Sportscene (Ancharmunn & Aels domestic sportswire)

by **Tyneala** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:54 pm

This thread is for domestic sports news from the Tynealan states of Ancharmunn and Aels. It will largely be used for lesser sports without international threads elsewhere, though some pan-Tynealan leagues in the larger sports may be posted here. Unless given explicit permission to do so I'd ask that unless you are Ancharmunn or Aels you refrain from posting in this thread.

Below will be posts from Ancharmunn and Aels with an index of their respective leagues to appear here.

by **Ancharmunn** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:58 pm

All-Ancharmunn Senior Football Championship & National Football League [Gaelic football]
1099 season

National League of Hockey [Field hockey]
1094 season
1095 season

All-Ancharmunn Senior Hurling Championship & National Hurling League
1099 season

by **Aels** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:45 am

National Water Polo Championships, Field Hockey Premiership, National League of Ice Hockey, Aelsh Curling Championship
1094 season
1095 season

by **Tyneala** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:47 am

All-Tyneala Hockey Championship [Field hockey]
1094 season
1095 season

Celtic Union League Baseball
1095 and 1096 seasons
1097 season

National Twenty20 Championship
1094 season
1095 season

TynealAir50 All-Star Cricket Championship
1095 season

National Tynealan Handball League
1094 season
1095 season
1096 season
1097 season
1098 season
1099 season

Tynealan Super League[Rugby league]
1096 season
1097 season
1098 season
1099 season

Tynealan Rugby Unification[Rugby union]
1096 season
1097 season
1098 season
1099 season

by **Aels** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:06 pm

Aelsh sporting roundup, 1094 (or 1093/94) season

National Water Polo Championships
Regular season           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Doversham              18   12   1   5   163  140  +23    25  PL
 2 Fishwick               18   11   1   6   156  145  +11    23  PL
 3 Llanislwyn             18    7   6   5   155  147   +8    20  PL
 4 Plaidstone             18    8   4   6   151  146   +5    20  PL
 5 Chilcompchester        18    8   4   6   148  149   −1    20  PL
 6 Penfro                 18    8   3   7   154  149   +5    19  PL
 7 Trechoid               18    8   2   8   146  154   −8    18
 8 Aberwood               18    5   4   9   148  158  −10    14
 9 Pontyport              18    5   3  10   150  157   −7    13
10 Drayfill               18    4   0  14   135  161  −26     8

Quarterfinals
Llanislwyn 9–10 Penfro
Plaidstone 2–10 Chilcompchester

Semifinals
Fishwick 6–6 Penfro (8–7 OT)
Doversham 14–9 Chilcompchester

Final
Fishwick 8–4 Doversham

Field hockey

Premiership             Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Doversham              21   13   1   7    36   24  +12    40  C/AT
2 Amman Glen             21   11   3   7    33   26   +7    36  AT
3 Winderdale             21   10   2   9    35   36   −1    32
4 Pontyport              21    8   4   9    33   29   +4    28
5 Imeall an Uisce        21    7   5   9    26   31   −5    26
6 Twigham                21    7   5   9    29   38   −9    26
7 Trechoid               21    7   4  10    27   29   −2    25  REL
8 Drayfill               21    7   4  10    29   35   −6    25  REL

  Championship          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Penfro                 21   10   5   6    28   24   +4    35  PRO
2 Llanislwyn             21   10   4   7    30   25   +5    34  PRO
3 Longhoughster          21    9   5   7    33   29   +4    32
4 Plaidstone             21    9   5   7    39   36   +3    32
5 Caerfremin             21    8   4   9    24   32   −8    28
6 Goldcliff              21    7   5   9    29   28   +1    26
7 Seahampton             21    7   4  10    26   34   −8    25
8 Fishwick               21    6   4  11    27   28   −1    22

Doversham and Amman Glen qualify for All-Tyneala Championship

National League of Ice Hockey

Regular season           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Seahampton             68   33  12  23    83   52  +31   111  QF
 2 Drayfill Icehounds     68   30  17  21    76   62  +14   107  QF
 3 Amman Glen             68   29  20  19    60   49  +11   107  QF
 4 Moulton                68   31  12  25    79   68  +11   105  QF
 5 Penfro                 68   29  17  22    64   58   +6   104  PL
 6 Goldcliff              68   26  19  23    68   63   +5    97  PL
 7 Plaidstone Celts       68   26  19  23    83   82   +1    97  PL
 8 Pontyport              68   26  19  23    59   65   −6    97  PL
 9 Twigham                68   24  21  23    57   61   −4    93  PL
10 Imeall an Uisce        68   23  23  22    68   67   +1    92  PL
11 Doversham              68   24  20  24    65   68   −3    92  PL
12 Chilcompchester        68   23  22  23    68   67   +1    91  PL
13 Westhoughster          68   24  17  27    65   72   −7    89
14 Drayfill Rangers       68   22  19  27    60   64   −4    85
15 Aberwood               68   21  19  28    61   70   −9    82
16 Fishwick               68   22  13  33    64   83  −19    79
17 Treuddyn               68   20  18  30    63   73  −10    78
18 Llanislwyn             68   17  17  34    62   81  −19    68

Round One
Penfro 2–1 Chilcompchester
Goldcliff 2–1 Doversham
Plaidstone Celts 1–0 Imeall an Uisce
Pontyport 0–1 Twigham

Quarterfinals
Seahampton 1–0 Twigham
Drayfill Icehounds 1–1 Plaidstone Celts (1–0 SO)
Amman Glen 1–2 Goldcliff
Moulton 1–3 Penfro

Semifinals
Seahampton 2–2 Drayfill Icehounds (1–2 SO)
Goldcliff 0–2 Penfro

Final
Drayfill Icehounds 0–3 Penfro

Aelsh Curling Championship

Division One            Pld    W   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Drayfill I             15   11   4   104   87    37  C
2 Plaidstone I           15    9   6    96   95    33
3 Alndale                15    9   6   101   88    33
4 Penfro I               15    7   8   101  100    29
5 Plaidstone II          15    6   9    95  104    27  REL
6 Llanislwyn I           15    3  12    87  110    21  REL

  Division Two          Pld    W   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Neuadd y Benyd         15   10   5   103   97    35  PRO
2 Penfro II              15    8   7   101  110    31  PRO
3 Drayfill II            15    7   8   116  104    29
4 Llanislwyn II          15    7   8   104  103    29
5 Nantnewydd             15    7   8   102  106    29
6 Cramlingdale           15    6   9   103  109    27

by **Tyneala** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:28 pm

Tynealan Twenty20 Cricket League, 1094
There are three divisions of eight teams each in the National T20 Championship, made up of 21 Aelsh teams and three Charmunnry sides (Ballyfeeaknock, Freeport and North-Eastern Counties). Two teams are promoted/relegated at the end of each season between the divisions. Ten points for a win, four for a draw, one for a loss.

Combined League Division One    Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Penfro Metropolitan            28   18   0  10  4083 3929   190  C
2 Plaidstone                     28   16   0  12  4082 3998   172
3 Ballyfeeaknock                 28   15   0  13  4122 4216   163
4 North-Eastern Counties         28   15   0  13  4210 4073   163
5 Drayfill Warriors              28   13   0  15  4130 3952   145
6 Llanislwyn                     28   12   1  15  4094 4118   139
7 Penfro Saints                  28   11   1  16  3967 4123   130  REL
8 Pontyport                      28   10   2  16  3947 4226   124  REL

  Combined League Division Two  Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Goldcliff Town                 28   17   0  11  4152 4017   181  PRO
2 Doversham                      28   16   0  12  4038 3999   172  PRO
3 Aberwood                       28   15   1  12  4059 4045   166
4 Freeport                       28   14   0  14  4175 4115   154
5 Trechoid                       28   13   1  14  4106 4210   148
6 Amman Glenn                    28   13   1  14  4074 4244   148
7 Fishwick Town                  28   12   0  16  4211 4056   136  REL
8 Drayfill Bulls                 28   10   1  17  3989 4118   121  REL

  Combined League Division Three  Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Longhoughster                    28   18   0  10  4112 4034   190  PRO
2 Seamerton and Cay                28   16   1  11  4230 4118   175  PRO
3 Caerfremin                       28   16   1  11  4119 4098   175
4 Spitalfords                      28   13   3  12  4046 3976   154
5 Chilcompchester                  28   13   0  15  4161 4082   145
6 Winderdale                       28   13   0  15  4166 4298   145
7 Alndale                          28   11   2  15  4020 4164   133
8 Esling                           28    8   1  19  4117 4201   103

by **Ancharmunn** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:56 pm

1094 National League of Hockey

.  National League of Hockey     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Porthmageed Druids             18   11   3   4    35   28   +7    36 C AT
 2 Ballyfeeaknock University      18   10   5   3    29   19  +10    35 AT
 3 Freeport Harlequins            18   10   2   6    30   24   +6    32
 4 Ballylahun Swashbucklers       18    9   4   5    32   22  +10    31
 5 Ballyfeeaknock Metropolitans   18    9   0   9    33   29   +4    27
 6 Dergoose                       18    8   2   8    28   26   +2    26
 7 East Currondurha               18    4   9   5    21   23   −2    21
 8 Mullendroghed Rangers          18    5   3  10    21   25   −4    18
 9 Rimsyleanus                    18    4   4  10    18   32  −14    16
10 Duntawny                       18    2   4  12    15   34  −19    10

Porthmageed Druids are the 1094 hockey champions of Ancharmunn and along with Ballyfeeaknock University, where the two Charmunnry sides will take on the Aelsh representatives Doversham and Amman Glen.

by **Tyneala** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:04 pm

1094 All-Tyneala Hockey Championship

. All-Tyneala Hockey Championship Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 Amman Glen                        6   4  1  1   10   4  +6   13    —   2–0  1–0  4–1 C
2 Doversham                         6   3  1  2    9   7  +2   10   1–0   —   1–1  4–1
3 Porthmageed Druids                6   2  1  3    8   8   0    7   0–1  1–2   —   3–2
4 Ballyfeeaknock University         6   1  1  4    9  17  −8    4   2–2  2–1  1–3   —

1094 National Tynealan Handball League

.  National Tynealan Handball League  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Sayercooan Sasanachs                36   23   3  10  1002  956  +46    49 C
 2 Ballyfeeaknock Capitals             36   20   4  12   994  962  +32    44
 3 Penfro                              36   17   3  16   972  960  +12    37
 4 Hilshore                            36   16   4  16   975  968   +7    36
 5 Drayfill                            36   16   3  17   967  979  −12    35
 6 Dovershore                          36   16   3  17   971  954  +17    35
 7 Porthmageed Celtic                  36   15   3  18   976 1003  −27    33
 8 Pwentshore                          36   14   4  18   976  972   +4    32
 9 Caernankry Clayminers               36   13   5  18   947  972  −25    31
10 Ballymairead Cobolt Bullets         36   12   4  20   937  991  −54    28

by **Ancharmunn** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:25 pm

1095-96 National Soccer League preview

Code: Select all: Season Champions Runners-up Third Place 1094-95 Goidelic Ballymairead Town Red Star 1093-94 Dinas Drefhil Seersha County Goidelic 1092-93 Goidelic Downcurron Thistles Ballymairead Town 1091-92 Ballymairead Town Downcurron Thistles Caernankry City 1090-91 Ballymairead Town Seersha County Goidelic 1089-90 Goidelic Ballymairead Town Downcurron Thistles 1088-89 Sortherners Goidelic Ballymairead Dynamos 1087-88 Goidelic Rushmore Athletic Caernankry City 1086-87 Goidelic Downcurron Thistles Caernankry City 1085-86 Goidelic Seersha County Atlético Cabañas 1084-85 Goidelic Ballymairead Dynamos Downcurron Thistles 1083-84 Goidelic Seersha County Red Star 1082-83 Goidelic Dinas Drefhil Ballymairead Dynamos 1081-82 Red Star Atlético Cabañas Seersha County 1080-81 Seersha County Atlético Cabañas Sortherners 1079-80 Seersha County Goidelic Clotariens 1078-79 Goidelic Seersha County Sortherners 1077-78 Atlético Cabañas Goidelic Caernankry City 1076-77 Atlético Cabañas Goidelic Seersha County 1075-76 Goidelic Clotariens Atlético Cabañas 1074-75 Atlético Cabañas Goidelic Caernankry City

Tyneala Championship

Atlético Cabañas
Nickname - Los diacríticos
Ground - Césped Ribereño Magnífico, Ballyfeeaknock (6,000)
Kit – Red with white sash & green trim, red shorts
Sponsor - Pescaderías José (Fishmongers)
Manager – Faolán Puskás (Unknown, presumably exotic nation with a rather odd mix of ethnicities)
Captain – Mutimir Jozić (PAS) MC
Key players - Mutimir Jozić (PAS) MC, Cináed Mac Dónaill DC, Síoda Ó Coinín LW
Last three seasons – 1094-95 League 11th Cup 2nd round, 1093-94 League 9th Cup quarter-final, 1092-93 League 12th Cup 1st round
Prospects – Famed for their policy of signing only so called 'Cabañas effect' players – that is players whose names feature diacritics – Atlético used the mythical power of Cabañas effect to good effect in the early years of the National Soccer League by winning three of the first four seasons. Since then however they have endured leaner times, not finishing in the top three since 1086. Such a lack of results has led many in Ancharmunn to question the existence of Cabañas effect.

Ballymairead Dynamos
Nickname - Dynamos
Ground - Old Chicken Ranch, Ballymairead (4,500)
Kit – Red and yellow hoops & black trim, yellow shorts
Sponsor – Turner & Son (Ubiquitous retailer)
Manager – Ossian Magee
Captain – Donal Griffin RB
Key players – Donal Griffin RB, Éibher Mac an Bhaird AMC, Aidan McDonnell MC
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 4th Cup winners, 93-94 League 4th Cup quarter-final, 92-93 League 5th Cup 2nd round
Prospects – Dynamos have in the last few seasons established themselves among the nation's top half of teams, yet as has the trend in recent times they remain the bridesmaids. Whilst Dynamos did add the All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup to their trophy cabinet last season it is their Old Chicken Ranch co-tennents Ballymairead Town who remain top dogs in town and on occaion nationaly.

Ballymairead Town
Nickname – the Mairéads, the Sacrificers
Ground - Old Chicken Ranch, Ballymairead (4,500)
Kit – Deep red with blue top panel & burnt orange trim, deep red shorts
Sponsor – Seasogs (Spirit)
Manager – Killian Walsh
Captain – Donagh Flynn ST
Key players – Jukka Nyborg (PIS) MC, Shaun Donnelly DC, Donagh Flynn ST
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 2nd Cup semi-final, 93-94 League 14th Cup 1st round, 92-93 League 3rd Cup winners
Prospects – Town until a few years ago were unable to match the success of neighbours Dynamos, but then came Seasogs and Charmunnry football's axis of power shifted away from the capital. Only the 93-94 season that saw Town finish bottom and Polarian manager Maarten Berg lose his job since has been a poor one for Town, with the Mairéads having gone on to establish themselves as one of the top sides in the country. Former Downcurront Thistles manager Kilian Walsh has come in and steadied the ship with a runners-up finish last season, and the aim this season is certainly for Town to reclaim the title.

Caernankry City
Nickname – the Miners, City
Ground - Lackenry Road, Caernankry (4,500)
Kit – Claret and yellow checks & sky blue trim, claret shorts
Sponsor – Claybanks Mining Company (Mine operator)
Manager – Cormac de Búrca
Captain – Rowan Doyle LW
Key players – Derek Crawford RW, Enda Hughes MC, Aidan Thompson DC
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 13th Cup runners-up, 93-94 League 12th Cup winners, 92-93 League 6th Cup 1st round
Prospects – A tough, gritty [insert working class clichés here] place, Caernankry's passion is a side that has always been thereabouts, but never there. Knock-out football is their forte having won the Challenge Cup three times, but never having finished higher than third in the league. Recent seasons have seen them accentuate they specialism as a cup team to the point where they appear to no longer try to hard in the league. The last two seasons have seen them finish outside the top ten.

Clotairien Club
Nickname – the Wee Harpies
Ground – New Harper Street, Ballyfeeaknock (4587)
Kit – Red with white side panel, black trim and shorts
Sponsor – TáinBó Motors (Car dealership)
Manager – Will Hooper (SNO)
Captain – Donagh Whelan MC
Key players – Eamann Cullen DC, Aodhan Ó Cathasaigh ST, Grania Brady RW
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 5th Cup semi-final, 93-94 League 13th Cup semi-final, 92-93 League 9th Cup runners-up
Prospects – Something of a lovechild between former Candelarisarian club Port of Clotaire and former Sorthern club St. Patrick's, Clotairiens spiritual home is somewhere between Clotaire, Candelaria And Marquez and Little Clotaire, Sorthern Northland. Being made up from a cross-section of society from two nations which no longer actively participate in global football seemingly isn't the way to success if Clotairiens' middling performances thus far are anything to go by. They are however good for a cup run, having reached at least the semi-finals in each of the last three seasons.

CPD Dinas Drefhil
Nickname – City, the Exiles
Ground – Free Stone Stadium, Drayfill, Aels (19,000)
Kit – Green and gold halves, gold shorts
Sponsor – ChocoMilk (Flavoured drinks)
Manager – Evan Walters (AEL)
Captain – Matthew Ellis (AEL) LB
Key players – Killian Daly ST, Matthew Ellis (AEL) LB, Geraint Woosnam (AEL) MC
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 7th Cup quarter-final, 93-94 League 1st Cup 2nd round, 92-93 League 7th Cup 1st round
Prospects – Natives of Aels, the former Drayfill City haven't exactly had a huge since switching leagues. The 1093-94 season however saw a surprise upturn in their fortunes as they became one of what is probably an elite club of teams to have won the domestic league of more than one country. A 7th place finish last season however suggests a return to mid-table mediocrity for the Exiles.

Downcurron Thistles
Nickname - Thistle
Ground – The Old Dogtrack, Ballylahun (3,965)
Kit – Green to purple gradient, purple shorts
Sponsor – Vidaak (Vodka)
Manager – Alfie O'Neill
Captain – Finn Brady MC
Key players – Breada Duffy RB, Eoghan Connolly LW, Finn Brady MC
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 8th Cup 2nd round, 93-94 League 6th Cup semi-final, 92-93 League 2nd Cup quarter-final
Prospects – Two consecutive top half finishes in the 92-93 and 93-94 seasons, including finishing as runners-up in the former were a high point in the Thistles history. Such to the point that it led to manager Killian Walsh being poached by Ballymairead Town. Whilst retaining a trio of Charmunnry internationals will have helped the case, much more than an 8th place finish for new manager Alfie O'Neill in his début season couldn't be asked. The challenge for him now is to improve on that.

Goidelic
Nickname – the Gaels, the Hoops
Ground – Paradise, Ballyfeeaknock (8,000)
Kit – Green and white hoops with orange trim, white shorts
Sponsor – Loftus (Telecommunications)
Manager – Fearghus de Búrca
Captain – Huw Tegg DC
Key players – Kieran McDonnell LW, Thomas Hunt (VLD) ST, Aodhan Sheehan (MC)
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 1st Cup quarter-final, 93-94 League 3rd Cup quarter-final, 92-93 League 1st Cup 2nd round
Prospects – Though Goidelic remain by far the most successful and biggest club in the country they are not the dominant force they once were. It is eight years since they retained a championship, though in the past twelve seasons they've finished outside the top three just once. Whilst the odds on retaining their league crown might be longer than usual, those putting money on a top three finish cannot expect much of a return in their winnings. Particular excitement for Goidelic this season comes in the signing of Taeshani prodigy Tyler Pantoum.

Hoileánaigh Óige Club Peile
Nickname – an Óige / Youths
Ground - Chúis an Óige Síoraí, Caisleán ar an Charraig (2,500)
Kit – Sky blue with two claret hoops across chest, sky blue shorts
Sponsor - Bádóírí an Maudraiska Teo (Ferry operator)
Manager – Cillian Mac Craith
Captain – Odhrán Mag Uidhir MC
Key players – Ciarán Mac Lochlainn RB, Ailbhe Ó Cuinn CB, Aodan Ó Foghladh GK
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 14th Cup 1st round, 93-94 11th Cup 2nd round, 92-93 League 14th Cup 2nd round
Prospects – Bottom twice in the last three season and not once past the second round of the cup they don't come much smaller than H.Ó.C.P. Inaugural winners of the Challenge Cup they have had their day in the sun and are recognised as a decent breeding ground for young talents, but by and large they know their place in the world and are content with it. The reality is that as long as their prevent the bored island youth from roaming the land tipping over cows and hanging around menacingly on gravel track corners they have achieved their aims.

Kumquat Orchard
Nickname – the Orchard
Ground - An Úlloird, Mullendroghed (2,500)
Kit – Yellow with orange sides & green trim, yellow shorts
Sponsor - Millbridge Distillery (Distillery)
Manager – Ciarán Mac Giolla Phádraig
Captain – Rónán Ó Cathasaigh GK
Key players - Rónán Ó Cathasaigh GK, Barry Scott DC, Barry McDonnell ML
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 12th Cup quarter-final, 93-94 League 10th Cup quarter-final, 92-93 League 13th Cup semi-final
Prospects – Another of the smaller teams in the nation. The Orchard though are generally liked for their quintessential name. Like H.Ó.C.P. they won't be expected to finish far above the bottom, anything above double figures will certainly be rocking the boat big time. They have however in recent years shown a tendency for something of a cup run.

Rimsyleanus Red Star
Nickname – Red Star
Ground – May Day Park, Rimsyleanus (2,700)
Kit – Red and gold hoops with blue trim, red shorts
Sponsor – Dennevan (Supermarket chain)
Manager – Éibhear Mac Dónaill
Captain – Ardghal Mac Dónaill DC
Key players – Ivar Walsh LB, Kilian Boyle LM, Aodan McGrath GK
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 3rd Cup quarter-final, 93-94 League 8th Cup runners-up, 92-93 League 10th Cup 1st round
Prospects – Typically a lower mid-table side Red Star caused something of a surprise last season by finishing in third place and claiming a Globe Cup place. The less said about that subsequent adventure the better, but having such a taste of such high life those in Rimsyleanus will be looking for more. Whether they're actually capable of repeating such a high finish remains to be seen though.

Rushmore Athletic
Nickname – the Yewmen, the Lactics
Ground – Yew Park, Rushmore (4,000)
Kit – Pink and brown hoops, brown shorts
Sponsor – Roger's Shrubberies (Garden design)
Manager – Ossian Magee
Captain – Conor Sweeney MC
Key players – Tiernan Mullen DC, Conor Sweeney MC, Fionnuala Mhic Domhnaill RB
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 9th Cup 2nd round, 93-94 League 5th Cup 2nd round, 92-93 League 8th Cup quarter-final
Prospects – Rushmore Athletic have typically been lauded as a team who've always done decently enough on a modest budget and without star names. It is both their strong and weak points as recent seasons have seen them treading water in the league, whilst a lack of significant cup exploits mean they amble along somewhat anonymously.

Seersha County
Nickname – the Freemen, County
Ground – Derghown, Sayercooan (3,000)
Kit – Green with blue chevron, blue shorts
Sponsor – Free Port Authority (Port operator)
Manager – Cormac O'Reilly
Captain – Davie Hartley MC
Key players – Patrick O'Donnell DC, Dai Edmunds (AEL) ST, Teague Donnelly RW
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 10th Cup 2nd round, 93-94 League 2nd Cup 2nd round, 92-93 League 4th Cup quarter-final
Prospects – With two league titles and two Challenge Cups to their name Seersha County know how to win. A further six top-three positions show they also know how to compete. A runners-up finish in the 93-94 season remains the most recent highlight for County. 10th place last season however was a significant let down and one that cost the likeable Neil MacNamara his job as manager. Former assistant Cormac O'Reilly takes over the reigns.

Sorthern Rovers
Nickname – Sortherners, the Snorths, the Donkeys
Ground – The Sorthern Grounds, Ballyfeeaknock (7,000)
Kit – Red with white and gold hoops across upper chest, red shorts
Sponsor – Stl-Blnd (Soft drink)
Manager - Tiarnán Ó Beolláin
Captain – Harriet Waddington ML
Key players – Harriet Waddington ML, Lonan Kenny GK, Enda McDonnell St
Last three seasons – 94-95 League 6th Cup 1st round, 93-94 League 7th Cup 1st round, 92-93 League 11th Cup semi-final
Prospects – Saturday 19th May 1089. It was supposed to be a turning point in Charmunnry football. Fresh from the collapse of Sorthern Northland and the subsequent mass exodus to Ancharmunn and built on a side who had won two World Cups just years before, Sorthern Rovers swept to a league and cup double, ending a run of six straight league titles for Goidelic. The Sortherners were supposed to take their place, that title was set to mark the start of a similar period of domination. It didn't though. They've not since finished in the top half of the league. A side built on a generation of players who won World Cups shouldn't have performed to the levels that Rovers have in recent years. The most popular theory for such under-performance has been the affect the collapse of Sorthern Northland may have had on previously world class players. That generation are largely retiring though and with a new generation less disturbed by the horrors of the civil war perhaps the Sortherners star is set to rise again. The appointment of Tiarnán Ó Beolláin as manager however does little to inspire confidence after his shoddy handling of managing the Charmunnry national side.

by **Tyneala** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:40 am

Celtic Union Baseball League

Baseball is a developing sport in both Aels and Ancharmunn, and although sport is usually devolved to both nations, the baseball authorities in both countries agreed to join forces a number of years ago to form a national Tynealan baseball league. Based on this agreement, Aels and Ancharmunn participate internationally (and be represented internationally) as Tyneala (TYL).

Year 1095 season

There are 22 teams in Celtic Union League Baseball (CULB), made up of six Charmunnry and 16 Aelsh teams. The six Charmunnry teams play in a single division with the designated hitter rule; the 16 Aelsh teams are split geographically into the Western (5), Central (6) and Eastern (5) Divisions and play without the DH. There is no inter-league play until the playoff final, known as the Tyneala Championship.

All-Star Game: Aels National First League 5-9-0 @ Ancharmunn National Series 6-9-2
The Aels League returned to All-Star losing ways as six runs in the three middle innings were enough to help the Ancharmunn Series team stage a comeback from 5–0 down.

Defending champions Garramairead Eagles won the regular season Charmunnry title by just one game after going 98–64, with the Freeport Dockers improving from .568 last season to go 97–65 (.599).

In Aels, the Longhoughster Stallions recorded their first losing season since joining the league as an expansion team in 1093 and winning it all, going 66–96. The Imeall an Uisce Spearfish won a second division title in a row, the Plaidstone Blackadders (95–67) won the Central, and the Ulverster Tarpons finished just one game worse than last season to win the East again with Llanislwyn taking the wildcard.

PLAYOFFS
First Round
Series: Ballyfeeaknock Railwaymen (4) v. Garramairead Eagles (1) 4–3
Series: Porthmageed Trawlers (3) v. Freeport Dockers (2) 4–3
Series: Llanislwyn Islanders v. Imeall an Uisce 4–2
Series: Ulverster Tarpons v. Plaidstone Blackadders 4–3

National Championships
Series: Porthmageed Trawlers v. Ballyfeeaknock Railwaymen 2–4 (Railwaymen are new Charmunnry champions)
Series: Llanislwyn Islanders v. Ulverster Tarpons 1–4 (Tarpons are new Aelsh champions)

Tyneala Championship
Ballyfeeaknock Railwaymen defeat Ulverster Tarpons four games to two

For the second year running no hitter reached the 50 homerun mark, with Craig Litchfield (Imeall an Uisce) the closest at 48. Four pitchers recorded at least 20 wins, with Garramairead's Nathan Woolescroft leading the way with 24 wins, a performance which won him a second straight 60Ft6In Award.

Awards:
Welcome to the Big Leagues Award (Rookie of the year):
ANC: Oliver Flynn (Porthmageed) .290/.340/.478
AEL: Alistair Colby (Caerfremin) .278/.348/.505

60 Feet 6 Inches Award (Pitcher of the year):
ANC: Nathan Woolescroft (Garramairead) 24–9, 283.2 IP, 3.84 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 244 K
AEL: Steven Hands (Plaidstone) 20–6, 239.1 IP, 3.65 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 214 K

Batter Up! Award (Hitter of the year):
ANC: Martin Freegard (Garramairead) .341/.417/.556
AEL: Craig Litchfield (Imeall an Uisce) .315/.453/.610

Offseason
Over the winter a re-alignment took place in the Aelsh league, with the addition of a fourth division. Each division would now consist of four teams each, with the wildcard slot being withdrawn. The divisions were restyled as the Border and Isles Division; the Central North Division; and the Central South Division; while the Eastern Division remains unchanged.

Additionally, Treuddyn Riflemen were moved from the National Second League into the First League Border and Isles Division, with the Caerfremin Sharks – which had the league's worst record - being "relegated" into the Second League.

Year 1096 season

There are 22 teams in Celtic Union League Baseball (CULB), made up of six Charmunnry and 16 Aelsh teams. The six Charmunnry teams play in a single division with the designated hitter rule; the 16 Aelsh teams are split geographically into four divisions of four and play without the DH. There is no inter-league play until the playoff final, known as the Tyneala Championship.

All-Star Game: Aels National First League 0-6-1 @ Ancharmunn National Series 7-8-0
The Aels League were shut out as the All-Star Game was played with the DH for the second year running as the Charmunnry retained the traditional midseason exhibition title.

In Ancharmunn, Porthmageed Trawlers conquered all before them as they finished an astounding 27 games clear of second placed Ballylahun, with only those two teams finishing with winning seasons. The Trawlers' 110–52 record led the CULB, ten games ahead of Fishwick Rangers and Aberwood Soldiermen, who won the Aelsh Central North and Central South titles respectively.

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PLAYOFFS
First Round series:
ANC: Freeport Dockers (4) 1 Porthmageed Trawlers (1) 4
ANC: Garramairead Eagles (3) 1 Ballylahun Blizzards (2) 4
AEL: Penfro Mortars (4) 4 Fishwick Rangers (1) 1
AEL: Trechoid Bordermen (3) 4 Aberwood Soldiermen (2) 0

National Championships
ANC: Ballylahun Blizzards (2) 1 Porthmageed Trawlers (1) 4 – Trawlers are new Charmunnry champions
AEL: Trechoid Bordermen (3) 3 Penfro Mortars (4) 4 – Mortars are new Aelsh champions

Tyneala Championship
Porthmageed Trawlers defeat Penfro Mortars four games to one

Again no hitter reached the 50 homerun mark, with Keller Phill (Ballylahun) the closest at 43. Three pitchers recorded at least 20 wins, led by Theo Whitton of Imeall an Uisce who had 22. The pitching strikeout record fell this season, with the Blizzards' Francis Gair recording 296 Ks, four short of the magical 300.

Awards:
Welcome to the Big Leagues Award (Rookie of the year):
ANC: Carlos Trinidad (Ballylahun) .297/.347/.423
AEL: George Perez (Trechoid) 18–7, 227.0 IP, 3.69 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 231 K

60 Feet 6 Inches Award (Pitcher of the year):
ANC: Francis Gair (Ballylahun) 18–11, 262.0 IP, 3.30 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 296 K
AEL: Theo Whitton (Imeall an Uisce) 22–9, 260.1 IP, 3.63 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 230 K

Batter Up! Award (Hitter of the year):
ANC: Joel Dexter (Porthmageed) .320/.406/.582
AEL: Craig Cardell (Fishwick) .330/.435/.571

BCCC entrants for Tyneala
1 Porthmageed Trawlers (1096 champions)
2 Penfro Mortars (1096 runners up)
3 Ballyfeeaknock Railwaymen (1095 champions)
4 Ulverster Tarpons (1095 runners up)

by **Ancharmunn** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:59 pm

1095-96 Charmunnry football season

Now into its third decade, organised football within Ancharmunn continues to grow at a steady, though slow, pace. Growth has however stalled somewhat in recent years, as exemplified by near neighbours Ossidiacqua having overtaken and remained ahead of Ancharmunn in the UICA coefficients. It is at least still above the Aelsh league. There are two main competitions in the country, the fourteen team National Soccer League and the All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup which sees thirty-two teams competing on a knockout basis. Whilst a Junior League, split into two regional divisions, exists below the NSL it is essentially a glorified Sunday League and no movement between the NSL and Junior League occurs. Junior League members do however participate in the Challenge Cup.

During its existence Charmunnry football has been largely amateur, however the influx in recent years of Sorthern immigration to the country has bought a degree of professionalism to the sport. As a result of this Charmunnry football has begun participating on a worldwide and regional scale by joining UICA and regional competitions. With five years of UICA experience foreign clubs visiting Ancharmunn for competitive matches is becoming a more regular occurrence. Goidelic's appearance in last season's Globe Cup group stages was a first for a Charmunnry club, and for now remains the height of ambition for the nation's teams in UICA football.

Tyneala Championship

The Tyneala Championship has firmly become an established part of Pentref-ar-y-Bae's pre-season schedule with this being their fourth participation in a row in the season opener, and their second against Goidelic. Pentref-ar-y-Bae needed extra-time to take the title in the meeting between the two sides in 1093, though this match lasted just the ninety minutes. Once again it was won by a single goal margin, though in a reverse of the meeting between the two it was the Charmunnry side who took the Championship.

Pentref-ar-y-Bae 0–1 Goidelic

National Soccer League

Though a while since they last retained a title, Goidelic's success won't be much of a surprise. However those in the positions immediately below won't have been predicted by too many. Red Star's profile has been on the rise over the last couple of years through their UICA participations and they look to be making good use of that as they've gone on to secure a second successive top three finish. If they retain their rate of progression into next season the only way is to the title. Dynamos meanwhile have become an established presence in and around the top of the table, though usually below their Town neighbours. Another poor season for Tow however sees Dynamos take the local bragging rights and a good amount of debate over just who the bigger team in Ballymairead is now. Though some way behind the champions Atlético Cabañas's return to the top end of the table brings about memories of the early days of Charmunnry football when they were a major force in the game. Their fourth place finish also brings about the bonus of an eagerly awaited début campaign. The biggest surprise though lies in Kumquat Orchard's fifth place finish, an achievement that quite comfortably ranks as the Orchard's best league performance.

.  National Soccer League  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Goidelic                 26   15   8   3    57   37  +20    53 C CC CdC
 2 Red Star                 26   14   4   8    53   43  +10    46 GC CdC
 3 Ballymairead Dynamos     26   11   8   7    45   36   +9    41 GC CdlP
 4 Atlético Cabañas         26   10   8   8    46   44   +2    38 GC CdlP
 5 Kumquat Orchard          26   11   5  10    38   37   +1    38
 6 Rushmore Athletic        26   10   8   8    48   50   −2    38
 7 Seersha County           26    9   8   9    39   41   −2    35
 8 Dinas Drefhil            26    9   8   9    36   42   −6    35
 9 Clotariens               26    8   9   9    54   51   +3    33
10 Sortherners              26    8   8  10    50   56   −6    32
11 Ballymairead Town        26    7   9  10    52   53   −1    30
12 Downcurron Thistles      26    8   6  12    38   39   −1    30
13 H.Ó.C.P.                 26    5   9  12    19   28   −9    24
14 Caernankry City          26    3  10  13    36   54  −18    19

All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup

History was made in this season's Challenge Cup final as Goidelic secured the third and final piece of a first ever Charmunnry treble of Championship, League and Cup. In truth the first third of that triumvirate won't be particularly recalled in years to come. The league and cup double however marks a first such achievement since Sorthern Rovers' double of 1088-89. With a winning margin of at least two goals in every round Goidelic weren't particularly troubled, though their run included the defending champions Ballymairead Dynamos. The quarter-final encounter against Downcurron Thistles did eventually see Goidelic score seven, though in the drawn opening ninety minutes the Thistle did seriously test their more illustrious opponents. Whilst the tournament will be remembered as Goidelic's some credit should also go to Rushmore Athletic for whom reaching the final was a first.

First round
Ballymairead Dynamos 2-1 Omna Park
High Castle Colts 0-4 Caernankry City
Downcurron Thistles 3-0 Clotariens
Sean Dermots 0-6 Goidelic
Old Town Wanderers 0-1 Ballymairead Constabulary
H.Ó.C.P. 2-1 Torshavn Exiles
Farrannash 1-5 Red Star
Ballymairead Aelsh 0-0 Callow (1-0 AET)
Gortass 2-1 Glanlaght
Seersha County 2-0 Atlético Cabañas
Kumquat Orchard 3-1 General Post Office
Eskry Sports 1-1 Loughskreena Casuals (2-1 AET)
Civil Service 2-0 Maghery Park
Rushmore Athletic 4-1 Dinas Drefhil
Sortherners 6-1 Ballymairead Town
Young Kytlerians 2-1 Green Island Caernankry

Second round
Caernankry City 2-0 Eskry Sports
Sortherners 4-3 Ballymairead Aelsh
Downcurron Thistles 3-0 Civil Service
Red Star 1-2 Rushmore Athletic
H.Ó.C.P. 1-0 Seersha County
Ballymairead Dynamos 1-3 Goidelic
Ballymairead Constabulary 1-0 Young Kytlerians
Gortass 0-2 Kumquat Orchard

Quarter-final
Goidelic 4-4 Downcurron Thistles (7-4 AET)
Rushmore Athletic 3-0 Ballymairead Constabulary
Sortherners 1-3 Kumquat Orchard
Caernankry City 0-1 H.Ó.C.P.

Semi-final
Goidelic 4-2 Kumquat Orchard
H.Ó.C.P. 0-2 Rushmore Athletic

Final
Goidelic 3-1 Rushmore Athletic

Multi-associational competition qualifiers
Champions' Cup – Goidelic
Globe Cup – Rimsyleanus Red Star, Ballymairead Dynamos, Atlético Cabañas
Copa de Campeones – Goidelic, Rimsyleanus Red Star
Copa de los Principes – Ballymairead Dynamos, Atlético Cabañas
Cygnus Cup – Goidelic

by **Aels** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:10 am

Not unlike its counterpart in Ancharmunn, Aelsh football has largely been semi-professional through its 25-year history. Although the league is older than the Charmunnry counterpart by 5 years, Aelsh football remains largely low key, and the country continues to not maintain a national team. Subpar performances by Aelsh clubs at UICA level continue to disappoint fans, a large majority of whom are still unwilling to spend significant amounts of money to support their clubs.

To correct this, the FCA, in conjunction with the Drayfill City Council, built a new 32,000-seater New Free Stone national stadium, currently used to host all major finals, as well as matches for Drayfill Town. From this season on all teams in the top flight were made to play in stadia of at least 6,000 capacity; teams were allowed to groundshare in lieu of building new stadia.

Drayfill City (now Dinas Drefhil) played in the league until 1074/5 before moving to the Charmunnry league system. The FCA are the governing authority for that club, who play in the Ancharmunn league and cup system, but an agreement with Ancharmunn means Drayfill City may only be nominated for international competition by Ancharmunn.

Premier League teams went to a two-home, two-away format for the first time for a total of 36 games each, while the Second League remained unchanged with teams playing each other three times. A one-down, one-up direct promotion and relegation system remains in use, though for the first time this year a four-team playoff league was introduced involving the ninth placed team in the Premier League and the second to fourth placed teams in the Second League.

Before the season began, title holders Pentref-ar-y-Bae hosted the traditional preseason Tyneala Championship, but lost the national title after a single-goal loss to Goidelic.

Year       Winners              Runners-up            Third               Second League

1094–95    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Drayfill Town         Doverston           CCPD Brifddinas
1093–94    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     CCPD Penfro           Imeall an Uisce     Trechoid AFC Utd
1092–93    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     CCPD Penfro           Imeall an Uisce     Trechoid FC
1091–92    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Drayfill Town         Doversham County    Doverston
1090–91    Doversham County     Pentref-ar-y-Bae      CCPD Penfro         Trechoid FC
1089–90    Trechoid Wanderers   Imeall an Uisce       Doversham County    Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1088–89    Drayfill Town        Trechoid Wanderers    Doversham County    CCPD Penfro
1087–88    Doverston            Drayfill Town         Trechoid Wanderers  Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1086–87    Trechoid Wanderers   Drayfill Town         Doversham County    Doverston
1085–86    Imeall an Uisce      Trechoid FC           Plaidstone          Doversham County
1084–85    NONE DECLARED        NONE DECLARED         NONE DECLARED       NONE DECLARED
1083–84    Drayfill Town        Imeall an Uisce       Trechoid Wanderers  Penfro Irish
1082–83    Trechoid Wanderers   Imeall an Uisce       Trechoid FC         Plaidstone
1081–82    Trechoid FC          Drayfill Town         CCPD Brifddinas     CCPD Penfro
1080–81    Imeall an Uisce      Trechoid Wanderers    CCPD Brifddinas     Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1079–80    Imeall an Uisce      Trechoid FC           Drayfill Town       CCPD Brifddinas
1078–79    Trechoid FC          Drayfill Town         Doverston           Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1077–78    Doverston            Trechoid FC           Imeall an Uisce     Drayfill Town
1076–77    Trechoid FC          Aels Welsh            Doverston           Imeall an Uisce
1075–76    Plaidstone           Trechoid FC           Pentref-ar-y-Bae    Trechoid Wanderers
1074–75    Doversham Rovers     Drayfill City         Plaidstone          Doverston
1073–74    Drayfill City        Plaidstone            Aels Welsh          Doversham Rovers
1072–73    Drayfill City        CCPD Penfro           Imeall an Uisce     Drayfill Town
1071–72    Drayfill City        Imeall an Uisce       Penfro Irish        CCPD Penfro
1070–71    Plaidstone           Drayfill City         Doversham County    Doversham Rovers
1069–70    Drayfill City        Trechoid AFC Utd      Drayfill Town       Trechoid FC

Most titles: Drayfill City, Pentref-ar-y-Bae (4)
Most times runners-up: Drayfill Town (5)
Most third place finishes: Doversham County (5)
Most Second League titles: Pentref-ar-y-Bae (4)

Football League of Aels 1095–96 season
Premier League registered grounds:
Pentref-ar-y-Bae — Village Concourse, Pentref-ar-y-Bae (built 1095) — cap. 11,250 — owned by club
Drayfill Town — New Free Stone Stadium, Drayfill (built 1094) — cap. 39,000 — owned by Drayfill City Council and rented by club
Doverston — Northern Arena, Doversham (built 1077) — cap. 8,500 (expanded 1095) — owned by club
Doversham Rovers — National Convention Bowl, Doversham (built 1072) — cap. 9,500 (expanded 1094) — owned by East Dovershore and Regions Assembly and rented by club
CCPD Penfro — David Strangford Community Stadium, Penfro (built 1082) — cap. 8,700 (expanded 1095) — owned by Gyngor Dinas Penfro and rented by club
Imeall an Uisce — National Rugby Stadium, Imeall an Uisce (built 1070) — cap. 13,500 (expanded 1093) — owned by Comhairle Imeall an Uisce and rented by club
Trechoid FC — Garston Cars Stadium, Trechoid (built 1095) — cap. 8,300 — owned by club
Doversham County — Bank of Aels Arena, Doversham (built 1083) — cap. 9,400 (expanded 1094) — co-owned by club
Trechoid AFC United — Lewis Paints Stadium, Trechoid (built 1074) — cap. 10,000 (expanded 1095) — groundshare (owned by Trechoid Wanderers)
CCPD Brifddinas — Cae Ras (Racecourse), Drayfill (built 1066) — cap. 14,000 (expanded 1094) — owned by Drayfill Town and rented by club

Pentref-ar-y-Bae once again successfully defended their title, doing so for the fourth time to become the first team to win five league titles in the country. The league win sees them overtake Drayfill City, who only recorded four league wins before leaving the league. Second and third places were also unchanged from last season, while CCPD Penfro and Doversham Rovers swapped finishing positions. Imeall an Uisce also maintained their sixth place from last season while newly promoted Capital AFC (CCPD Brifddinas) placed a respectable seventh. Trechoid AFC United, who finished ninth last year, failed to improve and finished in the automatic relegation spot, while Trechoid FC finished in the playoff spot.

It was a similar story at the top of the second league as last season's second and third placed teams both went one better and finished at the top of the pile again, with Penfro Irish earning their first return to the top flight in a decade since their relegation in the strike-shortened 1085/86 season. Aels Welsh finished second to qualify for a playoff spot, while amateur team Moulton Seasiders, in only their second season in the league, stunned the nation to finish third. Fellow "expansion team" Spitalford Town finished fourth to take the final playoff spot, while relegated Trechoid Wanderers could only finish seventh.

Premier League             Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Pentref-ar-y-Bae         36   21   8   7    54   35  +19    71  C / CC
 2 Drayfill Town            36   19   6  11    52   36  +16    63  GC
 3 Doverston                36   17   9  10    56   50   +6    60  GC
 4 CCPD Penfro              36   17   8  11    78   71   +7    59
 5 Doversham Rovers         36   15   6  15    44   45   −1    51
 6 Imeall an Uisce          36   13  11  12    34   33   +1    50
 7 CCPD Brifddinas          36   14   8  14    54   49   +5    50
 8 Doversham County         36    9  10  17    50   62  −12    37
 9 Trechoid FC              36    8   9  19    26   40  −14    33  PO
10 Trechoid AFC United      36    5   9  22    30   57  −27    24  REL

Second League              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Penfro Irish             39   21  10   8    72   40  +32    73  C / PRO / SBCC
 2 Aels Welsh               39   15  18   6    70   48  +22    63  PO / SBCC
 3 Moulton Seasiders        39   17  12  10    35   32   +3    63  PO / SBCC
 4 Spitalford Town          39   16  12  11    73   69   +4    60  PO / SBCC
 5 Goldcliff Rangers        39   16   9  14    37   41   −4    57
 6 Hilshore County          39   14  11  14    50   55   −5    53  GC / CYG
 7 Trechoid Wanderers       39   13  10  16    61   67   −6    49
 8 Brackendale Charmunnry   39   12  12  15    66   74   −8    48
 9 Nantnewydd               39   12  12  15    78   82   −4    48
10 Llanislwyn Town          39   13   8  18    69   71   −2    47
11 Plaidstone               39   12  10  17    62   68   −6    46
12 Harling Islanders        39   11  11  17    52   60   −8    44
13 Caerfremin Sundays       39   10  14  15    42   50   −8    44
14 Pontyport Athletic       39   11  11  17    22   32  −10    44

The playoff was a double round robin between Trechoid FC, Aels Welsh, Moulton Seasiders and Spitalford Town. The amateurs' standard finally showed as they failed to score a single goal in their six games (though they conceded just five), finishing last. At the top both Trechoid and the Welsh finished even on ten points with Trechoid finishing top — and retaining their Premier League status — on head-to-head record.

Playoff                Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Trechoid FC            6   2  4  0    8   6  +2   10
2 Aels Welsh             6   3  1  2   10  10   0   10
3 Spitalford Town        6   2  2  2   12   9  +3    8
4 Moulton Seasiders      6   0  3  3    0   5  −5    3

Year       Winners              Runners-up            Third‡

1094–95    Trechoid FC          Imeall an Uisce
1093–94    Trechoid Wanderers   CCPD Penfro           Trechoid AFC Utd
1092–93    CCPD Penfro          Trechoid Wanderers    CCPD Brifddinas
1091–92    CCPD Penfro          Drayfill Town
1090–91    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Trechoid Wanderers
1089–90    Imeall an Uisce	Drayfill Town
1088–89    Drayfill Town	Dinas Drefhil
1087–88    Pentref-ar-y-Bae	Doversham County
1086–87    Drayfill Town	Trechoid Wanderers
1084–86    NOT HELD DUE TO PLAYER STRIKE
1083–84    Drayfill Town	Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1082–83*   Pentref-ar-y-Bae	Trechoid Wanderers
1081–82    Drayfill Town	CCPD Penfro
1080–81    CCPD Brifddinas	Drayfill Town
1079–80    Trechoid FC		Non-League Select XI*
1078–79    Drayfill Town	Doverston
1077–78    Dinas Drefhil	Doverston
1076–77    CCPD Penfro		Imeall an Uisce
1075–76    Imeall an Uisce	Doversham Rovers
1074–75    Drayfill City	Drayfill Town         Trechoid AFC Utd
1073–74    Drayfill City	Drayfill Town         Penfro Irish
1072–73    Drayfill City        Plaidstone            Drayfill Town
1071–72#   Drayfill City	Penfro Irish#         Doverston
1070–71    Plaidstone		CCPD Penfro           Doversham County

#No final was held as Drayfill City Reserves won the second semi-final. The trophy was awarded to the club by default. The third place playoff between the losing semifinalists was instead played as a second place playoff, with Penfro Irish winning.
*A non-league Select XI was invited to participate in place of Dinas Drefhil in 1079–80 and 1082–83 as Dinas Drefhil were chasing silverware in Ancharmunn and declined to participate in the FCA Trophy.
‡No third place playoff was held between 1075–76 and 1091–92, and again since 1094–95.

Most titles: Drayfill City/Dinas Drefhil, Drayfill Town (5 each)
Most times runners-up: Drayfill Town (5)

FCA Trophy 1095–96 season
Dinas Drefhil continue to be excluded upon request of the club. All matches were played at pre-determined 'home' venues, with only the final played at the New Free Stone Stadium. In an all-Second League final, Hilshore County beat bottom side Pontyport Athletic to claim their first professional trophy.

First Round
Brackendale Charmunnry 0–2 Penfro Irish
Llanislwyn Town 1–0 Harling Islanders
Moulton Seasiders 1–1 CCPD Brifddinas (1–2 AET)
Goldcliff Rangers 1–1 Trechoid AFC United (1–1 AET) (3–1 pen.)
Spitalford Town 2–4 Aels Welsh
Hilshore County 1–1 Nantnewydd (3–1 AET)
Plaidstone 3–4 Pontyport Athletic
Trechoid Wanderers 2–1 Caerfremin Sundays

Second Round
Doversham Rovers 3–1 Doversham County
Pontyport Athletic 3–3 CCPD Brifddinas (4–3 AET)
Pentref-ar-y-Bae 0–0 Goldcliff Rangers (0–0 AET) (6–7 pen.)
CCPD Penfro 3–1 Trechoid Wanderers
Trechoid FC 2–2 Llanislwyn Town (3–2 AET)
Penfro Irish 2–3 Hilshore County
Drayfill Town 1–3 Doverston
Aels Welsh 2–0 Imeall an Uisce

Third Round
Doversham Rovers 1–2 Pontyport Athletic
Goldcliff Rangers 4–5 CCPD Penfro
Trechoid FC 0–1 Hilshore County
Doverston 0–0 Aels Welsh (1–0 AET)

Semifinals
Pontyport Athletic 5–2 CCPD Penfro
Hilshore County 1–0 Doverston

Final
Pontyport Athletic 0–1 Hilshore County

National Reserve League
The National Reserve League returned this season, with the geographical split scrapped. 23 teams took part, including Dinas Drefhil's B team, but there was no representation from the amateur sides Moulton and Caerfremin.

National Reserve League     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Trechoid AFC Utd          44   23   4  17    50   45   +5    73  C
 2 Hilshore County           44   21   9  14    72   64   +8    72
 3 Imeall an Uisce           44   20  11  13    58   48  +10    71
 4 Trechoid Wanderers        44   19  11  14    63   62   +1    68
 5 Doversham Rovers          44   19  10  15    72   60  +12    67
 6 Penfro Irish              44   18  10  16    79   69  +10    64
 7 CCPD Brifddinas           44   17  11  16    61   53   +8    62
 8 Llanislwyn Town           44   17  11  16    62   55   +7    62
 9 Drayfill Town             44   17  11  16    64   60   +4    62
10 Harling Islanders         44   17  10  17    66   62   +4    61
11 Goldcliff Rangers         44   17  10  17    59   58   +1    61
12 Trechoid FC               44   15  15  14    73   69   +4    60
13 Doverston                 44   17   9  18    66   66    0    60
14 Aels Welsh                44   16  12  16    62   63   −1    60
15 Pontyport Athletic        44   15  14  15    67   71   −4    59
16 CCPD Penfro               44   15  13  16    55   51   +4    58
17 Nantnewydd                44   14  16  14    60   63   −3    58
18 Pentref-ar-y-Bae          44   15  12  17    59   61   −2    57
19 Dinas Drefhil             44   13  14  17    55   61   −6    53
20 Doversham County          44   14   9  21    58   64   −6    51
21 Spitalford Town           44   11  18  15    56   67  −11    51
22 Brackendale Charmunnry    44   12  12  20    33   49  −16    48
23 Plaidstone                44   12  12  20    44   73  −29    48

International qualification
Aels' three-letter symbol is AEL.

Champions’ Cup: Pentref-ar-y-Bae
Cygnus Cup (as FCA Trophy winners): Hilshore County
Globe Cup (FCA Trophy winners are top seed): Hilshore County, Drayfill Town, Doverston
Series B Cup: Penfro Irish, Aels Welsh, Moulton Seasiders, Spitalford Town

Rushmori qualification
Tyneala Championship: Pentref-ar-y-Bae

by **Aels** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:29 am

Aelsh sporting roundup, 1095 (or 1094/95) season

National Water Polo Championships
Regular season           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Doversham              18   14   1   3   158  118  +40    29  PL
 2 Llanislwyn             18   11   1   6   152  142  +10    23  PL
 3 Trechoid               18   10   2   6   143  133  +10    22  PL
 4 Chilcompchester        18    8   4   6   161  155   +6    20  PL
 5 Fishwick               18    8   4   6   145  145    0    20  PL
 6 Penfro                 18    7   3   8   128  134   −6    17  PL
 7 Plaidstone             18    6   3   9   141  144   −3    15
 8 Drayfill               18    5   2  11   142  161  −19    12
 9 Aberwood               18    5   2  11   145  167  −22    12
10 Pontyport              18    4   2  12   145  161  −16    10

Quarterfinals
Trechoid 13–8 Penfro
Chilcompchester 11–8 Fishwick

Semifinals
Llanislwyn 8–7 Trechoid
Doversham 8–6 Chilcompchester

Final
Llanislwyn 8–8 Doversham (10–9 OT)

Field hockey

Premiership             Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Doversham              21   12   3   6    44   31  +13    39  C/AT
2 Winderdale             21   10   4   7    48   41   +7    34  AT
3 Amman Glen             21    9   4   8    47   39   +8    31
4 Penfro                 21    7   9   5    38   37   +1    30
5 Pontyport              21    7   7   7    40   37   +3    28
6 Twigham                21    8   4   9    35   45  −10    28
7 Llanislwyn             21    7   3  11    36   42   −6    24  REL
8 Imeall an Uisce        21    5   4  12    33   49  −16    19  REL

  Championship          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Longhoughster          21   10   6   5    41   38   +3    36  PRO
2 Seahampton             21   10   5   6    38   29   +9    35  PRO
3 Plaidstone             21   10   4   7    37   30   +7    34
4 Goldcliff              21    8   7   6    42   40   +2    31
5 Trechoid               21    8   6   7    40   40    0    30
6 Drayfill               21    7   4  10    33   41   −8    25
7 Caerfremin             21    7   2  12    40   47   −7    23
8 Fishwick               21    6   2  13    34   40   −6    20

Doversham and Winderdale qualify for the 1095 All-Tyneala Championship

National League of Ice Hockey

Regular season           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Drayfill Icehounds     68   36  11  21    94   69  +25   119  QF
 2 Twigham                68   35  10  23   101   74  +27   115  QF
 3 Chilcompchester        68   34  11  23   101   93   +8   113  QF
 4 Moulton                68   33  12  23   105   87  +18   111  QF
 5 Amman Glen             68   30  19  19    98   71  +27   109  PL
 6 Drayfill Rangers       68   28  21  19    97   90   +7   105  PL
 7 Doversham              68   29  17  22    90   88   +2   104  PL
 8 Seahampton             68   30  11  27    93   92   +1   101  PL
 9 Westhoughster          68   28  16  24    90   89   +1   100  PL
10 Pontyport              68   26  18  24    91   82   +9    96  PL
11 Goldcliff              68   26  15  27    85   86   −1    93  PL
12 Fishwick               68   24  18  26   100  100    0    90  PL
13 Plaidstone Celts       68   21  19  28    70   82  −12    82
14 Imeall an Uisce        68   19  19  30    79   88   −9    76
15 Penfro                 68   18  19  31    83   95  −12    73
16 Llanislwyn             68   18  17  33    75  102  −27    71
17 Aberwood               68   16  20  32    67  102  −35    68
18 Treuddyn               68   18  13  37    88  117  −29    67

Round One
Amman Glen 3–0 Fishwick
Drayfill Rangers 2–2 Goldcliff (3–2 OT)
Doversham 4–4 Pontyport (5–4 OT)
Seahampton 1–5 Westhoughster

Quarterfinals
Drayfill Icehounds 2–1 Westhoughster
Twigham 0–0 Doversham (1–0 OT)
Chilcompchester 2–0 Drayfill Rangers
Moulton 1–0 Amman Glen

Semifinals
Drayfill Icehounds 0–3 Twigham
Chilcompchester 2–1 Moulton

Final
Twigham 2–5 Chilcompchester

Aelsh Curling Championship

Division One            Pld    W   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Penfro I               15   12   3   118   95    39  C
2 Neuadd y Benyd         15    9   6    99   98    33
3 Penfro II              15    9   6   101   89    33
4 Alndale                15    6   9   108  116    27
5 Drayfill I             15    5  10    89   96    25  REL
6 Plaidstone I           15    4  11    95  116    23  REL

  Division Two          Pld    W   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Cramlingdale           15   11   4    92   79    37  PRO
2 Nantnewydd             15    9   6   103   90    33  PRO
3 Llanislwyn I           15    7   8   107  113    29
4 Plaidstone II          15    6   9    96   95    27
5 Drayfill II            15    6   9   104  116    27
6 Llanislwyn II          15    6   9   103  112    27

by **Tyneala** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:06 am

Tynealan Twenty20 Championship, 1095
There are three divisions of eight teams each in the National T20 Championship, made up of 21 Aelsh teams and three Charmunnry sides (Ballyfeeaknock, Freeport and North-Eastern Counties). Two teams are promoted/relegated at the end of each season between the divisions. Nine points for a win, four for a draw or tie, one for a loss. At the end of the T20 season, the top three Division One teams, in addition to two All-Star Selects from Divisions Two and Three and one such team drawn from the rest of Division One, take part in the eight-team TynealAir50 All-Star Cricket Championship.

Combined League Division One    Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Penfro Metropolitan            28   17   0  11  3813 3688   164  C
2 Drayfill Warriors              28   15   1  12  3842 3863   151
3 North-Eastern Counties         28   15   0  13  3727 3889   148
4 Goldcliff Town                 28   14   1  13  3888 3920   143
5 Llanislwyn                     28   14   0  14  3953 3750   140
6 Doversham                      28   13   2  13  3786 3850   138
7 Ballyfeeaknock                 28   10   3  15  3737 3702   117  REL
8 Plaidstone                     28   10   1  17  3674 3758   111  REL

  Combined League Division Two  Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Trechoid                       28   17   0  11  3955 3891   164  PRO
2 Longhoughster                  28   16   1  11  3672 3711   159  PRO
3 Pontyport                      28   16   1  11  3850 3795   159
4 Penfro Saints                  28   14   0  14  3791 3766   140
5 Freeport                       28   13   0  15  3804 3853   132
6 Aberwood                       28   13   0  15  3755 3611   132
7 Amman Glen                     28   11   0  17  3880 3983   116  REL
8 Seamerton and Cay              28   11   0  17  3790 3887   116  REL

  Combined League Division Three  Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   Pts 
1 Caerfremin                       28   17   0  11  3709 3678   164  PRO
2 Fishwick Town                    28   17   0  11  4047 3949   164  PRO
3 Alndale                          28   16   0  12  3910 3946   156
4 Winderdale                       28   15   1  12  3784 3773   151
5 Chilcompchester                  28   14   0  14  3714 3653   140
6 Esling                           28   13   0  15  3752 3774   132
7 Drayfill Bulls                   28   12   1  15  3757 3725   127
8 Spitalfords                      28    7   0  21  3764 3939    84

TynealAir50 All-Star Cricket Championship

Group stage                          Pld   W  D  L   PF  PA  Pts 
1 Division Two First All-Stars         7   7  0  0 1431 1265   63
2 Division Two Second All-Stars        7   4  0  3 1558 1383   39
3 North-Eastern Counties               7   4  0  3 1549 1676   39
4 Division One All-Stars               7   3  0  4 1426 1348   31
5 Penfro Metropolitan                  7   3  0  4 1494 1457   31
6 Division Three First All-Stars       7   3  0  4 1408 1636   31
7 Drayfill Warriors                    7   2  0  5 1564 1543   23
8 Division Three Second All-Stars      7   2  0  5 1481 1603   23

Semifinal 1: Division Two First All-Stars 184/9 (27ov) bt. Division One All-Stars 181/6 (50ov) by one wicket
Semifinal 2: Division Two Second All-Stars 223/7 (50ov) bt. North-Eastern Counties 192/6 (50ov) by 31 runs
Final: Division Two First All-Stars 283/3 (50ov) bt. Division Two Second All-Stars 271/6 (50ov) by 12 runs

by **Ancharmunn** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:25 am

1095 National League of Hockey

.  National League of Hockey     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mullendroghed Rangers          18   11   5   2    34   18  +16    38 C AT
 2 Porthmageed Druids             18   12   2   4    30   18  +12    38 C AT
 3 Ballylahun Swashbucklers       18   10   2   6    29   24   +5    32
 4 Ballyfeeaknock University      18    8   2   8    33   32   +1    26
 5 Dergoose                       18    8   2   8    31   31    0    26
 6 Freeport Harlequins            18    6   7   5    32   25   +7    25
 7 Ballyfeeaknock Metropolitans   18    8   1   9    21   29   −8    25
 8 East Currondurha               18    6   3   9    27   31   −4    21
 9 Rimsyleanus                    18    6   2  10    19   26   −7    20
10 Duntawny                       18    0   4  14    16   38  −22     4

Mullendroghed Rangers are the 1095 hockey champions of Ancharmunn and along with Porthmageed Druids qualify for the All-Tyneala Hockey Championship, where the two Charmunnry sides will take on the Aelsh representatives Doversham and Winderdale.

by **Tyneala** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:43 am

1095 All-Tyneala Hockey Championship

. All-Tyneala Hockey Championship Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 Porthmageed Druids                6   4  2  0   18   8 +10   14    —   4–2  3–3  2–2 C
2 Winderdale                        6   3  0  3   12  13  −1    9   0–3   —   3–1  3–2
3 Mullendroghed Rangers             6   1  3  2   13  16  −3    6   1–3  3–2   —   3–3
4 Doversham                         6   0  3  3    9  15  −6    3   0–3  0–2  2–2   —

1095 National Tynealan Handball League

.  National Tynealan Handball League  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Hilshore                            36   24   5   7   966  868  +98    53 C
 2 Sayercooan Sasanachs                36   23   2  11   977  897  +80    48
 3 Ballyfeeaknock Capitals             36   22   3  11  1000  917  +83    47
 4 Penfro                              36   18   3  15   942  908  +34    39
 5 Caernankry Clayminers               36   17   3  16   904  935  −31    37
 6 Porthmageed Celtic                  36   17   2  17   928  934   −6    36
 7 Dovershore                          36   14   1  21   924  970  −46    29
 8 Drayfill                            36   10   7  19   925  959  −34    27
 9 Ballymairead Cobolt Bullets         36    9   4  23   884  996 −112    22
10 Pwentshore                          36   10   2  24   888  954  −66    22

1096 National Tynealan Handball League

.  National Tynealan Handball League  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Hilshore                            36   24   6   6   966  884  +82    54 C WCHC
 2 Sayercooan Sasanachs                36   25   3   8   995  853 +142    53 WCHC
 3 Ballyfeeaknock Capitals             36   18   7  11   963  943  +20    43 WCHC
 4 Caernankry Clayminers               36   19   2  15   948  941   +7    40 WCHC
 5 Dovershore                          36   17   3  16   941  959  −18    37
 6 Penfro                              36   15   4  17   959  978  −19    34
 7 Porthmageed Celtic                  36   14   6  16   979  977   +2    34
 8 Drayfill                            36   11   3  22   930  978  −48    25
 9 Ballymairead Cobolt Bullets         36   10   2  24   890  990 −100    22
10 Pwentshore                          36    9   0  27   917  985  −68    18

Hilshore, Sayercooan Sasanachs, Ballyfeeaknock Capitals and Caernankry Clayminers all qualify for the World Club Handball Championship.

Tynealan Rugby League

Despite league being the more popular of the two codes in Ancharmunn the Tynealan Super League's organising company managed to fall into a bankruptcy that saw the 1093 season cancelled. It did however return and the tables of the 1094 and 1095 seasons can be seen in spoilers to catch up.

.  Tynealan Super League      Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
[color=FF8000] 1 An Hoileánaigh              30   23   0   7   747  524 +223    46 PO
 2 Rushmore Port               30   20   0  10   709  524 +185    40 PO
 3 Rimsyleanus Brewery         30   18   1  11   665  546 +119    37 PO
 4 Army                        30   18   0  12   674  529 +145    36 PO[/color]
 5 Dovershore                  30   18   0  12   638  554  +84    36
 6 Caernankry Miners Welfare   30   18   0  12   644  565  +79    36
 7 Ballymairead Rovers         30   17   1  12   714  516 +198    35
 8 Ballyfeeaknock Northern     30   17   1  12   668  561 +107    35
 9 Ballyfeeaknock Docklands    30   17   0  13   699  525 +174    34
10 Porthmageed                 30   17   0  13   660  586  +74    34
11 Air Force                   30   15   1  14   642  614  +28    31
12 Drefhil                     30    9   0  21   525  696 −171    18
13 Navy                        30    8   0  22   507  753 −246    16
14 Sayercooan Souths           30    8   0  22   453  770 −317    16
15 Pwentshore                  30    8   0  22   426  765 −339    16
16 Hilshore                    30    7   0  23   457  800 −343    14

Play-offs
Semi-finals
An Hoileánaigh 30–22 Army
Rushmore Port 24–25 Rimsyleanus Brewery

Final
An Hoileánaigh 12–28 Rimsyleanus Brewery

.  Tynealan Super League      Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Ballymairead Rovers         30   21   0   9   702  553 +149    42 PO
 2 Rushmore Port               30   21   0   9   697  555 +142    42 PO
 3 Army                        30   20   1   9   729  511 +218    41 PO
 4 Air Force                   30   19   0  11   723  516 +207    38 PO
 5 Porthmageed                 30   17   0  13   671  528 +143    34
 6 An Hoileánaigh              30   17   0  13   670  548 +122    34
 7 Dovershore                  30   17   0  13   663  543 +120    34
 8 Rimsyleanus Brewery         30   17   0  13   623  593  +30    34
 9 Caernankry Miners Welfare   30   16   1  13   684  536 +148    33
10 Ballyfeeaknock Northern     30   16   1  13   675  585  +90    33
11 Drefhil                     30   16   0  14   587  600  −13    32
12 Ballyfeeaknock Docklands    30   13   1  16   628  656  −28    27
13 Hilshore                    30    7   0  23   479  750 −271    14
14 Navy                        30    7   0  23   488  770 −282    14
15 Pwentshore                  30    7   0  23   463  797 −334    14
16 Sayercooan Souths           30    7   0  23   375  816 −441    14

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Semi-finals
Ballymairead Rovers 16–24 Air Force
Rushmore Port 26–10 Army

Final
Air Force 16–32 Rushmore Port

Whilst the 1093 Super League fell by the wayside the Tynealan Rail Cup kept the rugby league show on the road for that year. Results for the competition from 1093 through to 1095 have been spoilered below.

1096 Tynealan rugby league season

The major talking point for the 1096 season was the introduction of a Province of Origin series. The two main rugby league playing provinces of Machairster and Slievester compete against each other in three matches across the season with the winning province being the one which wins the higher number of matches. Seen as a form of representative football second only to the Rugby League World Cup eligibility for the sides is based upon where a player starts his career. For example a player born in Machairster will not be eligible for his province of birth but for Slievester should he start his professional rugby league career in Slievester. Similarly foreign born players can be play for one of the two provinces should they start their professional career at a club in one of the two provinces.

.  Tynealan Super League      Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Caernankry Miners Welfare   30   21   0   9   689  529 +160    42 PO
 2 Rimsyleanus Brewery         30   21   0   9   653  505 +148    42 PO
 3 Army                        30   20   0  10   725  575 +150    40 PO
 4 Rushmore Port               30   19   1  10   694  594 +100    39 PO
 5 Drefhil                     30   18   1  11   666  539 +127    37
 6 Air Force                   30   17   2  11   713  541 +172    36
 7 Dovershore                  30   16   0  14   697  498 +199    32
 8 Ballymairead Rovers         30   15   1  14   668  588  +80    31
 9 An Hoileánaigh              30   14   1  15   597  615  −18    29
10 Porthmageed                 30   13   0  17   607  652  −45    26
11 Ballyfeeaknock Northern     30   12   1  17   569  643  −74    25
12 Ballyfeeaknock Docklands    30   12   1  17   540  692 −152    25
13 Sayercooan Souths           30   12   0  18   544  726 −182    24
14 Hilshore                    30    9   0  21   496  723 −227    18
15 Pwentshore                  30    8   2  20   491  741 −250    18
16 Navy                        30    8   0  22   524  712 −188    16

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Caernankry Miners Welfare 28–24 Rushmore Port
Rimsyleanus Brewery 40–0 Army

Final
Caernankry Miners Welfare 28–20 Rimsyleanus Brewery

As the two Super League finalists Caernankry Miners Welfare and Rimsyleanus Brewery are put forward as the Tynealan entrants to the inaguaral International Rugby League Challenge Trophy.

Tynealan Rail Cup
First round

Drefhil 28–12 Hilshore
Ballymairead Rovers 30–12 Army
Rushmore Port 42–12 Rimsyleanus Brewery
Ballyfeeaknock Northern 28–12 Dovershore
An Hoileánaigh 40–0 Pwentshore
Navy 35–0 Seyercooan Souths
Porthmageed 34–6 Air Force
Ballyfeeaknock Docklands 12–28 Caernankry Miners Welfare

Quarter-finals

Caernankry Miners Welfare 31–6 Drefhil
An Hoileánaigh 22–18 Navy
Rushmore Port 18–19 Porthmageed
Ballyfeeaknock Northern 31–4 Ballymairead Rovers

Semi-finals

Caernankry Miners Welfare 16–30 Ballyfeeaknock Northern
An Hoileánaigh 32–18 Porthmageed

Final

Ballyfeeaknock Northern 24–16 An Hoileánaigh

Province of Origin
Machairster 40–8 Slievester
Slievester 28–12 Machairster
Machairster 18–20 Slievester

Slievester win the series 2-1.

1096 Tynealan Unification League

The Tynealan Unification League is the top level of rugby union competition in the Celtic Union of Tyneala (ie: Aels and Ancharmunn). As the only four professional rugby union clubs in Ancharmunn the provincial sides of Dyary, Machairster and Slievester along with the side representing the capital city Ballyfeeaknock will remain constants in the league. The two lowest placed Aelsh sides however are relegated to the Aelsh Rugby Union Premier League. At the top end of the table the top three clubs qualify for the championship playoffs, with the first placed team qualifying directly for the final and having home advantage for that match. The second placed team hosts the third placed team in the semi-final with the winner progressing to the final.

.  Tynealan Unification League  Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Machairster                   18   14   0   4   487  262 +225    56 F
 2 Twigham Wasps                 18   13   0   5   475  324 +151    52 SF
 3 RFC Moulton                   18   11   0   7   465  338 +127    44 SF
 4 Ballyfeeaknock                18    9   1   8   350  416  −66    38
 5 Slievester                    18    8   1   9   396  388   +8    34
 6 RFC Amman Glen                18    8   1   9   371  417  −46    34
 7 Drayfill Bulls                18    7   0  11   370  414  −44    28
 8 Dyary                         18    7   0  11   351  390  −39    28
 9 Pontyport                     18    6   0  12   281  437 −156    24 R
10 RFC Treuddyn                  18    5   1  12   301  461 −160    22 R

Play-offs
Playoff semi-final
Twigham Wasps 25–13 RFC Moulton

Playoff final
Machairster 27–17 Twigham Wasps

Rugby Union Champion's Trophy entrants
Machairster
Twigham Wasps
RFC Moulton
Ballyfeeaknock

by **Tyneala** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:37 am

Baseball is a developing sport in both Aels and Ancharmunn, and although sport is usually devolved to both nations, the baseball authorities in both countries agreed to join forces a number of years ago to form a national Tynealan baseball league. Based on this agreement, Aels and Ancharmunn participate internationally (and be represented internationally) as Tyneala (TYL).

There are 22 teams in Celtic Union League Baseball (CULB), made up of six Charmunnry and 16 Aelsh teams. The six Charmunnry teams play in a single division with the designated hitter rule; the 16 Aelsh teams are split geographically into four divisions of four and play without the DH. There is no inter-league play until the playoff final, known as the Tyneala Championship.

Year 1097 season

All-Star Game: Ancharmunn National Series 3–10–0 @ Aels National First League 5–8–1
The Aelsh league, perhaps taking advantage of the lack of a DH for the first time in three years, shut out the Charmunnry through seven innings before a late rally made things interesting. Leo Surtees hit the decisive three-run homerun in the seventh for the hosts and was named MVP for his efforts.

In Ancharmunn, Porthmageed Trawlers conquered all before them for a second straight season as they finished 15 games clear of second placed Owentalaff, though this year at least four teams finished with winning seasons. The Trawlers' 101–61 record led the CULB, five games ahead of the Ulverster Tarpons.

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PLAYOFFS
First Round series:
ANC: Ballylahun Blizzards (4) 2 Porthmageed Trawlers (1) 4
ANC: Garramairead Eagles (3) 4 Owentalaff Riversiders (2) 3
AEL: Drayfill Steelhounds (4) 4 Ulverster Tarpons (1) 1
AEL: Trechoid Bordermen (3) 1 Penfro Mortars (2) 4

National Championships
ANC: Garramairead Eagles (3) 4 Porthmageed Trawlers (1) 3 – Eagles are new Charmunnry champions
AEL: Penfro Mortars (2) 4 Drayfill Steelhounds (4) 1 – Mortars retain the Aelsh championship

Tyneala Championship
Garramairead Eagles sweep Penfro Mortars four games to none (second title for Garramairead)

Again no hitter reached the 50 homerun mark, with Joseph Lipton (Garramairead) the closest at 45. Four pitchers recorded at least 20 wins, led by Rubén López (Porthmageed) and Kiyo Kimura (Penfro) who each had 22. The pitching strikeout all-time best mark (296) was not threatened this year, with the best strikeout pitcher falling 30 Ks short.

Awards:
Welcome to the Big Leagues Award (Rookie of the year):
ANC: Rhys Hill (Ballyfeeaknock) .271/.341/.416
AEL: Dermot Holtom (Imeall an Uisce) .277/.360/.517, 28 HR, 92 RBI

60 Feet 6 Inches Award (Pitcher of the year):
ANC: Rubén López (Porthmageed) 22–6, 245.1 IP, 3.93 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 148 K
AEL: Rocky Pérez (Trechoid) 20–9, 238.0 IP, 3.29 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 260 K

Batter Up! Award (Hitter of the year):
ANC: Bill Abley (Porthmageed) .302/.408/.584
AEL: Leo Surtees (Llanislwyn) .329/.421/.639

by **Ancharmunn** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:33 pm

1096-97 Charmunnry football season

Now into its third decade, organised football within Ancharmunn continues to grow at a steady, though slow, pace, some cynics however have lately suggested that it is stalling. A sense of regional pride comes with the fact that UICA rates the Ossidiacquan and Aelsh league below Ancharmunn's. There are two main competitions in the country, the fourteen team National Soccer League and the All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup which sees thirty-two teams competing on a knockout basis. Whilst a Junior League, split into two regional divisions, exists below the NSL it is essentially a glorified Sunday League and no movement between the NSL and Junior League occurs. Junior League members do however participate in the Challenge Cup.

Tyneala Championship

For the third time in four years Pentref-ar-y-Bae and Goidelic met to get the Tynealan seasons underway. Typically matches between the two have been tight, with one goal having separated the two sides in the previous meetings. Whilst the quality between the two sides clearly remains similar it was the Aelshmen who were better on the day this time, with their two nil win being a deserved, though not comprehensive result.

Goidelic 0–2 Pentref-ar-y-Bae

National Soccer League

A quick glance at the final table would suggest a tight title race that went right to the wire. Whilst the gap of just three points between the top three finishers is unusual there was no last day drama with Dynamos able to field a weakened team in the season closer against Dinas Drefhil having ended the penultimate weekend five points ahead of Red Star. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the season however lies in the dead head between Goidelic and Sortherners. Even results in the two derbies couldn't separate the teams with a 2-0 win for Goidelic in the first meeting and a 3-1 Sortherners win in the return leg making for equal records. Whilst just outside of the UICA places given for league performance the need to split the two side should the Challenge Cup be won by one of the top three finishers and the Cup's Globe Cup place handed over to the fourth placed team in the league.

.  National Soccer League  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Ballymairead Dynamos     26   14   5   7    55   41  +14    47 C CC CdC
 2 Red Star                 26   14   3   9    52   42  +10    45 GC
 3 Clotariens               26   12   8   6    55   48   +7    44 GC
 4 Goidelic                 26   12   5   9    51   50   +1    41
   Sortherners              26   12   5   9    51   50   +1    41
 6 Ballymairead Town        26    9   9   8    41   41    0    36
 7 Dinas Drefhil            26    9   8   9    43   39   +4    35
 8 Seersha County           26    9   5  12    48   44   +4    32
 9 Rushmore Athletic        26    9   5  12    49   46   +3    32
10 Kumquat Orchard          26    8   8  10    27   31   −4    32
11 Atlético Cabañas         26    7   9  10    35   38   −3    30
12 H.Ó.C.P.                 26    8   6  12    20   37  −17    30
13 Caernankry City          26    7   7  12    51   63  −12    28
14 Downcurron Thistles      26    6   9  11    25   33   −8    27

All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup

The All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup this season was a smaller affair than it has been for some years following the government led split of Charmunnry football and the control of senior football competitions being handed to the National Soccer Board. With the Junior League keeping itself affiliated to the Cumann Sacair an Tearmann the Challenge Cup is now almost exclusively a NSL affair. Given Civil Service's connections to the government they are the only Junior League club to have joined up to the NSB, whilst Corín Teánns are an amateur club formed by former Junior League players frustrated enough with the CST's management of the game in recent years to have defected away. Rather handily they also bring the number of Challenge Cup entrants up to sixteen.

First round
Caernankry City 2-0 Downcurron Thistles
H.Ó.C.P. 2-1 Ballymairead Dynamos
Ballymairead Town 4-0 Civil Service
Seersha County 1-3 Atlético Cabañas
Clotariens 2-1 Kumquat Orchard
Dinas Drefhil 1-0 Sortherners
Rushmore Athletic 0-2 Goidelic
Red Star 7-0 Corín Teánns

Quarter-final
H.Ó.C.P. 2-2 Atlético Cabañas (3-2 AET)
Ballymairead Town 3-1 Clotariens
Red Star 0-1 Goidelic
Dinas Drefhil 0-1 Caernankry

Semi-final
Ballymairead Town 1-1 Caernankry City (4-1 AET)
H.Ó.C.P. 6-5 Goidelic

Final
Ballymairead Town 1-0 H.Ó.C.P.

Multi-associational competition qualifiers
Champions' Cup – Ballymairead Dynamos
Globe Cup – Ballymairead Town, Rimsyleanus Red Star, Clotariens
Copa de Campeones – Ballymairead Dynamos
Cygnus Cup – Ballymairead Town

by **Aels** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:06 am

Not unlike its counterpart in Ancharmunn, Aelsh football has largely been semi-professional through its nearly-thirty-year history. Although the league is older than the Charmunnry counterpart by 5 years, Aelsh football remains largely low key, and the country continues to not maintain a national team. Subpar performances by Aelsh clubs at UICA level continue to disappoint fans, a significant minority of whom are still unwilling to spend significant amounts of money to support their clubs.

Drayfill City (now Dinas Drefhil) played in the league until 1074/5 before moving to the Charmunnry league system. The FCA are the governing authority for that club, who play in the Ancharmunn league and cup system, but an agreement with Ancharmunn means Drayfill City may only be nominated for international competition by Ancharmunn.

Premier League teams remained on a two-home, two-away format for a total of 36 games each, while the Second League saw teams playing each other three times. A one-down, one-up direct promotion and relegation system was unchanged, though this year's relegation/promotion playoff was reduced to three teams as surprise package Caerfremin Sundays wanted to remain amateur and was thus ineligible for promotion to the top flight. Moulton Seasiders, last year's surprise package, turned semi-professional before the season started and were thus extended an invitation to join the National Reserve League.

Before the season began, title holders Pentref-ar-y-Bae once again took part in the traditional preseason Tyneala Championship, and regained the national title after defeating hosts Goidelic 2–0.

Year       Winners              Runners-up            Third               Second League

1095–96    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Drayfill Town         Doverston           Penfro Irish
1094–95    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Drayfill Town         Doverston           CCPD Brifddinas
1093–94    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     CCPD Penfro           Imeall an Uisce     Trechoid AFC Utd
1092–93    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     CCPD Penfro           Imeall an Uisce     Trechoid FC
1091–92    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Drayfill Town         Doversham County    Doverston
1090–91    Doversham County     Pentref-ar-y-Bae      CCPD Penfro         Trechoid FC
1089–90    Trechoid Wanderers   Imeall an Uisce       Doversham County    Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1088–89    Drayfill Town        Trechoid Wanderers    Doversham County    CCPD Penfro
1087–88    Doverston            Drayfill Town         Trechoid Wanderers  Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1086–87    Trechoid Wanderers   Drayfill Town         Doversham County    Doverston
1085–86    Imeall an Uisce      Trechoid FC           Plaidstone          Doversham County
1084–85    NONE DECLARED        NONE DECLARED         NONE DECLARED       NONE DECLARED
1083–84    Drayfill Town        Imeall an Uisce       Trechoid Wanderers  Penfro Irish
1082–83    Trechoid Wanderers   Imeall an Uisce       Trechoid FC         Plaidstone
1081–82    Trechoid FC          Drayfill Town         CCPD Brifddinas     CCPD Penfro
1080–81    Imeall an Uisce      Trechoid Wanderers    CCPD Brifddinas     Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1079–80    Imeall an Uisce      Trechoid FC           Drayfill Town       CCPD Brifddinas
1078–79    Trechoid FC          Drayfill Town         Doverston           Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1077–78    Doverston            Trechoid FC           Imeall an Uisce     Drayfill Town
1076–77    Trechoid FC          Aels Welsh            Doverston           Imeall an Uisce
1075–76    Plaidstone           Trechoid FC           Pentref-ar-y-Bae    Trechoid Wanderers
1074–75    Doversham Rovers     Drayfill City         Plaidstone          Doverston
1073–74    Drayfill City        Plaidstone            Aels Welsh          Doversham Rovers
1072–73    Drayfill City        CCPD Penfro           Imeall an Uisce     Drayfill Town
1071–72    Drayfill City        Imeall an Uisce       Penfro Irish        CCPD Penfro
1070–71    Plaidstone           Drayfill City         Doversham County    Doversham Rovers
1069–70    Drayfill City        Trechoid AFC Utd      Drayfill Town       Trechoid FC

Most titles: Drayfill City, Pentref-ar-y-Bae (4)
Most times runners-up: Drayfill Town (5)
Most third place finishes: Doversham County (5)
Most Second League titles: Pentref-ar-y-Bae (4)

Football League of Aels 1096–97 season
Premier League registered grounds:
Pentref-ar-y-Bae — Village Concourse, Pentref-ar-y-Bae (built 1095) — cap. 11,250 — owned by club
Drayfill Town — New Free Stone Stadium, Drayfill (built 1094) — cap. 39,000 — owned by Drayfill City Council and rented by club
Doverston — Northern Arena, Doversham (built 1077) — cap. 8,500 (expanded 1095) — owned by club
Doversham Rovers — National Convention Bowl, Doversham (built 1072) — cap. 9,500 (expanded 1094) — owned by East Dovershore and Regions Assembly and rented by club
CCPD Penfro — David Strangford Community Stadium, Penfro (built 1082) — cap. 8,700 (expanded 1095) — owned by Gyngor Dinas Penfro and rented by club
Imeall an Uisce — National Rugby Stadium, Imeall an Uisce (built 1070) — cap. 13,500 (expanded 1093) — owned by Comhairle Imeall an Uisce and rented by club
Trechoid FC — Garston Cars Stadium, Trechoid (built 1095) — cap. 8,300 — owned by club
Doversham County — Bank of Aels Arena, Doversham (built 1083) — cap. 9,400 (expanded 1094) — co-owned by club
CCPD Brifddinas — Cae Ras (Racecourse), Drayfill (built 1066) — cap. 14,000 (expanded 1094) — owned by Drayfill Town and rented by club
Penfro Irish — Staid na hÉireann, Penfro (built 1084) — cap. 6,400 (expanded 1096) — co-owned by club

Pentref-ar-y-Bae's seemingly unstoppable run of five league wins in a row came to a shuddering halt as they were outplayed by three teams this year and could only finish fourth, behind third placed Drayfill Town on head-to-head. CCPD Penfro won their first championship, having been the bridesmaids twice previously, five points clear of second placed Doverston. Newly promoted Penfro Irish finished eighth, four points clear of the relegation playoff position which went to Doversham County. In the largest controversy of the year, Trechoid FC fielded two unregistered reserve players in their first-team match against Penfro Irish, resulting in the strugglers being hit with a five-point penalty and all but ensuring their relegation with matches to spare.

At the top of the second league, last season's second placed team went one better and finished at the top of the pile, earning their first return to the top flight since they were relegated 18 years ago. Moulton Seasiders showed that their performance last year was not a one-off by finishing in the playoffs again, while former fellow amateur side Caerfremin Sundays were this year's surprise package, finishing third but turning down the promotion playoff position to maintain their amateur status.

Premier League             Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 CCPD Penfro              36   18  10   8    66   49  +17    64  C / CC / CdC
 2 Doverston                36   15  14   7    43   33  +10    59  GC
 3 Drayfill Town            36   15  13   8    63   44  +19    58  GC
 4 Pentref-ar-y-Bae         36   16  10  10    46   34  +12    58  GC / CYG
 5 Doversham Rovers         36   13  10  13    47   52   −5    49
 6 Imeall an Uisce          36   14   6  16    49   49    0    48
 7 CCPD Brifddinas          36   10  12  14    41   47   −6    42
 8 Penfro Irish             36   10  11  15    24   31   −7    41
 9 Doversham County         36   10   7  19    50   70  −20    37  RPO
10 Trechoid FC              36    8   9  19    21   41  −20    28† REL
†Deducted five points for fielding ineligible players

Second League              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Aels Welsh               39   20   8  11    77   57  +20    68  C / PRO / SBCC
 2 Hilshore County          39   21   5  13    66   55  +11    68  PPO / SBCC
 3 Caerfremin Sundays       39   18   7  14    42   36   +6    61  SBCC*
 4 Moulton Seasiders        39   14  13  12    48   37  +11    55  PPO / SBCC
 5 Brackendale Charmunnry   39   15  10  14    58   62   −4    55  
 6 Spitalford Town          39   15  10  14    72   69   +3    55
 7 Plaidstone               39   14  10  15    64   79  −15    52
 8 Nantnewydd               39   14   9  16    78   75   +3    51
 9 Harling Islanders        39   13  12  14    62   71   −9    51
10 Llanislwyn Town          39   16   3  20    66   77  −11    51
11 Pontyport Athletic       39   15   6  18    33   38   −5    51
12 Trechoid AFC United      39   14   8  17    53   48   +5    50
13 Trechoid Wanderers       39   13   9  17    57   61   −4    48
14 Goldcliff Rangers        39   12   8  19    36   47  −11    44
*Declined playoff spot

No changes in the promotion/relegation playoff as Doversham County easily saw off the threat from the two lower division teams to retain their top-flight status.

Playoff                Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Doversham County       4   2  1  1    4   3  +1    7
2 Moulton Seasiders      4   1  2  1    1   1   0    5
3 Hilshore County        4   1  1  2    3   4  −1    4

Year       Winners              Runners-up            Third‡

1095–96    Hilshore County      Pontyport Athletic
1094–95    Trechoid FC          Imeall an Uisce
1093–94    Trechoid Wanderers   CCPD Penfro           Trechoid AFC Utd
1092–93    CCPD Penfro          Trechoid Wanderers    CCPD Brifddinas
1091–92    CCPD Penfro          Drayfill Town
1090–91    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Trechoid Wanderers
1089–90    Imeall an Uisce	Drayfill Town
1088–89    Drayfill Town	Dinas Drefhil
1087–88    Pentref-ar-y-Bae	Doversham County
1086–87    Drayfill Town	Trechoid Wanderers
1084–86    NOT HELD DUE TO PLAYER STRIKE
1083–84    Drayfill Town	Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1082–83*   Pentref-ar-y-Bae	Trechoid Wanderers
1081–82    Drayfill Town	CCPD Penfro
1080–81    CCPD Brifddinas	Drayfill Town
1079–80    Trechoid FC		Non-League Select XI*
1078–79    Drayfill Town	Doverston
1077–78    Dinas Drefhil	Doverston
1076–77    CCPD Penfro		Imeall an Uisce
1075–76    Imeall an Uisce	Doversham Rovers
1074–75    Drayfill City	Drayfill Town         Trechoid AFC Utd
1073–74    Drayfill City	Drayfill Town         Penfro Irish
1072–73    Drayfill City        Plaidstone            Drayfill Town
1071–72#   Drayfill City	Penfro Irish#         Doverston
1070–71    Plaidstone		CCPD Penfro           Doversham County

#No final was held as Drayfill City Reserves won the second semi-final. The trophy was awarded to the club by default. The third place playoff between the losing semifinalists was instead played as a second place playoff, with Penfro Irish winning.
*A non-league Select XI was invited to participate in place of Dinas Drefhil in 1079–80 and 1082–83 as Dinas Drefhil were chasing silverware in Ancharmunn and declined to participate in the FCA Trophy.
‡No third place playoff was held between 1075–76 and 1091–92, and again since 1094–95.

Most titles: Drayfill City/Dinas Drefhil, Drayfill Town (5 each)
Most times runners-up: Drayfill Town (5)

FCA Trophy
Dinas Drefhil continue to be excluded upon request of the club. All matches were played at pre-determined 'home' venues, with only the final played at the New Free Stone Stadium. Five-times league champions Pentref-ar-y-Bae managed to salvage their season by claiming this piece of silverware, ensuring international competition for another season.

First Round
Trechoid AFC United 0–0 Goldcliff Rangers (0–0 AET) (5–4 pen.)
Brackendale Charmunnry 1–0 Spitalford Town
Nantnewydd 1–0 Llanislwyn Town
Trechoid FC 3–2 Hilshore County
Harling Islanders 0–2 Pontyport Athletic
Trechoid Wanderers 5–1 Penfro Irish
Moulton Seasiders 0–0 Plaidstone (0–1 AET)
Aels Welsh 0–0 Caerfremin Sundays (0–0 AET) (2–4 pen.)

Second Round
Doversham County 0–0 Nantnewydd (0–0 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Trechoid FC 1–0 CCPD Penfro
Trechoid Wanderers 2–2 Imeall an Uisce (2–3 AET)
Doversham Rovers 0–1 Plaidstone
CCPD Brifddinas 2–1 Pontyport Athletic
Brackendale Charmunnry 0–2 Pentref-ar-y-Bae
Doverston 1–1 Trechoid AFC United (2–2 AET) (2–3 pen.)
Caerfremin Sundays 1–2 Drayfill Town

Third Round
Nantnewydd 1–0 Trechoid FC
Imeall an Uisce 0–1 Plaidstone
CCPD Brifddinas 1–1 Pentref-ar-y-Bae (1–1 AET) (3–4 pen.)
Trechoid AFC United 0–1 Drayfill Town

Semifinals
Nantnewydd 0–1 Plaidstone
Pentref-ar-y-Bae 1–0 Drayfill Town

Final
Plaidstone 0–1 Pentref-ar-y-Bae

National Reserve League

National Reserve League     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Doversham County          46   26   7  13    69   49  +20    85
 2 Imeall an Uisce           46   21  13  12    60   49  +11    76
 3 Brackendale Charmunnry    46   22   9  15    80   65  +15    75
 4 Nantnewydd                46   20  14  12    71   55  +16    74
 5 Penfro Irish              46   21   8  17    62   60   +2    71
 6 Drayfill Town             46   19  11  16    67   55  +12    68
 7 CCPD Penfro               46   20   8  18    61   49  +12    68
 8 Trechoid AFC Utd          46   20   8  18    73   72   +1    68
 9 Plaidstone                46   18  13  15    66   52  +14    67
10 Hilshore County           46   18  13  15    59   57   +2    67
11 Llanislwyn Town           46   18  11  17    58   62   −4    65
12 Dinas Drefhil             46   17  12  17    66   71   −5    63
13 Harling Islanders         46   17  11  18    65   64   +1    62
14 Pentref-ar-y-Bae          46   17  11  18    55   59   −4    62
15 Trechoid FC               46   16  12  18    63   57   +6    60
16 Aels Welsh                46   17   9  20    73   76   −3    60
17 Spitalford Town           46   15  13  18    55   58   −3    58
18 Trechoid Wanderers        46   14  15  17    59   69  −10    57
19 Goldcliff Rangers         46   15  12  19    60   72  −12    57
20 Pontyport Athletic        46   15  11  20    55   63   −8    56
21 Doverston                 46   15   7  24    62   78  −16    52
22 Moulton Seasiders         46   12  15  19    51   65  −14    51
23 CCPD Brifddinas           46   13  11  22    48   63  −15    50
24 Doversham Rovers          46    9  20  17    47   65  −18    47

International qualification
Aels' three-letter symbol is AEL.

Champions’ Cup: CCPD Penfro
Cygnus Cup (as FCA Trophy winners): Pentref-ar-y-Bae
Globe Cup (FCA Trophy winners are top seed): Pentref-ar-y-Bae, Doverston, Drayfill Town
Series B Cup: Aels Welsh, Hilshore County, Caerfremin Sundays, Moulton Seasiders

Rushmori qualification
Tyneala Championship: CCPD Penfro
Copa de Campeones: CCPD Penfro

by **Tyneala** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:59 pm

1097 Tynealan Unification League

The Tynealan Unification League is the top level of rugby union competition in the Celtic Union of Tyneala (ie: Aels and Ancharmunn). As the only four professional rugby union clubs in Ancharmunn the provincial sides of Dyary, Machairster and Slievester along with the side representing the capital city Ballyfeeaknock will remain constants in the league. The two lowest placed Aelsh sides however are relegated to the Aelsh Rugby Union Premier League. At the top end of the table the top three clubs qualify for the championship playoffs, with the first placed team qualifying directly for the final and having home advantage for that match. The second placed team hosts the third placed team in the semi-final with the winner progressing to the final.

2  Tynealan Unification League  Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Slievester                    18   15   0   3   458  299 +159    60 F
 2 RFC Moulton                   18   12   0   6   429  310 +119    48 SF
 3 Ballyfeeaknock                18   11   1   6   444  302 +142    46 SF
 4 RFC Amman Glen                18   11   0   7   424  334  +90    44
 5 Machairster                   18   10   1   7   385  371  +14    42
 6 Twigham Wasps                 18    9   0   9   378  393  −15    36
 7 Dyary                         18    7   0  11   369  405  −36    28
 8 Drayfill Bulls                18    7   0  11   345  418  −73    28
 9 CR Aberwood                   18    5   0  13   300  440 −140    20 R
10 Ealington Saints              18    2   0  16   258  518 −260     8 R

Play-offs
Playoff semi-final
RFC Moulton 24–10 Ballyfeeaknock

Playoff final
Slievester 20–19 RFC Moulton

Rugby Union Champion's Trophy entrants
Slievester
RFC Moulton
Ballyfeeaknock
RFC Amman Glen

by **Tyneala** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:08 pm

1097 Tynealan rugby league season

As not just the defending Super League champions but also the reigning world club champions Caernankry Miners Welfare would have gone into the season fully expecting to be erected onto a pedestal with their various opponents looking to shoot them down. A woeful start to the season saw it look as though just that would happen. As is the mark of champions however Caernankry managed to click into gear and find form at just the right time to squeeze into the playoffs on the final day of the season, the first time all year that they got into the top four.

Once there it was something of an inevitability that the Miners would go on to secure a second successive Super League crown, that not without some luck with Ballyfeeaknock Northern mystifying kicking for goal rather than going for a try. In a game decided by a single point that proved to be a fatal error.

. Tynealan Super League      Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Rimsyleanus Brewery         30   20   1   9   690  538 +152    41 PO
 2 Ballyfeeaknock Northern     30   19   0  11   708  518 +190    38 PO
 3 Porthmageed                 30   18   1  11   724  541 +183    37 PO
 4 Caernankry Miners Welfare   30   17   1  12   630  614  +16    35 PO
 5 Drefhil                     30   17   0  13   657  606  +51    34
 6 An Hoileánaigh              30   17   0  13   590  624  −34    34
 7 Rushmore Port               30   16   1  13   689  564 +125    33
 8 Air Force                   30   16   0  14   627  594  +33    32
 9 Ballyfeeaknock Docklands    30   15   1  14   573  643  −70    31
10 Army                        30   15   0  15   662  545 +117    30
11 Dovershore                  30   14   0  16   631  644  −13    28
12 Hilshore                    30   14   0  16   530  662 −132    28
13 Ballymairead Rovers         30   12   0  18   604  576  +28    24
14 Sayercooan Souths           30   11   0  19   508  726 −218    22
15 Pwentshore                  30    8   1  21   515  735 −220    17
16 Navy                        30    8   0  22   510  718 −208    16

Play-offs
Semi-finals
Rimsyleanus Brewery 18–22 Caernankry Miners Welfare
Ballyfeeaknock Northern 40–0 Porthmageed

Final
Caernankry Miners Welfare 18–17 Ballyfeeaknock Northern

Tynealan Rail Cup
First round

Ballymairead Rovers 34–10 Pwentshore
Caernankry Miners Welfare 19–18 Hilshore
Dovershore 24–13 Drefhil
Navy 18–24 Seyercooan Souths
Rushmore Port 19–18 An Hoileánaigh
Porthmageed 20–24 Ballyfeeaknock Northern
Rimsyleanus Brewery 24–18 Army
Air Force 18–34 Ballyfeeaknock Docklands

Quarter-finals

Dovershore 12–36 Caernankry Miners Welfare
Ballymairead Rovers 18–17 Ballyfeeaknock Docklands
Rimsyleanus Brewery 28–12 Rushmore Port
Seyercooan Souths 22–16 Ballyfeeaknock Northern

Semi-finals

Caernankry Miners Welfare 30–15 Rimsyleanus Brewery
Seyercooan Souths 22–24 Ballymairead Rovers

Final

Caernankry Miners Welfare 16–24 Ballymairead Rovers

Province of Origin series
Slievester 18–36 Machairster
Machairster 18–16 Slievester
Slievester 34–18 Machairster

Machairster win the series 2-1.

by **Tyneala** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:41 pm

1097 National Tynealan Handball League

m  National Tynealan Handball League  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Hilshore                            36   31   1   4  1030  889 +141    63 C WCHC
 2 Penfro                              36   22   4  10   971  919  +52    48 WCHC
 3 Sayercooan Sasanachs                36   20   5  11   979  901  +78    45 WCHC 
 4 Ballyfeeaknock Capitals             36   16   7  13   966  895  +71    39 WCHC
 5 Caernankry Clayminers               36   17   3  16   958  951   +7    37
 6 Porthmageed Celtic                  36   13   8  15   952  956   −4    34
 7 Dovershore                          36   14   1  21   893  965  −72    29
 8 Drayfill                            36   12   4  20   910  973  −63    28
 9 Ballymairead Cobolt Bullets         36    9   5  22   866  967 −101    23
10 Pwentshore                          36    6   2  28   886  995 −109    14

by **Ancharmunn** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:07 pm

1097-98 National Soccer League preview

Code: Select all: Season Champions Runners-up Third Place 1096-97 Ballymairead Dynamos Red Star Clotariens 1095-96 Goidelic Red Star Ballymairead Dynamos 1094-95 Goidelic Ballymairead Town Red Star 1093-94 Dinas Drefhil Seersha County Goidelic 1092-93 Goidelic Downcurron Thistles Ballymairead Town 1091-92 Ballymairead Town Downcurron Thistles Caernankry City 1090-91 Ballymairead Town Seersha County Goidelic 1089-90 Goidelic Ballymairead Town Downcurron Thistles 1088-89 Sortherners Goidelic Ballymairead Dynamos 1087-88 Goidelic Rushmore Athletic Caernankry City 1086-87 Goidelic Downcurron Thistles Caernankry City 1085-86 Goidelic Seersha County Atlético Cabañas 1084-85 Goidelic Ballymairead Dynamos Downcurron Thistles 1083-84 Goidelic Seersha County Red Star 1082-83 Goidelic Dinas Drefhil Ballymairead Dynamos 1081-82 Red Star Atlético Cabañas Seersha County 1080-81 Seersha County Atlético Cabañas Sortherners 1079-80 Seersha County Goidelic Clotariens 1078-79 Goidelic Seersha County Sortherners 1077-78 Atlético Cabañas Goidelic Caernankry City 1076-77 Atlético Cabañas Goidelic Seersha County 1075-76 Goidelic Clotariens Atlético Cabañas 1074-75 Atlético Cabañas Goidelic Caernankry City

Atlético Cabañas
Nickname - Los diacríticos
Ground - Césped Ribereño Magnífico, Ballyfeeaknock (6,000)
Kit – Red with white sash & green trim, red shorts
Sponsor - Pescaderías José (Fishmongers)
Manager – François Doré (SAU)
Captain – Mutimir Jozić (PAS) MC
Key players - Mutimir Jozić (PAS) MC, Cináed Mac Dónaill DC, Tighearnán Ó Brosnacháin ST
Last three seasons – 1096-97 League 11th Cup quarter-final, 1095-96 League 4th Cup 1st round,1094-95 League 11th Cup 2nd round
Prospects – Famed for their policy of signing only so called 'Cabañas effect' players – that is players whose names feature diacritics – Atlético used the mythical power of Cabañas effect to good effect in the early years of the National Soccer League by winning three of the first four seasons. Since then however they have endured leaner times, not finishing in the top three between 1086 and 1096. Last season saw a failure to build upon their 1096 success and so a close season change see Atlético changing to the leadership of Saugeian treble winner François Doré.

Ballymairead Dynamos
Nickname - Dynamos
Ground - Old Chicken Ranch, Ballymairead (4,500)
Kit – Red and yellow hoops & black trim, yellow shorts
Sponsor – Turner & Son (Ubiquitous retailer)
Manager – Ossian Magee
Captain – Donal Griffin RB
Key players – Shaun Donnelly DC, Éibher Mac an Bhaird AMC, Aidan McDonnell MC
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 1st Cup 1st round, 95-96 League 3rd Cup 2nd round, 94-95 League 4th Cup winners
Prospects – The success in recent seasons of Ballymairead Town with Dynamos hot on their heels has seen the Ballymairead rivalry grow to perhaps be bigger than any of the Ballyfeeaknock derbies. For much of the time however Dynamos had played second fiddle. A first ever league success last season however see Dynamos now the team to beat. Expectations have further been heightened by the poaching by Dynamos of Shaun Donnelly and Donagh Flynn, previously two of Town's bigger name players. Not only should it increase Dynamos chances of defending the title, it should add further intensity to the rivalry within the town.

Ballymairead Town
Nickname – the Mairéads, the Sacrificers
Ground - Old Chicken Ranch, Ballymairead (4,500)
Kit – Deep red with blue top panel & burnt orange trim, deep red shorts
Sponsor – Seasogs (Spirit)
Manager – Éibhear Mac Dónaill
Captain – Jukka Nyborg (PIS) MC
Key players – Jukka Nyborg (PIS) MC, Keelin Kavanagh MR, Cormac Power ST
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 6th Cup winners, 95-96 League 11th Cup 1st round, 94-95 League 2nd Cup semi-final
Prospects – The last few years have been painful ones for Town. A league placing of 11th in 95-96 was embarrassing and though last season's 6th place was a reasonable recovery of the ship it was was from the heights that the Sacrificers have got used to. Victory in cup competition did at least bring in some silverware. Further misery could be in sight for Town however with the local council having served notice on the club to kick them out of their much loved Old Chicken Ranch home in which many perceive as an attempt by the authorities for find a use for the Cup of Harmony 52 white elephant of Páirc Mairéad. All that's before taking into account the schenanigans of Dynamos as well.

Caernankry City
Nickname – the Miners, City
Ground - Lackenry Road, Caernankry (4,500)
Kit – Claret and yellow checks & sky blue trim, claret shorts
Sponsor – Claybanks Mining Company (Mine operator)
Manager – Declan O'Donnell
Captain – Tiernan Bell DC
Key players – Ronan Murray ST, Enda Hughes MC, Paddy Lyons DR
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 13th Cup semi-finals, 95-96 League 14th Cup quater-finals, 94-95 League 13th Cup runners-up
Prospects – Caernankry City's strength has always been in cup football rather than the week to week trial of league competition. Nonetheless their form over the last two seasons will have no doubt raised large measures of concern in the mining stronghold. A bottom place finish in 95/96 was the nadir, but City have no finished outside the top ten in each of the last four seasons. Under a new, novice manager their best chance of success again looks to lie in knock-out football.

Clotairien Club
Nickname – the Wee Harpies
Ground – New Harper Street, Ballyfeeaknock (4587)
Kit – Red with white side panel, black trim and shorts
Sponsor – TáinBó Motors (Car dealership)
Manager – Will Hooper (SNO)
Captain – Donagh Whelan MC
Key players – Cormac Flanagan MC, Aodhan Ó Cathasaigh ST, Grania Brady RW
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 3rd Cup quarter-finals, 95-96 League 9th Cup 1st round, 94-95 League 5th Cup semi-final
Prospects – Something of a lovechild between former Candelarisarian club Port of Clotaire and former Sorthern club St. Patrick's, Clotairiens spiritual home is somewhere between Clotaire, Candelaria And Marquez and Little Clotaire, Sorthern Northland. Being made up from a cross-section of society from two nations which no longer actively participate in global football has rarely proved to be the path to success with a third place finish and UICA qualification last season being an exception. A few places lower this season would surprise no-one, though most will still be reckoning on Clotairiens to make it into the top third of the table.

CPD Dinas Drefhil
Nickname – City, the Exiles
Ground – Free Stone Stadium, Drayfill, Aels (19,000)
Kit – Green and gold halves, gold shorts
Sponsor – ChocoMilk (Flavoured drinks)
Manager – Evan Walters (AEL)
Captain – Matthew Ellis (AEL) LB
Key players – Killian Daly ST, Geraint Woosnam (AEL) MC, Geraint Haines (AEL) DC
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 7th Cup Quarter-finals, 95-96 8th Cup 1st round, 94-95 League 7th Cup quarter-final
Prospects – Natives of Aels, the former Drayfill City haven't exactly had a huge since switching leagues. The Exiles are consistent to the point of comforting familiarity, rather like a nice warn mug of hot chocolate (ChocoMilk naturally) in the evening, a nice warm blanket or the rising sun. So entrenched are the club halfway down the table that Dinas Drefhil and mid-table mediocrity may well be synonyms.

Downcurron Thistles
Nickname - Thistle
Ground – The Old Dogtrack, Ballylahun (3,965)
Kit – Green to purple gradient, purple shorts
Sponsor – Vidaak (Vodka)
Manager – Neil McLoughlin
Captain – Finn Brady
Key players – Rowan Flanagan DC, Eoghan Connolly LW, Finn Brady MC
Last three seasons – 96-96 League 14th Cup 1st round, 95-96 League 12th Cup quarter-finals, 94-95 League 8th Cup 2nd round
Prospects – The early part of the decade saw the Thistle briefly among the elite, even going as far as a runners-up finish in 1093. That saw then manager move on to Ballymairead Town and since then it's been downhill for the club to the point of finishing bottom last season. Thistle still retain some good players with a duo of Charmunnry internationals at the club, but pessimism has set in with another lowly finish to be expected.

Goidelic
Nickname – the Gaels, the Hoops
Ground – Paradise, Ballyfeeaknock (8,000)
Kit – Green and white hoops with orange trim, white shorts
Sponsor – Loftus (Telecommunications)
Manager – Fearghus de Búrca
Captain – Huw Tegg DC
Key players – Jarlath Keane LW, Thomas Hunt (VLD) ST, Aodhan Sheehan (MC)
Last three seasons – 96-97 4th Cup Semi-finals, 95-96 1st Cup winners, 94-95 League 1st Cup quarter-final
Prospects – Following consecutive titles it looked as though Goidelic were again on their way to a string of championships. However a fourth place finish was their first outside of the top three for some time. Over the years Goidelic have proved that they should never be written of. A wounded beast can be a fearsome beast, and for that reason many see the Hoops returning with a vengence.

Hoileánaigh Óige Club Peile
Nickname – an Óige / Youths
Ground - Chúis an Óige Síoraí, Caisleán ar an Charraig (2,500)
Kit – Sky blue with two claret hoops across chest, sky blue shorts
Sponsor - Bádóírí an Maudraiska Teo (Ferry operator)
Manager – Cillian Mac Craith
Captain – Aodhan Ó Baoill MC
Key players – Iarla O'Neill RW, Caoimhín Mac Liam MC, Íobhar Mac Giolla Mhaoil DC
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 12th Cup runners-up, 95-96 League 13th Cup semi-finals, 94-95 League 14th Cup 1st round
Prospects – With a policy of fielding mainly local youngsters H.Ó.C.P. Don't trouble the upper echelons of football too much. The last couple of seasons have seen steady progress upwards with 14th, 13th and then 12th placed finishes over the course of the last three seasons. In addition to that has been a cup semi-final in 95-96 and a beaten day out in Ballyfeeaknock in last season's final. That sequence suggests 11th a second ever Cup victory.

Kumquat Orchard
Nickname – the Orchard
Ground - An Úlloird, Mullendroghed (2,500)
Kit – Yellow with orange sides & green trim, yellow shorts
Sponsor - Millbridge Distillery (Distillery)
Manager – Ciarán Mac Giolla Phádraig
Captain – Barry Scott DC
Key players - Barry Scott DC, Lochlan Fitzpatrick LW, Barry Nolan RW
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 10th 1st round, 95-96 League 5th Cup Semi-finals, 94-95 League 12th Cup quarter-finals
Prospects – Another of the smaller teams in the nation. The Orchard though are generally liked for their quintessential name. Their best ever season came with a 5th placed finish in 95-96, however in some ways it proved to be too successful. Their squad was largely broken up and given the circumstances a 10th place finish last season was quite decent. A similar position is likely this season.

Rimsyleanus Red Star
Nickname – Red Star
Ground – May Day Park, Rimsyleanus (2,700)
Kit – Red and gold hoops with blue trim, red shorts
Sponsor – Dennevan (Supermarket chain)
Manager – Killian Walsh
Captain – Aodhan McGrath GK
Key players – Ivar Walsh LB, Aodan McGrath GK, Patrick O'Carroll
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 2nd Cup quarter-final, 95-96 League 2nd Cup 2nd round, 94-95 League 3rd Cup quarter-final
Prospects – Whilst Red Star had typically been a bottom half side the last three seasons, partly with the help of sponsorship from Dennevan, have seen them challening for the title with consecutive top three finishes. They've finished runners-up in both the most recent seasons and the next breakthrough looks to be claiming top spot.

Rushmore Athletic
Nickname – the Yewmen, the Lactics
Ground – Yew Park, Rushmore (4,000)
Kit – Pink and brown hoops, brown shorts
Sponsor – Roger's Shrubberies (Garden design)
Manager – Shane Boyle
Captain – Conor Sweeney MC
Key players – Brendan O'Mahoney ML, Conor Sweeney MC, Fionnuala Mhic Domhnaill RB
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 9th Cup 1st round, 95-96 League 6th Cup runners-up, 94-95 League 9th Cup 2nd round
Prospects – Rushmore Athletic have typically been lauded as a team who've always done decently enough on a modest budget and without star names. It is both their strong and weak points as recent seasons have seen them treading water in the league, whilst a lack of significant cup exploits mean they amble along somewhat anonymously.

Seersha County
Nickname – the Freemen, County
Ground – Derghown, Sayercooan (3,000)
Kit – Green with blue chevron, blue shorts
Sponsor – Free Port Authority (Port operator)
Manager – Cormac O'Reilly
Captain – Davie Hartley MC
Key players – Davie Hartley MC, Dai Edmunds (AEL) ST, Teague Donnelly RW
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 8th Cup 1st round, 95-96 League 7th Cup 2nd round, 94-95 League 10th Cup 2nd round
Prospects – With two league titles and two Challenge Cups to their name Seersha County were among those to enjoy success in the NSL's early years. A further six top-three positions show they also know how to compete. A runners-up finish in the 93-94 season remains the most recent highlight for County. Those all just memories now however and Seersha have spent the past couple of seasons middling in mid-table under Cormac O'Reilly, a trend that looks likely to continue.

Sorthern Rovers
Nickname – Sortherners, the Snorths, the Donkeys
Ground – The Sorthern Grounds, Ballyfeeaknock (7,000)
Kit – Red with white and gold hoops across upper chest, red shorts
Sponsor – Stl-Blnd (Soft drink)
Manager - Tiarnán Ó Beolláin
Captain – Lonan Kenny GK
Key players – Shaun O'Rourke MC, Lonan Kenny GK, Donal Whelan ST
Last three seasons – 96-97 League 4th Cup 1st round, 95-96 League 10th Cup quarter-finals, 94-95 League 6th Cup 1st round
Prospects – Saturday 19th May 1089. It was supposed to be a turning point in Charmunnry football. Fresh from the collapse of Sorthern Northland and the subsequent mass exodus to Ancharmunn and built on a side who had won two World Cups just years before, Sorthern Rovers swept to a league and cup double, ending a run of six straight league titles for Goidelic. The Sortherners were supposed to take their place, that title was set to mark the start of a similar period of domination. It didn't though. Until last season they hadn't since competed at the top end of the table. An equal fourth place finish under former Ancharmunn manager Tiarnán Ó Beolláín mixed with a fresh generation of players would suggest a bright future for the club.

by **Ancharmunn** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 2:02 pm

1097-98 Charmunnry football season

Now into its third decade, organised football within Ancharmunn continues to grow at a steady, though slow, pace, some cynics however have lately suggested that it is stalling. As far as regional pride goes the NSL remains ranked above the Aelsh league by UICA, Ossidiacqua's league though has marginal bragging rights, for now. There are two main competitions in the country, the fourteen team National Soccer League and the All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup. There is also a Junior League, split into two regional divisions, exists below the NSL it is essentially a glorified Sunday League and no movement between the NSL and Junior League occurs. Junior League members previously participated in the All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup, however the bodies running the NSL and the Junior League are currently in a split which sees each side claiming to be the legitimate governing body of football in Ancharmunn.

Tyneala Championship

Pentref-ar-y-Bae's run of dominance in Aels was such that this was the first Tyneala Championship since 1091 that they weren't involved in. On that occasion Doversham County defeated Ballymairead Town. This time it was Ballymairead Dynamos representing Ancharmunn, and like their neighbours losing. CCPD Penfro's 4-1 victory at their David Strangford Community Stadium marks the biggest ever win in Championship history.

CCPD Penfro 4–1 Ballymairead Dynamos

National Soccer League

Having finished either second or third in each of the previous three seasons Red Star went into the season tipped by many to win the title. Just one in their opening three games may have dampened some early season enthusiasm but the truth was simply that rather than peaking too early they built themselves up in championship winning. They dominated the second half of the season topping it right from going top after matchday 14 and keeping ahead of the challenging Rushmore Athletic and Sortherners sides. In fact the run in proved to be something of an anti-climax with there being no change in the top three following matchday 19. That weekend saw Goidelic lose 3-2 away to Downcurron Thistles and with it their chances of regaining the title vanish. Both Ballymairead sides endured troublesome seasons with the background drama of their future at the Old Chicken Ranch proving to be a distraction from on pitch matters. Even so, Dynamos 11th place finish was well below what such a talented squad should have achieved.

.  National Soccer League  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Red Star                 26   16   3   7    61   44  +17    51 C CC CdC
 2 Rushmore Athletic        26   13   7   6    44   36   +8    46 GC
 3 Sortherners              26   13   4   9    58   49   +9    43 GC
 4 Goidelic                 26   11   7   8    47   47    0    40
 5 Kumquat Orchard          26   11   5  10    37   33   +4    38
 6 Ballymairead Town        26   11   4  11    50   56   −6    37
 7 Clotariens               26   11   2  13    40   44   −4    35
 8 Atlético Cabañas         26    8  10   8    45   42   +3    34
 9 Dinas Drefhil            26    9   7  10    43   43    0    34
10 Downcurron Thistles      26    7  12   7    41   43   −2    33
11 Ballymairead Dynamos     26    8   8  10    54   52   +2    32
12 Seersha County           26    9   4  13    42   51   −9    31
13 Caernankry City          26    8   5  13    46   52   −6    29
14 H.Ó.C.P.                 26    5   6  15    19   35  −16    21

All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup

The ongoing rift between the two governing bodies in Ancharmunn once again sees a reduced All-Ancharmunn Challenge Cup. Defending champions Ballymairead Town quickly passed the trophy onto new guardians by going down 3-1 to Clotariens in the first round. The early entertainment though came courtesy of Goidelic and Dinas Drefhil with the Aelsh side coming through with the odd goal in nine. An eight goal semi-final between Rushmore Athletic and H.Ó.C.P. was perhaps the next notable match. It would also be the semi-final from which the Cup winner from, with Rushmore Athletic needing a penalty shootout to keep the trophy in Ancharmunn. Having also finished second in the league the Cup win capped off what was a fantastic season for the Yewmen.

First round
H.Ó.C.P. 3-0 Civil Service
Clotariens 3-1 Ballymairead Town
Atlético Cabañas 1-0 Seersha County
Caernankry City 5-2 Corín Teánns
Red Star 1-0 Sortherners
Rushmore Athletic 2-1 Downcurron Thistles
Kumquat Orchard 3-3 Ballymairead Dynamos (3-4 AET)
Goidelic 4-5 Dinas Drefhil

Quarter-final
Clotariens 3-0 Caernankry City
Rushmore Athletic 1-0 Red Star
Ballymairead Dynamos 2-2 Dinas Drefhil (2-2 AET, 0-2 PKs)
H.Ó.C.P. 2-2 Atlético Cabañas (5-2 AET)

Semi-final
Clotariens 1-2 Dinas Drefhil
Rushmore Athletic 5-3 H.Ó.C.P.

Final
Dinas Drefhil 1-1 Rushmore Athletic (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Multi-associational competition qualifiers
Champions' Cup – Rimsyleanus Red Star
Globe Cup – Rushmore Athletic, Sortherners, Goidelic
Copa de Campeones – Rimsyleanus Red Star
Cygnus Cup – Rushmore Athletic

by **Aels** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:47 pm

Not unlike its counterpart in Ancharmunn, Aelsh football has largely been semi-professional through its nearly-thirty-year history. However, a recent push by the Football Commission of Aels has seen the top flight transformed into a fully professional division. Although the league is older than the Charmunnry counterpart by 5 years, Aelsh football remains largely low key, and the country continues to not maintain a national team. Subpar performances by Aelsh clubs at UICA level continue to disappoint fans, a significant minority of whom are still unwilling to spend significant amounts of money to support their clubs. However, Pentref-ar-y-Bae's run to the final of the Cygnus Cup – and eventual win – has seen renewed calls for government spending on the league.

Drayfill City (now Dinas Drefhil) played in the league until 1074/5 before moving to the Charmunnry league system. The FCA are the governing authority for that club, who play in the Ancharmunn league and cup system, but an agreement with Ancharmunn means Drayfill City may only be nominated for international competition by Ancharmunn.

Premier League teams remained on a two-home, two-away format for a total of 36 games each, while the Second League saw teams playing each other three times. A one-down, one-up direct promotion and relegation system was unchanged, while a promotion/relegation play-off remained in place. The team second from bottom in the Premier League in the teams finishing second, third, and fourth in the Second League take part in this play off. Caerfremin Sundays remain an amateur side, and as such are not eligible for the play-off should they qualify.

Before the season began, title holders CCPD Penfro took part in the traditional preseason Tyneala Championship, hosting the Ballymairead Dynamos, recording a 4–1 win to keep the Tynealan title in Aels.

Year       Winners              Runners-up            Third               Second League

1096–97    CCPD Penfro          Doverston             Drayfill Town       Aels Welsh
1095–96    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Drayfill Town         Doverston           Penfro Irish
1094–95    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Drayfill Town         Doverston           CCPD Brifddinas
1093–94    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     CCPD Penfro           Imeall an Uisce     Trechoid AFC Utd
1092–93    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     CCPD Penfro           Imeall an Uisce     Trechoid FC
1091–92    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Drayfill Town         Doversham County    Doverston
1090–91    Doversham County     Pentref-ar-y-Bae      CCPD Penfro         Trechoid FC
1089–90    Trechoid Wanderers   Imeall an Uisce       Doversham County    Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1088–89    Drayfill Town        Trechoid Wanderers    Doversham County    CCPD Penfro
1087–88    Doverston            Drayfill Town         Trechoid Wanderers  Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1086–87    Trechoid Wanderers   Drayfill Town         Doversham County    Doverston
1085–86    Imeall an Uisce      Trechoid FC           Plaidstone          Doversham County
1084–85    NONE DECLARED        NONE DECLARED         NONE DECLARED       NONE DECLARED
1083–84    Drayfill Town        Imeall an Uisce       Trechoid Wanderers  Penfro Irish
1082–83    Trechoid Wanderers   Imeall an Uisce       Trechoid FC         Plaidstone
1081–82    Trechoid FC          Drayfill Town         CCPD Brifddinas     CCPD Penfro
1080–81    Imeall an Uisce      Trechoid Wanderers    CCPD Brifddinas     Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1079–80    Imeall an Uisce      Trechoid FC           Drayfill Town       CCPD Brifddinas
1078–79    Trechoid FC          Drayfill Town         Doverston           Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1077–78    Doverston            Trechoid FC           Imeall an Uisce     Drayfill Town
1076–77    Trechoid FC          Aels Welsh            Doverston           Imeall an Uisce
1075–76    Plaidstone           Trechoid FC           Pentref-ar-y-Bae    Trechoid Wanderers
1074–75    Doversham Rovers     Drayfill City         Plaidstone          Doverston
1073–74    Drayfill City        Plaidstone            Aels Welsh          Doversham Rovers
1072–73    Drayfill City        CCPD Penfro           Imeall an Uisce     Drayfill Town
1071–72    Drayfill City        Imeall an Uisce       Penfro Irish        CCPD Penfro
1070–71    Plaidstone           Drayfill City         Doversham County    Doversham Rovers
1069–70    Drayfill City        Trechoid AFC Utd      Drayfill Town       Trechoid FC

Most titles: Pentref-ar-y-Bae (5)
Most times runners-up: Drayfill Town (6)
Most third place finishes: Doversham County (5)
Most Second League titles: Pentref-ar-y-Bae (4)

Football League of Aels 1097–98 season
Premier League registered grounds:
Pentref-ar-y-Bae — Village Concourse, Pentref-ar-y-Bae (built 1095) — cap. 11,250 — owned by club
Drayfill Town — New Free Stone Stadium, Drayfill (built 1094) — cap. 39,000 — owned by Drayfill City Council and rented by club
Doverston — Northern Arena, Doversham (built 1077) — cap. 8,500 (expanded 1095) — owned by club
Doversham Rovers — National Convention Bowl, Doversham (built 1072) — cap. 9,500 (expanded 1094) — owned by East Dovershore and Regions Assembly and rented by club
CCPD Penfro — David Strangford Community Stadium, Penfro (built 1082) — cap. 8,700 (expanded 1095) — owned by Gyngor Dinas Penfro and rented by club
Imeall an Uisce — National Rugby Stadium, Imeall an Uisce (built 1070) — cap. 13,500 (expanded 1093) — owned by Comhairle Imeall an Uisce and rented by club
Doversham County — Bank of Aels Arena, Doversham (built 1083) — cap. 9,400 (expanded 1094) — co-owned by club
CCPD Brifddinas — Cae Ras (Racecourse), Drayfill (built 1066) — cap. 14,000 (expanded 1094) — owned by Drayfill Town and rented by club
Penfro Irish — Staid na hÉireann, Penfro (built 1084) — cap. 6,400 (expanded 1096) — co-owned by club
Aels Welsh — Free Stone Stadium, Drayfill (built 1060) — cap. 19,000 — owned by Drayfill City Council and co-rented by club (groundshare with Dinas Drefhil)

Aels Welsh had a torrid time in their first season in the top flight, managing only 25 points and finishing bottom of the table nearly 20 points behind their closest rivals. At the top, Doverston went one better than last season to finish top of the Premier League and secure their first league title for a decade. Last season's champions, CCPD Penfro, fell one point short of retaining their title and finished second. Penfro Irish finished above the relegation play-off position again, working their second successive season in the top flight without relegation worries.

In the second league, Hilshore County finished top, continuing the trend of league runners-up winning the league the following season. In another tight finish to the division (the top seven teams were separated by just six points), Moulton Seasiders finished in a promotion play-off position for the third year running. Relegated Trechoid FC found the going tough, managing just 48 points to finish 10th.

Premier League             Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Doverston                36   21   5  10    49   32  +17    68  C / CC / CdC
 2 CCPD Penfro              36   19  10   7    69   52  +17    67  GC / CYG
 3 Drayfill Town            36   19   6  11    51   38  +13    63  GC
 4 Pentref-ar-y-Bae         36   16   7  13    46   38   +8    55  GC / CYG†
 5 Imeall an Uisce          36   13   8  15    39   39    0    47
 6 CCPD Brifddinas          36   12  10  14    61   67   −6    46
 7 Penfro Irish             36   12   7  17    32   34   −2    43
 8 Doversham Rovers         36   11  10  15    41   51  −10    43
 9 Doversham County         36   10  12  14    50   58   −8    42  RPO
10 Aels Welsh               36    6   7  23    60   89  −29    25  REL
†As defending champions

Second League              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Hilshore County          39   18   9  12    69   54  +15    63  C / PRO / SBCC
 2 Moulton Seasiders        39   18   7  14    40   39   +1    61  PPO / SBCC
 3 Pontyport Athletic       39   15  14  10    36   28   +8    59  PPO / SBCC
 4 Llanislwyn Town          39   17   8  14    76   75   +1    59  PPO / SBCC
 5 Trechoid Wanderers       39   15  13  11    62   65   −3    58
 6 Caerfremin Sundays       39   17   7  15    63   57   +6    58
 7 Trechoid AFC United      39   17   6  16    59   53   +6    57
 8 Spitalford Town          39   14  10  15    85   81   +4    52
 9 Plaidstone               39   12  14  13    66   71   −5    50
10 Trechoid FC              39   13   9  17    44   48   −4    48
11 Brackendale Charmunnry   39   13   9  17    70   73   −3    48
12 Harling Islanders        39   13   9  17    55   63   −8    48
13 Goldcliff Rangers        39   10  16  13    38   44   −6    46
14 Nantnewydd               39    9  13  17    65   77  −12    40

Doversham County became the first team to be relegated through the play-off as they only managed seven points from various six games to finish third. The Seasiders, on the other hand, finally proved why they have constantly finished in the play-offs spots by winning promotion to the top flight. They are the first 'expansion' team of 1094/95 to do so, and turn fully professional as a result.

Playoff                 Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Moulton Seasiders       6   4  1  1    8   3  +5   13  PRO
2 Llanislwyn Town         6   4  0  2    6   5  +1   12
3 Doversham County        6   2  1  3    7   8  −1    7  REL
4 Pontyport Athletic      6   1  0  5    3   8  −5    3

Year       Winners              Runners-up            Third‡

1096–97    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Plaidstone
1095–96    Hilshore County      Pontyport Athletic
1094–95    Trechoid FC          Imeall an Uisce
1093–94    Trechoid Wanderers   CCPD Penfro           Trechoid AFC Utd
1092–93    CCPD Penfro          Trechoid Wanderers    CCPD Brifddinas
1091–92    CCPD Penfro          Drayfill Town
1090–91    Pentref-ar-y-Bae     Trechoid Wanderers
1089–90    Imeall an Uisce	Drayfill Town
1088–89    Drayfill Town	Dinas Drefhil
1087–88    Pentref-ar-y-Bae	Doversham County
1086–87    Drayfill Town	Trechoid Wanderers
1084–86    NOT HELD DUE TO PLAYER STRIKE
1083–84    Drayfill Town	Pentref-ar-y-Bae
1082–83*   Pentref-ar-y-Bae	Trechoid Wanderers
1081–82    Drayfill Town	CCPD Penfro
1080–81    CCPD Brifddinas	Drayfill Town
1079–80    Trechoid FC		Non-League Select XI*
1078–79    Drayfill Town	Doverston
1077–78    Dinas Drefhil	Doverston
1076–77    CCPD Penfro		Imeall an Uisce
1075–76    Imeall an Uisce	Doversham Rovers
1074–75    Drayfill City	Drayfill Town         Trechoid AFC Utd
1073–74    Drayfill City	Drayfill Town         Penfro Irish
1072–73    Drayfill City        Plaidstone            Drayfill Town
1071–72#   Drayfill City	Penfro Irish#         Doverston
1070–71    Plaidstone		CCPD Penfro           Doversham County

#No final was held as Drayfill City Reserves won the second semi-final. The trophy was awarded to the club by default. The third place playoff between the losing semifinalists was instead played as a second place playoff, with Penfro Irish winning.
*A non-league Select XI was invited to participate in place of Dinas Drefhil in 1079–80 and 1082–83 as Dinas Drefhil were chasing silverware in Ancharmunn and declined to participate in the FCA Trophy.
‡No third place playoff was held between 1075–76 and 1091–92, and again since 1094–95.

Most titles: Drayfill City/Dinas Drefhil, Drayfill Town (5 each)
Most times runners-up: Drayfill Town (5)

FCA Trophy
Dinas Drefhil continue to be excluded upon request of the club. All matches were played at pre-determined 'home' venues, with only the final played at the New Free Stone Stadium. Defending champions Pentref-ar-y-Bae made it to the semifinals, but lost to eventual champions CCPD Penfro. However, there was some good news for them, as CCPD Penfro had already qualified for the Globe Cup through the league and thus allowing them to take their place in next season's UICA Championships.

First Round
Harling Islanders 0–1 Aels Welsh
Trechoid Wanderers 3–4 Doversham County
Llanislwyn Town 2–3 Brackendale Charmunnry
Nantnewydd 1–2 Hilshore County
Trechoid AFC United 1–0 Pontyport Athletic
Spitalford Town 4–3 Plaidstone
Goldcliff Rangers 1–1 Moulton Seasiders (2–1 AET)
Caerfremin Sundays 2–1 Trechoid FC

Second Round
Penfro Irish 1–2 Doverston
Aels Welsh 3–3 Imeall an Uisce (4–4 AET) (0–3 pen.)
Drayfill Town 3–3 Doversham County (3–3 AET) (4–3 pen.)
Brackendale Charmunnry 0–1 Hilshore County
Pentref-ar-y-Bae 3–0 Doversham Rovers
Trechoid AFC United 3–1 CCPD Brifddinas
Spitalford Town 1–1 CCPD Penfro (1–1 AET) (6–7 pen.)
Caerfremin Sundays 2–0 Goldcliff Rangers

Third Round
Doverston 0–1 Imeall an Uisce
Drayfill Town 1–2 Hilshore County
Pentref-ar-y-Bae 1–0 Trechoid AFC United
CCPD Penfro 1–1 Caerfremin Sundays (1–1 AET) (4–2 pen.)

Semifinals
Imeall an Uisce 3–1 Hilshore County
Pentref-ar-y-Bae 1–3 CCPD Penfro

Final
Imeall an Uisce 1–1 CCPD Penfro (1–2 AET)

National Reserve League
The National Reserve League returned to a geographical split this season, into West and East divisions of 12 teams each (Caerfremin Sundays, as an amateur team, do not enter a side into the league). It is the first time since the 1091/92 season that the reserve league has taken a geographical split – that year the league was split north/south with eight and seven teams respectively. The overall league champion is the divisional winner with more points. If both divisional winners are tied on points, the teams will share the reserve league title.

National Reserve League West     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Goldcliff Rangers              33   18   4  11    49   35  +14    58 C / W
 2 Spitalford Town                33   16   7  10    54   35  +19    55
 3 Imeall an Uisce                33   15   8  10    58   51   +7    53
 4 Plaidstone                     33   13  10  10    45   33  +12    49
 5 Brackendale Charmunnry         33   13   9  11    55   45  +10    48
 6 Trechoid AFC Utd               33   13   8  12    34   32   +2    47
 7 Harling Islanders              33   14   3  16    46   45   +1    45
 8 Trechoid Wanderers             33   11   8  14    40   43   −3    41
 9 Doverston                      33   10   9  14    39   55  −16    39
10 Nantnewydd                     33   10   9  14    34   51  −17    39
11 Pentref-ar-y-Bae               33   10   7  16    41   59  −18    37
12 Trechoid FC                    33    9  10  14    43   54  −11    37

National Reserve League East     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Moulton Seasiders              33   17   6  10    53   38  +15    57 E
 2 Hilshore County                33   16   7  10    55   46   +9    55
 3 Doversham County               33   16   6  11    46   38   +8    54
 4 Doversham Rovers               33   16   5  12    57   42  +15    53
 5 CCPD Brifddinas                33   16   4  13    50   39  +11    52
 6 Penfro Irish                   33   14   4  15    41   55  −14    46
 7 Pontyport Athletic             33   13   6  14    41   43   −2    45
 8 Llanislwyn Town                33   12   5  16    46   46    0    41
 9 Aels Welsh                     33   11   8  14    41   53  −12    41
10 Drayfill Town                  33   11   7  15    36   44   −8    40
11 CCPD Penfro                    33   10   7  16    51   59   −8    37
12 Dinas Drefhil                  33   10   7  16    41   55  −14    37

International qualification
Aels' three-letter symbol is AEL.

Champions’ Cup: Doverston
Cygnus Cup (as FCA Trophy winners): CCPD Penfro
Cygnus Cup (as defending champions): Pentref-ar-y-Bae
Globe Cup (FCA Trophy winners are top seed): CCPD Penfro, Drayfill Town, Pentref-ar-y-Bae
Series B Cup: Hilshore County, Moulton Seasiders, Pontyport Athletic, Llanislwyn Islanders

Rushmori qualification
Tyneala Championship: Doverston
Copa de Campeones: Doverston

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