really makes the last game a bit irrelevant, especially as Sunshine Athletic trot out victors. Looks like Mona will be headed straight back up next season then.

ANL3 Play-offs
Gurdle A.F.C 0–0 Urbanista Young Boys
Docklands United 0–1 Gurdle A.F.C
Urbanista Young Boys 1–0 Docklands United

Gurdle A.F.C and Urbanista Young Boys draw things to start with, and then both beat Docklands United, meaning an extra, sudden-death match must be placed to decide the team going up to the ANL2 next season.

Gurdle A.F.C 1–0 Urbanista Young Boys

There you have it, Gurdle A.F.C also return straight to the ANL2 next season.

Marshall Cup 7 Final

Attendance: 69,372
FC Endeavour 2-4 Dwile Warriors

Well, would you look at that. Dwile Warriors win the highest scoring Marshall Cup Final since it's return, and in doing so, that become the second side to do the double in a season, after Issington F.C four seasons ago. Richard D'Oyly with a brace, and Katie Womble and Arturo Hudson-Blake for Dwile Warriors. Alex Keir and Endellion the Hewn for Endeavour.

UICA Games
The final new addition, is that I'm actually gonna RP the UICA games which took place this season.

Barbury Town
First Preliminary: Barbury Town 2-0 Pacahocaf [CHT] (Kolo 13', Devold 54')
First Preliminary: Pacahocaf [CHT] 2-1 Barbury Town (Kolo 47')
Second Preliminary: Barbury Town 0-1 Elekti Thunders [SAM]
Second Preliminary: Elekti Thunders [SAM] 3-1 Barbury Town (Lerryn 66')

Scorers List: Maxim Kolo - 2; Sverre Devold, Jack Lerryn - 1

Urbanista
Second Preliminary: Urbanista 3-0 Balmas CF [BLM] (Tregajorran 68', 75', Ivanov 87')
Second Preliminary: Balmas CF [BLM] 1-1 Urbanista (King 11')
Playoff: Urbanista 2-1 1 Tower [THL] (Quillisi 24', Ivanov 35')
Playoff: 1 Tower [THL] 2-1 Urbanista (Marsalis 23')
Qualifying: Urbanista 1-0 Burgess FC [TIS] (Marsalis 48')
Qualifying: Burgess FC [TIS] 2-1 Urbanista (Kirk 88')
Group E: Urbanista 0-3 Liria Prizren [MYT]
Group E: Liria Prizren [MYT] 2-1 Urbanista (Ivanov 56')
Group E: Urbanista 0-0 FC Nova Tunis [TJN]
Group E: FC Nova Tunis [TJN] 1-2 Urbanista (Hatem 3', Ivanov 43')
Group E: Urbanista 0-3 Real Ile Perrot [SIC]
Group E: Real Ile Perrot [SIC] 1-3 Urbanista (Ivanov 35', Marsalis 41', Renault 57')
First Knock-Out Round: Urbanista 1-0 Mabel Wigglytuffs [NSI] (Marsalis 35')
First Knock-Out Round: Mabel Wigglytuffs [NSI] 1-1 Urbanista (Quillisi 57')
Second Knock-Out Round: Urbanista 0-1 Sporting Iturributa [ITB]
Second Knock-Out Round: Sporting Iturributa [ITB] 4-1 Urbanista (Ivanov 56')

Scorers List: Eugeny Ivanov - 6; Actor Marsalis - 4; Armando Quillisi, Tolgus Tregajorran - 2; Ben Hatem, Nick King, Alexander Kirk, Thibault Renault - 1

Issington F.C
Qualifying: Issington F.C 2-0 Atletico Armada [CDM] (Leighton 35', 66')
Qualifying: Atletico Armada [CDM] 1-0 Issington F.C
Group J: Issington F.C 4-2 Carter FC [JSY] (Delvecchio 8', Leighton 34', Ithamar 46', Tremar 71')
Group J: Carter FC [JSY] 2-2 Issington F.C (Leighton 56', Holzhauser 62')
Group J: Issington F.C 2-2 Qolo-Qolo [OSD] (Delvecchio 12', Leighton 17')
Group J: Qolo-Qolo [OSD] 2-1 Issington F.C (Olsen 76')
Group J: Issington F.C 1-0 Makosile United [VIL] (Leighton 23')
Group J: Makosile United [VIL] 0-1 Issington F.C (Delvecchio 43')
First Knockout-Round: Issington F.C 0-2 Kianao Locals [TUR]
First Knockout-Round: Kianao Locals [TUR] 2-1 Issington F.C (Holzhauser 80')

Scorers: Danny Leighton - 6; Delvecchio - 3; Anders Holzhauser - 2; Alex Ithamar, Guus Olsen, Polana Tremar - 1

FC Endeavour
Second Preliminary: FC Endeavour 2-0 Carter FC [JSY] (Terán 44', Graham 61')
Second Preliminary: Carter FC [JSY] 2-2 FC Endeavour (Keir 44', 52')
Playoff: FC Endeavour 1-1 Nithgard GU [EAR] (Varano 11')
Playoff: Nithgard GU [EAR] 0-1 FC Endeavour (Keir 25')
Group B: FC Endeavour 1-1 Iturributa United [ITB] (Redwood 48')
Group B: Iturributa United [ITB] 1-0 FC Endeavour
Group B: FC Endeavour 1-1 Revolutionaries [EUR] (Keir 35')
Group B: Revolutionaries [EUR] 1-1 FC Endeavour (Terán 76')
Group B: FC Endeavour 0-1 Raynor City United [VAL]
Group B: Raynor City United [VAL] 0-3 FC Endeavour (Terán 14', Keir 25', Pirinen 53')
First Knock-out Round: FC Endeavour 2-2 Liria Prizren [MYT] (Keir 52', Varano 36')
First Knock-out Round: Liria Prizren [MYT] 0-1 FC Endeavour (Keir 33')
Second Knock-out Round: FC Endeavour 0-3 Viztourzys Kolektyvinis [BUY]
Second Knock-out Round: Viztourzys Kolektyvinis [BUY] 2-2 FC Endeavour (Keir 24', Redwood 85')

Scorers: Alex Keir - 8; Alex Terán - 3; Marcus Redwood, Hilde Varano - 2; Stan Graham, Nikita Pirinen - 1

Dwile Warriors
Group C: Dwile Warriors 0-1 Atletik Thessia [MYT]
Group C: Atletik Thessia [MYT] 1-1 Dwile Warriors (Carvalho 45')
Group C: Dwile Warriors 2-2 FC.1 Surtsey Island Gulls [PIS] (Hudson-Blake 34', Toivainen 56')
Group C: FC.1 Surtsey Island Gulls [PIS] 0-0 Dwile Warriors
Group C: Dwile Warriors 1-0 RGS Athletic [EFL] (Hudson-Blake 76')
Group C: RGS Athletic [EFL] 2-2 Dwile Warriors (Carvalho 24', Hudson-Blake 46')
First Knock-out Round: Dwile Warriors 3-1 Blacklake Blues [TAE] (D'Oyly 46', Ibarran 49', Hudson-Blake 59')
First Knock-out Round: Blacklake Blues [TAE] 1-4 Dwile Warriors (Hudson Blake 7', 57', D'Oyly 36', Carvalho 63')
Second Knock-out Round: Dwile Warriors 3-2 Lylat Starfox [NSI] (Endicott 26', Hudson-Blake 47', Carvalho 75')
Second Knock-out Round: Lylat Starfox [NSI] 1-0 Dwile Warriors

Scorers: Arturo Hudson-Blake - 7; Mateus Carvalho - 4; Richard D'Oyly - 2; Susan Endicott, Agozti Ibarran, Olivier Toivainen - 1

Next season, I'm planning on changing the way I RP my league. Since Season 5, I've been basically copying PIS's system, which has been good for 7 seasons, however, it's quite restricting in a way, and there's only so many ways you can say "X beat Y in a thrilling game with Z scoring", so I'm planning on moving to a more open system. Next season will be done thusly:

Preview - Unchanged
Main Season - A more open, pivotal moments section, based on specific turning points in the league, getting rid of the matchday by matchday commentary
Final Post - Similar to this, with top scorers, star players, play-offs and international games scorers. Should be fun!

[Apox]

ANL Season 13 - Preview

It's that time again! After a busy off-season, the biggest league in Esportiva returns, with this season promising to be one of the best yet! Competition across all three tiers of football will be intense, with the top tier being the pinnacle. Barbury Town, Dwile Warriors and FC Endeavour are likely to be the main favourites for the title, with Issington F.C also in with a shout. Who will take the 5th UICA spot? Gwinevra, Urbanista, Exton, someone else? Who will struggle in the relegation battle? Who will be promoted? Many questions to be answered. For now though, how's about a preview post, to analyse everyone's chances?

Arturo Hudson-Blake (AUD) - Dwile Warriors to FC.1 Surtsey Island Gulls (PIS) for £13,000,000
Curio (TGC) - Whilliumborough Swagger (PDT) to Barbury Town for £11,000,000
Anders Holzhauser (PIS) - Issington F.C to Northbrook Diamonds FK (PIS) for £11,000,000
Alex Keir (TLI) - FC Endeavour to Glenmount Town (TLI) for £10,500,000
Maxim Kolo - Barbury Town to Colesham Athletic (TLI) for £9,000,000
Lee Miller - Issington F.C to Gremalsco FC (YTT) for £9,000,000
Matthias Sindelar - Montfort Wanderers (TLI) to Barbury Town for £6,500,000
Kieron Riordan (NSB) - Wrexton F.C to Dwile Warriors for £5,000,000
Morten Macinko (PIS) - SK Franz Josef City (PIS) to FC Endeavour for £4,750,000
Hadrian Belfast (NSB) - Sabrefell Athletic (NSB) to Dwile Warriors for £4,000,000
Ikkon Karrkka (FRF) - Barbury Town to Mandon United for £1,300,000
Sam Benbow - Wrexton F.C to Hellenic Rouge (PAS) for £1,000,000
Janine Cassandra (FSC) - Dwile Warriors to Hellenic Rouge (PAS) for £1,000,000
Sunbar McCoy - Egloskerry to Sporting Volker (FLX) for £1,000,000
Wilbur Dunmere - Miners '47 to Atlantea Hurricanes (TAE) for £750,000
Adam Kossakovsky (PIS) - SK Sturm Nuuk (PIS) to Wye United for £650,000
Nicholas White (GLX) - GLA FC (GLX) to Mona A.F.C for £600,000
Rohan Cammers - Egloskerry to 1830 Cathair (AUD) for £500,000
Wilfried Lidgley - Free Agent to 1830 Cathair (AUD) for £0
Mikel Araboa (FLX) - Mandon United to Stemanisis SSC (YTT) for £0 (free agent)
Will Fich - Sporting Iturributa (ITB) to retired
Fronden Abel - East Railway (ASG) to retired
Hamrah Anzalichi (FSC) - FC Brimstone to retired

Dwile Warriors
Manager: Steven Frew (7th Season)
Home Ground: APX Sports Stadium, Capacity: 56,000
Team Sheet: Riordan (NSB) -- Richworth, Belfast (NSB), St Teath, Endicott -- Keane, Toivainen (PIS), Kellard -- Ibarran (ASG), Carvalho (NSI), D'Oyly
Preview: Well, they did it again, retaining their title in nail-biting fashion on the final matchday, just beating out Issington F.C and Barbury Town to do so. They've got a very different squad this season, with the experienced Kieron Riordan, Hadrian Belfast, Nicolas St Teath and John Keane all being brought in. There's still quality in this side and in Mateus Carvalho they have a real talent up front, although the sale of Audioslavian Arturo Hudson-Blake (equalling the Apoxian transfer record) will doubtless hit them hard. However, is it the same pedigree as previous title winning sides? Not yet, and for that reason I'm not backing them to win it this year.
Last Season: 1st Predicted: 3rd


Issington F.C
Manager: Lee Sharp (EUR) (2nd Season)
Home Ground: Dwile Stadium, Capacity: 54,000
Team Sheet: Frost -- Firth, Etezadi, Paul the Suitable, Viking -- Chapman, Olsen (PIS), Ithamar, Tremar -- Delvecchio (OSD), Leighton (TLI)
Preview: Issington F.C nearly won the title last season, sneaking up on the front runners before springing that one out. One of the many good, but probably not title winning sides this season, they will really be hampered by the loss of Anders Holzhauser in defensive midfield. Without his controlling presence in the middle of the field, they may struggle, despite having players who could individually shine amongst them, none more so than Danny Leighton, the Licentian top scorer in last season's competition. It'll be another close competition, but I'm just not sure this side have it in them yet. Give it a couple of years.
Last Season: 2nd Predicted: 4th


Barbury Town
Manager: Ken Rickwright (6th Season)
Home Ground: Village Green, Capacity: 32,000
Team Sheet: Eustathios -- Lerryn, Vasilev, Neguwa, Maramora -- Sindelar -- Xafagoulis, Robinson (TIS), Devold (BYN), Hawker -- Curio (TGC)
Preview: Now this is a side to be feared, finally. Since Ken Rickwright joined the side as manager they've been on an upward trajectory. Last year, it was still a bit of a surprise to see them challenging for the title until the end, however, this season, they have the honour of going into the season as one of the favourites. Bringing Matthias Sindelar to the side was a massive signing for them, the captain of the national side will be a massive player in how they do this season, and his experience will be invaluable. Curio is a long term replacement for Maxim Kolo, who goes join Marlon Vetta in the Licentian Isles. However, make no mistake, while he may be regarded as a long term replacement, that doesn't mean he won't score goals this season - expect goals, and many of them. The team is littered with great players, Jack Lerryn, Jay Robinson and Sverre Devold to name a few. This is a side to get seriously excited about this season.
Last Season: 3rd Predicted: 1st


FC Endeavour
Manager: Petter Aurelias (PIS) (4th Season)
Home Ground: The Garganaut, Capacity: 42,000
Team Sheet: Volgisrhaad (PDT) -- Pipp (PIS), Endellion the Hewn (OGD), Graham (EUR), Dunbarton -- Redwood, Terán (FRF), Pirinen (PIS), Kipling -- Macinko (PIS), Varano
Preview: FC Endeavour were surprisingly quiet in this transfer window, maybe they were trying to recoup some funds after spending madly for the last few seasons? Oh no, they were just pouring money into a brand new stadium instead, and they now boast the third largest domestic stadium. Fancy that. There was one big change though, team legend Alex Keir is off to his homeland after 5 seasons of faithful service. Morten Macinko is the man replacing him, a squad player at SK Franz Josef in the Islandstates, deemed surplus to requirements after all the players they're bringing in over there. Hopefully he'll be able to perform this season, the most recent addition to the Polarian horde now residing in Dwile.
Last Season: 4th Predicted: 2nd


Exton F.C
Manager: Charden Hules (EAR) (5th Season)
Home Ground: River Exe Ground, Capacity: 24,000
Team Sheet: Bergman -- Matinue, Worrick, Shahzad, Jorgensen, Stevens -- Rickwright, Vaarakallio (PIS), Carvalho (NSI), Gayle -- Tomić (PAS)
Preview: Finally, they've done it! The clubs long term aim of UICA football was finally met, and there will be many people glad to see the little club from the South of Apox climb so high, a brilliant team effort. They will be hurt somewhat by their star player, Nicolas St Teath moving to Dwile Warriors, but it was probably coming. However, his replacement in Steven Worrick from Mandon is a good defender, so he should plug the gap ably. Olim Shahzad is continuously improving, and the settled midfield continues to grow stronger. Maybe not Globe Cup standard this season, but they'll be there or thereabouts.
Last Season: 5th Predicted: 7th


Urbanista Trojans
Manager: Tom Cotterill (5th Season)
Home Ground: Stone Hill, Capacity: 20,000
Team Sheet: Whimbrel -- Merwin, Smith, Johnstone, Treloquithack -- Branson, Thompson (TLI), Alaba (ASG), Astantin -- Mckenna, Madison
Preview: Urbanista Trojans have been flying recently, their second spell in the top tier in modern history has been a great success for them. Finishing high than and doing the league double over Urbanista since probably ever was a massive achievement for them, and a 6th placed finish is a good result for them. Eneko Treloquithack is back to reclaim longest name in the team and play a bit of football on the side, while Corinna McKenna continues to impress up front, even earning a call-up and a couple of caps with the national team. They are definitely in the chasing pack for those last one or two Globe Cup spots now.
Last Season: 6th Predicted: 8th


Gwinevra Barbarians
Manager: Jorgen Hauge (PIS) (1st Season)
Home Ground: The Barbaria, Capacity: 38,000
Team Sheet: Seabrooke -- Benditti, Mata (FRF), Braddock, Alesi -- Petersen (ABC), Boroni, Foloris (PDT), Coleman -- Shizuka (NSI) -- Morriston
Preview: Marina Hayduff has been shown the door after a number of season's where Gwinevra have been frustratingly close without quite getter there when it comes to results. Polarian legend Jorgen Hauge has been brought in, and he'll hope to get Gwinevra back into those UICA spots this season, despite, surprisingly not making any changes to the squad. However, they've benefitted from quite a stable squad over the years and I reckon they'll qualify this season. They'll have to, because Ettie Seabrooke won't stay put without UICA standard football for long.
Last Season: 7th Predicted: 5th


St George's Creek
Manager: Ancora the Bold (OGD) (7th Season)
Home Ground: Hoteness Cavern, Capacity: 5,000
Team Sheet: Georgi the Hovelan -- Fairbroath the Strong, Flugelhorn the Brash, Tolliver -- Axe the Dominant -- Ted of Kjellsen, Sam of Charlfont, Marcus the Bright, Paradys (TGC) -- Charlestown (MBT), Maximillion the Codger
Preview: In a temporary stadium after a new one's being built after the Old Guard catastrophy, St George's Creek are continuing to be a solidly midtable side, although Maximillion the Codger is a real talent up front, and Ezekiel Charlestown finally looks to be settling in the highly competitive Apoxian league. Axe the Dominant is a battling defensive midfielder and a brilliant leader, leading by example, his story is one of the most thrilling in the league.
Last Season: 8th Predicted: 9th


Mandon United
Manager: Flavio the Penguin (1st Season)
Home Ground: Brookside Wharf, Capacity: 20,000
Team Sheet: Small -- Dray, Carson (TLI), Brunt, Santana -- Benson, Babič, Lickett, Sampson -- Karrkka (FRF) -- Fortuna
Preview: Mandon United desperate not to become one of those boring midtable sides that no one really cares about, shocked the world by hiring a sentient penguin as their manager. Yes, an actual penguin. With regards to the team, its kinda average. Saskia Babič and Harry Lickett are good players in midfield, but Joleon Small is still playing, despite being 37! and Anna Fortuna up front has only one season to her name, and she was fairly anonymous in that.
Last Season: 9th Predicted: 12th


FC Brimstone
Manager: Sto Southwald (1st Season)
Home Ground: FCB Stadium, Capacity: 28,000
Team Sheet: Howe -- Christos, Guardia, Nicole, Azariah (MBT) -- Zante, Donovan, Michaels, Harper, Spitfire (NSB) -- Mumford
Preview: Sto Southwald, the legend of Brimstone returns to his home club after just a season at Mandon. He had stated that he would always return to manage if offered the job, and he stayed true to his word on that one. However, his squad may not be fully up to scratch, with Janus Mumford leading the line, and beginning to show his age, with a squad devoid of star players really. I'd like to see how this season turns out for him.
Last Season: 10th Predicted: 13th


Urbanista
Manager: Olim Benzari (2nd Season)
Home Ground: Lime Ground, Capacity: 36,000
Team Sheet: Lockwood -- Williams, Anaru the Bold, Renault (SAU), Hatem -- Troon, Quillisi, Kirk (AUD), Ahmejankov -- Marsalis, Tregajorran
Preview: Well what the fuck happened to Urbanista? Last season was an absolute trainwreck for them, and I'm betting it's going to be a fair few years before they recover again. Olim Benzari has started a massive squad overhaul, which has been difficult on the limited fund he's been given after the owners largely got cold feet and withdrew much of their funding. He's still got Tregajorran though, and we don't even need to say how good he is, but if Urbanista don't get UICA football this season, he'll definitely be gone. And I think UICA football is going to be difficult for them at the moment.
Last Season: 11th Predicted: 6th


Wrexton F.C
Manager: Quentin O'Leary (3rd Season)
Home Ground: MiXol Ground, Capacity: 22,000
Team Sheet: Tzion -- Ascot, Kary, Richards, Kinlasson, Oxburgh -- St Cleer, Huff, Ohanna -- Cardle (EUR), Olesen
Preview: Quentin O'Leary continues to keep Wrexton in the division, without doing much more than that. There's talent in the side, but when you compare Wrexton to other teams, they generally tend to look not quite as good these days. With Barbury overtaking them of late, and Matthias Sindelar joining their arch-rivals across the bay, the match between these two could be tasty this season. The loss of New Sideburn's starting keeper, Kieron Riordan will hit them hard though, no matter how talented his replacement, Claire Tzion, is.
Last Season: 12th Predicted: 10th


Mulhampstead
Manager: Nelly Westworth (5th Season)
Home Ground: Carrington Road, Capacity: 16,000
Team Sheet: White -- Lanyon, Marshall, Hunt, Coupet -- Millard -- Monteforth, Jessop the Lean (OGD), Haraldssøn, Alann -- Mylor
Preview: Mulhampstead are here, but are another one of those teams who look like they might struggle a bit this season, which is unfortunate because they deserve to do well. Last season was a little difficult, and on the face of it there's nothing to suggest that this one won't be any different. However, Egloskerry and Athletico Standard are both gone now, so the league are lacking team who really look like they'll struggle this season. It'll be close down the bottom, that's for sure.
Last Season: 13th Predicted: 14th


Miners '47
Manager: Foreman Jones (3rd Season)
Home Ground: The Pit, Capacity: 16,000
Team Sheet: Smith -- Comstock, Thanathan, Gaspar (YTT), Nelson the Bold (OGD) -- Alton, Midas, Alasdia, Haines -- Alex, Wilbrahim
Preview: Miners '47 are another team who you'd like to see doing well. However, I reckon they're in for a long, hard season, having miraculously survived last time. Anna Wilbrahim is a good player and she will score plenty of goals for them, however, its the defense I'm worried about. They generally tend to be pretty inconsistent, going on last seasons results. Not much has changed here in the off-season, so they'll likely struggle this season as well.
Last Season: 14th Predicted: 16th


Wye United
Manager: Chris Maarsden (3rd Season)
Home Ground: JK Stadium, Capacity: 21,000
Team Sheet: Benthron -- Kranc, Jamieson, Mixé (FRF), Litchworth -- Serena the Keen (OGD), Kossakovsky (PIS), Mixolydian, Fronden -- Quinn, Zozula
Preview: Wye United have spent a long, long time outside of the top. But by god, do they deserve to be back, and, looking at the team Chris Maarsden has assembled, by god do they deserve to stay. Farf youngster Leohard Mixé is a promising talent, and the signing of experienced Polarian Adam Kossakovsky is a good one indeed. Adnan Zozula is a prolific goalscorer, having outscored all of the ANL2 last season, he'll be one to watch. I reckon they have enough to stay up, and comfortably.
Last Season: Winners, ANL2 Predicted: 11th


Mona A.F.C
Manager: Will Xasper (3rd Season)
Home Ground: The Old Ground, Capacity: 17,500
Team Sheet: Quentrim the Arrowheaded (OGD) -- Caspar, Thorn, Richards, Mo -- Sagar, Hawke, White (GLX), van Rossem -- Juquinho the Immoral, Cergennan
Preview: Mona continue to bounce up and down between divisions with alarming regularity, and the team is largely the same as the one which graced the top tier last time. Quentrim the Arrowheaded will be important for the side, and Nicholas White from Gloriax has the potential to be a good signing. Juquinho the Immoral is an absolute nutter, but that might be what Mona needs this season if they want to stay up.
Last Season: 2nd, ANL2 Predicted: 15th

Atletico Standard
Egloskerry
Gwinevra Bulls
Barbury F.C
Bouldertown
Celts
Cierbana United
Frewick F.C
Gurdle A.F.C
Moscva 2k12
Old Licentians
Oldem Gents Club - Favourites
Southtown
Sunshine Athletic
Kepler United
Lighthouse Coves

FC Harpoon - Favourites
Old Guard Regiment
Armageddon Casuals
Barrabrook United
Calshott Lighthouse
Cawln Wanderers
Docklands United
Don't Panic FC
Flotsam & Jetsam
Kingsford FC
Oldem Mechanical
Project +90
The Dambusters
TP Indians
Urbanista Young Boys
Yerk United

[Apox]

ANL Season 13 - Part One

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 1
FC Endeavour 2–3 Miners '47
Dwile Warriors 1–2 Mulhampstead
Barbury Town 0–2 Mona A.F.C
Issington F.C 1–0 Wye United
Urbanista 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 5–2 St George's Creek
Exton F.C 1–2 Urbanista Trojans
Mandon United 1–0 FC Brimstone

The season gets underway with a bang then, as Gwinevra Barbarians have a strong start to their season, Conor Morriston scoring a hat-trick in a 5-2 battering of a St George's Creek side who, in fairness to them, didn't perform terribly. Clearly Jorgen Hauge is doing something right at the club. Defending champions Dwile Warriors are suprised by Mulhampstead away from home - perhaps they are feeling a little too confident going into this season? Barbury Town and FC Endeavour both lose to teams you wouldn't expect them to lose to. Urbanista and Issington F.C both win, meaning that those teams which perhaps were expected to be fighting for UICA spots but not the title were on top to begin with.

Matchday 2
Miners '47 1–1 FC Brimstone
Urbanista Trojans 1–3 Mandon United
St George's Creek 1–1 Exton F.C
Wrexton F.C 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Wye United 1–2 Urbanista
Mona A.F.C 0–0 Issington F.C
Mulhampstead 0–1 Barbury Town
FC Endeavour 3–1 Dwile Warriors

The defending champions are not having a good start to the season, Morten Macinko finding his place in the division with an excellent goal and an inspired assist to see off Dwile. Barbury Town get their season underway with a simple 1-0 victory at Mulhampstead, Matthias Sindelar's free-kick being the winner for Barbury. Urbanista and Gwinevra make it two wins from two, with Tolgus Tregajorran on top form for Urbanista - showing what a vital player he is for the club. Exton F.C draw against St. George's Creek, they've not really had a great start to their season. Neither have St George's Creek - although Axe the Dominant was on fire in the Exton game - he's a real handful.

Matchday 3
Dwile Warriors 3–1 Miners '47
Barbury Town 2–0 FC Endeavour
Issington F.C 3–3 Mulhampstead
Urbanista 1–0 Mona A.F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Wye United
Exton F.C 2–1 Wrexton F.C
Mandon United 3–2 St George's Creek
FC Brimstone 4–2 Urbanista Trojans

Dwile Warriors sweep Miners '47 aside as they record their first win of the season, Mateus Carvalho and Agozti Ibarran terrorising the Miners defense all game and Kieron Riordan looking particularly sold at the back, except for Alex's goal, which he wasn't really to blame for. Barbury Town beat FC Endeavour in a massive game for the club, Communadi youngster Curio and Buyanese star Sverre Devold both scoring great goals in an intense match. Down the other end of the table, Wye United and Wrexton F.C both lose again, both sides are yet to pick up any points at all, after losses to Gwinevra Barbarians and Exton F.C respectively. Still plenty of time to turn things around, but a winning start is always nice.

Matchday 4
Miners '47 1–2 Urbanista Trojans
St George's Creek 1–1 FC Brimstone
Wrexton F.C 0–0 Mandon United
Wye United 1–0 Exton F.C
Mona A.F.C 1–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mulhampstead 1–4 Urbanista
FC Endeavour 2–1 Issington F.C
Dwile Warriors 1–2 Barbury Town

Urbanista really look like a rejuvenated team this season, with Olim Benzari creating a very tight attacking outfit so far, as a Tolgus Tregajorran hat-trick helps the team along to a 4-1 victory over a struggling Mulhampstead side. That's 4 wins out of 4 now, a fantastic achievement for the team. Wrexton F.C finally manage to get a point on the board with a 0-0 draw against Mandon United. Wrexton really look like they've fallen apart this season, with 1 point and 1 goal scored in their first 4 matches. FC Endeavour win against Issington F.C - they've had to negotiate some tricky early fixtures - with Alex Terán and Hilde Varano scoring for them. Barbury Town win yet another vital, vital game in their title campaign this season, with a 2-1 victory over the defending champions, with Dwile at home. Simply a wonderful game for football to watch, Barbury attacking without fear.

Matchday 5
Barbury Town 1–0 Miners '47
Issington F.C 2–2 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista 0–1 FC Endeavour
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–1 Mulhampstead
Exton F.C 3–0 Mona A.F.C
Mandon United 2–1 Wye United
FC Brimstone 0–0 Wrexton F.C
Urbanista Trojans 4–2 St George's Creek

Urbanista finally lose, a 1-0 away loss to FC Endeavour, who have been in incredible form against the top team, meaning they drop down the table. At the top however, now sits Gwinevra Barbarians, which is surprising to see, the Barbarians playing exceptionally well thus far, although to be fair, they've yet to play most of the top teams. Barbury Town continue their good run with a 1-0 win against Miners '47, Jay Robinson scoring there. Exton F.C comfortably top Mona, with Niko Vaarakallio being the star in that match. In the Dwile derby, Dwile Warriors and Issington F.C draw 2-2, a result neither team will particularly want. Both have struggled so far this season compared to their usual heights, and they'll need to turn things around pretty rapidly in order to be in with a good shout of the title.

Marshall Cup First Round
Lighthouse Coves 3-4 Don't Panic F.C
Egloskerry 0-1 Sunshine Athletic
Yerk United 2-0 Frewick F.C
Oldem Mechanical 1-1 Moscva 2k12 (1-1 AET, 2-1 PKs)
Atletico Standard 2-0 Barrabrook United
The Dambusters 3-1 Cawln Wanderers
Gwinevra Bulls 0-1 Celts
Flotsam & Jetsam 1-0 Armageddon Casuals
Gurdle A.F.C 1-0 Kepler United
Project +90 2-0 Calshott Lighthouse
TP Indians 0-1 Bouldertown
Oldem Gents Club 0-1 Kingsford FC
Cierbana United 0-1 Urbanista Young Boys
Old Licentians 0-0 Docklands United (0-0 AET, 1-3 PKs)
FC Harpoon 1-0 Old Guard Regiment
Barbury F.C 2-0 Southtown

The teams from the bottom two tiers start the cup off, and there are a few interesting results: close games; high-scoring games; games going to penalties. You'd expect nothing less from cup competition.

Matchday 6
Miners '47 1–4 St George's Creek
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Urbanista Trojans
Wye United 1–2 FC Brimstone
Mona A.F.C 1–0 Mandon United
Mulhampstead 3–3 Exton F.C
FC Endeavour 1–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Dwile Warriors 5–4 Urbanista
Barbury Town 3–3 Issington F.C

An incredibly exciting set of matches indeed! Starting off at the APX Sports Stadium, Dwile Warriors and Urbanista take part in a 9 goal thriller, with Mateus Carvalho, D'Oyly and Tregajorran scoring two goals each, in a game where the defense didn't really feature. Mulhampstead, Barbury, Issington and Exton all take part in some high scoring games, with the Issington-Barbury game being particularly vital. Gwinevra Barbarians beat FC Endeavour away from home, a big result for the side, and proof that, for now at least, they are able to mix it with the big boys. Wrexton F.C manage to finally win a game, their attack working long enough for Frank Cardle to score a goal, before reverting to their usual strategy this season of defending furiously.

Matchday 7
Issington F.C 3–3 Miners '47
Urbanista 1–1 Barbury Town
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–3 Dwile Warriors
Exton F.C 0–0 FC Endeavour
Mandon United 1–0 Mulhampstead
FC Brimstone 2–0 Mona A.F.C
Urbanista Trojans 4–6 Wye United
St George's Creek 3–3 Wrexton F.C

Issington continue their troubled season with a 3-3 draw against Miners '47. Issington seemed to have the game wrapped up, with the score 3-0 at half time, before a Anna Wilbrahim double and an injury time goal from Joe Midas gave Miners '47 the draw. Issington F.C have had quite a dark cloud surrounding them this season, with their owner getting cold feet and wanting to sell the club with a lack of trophies and enormous debts. Very serious worries for the future of the club this season. Dwile Warriors beat Gwinevra Barbarians in a high scoring derby game, with Olivier Toivainen being the key man for Dwile on the day. Mandon's victory against Mulhampstead puts them top, yes, top. Flavio the Penguin has clearly done something right at the club this season. Wye United beat Urbanista Trojans in a high scoring game, with Adnan Zozula, their superstar striker bagging a hattrick in an exciting game.

Matchday 8
Miners '47 2–1 Wrexton F.C
Wye United 2–0 St George's Creek
Mona A.F.C 0–1 Urbanista Trojans
Mulhampstead 2–1 FC Brimstone
FC Endeavour 2–1 Mandon United
Dwile Warriors 3–2 Exton F.C
Barbury Town 3–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Issington F.C 0–0 Urbanista

A moderately unexciting set of matches this week really in terms of scorelines - but some important results in there come the end of the season I'm sure. Barbury Town see off Gwinevra with relative ease, Curio, Kevin Hawker and Anton Vasilev all scoring there, as that result sees Barbury take the top spot. FC Endeavour are the team who ensured Barbury would go top, they beat off a passionate Mandon United side to see Mandon fall one point behind title pace. Wrexton F.C lose yet again, Quentin O'Leary job is said to be in serious jeopardy after one of Wrexton's worst starts ever, they have one win and a measly 6 points from their first 8 games. Dwile Warriors get their inconsistent season back on track with a 3-2 victory over a tough Exton F.C, a team who know how to play the top teams and try to get a result - hard to pull off.

Matchday 9
Urbanista 2–2 Miners '47
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–0 Issington F.C
Exton F.C 1–1 Barbury Town
Mandon United 3–3 Dwile Warriors
FC Brimstone 0–1 FC Endeavour
Urbanista Trojans 2–1 Mulhampstead
St George's Creek 3–2 Mona A.F.C
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Wye United

It is Mandon United holding Dwile Warriors to a draw which is the big story of the matchday, with each team taking the lead progressively until it stood at 3-2 to Mandon with four minutes to go. Luckily, Mateus Carvalho was on hand to chip the ball past Joleon Small in goal and salvage a point. It is quite ridiculous how well Mandon are playing so far this season. Elsewhere, Miners '47 seem to be having a much better go of it this season, with an away draw against Urbanista not being a poor result. Exton F.C and Barbury Town play a tense 1-1 draw at Exton, with Branko Tomic cancelling out Matthias Sindelar's early goal. Barbury still lead going into the final matchday. Wrexton manage to win again, this time against Wye United, a good result for Wrexton, not so for Wye in their first season back in the top flight for some while.

Matchday 10
Miners '47 2–1 Wye United
Mona A.F.C 2–1 Wrexton F.C
Mulhampstead 1–3 St George's Creek
FC Endeavour 1–0 Urbanista Trojans
Dwile Warriors 2–2 FC Brimstone
Barbury Town 2–0 Mandon United
Issington F.C 2–1 Exton F.C
Urbanista 0–2 Gwinevra Barbarians

Mandon suffer a rare loss, although it is at the hands of Barbury who continue to play exceptionally well - they've only lost once all season so far, and they are top with a third of the season gone. Behind, few would have predicted Gwinevra Barbarians, however Jorgen Hauge has done well with the squad given to him this season, a 2-0 away victory being the latest good victory for him. St George's Creek, who've been average this season put 3 past Mulhampstead, their strike partnership of Ezekiel Charlestown and Maximillion the Codger linking up well together in that game. Issington reocrd only their second win of the season against Exton, the number of draws they've had at this stage of the season is quite remarkable. Not so today, Danny Leighton and Polana Tremar scoring.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Barbury Town             10    6   3   1    14    6   +8    21
 2 Gwinevra Barbarians      10    6   2   2    18   11   +7    20
 3 FC Endeavour             10    6   1   3    13   10   +3    19
 4 Mandon United            10    5   2   3    14   12   +2    17
 5 Dwile Warriors           10    4   3   3    24   23   +1    15
 6 Urbanista                10    4   3   3    17   15   +2    15
 7 Urbanista Trojans        10    5   0   5    18   20   −2    15
 8 FC Brimstone             10    3   4   3    14   12   +2    13
 9 Issington F.C            10    2   7   1    11   10   +1    13
10 St George's Creek        10    3   3   4    21   23   −2    12
11 Miners '47               10    3   3   4    16   21   −5    12
12 Mona A.F.C               10    3   2   5     8   12   −4    11
13 Exton F.C                10    2   4   4    14   14    0    10
14 Wrexton F.C              10    2   3   5     8   11   −3     9
15 Wye United               10    3   0   7    15   19   −4     9
16 Mulhampstead             10    2   2   6    13   22   −9     8

Egloskerry have rushed back into the lead in the second tier, desperate to return, although it is very close, as usual. Cierbana United, an unlikely choice are having a good season, as are the perennial overachievers Celts. Atletico Standard aren't having a good time of it after their extended stay in the top tier, they are currently 13th, alongwith the usual suspects of Southtown, Frewick FC and newly promoted Kepler United in the relegation dogfight. A minor milestone for the second tier, it's the tenth season of two tier national Apoxian leagues! Huzzah!

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Egloskerry             10    6   1   3    15    7   +8    19
 2 Cierbana United        10    6   0   4    11    9   +2    18
 3 Celts                  10    5   2   3    13    6   +7    17
 4 Gwinevra Bulls         10    3   7   0     8    2   +6    16
 5 Sunshine Athletic      10    5   1   4    11   12   −1    16
 6 Oldem Gents Club       10    4   4   2     7    3   +4    16
 7 Old Licentians         10    4   3   3    13   15   −2    15
 8 Barbury F.C            10    4   2   4    11   12   −1    14
 9 Moscva 2k12            10    4   1   5     8   13   −5    13
10 Gurdle A.F.C           10    3   4   3    12   16   −4    13
11 Bouldertown            10    3   4   3    12   10   +2    13
12 Lighthouse Coves       10    3   3   4    18   16   +2    12
13 Atletico Standard      10    2   5   3    10   10    0    11
14 Southtown              10    2   3   5     8   10   −2     9
15 Frewick F.C            10    2   3   5    19   26   −7     9
16 Kepler United          10    1   3   6    17   26   −9     6

Oldem Mechanical have raced into a very exciting lead in the third tier, they are as of yet unbeaten and look on track for a record points total across the three leagues. Six points behind them, things are close, with Docklands United, Yerk United and Calshott Lighthouse all lingering in the play-off spots at the moment, although with the strong squads of Urbanista Young Boys and FC Harpoon behind them, it'll be tough to remain there. The Dambusters, Project +90 and Barrabrook United are all near the bottom of the league system.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Oldem Mechanical          10    8   2   0    27    9  +18    26
 2 Docklands United          10    6   2   2    15    8   +7    20
 3 Yerk United               10    6   0   4    26   25   +1    18
 4 Calshott Lighthouse       10    5   3   2    16   11   +5    18
 5 Urbanista Young Boys      10    5   2   3    14   14    0    17
 6 FC Harpoon                10    3   6   1    19   11   +8    15
 7 Kingsford FC              10    4   2   4    15   16   −1    14
 8 Armageddon Casuals        10    3   3   4    24   22   +2    12
 9 Don't Panic FC            10    3   3   4    21   24   −3    12
10 Flotsam & Jetsam          10    3   3   4    19   24   −5    12
11 TP Indians                10    3   1   6    17   19   −2    10
12 Cawln Wanderers           10    3   1   6    14   23   −9    10
13 Old Guard Regiment        10    1   6   3    12   17   −5     9
14 The Dambusters            10    1   5   4    13   17   −4     8
15 Project +90               10    1   5   4    11   19   −8     8
16 Barrabrook United         10    1   4   5    13   17   −4     7

[Apox]

ANL Season 13 - Part Two

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 11
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Miners '47
Exton F.C 1–0 Urbanista
Mandon United 2–2 Issington F.C
FC Brimstone 0–2 Barbury Town
Urbanista Trojans 1–1 Dwile Warriors
St George's Creek 2–4 FC Endeavour
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Mulhampstead
Wye United 1–2 Mona A.F.C

Barbury Town continue their good run at the top, a 2-0 victory at FC Brimstone being yet another good result for them, Curio and Hawker the scorers. Exton F.C gain a favourable and much needed result against Urbanista - they've had a poor season so far by their recent standards. Another struggling team which also wins is Wrexton F.C, beating the current bottom team Mulhampstead, 1-0. Issington F.C draw yet again, this time against Mandon United who are in a mini run of bad form. Supporters of the club will be hoping it picks up soon.

Matchday 12
Miners '47 2–1 Mona A.F.C
Mulhampstead 1–4 Wye United
FC Endeavour 3–1 Wrexton F.C
Dwile Warriors 0–2 St George's Creek
Barbury Town 3–0 Urbanista Trojans
Issington F.C 1–3 FC Brimstone
Urbanista 3–2 Mandon United
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Exton F.C

Quentin O'Leary is gone! Wrexton lose to FC Endeavour and the board have had enough of poor results this season under a declining club. However, it seemed like it was a panic sacking, they don't appear to have anyone lined up to take over at the moment. A club in disarray there. Barbury win yet again, they are currently on a 12 match unbeaten streak and counting. However, Gwinevra Barbarians are also having a brilliant season, as they win again, meaning Barbury are still only in the lead by a single point at this moment in time. Mandon's season seems to be quickly disintegrating, as they lose against Urbanista and a Tolgus Tregajorran in full flow.

Marshall Cup Second Round
Gurdle A.F.C 0-1 St George's Creek
Atletico Standard 1-3 Urbanista
Urbanista Trojans 2-0 Wye United
Mona A.F.C 1-0 Oldem Mechanical
Gwinevra Barbarians 1-2 FC Brimstone
Mandon United 2-1 Flotsam & Jetsam
Yerk United 0-3 Wrexton F.C
Issington F.C 1-1 Dwile Warriors (1-2 AET)
Bouldertown 2-3 Barbury Town
Project +90 0-1 Miners '47
Sunshine Athletic 0-1 Exton F.C
Kingsford FC 1-1 Mulhampstead (1-1 AET, 4-0 PKs)
Celts 2-0 Don't Panic F.C
FC Endeavour 3-0 Urbanista Young Boys
Barbury F.C 0-0 FC Harpoon (0-1 AET)
Docklands United 0-1 The Dambusters

And so the ANL clubs join in the action, although on this occasion, most make it through. Issington F.C are knocked out by Dwile Warriors in extra time, a very tense clash and one which the fans won't be pleased about. Gwinevra Barbarians are out as well after they were bested by inaugural winners of the competition, FC Brimstone.

Matchday 13
Exton F.C 2–0 Miners '47
Mandon United 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
FC Brimstone 2–4 Urbanista
Urbanista Trojans 4–0 Issington F.C
St George's Creek 3–2 Barbury Town
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Dwile Warriors
Wye United 1–0 FC Endeavour
Mona A.F.C 3–2 Mulhampstead

Wrexton F.C have appointed Jon Quillisi as their manager - although it is only a temporary arrangement until the end of the season, a decision said to be one Quillisi himself insisted on. However, in his first match in charge, Wrexton gain a shock and heroic victory against Dwile Warriors, Frank Cardle being the hero. The Warriors have already lost 5 times this season - it is not a position they'll want to be in. Gwinevra Barbarians and Mandon United share a drab 0-0 draw, with Mandon almost out of the top five entirely now. Barbury Town remain top on head to head points against Gwinevra, after they concede a high proportion of their total goals conceded this season. Urbanista continue to roll on, although this latest smacking around was more of a team effort than previous efforts - Tregajorran ending the game with just one goal to his name. At this rate he is not only going to get the Golden Boot - he is going to smash goalscoring records in the ANL.

Matchday 14
Miners '47 1–3 Mulhampstead
FC Endeavour 1–2 Mona A.F.C
Dwile Warriors 2–4 Wye United
Barbury Town 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Issington F.C 5–4 St George's Creek
Urbanista 2–0 Urbanista Trojans
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–0 FC Brimstone
Exton F.C 3–0 Mandon United

It was a week of dominant scorelines all round really. One of the biggest matches of the season, regardless of each teams position, was the Urbanista derby, a highly charged encounter which saw Alexander Kirk and Ender Merwin sent off in a large brawl which occurred mid match. Tolgus Tregajorran didn't score which was surprising, Anaru the Bold scoring his first for the club along with Actor Marsalis. Issington and the Creek took part in a high scoring match in which Issington narrowly emerged victors, although that was mainly due to an inspired Danny Leighton hattrick. There is something just not working at Dwile this season, they slump to defeat at the hands of Wye United. There isn't panic yet at the biggest club in the nation, but Dwile really need to turn things around very soon.

Matchday 15
Mandon United 2–1 Miners '47
FC Brimstone 0–0 Exton F.C
Urbanista Trojans 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
St George's Creek 3–2 Urbanista
Wrexton F.C 1–3 Issington F.C
Wye United 1–1 Barbury Town
Mona A.F.C 1–0 Dwile Warriors
Mulhampstead 2–5 FC Endeavour

FC Endeavour are the pick of the week with their 5-2 mauling of a Mulhampstead side who are beginning to look in deep trouble, Alex Terán on brutal form with two goals and an assist to his name, one of the goals being a spectacular bicycle kick. Mona A.F.C beat Dwile Warriors, the defending champions are in a truly poor place at the half-way stage, this is the first time they've lost three league games on the trot in a long, long time. Supporters will take heart from the fact that the middle of the table is very congested, a couple of wins and they'd be first back in the UICA spots dogfight. Mona A.F.C, have been quietly having a fantastic season, and they currently stand in 5th place - not bad for a newly promoted side to the top tier. Gwinevra Barbarians suffer a rare loss, to Urbanista Trojans, meaning they slip up a little on Barbury at the top, Barbury now with a slim 1 point advantage over 2nd.

Matchday 16
Miners '47 1–5 FC Endeavour
Mulhampstead 0–2 Dwile Warriors
Mona A.F.C 1–0 Barbury Town
Wye United 4–1 Issington F.C
Wrexton F.C 0–1 Urbanista
St George's Creek 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Urbanista Trojans 1–1 Exton F.C
FC Brimstone 3–1 Mandon United

Dwile Warriors finally turn their fortunes around to beat bottom side Mulhampstead 2-0, Mateus Carvalho and Nicolas St Teath scoring there. Mona A.F.C continue their giant killing run, Alex Mo's offside goal being the only separating goal in that match. FC Endeavour put 5 goals past a fairly hapless Miners '47 side, Morten Macinko and Marcus Redwood linking well throughout the game, as well as Alex Terán. This therefore means Barbury, Gwinevra and FC Endeavour are all equal on points (31) at this moment in time. Issington F.C also continue to have a season to forget, with Wye United and Adnan Zozula blowing them away in the end.

Matchday 17
FC Brimstone 6–4 Miners '47
Mandon United 1–1 Urbanista Trojans
Exton F.C 5–2 St George's Creek
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Wrexton F.C
Urbanista 1–1 Wye United
Issington F.C 2–1 Mona A.F.C
Barbury Town 1–0 Mulhampstead
Dwile Warriors 2–1 FC Endeavour

FC Brimstone and Miners '47 take part in an unlikely goalfest - 10 goals at the FCB Stadium, can't say I've seen that before. Exton F.C also turn on the goal scoring abilites, a 5-2 victory over St George's Creek is a great result for them, Branko Tomic once again the star. St George's Creek aren't having the best of season's truth be told, they currently sit 12th - not particularly in the relegation fight, but not particularly able to compete for UICA either. Dwile Warriors record a massive victory over local rivals FC Endeavour, Richard D'Oyly and Agozti Ibarran the scorers, against Alex Terán's earlier goal. Barbury Town continue to stay top, their superior head to head record against Gwinevra holding them off, despite Gwinevra having a better goal difference. Issington F.C also win, a welcome sight in this troubled season for the club, they hold off a tricky and overpeforming Mona A.F.C

Matchday 18
Miners '47 0–1 Dwile Warriors
FC Endeavour 0–1 Barbury Town
Mulhampstead 2–0 Issington F.C
Mona A.F.C 2–4 Urbanista
Wye United 1–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Exton F.C
St George's Creek 4–0 Mandon United
Urbanista Trojans 1–2 FC Brimstone

FC Endeavour lose at home in a close battle against a Barbury Town side who seem to have the unique qualities of being able to win both the big games and the more routine. With the league as it is at this stage, they are the odds-on favourites to take the title this season, especially with Matthias Sindelar (the scorer) as the teams captain. Dwile Warriors also win, meaning they climb 5 places in the particularly cramped mid-table this season. Mona A.F.C are knocked off their perch once again, this time courtesy of a Tregajorran in full flow at The Old Ground. Wrexton F.C earn themselves a rare win, although Jon Quillisi's team aren't yet in a position to feel like they've pulled themselves out of danger yet. St George's Creek also get a win, and now they sit in the much more comfortable position of 7th place. The middle of the table is really quite stupidly close together - 5th and 13th are separated by just 3 points.

Marshall Cup Third Round
St George's Creek 2-1 Urbanista
Urbanista Trojans 0-1 Mona A.F.C
FC Brimstone 1-0 Mandon United
Wrexton F.C 0-2 Dwile Warriors
Barbury Town 1-0 Miners '47
Exton F.C 2-0 Kingsford FC
Celts 1-4 FC Endeavour
FC Harpoon 1-0 The Dambusters

16 clubs take part in the Third Round, only 8 progress. This year there generally seem to be less upsets as 7 of the advancing teams are from the top tier, FC Harpoon being the only lower tier team to continue, and they were against fellow third tier team the The Dambusters anyway. FC Endeavour also bash Celts about a bit as they are the highest scoring team to progress.

Matchday 19
Urbanista Trojans 4–0 Miners '47
FC Brimstone 1–1 St George's Creek
Mandon United 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Exton F.C 0–0 Wye United
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–2 Mona A.F.C
Urbanista 4–2 Mulhampstead
Issington F.C 3–4 FC Endeavour
Barbury Town 4–0 Dwile Warriors

Another big match day as the season wears on. Dwile Warriors suffer yet another set back against Barbury Town, as the Town spank them 4-0. Dwile Warriors have really played as a mid-table team so far this season and it's shown - they just haven't been able to beat the top teams. FC Endeavour beat fellow strugglers Issington F.C in a highly charged encounter. Danny Leighton scores the opener for Issington, but he's cutting a dejected figure at the moment, he doesn't look happy there. Urbanista win as well, Tregajorran scoring again to take his goal tally to 15 for the season, with Actor Marsalis, Alexander Kirk and Armando Quillisi all chipping in with goals as well. Mona continue their astounding season with a 2-0 win over Gwinevra Barbarians - the Barbarians look to be on a mini-slump there and they are now 5 points of title pace setters Barbury. Mandon beat Wrexton but they have slumped, and they currently sit 9th in the table after their early run of form.

Matchday 20
Miners '47 2–2 Barbury Town
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Issington F.C
FC Endeavour 3–2 Urbanista
Mulhampstead 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mona A.F.C 1–2 Exton F.C
Wye United 1–2 Mandon United
Wrexton F.C 0–1 FC Brimstone
St George's Creek 3–0 Urbanista Trojans

Mulhampstead manage a nil-all draw against Gwinevra, but Mulhampstead look in trouble, they've been largely devoid of creative spark this season. The relegation battle does appear to have become a three way battle between Mulhampstead, Miners '47 and Wrexton, with only one team being able to survive the top tier until next season. FC Brimstone beat Wrexton 1-0 to see them move into 5th - a pleasant shock for them I'm sure. Exton F.C, who have been quite anonymous in terms of the UICA and relegation races this season are the latest team to beat Mona A.F.C, with the middle of the table remaining incredibly close. FC Endeavour beat Urbanista to move second, displacing Gwinevra from the top two for the first time in quite a while. Barbury can only draw 2-2 at The Pit, however, with ten games remaining, they have a 4 point advantage, which could prove useful as we move to the business end of the season. In yet another Dwile derbies - these things are turning up almost weekly at the moment, it is Dwile who beat Issington to move back into contention - they'll still need to improve though if this season isn't to be judged a total disaster. For Issington, this season is already looking like a disaster - can they salvage some pride?

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Barbury Town             20   12   5   3    31   13  +18    41
 2 FC Endeavour             20   12   1   7    39   27  +12    37
 3 Gwinevra Barbarians      20   10   6   4    27   15  +12    36
 4 Urbanista                20   10   4   6    40   31   +9    34
 5 FC Brimstone             20    8   6   6    32   29   +3    30
 6 St George's Creek        20    8   5   7    45   42   +3    29
 7 Mona A.F.C               20    9   2   9    24   26   −2    29
 8 Mandon United            20    8   5   7    26   30   -4    29
 9 Dwile Warriors           20    8   4   8    33   37   −4    28
10 Exton F.C                20    7   7   6    28   21   +7    28
11 Urbanista Trojans        20    8   3   9    31   33   −2    27
12 Wye United               20    7   4   9    33   31   +2    25
13 Issington F.C            20    5   8   7    28   36   −8    23
14 Wrexton F.C              20    5   3  12    13   23  −10    18
15 Miners '47               20    4   4  12    27   49  −22    16
16 Mulhampstead             20    4   3  13    26   41  −15    15

Cierbana continue to hold a slight advantage over Egloskerry in second. The title will probably be decided between these two now. Atletico Standard, Oldem Gents Club, Celts and Sunshine Athletic are all in the chasing pack at the moment, although, as usual, it's bloody close. Kepler United look a bit lost in this division, truth be told, and regulars in the relegation dogfight, Southtown and Frewick F.C hover nervously above.

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Cierbana United        20   12   3   5    26   16  +10    39
 2 Egloskerry             20   12   2   6    31   21  +10    38
 3 Atletico Standard      20    8   8   4    28   19   +9    32
 4 Oldem Gents Club       20    8   8   4    21   14   +7    32
 5 Celts                  20    9   4   7    22   16   +6    31
 6 Sunshine Athletic      20    9   4   7    21   21    0    31
 7 Gwinevra Bulls         20    6  11   3    11    6   +5    29
 8 Old Licentians         20    8   5   7    26   27   −1    29
 9 Lighthouse Coves       20    7   6   7    42   37   +5    27
10 Bouldertown            20    6   6   8    31   29   +2    24
11 Moscva 2k12            20    7   2  11    15   25  −10    23
12 Gurdle A.F.C           20    5   7   8    21   34  −13    22
13 Barbury F.C            20    5   6   9    19   24   −5    21
14 Frewick F.C            20    5   6   9    29   39  −10    21
15 Southtown              20    5   5  10    11   18   −7    20
16 Kepler United          20    4   5  11    44   52   −8    17

Oldem Mechanical have had their lead diminish, but they still sit proudly at the top of the ANL3 table. FC Harpoon are behind them, and they will be eager to return to the second tier.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Oldem Mechanical          20   11   6   3    42   22  +20    39
 2 FC Harpoon                20   10   7   3    45   26  +19    37
 3 Calshott Lighthouse       20   10   6   4    28   17  +11    36
 4 Urbanista Young Boys      20   11   2   7    36   33   +3    35
 5 Yerk United               20   11   2   7    45   43   +2    35
 6 Docklands United          20    9   4   7    25   20   +5    31
 7 Armageddon Casuals        20    8   4   8    49   42   +7    28
 8 Don't Panic FC            20    7   7   6    42   43   −1    28
 9 Kingsford FC              20    8   3   9    26   28   −2    27
10 The Dambusters            20    6   7   7    31   38   −7    25
11 TP Indians                20    6   4  10    38   40   −2    22
12 Old Guard Regiment        20    4   9   7    22   30   −8    21
13 Cawln Wanderers           20    6   3  11    25   39  −14    21
14 Flotsam & Jetsam          20    4   7   9    29   41  −12    19
15 Project +90               20    4   6  10    26   40  −14    18
16 Barrabrook United         20    3   7  10    26   33   −7    16

[Apox]

ANL Season 13 - Part Three

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 21
St George's Creek 2–0 Miners '47
Urbanista Trojans 0–0 Wrexton F.C
FC Brimstone 1–2 Wye United
Mandon United 0–0 Mona A.F.C
Exton F.C 2–0 Mulhampstead
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–3 FC Endeavour
Urbanista 2–2 Dwile Warriors
Issington F.C 2–1 Barbury Town

Barbury Town suffer a rare loss, at the hands of an aggrieved Issington side, meaning their lead is reduced to just one point at the top, after Herbert Chapman and Alessandro Delvecchio score for them, cancelling out and rendering Jack Lerryn's early header useless. Dwile Warriors and Urbanista share a 2-2 draw, with the defending champions battle hard to take a point against a stubborn Urbanista side. Mulhampstead lose their 14th game of the season, to Exton F.C who are very much in the hunt for a Globe Cup spot now while St George's Creek win, propelling them into 5th place. FC Endeavour beat Gwinevra Barbarians, to create a bit of a gap between Endeavour and Barbury at the top.

Marshall Cup Quarter-Finals
St George's Creek 0-2 Mona A.F.C
FC Brimstone 0-0 Dwile Warriors (0-1 AET)
Barbury Town 0-0 Exton F.C (1-0 AET)
FC Endeavour 0-0 FC Harpoon (0-0 AET, 2-3 PKs)

A set of Marshall Cup Quarter Finals notable by the complete lack of scoring by most teams. Mona A.F.C are the only team to actually score in normal time, with Juquinho the Immoral and Jack Hawke scoring. Dwile Warriors and Barbury Town both win 1-0 in extra time, and FC Harpoon perform sensationally to hold FC Endeavour until penalties - at which point the result is anyone's guess. They won! 3-2.

Matchday 22
Miners '47 0–0 Issington F.C
Barbury Town 3–2 Urbanista
Dwile Warriors 4–4 Gwinevra Barbarians
FC Endeavour 3–0 Exton F.C
Mulhampstead 1–1 Mandon United
Mona A.F.C 1–0 FC Brimstone
Wye United 3–4 Urbanista Trojans
Wrexton F.C 2–1 St George's Creek

Issington F.C continue to struggle, this season is going terribly for them and you feel that Lee Sharp's tenure at the club could come to a rather sudden end sooner rather than later. Barbury Town win yet another crucial game, this time a 3-2 victory against Urbanista. FC Endeavour also do well, beating Exton 3-0, thanks largely to the solid midfield pairing of Alex Terán, Nikita Pirinen and Marcus Redwood, who were simply untouchable for the majority of the game. Wrexton F.C pick up a rare win, Wrexton now have 5 points between Miners '47 and them, a slight cushion from relegation. Dwile Warriors and Gwinevra Barbarians take part in a thrilling 4-4 draw, a classic match reminiscent to when both sides were one of the most attacking in the league - and full of star players as well.

Matchday 23
Wrexton F.C 3–3 Miners '47
St George's Creek 2–2 Wye United
Urbanista Trojans 0–2 Mona A.F.C
FC Brimstone 2–0 Mulhampstead
Mandon United 5–2 FC Endeavour
Exton F.C 0–1 Dwile Warriors
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–1 Barbury Town
Urbanista 2–1 Issington F.C

Issington just can't find a winning formula can they? Urbanista, on the other hand, are having a great season, though that is largely due to Tolgus Tregajorran, who bangs in his 17th goal of the campaign with this win. Barbury lose, a rare occurrance for them this season, however, they still lead with FC Endeavour losing as well, and with Gwinevra beating Barbury, they move only 4 points behind the leaders, with 7 games left to play. In FC Endeavour's game, Mandon pull off the rare feat of having a midfielder score a hat-trick, with Saskia Babič netting three times in the game. Wye United draw 2-2 with St George's Creek, with two perhaps slightly underrated domestic talents shining through, Adnan Zozula for Wye and Maximillion the Codger for the Creek.

Matchday 24
Miners '47 3–3 Urbanista
Issington F.C 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Barbury Town 0–0 Exton F.C
Dwile Warriors 3–2 Mandon United
FC Endeavour 0–0 FC Brimstone
Mulhampstead 1–2 Urbanista Trojans
Mona A.F.C 0–3 St George's Creek
Wye United 0–0 Wrexton F.C

Dwile Warriors look on track for a strong win at Mandon United, 3-0 at half time, but a strong and disciplined Mandon side come back to 3-2, nearly gaining a point from proceedings. However, that win does move Dwile closer, they sit 7th now. Issington lose yet again, one more loss and apparently Lee Sharp will be heading out of the stricken club. St George's Creek beat Mona A.F.C, and now they sit 5th, they've been having a great season so far. FC Endeavour and Barbury both fail to score, meaning the top three remains as before, although Gwinevra's win puts them firmly back in contention.

Matchday 25
Wye United 2–2 Miners '47
Wrexton F.C 4–0 Mona A.F.C
St George's Creek 3–1 Mulhampstead
Urbanista Trojans 1–3 FC Endeavour
FC Brimstone 0–1 Dwile Warriors
Mandon United 2–3 Barbury Town
Exton F.C 0–1 Issington F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Urbanista

Wrexton F.C manage a solid win over Mona A.F.C, their most convincing of the season, and with that they must feel like they're safe, 7 points ahead of Miners '47 with 5 games remaining. Mulhampstead lose again, and they are potentially one match away from being relegated. At this stage, they are pretty much guaranteed relegation, which supporters of the club will be sad to see. It's still as close as ever at the top, with Barbury, Gwinevra and Endeavour all winning, meaning the top three clubs are all separated by just two points. Dwile Warriors beat Brimstone, catapulting them into 5th place, much to their fans delight. Is there an unlikely title run left in them? Well, it's improbable, they'd need to win all their remaining games to have any hope.

Matchday 26
Miners '47 1–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Urbanista 0–1 Exton F.C
Issington F.C 4–2 Mandon United
Barbury Town 1–1 FC Brimstone
Dwile Warriors 2–1 Urbanista Trojans
FC Endeavour 3–0 St George's Creek
Mulhampstead 3–2 Wrexton F.C
Mona A.F.C 1–2 Wye United

Issington win again, this week a 4-2 victory over Mandon United. That's two wins on the trot for them, have they finally found some form? Barbury Town don't even trip up really, a draw after their long winning streak isn't bad, but it is Endeavour's superior squad depth which allows them to leapfrog Barbury, relying on a Hilde Varano brace and a goal from Alex Terán to see them home, meaning they top the table by a single point now. Dwile Warriors are up to fourth with a 2-1 victory over Urbanista Trojans, who aren't doing too well this season, as Dwile seem to have finally found a winning formula of sorts.

Matchday 27
Mona A.F.C 1–0 Miners '47
Wye United 3–0 Mulhampstead
Wrexton F.C 0–1 FC Endeavour
St George's Creek 4–2 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista Trojans 1–3 Barbury Town
FC Brimstone 2–3 Issington F.C
Mandon United 1–2 Urbanista
Exton F.C 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians

Barbury Town and FC Endeavour both return to winning ways, guaranteeing them both UICA football next season. However, with both teams chasing the title, that would be small consolation for each team at this moment in time. Gwinevra Barbarians slip up a little with three games to go, a 0-0 draw with Exton is the best they can manage. Wye United win over Mulhampstead, with Mulhampstead almost condemned officially now, Wye on the other hand, have had a great season so far, the young talent of Adnan Zozula has been great for them this season. Urbanista, return to winning ways with a Tregajorran brace moving him onto 20 goals for this season - he has almost guaranteed the Golden Boot for himself now, barring something spectacular.

Marshall Cup Semi-Finals
Mona A.F.C 1-0 Dwile Warriors
Barbury Town 2-1 FC Harpoon

An exciting set of match-ups there, as Mona A.F.C knock out Dwile Warriors in a tense encounter, the Warriors now out of the running as they go for a record third Marshall Cup title. Barbury Town conceded to FC Harpoon first, but a double from Curio in the second half sees them progress to a final against Mona, as Barbury themselves look for their second Marshall Cup triumph.

Matchday 28
Miners '47 2–1 Exton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Mandon United
Urbanista 2–0 FC Brimstone
Issington F.C 3–3 Urbanista Trojans
Barbury Town 4–1 St George's Creek
Dwile Warriors 3–1 Wrexton F.C
FC Endeavour 3–1 Wye United
Mulhampstead 1–0 Mona A.F.C

FC Endeavour continue to just about cling onto the top spot, a 3-1 victory over Wye United, boosting their goal difference in the process. Not as much as Barbury Town who paste St George's Creel 4-1. With losses for UICA chasing St George's Creek and Mona A.F.C, Urbanista sneak back into 5th with a 2-0 win over FC Brimstone. Mulhampstead continue to stave off relegation with a nervy 1-0 victory over Mona A.F.C. They're just about hanging on. Would this be the most unlikely relegation escape in ANL history? Miners '47 also win, as they aim to creep out of relegation for the second season in a row.

Matchday 29
Mulhampstead 1–3 Miners '47
Mona A.F.C 2–2 FC Endeavour
Wye United 6–3 Dwile Warriors
Wrexton F.C 0–1 Barbury Town
St George's Creek 1–2 Issington F.C
Urbanista Trojans 1–1 Urbanista
FC Brimstone 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mandon United 0–1 Exton F.C

Issington string together another win, but they've been officially ruled out of UICA football next season. Lee Sharp's future is therefore left to be waited on. Urbanista only drew in the second Urbanista derby of the season, but it is a result which gains them UICA football this season, a big result for the team and Olim Benzari in his first full season as manager. Wye United spank Dwile Warriors, meaning they have to wait to confirm UICA football this season. Barbury Town return to the top of the table with one match to go after Endeavour draw to Mona and Barbury beat a Wrexton side who are on a terrible losing streak and are now perilously close to relegation. Mulhampstead have finally been relegated, losing to Miners '47 in the relegation six-pointer of the season.

Matchday 30
Miners '47 1–1 Mandon United
Exton F.C 3–0 FC Brimstone
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–1 Urbanista Trojans
Urbanista 2–1 St George's Creek
Issington F.C 2–0 Wrexton F.C
Barbury Town 4–2 Wye United
Dwile Warriors 4–0 Mona A.F.C
FC Endeavour 2–1 Mulhampstead

An incredibly dramatic final day of the season. FC Endeavour do everything they can in beating bottom and out side Mulhampstead 2-1. Barbury Town however, have their sights firmly set on the title and a strong Wye side, although one with nothing to play for, cannot stop than, and they claim their first title in the ANL era. Wild celebrations ensue in Barbury, as they finally break the Dwile teams monopoly in league titles. Gwinevra Barbarians and Urbanista both win, as both teams gain UICA spots this season, Tolgus Tregajorran scoring both in that, seizing the Golden Boot and a record goalscoring total in the ANL, with 24 goals scored this season. Dwile Warriors also storm into 5th position and are the final team to obtain UICA football next season.

Five points behind, come Issington F.C, who rose very fast from a terrible position to just outside UICA in only 5 games, with a good run towards the end. Exton F.C finish seventh another team finishing strongly. Returning to the bottom, Mulhampstead's fate was already sealed before the matchday, however, in the final relegation spot was very interesting. Miners '47 managed a draw, putting them level on points with Wrexton F.C who could have done with any result to keep them safe, after a number of poor results. However they lost to Issington F.C, and as the first tiebreaker is head-to-head points, Wrexton surprisingly see themselves relegated, their first spell outside the ANL in thirteen seasons of football looms.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Barbury Town             30   18   7   5    52   26  +26    61 - CHAMPIONS, CC
 2 FC Endeavour             30   19   3   8    61   39  +22    60 - CC
 3 Gwinevra Barbarians      30   16   9   5    43   25  +18    57 - GC
 4 Urbanista                30   14   7   9    56   45  +11    49 - GC
 5 Dwile Warriors           30   14   6  10    58   57   +1    48 - GC
 6 Issington F.C            30   11  10   9    46   48   −2    43
 7 Exton F.C                30   11   9  10    36   28   +8    42
 8 St George's Creek        30   12   6  12    63   60   +3    42
 9 Wye United               30   11   7  12    54   51   +3    40
10 Mona A.F.C               30   12   4  14    31   42  −11    40
11 FC Brimstone             30    9   9  12    38   42   −4    36
12 Urbanista Trojans        30   10   6  14    45   54   −9    36
13 Mandon United            30    9   8  13    40   48   −8    35
14 Miners '47               30    6   9  15    42   65  −23    27
15 Wrexton F.C              30    7   6  17    25   37  −12    27 - RELEGATED
16 Mulhampstead             30    6   4  20    35   61  −26    22 - RELEGATED

Cierbana storm to an unlikely ANL2 title, and they return to the ANL for the third time next season, having bested Egloskerry by 4 points in the end. Egloskerry, Gwinevra Bulls and Oldem Gents Club will contest the play-offs, with Oldem Gents Club just edging out Atletico Standard and Bouldertown on head-to-head difference. Down the other end of the table, Kepler United return straight to the ANL3 next season, while Gurdle A.F.C continue to boost their reputation as a yo-yo club, and they are also relegated.

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Cierbana United        30   18   6   6    36   19  +17    60 - CHAMPIONS, PROMOTED
 2 Egloskerry             30   17   5   8    44   28  +16    56 - Play-offs
 3 Gwinevra Bulls         30   11  12   7    20   14   +6    45 - Play-offs
 4 Oldem Gents Club       30   11  10   9    32   26   +6    43 - Play-offs
 5 Atletico Standard      30   11  10   9    36   32   +4    43
 6 Bouldertown            30   12   7  11    49   41   +8    43
 7 Sunshine Athletic      30   11   9  10    32   30   +2    42
 8 Barbury F.C            30   11   9  10    35   34   +1    42
 9 Moscva 2k12            30   12   5  13    26   34   −8    41
10 Old Licentians         30   11   8  11    38   39   −1    41
11 Celts                  30   11   8  11    32   28   +4    41
12 Frewick F.C            30    9   8  13    42   54  −12    35
13 Lighthouse Coves       30    8  10  12    50   53   −3    34
14 Southtown              30    8   8  14    20   27   −7    32
15 Gurdle A.F.C           30    6  12  12    28   45  −17    30 - RELEGATED
16 Kepler United          30    5   9  16    51   67  −16    24 - RELEGATED

In the end it is FC Harpoon who take the group title, in doing so becoming the only team from the lower leagues to win a title twice. Oldem Mechanical come a close second, and then there is a bit of a gap between Calshott Lighthouse and Docklands United who fill out the play-off positions. Flotsam & Jetsam stick stubbornly to the bottom, as is customary for them.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 FC Harpoon                30   18   8   4    70   37  +33    62 - CHAMPIONS, PROMOTED
 2 Oldem Mechanical          30   17   8   5    59   32  +27    59 - Play-offs
 3 Calshott Lighthouse       30   16   7   7    41   26  +15    55 - Play-offs
 4 Docklands United          30   14   7   9    40   32   +8    49 - Play-offs
 5 Don't Panic FC            30   12  10   8    59   56   +3    46
 6 Urbanista Young Boys      30   13   4  13    50   49   +1    43
 7 Yerk United               30   12   5  13    62   68   −6    41
 8 The Dambusters            30   10  10  10    46   52   −6    40
 9 Armageddon Casuals        30   11   6  13    63   61   +2    39
10 TP Indians                30   10   8  12    52   51   +1    38
11 Kingsford FC              30   11   5  14    39   45   −6    38
12 Old Guard Regiment        30    8  11  11    36   46  −10    35
13 Cawln Wanderers           30   10   5  15    40   54  −14    35
14 Project +90               30    7   9  14    45   59  −14    30
15 Barrabrook United         30    6   8  16    46   61  −15    26
16 Flotsam & Jetsam          30    5   9  16    45   64  −19    24

[Apox]

ANL Season 13 - Season Review

Golden Boot
24 - Tolgus Tregajorran (Urbanista)
19 - Mateus Carvalho [NSI] (Dwile Warriors)
16 - Curio [TGC] (Barbury Town), Adnan Zozula (Wye United), Maximillion the Codger (St George's Creek)
15 - Danny Leighton [TLI] (Issington F.C), Alex Terán [FRF] (FC Endeavour)
13 - Conor Morriston (Gwinevra Barbarians), Anna Wilbrahim (Miners '47)
12 - Richard D'Oyly (Dwile Warriors), Branko Tomic [PAS] (Exton F.C)

Team Reviews

Barbury Town Top Scorer: Curio (16), Average Capacity: 31,486
Barbury have performed excellently all season, with a strong squad with very carefully chosen additions each season. Matthias Sindelar has finally won a title with Barbury, after spells with Wrexton F.C and FC Endeavour before his move away to The Licentian Isles. After a short time trying to adjust to life in the ANL, Curio also settled down and became a key part of their title winning squad, backed up by the strong midfield presences of Jay Robinson and Sverre Devold. Ken Rickwright has worked wonders at the club, and they are a very deserving title winning squad.

FC Endeavour Top Scorer: Alex Terán (15), Average Capacity: 39,581
Endeavour didn't do all that much wrong during the season though a team which lost 8 games during the season could never really be expected to win the title. That is thought to be in part due to the defense, who have appeared weaker this season. Manager Petter Aurelias is understood to be in the market for defensive replacements for next season. The key is to retain Alex Terán, the Farf player being the star of the team this season, and while he is thought to be open to the possibility of moving, fans and players alike will wish to see him remain at the club.

Gwinevra Barbarians Top Scorer: Conor Morriston (13), Average Capacity: 36,783
An excellent season for the Barbarians, as they stormed back into the UICA places, and even challenging for the title at various points in the season. Charlie Boroni has excelled this season, he's definitely on the radar for a national team call-up at the moment. Gwinevra managed to perform off the back of momentum this season, and they'll need to make additions in the off season in order to stay competitive. Without the funds they used to have available to them, Jorgen Hauge will need to be savvy in the transfer market, perhaps by picking out players who haven't quite caught the world's eye yet. Much better from the team this season.

Urbanista Top Scorer: Tolgus Tregajorran (24), Average Capacity: 30,185
Urbanista managed to perform so well largely off the results of one man - Tolgus Tregajorran. He's broken the scoring record for goals in one season and is now the fourth player to break 100 ANL goals, and in record time too. Keeping him over the summer will be Urbanista's biggest priority, but they may be left with no choice as Urbanista haven't won a title since Tregajorran's first season in the side, and don't look like winning one anytime soon either. Captain Armando Quillisi played convincingly and Actor Marsalis was an able second striker all season. However, their defense is ageing and looking quite weak, another club who will need to find replacements in the off season.

Dwile Warriors: Top Scorer: Mateus Carvalho (19), Average Capacity: 55,276
Steven Frew experimented with his highly successful formation this season, and it didn't quite gel until the end of the season. However, the man is a legend at the club, and he'll come back fighting next season, that's for sure. Mateus Carvalho continued to lead the line with skill, backed up by Agozti Ibarran and Richard D'Oyly on the flanks. Their midfield could do with some strengthening, only Olivier Toivainen is a respected and well known face there at the moment. However, the fans remain as passionate as ever, and the biggest football club in the league rolls on.

Issington F.C Top Scorer: Danny Leighton (15), Average Capacity: 25,839
Issington are a club in a crisis. It didn't become apparent until the end of the season, but their support has ebbed away. Dwile is a very crowded city when it comes to football clubs, and many of the supporters Issington gained when Endeavour went bust have returned to the revived club of their youth. The backers of the club are looking to sell after the bankrolling Issington's charge to the top. There is even talk of downsizing to a smaller stadium due to the club costs of servicing a half full stadium this season. Danny Leighton managed to help the team a bit with his goals towards the end, but he's a mercenary and he may need to be sold to help cover the team through a season without UICA football.

Exton F.C Top Scorer: Branko Tomic (12), Average Capacity: 23,586
Seventh probably isn't a bad finish for Exton this season, and with the size and spending power of the clubs they were up against, they were always unlikely to be able to compete with the other teams to get UICA football next season. The squad is still young, and with the talents of players such as Jemima Rickwright, Ricardo Carvalho and Branko Tomic still developing, they'll still be relevant next season.

St George's Creek Top Scorer: Maximillion the Codger (16), Average Capacity: 5,000
They survived the loss of their home country and played to a capacity crowd every game in their tiny temporary stadium whilst a larger, permanent structure is built in the Apoxian county of Old Guard. They've managed to stabilise themselves in the top flight, and this is another solid, mid-table finish for them. In the future, they might even be able to push on for UICA football. Their players are also fiercely loyal, club captain Axe the Dominant saying he would "rather fist himself" than leave the club. Strong words from a passionate man.

Wye United Top Scorer: Adnan Zozula (16), Average Capacity: 20,584
A 9th placed finish is a dream for Wye United as they return to the top flight for the first time in a while. Adnan Zozula was a key player for them, scoring 16 goals and adapting to life in the top tier with ease. Their squad looks deep enough for them to survive next season with relative ease although the team will have a fight on their hands to keep all of their players for next season, a fair few have impressed with solid performances this season.

Mona A.F.C Top Scorer: Juquinho the Immoral (9), Average Capacity: 17,483
Mona were the other promoted side, and they managed to stay up, which is an impressive achievement from the small northern town club. Juquinho the Immoral and Tom Cergennan were the main goalscoring threats for them this season, and it was only a poor finish to the season which saw them finish as low as 10th. Next season is an unknown for them, will they solidify their position in the league, or will they sink like a stone?

FC Brimstone Top Scorer: Janus Mumford (11), Average Capacity: 23,113
Another average season for perhaps the most average team in the league, with the usual set of not particularly stand-out players who are well drilled and able to grind out enough results to ensure top flight football for next season. Not a great deal to say about their season really, meh sums it up the best.

Urbanista Trojans Top Scorer: Corinna McKenna (13), Average Capacity: 18,473
A poor season by the Trojans perhaps artificially inflated standards, after their high water mark of 6th last season. For some reason, they just couldn't get the results they truly wanted this season, although only a couple more favourable results would have been enough for them to finish significantly higher. They have a good squad, and I'm sure they'll bounce back into UICA contention next season. They performed much more poorly against Urbanista this season though, gaining only 1 point out of the Urbanista derbies.

Mandon United Top Scorer: Harry Lickett (10), Average Capacity: 18,883
The final position will be incredibly disappointing for the team and for fans alike, after they had a magnificent opening run, top after 7 games. Their final two-thirds of the season was, frankly, relegation form, and they finish bottom of the pack, hovering above those teams in the relegation battle. While Flavio the Penguin is a welcome change at the club, he will need to perform better next season to still be in with a job.

Miners '47 Top Scorer: Anna Wilbrahim (13), Average Capacity: 15,481
They've done it again! Miners '47 dig their way out of trouble at the death for the second season in a row, finishing level on points and with a worse goal difference than Wrexton, but with a better head-to-head record, which was enough to see the courageous Miners stay up once again. However, with an ageing side, they'll need to make improvements in order to not be firmly in the relegation fight again next season.

Wrexton F.C Top Scorer: Frank Cardle (10), Average Capacity: 18,555
Wrexton's slow decline in terms of relevance and league position has finally been realised, with the team relegated on the final matchday, after a truly dreadful last five matches. Saddled with debt, without a manager, there is a very strong chance they might enter administration next season which would destroy their chances of instant re-promotion. They have good players in the side, players such as Frank Cardle, Luxulya St Cleer, Jack Ohanna, Ulrika Kinlasson - however, how many of those player will still be playing at Wrexton next season is anyone's guess. It looks like it's a long road back from here.

Mulhampstead Top Scorer: Halva Mylor (9), Average Capacity: 14,290
Mulhampstead looked pretty doomed from fairly early on in the season, and so it proved, they've been relegated and will return to the second tier. The squad largely failed to play well throughout the season and as a result, they probably deserved relegation in a way, in most of the players eyes the fight was gone. Except for one player, Alice Monteforth, who had a relatively good season and who will probably move away from the club in the off season - she's definitely of top tier standard.

ANL Play-offs
Gwinevra Bulls 0–1 Oldem Gents Club
Egloskerry 0–2 Gwinevra Bulls
Oldem Gents Club 0–0 Egloskerry

  ANL Play-offs          Pld   W D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Oldem Gents Club         2   1 1  0    1   0  +1    4 - PROMOTED TO THE ANL
2 Gwinevra Bulls           2   1 0  1    2   1  +1    3
3 Egloskerry               2   0 1  1    0   2  −2    1

ANL2 Play-offs
Calshott Lighthouse 1–0 Docklands United
Oldem Mechanical 0–2 Calshott Lighthouse
Docklands United 1–0 Oldem Mechanical

  ANL2 Play-offs         Pld   W  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Calshott Lighthouse      2   2  0    3   0  +3    6 - PROMOTED TO THE ANL2
2 Docklands United         2   1  1    1   1   0    3
3 Oldem Mechanical         2   0  2    0   3  −3    0

Relegation from the ANL3

After talks between clubs in the tiers below the ANL, the Northern and Southern Premiers, and the AFB, regarding the possibility of opening up positions in the ANL league structure to non league teams, it has been decided that from next season, there will be promotion and relegation between the ANL and the non league structures.

It has been decided that the winners of the Northern Premier and Southern Premier will play a play-off match at the conclusion of their seasons for the 20 team conferences, with the winner of that match being promoted to the ANL3, with the bottom placed team in the ANL3 being relegated to their respective division below, based geographically.

Marshall Cup 8 Final

Attendance: 69,914
Mona A.F.C 0-2 Barbury Town

Barbury seize their second Marshall Cup, in doing so becoming the third team to win the double this season. Mona A.F.C started brightly at the Royal Stadium, before Matthias Sindelar coolly took a free-kick which missed everyone and when straight into the back of the net. Sverre Devold late second half goal finalised it, as Barbury win yet more silverware in this brilliantly successful season.

[Apox]

ANL Season 14 - Preview

Well, I know this gets said every season, but this time it's actually true! This year, the ANL is bigger and better than ever. With the ANL being ranked 5th in UICA now, we are eligible to send 3 teams to the Champions Cup which is nice. An eventful off season saw the Apoxian transfer record broken not once, but twice, with promising Jody Rijshaart moving to champions Barbury Town for a record 15 million before Tolgus Tregajorran, the man of the hour, completed an enormous 20 million transfer to the biggest team in the land, none other than Dwile Warriors. FC Endeavour have also strengthened in the off season, and it is likely that one of these three clubs will take the title this season. Will it be Barbury or Endeavour, both clubs chasing their second title? Or will it be Dwile Warriors, trying to seize their 6th title?

With 6 UICA spots, this opens up competition further for UICA spots. Gwinevra Barbarians and Urbanista are the two favourites for this pre-season, and the final spot could be filled from any one of Issington F.C, Exton F.C, St George's Creek, Urbanista Trojans or maybe someone unexpected.

In addition, done the bottom of the pyramid, the bottom placed side of the ANL3 now faces the threat of relegation, with the two winners of the North and South conferences battling it out for a place in the ANL league structure next season. Now on to the teams!

Tolgus Tregajorran - Urbanista to Dwile Warriors for £20,000,000
Jody Rijshaart (AUD) - Oljestaden IF (AUD) to Barbury Town for £15,000,000 & Harry Xafagoulis
Danny Leighton (TLI) - Issington F.C to FC Endeavour for £9,000,000 & Hilde Varano
Elvis Sandbottom (PLI) - Po City (PDT) to Urbanista for £7,500,000
Michel de Mercurio (YTT) - Gesterlake FC (ASG) to Issington F.C for £6,000,000
Amadeus Finn (PIS) - SC Kiel (PIS) to Barbury Town for £3,000,000
Dorian Mixolydian - Wye United to Ozkha Rovers (PDT) for £3,000,000
Ulrika Kinlasson - Wrexton F.C to 1830 Cathair (AUD) for £3,000,000
Jack Hawke - Mona A.F.C to Avenida Leal (FRF) for £2,500,000
Alice Monteforth - Mulhampstead to Gwinevra Barbarians for £1,000,000
Rübéãn Tôr (FRF) - Dí Maozöxê (FRF) to FC Endeavor for an undisclosed amount
Zezinho (NSI) - Project +90 to Gwinevra Barbarians for an undisclosed amount
Anna Hikari (NSI) - Project +90 to St George's Creek for an undisclosed amount
Ryan Butler (GLX) - Free Agent to Oldem Gents Club for £0
Namine Nagatomo (NSI) - Free Agent to Barbury Town for £0
Anders Weiss (PIS) - Royal Rumiatzi (ASG) to St George's Creek for £0
Hans Nielssen - Arka Snezhnaya (MYT) to Granger Dragonites (NSI) for £0
Roy Tobin (MBT) - Bellight Wanderers (MBT) to FC Brimstone for £0
Janus Mumford - FC Brimstone to Retired
Joleon Small - Mandon United to Retired

Barbury Town
Manager: Ken Rickwright
Home Ground: Village Green, Capacity: 32,000
Captain: Matthias Sindelar, DM
Key Players: Alan Eustathios, GK; Jack Lerryn, RD; Jody Rijshaart (AUD), CM; Sverre Devold (BYN), CM; Curio (TGC), ST
Preview: Barbury Town are a team on top of the world. Never has a club transformed itself from midtable side to champions and conquerors of the multiverse with such ease. They've been busy over the off season as well, bringing in Audioslavian midfielder Jody Rijshaart, as well as Polarian youngster Amadeus Finn and Apoxian talent Alex Mo. Their midfield is easily one of the best in Apox, and now they have the squad depth that they were perhaps missing last time out. It will be hard for them to replicate last season with the strength of FC Endeavour and Dwile Warriors, but I reckon they'll still be challenging.
Last Season: 1st Predicted: 3rd


FC Endeavour
Manager: Petter Aurelias (PIS)
Home Ground: The Garganaut, Capacity: 42,000
Captain: Marcus Redwood, RM
Key Players: Kjn Volgisrhaad (PDT), GK; Endellion the Hewn (OGD), CD; Alex Terán (FRF), CM; Nikita Pirinen (PIS), CM; Danny Leighton (TLI), ST
Preview: FC Endeavour have also strengthened, Licentian superstar Danny Leighton being their big acquisition of the summer. However, the years of spending on top stars is beginning to affect them, and after watching teams such as Issington F.C and Wrexton fail due to debts, there is talk of reigning in spending a little in the coming years. Their team is still a force to be reckoned with, and they will continue to challenge at the top this season.
Last Season: 2nd Predicted: 2nd


Gwinevra Barbarians
Manager: Jorgen Hauge (PIS)
Home Ground: The Barbaria, Capacity: 38,000
Captain: Cleto Mata (FRF), CD
Key Players: Ettie Seabrooke, GK; Charlie Boroni, RM; Morgana Foloris (PDT), CM
Preview: Last season was fantastic for Gwinevra, and a return to UICA football was gladly welcomed. The club has finally begun to realise that, for now, they cannot compete with the top teams, and that maintaining UICA football should be the objective for the forseeable future, as Jorgen Hauge tries to build a team that can challenge with the limited funds at his disposal. The squad is good, and the addition of Alice Monteforth and Sunrisian Zezinho will help this season, but it is still very much a work in progress at Gwinevra.
Last Season: 3rd Predicted: 4th


Urbanista:
Manager: Olim Benzari
Home Ground: Lime Ground, Capacity: 36,000
Captain: Armando Quillisi, CM
Key Players: Ben Hatem, LD; Alexander Kirk (AUD), CM; Elvis Sandbottom (PLI), ST
Preview: Tolgus Tregajorran is gone. This is earth shattering news from a club which has just begun to pick itself up from the diabolical 10th placed finish of two seasons ago. While they have had plenty of money to spend from the Tregajorran sale, it was always accepted that he would be near impossible to replace, as anyone who had scored 89 goals in 5 seasons would be. Elvis Sandbottom has been brought in for the quite expensive fee of 7.5 million, and he will help plug the gap of goals. However, the defense is ageing, and that could be what hinders Urbanista this season.
Last Season: 4th Predicted: 5th


Dwile Warriors
Manager: Steven Frew
Home Ground: The APX Sports Stadium, Capacity: 56,000
Captain: Olivier Toivainen (PIS), CM
Key Players: Kieron Riordan (NSB), GK; Hadrian Belfast (NSB), CD; Nicolas St Teath, CD; Agozti Ibarran (ASG), RM; Mateus Carvalho (NSI), ST; Tolgus Tregajorran, ST
Preview: Urbanista's loss is Dwile Warriors gain, and by god, does this side look unstoppable this season. In all areas there are players of serious talent, it is a team filled to the brim with superstars. Steven Frew has announced that this will be his 9th and final season at the club, and everyone there will be hoping to give the man who has brought in 5 trophies for the team in his time there, the best possible send off. And I reckon they'll do it.
Last Season: 5th Predicted: 1st


Issington F.C
Manager: Lee Sharp (EUR)
Home Ground: Dwile Stadium, Capacity: 25,000
Captain: Joe Frost, GK
Key Players: Solomon Etezadi, CD; Guus Olsen, CM; Alessandro Delvecchio (OSD), ST
Preview: Issington F.C appear to be a club in decline. Gone, is their star striker Danny Leighton, and they have the slightly less impressive forward Hilde Varano in his place this season. Looking through their squad, it does appear to be a much more average side than previous, dominant sides. In addition, they have suffered the ignominy of downsizing their stadium, with Dwile Stadium, previously holding an impressive 54,000 now only seating a paltry 25,000 by comparison. In just two seasons, they've gone from title challengers to strugglers for a UICA spot.
Last Season: 6th Predicted: 7th


Exton F.C
Manager: Charden Hules (EAR)
Home Ground: River Exe Ground, Capacity: 24,000
Captain: Niko Vaarakallio (PIS), CM
Key Players: Olim Shahzad, CD; Ole Jorgensen (MYT), CD; Ricardo Carvalho (NSI), CM; Branko Tomić (PAS), ST
Preview: The extra UICA spot cannot have come soon enough for Exton F.C, with the club desperate to return to the top level of competition. They have had a pretty static squad for a number of seasons now, which isn't particularly great. However, the decline of Issington F.C could open up a gap for them this season, UICA money would be incredibly useful for a small club such as Exton.
Last Season: 7th Predicted: 6th


St. George's Creek
Manager: Sanderstal the Almighty (OGD)
Home Ground: New Alpaca Drive, Capacity: 22,000
Captain: Axe the Dominant (OGD), DM
Key Players: Georgi the Hovelan (OGD), GK; Sam of Charlfont (OGD), CM; Maximillion the Codger (OGD, ST; Ezekiel Charlestown (MBT), ST
Preview: Ancora the Bold declined to sign a new contract, stating that after 8 years at the club, she felt they had begun to stagnate, and weren't improving at any great rate. She has been replaced by Sanderstal the Almighty, a legend of a man and the past manager of the Old Guard national team. He hasn't exactly wrung in the changes, however, the team is solidly midtable, you would expect them to do well. Perhap they might even perform well enough to earn a Globe Cup spot this season?
Last Season: 8th Predicted: 8th


Wye United
Manager: Chris Maarsden
Home Ground: JK Stadium, Capacity: 21,000
Captain: Pelagia Kranc, RD
Key Players: Leonhard Mixé (FRF), CD; Adnan Zozula, ST
Preview: Simply put, Wye had a fantastic season last time out. This season however, things may be different, as a number of the key players will no longer be present. Dorian Mixolydian has gone to Paradystopi team Ozkha Rovers, while Adam Kossakovsky will likely only play a bit part role this season, due to his age. Chris Maarsden has done well to keep Adnan Zozula on board, and he will be crucial to any success the team has next season.
Last Season: 9th Predicted: 10th


Mona A.F.C
Manager: Will Xasper
Home Ground: The Old Ground, Capacity: 17,500
Captain: Nicklas van Rossem, LD
Key Players: Quentrim the Arrowheaded (OGD), GK; Jay Sagar, RM
Preview: Mona A.F.C are another team expected to struggle this season against their achievements from last season. Like Wye, they too have been shorn of their best talent, with Alex Mo off to Barbury Town and captain Jack Hawke moving to Avenida Leal in Farfadillis. If Will Xasper can somehow find a way to get young striker Juquinho the Immoral more consistent, they may be onto a winner, but until then they will struggle.
Last Season: 10th Predicted: 15th


FC Brimstone
Manager: Sto Southwald
Home Ground: FCB Stadium, Capacity: 28,000
Captain: Jorge Guardia, CD
Key Players: Fred Howe, GK; Roy Tobin (MBT), CM; Miriam Spitfire (NSB), LM
Preview: FC Brimstone continue to be the epitomy of average, wombling along in the middle of the table with no real prospects of improving, but similarly, no real prospects of being relegated. Their striking legend, Janus Mumford has called time on his career, leaving the club struggling perhaps, although Roy Tobin is a steady head in midfield, even if he doesn't have the legs he used to.
Last Season: 11th Predicted: 11th


Urbanista Trojans
Manager: Tom Cotterill
Home Ground: Stone Hill, Capacity: 20,000
Captain: Ken Johnstone, CD
Key Players: Eneko Treloquithack, LD; Joey Thompson (TLI), CM; Ager Alaba (ASG), CM; Corinna McKenna, ST
Preview: The Trojans had quite a poor season by their recent standards, even though their squad remains quite a force to be reckoned with. Tom Cotterill is another of those managers who has been in place for quite a while now, perhaps under his leadership the club is stagnating? It shouldn't do, with players such as Eneko Treloquithack, Joey Thompson, Ager Alaba and Corinna McKenna, they're well stocked for talent.
Last Season: 12th Predicted: 9th


Mandon United
Manager: Flavio the Penguin (OGD)
Home Ground: Brookside Wharf, Capacity: 20,000
Captain: Harry Lickett, CM
Key Players: Arcon Santana, LD; Saskia Babič, CM; Ikkon Karrkka (FRF), CAM
Preview: In the end, a 13th placed finish is a massive disappointment for a club which found themselves top of the league after 7 matches last season. However, when you look through the squad, it is clear to see they haven't much improved since Gavin Hughes cemented their place in the ANL all those seasons ago. Saskia Babič is still one to watch and new club captain Harry Lickett is still a solid performer.
Last Season: 13th Predicted: 12th


Miners '47
Manager: Foreman Jones
Home Ground: The Pit, Capacity: 16,000
Captain: Nelson the Bold (OGD), LD
Key Players: Bradley Gaspar (YTT), CD; Anna Wilbrahim, ST
Preview: Another year of the same tension levels for the Miners at the Pit, however, they continue to battle on. This season doesn't look to be any easier for them, however, they'll need it to be the board could be getting twitchy with the lack of improvement from the club, as do the fans, it must be tough for them, watching the club struggle to stay in the league year after year.
Last Season: 14th Predicted: 14th


Cierbana United
Manager: Davey Donald
Home Ground: Lighthouse Bay, Capacity: 17,500
Captain: Greg Porter, GK
Key Players: Tim Aigburth, ST
Preview: Well, this is a bit of a surprise I must admit. Cierbana United. Back in the top tier. Next we'll have Southtown back. Now that would be something. Davey Donald has worked wonders to get this club into the top tier, and I think they may struggle to avoid going back from whence they came next season. The squad lacks any big names, or even upcoming prospects, it is truly a team where the end product is bigger than the sum of its parts.
Last Season: Winners, ANL2 Predicted: 16th


Oldem Gents Club
Manager: Xav the Fast (OGD)
Home Ground: New Alpaca Drive, Capacity: 22,000
Captain: Odar Storbrittania, RD
Key Players: Alex the Incomprehensible (OGD), ST
Preview: A second club from Old Guard grace the top tier! In doing so, they also become the first club to have once been in the ANL3 to may the top tier, so congrats to them. Once a similar size to their rivals, St George's Creek, they are much smaller these days, and they too will struggle to stay here in this division this season. Under a special agreement, they are groundsharing with St George's Creek in the new stadium financed by both the clubs in a nice bipartisan act there.
Last Season: Play-off winners, ANL2 Predicted: 13th

Atletico Standard
Egloskerry - Favourites
Gwinevra Bulls
Wrexton F.C
Barbury F.C
Bouldertown
Celts
FC Harpoon
Frewick F.C
Moscva 2k12
Mulhampstead
Old Licentians
Southtown
Sunshine Athletic
Calshott Lighthouse
Lighthouse Coves

Gurdle A.F.C
Old Guard Regiment
Armageddon Casuals
Barrabrook United
Cawln Wanderers
Docklands United
Don't Panic FC
Flotsam & Jetsam
Kepler United
Kingsford FC
Oldem Mechanical - Favourites
Project +90
The Dambusters
TP Indians
Urbanista Young Boys
Yerk United

[Apox]

ANL Season 14 - Part One

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 1
Barbury Town 1–1 Wye United
Cierbana United 2–0 Urbanista Trojans
Dwile Warriors 4–1 Urbanista
Exton F.C 2–0 St. George's Creek
FC Brimstone 0–0 Oldem Gents Club
FC Endeavour 1–1 Mona A.F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Miners '47
Issington F.C 2–0 Mandon United

The league kicks off with a bang then, and it is Dwile Warriors who announce themselves instantly, with a 4-1 win against Urbanista. The man who perhaps was key in that result, Tolgus Tregajorran, certainly featured, scoring two goals, celebrating neither in respect of his old club. Not only a man of talent, but of class as well. Elsewhere, Cierbana United get their season underway well with a 2-0 win over Urbanista Trojans, but for Barbury they can only draw 1-1 with Wye United, Adnan Zozula's spectacular goal cancelling out Curio's earlier effort. Gwinevra Barbarians and Issington F.C also both have good starts to their seasons, 2-0 victories for both sides.

Matchday 2
Wye United 4–2 Mandon United
Miners '47 2–1 Issington F.C
Mona A.F.C 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Oldem Gents Club 0–0 FC Endeavour
St. George's Creek 3–1 FC Brimstone
Urbanista 4–1 Exton F.C
Urbanista Trojans 2–2 Dwile Warriors
Barbury Town 2–0 Cierbana United

Urbanista, obviously keen to exorcise the demons from their opening day loss, kick Exton F.C about a bit, with a red and 6 yellows being shown in that game. New signing, Elvis Sandbottom from Po City in the Paramount League, somehow manages to survive without being carded or injured, and manages to open his account for Urbanista in a highly exciting game. Miners '47 record a shock win against Issington F.C, with the Miners playing careful, counter-attacking football, stealing all 3 points with a last minute Nelson the Bold equaliser. The reigning champions also get going, a 2-0 win over Cierbana appearing simple, Matthias Sindelar and Sverre Devold grabbing the goals early on, before Cierbana parked the bus.

Matchday 3
Cierbana United 1–0 Wye United
Dwile Warriors 2–0 Barbury Town
Exton F.C 3–1 Urbanista Trojans
FC Brimstone 1–2 Urbanista
FC Endeavour 2–1 St. George's Creek
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–1 Oldem Gents Club
Issington F.C 2–0 Mona A.F.C
Mandon United 2–2 Miners '47

This week it is Exton F.C recovering from a drubbing to inflict a big defeat on another team, with Branko Tomic and Ricardo Carvalho being the stars of that game. Urbanista continue to play well, Armando Quillisi having a good game for them against FC Brimstone, and Dwile Warriors smash Barbury in a pivotal game of the season for the two clubs, with Tolgus Tregajorran and Olivier Toivainen both getting on the scoresheet. The largely unfancied Oldem Gents Club play well, managing to get a 1-0 win against Gwinevra Barbarians, with the unhelpfully named Alex the Incomprehensibly netting the only goal of the game.

Matchday 4
Wye United 1–1 Miners '47
Mona A.F.C 1–1 Mandon United
Oldem Gents Club 2–2 Issington F.C
St. George's Creek 2–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Urbanista 3–3 FC Endeavour
Urbanista Trojans 4–1 FC Brimstone
Barbury Town 2–2 Exton F.C
Cierbana United 0–1 Dwile Warriors

Issington F.C fight hard, but are only able to draw 2-2 with Oldem Gents Club, managing to rescue a point through Alessandro Delvecchio's late headed goal. St George's Creek finally begin to get their season underway with a draw against Gwinevra Barbarians, although they will be lurking far too low down the table for their own liking. Dwile Warriors win a simple game against Cierbana United. FC Brimstone are currently bottom and show why with a 4-1 loss to an Urbanista Trojans side which is just three places above them. Barbury Town and Exton F.C fight a fierce derby game between them, with Jody Rijshaart's early strike being cancelled out by goals from Steven Worrick and Jemima Rickwright, before Curio's late goal gives Barbury a point.

Matchday 5
Dwile Warriors 4–1 Wye United
Exton F.C 0–1 Cierbana United
FC Brimstone 0–0 Barbury Town
FC Endeavour 2–0 Urbanista Trojans
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–5 Urbanista
Issington F.C 3–2 St. George's Creek
Mandon United 1–0 Oldem Gents Club
Miners '47 0–0 Mona A.F.C

Dwile Warriors continue to storm on in first place, adding yet another dominant victory to their tally this season, this time it is a 4-1 win against Wye United which does the business. Cierbana United seem to actually be having quite a good season so far, recording another win, this time against Exton F.C. FC Endeavour remain there or thereabouts with a 2-0 victory against Urbanista Trojans, Danny Leighton and Alex Terán scoring for Endeavour there. Urbanista trounce Gwinevra Barbarians 5-1 away from home in a huge result for the club from the south, Elvis Sandbottom, or as his adoring fans now call him "Elvis Sandybum" scoring a hat-trick. His signing to replace Tolgus Tregajorran looks to have done the trick, the goals certainly haven't dried up at Urbanista, and neither have results, they currently sit second after 5 games played.

Marshall Cup First Round
Lighthouse Coves 0-0 Urbanista Young Boys (0-0 AET, 0-2 PKs)
Atletico Standard 0-0 Old Licentians (0-1 AET)
Frewick F.C 1-0 The Dambusters
Old Guard Regiment 1-0 Egloskerry
Armageddon Casuals 1-0 Barrabrook United
Barbury F.C 0-1 Gwinevra Bulls
TP Indians 1-0 Gurdle A.F.C
Kingsford FC 1-1 Moscva 2k12 (1-1 AET, 3-1 PKs)
Mulhampstead 0-1 Southtown
Wrexton F.C 2-0 Kepler United
Calshott Lighthouse 1-1 Bouldertown (2-1 AET)
Yerk United 0-0 Celts (1-0 AET)
Don't Panic FC 1-1 Oldem Mechanical (1-1 AET, 4-3 PKs)
Sunshine Athletic 1-1 Docklands United (2-1 AET)
FC Harpoon 1-1 Cawln Wanderers (1-2 AET)
Project +90 6-1 Flotsam & Jetsam

A lot of matches going to extra team or penalties there as the Marshall Cup kicks off with the lower league teams. It is generally a pretty close affair all told, except for Project +90's unlikely thrashing of Flotsam & Jetsam, 6-1.

Matchday 6
Wye United 2–0 Mona A.F.C
Oldem Gents Club 0–1 Miners '47
St. George's Creek 2–4 Mandon United
Urbanista 3–1 Issington F.C
Urbanista Trojans 1–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Barbury Town 1–1 FC Endeavour
Cierbana United 2–1 FC Brimstone
Dwile Warriors 1–2 Exton F.C

Exton F.C manag to get quite a result against an unstoppable looking Dwile Warriors side with a 2-1 away win, in the first shock of the weekend. Newly promoted Cierbana United manage a fourth win of the season against FC Brimstone, which sees them sit 3rd in the table having just been promoted. However, there are more troubling rumours surfacing that Cierbana United may have been matchfixing, which is surprising considering how well they're doing. If these rumours are true, it is troubling times for Apox indeed. Urbanista rise to a 3-1 victory over Issington F.C, Elvis Sandbottom once again scoring, Alexander Kirk having a great game as well. Barbury Town and FC Endeavour draw 1-1 in result that neither club will be particularly pleased with, Morten Macinko opening the scoring for Endeavour, before Curio equalised just 3 minutes later.

Matchday 7
Exton F.C 2–0 Wye United
FC Brimstone 2–2 Dwile Warriors
FC Endeavour 1–0 Cierbana United
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–1 Barbury Town
Issington F.C 0–1 Urbanista Trojans
Mandon United 2–2 Urbanista
Miners '47 1–0 St. George's Creek
Mona A.F.C 3–4 Oldem Gents Club

Oldem Gents Club are the other promoted team this season, and they seem to be doing alright, with a 4-3 win over Mona A.F.C proving that, the usually very defensive team scoring a surprising amount of goals. In fact, that currently sit above St. George's Creek in the league, with the Creek losing to Miners '47, as their torrid season continues. Down the bottom of the table, FC Brimstone pick up only their 3rd point of the season with a 2-2 draw against Dwile Warriors, a team who seem to be imploding at the moment based on form, something manager Steven Frew will not need in his final season at the club. Barbury Town are also havign a poor season, this time they lose to Gwinevra Barbarians, Conor Morriston and Morgana Foloris scoring the key goals for Gwinevra either side of Matthias Sindelar's strike for Barbury.

Matchday 8
Wye United 3–0 Oldem Gents Club
St. George's Creek 2–0 Mona A.F.C
Urbanista 2–2 Miners '47
Urbanista Trojans 6–3 Mandon United
Barbury Town 1–0 Issington F.C
Cierbana United 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Dwile Warriors 4–5 FC Endeavour
Exton F.C 1–0 FC Brimstone

GOALS!! A week full of goals. Urbanista Trojans are first up, and they score a surprisingly large amount of goals for a team trying to venerate their poor form of this season so far. Corinna McKenna gets a hat-trick, with Chris Madison netting twice and Joey Thompson also getting on the scoresheet for the Trojans. An even closer spectacle is served up in another match, with FC Endeavour edging out Dwile Warriors away, in a game which could be crucial to Endeavours hopes of beating Dwile to the title this season. Dwile are on something of a poor run of form at the moment, and they've slipped to 4th. Exton F.C win against FC Brimstone, meaning Exton now find themselves second, with Ke Gayle being the scorer in that match. Barbury Town win narrowly as well, a 1-0 victory over Issington with goalie Alan Eustathios being the real star in that match, blocking all of the many shots on target by Issington's strike force. Both teams will be looking to improve their positions, they are both currently in the wrong half of the table, Barbury 10th and Issington 11th.

Matchday 9
FC Brimstone 5–1 Wye United
FC Endeavour 2–0 Exton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Dwile Warriors
Issington F.C 5–2 Cierbana United
Mandon United 0–0 Barbury Town
Miners '47 4–4 Urbanista Trojans
Mona A.F.C 3–2 Urbanista
Oldem Gents Club 0–0 St. George's Creek

If anyone were to perhaps want the goalscoring to end, then there was no chance of that happening this week. FC Brimstone surprisingly top Wye United 5-1, with that result taking Brimstone off the bottom of the table. Issington F.C recover from their loss last week to beat Cierbana 5-2 in a game that the Dwile club managed to make just look too easy, Cierbana never really threatening to win despite scoring two goals. Mona A.F.C surprisingly beat high flying Urbanista to see Urbanista drop to 4th now, in Mona's first win of the season. Oldem and St George's Creek share the first Old Guardian derby in the top tier, and while the scoreline shows the apparently drab score of 0-0, the match was a scintillating encounter, with the attacking force of the Creek colliding with the defensive might of Oldem. In Sunday's match, the league's favourite fixture of Gwinevra Barbarians vs. Dwile Warriors took place, with Dwile's poor run continuing, Charlie Boroni's 50th minute goal being the only divider between the two teams. Dwile Warriors have been on a terrible run, they now sit 5th, having been 1st only two matches ago.

Matchday 10
Wye United 0–0 St. George's Creek
Urbanista 3–0 Oldem Gents Club
Urbanista Trojans 0–1 Mona A.F.C
Barbury Town 3–1 Miners '47
Cierbana United 1–1 Mandon United
Dwile Warriors 3–1 Issington F.C
Exton F.C 1–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
FC Brimstone 1–2 FC Endeavour

Endeavour win again, meaning they top the table with a third of the season gone, Danny Leighton netting the opening goal in their game against FC Brimstone, before Ina Kipling scored just 5 minutes later. Miriam Spitfire grabbed a goal back for Brimstone, but despite late pressure, they were unable to grab any points and will be bottom of the table going into the second third of the season. Dwile Warriors exorcise their demons with a cheeky 3-1 win against Issington F.C, Issington looking very much mired in trouble so far this season. Urbanista and Barbury both are on hand to put three goals past their opponents, as both teams look to move very much further into the title race, while Gwinevra Barbarian's keeps up with FC Endeavour, Sanui Shizuka and Conor Morriston scoring the goals in their 2-1 win against Exton F.C.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 FC Endeavour             10    6   4   0    19   11   +8    22
 2 Gwinevra Barbarians      10    6   2   2    13   11   +2    20
 3 Urbanista                10    5   3   2    31   22   +9    18
 4 Dwile Warriors           10    5   2   3    23   15   +8    17
 5 Exton F.C                10    5   1   4    14   13   +1    16
 6 Barbury Town             10    3   5   2    11    9   +2    14
 7 Miners '47               10    3   5   2    18   19   −1    14
 8 Cierbana United          10    4   2   4     9   11   −2    14
 9 Issington F.C            10    4   1   5    17   16   +1    13
10 Wye United               10    3   3   4    14   16   −2    12
11 Urbanista Trojans        10    3   2   5    19   20   −1    11
12 Mandon United            10    2   5   3    18   22   −4    11
13 Oldem Gents Club         10    2   4   4     7   13   −6    10
14 St. George's Creek       10    2   3   5    14   17   −3     9
15 Mona A.F.C               10    2   3   5    11   17   −6     9
16 FC Brimstone             10    1   3   6    14   20   −6     6

In the second tier, Atletico Standard have slipped into a narrow lead this season after ten games, with Sunshine Athletic and Wrexton F.C both close behind. Down the other end, Southtown look to be struggling to stay competitive this season as they still bottom, while Calshott Lighthouse and Old Licentians are drawn on points and goal difference, currently with Lighthouse in the zone, Frewick F.C hovering nervously above. Egloskerry, once a formidable force in Apoxian football, sit 11th, not even really challenging for promotion this season.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Atletico Standard        10    5   3   2    18    9   +9    18
 2 Sunshine Athletic        10    4   5   1     9    5   +4    17
 3 Wrexton F.C              10    4   4   2     8    7   +1    16
 4 Barbury F.C              10    4   3   3    10    6   +4    15
 5 Mulhampstead             10    4   3   3    15   12   +3    15
 6 Moscva 2k12              10    4   2   4    14   13   +1    14
 7 Celts                    10    3   5   2     6    5   +1    14
 8 FC Harpoon               10    4   1   5    16   21   −5    13
 9 Bouldertown              10    3   4   3    13   13    0    13
10 Gwinevra Bulls           10    3   4   3    12   12    0    13
11 Egloskerry               10    2   6   2     9    9    0    12
12 Lighthouse Coves         10    2   6   2     5    8   −3    12
13 Frewick F.C              10    3   2   5    10   18   −8    11
14 Old Licentians           10    3   1   6    16   18   −2    10
15 Calshott Lighthouse      10    2   4   4     9   11   −2    10
16 Southtown                10    2   3   5     5    8   −3     9

Yerk United are currently the team on top, with the top of the table having some unexpected names competing thus far in the competition. Urbanista Young Boys and Oldem Mechanical are both still in the race of the established teams near the top, with Project +90 is also doing quite well this season. Kepler United, winners of the league two years ago, aren't looking likely to stage a return to the second tier this season, and they are 7th. Down the bottom of the table, it is more nervous than ever, with Barrabrook United currently winless and therefore bottom, although TP Indians, Gurdle A.F.C and The Dambusters are also close, with there now being a relegation spot to the dark lands of the conferences this season.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Yerk United               10    6   3   1    24   14  +10    21
 2 Don't Panic FC            10    6   2   2    21   13   +8    20
 3 Urbanista Young Boys      10    5   5   0    16   10   +6    20
 4 Docklands United          10    5   3   2    12    6   +6    18
 5 Oldem Mechanical          10    5   3   2    14    9   +5    18
 6 Project +90               10    5   2   3    15   15    0    17
 7 Kepler United             10    4   4   2    27   21   +6    16
 8 Cawln Wanderers           10    5   0   5    19   17   +2    15
 9 Armageddon Casuals        10    4   2   4    17   20   −3    14
10 Old Guard Regiment        10    3   4   3    17   14   +3    13
11 Kingsford FC              10    3   2   5    14   17   −3    11
12 Flotsam & Jetsam          10    2   3   5    18   21   −3     9
13 The Dambusters            10    3   0   7    12   22  −10     9
14 Gurdle A.F.C              10    3   0   7    11   16   −5     9
15 TP Indians                10    1   4   5     7   15   −8     7
16 Barrabrook United         10    0   3   7    15   29  −14     3

[Apox]

ANL Season 14 - Part Two

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 11
FC Endeavour 2–1 Wye United
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 FC Brimstone
Issington F.C 0–1 Exton F.C
Mandon United 2–1 Dwile Warriors
Miners '47 0–2 Cierbana United
Mona A.F.C 0–1 Barbury Town
Oldem Gents Club 1–1 Urbanista Trojans
St. George's Creek 2–0 Urbanista

Another intriguing set of results. For Sto Southwald, his return to FC Brimstone as a manager looks like it could end relatively quickly, and there is increasing pressure on him to step up and perform, with the club stuck abjectly to the bottom of the table, reinforced by Gwinevra's 1-0 win over them. Lee Sharp's position is looking quite unsecure at Issington as well, with the team registering their 6th loss of the season, this time at home against Exton F.C, who are looking strong this term. Barbury Town manage to beat Mona A.F.C to see them move into the Globe Cup spots, Namine Nagatomo scoring in that game. Mandon United are yet another team who beat one of the giants, goals from Anna Fortuna and Ikkon Karrkka being enough to topple Dwile Warriors in a cagey match.

Matchday 12
Wye United 0–2 Urbanista
Urbanista Trojans 2–2 St. George's Creek
Barbury Town 2–1 Oldem Gents Club
Cierbana United 2–1 Mona A.F.C
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Miners '47
Exton F.C 1–2 Mandon United
FC Brimstone 1–3 Issington F.C
FC Endeavour 2–2 Gwinevra Barbarians

Dwile Warriors improve on things this week with a 1-0 victory, the goal coming from Mateus Carvalho's late strike, meaning the Warriors take all three points in that match. Barbury Town also beat the newer Oldem side, with Barbury getting closer to the top with that result and Oldem slipping slightly lower in the table, they are now just 2 points ahead of Mona in the relegation spots. High flying Gwinevra manage to play well, drawing 2-2 with the top placed club, FC Endeavour, Gwinevra's talented right midfielder Alice Monteforth having a stunning game, one which really enhances her growing national team chances. Issington F.C just about manage a win, 3-1 perhaps being a kind result for the team against bottom placed FC Brimstone, and therefore Lee Sharp's job looks safe for the time being.

Marshall Cup Second Round
Mandon United 1-0 Gwinevra Bulls
Old Licentians 1-1 Oldem Gents Club (3-3 AET, 3-1 PKs)
FC Endeavour 0-2 Urbanista
Miners '47 0-0 Mona A.F.C (0-1 AET)
Frewick F.C 0-2 Cawln Wanderers
Cierbana United 0-1 Old Guard Regiment
Dwile Warriors 4-0 Don't Panic FC
Armageddon Casuals 2-2 Urbanista Young Boys (3-2 AET)
Gwinevra Barbarians 1-2 St. George's Creek
Exton F.C 3-2 Yerk United
Wye United 0-1 Sunshine Athletic
Barbury Town 1-0 Wrexton F.C
Project +90 0-0 Southtown (0-0 AET, 3-0 PKs)
Urbanista Trojans 0-1 Issington F.C
FC Brimstone 1-1 TP Indians (2-1 AET)
Calshott Lighthouse 2-0 Kingsford FC

A number of very tasty match-ups indeed as the top tier teams enter the cup, with Urbanista and St George's Creek both knocking out high flying FC Endeavour and Gwinevra Barbarians respectively. Barbury Town also play one of their closest rivals, Wrexton F.C, for the only time this season as Wrexton are in the second tier for the first time in their history this season, Jody Rijshaarts goal being the difference between the two sides. There is some giant killing as well, with Cierbana being knocked out by lowly Old Guard Regiment 1-0, and Oldem Gents Club losing to Old Licentians on penalties.

Matchday 13
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Wye United
Issington F.C 2–0 FC Endeavour
Mandon United 2–1 FC Brimstone
Miners '47 1–1 Exton F.C
Mona A.F.C 1–1 Dwile Warriors
Oldem Gents Club 0–0 Cierbana United
St. George's Creek 3–3 Barbury Town
Urbanista 2–1 Urbanista Trojans

Wye have struggled quite a bit this season with the loss of their talismanic centre midfielder, Dorian Mixolydian, and it showed today with a 1-0 loss to a Gwinevra Barbarians side to continue to contest at the top. Issington F.C win a Dwile derby, handing FC Endeavour their first loss of the season, which is enough to see them slip off the top of the table. Cierbana United continue to somehow sit in the UICA spots the league table, they are having an excellent season so far indeed. However, the allegations of matchfixing still fill the headlines with the entire saga being investigated still. In the Urbanista derby, it is the larger club who trot out winners, with Elvis Sandbottom scoring early on in the game, before Eneko Treloquithack's header levels things just before half-time. Armando Quillisi's excellent long drive hands the home fans a winner and keeps them still in contention at the top.

Matchday 14
Wye United 5–1 Urbanista Trojans
Barbury Town 2–2 Urbanista
Cierbana United 0–0 St. George's Creek
Dwile Warriors 0–0 Oldem Gents Club
Exton F.C 1–0 Mona A.F.C
FC Brimstone 2–0 Miners '47
FC Endeavour 4–0 Mandon United
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–1 Issington F.C

Wye United inject some much needed life into a season which looked destined for the doldrums of lower midtable with a rip roaring 5-1 over Urbanista Trojans. Adnan Zozula and Charlie Quinn were, as ever, the spark in that victory. Barbury Town and Urbanista also both take part in an electric 2-2 draw, with Curio scoring early on, and then doubling his lead shortly before half time. However, Alexander Kirk is one hand to blast a spectacular goal past Alan Eustathios in goal, and then, who else, but their new talisman Elvis Sandbottom should score the equaliser with three minutes to spare; cries of "who needs Tregajorran anyway" ringing round the ground. It seems that Dwile Warriors need him, with the side only able to produce a 0-0 draw with Oldem Gents Club, Tregajorran sitting injured on the sideline. Gwinevra and FC Endeavour both win, and therefore there is no change at the top of the table, but Gwinevra still lead.

Matchday 15
Issington F.C 3–1 Wye United
Mandon United 1–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Miners '47 1–2 FC Endeavour
Mona A.F.C 1–0 FC Brimstone
Oldem Gents Club 0–0 Exton F.C
St. George's Creek 3–4 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista 2–0 Cierbana United
Urbanista Trojans 1–0 Barbury Town

FC Brimstone have lost their nerve! Sto Southwald is gone, to be replaced by master tactician John Grigia, past manager of the Apox national team and Issington F.C, following their loss to Mona A.F.C, leaving them 5 points from safety with half the season gone. Dwile Warriors play a game where the defense is seemingly irrelevant, a 7 goal thriller in which Tolgus Tregajorran's 79th minute strike seals the win for Dwile, although they are 7 points off the top, it may be a tall ask this season. Gwinevra Barbarians slip up against Mandon United, Harry Lickett ensuring a point for the home side against the champions, and with FC Endeavour winning against Miners '47, it is Endeavour who top the table at the half way point.

Matchday 16
Wye United 3–2 Barbury Town
Urbanista Trojans 2–0 Cierbana United
Urbanista 1–2 Dwile Warriors
St. George's Creek 2–1 Exton F.C
Oldem Gents Club 0–1 FC Brimstone
Mona A.F.C 0–0 FC Endeavour
Miners '47 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mandon United 1–0 Issington F.C

Urbanista see their title hopes dented after Richard D'Oyly's second half strike gives 3 points to the Warriors and sees them move above Urbanista into 3rd. At the very top, there is little to talk about, with both FC Endeavour and Gwinevra Barbarians drawing 0-0 in a particularly drab set of encounters. FC Brimstone achieve only their 3rd win of the season and their first under new boss John Grigia, with the gap to safety now only two points. Wye achieve a good surprise win over Barbury, with the Town looking a little overwhelmed at times by Wye's aggressive play, and it is Wye who take all three points, Adnan Zozula scoring again, surely he'll be off to a bigger club next season?

Matchday 17
Mandon United 2–1 Wye United
Issington F.C 4–1 Miners '47
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–0 Mona A.F.C
FC Endeavour 1–0 Oldem Gents Club
FC Brimstone 1–0 St. George's Creek
Exton F.C 0–0 Urbanista
Dwile Warriors 5–1 Urbanista Trojans
Cierbana United 0–1 Barbury Town

Cierbana have been on something of a poor run of form recently, especially if Barbury Town, also struggling for form can beat them, with Jody Rijshaart scoring the only goal in this encounter. Cierbana themselves still have worries, with the matchfixing scandal still rumbling on quietly in the background. FC Brimstone earn themselves another win, with Miriam Spitfire the scorer in this match, and they haul themselves off the bottom of the table with that. Dwile Warriors absolutely trounce Urbanista Trojans, with Agozti Ibarran, relatively quiet so far this season, grabbing a brace, and the Belfast-St Teath pairing at the back preventing the Trojans from finding a way back in. FC Endeavour record their 10th win of the season against Oldem Gents Club, and give themselves a little bit of breathing room at the top.

Matchday 18
Wye United 0–1 Cierbana United
Barbury Town 2–1 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista Trojans 0–1 Exton F.C
Urbanista 4–1 FC Brimstone
St. George's Creek 4–2 FC Endeavour
Oldem Gents Club 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mona A.F.C 1–3 Issington F.C
Miners '47 4–1 Mandon United

Issington F.C, relatively quiet this season, have crept up the table of late, and seem to be getting their act together with a 3-1 away win over Mona A.F.C, with Alessandro Delvecchio having one of the best seasons he's ever had in Apox - a contender for the golden boot at the moment. St. George's Creek fight hard to get a special win against the league leaders, Maximillion the Codger putting himself very much in contention for a national team place now that Old Guard is a part of Apox with a fantastic hat-trick in the game. It's games like this that remind us why players of his quality are still playing for a team like St George's Creek. Miners '47 seem to have improved this season, and a 4-1 win over a higher midtable Mandon United side is indicative of the improvement by them.

Marshall Cup Third Round
Mandon United 2-2 Old Licentians (2-2 AET, 3-1 PKs)
Urbanista 2-1 Mona A.F.C
Cawln Wanderers 1-0 Old Guard Regiment
Dwile Warriors 4-1 Armageddon Casuals
St. George's Creek 0-3 Exton F.C
Sunshine Athletic 1-2 Barbury Town
Project +90 0-4 Issington F.C
FC Brimstone 3-1 Calshott Lighthouse

The Third Round of the Marshall Cup provided precious little upset, although it did contain some big scores, shown by Issington's 4-0 victory over Project +90 and Dwile Warrior's 4-1 over the delightfully named Armageddon Casuals. In fact, the lowly Cawln Wanderers are the only lower tier opposition to make it through to the Quarter-Finals, largely due to them facing Old Guard Regiment.

Matchday 19
Miners '47 1–1 Wye United
Mandon United 1–0 Mona A.F.C
Issington F.C 0–0 Oldem Gents Club
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 St. George's Creek
FC Endeavour 2–1 Urbanista
FC Brimstone 3–3 Urbanista Trojans
Exton F.C 1–0 Barbury Town
Dwile Warriors 2–1 Cierbana United

FC Endeavour seem determined to plough their way to a second ANL title this season, this time seeing off Urbanista in a match where they really had to grind out a win, the scorers being Danny Leighton and Marcus Redwood. Barbury Town are really struggling this season for form, and Exton F.C are the latest team to beat Barbury Town and Dwile Warriors keep up the pace with a 2-1 victory over Cierbana United. At the bottom FC Brimstone eek out a draw against Urbanista Trojans, but despite an impressive turnaround in form since John Grigia took over there, they still haven't been able to move their way out of the relegation zone.

Matchday 20
Wye United 1–2 Dwile Warriors
Cierbana United 2–0 Exton F.C
Barbury Town 2–0 FC Brimstone
Urbanista Trojans 2–3 FC Endeavour
Urbanista 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
St. George's Creek 2–3 Issington F.C
Oldem Gents Club 2–3 Mandon United
Mona A.F.C 1–2 Miners '47

Barbury beat FC Brimstone 2-0, with Sverre Devold and Curio the scorers, although they still remain 8th in the table going into their last ten matches, 11 points off the pace means that retention of their title is unrealistic at this stage. FC Endeavour win again, they've romped into a 5 point lead, although their victory over Urbanista Trojans was only a narrow one. Urbanista pulls themselves back into the title race with a 1-0 win against Gwinevra Barbarians, Elvis Sandbottom the scorer.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 FC Endeavour             20   12   6   2    37   24  +13    42
 2 Dwile Warriors           20   11   4   5    42   27  +15    37
 3 Gwinevra Barbarians      20   10   6   4    21   17   +4    36
 4 Urbanista                20   10   5   5    46   32  +14    35
 5 Mandon United            20    9   6   5    36   40   −4    33
 6 Issington F.C            20   10   2   8    42   32  +10    32
 7 Exton F.C                20    9   4   7    21   20   +1    31
 8 Barbury Town             20    8   7   5    26   21   +5    31
 9 Cierbana United          20    8   4   8    17   19   −2    28
10 Miners '47               20    5   8   7    30   36   −6    23
11 St. George's Creek       20    5   6   9    33   35   −2    21
12 Urbanista Trojans        20    5   5  10    34   42   −8    20
13 Wye United               20    5   4  11    31   38   −7    19
14 Oldem Gents Club         20    3   9   8    12   21   −9    18
15 FC Brimstone             20    4   4  12    24   36  −12    16
16 Mona A.F.C               20    3   6  11    16   28  −12    15

In the second tier, Wrexton F.C are determined to get right back up and like FC Endeavour in the division above them, sit 5 points ahead of second place. FC Harpoon are the unlikely side currently in second, although there is a long list of familiar faces who want a top tier return in third to eighth. Calshott Lighthouse and Bouldertown are currently in the relegation spots, although Celts, Frewick F.C and Southtown hover periously close above.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Wrexton F.C              20   11   7   2    21   10  +11    40
 2 FC Harpoon               20   11   2   7    32   31   +1    35
 3 Atletico Standard        20    9   5   6    36   25  +11    32
 4 Moscva 2k12              20    8   7   5    23   18   +5    31
 5 Mulhampstead             20    8   6   6    27   22   +5    30
 6 Sunshine Athletic        20    7   8   5    19   15   +4    29
 7 Egloskerry               20    6  10   4    20   19   +1    28
 8 Barbury F.C              20    6   8   6    21   15   +6    26
 9 Old Licentians           20    7   4   9    32   32    0    25
10 Gwinevra Bulls           20    6   6   8    21   20   +1    24
11 Lighthouse Coves         20    5   9   6    14   19   −5    24
12 Southtown                20    6   5   9    14   18   −4    23
13 Frewick F.C              20    5   7   8    22   33  −11    22
14 Celts                    20    5   6   9    12   19   −7    21
15 Bouldertown              20    5   6   9    24   32   −8    21
16 Calshott Lighthouse      20    2  10   8    12   22  −10    16

Urbanista Young Boys currently are the top team in the league, and they've pulled out a bit of a gap over second placed Oldem Mechanical. Don't Panic FC and Project +90 are currently in the play-off spots, but anything could happen by the time 30 games have been played. At the bottom, Barrabrook United look resigned to crashing out of the ANL league system, marooned 7 points from safety at the bottom.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Urbanista Young Boys      20   13   5   2    41   25  +16    44
 2 Oldem Mechanical          20   11   5   4    31   16  +15    38
 3 Don't Panic FC            20   10   7   3    38   25  +13    37
 4 Project +90               20   11   3   6    34   29   +5    36
 5 Docklands United          20   10   5   5    24   16   +8    35
 6 Old Guard Regiment        20    9   6   5    28   19   +9    33
 7 Yerk United               20    8   6   6    41   36   +5    30
 8 Cawln Wanderers           20    9   3   8    28   26   +2    30
 9 Kepler United             20    7   8   5    38   31   +7    29
10 TP Indians                20    6   6   8    30   29   +1    24
11 Gurdle A.F.C              20    5   6   9    19   25   −6    21
12 Armageddon Casuals        20    5   5  10    41   52  −11    20
13 The Dambusters            20    6   1  13    24   40  −16    19
14 Kingsford FC              20    4   6  10    20   28   −8    18
15 Flotsam & Jetsam          20    4   4  12    32   44  −12    16
16 Barrabrook United         20    1   6  13    20   48  −28     9

[Apox]

ANL Season 14 - Part Three

Below, the games in red were broadcast on APXSports, and the games in blue were broadcast on Channel 1.

Matchday 21
Mona A.F.C 4–1 Wye United
Miners '47 0–1 Oldem Gents Club
Mandon United 1–0 St. George's Creek
Issington F.C 2–1 Urbanista
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–1 Urbanista Trojans
FC Endeavour 3–2 Barbury Town
FC Brimstone 1–0 Cierbana United
Exton F.C 2–6 Dwile Warriors

Dwile's 6-2 win against a competent Exton side drew the headlines this week, with Tolgus Tregajorran popping up as per usual with two goals, but with a scoreline as good as that it really was a team effort. Kieron Riordan will be kicking himself to have conceded twice though. FC Endeavour continue their good intent with a 3-2 win over Barbury, which sees them stay 5 points ahead of second placed Dwile. FC Brimstone's scrappy 1-0 win against Cierbana United sees them move out of the relegation zone for the first time since the early days of the league - John Grigia's appointment as manager looks like a masterstroke now. Wye's surprising 4-1 hammering against Mona A.F.C sees them move into the relegation zone, which is worrying for them. Mandon have been having a relatively quiet season, but their competent 1-0 win against St. George's Creek sees them currently in 4th.

Marshall Cup Quarter-Finals
Mandon United 0-1 Urbanista
Cawln Wanderers 3-4 Dwile Warriors
Exton F.C 0-1 Barbury Town
Issington F.C 2-1 FC Brimstone

A fanscinating set of quarter-finals then, with Cawln Wanderers putting up a good fight against Dwile Warriors, although they are the last lower league opposition to be knocked out in a thrilling 7 goal match. An exciting set of semi-finals is guaranteed, with a lot of big name playing, Dwile Warriors, Urbanista, Issington F.C and Barbury Town all playing.

Matchday 22
Wye United 1–3 Exton F.C
Dwile Warriors 1–2 FC Brimstone
Cierbana United 0–1 FC Endeavour
Barbury Town 2–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Urbanista Trojans 3–2 Issington F.C
Urbanista 3–1 Mandon United
St. George's Creek 1–0 Miners '47
Oldem Gents Club 2–0 Mona A.F.C

With Dwile Warriors losing to the rapidly improving FC Brimstone and Gwinevra Barbarians losing to Barbury Town, FC Endeavour complete a fairly routine 1-0 victory over Barbury Town, with the young Zana Ibrox scoring the crucial goal. That win sees them 8 points clear at the top with 8 games left to play. Definitely the favourites at the moment. Cierbana United officially enter court proceedings to determine whether the allegations of match-fixing are true. Elsewhere, Exton and Urbanista both win to make things much more crowded at the top of the league. Oldem Gents Club enjoy a good 2-0 win over bottom club Mona A.F.C, meaning they sit comfortably above the drop zone at the moment.

Matchday 23
Oldem Gents Club 1–2 Wye United
Mona A.F.C 4–3 St. George's Creek
Miners '47 0–1 Urbanista
Mandon United 3–0 Urbanista Trojans
Issington F.C 0–1 Barbury Town
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Cierbana United
FC Endeavour 3–2 Dwile Warriors
FC Brimstone 3–2 Exton F.C

Sanderstal the Almighty's first season at St. George's Creek hasn't proven to be quite what it was billed to be, the squad sitting 11th at the moment, although in a highly congested bottom of the table, that is still just 3 points off the drop zone. Things are very close from 9th downwards indeed. Barbury finally seem to be getting a good run of results together, their 1-0 victory over Issington F.C, courtesy of Namine Nagatomo's strike, sees them rise to 6th, inside the UICA places. FC Endeavour beat Dwile Warriors in a scintillating home encounter, the score being level on 1-1 until the 75th minute, when Richard D'Oyly's strike saw Dwile race into a lead. After nearly scoring again, Alex Terán scores a spectacular individual goal on the counter-attack and then two minutes later, Danny Leighton grabs his second of the game with a driving volley from 40 yards out. What a game. With that result, Endeavour move 9 points clear with 7 games to go. The countdown to the title has begun.

Matchday 24
Wye United 3–1 FC Brimstone
Exton F.C 1–3 FC Endeavour
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Cierbana United 0–1 Issington F.C
Barbury Town 5–0 Mandon United
Urbanista Trojans 3–3 Miners '47
Urbanista 2–1 Mona A.F.C
St. George's Creek 2–0 Oldem Gents Club

A highly exciting set of matches as the season reaches the business end. FC Endeavour cannot do anything except win at the moment, sweeping Exton F.C aside in a majestic performance, yet again. Their gap at the top is now 10 points. Dwile Warriors beat Gwinevra Barbarians in a crucial game in the race for the two remaining Champion's Cup spots. Barbury Town witness something special in their 5-0 pasting of Mandon United, and that is Matthias Sindelar's hat-trick. Yes, hat-trick. From a player aged 35 who plays from a defensive midfielder position. Truly, his class and skill as a player is staggering. The second ever ANL Old Guard derby once again ends with a St. George's Creek victory, that resulting giving St George's Creek a bit of a buffer zone whilst at the same time making life much more difficult for Oldem Gents Club.

Matchday 25
St. George's Creek 2–3 Wye United
Oldem Gents Club 0–2 Urbanista
Mona A.F.C 2–2 Urbanista Trojans
Miners '47 2–4 Barbury Town
Mandon United 0–1 Cierbana United
Issington F.C 4–4 Dwile Warriors
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–1 Exton F.C
FC Endeavour 3–3 FC Brimstone

Barbury Town seem to be on an upward spiral at the moment, unable to stop scoring goals, although conceding two to Miners '47 might potentially be a worry for the club. FC Endeavour, remarkably drop some points, this time against FC Brimstone, who seem to have done well against the top teams this season, surprisingly. Issington F.C and Dwile Warriors take part in a high-scoring 4-4 draw, with both teams desperate to win, Dwile to boost their faint title hopes and more realistic CC hopes, while Issington will be desperate to return to UICA football this season. Mandon United lose to Cierbana United, opening the door to Issington to 6th place, and thus damaging their hopes of qualifying for UICA for the first time.

Matchday 26
Wye United 2–4 FC Endeavour
FC Brimstone 1–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Exton F.C 4–2 Issington F.C
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Mandon United
Cierbana United 2–0 Miners '47
Barbury Town 1–0 Mona A.F.C
Urbanista Trojans 1–0 Oldem Gents Club
Urbanista 0–1 St. George's Creek

Cierbana United continue to excel this seaosn, beating Miners '47, who have dropped from a position of relative security into the relegation zone with that loss, which will be concerning for them. St. George's Creek manage an unlikely win against Urbanista, with Ezekiel Charlestown's strike being good enough for them. Dwile Warriors win out in a close game against over achieving Mandon United, while Exton just about keep themselves in the race for 6th place, whilst damaging Issington F.C's chances with a 4-2 victory. FC Endeavour also continue to win regularly and strongly, Wye United being the most recent team unable to handle their powerful strike partnership of Morten Macinko and Danny Leighton.

Matchday 27
Urbanista 5–1 Wye United
St. George's Creek 4–1 Urbanista Trojans
Oldem Gents Club 0–0 Barbury Town
Mona A.F.C 1–0 Cierbana United
Miners '47 1–1 Dwile Warriors
Mandon United 0–4 Exton F.C
Issington F.C 1–0 FC Brimstone
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–2 FC Endeavour

Urbanista trounce Wye United 5-1, who seem to be in a poor run of form at the moment. Elvis Sandbottom had been having something of a quiet spell recently. However, this was all banished with a fantastic hat-trick, Sandbottom scoring the 1st, 2nd and 5th goals for Urbanista - he's really become a talisman for them this season. St George's Creek also win, effectively guaranteeing them safety now. Issington F.C beat Brimstone to knock them right back into the relegation dogfight, while Gwinevra Barbarians beat FC Endeavour (only their 3rd of the season), to prevent them from becoming champions with three matches to spare.

However, the really big news of the matchday is the court proceedings against Cierbana United. It was found that not only had members of Cierbana's team and staff been found guilty of matchfixing on a large scale - not only this season, but throughout the previous three seasons. A gross culture of matchfixing was uncovered, and this was completely unacceptable. It also begs the question, to what extent has matchfixing been in place in Apoxian football for late? The verdict was damning, as was the punishment. Cierbana United have been expelled from all the Apox National League tiers and will never be allowed to participate in these tiers again. A total of 13 players and staff have been banned from football related activities for life, the club being effectively liquidated, with effect from the end of the season. Ironic because this decision was reached on the day ANL status for next season was secured.

Marshall Cup Semi-Finals
Urbanista 0-2 Dwile Warriors
Barbury Town 2-0 Issington F.C

Two identical scorelines in the Marshall Cup, with Dwile Warriors and Barbury Town progressing to the final - both clubs looking to lift their 3rd Marshall Cup and thus become the most decorated club in the history of the competition since its reinstallation.

Matchday 28
Wye United 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
FC Endeavour 2–0 Issington F.C
FC Brimstone 2–1 Mandon United
Exton F.C 1–1 Miners '47
Dwile Warriors 4–1 Mona A.F.C
Cierbana United 1–0 Oldem Gents Club
Barbury Town 1–1 St. George's Creek
Urbanista Trojans 0–2 Urbanista

It is confirmed! With FC Endeavour's 2-0 victory over local rivals Issington F.C, they have won their second ANL title, and in impressive style too, they need only another two points to break the Apoxian points record in a season. On their current form, it's looking likely. FC Brimstone beat Mandon United 2-1, with their midfield lynchpin Roy Tobin being pivotal in that. With that win, they have stayed up, something incredibly unlikely only a couple of months ago. Dwile Warriors, Gwinevra Barbarians and Urbanista all win as they all chase those final two Champions Cup spots, Urbanista in a heated local derby which saw both Joey Thompson and Armando Quillisi sent off. Cierbana's win against Oldem Gents Club is a weird game, with no supporters from either club watching the match. It was no organised protest either, just two sets of fans utterly disgusted at the conduct of a club. This makes Cierbana's win all the more hollow, as Oldem Gents Club currently sit in the relegation zone, although now only the bottom club will be relegated.

Matchday 29
Urbanista Trojans 1–2 Wye United
Urbanista 1–1 Barbury Town
St. George's Creek 1–0 Cierbana United
Oldem Gents Club 0–1 Dwile Warriors
Mona A.F.C 0–0 Exton F.C
Miners '47 1–0 FC Brimstone
Mandon United 1–1 FC Endeavour
Issington F.C 2–1 Gwinevra Barbarians

Issington F.C deny Gwinevra Barbarians a chance to return to the Champions Cup, with Alessandro Delvecchio and Alex Ithamar's goals being enough to ensure that Gwinevra Barbarians stay competing in the Globe Cup next season, after both Dwile Warriors and Urbanista pick up points. Oldem Gents Club sit bottom after Mona A.F.C draw with Exton F.C, although relegation could still well be decided on the final day of the season, with Oldem Gents Club, Mona A.F.C and Urbanista Trojans all still in danger.

Matchday 30
Wye United 3–0 Issington F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Mandon United
FC Endeavour 6–3 Miners '47
FC Brimstone 1–0 Mona A.F.C
Exton F.C 0–0 Oldem Gents Club
Dwile Warriors 4–2 St. George's Creek
Cierbana United 1–1 Urbanista
Barbury Town 2–0 Urbanista Trojans

FC Endeavour confirm their championship in style on the final day of the season, a 6-3 win against Miners '47 implying a complete lack of defending throughout the entire match. Danny Leighton's hat-trick gives him a late surge for Golden Boot, with both him and Tolgus Tregajorran sitting equal on 19 goals, until Dwile's 4-2 victory over St. George's Creek. Tregajorran scores the opening goal, to ensure that he wins the Golden Boot for the second season running. At the bottom of the table, Oldem Gents Club draw 0-0 with Exton F.C - denying Exton UICA football in the process, despite Issington's loss. This means that on goal difference and head-to-head, Oldem are narrowly in front as Mona play already safe FC Brimstone. It looks like they will be able to hang on for a draw as well, until Roy Tobin's last minute goal gives FC Brimstone the three points and condemns Mona A.F.C to relegation next season.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 FC Endeavour             30   19   8   3    64   40  +24    65 - CHAMPIONS, CC
 2 Dwile Warriors           30   17   6   7    66   41  +25    57 - CC
 3 Urbanista                30   16   7   7    60   36  +24    55 - CC
 4 Gwinevra Barbarians      30   15   7   8    32   27   +5    52 - GC
 5 Barbury Town             30   14  10   6    45   28  +17    52 - GC
 6 Issington F.C            30   14   3  13    50   45   +5    45 - GC
 7 Exton F.C                30   12   8  10    39   37   +2    44
 8 Mandon United            30   11   7  12    35   53  −18    40
 9 Cierbana United          30   11   5  14    22   26   −4    38 - EXPELLED
10 St. George's Creek       30   10   7  13    46   43   +3    37
11 FC Brimstone             30   10   5  15    36   45   −9    35
12 Wye United               30   10   4  16    45   56  −11    34
13 Miners '47               30    6  11  13    35   50  −15    29
14 Urbanista Trojans        30    7   7  16    42   60  −18    28
15 Oldem Gents Club         30    5  11  14    16   30  −14    26
16 Mona A.F.C               30    6   8  16    23   38  −15    26 - RELEGATED

Top Scorers:
20 - Tolgus Tregajorran (Dwile Warriors)
19 - Danny Leighton [TLI] (FC Endeavour)
17 - Elvis Sandbottom [PLI] (Urbanista)
15 - Alessandro Delvecchio [OSD] (Issington F.C)
14 - Curio [TGC] (Barbury Town), Branko Tomić [PAS] (Exton F.C), Adnan Zozula (Wye United)
13 - Mateus Carvalho [NSI] (Dwile Warriors), Maximillion the Codger [OGD] (St George's Creek)
12 - Conor Morriston (Gwinevra Barbarians), Alex Terán [FRF] (FC Endeavour), Corinna McKenna (Urbanista Trojans)
11 - Anna Wilbrahim (Miners '47)

Team of the Year

GK - Kjn Volgisrhaad (FC Endeavour)
RD - Jack Lerryn (Barbury Town)
CD - Hadrian Belfast (Dwile Warriors)
CD - Jorge Guardia (FC Brimstone)
LD - Oliver Dunbarton (FC Endeavour)
RM - Alice Monteforth (Gwinevra Barbarians)
CM - Alex Terán (FC Endeavour)
CM - Harry Lickett (Mandon United)
LM - Jesper Lee Coleman (Gwinevra Barbarians)
ST - Elvis Sandbottom (Urbanista)
ST - Tolgus Tregajorran (Dwile Warriors)

It was a relatively close run thing for player of the season, with a very large number of suitable candidates. Tolgus Tregajorran, once again top-scoring the league, moving just 1 goal behind Rancisc Tenian in second for the all-time ANL goals scored chart. Hadrian Belfast and Nicolas St Teath's heroic's in centre defense for Dwile Warriors, or perhaps Jorge Guardia, who performed so well in his last season before retirement, captaining FC Brimstone to safety this season.

All of Gwinevra's midfielders had fantastic seasons, with Alice Monteforth and Jesper Lee Coleman being deadly on the wings, whilst centre midfielders Charlie Boroni and Morgana Foloris were also key. There were also a raft of strikers who could have won the award, with Danny Leighton having another excellent season at FC Endeavour, Alessandro Delvecchio being one of Issington's star players as well as Curio and Maximillion the Codger playing well.

In the end though, the award could only go to one man, Elvis Sandbottom. In his first year in the ANL, he performed so well, dragging Urbanista to the Champions Cup with his impressive goal scoring capabilities and doing so well to replace the goals scored by Tolgus Tregajorran, arguably one of the most potent goalscorers the ANL has ever seen. It was how crucial he was to his club side which won him the award.

Wrexton F.C ensure it is a quick return to the top for them, with a 10 point gap between them and second in the ANL2. FC Harpoon, Sunshine Athletic and Moscva 2k12 qualify for the play-offs, with Atletico Standard fading later on in the season. Down the bottom of the table, it is Frewick F.C and Bouldertown who are relegated, Bouldertown in particular will be disappointed, after being in and around the top teams at this level until a couple of seasons ago.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Wrexton F.C              30   17   8   5    31   14  +17    59 - CHAMPIONS, PROMOTED
 2 FC Harpoon               30   15   4  11    52   47   +5    49 - Play-offs, PROMOTED
 3 Sunshine Athletic        30   12  12   6    30   19  +11    48 - Play-offs
 4 Moscva 2k12              30   12  11   7    38   30   +8    47 - Play-offs
 5 Atletico Standard        30   13   6  11    46   37   +9    45
 6 Mulhampstead             30   12   7  11    32   30   +2    43
 7 Barbury F.C              30   10  11   9    30   23   +7    41
 8 Egloskerry               30   10  10  10    33   32   +1    40
 9 Gwinevra Bulls           30   10  10  10    32   26   +6    40
10 Old Licentians           30   11   6  13    43   43    0    39
11 Southtown                30   10   7  13    19   24   −5    37
12 Lighthouse Coves         30    8  11  11    18   27   −9    35
13 Celts                    30    9   7  14    21   29   −8    34
14 Calshott Lighthouse      30    7  11  12    22   38  −16    32
15 Bouldertown              30    7  10  13    36   48  −12    31 - RELEGATED
16 Frewick F.C              30    7   9  14    32   48  −16    30 - RELEGATED

ANL Play-off
Sunshine Athletic 0–0 Moscva 2k12
FC Harpoon 1–1 Sunshine Athletic
Moscva 2k12 2–2 FC Harpoon

  ANL Play-offs           Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 FC Harpoon                2   0  2  0    3   3   0    2 - PROMOTED
2 Moscva 2k12               2   0  2  0    2   2   0    2
3 Sunshine Athletic         2   0  2  0    1   1   0    2

Oldem Mechanical have a strong finish to the season to see them move up to the second tier, Urbanista Young Boys not having the legs once again. Old Guard Regiment surprisingly earn automatic promotion as well, due to Cierbana United's expulsion. The aforementioned Young Boys, Don't Panic FC and Docklands United are the teams in the play-off spots. Down the other end, Barrabrook United earn the dubious honour of being the first team to be relegated from the ANL league system, with two teams joining from the conferences due to Cierbana United's expulsion, those teams being Beowulf FC and Issington Tykes, Issington F.C's second team.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Oldem Mechanical          30   18   6   6    46   23  +23    60 - CHAMPIONS, PROMOTED
 2 Old Guard Regiment        30   17   6   7    53   30  +23    57 - PROMOTED
 3 Urbanista Young Boys      30   16   8   6    55   39  +16    56 - Play-offs, PROMOTED
 4 Don't Panic FC            30   14  10   6    61   46  +15    52 - Play-offs
 5 Docklands United          30   14   6  10    35   29   +6    48 - Play-offs
 6 Project +90               30   14   5  11    54   51   +3    47
 7 Cawln Wanderers           30   14   3  13    48   45   +3    45
 8 Yerk United               30   11   9  10    57   58   −1    42
 9 TP Indians                30   10  10  10    44   40   +4    40
10 Armageddon Casuals        30   11   6  13    66   69   −3    39
11 Kepler United             30    9   9  12    51   55   −4    36
12 Gurdle A.F.C              30    9   8  13    38   42   −4    35
13 The Dambusters            30   10   3  17    46   62  −16    33
14 Flotsam & Jetsam          30    7   8  15    54   72  −18    29
15 Kingsford FC              30    5  10  15    29   41  −12    25
16 Barrabrook United         30    3   9  18    34   69  −35    18 - RELEGATED

ANL2 Play-off
Don't Panic FC 1–0 Docklands United
Urbanista Young Boys 1–0 Don't Panic FC
Docklands United 0–1 Urbanista Young Boys

  ANL2 Play-offs          Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Urbanista Young Boys      2   2  0  0    2   0  +2    6 - PROMOTED
2 Don't Panic FC            2   1  0  1    1   1   0    3
3 Docklands United          2   0  0  2    0   2  −2    0

Marshall Cup 9 Final

Attendance: 71,000
Dwile Warriors 0-0 Barbury Town (0-0 AET, 2-1 PKs)

The final is a tense affair, both sides cancelling each other out, with Barbury Town being strong at the back, but forward Namine Nagatomo unable to make ground at the back, while Dwile Warrior's strong forward line is unable to penetrate Barbury's organised defense. The deadlock can only be broken by penalties, with Barbury's Matthias Sindelar scoring his penalty, with the next three all missing or being saved, meaning Tolgus Tregajorran and Richard D'Oyly make up for Mateus Carvalho's horrendous miss. A tense nervy final, as Dwile now hold the record for most Marshall Cup's won since it's reincarnation (3).

[Apox]

ANL Season 15 - Preview

Aitor Jovellanos (AUD) - AC Izotz Zubia (AUD) to Dwile Warriors for £26,000,000 & Susan Endicott
Solomon Etezadi - Issington F.C to Mâ Âlâmëómë (FRF) for £15,000,000
Willem Otkupshchikov (PIS) - FC.1 Bjarnarey Flotilla (PIS) to Gwinevra Barbarians for £11,000,000
Adnan Zozula - Wye United to East Franz Athletic (PIS) for £8,000,000
Sunbar McCoy - Sporting Volker (FLX) to Serbury (JEC) for £8,000,000
Catheline Stockinger (NPH) - Crisisbless (NPH) to FC Brimstone for £6,500,000
Luxulya St. Cleer - Wrexton F.C to Crisisbless (NPH) for £6,500,000
Cheney Scherzer (BRN) - Crisisbless (NPH) to Wye United for £6,000,000
Eneko Treloquithack - Urbanista Trojans to Dwile Warriors for £5,000,000
Corinna McKenna - Urbanista Trojans to FC Brimstone for £4,500,000
Isidor Wessel (ZEN) - Real Old Maiz (ZEN) to Wrexton F.C for £4,000,000
Isidora Cullen (BRN) - Kingsgrove (BRN) to Barbury Town for £3,500,000
Robbie Faulkner (EUR) - Holdenburg City (EUR) to Urbanista for £3,000,000
Catheline Purrington (BRN) - Francisca Orient (BRN) to Wye United for £2,500,000
Rohan Cammers - 1830 Cathair (AUD) to Wrexton F.C for £2,400,000
Tim Oggie - Issington F.C to Industus (GLX) for £1,100,000
Maxim Kolo - Colesham Athletic (TLI) to Mortsey (JEC) for £1,000,000
Mikel Azariah (MBT) - FC Brimstone to FC Harpoon for £1,000,000
Iphitos Cartwright - Dwile Warriors to Issington F.C for £900,000
Jack Demir - SC Montfort (TLI) to FC Brimstone for £800,000
Sico Ullsmang (BYN) - Bengtsmark IF (BUY) to FC Endeavour for £400,000
Hurstspurr the Bold (OGD) - Glenmount Town (TLI) to FC Harpoon for £250,000
Hugh Austin - Monfort North End (TLI) to FC Harpoon for £0
Hermann Fisher - Garton Bay Pirates (TLI) to KT Itzalovalle (AUD) for £0
Martin Cilic - Glenmount Town (TLI) to Sabrefell Athletic (NPH) for £0
Juquinho the Immoral (OGD) - Mona A.F.C to FC Harpoon on a season-long loan
Thibault Renault (SAU) - Urbanista to Free Agent
Anders Weiss (PIS) - St. George's Creek to Free Agent
Athelstan Firth - Issington F.C to retired
Marlon Vetta - Colesham Athletic (TLI) to retired
Jorge Guardia - FC Brimstone to retired

Now that the ANL has managed to wrangle a total of 7 UICA spots for itself, the ANL board have decided on a rather novel system to decide the final Globe Cup team. The top 6 six will be guaranteed a spot in UICA, as per usual, with the top 4 teams being sent to the Champion's Cup and the next 2 to the Globe Cup.

This leaves 10 teams left in the ANL. If you get rid of the two relegated teams, that leaves a very handy 8 teams left to play for the final spot. As a result, the Serious Platypus Cup was created as an end of season cup, where the 8 teams will play in a straight knock-out cup on neutral ground, with the winner gaining the final Globe Cup spot. It will be seeded, so that 7th plays 14th, 8th vs 13th and so on.

However, it should be mentioned that if the winner of the Marshall Cup doesn't qualify for UICA, then they will be Apox's 7th qualifier to UICA. This competition will only take place when Apox has 7 UICA qualification spots.


FC Endeavour
Manager: Petter Aurelias (PIS)
Home Ground: The Garganaut, Capacity: 42,000
Line-up: Volgisrhaad (PDT) -- Pipp (PIS), Endellion the Hewn (OGD), Graham (EUR), Dunbarton -- Redwood, Terán (FRF), Pirinen (PIS), Kipling -- Macinko (PIS), Leighton (TLI)
Preview: Endeavour haven't made many changes in the off season, and why should they, this team won the title with a record number of points last season. However, the squad is ageing now, Kjn Volgisrhaad in goal is 34 now, and there are a number of players northwards of 30 in the squad. Alex Terán is still a key player for them in centre midfield, as is captain Marcus Redwood. They've brought in a fleet of younger players, who will be ready to take their places in the starting line-up next season; the most promising being Zana Ibrox in centre midfield and Rübéãn Tôr on the left. They have an impressive squad, however, others have made gains and for that reason, it is hard to see them retaining their title.
Last Season: 1st Predicted: 2nd


Dwile Warriors
Manager: Moon Dust (EQS)
Home Ground: The APX Sports Stadium, Capacity: 56,000
Line-up: Riordan (NPH) -- Treloquithack, Belfast (NPH), St Teath, Jovellanos (AUD) -- Ibarran (ASG), Toivainen (PIS), Kellard -- Carvalho (NSI), Tregajorran, D'Oyly
Preview: Dwile Warriors have strengthened an already strong team, not least in bringing in Eneko Treloquithack and Aitor Jovellanos - the latter being brought for an Apoxian transfer record fee of £26 million. These two players add yet another attacking element to the team, with both acting as wing backs. This is a team which still contains the talents of Kieron Riordan in goal and Tolgus Tregajorran in attack. Add in the incredibly experienced Equestrian manager Moon Dust and it looks for all the world like this is a title winning squad here.
Last Season: 2nd Predicted: 1st


Urbanista
Manager: Olim Benzari
Home Ground: Lime Ground, Capacity: 36,000
Line-up: Lockwood -- Williams, Anaru the Bold (OGD), Faulkner (EUR), Hatem -- Troon, Quillisi, Kirk (AUD), Ahmejankov -- Sandbottom (PCG), Marsalis
Preview: Olim Benzari hasn't added all that much to an averagely strong Urbanista squad, Robbie Faulkner is brought in from Eura and Moses Uijtdewilligen is a talented striker from Mytannion. However, there are still very much a number of cracks in this squad, and they are painfully easily exploited. The key will be to keep Elvis Sandbottom fit and firing in goals, he was crucial to them last season. I cannot see this squad improving on last seasons performance at this rate.
Last Season: 3rd Predicted: 5th


Gwinevra Barbarians
Manager: Jorgen Hauge (PIS)
Home Ground: The Barbaria, Capacity: 38,000
Line-up: Seabrooke -- Benditti, Mata (FRF), Otkupshchikov (PIS), Zezinho (NSI) -- Monteforth, Boroni, Foloris (PDT), Coleman -- Shizuka (NSI) -- Morriston
Preview: Under Hauge the Barbarians continue to improve as he steadily strengthens the squad. This season it is the star signing of Willem Otkupshchikov from FC.1 Bjarnarey Flotilla to steady the defense after his heroic's last season. Other than that, there is little change to last season's starting line-up. This is very nearly a team which can compete seriously at the top. With the increased number of UICA places, Gwinevra should be good for Champion's Cup this season.
Last Season: 4th Predicted: 4th


Barbury Town
Manager: Ken Rickwright
Home Ground: Village Green, Capacity: 32,000
Captain: Eustathios -- Lerryn, Finn (PIS), Neguwa, Maramora -- Sindelar -- Mo, Rijshaart (AUD), Devold (BYN), Hawker -- Curio (PCG)
Preview: Something of a dip in form for Barbury last season, however, the team is more settled this time around, and the explosive midfield contingent should have gelled this time around, the combination of Jody Rijshaart and Sverre Devold, when in form, is too much for opposing teams. That's without even including the talent of Curio up front. Barbury will be able to push on for serious honours this season, they'll be in and around the top for sure, which can only be a good thing for them.
Last Season: 5th Predicted: 3rd


Issington F.C
Manager: Foreman Jones
Home Ground: Dwile Stadium, Capacity: 25,000
Line-up: Frost -- Kazama (NSI), Cartwright, Paul the Suitable (OGD), Viking -- Chapman, di Mercurio (YTT), Ithamar, Tremar -- Delvecchio (OSD), Varano
Preview: Issington F.C, from the inside and the top at least, give off the impression of looking like a lost dog at times. The team continues to decline in terms of attendance and league finishing, and this season will see that continue. Foreman Jones has been brought in as manager for managing to keep Miners '47 in the league, however, this may be too great a challenge for him. Alessandro Delvecchio, one of the last remnants of the Issington glory days is ageing now, even if last year was something of an indian summer for him. The team will be hit greatly by the loss of Solomon Etezadi to Farfadillis in the off season - however, that money wasn't available to go back into the team, instead it went into trying to plug the flow of money heading out of the club.
Last Season: 6th Predicted: 8th


Exton F.C
Manager: Charden Hules (EAR)
Home Ground: River Exe Ground, Capacity: 24,000
Line-up: Bergman -- Matinue, Worrick, Shahzad, Jorgensen (MYT), Stevens -- Rickwright, Vaarakallio (PIS), Carvalho (NSI), Gayle -- Tomić (PAS)
Preview: The continuing decline of Issington F.C will offer hope to the steady and generally "safe" team, Exton. Hules seems to have been around forever now, and after another season of no change in the team, to the distress of some fans, they should be good for UICA this season, either automatically or through the Serious Platypus Cup. Either way, I reckon it'll be an improvement for Exton this season.
Last Season: 7th Predicted: 6th


Mandon United
Manager: Flavio the Penguin (OGD)
Home Ground: Brookside Wharf, Capacity: 20,000
Line-up: Gray -- Dray, Carson (TLI), Brunt, Santana -- Benson, Babič, Lickett, Boadicea -- Karrkka (FRF) -- Fortuna
Preview: Mandon is another club which hasn't really invested in the off season, however, unlike Exton, they really needed to, to have any chance of improving their standing within the league. They played well last season, but faded quickly after a bright start, meaning it was another mediocre season for the most mediocre club in the league. Harry Lickett and Saskia Babič cannot carry the team for ever, although the promising 18 year old Radomíra Boadicea could add some extra excitement to Mandon's season.
Last Season: 8th Predicted: 10th


St. George's Creek
Manager: Sanderstal the Almighty (OGD)
Home Ground: New Alpaca Drive, Capacity: 22,000
Line-up: Georgi the Hovelan (OGD) -- Hikari (NSI), Flugelhorn the Brash (OGD), Tolliver -- Axe the Dominant (OGD -- Ted of Kjellsen (OGD), Sam of Charlfont (OGD), Marcus the Bright (OGD), Alex Paradys (PCG) -- Ezekiel Charlestown (MBT), Maximillion the Codger (OGD)
Preview: Sanderstal the Almighty, despite claiming that no one is safe in his team, lines up for another season with largely the same Starting XI as before - the only exception being Anna Hikari, a player already at the club, replacing the outgoing Anders Weiss, who never really settled in Oldem. There is a lot of talent in this side, and they are now very much a settled ANL mid-table team. They should really be pushing on for Globe Cup this season, but I'm not sure that's going to happen.
Last Season: 10th Predicted: 9th


FC Brimstone
Manager: John Grigia
Home Ground: FCB Stadium, Capacity: 28,000
Line-up: Howe -- Christos, Hewitt, Nicole, Stockinger (NPH) -- Zante, Demir, Tobin (MBT), Harper, Spitfire (BRN) -- McKenna
Preview: John Grigia begins the big rebuild at Brimstone with a big off season. Corinna McKenna, Jack Demir and Catheline Stockinger have all been brought in, with only Jorge Guardia and Mikel Azariah heading out of the team. Brimstone's midfield line-up is now quite something to be feared, and Corinna McKenna is a player with proven ANL quality. This team is still something of a work in progress, the defense is still patchy, but they're very much heading the right way.
Last Season: 11th Predicted: 7th


Wye United
Manager: Chris Maarsden
Home Ground: JK Stadium, Capacity: 21,000
Line-up: Benthron -- Kranc, Jamieson, Mixé (FRF), Litchworth -- Leanord, Purrington (BRN), Dale, Fronden -- Quinn, Scherzer (BRN)
Preview: It's been a mixed off season for Wye, with the club raiding the multiverse for Brenecians - Catheline Purrington and Cheney Scherzer have been brought in to bolster the squad, although they have lost Adnan Zozula, which will be a big, big loss to the team. Alf Dale is something of a good prospect for the team, as they try to replace Dorian Mixolydian and Adam Kossakovsky as a midfield partnership from their first season back in the league. Another midtable finish for them.
Last Season: 12th Predicted: 11th


Miners '47
Manager: Joe Cunningham (OSR)
Home Ground: The Pit, Capacity: 16,000
Line-up: Smith -- Comstock, Thanathan, Gaspar (YTT), Nelson the Bold (OGD) -- Alton, Sortherner, Alasdia, Haines -- Alex, Wilbrahim
Preview: Miners '47 continues to womble along quietly, just about clinging onto ANL football. Foreman Jones, the man who powered them through their last three seasons, is gone. His replacement, Joe Cunningham, from Osarius, is something of an unknown quantity. It's hard to know how they'll do this season, with a group of players who might not perhaps cut it in this league. They are in the group of 5 or so teams who will be in the relegation battle this season.
Last Season: 13th Predicted: 13th


Urbanista Trojans
Manager: Tom Cotterill
Home Ground: Stone Hill, Capacity: 20,000
Line-up: Whimbrel -- Merwin, Smith, Johnstone, Keys - Branson, Thompson (TLI), Alaba (ASG), Wickaninnish -- Scoboryo, Madison
Preview: Urbanista Trojans are a squad shattered by the loss of their two best players from the last few seasons, Eneko Treloquithack and Corinna McKenna. As a result, and with the continuous lack of big name signings from Tom Cotterill, and the Trojans are a team in danger of dropping down this season after an extended stay in the top tier. As a result, the fans are jittery, and as a result, Tom Cotterill could be in danger of getting the sack this season.
Last Season: 14th Predicted: 15th


Oldem Gents Club
Manager: Xav the Fast (OGD)
Home Ground: New Alpaca Drive, Capacity: 22,000
Line-up: Nedum the Uncompromising (OGD) -- Neal -- Storbrittania, Foss, Vincent of the Dordain (OGD), Butler (GLX), Jason the Argonaut (OGD) -- Alexi the Bold, Kay the Sideways (OGD), Addario -- Alex the Incomprohensible (OGD)
Preview: Oldem Gents Club will likely be struggling again this season, and they were only saved by the relegation of their fellow promotioneers from last season, Cierbana United. They haven't strengthened all that much in the off-season, although captain Odar Storbrittania is a mountain in defense, and Ivan Addario looks like he could play well for the ultra-defensive team this season. It'll be close down the bottom, but I reckon they'll be propping up the table after all's said and done.
Last Season: 15th Predicted: 16th


Wrexton F.C
Manager: Marjatta Olesen
Home Ground: MiXol Ground, Capacity: 22,000
Line-up: Tzion -- Ascot, Kary, Richards, Jones -- Gurdon, Cammers, Huff, Ohanna -- Wessel (ZEN), Olesen
Preview: Wrexton stormed to the ANL2 title last season, and now they're back where they belong. The club is slowly transferring to being fan-owned, with the previously owners slowly selling their stake to the fans, giving the club more stability - the threat of administration no longer looms large. They have had to sell star player Luxulya St. Cleer, but have brought in Zenician Isidor Wessel and the enigmatic firebrand Rohan Cammers. Marjatta Olesen is no longer captain, but now player manager, with Jack Ohanna being handed the captaincy. This squad isn't bad, and they should find themselves top of those club in the relegation battle come the end of the season.
Last Season: 1st, ANL2 Predicted: 12th


FC Harpoon
Manager: Rodin Vidal
Home Ground: The Celebratory Stadium, Capacity: 45,000
Line-up: Scott -- Thornton, Hurstspurr the Bold (OGD), Waughton, Azariah (MBT) -- Jarwood -- Newell, Mulberry, Austin -- Juquinho the Immoral (OGD), Faye
Preview: Well, what a rise to the top this is. FC Harpoon, a club barely 20 years old, have achieved consecutive promotions to reach the heady heights of the ANL, the first club to achieve this, all under young, talented manager Rodin Vidal. They've brought in a number of players with experience at this level, in Hurstspurr the Bold, Mikel Azariah, Juquinho the Immoral and Hugh Austin. Zebulon Faye up front is their captain, and he has been knocking goals in at all levels. Ludo Mulberry and Harri Jarwood in midfield are both interesting prospects. It's hard to say where they'll end up, but I expect many neutrals will want to see them stay up.
Last Season: 2nd, ANL2, Play-off Winners Predicted: 14th

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[Apox]

Super Sixteen Season 14

The season kicks off with another Lockwood Cup, this time contested by JK Memorial Squad and Colesham City Blues. Nothing much changing there then...

Past Finals History:
I: Colesham City Blues 7-0 Dwile Jerseys
II: Islanders 26–24 JK Memorial Squad
III: Islanders 14–14 JK Memorial Squad
IV: Colesham City Blues 20–7 Dwile Jerseys
V: Dwile Jerseys 7–0 Colesham City Blues
VI: Colesham City Blues 19–0 Dwile Jerseys

7th Lockwood Cup
JK Memorial Squad 17–17 Colesham City Blues

Surprisingly there is another draw! Though the Cup will stay with The Licentian Isles for another season, with the previous winning country retaining the cup in the case of a draw. Onto the main season itself!

                           Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 JK Memorial Squad        30   24   1   5   522  331 +191    97 - CHAMPION, SEASOGS
 2 Montfort Lions           30   19   1  10   432  360  +72    77 - SEASOGS
 3 Islanders                30   18   3   9   568  468 +100    75 - SEASOGS
 4 Colesham City Blues      30   18   1  11   352  225 +127    73 - SEASOGS
 5 Dwile Jerseys            30   17   3  10   484  361 +123    71 - SEASOGS
 6 Gwinevra Saints          30   16   1  13   426  375  +51    65 - SEASOGS
 7 Mandon Faithful          30   15   2  13   505  398 +107    62
 8 Northern Urbanista       30   14   3  13   324  296  +28    59
 9 The Vikings              30   14   1  15   364  352  +12    57
10 Mona Warriors            30   13   1  16   416  393  +23    53
11 The Redwood Club         30   12   2  16   449  491  −42    50
12 Hudd Trolls              30   12   1  17   465  507  −42    49
13 Barbury Exiles           30   11   2  17   270  446 −176    46
14 Celtic Warriors          30   10   2  18   383  441  −58    42
15 Exton Heraldrim          30    8   2  20   430  629 −199    34 - RELEGATED
16 Glenmount RFC            30    5   2  23   220  537 −317    22 - RELEGATED

JK Memorial Squad storm to the title with a record points haul there, quite extraordinary. In second though, come Montfort Lions, a club who have really been on the rise in recent years - quite extraordinary that. The remaining Seasogs spots go to the usual crowd of Islanders, Colesham, Dwile and Gwinevra - Gwinevra creeping back in after a number of years out in the cold. Mandon Faithful and Northern Urbanista come close, they've come to expect better in recent years, whilst The Vikings have a very good season to finish 9th, they're a club with international aspirations there. In the relegation spots, both clubs new to the league can't hack it, with Exton being a way away from Barbury, and Glenmount RFC generally being the whipping boys of the division.

The Apox Premier League

  Apox Premier League      Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD BP Pts 
1 Southern Urbanista        14    9   1   4   306  211  +95  5  42 - CHAMPIONS, PROMOTED
2 RFC                       14   10   0   4   208  114  +94  1  41
3 Cierbana                  14    9   1   4   203  201   +2  2  39
4 Zealots of the North      14    9   1   4   267  195  +72  1  38
5 Dwile Rugby               14    7   0   7   193  187   +6  3  31
6 Oxshott Exiles            14    4   1   9   182  259  −77  4  21
7 Ecchinswell Saints        14    4   0  10   131  209  −78  4  20
8 Northerly United          14    2   0  12   170  284 −114  4  12 - RELEGATED

A very tense and exciting season there, with RFC actually having the best record, but Southern Urbanista end up winning the title based off their ability to accrue bonus points. Oxshott Exiles make it third time lucky, as their third spell in the APL will be longer than 2 seasons for once, Northerly United being the relegated team, haing had a terrible season. Oldem Academicals, formerly in the Super Sixteen are promoted from the APL2 for next season.

Apox Qualifiers (APX): JK Memorial Squad, Dwile Jerseys, Gwinevra Saints, (Mandon Faithful*)

The Licentian Isles (TLI): Montfort Lions, Islanders, Colesham City Blues

OOC*: Extra Apoxian qualifier provided as agreed between PIS and I, whereby if Licen CTE's, his entrants revert to numbers to be entered if convenient, otherwise Apoxian entrants to Seasogs reverts to the usual 4 teams.

[Apox]

ANL Season 15 - Part One

2nd February 582 - UICA Second Preliminary Round
Issington F.C 2-3 Unita Takatori (SJI)
Barbury Town 3-1 Huambo (WAN)

So the season kicks off with something of a damp squib with Issington's loss to the previously largely unheralded Unita Takatori of The Saint James Islands. The Issington side, playing their first competitive match under new manager Foreman Jones, looked distinctly like they were lacking in match fitness, and as a result they paid for it. Issington's talismanic, if ageing striker, Alessandro Delvecchio was having an off day, and despite a brace from Hilde Varano, they were unable to capitalise on that, Takatori were too much in the end. Barbury Town, by contrast, strolled casually past Huambo of West Angola, Namine Nagatomo opening the scoring in the 8th minute, followed up by Sverre Devold ten minutes later. Promising young talent Jo de Marisco scored just before half time to decide the result, even if Huambo manage to pull one back later on.

9th February - UICA Second Preliminary Round
Unita Takatori (SJI) 2-2 Issington F.C
Huambo (WAN) 2-2 Barbury Town

Two identical scorelines there, two very different sets of fans come full-time. Issington will be left to rue a season without UICA football, with the season having not even started yet, while Barbury Town needed little to encourage them through to the next round, in the seemingly endless series of preliminary rounds and such, with Curio opening for them, two goals being scored by Huambo in the interim, before Brenecian Isidora Cullen scores three minutes from time to seal progression on her debut.

16th February - UICA Third Preliminary Round
Urbanista 0-1 Jottnar Kallsmudden (BYN)
Barbury Town 2-0 Zvolen FC (WCA)

Urbanista begin their Champion's Cup campaign poorly, with Camden Stacks' strike in the 60th minute being the difference between the two sides, in a game where have the look of a team short of match fitness about them. A similar case to Issington two weeks ago then, Olim Benzari will need to whip his side into shape if they want to compete this season. Barbury beat the lowly ranked Zvolen FC in another game which they manage to make look easy for the home fans, Jody Rijshaart and that man Curio being the scorers in that match.

19th - 20th February - ANL Matchday 1
Dwile Warriors 7–3 FC Harpoon
FC Endeavour 1–0 Oldem Gents Club
Barbury Town 2–1 Miners '47
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 Urbanista Trojans
Urbanista 0–1 Wrexton F.C
Exton F.C 0–0 Wye United
Issington F.C 0–2 Mandon United
FC Brimstone 4–2 St. George's Creek - Sunday game

And so the league system kicks off with a bang then, and what a bang it is. The first game of the season, in the regular league at least is between Dwile Warriors and FC Harpoon. Tolgus Tregajorran, starting the game with 123 league goals in third place on the all-time scorers list, scores in the 8th minute to draw level with Rancisc Tenian on 124, before scoring his 125th and 126th goals before the half is out. Aitor Jovellanos, on debut for the club, grabs a brace from his position as a wingback in an impressive performance, already beginning to show why he commanded a ludicrously high transfer fee in the summer. Elsewhere, FC Endeavour beat Oldem Gents Club 1-0, while Gwinevra Barbarians start their season off with a 1-0 win against Urbanista Trojans, the Trojans looking fairly hapless in that game. Wrexton F.C surprisingly beat Urbanista, as Rohan Cammers returns to the ANL after a couple of years in the LigAnaia - and today is one of his good days, as he sets up Jack Ohanna to score the winning goal in the 77th minute.

23rd February - UICA Third Preliminary Round
Jottnar Kallsmudden (BYN) 2-1 Urbanista
Zvolen FC (WCA) 0-2 Barbury Town

Urbanista cannot manage a win against a strong Kallsmudden side who are well drilled, meaning Olim Benzari has to endure three losses on the trot to open his season, which is not good news. At least they managed to get on the scoresheet this time, with key striker Elvis Sandbottom scoring a late goal. Barbury Town continue to pump goals in, little to comment on in that game really, the norm continues for a Barbury Town side hungry for some top opposition.

26th - 27th February - ANL Matchday 2
FC Harpoon 1–2 St. George's Creek
Mandon United 0–4 FC Brimstone
Wye United 3–3 Issington F.C
Wrexton F.C 0–1 Exton F.C
Urbanista Trojans 1–4 Urbanista
Miners '47 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Oldem Gents Club 0–0 Barbury Town
Dwile Warriors 2–0 FC Endeavour - Sunday game

Dwile Warriors continue to show good early intent this season, winning a crucial game against FC Endeavour, with that man Tolgus Tregajorran scoring once again (making it 4 goals in 2 games). Another team showing some good early intent is FC Brimstone, who post four past their opposition for the second time this season, John Grigia creating a very potent side very quickly, he still hasn't been in charge for a whole season yet. Issington continue to stumble their way through this early section of the season, Alessandro Delvecchio and Yttribian Michel di Mercurio being the stand-out players for them, but the rest of the team are fairly absent, even goalkeeper Joe Frost, who is perhaps getting too old for this now. Urbanista win a feisty Urbanista derby, where Elvis Sandbottom opens the scoring for the club, before being injured 5 minutes later, with Richard Smith being sent off for his challenge. Chris Madison is next to score, but Armando Quillisi, Actor Marsalis and Ben Hatem all score to put the result beyond doubt. Barbury Town draw 0-0 to Oldem Gents Club, a slight hiccup in their good early form.

2nd March - UICA Playoff Round
Dwile Warriors 2-0 Jottnar Kallsmudden (BYN)
Barbury Town 3-1 Netenju’he’ny (ALA)
Urbanista 0-0 Internationcial Binar (ZEN)

Dwile Warriors face off against a familiar foe with a place in the Champion's Cup group stage at stake. Urbanista are one thing, but Dwile Warriors are another beast entirely. Even with Tolgus Tregajorran resting in this game, Dwile are still too much for Jottnar, with Mateus Carvalho netting an opener, before promising young player Adrasta Eljjoy sets up Richard D'Oyly for the second goal. Barbury Town continue on their merry way agaisnt the unpronounceable Netenju’he’ny from Allanea, with Namine Nagatomo starting and scoring twice. Matthias Sindelar can only last 60 minutes with his ageing legs giving up after that, however, he can still take free-kicks, scoring off one in the 51st minute. Urbanista continue their iffy form in UICA this season with a 0-0 draw against Internationcial Binar of Zenic.

5th - 6th March - ANL Matchday 3
FC Endeavour 3–1 FC Harpoon
Barbury Town 0–0 Dwile Warriors
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Oldem Gents Club
Urbanista 2–4 Miners '47
Exton F.C 1–0 Urbanista Trojans
Issington F.C 1–1 Wrexton F.C - Sunday game
FC Brimstone 2–2 Wye United
St. George's Creek 5–2 Mandon United

FC Harpoon already look like it might be a struggle for them this season, with another loss, this time against FC Endeavour, who overpowered the offensive minded Harpoon to mean they remain mired to the bottom of the table with no points at this stage. Gwinevra Barbarians beat out Oldem Gents Club, with Conor Morriston and Sanui Shizuka scoring there, as they continue their record of no goals conceded so far this season, in part thanks to the excellent signing of Willem Otkupshchikov in central defense, who has been magnificent this season so far. Miners '47 complete a surprise win over Urbanista, with Olim Benzari's side really struggling to get going so far this season. FC Brimstone suddenly find themselves top of the league due to their extraordinary offense so far this season, Jack Demir and Corinna McKenna scoring in this game, to counter out Cheney Scherzer's two strikes.

9th March - UICA Playoff Round
Jottnar Kallsmudden (BYN) 0-0 Dwile Warriors
Netenju’he’ny (ALA) 2-2 Barbury Town
Internationcial Binar (ZEN) 1-2 Urbanista

Dwile Warriors only manage a 0-0 draw away in Buyan, though it doesn't matter, as they are through to the Group stage with that result, after winning the first leg 2-0. Barbury Town face trouble in Allanea, with a rare defensive error from Polarian Amadeus Finn causing the first goal, before Netenju'he'ny score a second inside twenty minutes. However, Ken Rickwright's men dig in, and Curio's goal in the first minute of the second half hands the advantage back to Barbury, before their progression is guaranteed by Alex Mo. Urbanista leave their patchy form behind, with Mytanar Moses Uijtdewilligen scoring twice ether side of a goal by Binar.

12th - 13th March - ANL Matchday 4
FC Harpoon 2–4 Mandon United
Wye United 2–4 St. George's Creek
Wrexton F.C 1–1 FC Brimstone
Urbanista Trojans 2–2 Issington F.C
Miners '47 2–2 Exton F.C
Oldem Gents Club 2–1 Urbanista
Dwile Warriors 5–2 Gwinevra Barbarians - Sunday game
FC Endeavour 6–3 Barbury Town - Sunday game

A high scoring set of matches there. FC Endeavour manage a surprisingly large win over Barbury Town, a game where Alex Terán scored an exciting hat-trick, with the score being 2-1 at half time, before Endeavour accelerate away from the tired Barbury squad. In the "Auld Classic", Dwile Warriors are back to their free scoring best against the Barbarians, with Aitor Jovellanos and Tolgus Tregajorran, £46 million worth of player, being key for them. FC Harpoon continue to lose, and lose heavily at that, with a 2-4 loss at home today against Mandon United. This division is harder than it's hyped up to be then... Urbanista continue their poor form with a 2-1 loss against Oldem Gents Club, Oldem taking the lead through Alex the Incomprehensible before Actor Marsalis snatched one back. However, a 85th minute penalty due to Oley Williams bringing down Ivan Addario led to defeat, with the aforementioned Addario coolly slotting it home.

19th - 20th March - ANL Matchday 5
Barbury Town 4–2 FC Harpoon
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–2 FC Endeavour
Urbanista 1–2 Dwile Warriors
Exton F.C 3–0 Oldem Gents Club
Issington F.C 2–0 Miners '47
FC Brimstone 0–1 Urbanista Trojans - Sunday game
St. George's Creek 3–2 Wrexton F.C
Mandon United 3–2 Wye United

Exton F.C continue to quietly play well this season, with a comfortable 3-0 win against Oldem, they along with Dwile Warriors are the only clubs unbeaten thus far, with Dwile being the latest team to inflict misery on Urbanista, with Mateus Carvalho and Richard D'Oyly scoring in that game. Barbury Town have had a middling season in the league so far, but are grateful of a whole week off to prepare for FC Harpoon, almost the obligatory three points at this stage, prove little trouble to them, a Curio double along with Jody Rijshaart and Matthias Sindelar goals proving too much. St. George's Creek have been having a good season as well, and a 3-2 win against Wrexton is good for them, even if Wrexton player Rohan Cammers scored 3 times that game, twice for Wrexton in the first half, and then poking home the winner for the Creek accidentally, before being sent off for wrestling Ezekiel Charlestown to the ground. Never a dull moment...

23rd March - UICA Qualifying Round
Barbury Town 2-1 Marlowes City FC (GWA)
Urbanista 3-2 Norton y’Myren (PDT)

Two more wins internationally then, with Barbury easily topping Marlowes City FC, Namine Nagatomo opening the scoring in the 10th minute, before three minutes later Sverre Devold pops up to score as well, securing a win, even if the team from Greater Watford manage to score late on in the second half. Urbanista have a closer game against the leading lights of Paradystopia, conceding twice either side of an Elvis Sandbottom strike, before Armando Quillisi grabs a late goal in the second half, with Sandbottom scoring once more in the second minute of injury time.

26th March - Marshall Cup First Round
Mona A.F.C 1-0 Mulhampstead
Frewick F.C 2-3 Project +90
Gwinevra Bulls 0-0 Kingsford FC (1-0 AET)
Kepler United 4-5 Beowulf FC
Old Guard Regiment 1-0 Urbanista Young Boys
Flotsam & Jetsam 2-1 Atletico Standard
Old Licentians 2-0 Gurdle A.F.C
Yerk United 2-1 Armageddon Casuals
Barbury F.C 0-2 Southtown
Cawln Wanderers 0-3 Docklands United
Issington Tykes 0-1 Calshott Lighthouse
Moscva 2k12 1-1 Lighthouse Coves (1-1 AET, 3-1 PKs)
Oldem Mechanical 1-1 Sunshine Athletic (1-2 AET)
Egloskerry 0-1 Bouldertown
The Dambusters 1-0 TP Indians
Celts 1-4 Don't Panic FC

The first round of cup matches get underway this weekend then, giving the ANL team a break from matches. Quite a large number only required normal time, something of a surprise at this stage, with a number of exciting, high scoring matches on display, such as Beowulf FC's 5-4 victory over Kepler United, a takilan spectacle that.

30th March - UICA Qualifying Round
Marlowes City FC (GWA) 0-2 Barbury Town
Norton y’Myren (PDT) 0-4 Urbanista

No change from the norm for Barbury then, another two goals scored, another victory, Martin Maramora and Namine Nagatomo stumping up the goods this time around. Urbanista vanquish their demons with force, blowing Paradystopi outfit Norton y'Myren out of the water to reach the Globe Cup group stages, courtesy of an Actor Marsalis hat-trick (his first at the club) and a late Alexander Kirk goal to power them on.

2nd - 3rd April - ANL Matchday 6
FC Harpoon 1–0 Wye United
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Mandon United
Urbanista Trojans 1–1 St. George's Creek
Miners '47 2–3 FC Brimstone
Oldem Gents Club 0–2 Issington F.C
Dwile Warriors 3–0 Exton F.C - Sunday game
FC Endeavour 2–1 Urbanista
Barbury Town 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians - Sunday game

FC Harpoon finally pick up some points, Wye United being that team, on loan striker Juquinho the Immoral scoring the crucial goal in that game. Urbanista's rotten league form continues with a 2-1 loss to FC Endeavour, Urbanista now sit 14th as a result of that, while Endeavour push on up the table, sitting 3rd now. Gwinevra Barbarians beat Barbury Town, a lone Jesper Lee Coleman goal there being the difference, with those teams at the moment looking a little way behind the front runners Dwile and Endeavour for the title, but likely to take the other Champions Cup spots. Dwile Warriors meanwhile, remain unbeaten after a big win over Exton F.C; Tregajorran, D'Oyly and Toivainen the scorers in that game. Issington F.C have recovered a little of late, with Alessandro Delvecchio and Hilde Varano scoring in their 2-0 victory against Oldem.

9th-10th April - ANL Matchday 7
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 FC Harpoon
Urbanista 3–2 Barbury Town
Exton F.C 0–1 FC Endeavour
Issington F.C 4–2 Dwile Warriors
FC Brimstone 3–0 Oldem Gents Club
St. George's Creek 0–1 Miners '47 - Sunday game
Mandon United 1–2 Urbanista Trojans
Wye United 0–0 Wrexton F.C

Urbanista Trojans haven't been having the best of seasons so far, but they manage a second win against a similarly weak looking Mandon United, with Vina Scoboryo and Joey Thompson scoring the goals in that encounter. Any hopes of a revival in fortunes for FC Harpoon turn out to be false, as they lose to Gwinevra Barbarians in a game where the Gwinevra were much more dominant than the scoreline might suggest. Issington F.C are the team to end Dwile Warriors magnificent start to the season, with that man Alessandro Delvecchio scoring twice, along with Alex Ithamar and Michel de Mercurio to beat the experienced side from Dwile. FC Brimstone continue to keep pace with the top of the league, another strong win under their belt, while Urbanista upset Barbury, with a tight 3-2 scoreline, Urbanista grabbing a much needed winner in the 88th minute through the boot of centre back Robbie Faulkner.

13th April - UICA Group Stage
FC Endeavour 2-1 Port Chester Ladybugs (NFX)
Dwile Warriors 2-1 Turoki Tide (VIL)
Nagelti Rovers (JEC) 1-2 Urbanista
Gwinevra Barbarians 1-1 Fligsive FC (TIS)
Lywik FC (FAC) 1-3 Barbury Town

A generally good set of matches there for the 5 Apoxian teams who reached the Group Stages. FC Endeavour and Dwile Warriors both see off their opposition in Port Chester Ladybugs and Turoki Tide respectively, with the scorers for Endeavour being Danny Leighton and Zana Ibrox, while Dwile's scorers were Edgar Garay and Mateus Carvalho. In the Globe Cup, Urbanista travel to Nagelti Rovers in Jeckland, and they also start their group stage off with a win, Moses Uijtdewilligen and Alexei Ahmejankov both scoring, clearly the players with long names having a good game. Gwinevra Barbarians stutter a little as they play their first UICA match of the season, Conor Morriston's early goal sets them off well, before Fligsive equalise in the second half. Shock and horror as Barbury don't score two goals in a game! They grab three instead, with Jody Rijshaart getting a brace, with a Curio goal sandwiched in between.

16th - 17th April - ANL Matchday 8
FC Harpoon 2–1 Wrexton F.C
Urbanista Trojans 5–1 Wye United
Miners '47 2–2 Mandon United
Oldem Gents Club 4–0 St. George's Creek - Sunday game
Dwile Warriors 3–3 FC Brimstone
FC Endeavour 1–1 Issington F.C
Barbury Town 3–0 Exton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–1 Urbanista

The Oldem derby is quite an unexpected result there, with Oldem Gents Club, struggling up until this point in the season, putting 4 past the Creek, in a seeming reversal of both sides mentalities there, Oldem haven't scored 4 in a match for quite some time. Dwile Warriors and FC Brimstone, so far the team of the season it would appear, share a high scoring draw, which allows FC Endeavour and Gwinevra Barbarians to draw level on points with the Warriors. The Barbarians are the latest team to beat Urbanista, who have suffered a complete lack of form so far, this is the 6th match they've lost this season! FC Harpoon win again to move themselves off the bottom of the table, Ludo Mulberry and Zebulon Faye the scorers in that game.

20th April - UICA Group Stage
Mâ Âlâmëómë (FRF) 1-0 FC Endeavour
Ulsa (EUR) 0-1 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista 0-1 Racing Xinghua Baoyam (TRB)
Jamaica Giants (JSY) 3-1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Barbury Town 0-1 Bastika FC (PAS)

A poor set of results for those teams in international competitions, with most teams playing higher ranked sides. Dwile Warriors are the only team to win, a good result against a powerful Ulsa side, with Tolgus Tregajorran scoring from the spot in the 25th minute. FC Endeavour have no such luck against Farf powerhouse Mâ Âlâmëómë, losing 1-0. None of the Globe Cup teams manage a win either, Gwinevra Barbarians being the only team to score, with Sanui Shizuka with the goal.

23rd - 24th April - ANL Matchday 9
Urbanista 4–3 FC Harpoon
Exton F.C 3–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Issington F.C 4–6 Barbury Town
FC Brimstone 5–5 FC Endeavour - Sunday game
St. George's Creek 3–1 Dwile Warriors
Mandon United 0–2 Oldem Gents Club
Wye United 4–1 Miners '47
Wrexton F.C 0–0 Urbanista Trojans

It's hard to remember a season where there have been as many goals as this one, and this matchday perfectly displays that. FC Brimstone and FC Endeavour are involved in an entertaining 10 goal draw, with both sides continuing to poke goals past each other, Corinna McKenna and Alex Terán both getting hat-tricks in that game. Elsewhere, Issington F.C host Barbury, where there is suspect defenses for both teams, although Barbury have the better attack after 90 minutes have been played. Urbanista manage to make beating FC Harpoon look surprisingly difficult, although strikers Zebulon Faye and Juquinho the Immoral both have good games for the Harpooniers. Dwile Warriors succumb to St. George's Creek in a magnificent game for fans of the Creek, and as a result Dwile slip from the top spot for the first time this season, Endeavour's point against FC Brimstone enough to usurp them.

27th April - UICA Group Stage
FC Endeavour 2-0 Forest Hill FC (JSY)
Dwile Warriors 1-0 Ozkaar Roevres (PDT)
New Capetown Falcons (TAE) 4-3 Urbanista
Gwinevra Barbarians 3-1 Mangolana City (MNG)
Crisisbless (NPH) 2-1 Barbury Town

FC Endeavour and Dwile Warriors both cruise to wins, even if the scoreline against Ozkaar isn't totally flattering for Dwile, with Richard D'Oyly the scorer in that game. Urbanista's poor season persists, with New Capetown Falcons having too much for them at the end of the day, despite a Elvis Sandbottom, Armando Quillsi and India Troon all hitting the target. Barbury Town suffer two losses on the bounce, with Apoxian Osric Keast being on devastating form, Barbury's defense unable to compete, despite Curio's early goal. Gwinevra Barbarians glide serenely past Mangolana City.

30th - 31st April - ANL Matchday 10
FC Harpoon 1–1 Urbanista Trojans
Miners '47 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Oldem Gents Club 1–1 Wye United - Sunday game
Dwile Warriors 2–1 Mandon United
FC Endeavour 2–0 St. George's Creek
Barbury Town 4–2 FC Brimstone
Gwinevra Barbarians 4–1 Issington F.C
Urbanista 2–1 Exton F.C - Sunday game

After last weeks bold performance by FC Brimstone, Barbury are quick to knock them down a notch, with Brimstone soundly beaten when they travel to the Village Green. Dwile Warriors and FC Endeavour both win to keep the title race tight, while FC Harpoon pick up a point through Mikel Azariah's late header to draw against Urbanista Trojans. They're still bottom of the table though. Urbanista make it two wins on the trot, besting Exton at home. This result pulls them further up the table and away from danger, Alexander Kirk and Actor Marsalis the scorers.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 FC Endeavour             10    6   3   1    23   15   +8    21
 2 Dwile Warriors           10    6   2   2    27   17  +10    20
 3 Gwinevra Barbarians      10    6   2   2    15   12   +3    20
 4 Barbury Town             10    5   2   3    24   19   +5    17
 5 FC Brimstone             10    4   4   2    27   20   +7    16
 6 St. George's Creek       10    5   1   4    20   20    0    16
 7 Exton F.C                10    4   2   4    11   11    0    14
 8 Urbanista Trojans        10    3   4   3    13   12   +1    13
 9 Issington F.C            10    3   4   3    20   21   −1    13
10 Urbanista                10    4   0   6    19   20   −1    12
11 Miners '47               10    3   3   4    14   17   −3    12
12 Oldem Gents Club         10    3   2   5     9   13   −4    11
13 Wrexton F.C              10    2   4   4     7    9   −2    10
14 Mandon United            10    3   1   6    15   22   −7    10
15 Wye United               10    1   5   4    15   20   −5     8
16 FC Harpoon               10    2   1   7    16   27  −11     7

In the second tier, it is Mona A.F.C who have taken the early advantage, cruising to 22 points are 10 games with an unbeaten record. Behind them, sit Urbanista Young Boys, a very surprising face indeed. Down the bottom, Celts just haven't got going yet, with Oldem Mechanical, Old Guard Regiment and Atletico Standard hovering just above bottom place.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mona A.F.C                10    6   4   0    20   14   +6    22
 2 Urbanista Young Boys      10    5   4   1    15    9   +6    19
 3 Gwinevra Bulls            10    5   3   2    10    7   +3    18
 4 Southtown                 10    5   2   3    19   12   +7    17
 5 Egloskerry                10    4   4   2    10    7   +3    16
 6 Lighthouse Coves          10    4   3   3    20   17   +3    15
 7 Barbury F.C               10    4   3   3    15   12   +3    15
 8 Moscva 2k12               10    4   3   3    11    9   +2    15
 9 Old Licentians            10    4   2   4    12   12    0    14
10 Mulhampstead              10    4   1   5    13   14   −1    13
11 Sunshine Athletic         10    4   1   5    11   14   −3    13
12 Calshott Lighthouse       10    3   2   5     3    8   −5    11
13 Atletico Standard         10    2   4   4    12   13   −1    10
14 Old Guard Regiment        10    3   1   6     7   15   −8    10
15 Oldem Mechanical          10    2   2   6     9   14   −5     8
16 Celts                     10    0   3   7    10   20  −10     3

The third tier, always exciting, doesn't disappoint so far. Kepler United, seeking a return to the ANL2, are top at the moment, although it is very close behind them, as Dockland United, Yerk United and Bouldertown all sit close behind. It's very close at the bottom as well, although it is new boys Issington Tykes who currently sit in the lone relegation zone. Early days yet though, and very much liable to change as the season develops.

                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Kepler United           10    6   4   0    21   12   +9    22
 2 Docklands United        10    6   3   1    19   12   +7    21
 3 Yerk United             10    6   2   2    21   15   +6    20
 4 Bouldertown             10    6   1   3    25   18   +7    19
 5 Armageddon Casuals      10    4   4   2    20   16   +4    16
 6 Project +90             10    4   3   3    19   20   −1    15
 7 Don't Panic FC          10    4   2   4    24   22   +2    14
 8 Gurdle A.F.C            10    2   7   1    11   10   +1    13
 9 TP Indians              10    2   6   2    18   18    0    12
10 Frewick F.C             10    3   3   4    15   18   −3    12
11 The Dambusters          10    4   0   6    22   26   −4    12
12 Kingsford FC            10    2   3   5     8   12   −4     9
13 Flotsam & Jetsam        10    2   3   5    21   26   −5     9
14 Beowulf FC              10    2   2   6    16   20   −4     8
15 Cawln Wanderers         10    1   4   5    13   19   −6     7
16 Issington Tykes         10    2   1   7    17   26   −9     7

[Apox]

ANL Season 15 - Part Two

3rd May 582 - UICA Group Stage
Port Chester Ladybugs (NFX) 1-1 FC Endeavour
Turoki Tide (VIL) 1-0 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista 4-0 Nagelti Rovers (JEC)
Fligsive FC (TIS) 2-0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Barbury Town 1-1 Lywik FC (FAC)

As the Group Stage carries on, FC Endeavour can only manage a draw away in 95X, the Ladybugs being too much for them, despite the team playing relatively well, with Zana Ibrox's goal in the 60th minute being an absolute stunner. In Vilita, things are no better for Dwile, as they are washed away by Turoki Tide, the Tide controlling the game throughout, the first time Dwile have looked venerable this season. Urbanista go on something of a rampage, with Moses UIjtewilligen scoring a glorious hat-trick in the game, sealing it with a bicycle kick. Barbury Town continue their poor form internationally with a 1-1 draw, while Gwinevra haven't really clicked this season in UICA games, and it shows as they lose to Fligsive of The Inevitable Syndicate. Not a good day for Apoxian teams against AO opposition.

6th - 7th May - ANL Matchday 11
Exton F.C 1–1 FC Harpoon
Issington F.C 1–1 Urbanista
FC Brimstone 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians - Sunday game
St. George's Creek 3–1 Barbury Town
Mandon United 0–1 FC Endeavour
Wye United 2–4 Dwile Warriors
Wrexton F.C 2–3 Oldem Gents Club
Urbanista Trojans 2–0 Miners '47

St. George's Creek continue to have an impressive season, managing an important 3-1 win against Barbury Town, seeing the Creek leapfrog Barbury into 4th place. At the top, Gwinevra Barbarians, FC Endeavour and Dwile Warriors all win, with those three already breaking away from the rest of the league at the top of the table. Two clubs who wish they were in that group of clubs are Issington F.C and Urbanista, who draw with each other 1-1, meaning they remain resolutely mid-table with that. FC Harpoon manage to pick up another point, but they look quite lost at this point in the season. Exton, who they shared that point with, are grumpy with the draw as well, they are now 8th, and will want to be heading up towards the top of the table, with the race for UICA spots wide open this season, with Issington and Urbanista both struggling.

10th May - UICA Group Stage
FC Endeavour 3-1 Mâ Âlâmëómë (FRF)
Dwile Warriors 0-1 Ulsa (EUR)
Racing Xinghua Baoyam (TRB) 1-1 Urbanista
Gwinevra Barbarians 2-1 Jamaica Giants (JSY)
Bastika FC (PAS) 3-2 Barbury Town

Ulsa return the favour of beating Dwile away from home, after their own first leg loss, much to the consternation of fans at the APX Sports Stadium. A couple of miles away, in the Garganaut, there is much celebrating, with FC Endeavour topping Farf giants Mâ Âlâmëómë, with Danny Leighton scoring twice, after an early Endellion the Hewn header from a corner. In the Globe Cup, Urbanista cannot carry on their good form, drawing, while Barbury continue to stutter, losing again to Bastika FC. Gwinevra Barbarians manage a win though against higher ranked Jamaica Giants, Morgana Foloris' driving goal in the 15th minute, followed by Charlie Boroni's bicycle kick spectacular in the 80th minute securing the win.

13th - 14th May - ANL Matchday 12
FC Harpoon 0–4 Miners '47 - Sunday game
Oldem Gents Club 2–2 Urbanista Trojans
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Wrexton F.C
FC Endeavour 5–1 Wye United
Barbury Town 1–0 Mandon United
Gwinevra Barbarians 1–0 St. George's Creek
Urbanista 1–2 FC Brimstone
Exton F.C 2–2 Issington F.C

Miners '47, happily bumbling along near the foot of the table, stun the league by having a fantastic game against an FC Harpoon side of not dissimilar quality to them, Anna Wilbrahim providing the main goal threat up front, assisted by Richard Sortherner in midfield. Moving to the other high scoring game of the day, FC Endeavour smash 5 past a Wye side in trouble at this stage of the season, with Morten Macinko, Danny Leighton, Alex Terán and Zana Ibrox all getting on the scoresheet, Terán with a brace. Wrexton F.C nearly manage to hold Dwile Warriors for a full 90, though Tolgus Tregajorran just sneaks through to score in the 89th minute. Urbanista are thrust further into the mire with a 2-1 loss to FC Brimstone, Brimstone's Corinna McKenna scoring twice to Alexander Kirk's solitary effort.

17th May - UICA Group Stage
Forest Hill FC (JSY) 1-2 FC Endeavour
Ozkaar Roevres (PDT) 2-2 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista 1-0 New Capetown Falcons (TAE)
Mangolana City (MNG) 3-3 Gwinevra Barbarians
Barbury Town 3-1 Crisisbless (NPH)

The final matchday of the UICA group stages, and it is a jublilant one for most clubs. FC Endeavour beat Forest Hill FC away from from to seal their progression to the next round, Morten Macinko and Sico Ullsmang the scorers. Dwile Warriors can only draw against bottom seed Ozkaar Roevres, but it is still enough to see them progress. Urbanista win in a narrow game against New Capetown Falcons, the only difference between the sides being Elvis Sandbottom's penalty goal, after a dubious penalty was awarded. Barbury Town put three past Crisisbless to progress as well, while Gwinevra's 3-3 draw means they are the only group stage participant who doesn't carry on to the knock-outs.

20th May - Marshall Cup Second Round
Exton F.C 0-1 Urbanista
The Dambusters 2-2 Southtown (2-2 AET, 1-2 PKs)
Issington F.C 1-1 Wrexton F.C (2-1 AET)
FC Brimstone 1-3 St George's Creek
Old Licentians 1-0 Urbanista Trojans
Moscva 2k12 0-1 Mona A.F.C
Gwinevra Bulls 0-0 FC Harpoon (0-0 AET, 1-3 PKs)
Flotsam & Jetsam 1-1 Miners '47 (1-2 AET)
Old Guard Regiment 1-1 Dwile Warriors (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)
Barbury Town 1-1 Docklands United (1-1 AET, 0-1 PKs)
Don't Panic FC 0-3 Mandon United
Wye United 2-4 Gwinevra Barbarians
Project +90 5-1 FC Endeavour
Sunshine Athletic 0-0 Bouldertown (0-0 AET, 3-2 PKs)
Yerk United 0-2 Oldem Gents Club
Beowulf FC 0-6 Calshott Lighthouse

An incredibly exciting set of match-ups there, the biggest shock being third tier Project +90 beating FC Endeavour 5-1, admittedly Endeavour were fielding a second string team, but even so, that is quite simply one of the most shocking results of the season right there. In addition, Barbury Town crash out at the first hurdle, falling to Docklands United on penalties, with a number of other top tier teams also being eliminated. Beowulf FC seem to have a penchant for large scorelines in cup matches, however this time they are on the receiving end, losing 6-0 to Calshott Lighthouse.

24th May - ANL Matchday 13
Issington F.C 4–0 FC Harpoon
FC Brimstone 1–0 Exton F.C
St. George's Creek 6–4 Urbanista
Mandon United 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Wye United 2–1 Barbury Town
Wrexton F.C 2–2 FC Endeavour
Urbanista Trojans 2–4 Dwile Warriors
Miners '47 0–3 Oldem Gents Club

The biggest scoreline of the day is St. George's Creek's whipping of Urbanista, 6-4 being an increasingly familiar scoreline for the ANL this season, Maximillion the Codger grabbing a hat-trick in that game, as well as Actor Marsalis and Ezekiel Charlestown both netting twice. FC Endeavour draw 2-2 against Wrexton F.C, and lose Danny Leighton to injury, with Rohan Cammers kicking out during the game, meaning Dwile are back on top after they beat a fairly toothless looking Urbanista Trojans. Issington F.C move themselves further up the table after it is their turn to inflict a heavy loss on FC Harpoon, a team which look sunk already, even at this relatively early stage of the season.

27th - 28th May - ANL Matchday 14
FC Harpoon 1–0 Oldem Gents Club
Dwile Warriors 3–3 Miners '47
FC Endeavour 3–1 Urbanista Trojans
Barbury Town 1–0 Wrexton F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Wye United
Urbanista 5–1 Mandon United - Sunday game
Exton F.C 2–2 St. George's Creek
Issington F.C 5–3 FC Brimstone - Sunday game

FC Harpoon manage to finally move into double figures in points, Ludo Mulberry scoring the winner in a tense game against Oldem Gents Club. Urbanista underline exactly their problem since they lost Tolgus Tregajorran and much of their title winning defense, which is their inconsistency in beating Mandon United 5-1, Elvis Sandbottom with a hat-trick. Mandon United for their part, have looked shit so far this season, and now sit in the relegation zone. FC Endeavour sweep aside Urbanista Trojans with ease to retake the top spot after Dwile Warriors draw 3-3 with Miners '47, in a game where the lead was taken and the lost 3 times. Thrilling stuff there. Barbury Town also win to return them to 4th, but they look a long way out at the moment with Gwinevra Barbarians ahead by 7 points in third so far.

4th - 5th June - ANL Matchday 15
FC Brimstone 0–0 FC Harpoon
St. George's Creek 1–2 Issington F.C - Sunday game
Mandon United 2–2 Exton F.C
Wye United 4–3 Urbanista
Wrexton F.C 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Urbanista Trojans 0–0 Barbury Town
Miners '47 3–4 FC Endeavour
Oldem Gents Club 0–2 Dwile Warriors

All the clubs enjoy a week with no mid-week fixtures before the summer break, and it is a top set of matches to finish off the first half of the season. Issington F.C end the first half of the season on a high with an unexpected win against St. George's Creek, that man Alessandro Delvecchio and Max Viking the scorers, seeing Issington in 4th. Wye United, another underperforming team this season, somehow manage to beat Urbanista, the latter club experiencing yet more turmoil this season. FC Endeavour just squeaks out Miners '47, who have looked rugged this season against the top teams, without really threatened to improve drastically. Mandon United, continuing in the relegation zone, have fired Flavio the Penguin as their manager, the team being generally terrible since his early opening games last season, and it has finally shown. They'll now have a little over a month to bring in a new manager and get the team playing in his style.

*short interlude whilst the summer break occurs*

13th July - UICA First Knock-out Stage
East Franz Athletic (PIS) 2-0 FC Endeavour
Dwile Warriors 4-2 Jungle Strike FC (VIL)
Barbury Town 0-0 FC Capri (VAL)
Urbanista 2-0 Directus (EUR)

Four knock-out games, four big opponents, as football returns after it's summer break. FC Endeavour are instantly put on the back foot against East Franz Athletic, with a 2-0 loss away, which will definitely hinder their chances of progression. Dwile Warriors get an outstanding result against Jungle Strike, putting them in good stead for progression, with Tolgus Tregajorran getting two goals, along with Karsten Kellard and Aitor Jovellanos. Urbanista also get a fantastic result, 2-0 against Directus being good for a side that is struggling this season, Ben Hatem and Alexei Ahmejankov the scorers. And Barbury suffer a 0-0 draw, meaning it's all to play for in the second leg in Valanora.

16th - 17th July - ANL Matchday 16
FC Harpoon 2–0 Dwile Warriors
Oldem Gents Club 0–1 FC Endeavour - Sunday game
Miners '47 1–1 Barbury Town
Urbanista Trojans 2–2 Gwinevra Barbarians
Wrexton F.C 1–1 Urbanista
Wye United 0–0 Exton F.C
Mandon United 3–3 Issington F.C
St. George's Creek 4–3 FC Brimstone

Dwile Warriors slip up! FC Harpoon, playing a carefully constructed plan by Rodin Vidal down to a tee, score early through Juquinho the Immoral, before Hugh Austin grabbed a second just before half time. Harpoon then parked the bus in the second half and somehow, somehow, managed to keep a clean sheet against the most attacking team in the league. This outstanding result sees Harpoon rise above the relegation zone, for the first time this season. Barbury are definitely in something of a slump, drawing with Miners '47, the Miners can't stop scoring points at the moment. Mandon United manage a draw against Issington in Quentin O'Leary's first game as manager, but it doesn't help them, they now sit bottom. Hmm. FC Brimstone are beginning to slip a little after their good early start, losing to St. George's Creek 4-3 as their injury hit squad cannot quite handle this level, with Roy Tobin and Catheline Stockinger injured in this match.

20th July - UICA First Knock-out Stage
FC Endeavour 1-1 East Franz Athletic (PIS)
Jungle Strike FC (VIL) 4-1 Dwile Warriors
FC Capri (VAL) 1-2 Barbury Town
Directus (EUR) 2-1 Urbanista

An intense set of games as international representation is cut in half. FC Endeavour, winning up until the 76th minute due to Rübéãn Tôr's early goal, concede after a corner went badly, dashing their hopes of making a serious dent in the competition. It is also going Jungle Strike's way, as they race into a 4-0 lead, to give them a 6-4 lead on aggregate. Richard D'Oyly coolly slots a penalty home, giving the Warriors hope, but it is too late on in the day for them to get a result. In the Globe Cup, things are looking better, as Barbury win 2-1 away in Valanora to see them go through, while Urbanista manage to net a goal against Directus, meaning that despite their 2-1 loss, they still advance on aggregate.

23rd - 24th July - ANL Matchday 17
St. George's Creek 2–0 FC Harpoon
FC Brimstone 3–1 Mandon United
Issington F.C 1–2 Wye United
Exton F.C 1–1 Wrexton F.C
Urbanista 2–1 Urbanista Trojans - Sunday game
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–0 Miners '47
Barbury Town 2–0 Oldem Gents Club
FC Endeavour 2–1 Dwile Warriors - Sunday game

A massive result in the capital, with FC Endeavour continuing their good form to beat Dwile in a crucial game for the title race, exacting their revenge against Dwile for their win on the second matchday. Alex Terán, a player who, despite playing as an attacking midfielder, is currently the fore-runner for the Golden Boot this season, scoring the opening goal, before Endeavour double their advantage through a Marcus Redwood strike. Dwile get one back to make the finish tasty, in Agozti Ibarran's free-kick, but it is Endeavour who ultimately prevail. In the other Sunday game, Urbanista beat their fierce rivals Urbanista Trojans, to exact the double over them this season, and moving above them for a while, Urbanista now 8th. Barbury Town attempt to put their wobbly form behind them with a simple 2-0 win against Oldem Gents Club, but they cannot regain a spot in the Champion's Cup places due to St. George's Creek beating FC Harpoon. It should be noted that Harpoon still stay out of the relegation spots - is Rodin Vidal plotting a great escape?

27th July - UICA Second Knock-out Stage
Barbury Town 1-2 Kingsgrove (BRN)
Tannenburg FC (VLD) 2-0 Urbanista

Not a good day for either of our remaining UICA hopefuls, with Barbury Town losing at home to the relatively unfancied Kingsgrove of Brenecia, Sverre Devold getting the early goal, before a quick double from the Brenecians stunned Barbury as they go into the second leg with a disadvantage already. Urbanista don't fare any better, their defensive weaknesses torn apart by a Tannenburg FC team which looked like they had a point to prove, Actor Marsalis and Elvis Sandbottom looked isolated and frustrated up front for the duration of the game.

30th - 31st July - ANL Matchday 18
FC Harpoon 1–3 FC Endeavour
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Barbury Town - Sunday game
Oldem Gents Club 2–4 Gwinevra Barbarians
Miners '47 2–1 Urbanista
Urbanista Trojans 1–2 Exton F.C
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Issington F.C
Wye United 2–1 FC Brimstone
Mandon United 0–1 St. George's Creek

Dwile Warriors complete a difficult 1-0 victory against a Barbury Town side which seems to be playing very inconsistently at the moment, Tolgus Tregajorran being the only scorer in that game. Gwinevra Barbarians and FC Endeavour both win though against the easier opponents of FC Harpoon and Oldem Gents Club, meaning Dwile still sit 3rd. Elsewhere, Exton F.C beat an Urbanista Trojans side who seem to be flapping at the moment - unable to pick up points. Issington F.C and FC Brimstone, both doing well off late, both lose, Brimstone to Wye United, who seem to be on something of a Cheney Scherzer driven rampage at the moment.

3rd August - UICA Second Knock-out Stage
Kingsgrove (BRN) 0-2 Barbury Town
Urbanista 0-0 Tannenburg FC (VLD)

Barbury Town complete a remarkable turnaround in the second leg of the Second Knock-Out round, blasting a way through Kingsgrove to book their place in a second successive UICA Quarter-Final, after Curio and Namine Nagatomo's heroics saved the day for them, against the odds. For Urbanista however, this is the end of the line, as they can only draw against a Tannenburg side who know that they don't necessarily need to win, and therefore set about frustrating Urbanista for the full 90 minutes, to loud booing from the Lime Ground supporters.

6th August - Marshall Cup Third Round
Urbanista 1-0 Southtown
Issington F.C 0-3 St George's Creek
Old Licentians 0-0 Mona A.F.C (0-1 AET)
FC Harpoon 1-2 Miners '47
Dwile Warriors 3-0 Docklands United
Mandon United 3-0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Project +90 2-0 Sunshine Athletic
Oldem Gents Club 2-0 Calshott Lighthouse

16 teams began the day still being in the Marshall Cup, only 8 can finish the day still in it. It is a poor day for teams from the lower leagues, with the giant killing Calshott Lighthouse and Docklands United crashing out. Indeed, only two non-ANL team's are left in it for the Quarter-Finals, the biggest giant killer of them all, Project +90 and Mona A.F.C, who are having a storming season thus far, and may well end up back in the ANL for next season. The big name teams still in are Urbanista, Dwile Warriors and St. George's Creek.

10th August - ANL Matchday 19
Mandon United 3–1 FC Harpoon
St. George's Creek 4–1 Wye United
FC Brimstone 1–5 Wrexton F.C
Issington F.C 0–1 Urbanista Trojans
Exton F.C 2–1 Miners '47
Urbanista 0–0 Oldem Gents Club
Gwinevra Barbarians 2–3 Dwile Warriors
Barbury Town 4–3 FC Endeavour

The ANL returns for a bit of midweek madness, and some change at that as well, with two big games for those clubs at the top of the table. A free-scoring Barbury Town manage to hand FC Endeavour only their second defeat of the season, being too much to handle, despite Endeavour getting on the scoresheet three times in a game where defense really wasn't a focus. In the "Auld Classic", Dwile Warriors reclaim second place over an overachieving Gwinevra Barbarians, their defensive frailties being exposed in a game where key man Willem Otkupshchikov wasn't playing. Meanwhile, FC Harpoon lose a game which they have to be winning if they want to stay, losing to fellow strugglers Mandon United, in not even a close game, Anna Fortuna; Harry Lickett and Radomíra Boadicea scoring in that game. Wrexton F.C come from nowhere to trounce FC Brimstone in the second highest scoring game of the week, Marjatta Olesen and Isidor Wessel of Zenic being the key players.

13th - 14th August - ANL Matchday 20
FC Harpoon 1–2 Barbury Town
FC Endeavour 3–1 Gwinevra Barbarians - Sunday game
Dwile Warriors 3–0 Urbanista
Oldem Gents Club 0–1 Exton F.C - Sunday game
Miners '47 0–1 Issington F.C
Urbanista Trojans 0–1 FC Brimstone
Wrexton F.C 1–1 St. George's Creek
Wye United 1–2 Mandon United

Mandon United aren't actually in as much trouble as the table would suggest, a win against Wye United putting them equal on points with Oldem Gents CLub above them. In fact, the table is split at this stage of the season, a distance of 3 points separating Urbanista Trojans in 9th and Mandon United in 15th. It's all to play for there. At the top, FC Endeavour move themselves further away from one of their title rivals, Gwinevra Barbarians with a 3-1 win at the Garganaut. Their other title rival, Dwile Warriors are the latest team to beat Urbanista, a 3-0 loss, which at this rate could very well see club icon Olim Benzari sacked after poor results this season, having managed to keep the team competitive for the last two seasons.

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 FC Endeavour             20   14   4   2    50   29  +21    46
 2 Dwile Warriors           20   13   3   4    49   30  +19    42
 3 Gwinevra Barbarians      20   11   5   4    30   22   +8    38
 4 St. George's Creek       20   11   3   6    44   35   +9    36
 5 Barbury Town             20   10   4   6    37   30   +7    34
 6 FC Brimstone             20    8   5   7    42   39   +3    29
 7 Exton F.C                20    7   8   5    24   22   +2    29
 8 Issington F.C            20    7   7   6    39   35   +4    28
 9 Urbanista Trojans        20    5   7   8    25   28   −3    22
10 Wrexton F.C              20    4   9   7    20   20    0    21
11 Urbanista                20    6   3  11    37   41   −4    21
12 Wye United               20    5   6   9    30   43  −13    21
13 Miners '47               20    5   5  10    28   36   −8    20
14 Oldem Gents Club         20    5   4  11    19   28   −9    19
15 Mandon United            20    5   4  11    27   40  −13    19
16 FC Harpoon               20    4   3  13    23   46  −23    15

Mona A.F.C continue at the top of the table, one of the more offensive teams in the most defensive of the three leagues, despite losing Juquinho the Immoral, who at this rate will be returning to Mona for next season. In the play-off places behind, Egloskerry and Gwinevra Bulls have relied on good defenses thus far, while Barbury F.C have been attacking. Urbanista Young Boys are still surprisingly in the mix, while Sunshine Athletic, pre season favourites, are currently wallowing in 11th place. Down the bottom, Celts look pretty sunk at the moment, while it looks like Old Guard Regiment and Oldem Mechanical - both former Old Guard teams, will be battling it out to avoid relegation.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mona A.F.C                20   10   7   3    37   27  +10    37
 2 Egloskerry                20    9   8   3    19   12   +7    35
 3 Gwinevra Bulls            20   10   5   5    19   14   +5    35
 4 Barbury F.C               20    9   6   5    35   27   +8    33
 5 Moscva 2k12               20    9   4   7    21   17   +4    31
 6 Urbanista Young Boys      20    8   7   5    22   20   +2    31
 7 Mulhampstead              20    8   6   6    29   26   +3    30
 8 Lighthouse Coves          20    7   7   6    31   28   +3    28
 9 Southtown                 20    7   6   7    22   17   +5    27
10 Atletico Standard         20    6   8   6    24   18   +6    26
11 Sunshine Athletic         20    7   5   8    21   25   −4    26
12 Old Licentians            20    6   6   8    24   27   −3    24
13 Calshott Lighthouse       20    6   3  11     9   20  −11    21
14 Oldem Mechanical          20    5   4  11    21   30   −9    19
15 Old Guard Regiment        20    5   4  11    13   25  −12    19
16 Celts                     20    2   6  12    27   41  −14    12

Bouldertown are looking to return sharpish to the second tier, and have a commanding 8 point league with two thirds of the season played, 55 goals already scored at this point. Kepler United, Docklands United and Frewick F.C, all familiar faces, join them at the top. Down the bottom, the new boys, Issington Tykes and Beowulf FC are fighting it out to avoid relegation, although Flotsam & Jetsam and Kingsford FC are never far away.

                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Bouldertown             20   13   3   4    55   31  +24    42
 2 Kepler United           20   10   6   4    40   35   +5    36
 3 Docklands United        20   10   5   5    28   22   +6    35
 4 Frewick F.C             20    9   5   6    39   34   +5    32
 5 Yerk United             20    8   7   5    45   37   +8    31
 6 Don't Panic FC          20    9   4   7    46   45   +1    31
 7 Gurdle A.F.C            20    7   8   5    30   25   +5    29
 8 Armageddon Casuals      20    7   8   5    38   35   +3    29
 9 Cawln Wanderers         20    7   6   7    33   33    0    27
10 Project +90             20    7   6   7    36   38   −2    27
11 TP Indians              20    6   8   6    35   33   +2    26
12 The Dambusters          20    7   3  10    35   45  −10    24
13 Kingsford FC            20    5   4  11    18   26   −8    19
14 Flotsam & Jetsam        20    4   6  10    37   49  −12    18
15 Issington Tykes         20    4   4  12    32   53  −21    16
16 Beowulf FC              20    4   3  13    29   35   −6    15

[Apox]

ANL Season 15 - Part Three

17th August - UICA Quarter-Finals
Port Chester Ladybugs (NFX) 3-1 Barbury Town

Barbury's marathon run in UICA competition continues, and they reach the Quarter-Finals where they face off against Port Chester Ladybugs, a team FC Endeavour bested on aggregate in the Champions Cup group stage. Well, it seems Barbury Town are no FC Endeavour, and it is not a good start to their quarter-final match, Barbury conceding twice early on in the match, before Sverre Devold pulls a goal back, only to have the Ladybugs score again two minutes later. In the second half, they shut up shop, and are quite happy to sit on their commanding lead in their home leg, to the consternation of Barbury fans.


20th - 21st August - ANL Matchday 21
Wye United 2–1 FC Harpoon
Mandon United 0–0 Wrexton F.C
St. George's Creek 1–1 Urbanista Trojans
FC Brimstone 2–1 Miners '47
Issington F.C 1–0 Oldem Gents Club - Sunday game
Exton F.C 4–0 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista 2–3 FC Endeavour
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–2 Barbury Town

It isn't looking particularly great for Dwile at this stage in the season, as they lose to a surprisingly dominant Exton side, who with that result move into 6th and UICA spots, while Dwile Warriors are now mired 7 points behind FC Endeavour in second. This is after Endeavour just about manage to inflict more misery on Urbanista, after the home side race into a 2-0 lead at half-time, courtesy of two Actor Marsalis goal's, before Endeavour come back with a vengeance in the second half, Alex Terán netting twice (his 14th and 15th goals of this season!), before victory is secured in the 84th minute, from Marcus Redwood's corner drifted straight into the goal, a remarkable spectacle! Barbury Town gain ground on Gwinevra Barbarians and St. George's Creek above them by managing to win a tough game away from home. Issington F.C keep themselves vaguely in the running with a 1-0 victory over Oldem Gents Club, a result which pushes the Gentlemen into the relegation zone.

24th August - UICA Quarter-Finals
Barbury Town 1-1 Port Chester Ladybugs (NFX)

That's it then. For Apoxian clubs, UICA excitement is over for this season. Barbury came out of the blocks, unsurprisingly, as the team with greater enthusiam. It paid off to begin with, Namine Nagatomo coming close twice in the early stage, before Matthias Sindelar was able to score a scorcher from outside the area. However, this charged the Ladybugs into life, and soon it was Barbury who had to defend manically, before they conceded early into the second half. Port Chester once again sat on the game at that point, and it finished level, Barbury fans booing and abusing the Port Chester team for large segments of the second half.

27th August - Marshall Cup Quarter-Finals
Urbanista 2-1 St George's Creek
Mona A.F.C 0-0 Miners '47 (1-0 AET)
Dwile Warriors 1-2 Mandon United
Project +90 0-1 Oldem Gents Club

A number of interesting results there from the Marshall Cup. Project +90's magical run into the latter stages of the competition falls short as they are unable to penetrate the defensive wall placed in front of them by Oldem Gents Club. Dwile Warrior's surprisingly lose at home to Mandon United, which is a shock to all sides, though Mandon United are one of those teams who could perhaps be called "cup specialists". Mona A.F.C beat Miners '47 as they fly high both in the league and cup, while Urbanista turn aside their terrible form to win against St George's Creek, and give their fans something to look forward to this season.

3rd - 4th September - ANL Matchday 22
FC Harpoon 0–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Barbury Town 1–2 Urbanista
FC Endeavour 2–4 Exton F.C - Sunday game
Dwile Warriors 1–0 Issington F.C
Oldem Gents Club 0–2 FC Brimstone
Miners '47 3–1 St. George's Creek
Urbanista Trojans 1–1 Mandon United
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Wye United

The hand that taketh away can also giveth as well. As shown today by Exton F.C scoring 4 goals for the second time in two games, beating the other team in the top two, and reducing the gap between Dwile and Endeavour to 4 points again, after Dwile won a local derby against Issington F.C, Hadrian Belfast's goal being the winner from the man of the match, after both he and Nicolas St Teath had outstanding games at the back. St George's Creek are on something of a slump at the moment, losing to Miners '47 and therefore still staying 5th, even with Barbury Town losing unexpectedly to Urbanista at home, meaning Exton draw ever closer.

7th September - ANL Matchday 23
Wrexton F.C 1–0 FC Harpoon
Wye United 2–0 Urbanista Trojans
Mandon United 2–1 Miners '47
St. George's Creek 1–0 Oldem Gents Club
FC Brimstone 0–1 Dwile Warriors
Issington F.C 3–1 FC Endeavour
Exton F.C 2–2 Barbury Town
Urbanista 1–2 Gwinevra Barbarians

A cheeky set of mid-week fixtures here then, and what is most interesting is Issington F.C's unexpected 3-1 victory over FC Endeavour, meaning their previously commanding lead of 7 points has suddenly been cut to just 1 point. Credit must go to Michel di Mercurio in that match, the Yttribian player being one of the stand-out players in the game (and the season), scoring one and setting up Hilde Varano for another. The other goal was scored by Alessandro Delvecchio, a player having something of a renaissance of late. Exton and Barbury draw against each other meaning they both lose the advantage for 4th, St. George's Creek winning a tense and fiery Oldem derby to move back into fourth place, and pour more misery on 15th placed Gents Club. Wrexton F.C remain happily mid-table with a 1-0 win against FC Harpoon, Jack Ohanna scoring. FC Harpoon, meanwhile, look lost at the bottom, and are now 8 points from Miners '47 and safety.

10th - 11th September - ANL Matchday 24
FC Harpoon 0–2 Urbanista - Sunday game
Gwinevra Barbarians 4–2 Exton F.C
Barbury Town 1–0 Issington F.C
FC Endeavour 3–3 FC Brimstone
Dwile Warriors 3–1 St. George's Creek - Sunday game
Oldem Gents Club 1–0 Mandon United
Miners '47 2–3 Wye United
Urbanista Trojans 0–1 Wrexton F.C

FC Endeavour, a team who looked largely infallible throughout this season, seem to have suddenly imploded, drawing to FC Brimstone, with two of the three leading Golden Boot candidates, Corinna McKenna and Alex Terán, both having good games and getting their names on the scoresheets. However, this will be worrying news for Endeavour, gaining 1 point out of 9 in their last three games isn't good news. Over at the new top team, Dwile Warriors, the other contender for the Golden Boot, Tolgus Tregajorran, also scored twice in their win over St George's Creek, meaning he is now just 3 goals away from drawing level with Keri Ularu as the highest scoring ANL player of all time - which is probably about right. Urbanista continue to womble around the middle of the table with an increasingly disillusioned set of fans, however, they are the latest team to beat FC Harpoon again, Elvis Sandbottom and Alexander Kirk the scorers. Across town, Urbanista Trojans seem to have had a spectacular collapse as the season has worn on, and they are now perilously close to the relegation zone.

17th - 18th September - ANL Matchday 25
Urbanista Trojans 0–1 FC Harpoon
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Miners '47
Wye United 2–1 Oldem Gents Club - Sunday game
Mandon United 1–1 Dwile Warriors
St. George's Creek 1–1 FC Endeavour - Sunday game
FC Brimstone 1–4 Barbury Town
Issington F.C 0–0 Gwinevra Barbarians
Exton F.C 1–0 Urbanista

This always seems to happen, the season begins with teams banging in goals left, right and centre, before the rate of goalscoring dries up a little once the end nears. Maybe the players are just getting tired? One team not struggling for goals is Barbury Town, perhaps enjoying the lack of mid-week games they have to play at the moment, as they pop four past Brimstone, Curio with a brace, as well as a goal for Jody Rijshaart, before Namine Nagatomo grabs a late one from the bench. FC Harpoon manage to win a game! You know your team really aren't up to scratch when you lose to FC Harpoon this season, but that's what have happened to Urbanista Trojans there!

21st September - ANL Matchday 26
FC Harpoon 0–2 Exton F.C
Urbanista 1–0 Issington F.C
Gwinevra Barbarians 0–0 FC Brimstone
Barbury Town 2–1 St. George's Creek
FC Endeavour 1–0 Mandon United
Dwile Warriors 2–1 Wye United
Oldem Gents Club 0–0 Wrexton F.C
Miners '47 2–1 Urbanista Trojans

The goals appear to have completely dried up now! Exton F.C continue to win, netting twice past FC Harpoon away, Harpoon as good as relegated already, although Rodin Vidal has now said that "the ANL may have come a couple of seasons early for this team". Dwile Warriors eek past Wye at home, with Catheline Purrington opening the scoring for Wye, before a quick goal from Tregajorran equalled the score. Aitor Jovellanos' goal near the end secured the win for Dwile and allowed them to stay on top. FC Endeavour stay close behind though, with Morten Macinko's solitary goal handing them the win against Mandon. Urbanista Trojans lose yet again, this time to Miners '47, which sees them now one point and one place above the relegation zone with 4 games left, and based on their current form, favourites to make the drop alongside FC Harpoon.

24th - 25th September - ANL Matchday 27
Miners '47 7–2 FC Harpoon
Urbanista Trojans 0–1 Oldem Gents Club
Wrexton F.C 3–0 Dwile Warriors
Wye United 1–0 FC Endeavour
Mandon United 1–1 Barbury Town
St. George's Creek 3–4 Gwinevra Barbarians
FC Brimstone 1–2 Urbanista
Issington F.C 0–2 Exton F.C - Sunday game

Holy Jesus, where did that scoreline come from! Miners '47 nearly guarantee safety with a 7-2 thrashing of FC Harpoon, a game where Anna Wilbrahim scored 4, with Alex, Nelson the Bold, Bradley Gaspar and Vaikun Thanathan also scoring, in a free flowing rout of the team stuck resolutely to the bottom of the league. Rodin Vidal, looking distinctly more depressed now than at the beginning of the season, admitted after the game that "we'll all be pleased when this season is over." Dwile Warriors, crucially, slip up, and in spectacular form against Wrexton F.C, Moon Dust's tired side simply being outplayed by Wrexton F.C. Luckily for Dwile, FC Endeavour also lose, succumbing to Wye United, both the victors in those two games having good seasons by their standards. Urbanista manage to beat out FC Brimstone, with Brimstone, who started the season so well, now sitting 8th, not yet having the consistency to challenge for the UICA spots. Exton F.C continue their upwards spiral, beating former giants Issington F.C away from home, Charden Hules' squad simply growing in confidence as their season progresses.

28th September - Marshall Cup Semi-Finals
Urbanista 5-0 Mona A.F.C
Mandon United 2-0 Oldem Gents Club

Urbanista continue their relatively good form, this time in spectacular form, Elvis Sandbottom on hand to net a super equaliser, with goals from Moses Uijtdewilligen and Actor Marsalis as well. Mandon United, as they continue to look for a first Marshall Cup title, despite having been in several finals by now, ease past Oldem Gents Club, Harry Lickett and Ikkon Karrkka scoring. As both of these teams don't look like getting UICA football this season, it is likely that the winner will also qualify for the Globe Cup as well as the Cygnus Cup.

1st - 2nd October - ANL Matchday 28
FC Harpoon 5–3 Issington F.C
Exton F.C 1–0 FC Brimstone
Urbanista 6–3 St. George's Creek
Gwinevra Barbarians 3–0 Mandon United - Sunday game
Barbury Town 2–4 Wye United - Sunday game
FC Endeavour 4–1 Wrexton F.C
Dwile Warriors 5–0 Urbanista Trojans
Oldem Gents Club 1–0 Miners '47

Ahem, what was that about the goals drying up? Yeah... well this week probably had the most goals this season. FC Harpoon spectacularly staved off relegation for at least one week with their brilliant 5-3 victory over Issington F.C, with Juquinho the Immoral taking a leading role in that game. Urbanista take the opportunity to put a dent in St. George's Creek's UICA hopes with a BIG win over them. Wye United spectacularly beat Barbury Town, with Cheney Scherzer having a big part to play in that, a result which sees Barbury slide back into 5th place. At the top, Gwinevra, Endeavour and Dwile all win convincingly, with the golden boot now being between Tolgus Tregajorran, on 17 goals now, and Alex Terán, on 19 goals. Corinna McKenna has fallen a little way off, sitting on 15 goals at the moment.

8th - 9th October - ANL Matchday 29
Oldem Gents Club 0–0 FC Harpoon
Miners '47 2–2 Dwile Warriors
Urbanista Trojans 1–0 FC Endeavour
Wrexton F.C 1–0 Barbury Town - Sunday game
Wye United 2–1 Gwinevra Barbarians
Mandon United 3–2 Urbanista - Sunday game
St. George's Creek 4–2 Exton F.C
FC Brimstone 4–1 Issington F.C

FC Harpoon are down, despite drawing with Oldem Gents Club. It was, to be honest, largely inevitable based on the way they've been playing for the last few matches, but still sad to see the plucky underdogs despatched so easily. Above them, Urbanista Trojans come from nowhere to beat FC Endeavour, simultaneously denting Endeavour's title hopes whilst also keeping their chances of staying in the ANL alive, with one of Mandon or themselves likely to fall down with a match to play. Remarkably, none of the top 5 win, although Dwile Warriors do manage to draw against Miners '47, Tolgus Tregajorran scoring his 18th goal of the season and his 141st in the ANL, meaning he draws level with Keri Ularu at the top of the all time goals scored list. Urbanista and Issington F.C both lose as well, meaning they will both be consigned to mid-table this season, though Urbanista could still qualify for UICA due to winning the Marshall Cup. Issington and their fans were probably more prepared to finish around this position, the rot had set in, and the club has been on a downward spiral for some years now.

15th October - ANL Matchday 30
FC Harpoon 3–4 FC Brimstone
Issington F.C 3–2 St. George's Creek
Exton F.C 1–0 Mandon United
Urbanista 4–3 Wye United
Gwinevra Barbarians 4–2 Wrexton F.C
Barbury Town 3–0 Urbanista Trojans
FC Endeavour 3–2 Miners '47
Dwile Warriors 2–0 Oldem Gents Club

This is it then, the final day of the season. FC Endeavour battle to a close win over Miners '47, Alex Terán scoring his 20th and 21st goals of the season in that game to almost guarantee himself the Golden Boot this season, the first time it has been won by a midfield player (though he is Farf so what do you expect?). Dwile Warriors know a win will guarantee them the title, and that is exactly what they do, and therefore it is a record 6th title for Dwile Warriors, with Richard D'Oyly, who has had a fantastic season, scoring the opener for Dwile, before Tolgus Tregajorran, on the day they win his first title since joining Dwile, scoring the final goal of the season, in the 92nd minute, to move himself 1st alone on the all-time scorers list, 142 goals, with a good few seasons in him yet. Gwinevra Barbarians, who had been stranded in third for much of the season, incidentally win big against Wrexton F.C, meaning it is a welcome return to Champions Cup football for them next season. Barbury Town just edge out Exton F.C on goal difference for the final Champions Cup spot, with both teams winning on the final day. Barbury's victory over Urbanista Trojans means the latter club are unfortunately relegated, a desperate blow for the Trojans, who have become something of a staple presence in ANL football over the last few years. It's been a pretty bad season for Urbanista football in general, although Urbanista will have a chance to get something from it when they play the season closing Marshall Cup final in a few days time.

20th October - Marshall Cup Final
Urbanista 2-1 Mandon United

It was a pivotal final match indeed, with each side knowing they would get UICA football next season if they won and both knowing that a win here was required to salvage any glory from poor seasons for both clubs. Early on, it looked as if Urbanista's miserable season would continue, with Saskia Babič's dipping shot just evading John Lockwood in goal for Urbanista, after a period of sustained Mandon dominance. However, Urbanista had fight in them yet, and Actor Marsalis was on hand to toe-poke a goal home just before half time. Then, half way through the second half, club captain and key player for them this season, Armando Quillisi was on hand to head home India Troon's cross, giving Urbanista an advantage which they just about managed to hold on to, handing Olim Benzari his first silverware at the club, and giving Urbanista a redeeming point in this season.

Top Scorers
21 - Alex Terán [FRF] (FC Endeavour)
20 - Corinna McKenna (FC Brimstone)
19 - Tolgus Tregajorran (Dwile Warriors)
17 - Curio [PCG] (Barbury Town)
16 - Elvis Sandbottom [PCG] (Urbanista)
15 - Branko Tomić [PAS] (Exton F.C)
14 - Conor Morriston (Gwinevra Barbarians), Danny Leighton [TLI] (FC Endeavour), Alessandro Delvecchio [OSD] (Issington F.C), Maximillion the Codger [OGD] (St. George's Creek), Ezekiel Charlestown [MBT] (St. George's Creek)
13 - Richard D'Oyly (Dwile Warriors)
12 - Cheney Scherzer [BRN] (Wye United)
11 - Mateus Carvalho [NSI] (Dwile Warriors), Anna Wilbrahim (Miners '47), Juquinho the Immoral [OGD] (FC Harpoon)

                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Dwile Warriors           30   19   5   6    66   42  +24    62 - Champions, CC
 2 FC Endeavour             30   18   6   6    68   47  +21    60 - CC
 3 Gwinevra Barbarians      30   17   7   6    49   34  +15    58 - CC
 4 Barbury Town             30   15   6   9    55   42  +13    51 - CC
 5 Exton F.C                30   14   9   7    45   34  +11    51 - GC
 6 St. George's Creek       30   13   5  12    62   60   +2    44 - GC
 7 FC Brimstone             30   12   7  11    59   55   +4    43
 8 Wye United               30   12   6  12    50   57   −7    42
 9 Wrexton F.C              30   10  11   9    31   28   +3    41
10 Urbanista                30   12   3  15    59   58   +1    39 - GC, Cygnus
11 Issington F.C            30   10   8  12    50   52   −2    38
12 Miners '47               30    8   6  16    48   54   −6    30
13 Oldem Gents Club         30    8   6  16    23   36  −13    30
14 Mandon United            30    7   8  15    35   52  −17    29
15 Urbanista Trojans        30    6   9  15    29   45  −16    27 - RELEGATED
16 FC Harpoon               30    6   4  20    35   68  −33    22 - RELEGATED

Mona A.F.C finish as champions, becoming the first team to win the ANL2 twice in the process, as they look to return to the ANL at the first time of asking. Behind them, it is a lack of new teams heading up towards the top, with Gwinevra Bulls, Sunshine Athletic and Mulhampstead taking their places in the play-off spots. Egloskerry will be bitterly disappointed to mis out, and must spend at least another season in the second division. Down the bottom, Oldem Mechanical and Calshott Lighthouse both just about stay up, but for Old Guard Regiment and Celts it is good bye, they head down to the ANL3.

                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mona A.F.C                30   16   8   6    56   40  +16    56 - CHAMPIONS, PROMOTED
 2 Gwinevra Bulls            30   16   7   7    30   18  +12    55 - ANL Play-offs
 3 Sunshine Athletic         30   15   7   8    34   26   +8    52 - ANL Play-offs, PROMOTED
 4 Mulhampstead              30   14   8   8    42   33   +9    50 - ANL Play-offs
 5 Egloskerry                30   12  11   7    24   21   +3    47
 6 Southtown                 30   13   7  10    32   22  +10    46
 7 Barbury F.C               30   12  10   8    52   43   +9    46
 8 Moscva 2k12               30   12   7  11    30   25   +5    43
 9 Lighthouse Coves          30   11   9  10    39   36   +3    42
10 Urbanista Young Boys      30   11   8  11    32   31   +1    41
11 Old Licentians            30    9   9  12    34   36   −2    36
12 Atletico Standard         30    8  10  12    38   38    0    34
13 Oldem Mechanical          30    8   7  15    27   38  −11    31
14 Calshott Lighthouse       30    9   3  18    16   34  −18    30
15 Old Guard Regiment        30    7   6  17    18   42  −24    27 - RELEGATED
16 Celts                     30    5   7  18    42   63  −21    22 - RELEGATED

ANL Play-offs
Sunshine Athletic 2–1 Mulhampstead
Gwinevra Bulls 0–0 Sunshine Athletic
Mulhampstead 4–2 Gwinevra Bulls

  ANL Play-offs        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts
1 Sunshine Athletic      2   1  1  0    2   1  +1    4 - PROMOTED
2 Mulhampstead           2   1  0  1    5   4  +1    3
3 Gwinevra Bulls         2   0  1  1    2   4  −2    1

Bouldertown smash all sorts of records on their way to an ANL3 title, scoring the most goals ever in ANL competition as well as picking up the highest points tally of 67 points across all ANL competitions. They finish a full 14, yes, 14 points ahead of Frewick F.C in second. Gurdle A.F.C and Docklands United complete the group of teams taking part in the play-offs. Down the other end, Beowulf FC survive on goal difference, with fellow newbies Issington Tykes being relegated. A few days after the season finishes, it emerges that Issington F.C have closed their second team, and therefore, the Tykes would have been relegated regardless. Azewyn Royals is the team replacing the Tykes in the third tier.

                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Bouldertown             30   21   4   5    85   50  +35    67 - CHAMPIONS, PROMOTED
 2 Frewick F.C             30   15   8   7    68   52  +16    53 - ANL2 Play-offs
 3 Gurdle A.F.C            30   13  10   7    48   37  +11    49 - ANL2 Play-offs, PROMOTED
 4 Docklands United        30   14   7   9    41   36   +5    49 - ANL2 Play-offs
 5 Project +90             30   13   6  11    66   62   +4    45
 6 Armageddon Casuals      30   11  12   7    63   59   +4    45
 7 Kepler United           30   12   8  10    52   52    0    44
 8 Yerk United             30   11  10   9    69   62   +7    43
 9 Cawln Wanderers         30   12   6  12    53   53    0    42
10 The Dambusters          30   11   5  14    57   65   −8    38
11 Don't Panic FC          30   10   7  13    60   71  −11    37
12 Kingsford FC            30    9   6  15    33   37   −4    33
13 Flotsam & Jetsam        30    9   6  15    57   77  −20    33
14 TP Indians              30    7  11  12    45   46   −1    32
15 Beowulf FC              30    7   5  18    49   56   −7    26
16 Issington Tykes         30    7   5  18    51   82  −31    26 - RELEGATED

ANL2 Play-offs
Gurdle A.F.C 2–2 Docklands United
Frewick F.C 1–3 Gurdle A.F.C
Docklands United 1–0 Frewick F.C

  ANL2 Play-offs       Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Gurdle A.F.C           2   1  1  0    5   3  +2    4 - PROMOTED
2 Docklands United       2   1  1  0    3   2  +1    4
3 Frewick F.C            2   0  0  2    1   4  −3    0

And finally, a statistical look at how all international players as well as a selection of Apoxian ones performed this season:

ANL Team Stats
BARBURY TOWN
Name                  NTN Pos Age TGP TGS LGP LGS
Alan Eustathios       APX  GK  23  41   0  23   0
Jack Lerryn           APX  RD  28  47   3  27   2
Amadeus Finn          PIS  CD  20  39   2  21   2     
Matthias Sindelar     APX  DM  36  38  10  23   6 
Jay Robinson          TIS  DM  33  20   3   9   1
Alex Mo               APX  RM  25  43   4  28   3
Jody Rijshaart        AUD  CM  22  45  12  27   8
Sverre Devold         BYN  CM  26  40   9  25   5
Jo de Marisco         APX  CM  19  12   2   7   1
Isidora Cullen        BRN  RW  22  11   3   7   1
Curio                 PCG  ST  22  44  24  27  17
Namine Nagatomo       NSI  ST  30  20  14  11   6

DWILE WARRIORS
Kieron Riordan        NPH  GK  33  30   0  25   0
Eneko Treloquithack   APX  RD  23  33   4  28   3
Hadrian Belfast       NPH  CD  26  32   3  26   2
Nicolas St Teath      APX  CD  26  33   2  26   1
Aitor Jovellanos      AUD LWB  18  34   8  27   6
Agozti Ibarran        ASG  RM  25  30   3  21   3
Olivier Toivainen     PIS  CM  30  32   6  25   5
Mateus Carvalho       NSI  ST  30  30  14  23  11
Tolgus Tregajorran    APX  ST  29  34  25  26  19

EXTON F.C
Steven Worrick        APX  CD  24  27   2  26   2
Olim Shahzad          APX  CD  22  30   3  30   3
Ole Jorgensen         MYT  CD  24  25   3  24   3
Niko Vaarakallio      PIS  CM  30  27   7  26   7
Ricardo Carvalho      NSI  CM  27  29   3  28   3
Marius Ognevski       APX  LM  20  12   4  11   4 
Branko Tomić          PAS  ST  22  28  15  27  15

FC BRIMSTONE
Catheline Stockinger  NPH  LD  22  25   2  24   2
Jack Demir            APX  CM  28  29  10  28  10
Roy Tobin             MBT  CM  35  23   3  22   3
Miriam Spitfire       BRN  LM  30  25   6  24   6
Corinna McKenna       APX  ST  22  28  21  27  20

FC ENDEAVOUR
Kjn Volgisrhaad       PDT  GK  34  33   0  25   0
Jeremiah Pipp         PIS  RD  26  31   1  24   1
Endellion the Hewn    OGD  CD  28  36   5  29   4
Stan Graham           EUR  CD  28  35   1  27   1
Marcus Redwood        APX  RM  30  32   7  25   6
Sico Ullsmang         BYN  RM  23   9   2   6   1
Alex Terán            FRF  CM  26  37  22  30  21
Nikita Pirinen        PIS  CM  31  29   3  23   3
Zana Ibrox            APX  CM  20  14   5  10   3   
Rübéãn Tôr            FRF  LM  19  16   2  10   1
Morten Macinko        PIS  ST  29  31  11  24  10
Danny Leighton        TLI  ST  28  34  18  25  14

FC HARPOON
Hurstspurr the Bold   OGD  CD  23  27   3  26   3
Mikel Azariah         MBT  LD  26  30   1  29   1
Harri Jarwood         APX  DM  22  23   3  22   3
Ludo Mulberry         APX  CM  23  27   3  26   3
Juquinho the Immoral  OGD  ST  19  30  12  29  11

GWINEVRA BARBARIANS
Ettie Seabrooke       APX  GK  31  37   0  29   0   
Cleto Mata            FRF  CD  25  31   4  25   2 
Willem Otkupshchikov  PIS  CD  26  36   4  29   2 
Zezinho               NSI  LD  18  30   2  23   2
Alice Monteforth      APX  RM  27  34   5  27   4 
Charlie Boroni        APX  CM  28  30   7  25   6
Morgana Foloris       PDT  CM  30  30  10  24   8
Jesper Lee Coleman    APX  LM  22  32   2  30   2
Sanui Shizuka         NSI CAM  22  33  10  26   7
Conor Morriston       APX  ST  26  34  17  29  14

ISSINGTON F.C
Joe Frost             APX  GK  35  27   0  20   0
Erika Kazama          NSI  RD  17  25   2  18   2  
Michel di Mercurio    YTT  DM  26  32   6  28   5
Guus Olsen            PIS  CM  31  12   0   8   0
Alex Ithamar          APX CAM  25  30   6  27   6
Alessandro Delvecchio OSD  ST  32  31  16  28  14

MANDON UNITED
Doug Carson           TLI  CD  25  30   1  28   1
Saskia Babič          APX  CM  23  32   8  27   5
Harry Lickett         APX  CM  31  31  10  28   7
Radomíra Boadicea     APX  LM  18  26   3  22   3
Ikkon Karrkka         FRF CAM  27  28   6  25   4

MINERS ’47
Bradley Gaspar        YTT  CD  27  30   3  27   3
Nelson the Bold       OGD  LD  31  33   4  30   3
Anna Wilbrahim        APX  ST  26  31  12  29  11

OLDEM GENTS CLUB
Odar Storbrittania    APX  RD  23  30   4  28   3
Ryan Butler           GLX  CD N/A  26   0  23   0
Jason the Argonaut    OGD  LD  32  21   4  18   4

ST. GEORGE’S CREEK
Anna Hikari           NSI  RD  18  27   1  25   1
Axe the Dominant      OGD  DM  32  30   8  27   6
Sam of Charlfont      OGD  CM  30  33   8  30   7
Marcus the Bright     OGD  CM  27  25   3  23   3
Alex Paradys          PCG  LM  33  30   3  28   3
Max. the Codger       OGD  ST  27  31  16  30  14
Ezekiel Charlestown   MBT  ST  24  30  14  28  14

URBANISTA
John Lockwood         APX  GK  27  50   0  28   0
Robbie Faulkner       EUR  CD  24  42   3  24   2  
Ben Hatem             APX  LD  28  45   3  28   2
Armando Quillisi      APX  CM  29  50   8  27   5
Alexander Kirk        AUD  CM  32  40   5  23   4
Elvis Sandbottom      PCG  ST  23  47  22  26  16
Moses Uijtdewilligen  MYT  ST  28  28  11  15   5

URBANISTA TROJANS
Joey Thompson         TLI  CM  27  28   4  27   4
Ager Alaba            ASG  CM  22  24   2  23   2
Joss Wickaninnish     APX  LM  20  27   2  26   2

WREXTON F.C
Rohan Cammers         APX  CM  27  30   6  29   5
Jack Ohanna           APX  LM  25  27   4  27   4
Isidor Wessel         ZEN  ST  28  28   9  27   9
Marjatta Olesen       APX  ST  30  25   9  24   9

WYE UNITED
Leonhard Mixé         FRF  CD  21  27   3  26   3
Catheline Purrington  BRN  CM  21  28   6  27   6
Alf Dale              APX  CM  25  27   6  26   5
Cheney Scherzer       BRN  ST  25  30  13  29  12