So here we go; two matchdays left, four teams can still win it - three teams are fighting for their lives at the bottom. It's all going to happen in matchday 21 and matchday 22. Here we go...
Matchday 21
Atletik Thessia 2-0 Parr City
Decraa United 2-2 1896 Ebor
Dukla Nastalich FK 3-1 Inzernakional Backsfield
Miago City 1-1 Litala '93
Olympic Thessia 0-0 Stade Ouverjavaa
Thessia '23 0-1 Olympik of Stratenberg
So, the penultimate matchday certainly through up quite a few surprises. Atletik Thessia beat Parr City 2-0 with goals from Ole van Jendrisen and Robin Hjik. Decraa United and 1896 Ebor drew 2-2, the Bulls scored first through a Henning Tir strike, 1896 Ebor replied with a massive header from Jason Campbell. The Bulls went back ahead, Laze v Tuhinju scoring a header similiar to Campbell's earlier. Ebor equalised late after a nice solo run and finish by Campbell. DNFK got an important three points against Inzernakional Backsfield, with a hattrick from Wunderlich - the late Gunners' reply coming from Sherwood. Miago City and Litala '93 played out a 1-1 draw, Nikolay Zaporizhin scored first for the 93'ers and Miago replied with yet another stunning goal from Tomas Sivoli. Olympik of Stratenberg beat Thessia '23 1-0 through a Claude Castonguay volley, meaning he has 10 for the season. And here is the table after 21 games, only one matchday to go now!
Mytanar Takillega Standings
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 1896 Ebor 21 12 5 4 49 29 +20 41
2 Miago City 21 11 7 3 33 13 +20 40
3 Atletik Thessia 21 12 3 6 55 27 +28 39
4 Parr City 21 12 3 6 31 23 +8 39
5 Decraa United 21 9 8 4 38 29 +9 35 International Competitions Zone
6 Olympik of Stratenberg 21 10 2 9 23 30 -7 32
7 Olympic Thessia 21 8 5 8 48 45 +3 29
8 Litala '93 21 6 8 7 25 22 +3 26
9 Thessia '23 21 5 9 7 24 29 -5 24
10 Dukla Nastalich FK 21 6 5 10 32 49 -17 23
11 Stade Ouverjavaa 21 4 2 15 19 44 -25 14 Relegation Zone
12 Inzernakional Backsfield 21 1 3 17 16 53 -37 6
So, it is all still to play for at the end of the season. Any team from 1st to 4th can win the league, but 1896 Ebor are definitely in pole-position. Miago City and Parr City have the best chance, as Miago are playing Olympik of Stratenberg, who can be beaten - but are still chasing international competitions, but Parr City have the already relegated Inzernakional Backsfield; who have only managed one win all season. Then come the champions, who are third - but have to play 1896 Ebor - which will be a very tough game and 1896 will be aiming to win and lift the trophy in front of their own fans. Decraa United cannot win the league now, but will be wanting to hold onto their Globe Cup spot to go with their upcoming Cygnus Cup (Cup Winners' Cup) appearance. Olympik of Stratenberg, if they win, can still clinch a GC spot - but would have to win by a 16-goal margin, which is pretty much impossible. Olympic Thessia and Litala '93 are just jostling for position really now, but Thessia '23 are not safe and need to win if they want to stay up, as DNFK are right on their tail - DNFK need a win to stay up really, as a draw would not be good enough with their goal difference; they will be playing already relegated Stade Ouverjavaa who have nothing to play for, along with Inzernakional Backsfield who will just want to win against Parr City, so they can say they have won more than one game all season.
Matchday 22
1896 Ebor 1-2 Atletik Thessia
Inzernakional Backsfield 2-1 Parr City
Litala '93 2-2 Decraa United
Stade Ouverjavaa 0-1 Dukla Nastalich FK
Olympik of Stratenberg 1-3 Miago City
Thessia '23 1-0 Olympic Thessia
Atletik Thessia beat 1896 Ebor to keep their chances of winning the Mytanar Takillega alive, Ole van Jendrisen and Robin Hjik once again the scorers for the Citizens. Inzernakional Backsfield upset Parr City to get what was only their second win of the season, a Will Sherwood double was enough for them to win it. Decraa United drew 2-2 with Litala '93, two goals for Henning Tir took his tally to 9 for the season. DNFK won 1-0 over Stade Ouverjavaa to keep their hopes of staying up alive, Miago City beat Olympik of Stratenberg 3-1, Pol Sundstrom with two, Tomas Sivoli with a very long-range finish from around 36 yards. Leandro scored a single goal for Thessia '23 in the Workers' Derby against Olympic Thessia and this could well be enough to keep them up.
Mytanar Takillega Standings
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 Miago City 22 12 7 3 36 14 +22 43 Champions, TQCC, RCdC
2 Atletik Thessia 22 13 3 6 57 28 +29 42 Runners-Up, TQCC, RCdC
3 1896 Ebor 22 12 5 4 50 31 +19 41 GC, RCdlP
4 Parr City 22 12 3 7 32 25 +7 39 GC, RCdlP
5 Decraa United 22 9 9 4 40 31 +9 36 GC, Cygnus Cup
6 Olympik of Stratenberg 22 10 2 9 24 33 -9 32
7 Olympic Thessia 22 8 5 9 48 46 +2 29
8 Litala '93 22 6 9 7 27 24 +3 27
9 Thessia '23 22 6 9 7 25 29 -4 27
10 Dukla Nastalich FK 22 7 5 10 33 49 -16 26 Relegated
11 Stade Ouverjavaa 22 4 2 16 19 45 -26 14 Relegated
12 Inzernakional Backsfield 22 2 3 17 18 54 -36 9 Relegated
So lowly Miago City win their first ever Mytanar Takillega, it is a huge testament to what Leon Koivu has done for the club in his reign as Miago manager. We predicted them to finish 7th, but they've done brilliantly this season - Sundstrom has been an inspired signing and their defending has been brilliant - van Senisnen has been a great captain for them and Sayer has done brilliantly in goal. Atletik's crown as champions for the past four seasons has been taken and they will come back with a vengeance looking for their title next season. 1896 Ebor continue as perennial runners-up or third-placers and moneybags Parr haven't lived upto their money and it is surely only a matter of time before their owner gets fed up of his toy, Decraa were second right in the middle of the season but finish 5th, which they'll consider a good campaign. Olympik of Stratenberg narrowly missed out on international competitions the season after they got promoted, which is brilliant for them. Olympic Thessia started the season with so much promise but fell away towards the end of the season. Litala '93 looked like they were going to be in a relegation scrap for much of the season but managed to drag themselves out of it towards the end and Thessia '23 stayed up on the last day, by a point. DNFK get relegated, which really is a surprise - they were in international competitions last season - Stade Ouverjavaa get relegated, which isn't much of a surprise - as they were promoted last season, and Inzernakional Backsfield go down after only getting 2 wins in 22 games - and getting a total of 9 points. Well done them. Anyway, this is pretty much the end of the 1992/1992 season.
Top 5 Mytanar Takillega Goalscorers
1. Ole van Jendrisen (Atletik Thessia) (Polar Islandstates) - 17; Jason Campbell (1896 Ebor) - 17
2. Leandro (Thessia '23) - 15
3. Robin Hjik (Atletik Thessia) - 13
4. Tomas Sivoli (Miago City) - 12
5. Luc Demarchelier (Parr City) (Polar Islandstates) - 11
Ole van Jendrisen wins the Golden Boot by virtue of playing less games than Campbell.
Anyway, this is pretty much the end of the 1992/1992 season.
Lower League Round-Up
So, who will be promoted upto the Mytanar Takillega from the second level of Mytanar football? Who will be relegated down to the 3. Liga? Wait and see, here we go:
2. Takillega Standings
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 SK Port Jarko 38 18 16 4 78 53 +25 70 Champions, Automatic Promotion, SBCC.
2 1923 Esca 38 20 9 9 65 41 +24 69 Runners-Up, Automatic Promotion, SBCC.
3 Cosmopolitan Cote-Ast 38 20 7 11 97 69 +28 67 Promotion Play-Off, SBCC, Promoted.
4 Fk Trunca 38 19 7 12 96 70 +26 64 Promotion Play-Off, SBCC
5 Poulton Town 38 18 5 15 82 64 +18 59 Promotion Play-Off
6 Lok. Cassia 38 16 11 11 69 71 -2 59 Promotion Play-Off
7 SK Thyssia 38 17 7 14 101 92 +9 58
8 Rotor. Dzinkagrad 38 14 14 10 43 42 +1 56
9 FK Arsika 38 15 8 15 64 74 -10 53
10 Donegal Celtic 38 13 13 12 78 81 -3 52
11 FK Sportsverein Kitzbuhel '66 38 13 11 14 76 64 +12 50
12 FK Ibon 38 13 8 17 38 33 +5 47
13 Poulton Youth 38 11 10 17 55 68 -13 43
14 1876 Potsdam 38 10 12 16 48 62 -14 42
15 OGI Esca 38 9 14 15 37 49 -12 41
16 Kiznhiy-Grod Neputsk 38 8 14 16 50 61 -11 38 Relegated.
17 Miago United 38 9 9 20 51 86 -35 36 Relegated.
18 Rotor. Argyres 38 8 7 23 77 125 -48 31 Relegated.
SK Port Jarko win the 2. Takillega and return to where they belong, although staying up will now be their priority. 1923 Esca also return to the top as they come 2nd in the 2. Takillega. Cosmopolitan Cote-Ast return to the top-flight for the first time in four seasons, they have a good, strong, youthful core and will add to that with the money gained from promotion after they beat off the competition in the play-offs tournament. Going down from the 2. Takillega are Kiznhiy-Grod Neputsk, Miago United and Rotor. Argyres, KGN only missed out on staying up by three points as OGI Esca won on the last day with a 94th minute goal, KGN and Rotor. Argyres were both playing in the top-flight four seasons ago, surprisingly.
Who will be replacing them in the 2. Takillega and who will be remaining with them in the 3. Liga, wait and see - because here is the 3. Liga round-up.
3. Liga Standings
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 Staining Town 38 23 8 7 77 46 +31 77 Champions, Automatic Promotion.
2 Arklow 38 24 4 10 92 50 +42 76 Runners-Up, Automatic Promotion.
3 Spionar Rangers 38 24 3 11 120 99 +21 75 Promotion Play-Offs, Promoted.
4 Cromer Town 38 22 8 8 77 42 +35 74 Promotion Play-Offs.
5 ESV Esca 38 17 11 10 99 69 +30 62 Promotion Play-Offs.
6 Cizian Rangers 38 17 9 12 46 37 +9 60 Promotion Play-Offs.
7 Miago FC 38 18 3 17 80 99 -19 57
8 East Ham 38 16 8 14 86 73 +13 56
9 Manchester City 38 15 9 14 70 59 +11 54
10 Ouverjavaa FC 38 13 11 14 67 76 -9 50
11 Carrickfinn Rangers 38 15 5 18 60 77 -17 50
12 Esca United 38 11 13 14 66 80 -14 46
13 Borderguard FC 38 10 15 13 58 60 -2 45
14 Versailla 38 13 6 19 81 93 -12 45
15 Port Jarko Wanderers 38 12 6 20 64 65 -1 42
16 Foxhall 38 11 8 19 62 87 -25 41
17 Exmoor FC 38 11 8 19 56 93 -37 41
18 Ibon Wanderers 38 10 9 19 50 73 -23 39 Relegated.
19 Dinamo Regina 38 10 6 22 33 50 -17 36 Relegated.
20 Parr FK 38 9 8 21 67 83 -16 35 Relegated.
Staining Town are champions and promoted upto the 2. Takillega! Arklow have had a great season and are promoted up to the 2. Takillega too and that will surely be an experience for the little team. Spionar Rangers continue their surge up the leagues as they have managed three promotions in three seasons and now have the prospect of a shot at the big-time if they do well enough at the 2. Takillega level. Ibon Wanderers, Dinamo Regina and Parr FK face the prospect of digging out their maps as they have to travel to obscure places like Relbion, Zirca and the newly promoted Amateureliga team Dtykiga Ontario, a team in the roughest district of the town... Good luck to them.
4. Liga Standings
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 1899. Torghetten 38 23 8 7 98 45 +53 77 Champions, Automatic Promotion.
2 Cote-Ast SC 38 22 8 8 93 50 +43 74 Runners-Up, Automatic Promotion.
3 Dyka Town 38 23 4 11 102 54 +48 73 Promotion Play-Offs.
4 Des Moines 38 22 7 9 84 55 +29 73 Promotion Play-Offs.
5 Lions SC 38 20 4 14 74 65 +9 64 Promotion Play-Offs.
6 Thessia FC 38 17 10 11 94 63 +31 61 Promotion Play-Offs, Promoted.
7 Arsika Wanderers 38 17 9 12 81 60 +21 60
8 Dinamo Sagrel 38 18 6 14 77 58 +19 60
9 Stade Potsdam 38 17 7 14 67 72 -5 58
10 Decraa '80 38 14 12 12 67 76 -9 54
11 Backsfield Independents 38 15 6 17 67 73 -6 51
12 Pasadena FC 38 15 5 18 80 86 -6 50
13 FK Thyssia 38 14 7 17 66 100 -34 49
14 CF Versailla 38 14 6 18 79 74 +5 48
15 Olympik of Esca 38 11 11 16 55 66 -11 44
16 Relbion FC 38 11 5 22 54 95 -41 38
17 Olympic Zirca 38 9 9 20 37 63 -26 36
18 Donau 1888 38 10 6 22 56 91 -35 36
19 Chekiya Town 38 9 8 21 32 65 -33 35
20 Golden Coast United 38 9 2 27 36 88 -52 29 Relegated.
1899. Torghetten win the league and get promoted back to the 3. Liga, they'll be hoping to stay up this time and possibly solidify a mid-table position at some point in the future. Cote-Ast SC get promoted to the 3. Liga and possibly could give local rivals Spionar Rangers and Cosmopolitan Cote-Ast a run-for-their-money in the future. Golden Coast United, the side with all the money pumped in - get relegated back down to the Amateureliga where money doesn't matter so much as players' don't get paid wages so the teams don't go bust at this low level.
The Kombarov Crown will come later - the match between the winners of the Mytanar Takillega and the Trophie del Nakional, this season it'll be a Central Derby - Miago City versus Decraa United, we'll see you then with news of the season awards, thanks for a great season!